Testimonies

A New Business

My husband went to heaven January 22, 2004.  He was a general contractor in construction and I was his assistant.  He did all types of construction; concrete, remodels, additions, roofing, etc. and I worked with him everyday; we were together 24/7 (according to current terminology).  My life changed in a heartbeat, literally.  I was 48 years old and I had a 14-year-old son to provide for.  To say I had the opportunity to fear would be an understatement.

A friend, by the Spirit of God, wrote these words to me, ” God has a plan for your life Kathy, and it’s revealed in the gospel.”  Those words ministered life to me that day and they continue to minister to me today.  After the funeral, Doyle called me and in our conversation, he asked me what I was going to do and all I could say was, “I don’t know, I’m just going to have to believe God will provide what I need,” and his reply was, “he will”.  I had been considering my options and they seemed pretty limited. What I didn’t understand at the time was, God had been preparing me for that day, long before it arrived.  I certainly didn’t think I had the knowledge or skill to run a construction business, however, I had learned a few things and one of those was painting.

Within a week, I received a phone call from a person who asked me if I would consider a painting job and of course, I said yes.  I finished that job and soon had others. The Lord put people in my life to show me how to figure bids and put together proposals, others to help me learn about the spray-rig, and I’ve been painting ever since.

Every day there is an opportunity to fear and doubt, but it’s also an opportunity to repent and believe that whatever we need for that day, Jesus has already accomplished it.

One day I was having a conversation with someone and telling them all I was doing and they brushed all that aside and simply said, “You just have to believe, Kathy.” I thank God for the opportunity to share this, because in doing so, I am being convinced of my own unbelief and this is the mercy of God, that I may repent, believe and overcome.

God Bless you,

Kathy

Delivered From Prison

Recently I was reading in Acts 12 about Peter being put in prison by Herod and kept there by four quaternions of soldiers; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

v4, Peter was therefore kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
v6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
v7  And behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly.  And his chains fell off from his hands.
v8  And the angel said unto him, Gird thself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did.  And he saith unto him, Cast thy garments about thee, and follow me.
v9  And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.
v10  When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened unto them of his own accord; and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.
v11 And Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
v12 And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.
v13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.
v14 And when she knew Peter’s voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.
v15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so.  Then they said, It is his angel.
v16 But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished.
v17 But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of prison.

I am reminded of a message Doyle wrote about Lisa is in prison, but she will be delivered.  In Acts 12:5, the church prayed without ceasing unto God, for Peter.  Do you think it is possible that is what all of us who say we believe, should be doing? I can only speak for myself, but I haven’t been doing this.  Oh yes, I pray for Lisa’s deliverance, occasionally, but that’s not what this says, is it?  Jesus said, “this is love, that you keep my words.”  If we say we love God, if we say we love Doyle, if we say we love the children of God (of whom Lisa is) then how can we not be a doer of this word, lest we deceive ourselves.

Doyle recently shared a conversation he had with someone and this person said, “this situation with Lisa is for the whole body of Christ.”  I know that’s been in my heart also, but if I believed that, I would be praying with all that’s in me that Lisa would be delivered out of the hand of the devil. This is what Doyle does, prays day and night that his wife is delivered and she IS being delivered because it’s the will of God.  He not only prays for her but for all those God has given him. That’s the love of God demonstrated.

I thank God for His mercy; that He would show me my unbelief and expose the deceitfulness of my heart.  We are a generation of people, called to worship God in Spirit and in truth and my prayer for us all is we would obey Micah 6:8…to do justly, and to love mercy and to walk humbly with thy God.”

Bless you,

Kathy

Give and It Shall Be Given

I shared in a previous testimony that I worked with my husband in his construction business as his full time employee/laborer.  I occasionally helped him in the office if he was putting together a large proposal or tax preparation but he handled all the finances for the business and the household.  I watched how he managed the business and when he received a check he would give 20% to God.

God gave me my painting business after my husband went to heaven in January 2004 and I just applied what I had learned from my husband.  When I received a check for a job, I would give God 20%.  I had been painting for about a year and I had just finished a large job that had kept me busy for almost two months.  Little did I know that God was getting ready to enlarge my heart.  The Tsunami hit in Indonesia right about this time and I saw the devastation those people suffered and God began ministering out of Doyle’s mouth that the body of Christ was to give an offering to those people. I believe the scriptures that were ministered to us were out of IICor8.  I had a home, a job, and food and those people had nothing.  I considered those scriptures and it was in my heart to give all that I had in my checkbook except for about $10.00. [Note: this is incorrect. I had received a check for the final payment on the job and I gave the entire check $305 leaving about $260. in my checking account (2012).] I did shake a little but it seemed right.  I had the opportunity to fear but I also had the opportunity to trust God and see Him perform His word.  It was just a few days later a proposal on a large paint job I had bid on was accepted and I received a material check for one-third of the total amount of the job. God asked for money again the next week for Indonesia and the week after.  Each week I gave the same amount as the first time and then God ended that offering for Indonesia.  However during this time, God showed me that we didn’t get and then give, but we were to give first.  I remembered when Doyle shared that the Lord told him to give $100 per week and he was rewarded for his obedience. I believed God was telling me to continue to give the amount I had been sending for Indonesia each week and I did.  I was a cheerful giver until money got tight and then I would let fear get in and begin to doubt that I had heard God. I e-mailed Doyle and told him as much.  He wrote me back and said, “give according to your faith, that’s what the word of God says.”  I was encouraged enough to give one more time and sometimes I would have to decide whether to give to God or pay the bills that were due.  Know this, I was crying out to God, “YOU SAID IF I WOULD GIVE, IT WOULD BE GIVEN UNTO ME; GOOD MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN TOGETHER, AND RUNNING OVER WOULD MEN GIVE INTO MY BOSOM!!”Luke 6:38.  Each week, God made a way for me to continue giving.

One evening the end of May 2006 I received a phone call from Doyle.  He asked how I was and I said I was doing fine.  He said, “how are your finances?”  I told him I was paying my bills each month but I wasn’t making much of a dent in my debt load.  I was making a small monthly payment on my husband’s medical bills, we were years behind in our taxes to the IRS, I was making a large vehicle payment and I was paying off a credit card that was in my husband’s name.  He  ministered the scriptures to me out of James 1:27, “pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.”  Doyle said  God was going to pay off my bills.  I got off the phone and wept at the mercy of God on my life. God moved on the hearts of His people and they laid money at the apostle’s feet for his distribution.  Within a few weeks, I was out of debt and God bought my 16-year-old son a Chevy S-10 pickup.

This is the power that is available to us if we will dare to believe.  So I encourage everyone who reads this testimony to hold fast to this gospel of the kingdom and see the salvation of God for whatever you need in your life.

God bless you!
Kathy

A Witness

On Friday, March 28, 2008, I arrived in Plano because the Spirit of God was setting in motion a divine appointment.  Little did I know what would take place in the hours ahead, I was just happy to be in Texas.  As was shared Saturday afternoon, God had put a prayer in Doyle’s heart Friday afternoon and prior to that God had directed Terry and Kathy to where JR and Lisa were living.  After the live broadcast Friday night, Doyle and I headed to Richardson to the address where JR and Lisa were living and it was the Spirit of God that instructed Doyle to go.

As Doyle turned into the parking lot he realized it was the wrong one, however as we continued toward the back of the lot he pointed out JR’s pickup and Lisa’s car and also commented, that it was God who had him turn into the wrong parking lot.  He slowed up to look at the vehicles and as he was continuing on to turn around we saw a couple walking their dog and they were certainly making note of us. As we went past them I said to Doyle, “that looks like JR”, but we decided it probably wasn’t.  Doyle then pulled into the parking lot of the actual hotel and drove past their vehicles again and as he turned the car around and started back toward the front of the lot we saw the couple standing there, and it appeared they were waiting for us.  As Doyle stopped in front of them and they leaned toward the window I said, “Doyle, that’s Lisa!”  He rolled his window down and they both leaned into the window.  I’m not sure of the actual sequence of who said what first, but I know Lisa asked me who I  was.  As we shook hands, I said, “I’m Kathy Currier.  I met you when you came to Byers, CO.”  She said something like, “hi or hello”, and then said, “God bless you, Kathy”.  JR and Lisa both spoke to Doyle and he put the car in park and got out to talk to them. I stayed in the car and just listened.  I heard the Spirit of God out of Doyle’s mouth address JR, “you’re a dead man.”  There were a couple of things that struck me.  One:  Lisa was overbearing and in Doyle’s face, not allowing him to respond to any of her accusations, and JR and her continued to interrupt each other. Two: I watched Doyle remain unruffled and his questions and comments were very precise and to the point. JR and Lisa made all the same accusations that are posted on JR’s web page and Lisa spoke directly to me and said, “he tried to kill me.”

JR asked many times, “who told you where we lived?”  Doyle said, “God told me”.  They wouldn’t accept that.  If I recall correctly, Lisa asked why we were there.  Doyle said, “You’re my wife”.  Lisa then said, “why is she here”, (referring to me), and out of his mouth came, “she’s a witness’.  Both JR and Lisa told me they hoped I got it right then because Doyle has a spirit that twists the truth and they hoped I didn’t get caught up in that spirit.  Lisa did say, “if the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob said it, it will come to pass.”  When Doyle then reminded her that she said God told her she would bear him (Doyle) a son, she wouldn’t answer that.  She just said, “what God has spoken to me is between me and God”.  When Doyle said again by the Spirit of God to JR, “you’re a dead man”, JR said, “in God’s time.”  At one point I did say,  “out of your own mouth”, and JR looked at me and said, that is probably significant, remember you said that”.  Doyle addressed JR as a wimp and JR looked at me and told me to make sure I noted who was doing the name-calling.  But the truth is, it’s appropriate because I saw no strength in JR.  Lisa eventually told Doyle she was finished and God bless you and took the dog and went inside.  JR stood outside and watched us drive away.

Doyle has posted on his web page that Saturday night we went back to that parking lot to pray.  Both of their vehicles were gone and Doyle backed his car into a parking place and we were sitting there praying.  You can read the account on his page but I want to state, I was there and I watched a wicked spirit come after Doyle with no provocation and I watched the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob uphold his servant.

I appreciate God for sending me as a witness to all of this.  It has certainly done a work in my heart.  God is God, and he can do with a person whatever he chooses.  God built Lisa for Doyle and only God knows how much resistance there has been in the hearts of people.  It is his mercy that we didn’t all run, saying “this is too hard”.  Only God knows our hearts, but one thing I do know, he has told me that  “he will perfect those things that concerneth me” and I believe he is continuing to change my heart to believe the power that raised Jesus from the dead and not be ashamed to trust in it.

I have told God, “if there’s things in my heart that are resisting your will being accomplished in the plan you have for Doyle and Lisa that you would reveal them to me and grant me the grace to humble myself and repent.”  I certainly don’t want to be in God’s way, that’s a dangerous place to be.  The Spirit of God, out of the prophet’s mouth continues to instruct us, correct us, and exhort us and it is His mercy that he does so.  I am so grateful I was there when the Spirit of God sat everyone down and ministered faith to his people by his Spirit.  The world looks at that and thinks we are being abused, they can’t see the love of God because they don’t even know God.

I encourage everyone to press into this kingdom.  I am reminded of the parable in Mt13:45-46, Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.”  Keep fighting, keep plowing, this gospel works if we will dare to believe!

God Bless you,
Kathy

Updated:
As I re-read this and reflected over these events I was reminded of something I sensed in the spirit:  darkness and that I saw no life in JR. When I shared this with Doyle, the Spirit of God brought up the scripture in Ez:13:22, “Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:” Also, as I noted, there was confusion when JR and Lisa were talking.  As I shared this, Doyle reminded me of the scripture in James3:16, “For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work”.

God Bless you,
Kathy

Messages To Lisa

7-30-2008
Lisa:
I recently read your testimony, “This is Love” and I appreciate the things you wrote.  It is certainly what we have been taught out of the apostle and prophet’s mouth by the Spirit of God.  You quoted the scripture, 1Jn5:3, For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous”.  I want to remind you of what Eph5:21 says, “Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God, 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything”.  This is a commandment by the Spirit of God out of the apostle Paul’s heart and it has been minstered to the church over and over, by the Spirit of God out of the apostle Doyle’s heart.  We must ask ourselves, if we can’t submit to our husbands, do we have love?  1Cor13 speaks about love and if we read it with the word obedience, in place of the word charity, we find “it profiteth us nothing”,  if we can’t obey the commandments that we’ve been given, and I’m not speaking of the ten commandments.

God Bless you,
Kathy

4-8-2008
I believe the Lord spoke this verse to me concerning you, Lisa, and the things he has spoken to you:  Lk1:45,   “And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.”

God Bless You,
Kathy