"Learning to Worship"

When I was growing up I was always a super quiet person, always kinda “hated” that about myself, and wished I was a little more outgoing. It prevented me from getting involved in a lot of things though, which today I can now see was God! But one thing I loved to do was sing, and I always enjoyed music. I enjoyed reading and words, and I thought when you put that stuff together with music, it was really something.


I wasn’t what someone would call a singer, but I enjoyed singing alone, and besides that, I was way too shy to ever use my singing voice in front of anyone. I didn’t seriously sing in front of people, or friends. The one time I decided I was going to try and perform for some function and sang in front of my mom, well, the look on her face convinced me I should never open my mouth and sing in front of anyone!

Over the years though, and after being married, that didn’t change. Oh I could sing some oldie song being funny, but I didn’t just truly sing. As I began to walk in the things of the Lord, well, worship was a part of that! There lied a huge problem!!

Psalm 100: 1 - 2
1: Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all you lands.

2: Serve the Lord with gladness; come before his presence with singing.


Well, in order to come into his presence it was going to require singing! How was I suppose to keep walking in the things of God when I couldn’t even seem to come before his presence with singing unless I knew I was really alone!!

I could get alone sometimes and I would just worship to the songs we had here at Water of Life. Times I would just set in front of the computer when we lived in Stigler, Oklahoma, and would just worship. I was always ministered to and comforted. It was a time I really enjoyed.

One day a person I knew was setting in front of me in one of the services in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Worship had begun and I in my quiet voice would kind of muster up the words to a degree hoping to keep my voice under everyone else. I know now, that wasn't using my faith. This person would belt it out as if it were just them and Jesus were the only ones in the room! I said, “Lord, I want to be able to worship you like that one day!”

Sometime after, Water of Life Ministries visited many of us in our church facilities while in Broken Arrow. Doyle Davidson who was and is the minister as well as the president of the ministry, began walking around praying and he ended up behind me. He began praying for me to be loosed from fear. I began being delivered for quite a length of time. In between hours he came and set by me and said, “God is setting you free of some fear girl!” I just answered with, amen. I have shared over time how that two days later I had one of the biggest attacks on my life. I knew it was necessary what God had just done for me by setting me free!! It was God!!

I was always someone too who could take instruction. If you just told me what you wanted done, or how to do something, I listened to what you said and did my best to do it right! Terry Mai who was the worship leader at Water of Life had gone to be with the Lord. He was known to have a strong voice and ministered faith as he would lead worship. After he went to be with the Lord, Doyle had shared about Terry’s strength as he sang. He shared how we should do the same; use our faith and push, believe God, and worship God. Well, I had been set free enough, and clearly I now had some instruction concerning worship. In other words, don’t be whimpy! Believe God, use your faith, sing unto the Lord! And you know pleases God?! Faith!!

Psalm 98:4
Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise!

Well that doesn’t sound like be quiet!


I took the instruction, and I began to be a doer of the word! Making a joyful sound! Making a loud noise! Singing and praising with all I had using my faith. I began overcoming more fear, and overcoming things in my heart because God would be ministering to me as I would worship. You know I didn’t want to miss what God had for me! Anthony and I would join in each night from our home praising and worshipping the Lord. Before you knew it, I didn’t care who heard what, I just wanted the Lord Jesus to hear me, and the Father to hear me!


I share this testimony with you that you might see the goodness of the Lord. That you might see how the power of God is what began to change me, a person who was so shy, so quiet, and wasn’t going to be heard; to the person he has brought me to be today. It is what the Lord has done in me!!


We are told in 1 Corinthians 15:3 -4 that the gospel is how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures. Romans 1:16 tells us that, that gospel, is the POWER of God for our salvation. We aren’t to be moved away from it, but we are to stand in it, to trust in it, to believe it! I thank God that I was given the opportunity to hear it! That I was told that if I would believe it, the power of God would work in my life daily! And you know!? It has!! And it does!! And that is why I now tell you the same thing!! My hope is that you might believe and have that same power work in your lives daily, that you might have your hope, your trust, your confidence in the Lord Jesus! And that you might be delivered and set free of whatever keeps you bound like fear did for me all those years!!

Not long ago my husband, Anthony came across this song, and I said, “This is my song!” So we changed some words here and there, making it our "own".

The chorus says, “Hallelujah I have found him, whom my soul so long has craved.”
And I have found him!


Today, my husband and I have come on staff here at Water of Life Ministries. What comes out of this ministry, the music, books, or whatever the Lord is doing, is always free of charge.

Matthew 10:8 ..... freely you have received, freely give.

I encourage you to believe the gospel! Even when it doesn’t seem like you’re believing or look like a thing is going on, keep believing!! And see the salvation of God!!

You may visit: http://www.doyledavidson.com/music/music_download.shtml for all our worship music here at Water of Life Ministries. You will hear music ministered with faith in the hearts of those ministering in song, and it will minister to you.

God Bless You,
Misty