BIO
I was born in the small
country town of Bermuda, Louisiana, the third
of six children. At a very early age, my biological father passed away. I felt such an
emptiness and was afraid I would never have another father: but God showed mercy by
sending a step-father into our lives four years later. He took us in as his own true
daughters, saying to others, "These are my girls." His words and care touched my
deeply.
I accepted the Lord into my life when I
was 12 years old. The Baptist church we were attending taught us what it meant to be
saved, but I didn't understand how to live out that salvation. Once saved, always saved; I
had my ticket in my pocket and I was on the way to heaven. But I didn't have the power of
the Holy Spirit in my life to guide me. Consequently, I drifted away from God.
I began to live a life of rebellion, and
this lifestyle led me even deeper into sin. Years later I began to search for something I
felt was missing in my life. I knew there was something more than just getting saved.
I began going to different churches. I
tried to line my life up with the different rules that churches had, thinking that maybe I
could gain points with God. All this time I was asking the Lord to send me to a church
that was preaching the full Gospel, and eventually the Lord led me to an Assembly of God
church. It was there that the pastor led me to receive the Baptism of the Holy Spirit.
God started a work in me, and I realized
I could no longer live in sin. Finally, I was able to give up the lifestyle of sin, and
started walking closer with the Lord.
A year later I found myself back in the
same lifestyle of sin again. This time it was worse. I married a man that was an alcoholic
and lived in bondage for 13 years, ironically, this situation brought me closer to God,
and I got to know Him in a way that I had never know Him before.
One Saturday night during this time of my
life, the Lord gave me a vision. In this vision I saw His hand, with me sitting in His
palm, it was storming, and His hand was moving slowly through the storm. At the end of the
storm He let down the most beautiful rainbow.
I woke up out of the dream and my heart was on fire. And the Lord said to me, "Get up
and write the vision down." As I began to write I asked, "Lord, what does
the rainbow represent?" He said, "Covenant, Promise. This night I have set
Myself to bring you deliverance."
That Sunday morning in church the pastor
said, "The Holy Ghost gave me a message to preach, Great Deliverance giveth He to His
anointed!" The pastor went on, "God may have dropped a promise in your heart
during the night. That's not saying that you will not have to go through the storm, but
the promise will take you to the other side."
At one point, I asked the Lord what
covenant meant. He said, "It's an agreement between two people." I asked,
"What's my end of the agreement." I felt God saying to my spirit, "Your end
is to go through the storm, and My end is to bring the deliverance." God did not take
me out of the storm, but carried me through by His grace and mercy.
My marriage was the greatest storm of my
life. However, in the midst of that adverse situation, God taught me more how to pray, how
to believe in Him, and how to trust Him.
I held on to His promise, and as a
result, I found closer fellowship with Him.
"For the vision is yet for
an appointed time; it hastens toward the goal, and it will not fail. Though it tarries,
wait for it; for it will certainly come, it will not delay." Habakkuk 2:3 (NAS)
THE CALL
In 1985 I began to feel that God wanted
to use me in the ministry. He confirmed this calling at an altar service one night.
"I feel God has a calling on your
life," my pastor told me. "You're not to run off and leave your family though.
Your ministry can wait until your children are grown."
I looked at my small children and
determined in my heart to bring them up in the love and admonition of the Lord, according
to His Word.
When the Lord spoke to my heart to move
to Dallas, I just packed two suitcases and moved-not knowing exactly what He had in
store for me.
My first concern was to find a church
home. My sister told me about a church that was similar to the one I had attended in
Louisiana, but I had my mind set on another church. I started attending the church of my
choice and I really enjoyed it. Then one Sunday night I could not enter into worship.
The service was good, but it seemed like something was missing. I sat down and said
"Lord why can't I enter into worship?" And He responded, "You didn't ask Me
if this is where I wanted you."
Now the church my sister had told me
about kept coming back to my mind. I told the Lord I was going, and I wanted Him to
minister to me that night. I knew I had not moved to Dallas just because I wanted
to, I felt it had to be because of His call to ministry.
At the service that night, the preacher
stopped in the middle of his sermon and said, "I have a word for somebody in here.
You have a ministry and God is about to open up your ministry. What He wants you to do is
come down and and let the man of God lay hands on you and pray for you, and let God give
you a fresh new anointing." I went down and the pastor prayed for me and said,
"God is saying, 'favor,' I don't know what it means, but God is saying favor to
you."
OPEN DOOR
After attending the church several
months, I began getting involved in the choir at the urging of my choir director, I put
together a tape demo and sent it to Daystar Channel 29.
Since then I have been watching God open
the doors, unfolding His calling in my life.
MINISTRY
First Assembly of God, Nachitoches, Louisiana
Soloist/One Accord Choir
Prison Ministry
NBC Telethon
Festivals
Benny Hinn Crusade Choir
Church revivals
Women's groups
Calvary Temple, Irving, Texas
Soloist/Choir
Dry Prong Radio Station
Day Star/Channel 29
Radio Station KCBP
"The first song the Lord gave me as a child to sing was 'Who Opens Doors That I
Cannot See? Jesus Will.' I believe that is when the ministry was birthed into my
spirit. The Lord was speaking to me through that song."
These are the Songs that God had used to minister to me during the time of my storm.
It's My Desire
Gone
Holy Ground
Your Grace and Mercy
I'm Not Ashamed
Born Again
He Giveth More Grace
Fear Not
Contact Information
Loretta Davis Ministry For The Soul
P.O. Box 155062
Irving, Texas 75015-5062
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