September 29, 2025 • 47 mins
Worship leader & songwriter Brigitte Donoho joins Kristin Kurtz on the Hope Unlocked podcast to share her testimony of deliverance, freedom from legalism, and saying yes to Holy Spirit–led ministry. A wife, homeschool mom, and prophetic worshiper, Brigitte talks family-on-mission, starting home worship nights, and her creative process. Hear the story behind her EP This Is That, her victory anthem “Blow the Shofar,” and grief-to-hope single “Keep On” (which later went viral). Be encouraged to take imperfect action, trust God’s timing, and keep going.
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Speaker 2 (00:16):
Welcome to the Hope Unlocked Podcast.
I'm your host, kristen Kurtz,and I'm also the founder of New
Wings Coaching.
I help and empower wildheartedand adventurous women of faith
feeling caged and stuck, unlocktheir true purpose and potential
, break free from limitationsand thrive with confidence,
courage and hope.
If you're curious to learn moreabout coaching with me, head to
newwingscoachingnet and be sureto explore the show notes for
(00:38):
ways to connect with me further.
Get ready to dive in as weuncover empowering keys and
insights in this episode.
So tune in and let's unlockhope together.
Welcome to the Hope Unlockedpodcast.
I'm Kristen Kurtz, your host.
I pray this episode is like aholy IV of hope for your soul.
Please help me.
Welcome Bridget Donahoe to theshow.
I am very excited to have herhere today.
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I got to know her just a littlebit before we got started and I
want to just say to Julie forthe connection thank you.
You know who you are, so I'mjust thrilled to have you here
today Just to get started.
Could you just tell us a littlebit about yourself before we
get into your story?
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Absolutely Well.
Thank you so much for having me.
I'm looking forward to seeinghow Holy Spirit just moves today
through this conversation.
I'm a wife, a mom, a homeschoolmom, so we're really busy
throughout the school year and aworship leader, a songwriter
and just whatever the Lord hasme to do in each season.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Yes, and what is this season looking like for you
right now?
Speaker 3 (01:43):
This is a busy season , I feel like this.
We travel a lot during thesummer for ministry and we do a
lot of different worship events.
So I say yes, a lot more than Iwould during the school year.
So we've got a lot of stuffgoing on.
We're traveling for ministryand a lot of new ventures.
So I'm just, I'm reallythankful.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Yes, and are your kids involved as well?
Do they get to?
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
They're super involved.
So family is the first ministryalways.
So I try to include my kiddosin every aspect.
Like my oldest son, he's reallyinto tech so he does a lot of
video editing and he doesYouTube videos and he loves that
whole world.
So I had a TV performance thispast Saturday out of state and
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my husband, like he was just.
We had revival with MarioMorello all weekend long at our
church and we were just like wewere a little exhausted.
So I was like you know, I waslike why don't you stay back?
And I'll bring the kiddo along,my 16-year-old, and let him
just go behind the scenes andreally just look into that world
and get to tour the studio.
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And so that was like that wasso amazing.
So trying to find littlepockets of things that my kids
really love while we'reincorporating them into ministry
and so allowing them to serveas well.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Yes, I love that.
And then they get to like seetheir gifts, like start to
explore on the scene as well asthey're with you and being
around other people.
I can imagine right Do you havea lot of support in that area,
like when they're with you.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Well, when they're with me, their gifts.
Like, my youngest is a reallyamazing artist, and so sometimes
during worship or even duringthe message, he'll pull out a
pen and paper and he's like okay, just like Lord, what do you
want me to draw?
And so I'm really wanting to seethat expounded as well, and
especially when we're doingwe're starting some worship
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nights on our property, and soI'm really wanting to see I'm
envisioning like an easel andjust him prophetically painting
in the future, and he's donethat before at home, but not
like during an actual worshipsetting, so he's put on like
Bethel music or different thingslike that, and then he's
painting in the garage and justletting the Holy Spirit use him
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however he wants to.
So, like I really just want tosee their gifts fostered in
whatever we're doing and justpulling out what God has for
them and seeing them go fartherthan we ever could, because as
parents and we just want to see,I want to see the younger
generation do so much more forthe Lord than I could and go
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even farther than I do.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Yeah, well, looking I mean even looking back in your
own childhood, like what didthat look like for you to be?
I've been using the wordbolstered a lot lately.
Bolstered in, you know, drawingout, like, obviously, with your
kids it sounds like they'revery creative and with you you
have this creative.
We all are creative, right,right, you have this creative
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spark in your songwriting andthe singing and everything, the
worship.
Like what did that look likefor you to like?
Even recognize that you hadthat gift?
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Well, I want to say that I, like, came out of my
mom's womb from singing frombirth, but I did not want to
sing for the Lord.
I wanted to.
You know I wanted to be likeWhitney Houston or you know I
wanted to do that and I, youknow I was.
I got saved at six years oldand baptized around eight, but I
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fell away from the Lord.
I really didn't want anythingto do with Christianity and I
did not recommit my life until Iwas 16.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Wow.
So there was like a basicallylike a eight to 10 year gap
there, like what, what?
What was going on during thattime?
Speaker 3 (05:45):
I feel like it was a lot of hypocrisy.
So I was raised briefly.
My mom joined an organizationthat was extremely legalistic
when I was around, I want to say11.
And so I saw a lot of thingsthat did not line up with the
Bible in general, and when youwent to go and question anything
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, you were basically told thatyou were rebellious, that you
shouldn't question your leaders,that you shouldn't you know
that these things, that theirinterpretation was the correct
interpretation, and so, even ifyou had a different lens and a
different view of seeingsomething, you were basically
looked at like you wererebellious, and so I was like,
well, if I'm going to berebellious, I'm going to be real
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rebellious.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
I'm going to be going all in.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
I'm like, okay, like if that's how it is, and so I
just I knew that there was a Godbut I just wanted nothing to do
with him.
And so I just remember him.
My mom would still, you knowshe dragged me to church.
She'd still be praying for meand believing that God was going
to restore.
But I, just, I didn't wantanything to do with it.
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And I remember being at a youthconvention that I was made to
go to and just the Holy Spirit,just.
And I want to say that I wentthrough deliverance when I
didn't even know whatdeliverance was.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Wow, and that was when you were 16?
.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
Just about to turn 16 .
So I was like at the tail endof 15.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
Okay, wow, tell me more about that experience.
Speaker 3 (07:18):
Well, I remember they did—and God can use the arts,
like that's why I think the artsare so amazing.
But they did this play and itwas showing.
It was like a rapture play,saying like where would you go?
And it was very theatrical andvery, you know, very convicting.
And I remember just thinkinglike I don't want to go to hell,
like I don't, you know, I knowthat I'm living this way, but I
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know that God has a plan for meand I know that he's real.
And so I remember, you know,feeling the Lord just say if you
just give me your yes, you knowI'll take care of the rest.
And so I said yes to the Lordand I just remember feeling
something leaving me, like I wasjust, I started like travailing
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and then I felt just the HolySpirit just wash over me and it
was almost like after that thatthe sky was brighter, you know,
like the colors were more vividand I just was like wow, like I
was in such demonic oppression.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
And you were able to like, literally in that moment,
just like that, it was like youreyes, the vision changed.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
Yes, yeah, I remember , and I remember people who were
friends of mine, you know,going back to school.
They were like something'sdifferent about like what on
earth has happened to you.
And you know they're like didyou stop doing drugs?
Did you do that?
I'm like, well, yes, I did that, but I said, you know, I've
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recommitted my life to the Lordand I'm allowing Him to just
work on me and just seeing theovernight transformation for
wanting the things of the worldand darkness, because I was very
gothic, very like I wore allblack.
I mean just a pretty scaryindividual to approach, yes, and
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so it was like overnight, likeit was drastic day and night.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
Oh my gosh.
And at that time, like you werelike doing drugs, kind of
dabbling in that I was dabbling.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
I wasn't I would never say I was, I was not
addicted, but I was doingbasically whatever I could get
my hands on.
As you know a young kid- yeah,yeah, wow.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
so you have this experience and then like the
next day, like what was your—howdid you dress the next day?
Like what did you look like thenext day?
Did you have that likerealization of hmm I?
Speaker 3 (09:41):
did so I stopped wearing like—and back.
When I was a kid it was likethe JNCO jeans, you know, with
the chains and so I got rid ofmy JNCO jeans and I did start
dressing different.
But then that also led into theorganization that I was a part
of, which was extremelylegalistic, and I'm like, okay,
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well, if God says that I have to, you know, only wear skirts or
do this and this, I'm going todo it.
Because it was like from darkto light, and so I'm like, okay,
well, I'll do that.
And then over the years, justresearching and like really
becoming familiar with HolySpirit, you know that fell away.
And so like it's freedom thatGod not that God doesn't care
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how you dress, but you know thatfell away.
And so like it's freedom thatGod not that God doesn't care
how you dress, but you know youcan, you don't have to be in
bondage and you don't have to,you don't have to dress
legalistically, you can be freein the Lord.
So it was quite a journey from Iwant to say multiple like
points, you know, and I do wantto say it was more like I would
say it was like a cult, if thatmakes sense.
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So I believe God can saveanyone anywhere and he can reach
you.
So I definitely had a genuinesalvation experience but as I
grew with Holy Spirit, hebrought myself and my husband
out of the cold.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
Okay, and did you meet your husband there?
Speaker 3 (11:08):
Yes, Yep, we met—we were high school sweethearts, so
I moved—I recommitted my lifeto the Lord when I lived in Las
Vegas, and then I moved at 16 toMichigan, and so that's where I
met him and we went to schooltogether and— Wow.
Yeah, we've been married for 21years now.
Got married super young.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
Thank you.
I was going to say you've beenmarried 21 years.
That's amazing.
So how did you break free fromthe cult?
There had to be a moment thatboth of you were just like
there's got to be more.
What did that look like for youto to leave that place?
Speaker 3 (11:46):
yeah, well, I want to like the church that we were
going to I.
They did break away from thatline of thinking as far as they
um, they said you know thesearen't biblical things that
they're teaching you know youdon't have to.
I mean, some of the beliefswere so so far out there that it
was almost unbelievable tothink.
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Like we were taught that we hadmagic hair, that if we cut our
hair, that like we would bringdoom on our family.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
Really.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
Yeah, so it was.
Speaker 2 (12:17):
it was like very radical, the whole race on
Samson kind of thing Almost.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
It was a misrepresentation, like a
distortion, a perversion of 1Corinthians, and so it was just
a lot of researching and so Ihad.
I remember I was doing theresearch on my own and then we
approached our former pastor andI said, you know, I don't think
that these things are biblical.
And he's like, oh, they're not.
He's like we're not going to beteaching them anymore.
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And so there was a split, likea church split, so we moved away
from that organization.
But then some of the otherdogma as far as doctrine was
still there, and so it took uslike a few years of just like
crawling our way out saying, youknow, I don't think that this
is biblical, I don't think thisis biblical, and just asking the
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Lord like where do you want usto go to church?
Like where do you want us tofellowship, and that's like such
a supernatural story in itself.
Where we were at a propheticconference.
Yeah, I was at a propheticconference and I was leading
worship there and I rememberlike the Lord had told me, like
probably four years prior tothat, that we were supposed to
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leave our current church and weloved everybody, like they were
super sweet people and like hisfamily still goes to this day.
But we knew that we had to leaveand I remember telling my
husband I was like I think we'resupposed to leave, but I don't
know how, I don't know what youknow what to do.
And like I don't know how, Idon't know what you know what to
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do.
And we I didn't, like I didn'ttell a soul.
And we were at this conferenceand, like my youngest received
his prayer language at eightyears old at this conference and
we got a word and I remembergoing into that and I'm like,
lord, I don't want you tellingthis prophet to tell me to leave
my church.
I was like, don't do it.
And that's exactly what heprophesied.
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He said and he doesn't prophesythat.
Like we're really good friendswith him now, but we did not
know him at all then.
And so he said, you know, theLord is leading you to a move,
and at that time we had justmoved homes.
So I said, oh yeah, well, wealready moved, like ha ha.
He's like, no, it's like aspiritual move, like a church
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move.
And it was so, it was so divine.
And he said, you know, the Lordwants you to be at a church
that's planted by living waters.
And so we didn't even know.
We told our former pastor likewe got to go.
We don't know where we're going, but we're going to, you know,
we'll let you know and you know,god bless.
And we, when we were looking fordifferent churches, we tried
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one that was like up the streetand it was a great church, like
we loved it.
But I was like this isn't it.
You know, this is not thechurch.
And so we kept looking.
And then my friend had invitedus like a few years back to her
church and I was like you know,it's a little farther, like we
drive about 35 to 40 minutes togo to church.
And I was like, but let's just,let's go try it.
So we tried it and the church Ikid you not was literally our
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old building, was on a stream,like there was like a little
stream, like a little riverright behind the church and I'm
like, are you kidding me?
Like what?
And it's called Floodgate.
So Of course it is, of courseit is.
I was like okay, I was like, sothis is it.
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And we walked in and and I knewit, I like we both knew it.
We looked at each other.
We're like, oh, this is it,this is it.
And so, like we, we neverstopped going, but it was so, it
was so supernatural, and so theLord is just so kind in his, in
his patience for his kids, youknow.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (15:50):
I feel like somebody needs to know that the Lord is
so kind with his patiencetowards his kids.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
Yeah, yeah, tell us a little bit about that, like
just expound on that a littlebit, if you would.
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (16:03):
Sure.
So I feel like sometimes I'mmore like stubborn, like I'm
like Lord.
I need every single sign, Ineed every single like, like I
need like almost a billboard inmy face saying go this direction
.
You know, because I love, Ilove safety.
And I feel like the Lord, likeso many times, is just like come
on, and I almost like when I'mtalking to him, like I know that
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he sees me as like a littlechild who's sometimes really
stubborn but we love our kidseven when they're stubborn.
He's like come on, like justtake my hand, just walk with me,
like I've got.
I'm almost seeing thatillustration where it's a teddy
bear and she's got this littleteddy bear and like Jesus has
this giant stuffed teddy bearbehind his back and he's like
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just give it to me.
And I've got something so muchbetter and so much bigger than
you can imagine.
But it's just trusting, likeHoly Spirit to lead and guide
and just know that he's notgoing to let you fall, like if
he's called you to it, he'sgoing to see you through it.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
Absolutely.
I love that illustration.
It's so good.
So, as you were saying that,you know I'm catching that
picture and and the word thatI'm hearing is like a great
exchange.
So, in in your time, since howlong has it been since you, um
started going to floodgate?
Oh, it's almost.
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Almost been four years.
Four years, okay.
So you've had like a radicalshift into a different realm of
a church, correct?
And in that time I can imaginethat you've taken some maybe
great steps of faith.
I would love to hear a recentgreat exchange that you have
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experienced, that you know I dotalk a lot about the safety and
a lot of us do want safety, wedon't.
I mean we have.
Our body was created to likekind of go into fight or flight
right.
Right yeah, which is good, weneed it for some things.
But in this walk like I wouldlove to hear maybe a recent you
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know you had this teddy bear andhe exchanged it for a greater
one and you're like I don't knowLike what did that look like
for you?
Speaker 3 (18:13):
Is there one that you could share with us?
Well, I have one, and I want tosay it's recent, because it's
only been like the past fewyears.
I used to tour with like a fullband.
So I've been writing andrecording and doing Christian
music for 15 years now and sowhenever we would go and you
know, go to different churches,venues, whatever it is I would
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have like a full five piece bandand it was basically my safety
net.
You know, I'm like, oh, like Ican't do this without a band,
like I have to be able to, youknow, have that support.
And I remember my husbandtalking to me and he's like, you
know, I feel like, and Iremember my husband talking to
me and he's like, you know, Ifeel like you're so hindered by
that because, like what ifyou're called to go to an event
tomorrow and like called to dosomething like right away, like
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are you going to be able toround up the people?
And it's very hard, likekeeping things together and
saying, oh, this person's goingto play this time and just the
logistics of it.
And so I remember him justsaying, why don't you try to
start doing like events on yourown?
And I'm like, oh no, oh no, no,no, no.
I was like that's not the Lord,he's like, well, you know, just
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cue on it for a little bit.
And then I remember we had thissweet church in Detroit, like a
few years back, and theyinvited us to come and none of
my band was able to make it andwe weren't able to pay them
anyway because it was such asmall little church.
And I'm like, well, I reallyfeel like the Lord wants me to
go.
I feel like there's somethingthere that I'm supposed to.
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So we went and it was just meand my acoustic and we had some
little bit of backing tracks,but it wasn't like a full
production and I just it wasjust me and my acoustic and we
had some little bit of backingtracks, but you know, it wasn't
like a full production.
And I just remember it likejust the spirit of travail that
fell in that place and just theheart for the city that came
over me and it was.
It was like such a radical timeof worship that I could not
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deny that the Lord was doingsomething new and moving like in
a different way, prophetically,so like and now I do, I mean
almost all of my events are onmy own.
You know just a guitar and youknow some backing things, but
you know we're able to really besent ones if that makes sense.
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So we don't have to have likethe can you schedule in this
time, can you do this, can youdo that?
But it's really like okay, lord, like you opened a door and
like we can go like right now,you know.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
Yeah Well, do you want to do that right now?
So I'm going to back it up asecond Sure.
While I was praying, I did havea vision of Bridget singing on
here with us and I asked her ifshe'd be open to that.
I have not asked anybody to dothis before, so now I can kind
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of see why.
Amen, I can see it now.
I can see clearly.
Now I'm singing it in my head.
But anyways, would you be opento sharing and releasing your
sound over Sure?
And I don't know if you have asong in mind, but I know that
it's going to be powerful.
Speaker 3 (21:18):
Amen.
Well, I think I'm going to do.
Let's see.
I think I'm going to do Blowthe Shofar.
Actually and this is anoriginal song that was released
a few years ago, but I justremember when I wrote it I was
just saying, lord, you have thevictory, you have the victory.
And I saw like this vision ofsomebody blowing the shofar and
seeing the walls of Jerichocrumble to the ground.
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So this song is just adeclaration.
It's super easy, but it's asong of victory and knowing that
when we use our voices beforethe Lord, that we are able to
see mountains move, that we areable to see the impossible.
So this is called Blow theShofar All right, thank you.
Oh, you know what?
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This is not tuned all the way.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
You know what?
This is not tuned all the way.
And one thing too like we'rebelieving zoom may not pick up
the best you know acoustics, oryou know I don't know a lot
about music, but um, but we'rejust believing that, even though
it may not be perfect, it'sgoing to be beautiful and it's
going to release just fire.
Because it's going to releaseto the nations and how many
nations need this word, right?
Amen.
And I have a fire truck goingback right now.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
It's like release the fire blow the chauffeur, circle
the gates.
The walls are coming down.
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The walls are coming down.
Satan's defeated in Jesus' name.
Oh, can you hear the sound?
Can you hear the sound ofvictory, victory, victory,
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victory, victory, victory?
Oh, can you hear the sound ofvictory, victory, victory,
victory?
Oh, there's victory, victory.
Yes, there's victory in thename.
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There's healing in the name.
There's healing in the name.
There's salvation in the nameAbove every other name.
Oh, victory in the name.
There is healing in the name,there is salvation in the name
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Above every other name.
There is salvation in the nameabove every other name.
Jesus, oh, we thank you foryour name today.
Lord Jesus, jesus, blow theshofar, circle the gates.
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Oh, the walls are coming down.
Yes, the walls are coming downIn Jesus' name.
Oh, can you hear the sound?
Can you hear the sound ofvictory?
Wow, thank you Lord.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
wow, thank you, lord on my end.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
That was fire praise, god.
Wow, where can people like findthe song if they want to hear
it and it's like totality?
Is it available on differentmusic players?
Youtube.
Speaker 3 (25:27):
Yep, it's available on Spotify, apple, youtube,
tiktok, instagram, like anywherethat music is.
Well, instagram doesn't reallyhave Well, no, it does have some
music on there.
So anywhere that music'savailable, it's on there.
Okay, remind them what the nameof the song is Blow the Shofar,
and that is off of my EP calledthis.
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Is that?
This Is that.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
Ooh, I love that name .
Tell me more about that.
Speaker 3 (25:54):
That I released that 2021.
And that EP is just like areally prophetic EP and the
first, the title track on thatsong this Is that is basically
talking about.
This is that which was spokenof by the prophet Joel from Acts
2, verse 16 and 17.
So it's really just straightfrom Scripture talking about in
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the last days that sons anddaughters are going to prophesy
and that we need to move out ofthe four walls of the building
and into the streets and spreadthe gospel yes, and I see here,
I'm just looking it up onspotify it looks like the spirit
of elijah is on there as welltoo.
Speaker 2 (26:35):
Yes, what?
What is your?
I know this might be, it mightbe hard to kind of narrow down,
but what?
What's your favorite song thatyou've released?
Speaker 3 (26:48):
Oh man, okay, I want to say it's Keep On.
And that's because that songhas a really special meaning to
me.
I wrote it after my fatherpassed, so it's basically about
just when I was in a dark placeand I was, you know, just really
sad and missing him and notknowing, like, exactly what
God's plan was with it all youknow why there wasn't healing,
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and so this song was just aboutkeeping on, even when you feel
like you don't want to, that Godwill be your strength when all
hope is gone.
So that song I feel like ittaps into where people who
aren't believers can appreciateit as well, and then it makes
them question like, oh okay,like why am I keeping on and
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saying that he will be yourstrength when there is none?
So I love songs that crossaisles, and they cross bridges
and invite people in.
Speaker 2 (27:45):
Wow, and have you seen that happen a lot, like in
real time, like when you're outdoing live?
Speaker 3 (27:50):
Oh, yes, Well, that song in particular, like that,
went viral like two years ago,where it hit like 3 million on
Facebook, and I remember, justlike so many people who were not
believers I mean there were alot of believers on there who
were commenting, but people whoweren't believers were like, wow
, this, this makes me feelreally hopeful, this makes me
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feel really joyful, even thoughI was really sad, and so just
knowing that it gives peoplehope is just everything.
Speaker 2 (28:22):
Yes, absolutely, and I just looked up the disc.
It's Carry you right, yeah, andif I'm seeing this right on
Spotify, it looks like releasedFebruary 25th of 2020.
Speaker 3 (28:34):
Yes, and what's funny about that is it can, yeah,
that song.
Like I released that EP as kindof a not a declaration, a what
is it called when you'redevoting some things to someone?
A, anyway, I just released itfor my dad.
You know they were all songsabout heaven and about being
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buried by the Lord, and Iremember it didn't really do too
much when it first came outbecause it was right at the
pandemic, like it had just hit,and so I was like, oh well, even
if I just released it just as acomfort, like to me, then
that's fine.
And then a few years later itjust like completely took off
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and I'm like, wow, lord, likeyour timing is not my timing.
Speaker 2 (29:21):
Right, how did that like?
How did that transpire, like afew years later, did somebody
share it or did you like whathappened?
I'm just kind of curious onthat.
Speaker 3 (29:29):
I did a reel.
So this is when reels werereally like popping off on
Facebook and Instagram.
It had been more of like aTikTok thing where they had like
the video, the reels, type ofcontent.
And then Facebook and Instagramfollowed suit and I was like,
okay, well, I'm going to makeyou know, I'm going to do some
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reels.
And I remember posting itbecause my former youth pastor's
wife she had brain cancer andwe had believing that she was
going to be healed and you knowthat she and she was fairly
young, like she was in her inher forties and you know it was.
It was just so devastating whenshe passed and I was like, okay
, well, I'm going to resharethis song that I had released,
(30:14):
you know, prior.
And I did like a short introvideo and just said, if anyone's
going through you know a hardtime, I pray this blesses you.
And I just remember, withinlike two days I was like what on
earth with all thenotifications, and then it like
it hit three million within aweek.
Speaker 2 (30:30):
Oh my gosh.
Yeah, that's wild right, and itwas like you said.
It was a few years later.
It was, yeah, but it was forthat particular time, and is it
still continuing to kind ofcatch the wind as well?
Speaker 3 (30:46):
Well, that particular reel, like it topped out at
three million but people likeare still listening to it.
I still get testimonies likeall the time from that song and
that EP in general, where peopleare like, oh, like this really
encouraged my heart and you knowpeople are using it for
different like funerals anddifferent things like that, and
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so it's like it's, it's superencouraging.
Speaker 2 (31:11):
Well, thank you for sharing your favorite song.
I would love to hear, like,what is your, what is your
process, like your songwritingprocess, to release these songs?
Did it start?
I know you said you startedsinging when you left the womb,
but yeah, songs when you'reyounger.
Like, what did this look like?
Cause I know for some peoplewho have like a writing gift,
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oftentimes they have a lot oflike um, resistance in that area
in writing.
Yeah, yeah, Well.
Speaker 3 (31:40):
I remember like I wrote my first song when I was I
want to say 13, but it was likeangsty.
You know, I wanted to be GwenStefani when I was I want to say
13, but it was like angsty.
You know, I wanted to be GwenStefani when I was a kid.
You know I still love GwenStefani.
I feel like she's like evolvedwith you know, grown up with me,
but I remember just, you know Iwanted.
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I was super angsty, you know Iwasn't in church and so the
writing like sounds so muchdifferent than it does now.
And I really just put down myguitar for years and years and
didn't really do anything withit.
I always sang, but I stoppedsongwriting and you know just
kind of was living life.
(32:24):
You know, and even my husbanddidn't like he knew that I
played the guitar just a littlebit, like not much, but like
maybe took a few lessons when Iwas a kid, but he did not know
like that I played.
And we had a college and careernight at my previous church and
they needed a guitar player andyou know I was just like, well,
(32:44):
I'll play.
You know I got up there andlike leading worship and it was
just continuous from that point.
But that was really I want tofeel like that was like the
starting point of it, and myhusband was like what on earth?
Like we've been married forlike two years, like what
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happened?
What's going on?
So that was the process of justlike oh, wow, you know, just
running around and thensometimes I'm like really
intentional because I think that, like so many things are
divinely inspired, like HolySpirit led, but when you're
doing like sometimes you don'twant to go to work in the
morning, you know what I mean,but you got to go.
And so I really just haveintentional times where I'm like
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okay, like I don't feel itright now, like okay, like I
don't feel it right now, but I'mgoing to take some time and try
to see what the Lord isinspiring and what he's doing.
And so I have to make myselfsometimes.
And so sometimes it's a chordprogression, sometimes it's a
melody and sometimes it's like adownload in my sleep, like my
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song Blood Stain Tears wascompletely downloaded during a
dream.
Like my song Blood Stain Tearswas completely downloaded during
a dream.
Speaker 2 (34:10):
Wow, that's incredible.
And did you wake up and likemake a note of it.
Speaker 3 (34:14):
We were out of town, we were playing at a festival up
north, and I remember waking upand I'm like out of the way.
I was like, excuse me, I gotsuch a tear Right.
I was like hold on, I was likenobody talk to me and I'm so not
like, like, not in a mean way,but I'm just like.
I was like hold on, hold on, nowords, no words until I can go
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and write this down and recordit real quick.
Hold on, hold on.
And then that's how it came outand I was like wow, lord, for
like forgiving me that gift,that to give to others, because
you know, when we're given gifts, we're supposed to give them
away.
Yes, say that again when we aregiven gifts, we give them away.
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The fruits of the spirit arenot for us, they're for others.
Speaker 2 (35:01):
Yes, amen.
And I've always, like I lovemusic, like I hear music in my
sleep.
I wake up with lyrics.
I have like an alarm that goesoff my head with songs.
It's so fun.
I've always wondered like kindof that process of you know, I'm
sure it's different for everysongwriter like to to get a song
(35:22):
, because I mean to me, likewhen I hear, when I hear songs,
I just am so impacted.
I always told people back whenI was growing up I'm like if
everything in school could havebeen written in song, I would be
really smart.
Yes, I remember lyrics.
I'm so impacted by movies andjust the way things all come
together and I have no idea whatthe process is behind it.
(35:44):
So thanks for kind of likebringing us into your process a
little bit, absolutely yeah.
So I for kind of like bringingus into your process a little
bit, absolutely yeah.
So I know you've, you havealbums.
You, um, you know are in thatrealm.
What did that look like for youto, to, to move into that, um,
realm of you know having albumsand you know you were, you know,
growing up.
And then then what happened?
(36:04):
Like how did you get into themusic world, like to be able to
have them?
Speaker 3 (36:09):
out there.
I have a very supportive, superspecial husband.
So I remember after that firstcollege and career night, my
husband's just like you need to.
This is like what you'resupposed to do.
Oh, like like right away, oh mygosh, and I'm just like, oh, I
don't know, I don't know, andyou know, getting in my own head
(36:31):
and he's like you know what weneed to?
You need to record some ofthese songs.
We need to figure out how to dothis.
And we had some connectionswith some of our fellow friends
and they're like oh, there's aproducer who's locally here and
let's get you hooked up with him.
And so I was able to do it thatway in studio and, you know,
release my first batch of songs.
(36:51):
It was awesome.
And now the songwriting, likethe recording process, because
we have so many things that aredigital.
So my last few projects, I wasable to partner with people who
were like my last producer Onewas in Guatemala, one was in
Guatemala and then Elevation,like the guys from Elevation,
produced my last project that Iproduced and released and I was
(37:15):
able to do everything just here.
You know, we have a localstudio right down the street and
you can record your vocals andthen you're kind of bouncing
things back and forth digitally,and so it's like a whole new
world of possibilities withsongwriting and with getting
your music out there, Wow.
Speaker 2 (37:34):
So if somebody is listening to you today and
they're like I have a gift, Ilove singing Maybe a teenager is
listening right now from Chinaand they're like I don't even
know where I would start, whatwould you?
Speaker 3 (37:44):
say to them?
I would say get curious andreally just start researching
what is available to you, notonly in your area but online.
Like there's so many, like evenFiverr, like there's so many
different, there's so manydifferent things that aren't
going to cost an arm and a legfor you to do what you need to
do.
And imperfect action is betterthan no action.
(38:10):
So, like I feel like sometimeswe want everything perfect, but
it's like you know, if you'renever going to move on the small
things, you're never going tosee the big things.
Like you have to be faithfulwith the little that God's put
in your hand and then you knowyou're going to be trusted with
more.
Speaker 2 (38:31):
That's so good, so like you could literally be
living in a rural area somewhere, and it sounds like you don't
live in a big metropolitan area.
Is that correct?
Speaker 3 (38:43):
Ann Arbor is like I'm 45.
It's pretty like lots ofresources, but it's not
Nashville, right, if that?
Speaker 2 (38:50):
makes sense.
Speaker 3 (39:03):
I mean, I think sometimes people think that they
need to like go to these placesto know doubt.
But there's I mean there's somany resources, like right at
your fingertips, where you canbe a big fish in a small pond,
if that makes sense.
Like you don't have to go.
You can go where you're, youcan move where you're planted
and where God has you.
(39:23):
Like you don't have to go to anoversaturated market to see
what the Lord has for you.
Speaker 2 (39:29):
Absolutely Well, that's so good.
I love that.
I mean, I feel like you justunlocked something for somebody
that maybe was just like I can'tdo that.
I don't have resources, I don'thave money.
I can't do that.
That's really one of the liesis like I can't, when it starts
with I can't.
The enemy's in that right?
Oh, yes, For sure.
(39:51):
So I would love to hear, like,what stretchy things are coming
up for you in this season.
Speaker 3 (39:56):
Oh, let's see Stretchy.
Oh, tonight.
Yes, I was hoping you'd say,well, we made a barn on our
property and we built this infaith and you know it's taken
about six months to get thewhole thing.
We had the Amish come and theybuilt it on our property in the
back and it's just now to thepoint where we're going to have
(40:18):
our first worship night tonightand so that's really stretching,
like inviting people into your,not that it's our home, but it
is our home because it's on ourproperty.
And so I was telling my husbandI was like this just feels
different, like it's exciting,but it feels like really
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different because and I mean,you still get a little bit of
the jitters and a littlebutterfly when you go to
different churches and we'velike gone to every denomination,
like so many different things.
But I'm like this just feelstotally different and so like
really stretching and just soexcited to see what the Lord is
going to do through that.
But it's definitely stretchingbecause it's like getting,
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because you're the responsibleone, if that makes sense,
because like when you go toother places, other venues, like
you show up and you know youhave your things ready and
you're you're good to go, butlike when you're putting on the
whole thing and gettingeverything set up and all that
stuff, I'm like, oh, this islike a whole new, whole new game
whole new way oh no way it's sobeautiful.
Speaker 2 (41:20):
Did he give you like a vision of like what to expect
from from this tonight?
Speaker 3 (41:26):
so I just feel like we have like a tentative set
list and we have like a keyboardplayer coming and it like I'm
so excited about it, but I justfeel like throwing all of that
out the window.
Like I even told the guy who'sgoing to be helping tonight I
said this is like the tentativeone, but I really just, even if
it's just like four chords, youknow a progression, and just
like having the Holy Spirit movethrough that spontaneously like
(41:49):
through the whole night, likewe don't have to have an actual
set list.
And you know I love Sundaymornings, I love my local church
, but sometimes you can't dothat in those settings because
there's so many different.
You know we have programs, youhave all these different things,
but when it's just a night ofworship and there's no agenda
(42:10):
and there's no like onlyexpectation is for the Lord to
show up and to move.
So that's what I'm seeing.
And what's so funny is, when myhusband had showed the pictures
of the pole barn that we builtto one of the prophetic people
at our church, he's like wow,he's like that's literally what
I saw, like I had a vision and Isaw like the doors, like people
(42:33):
being lined up outside to comein and I'm like holy moly, okay,
you know, and our area, youknow, our area needs it you know
, yes, amen.
Speaker 2 (42:44):
And is this something like?
If any listeners are hearingyou today, obviously they won't
hear this today, unfortunately,but are you going to be doing
this again?
Speaker 3 (42:54):
Oh, yes, yep, we're planning on doing probably
quarterly, I want to say once amonth, but realistic
expectations, I'm thinkingprobably every two to three
months.
Yeah, so we're definitely goingto have another one and just
see how the Lord moves.
Speaker 2 (43:11):
Okay, and would they be able to find that information
on your website?
Do you have events on there?
Speaker 3 (43:16):
Yes, but for these particular ones I don't post the
address, Like I put it in mystories today but it's more of
like, if you're coming and youwant to come and you want to
bring some people, everyone isinvited.
But I like have people privatemessage me for the address just
because it's on our property andit's our home.
Speaker 2 (43:34):
A lot of sense.
I love it.
Well, as we close today, Iwould love to hear you know I do
this podcast for the one and ifyou could just get a vision for
the one that's listening intoday if you could think of any
words of encouragement or wordsof knowledge that you'd like to
speak over to this person andthen would you pray us out today
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as well.
Speaker 3 (43:57):
Yes, Well, for the one I just feel like you were
touching on earlier, that youmay not know what your next
steps are, that you may not knowwhat the resources, where
they're going to come from.
But when you open your hands andyou just say, Lord, fill my
hands, fill my mouth, lead mysteps, that he is going to
supernaturally draw you to thepeople who have the resources,
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to exactly what you need, inwhat timing, that you need it
Because the Lord is not going tocall you to something and he's
not going to leave you hedoesn't leave His children when
he has something for you.
He's going to show you exactlythe next steps of what to do,
who to approach, and He'll evenhave people approach you to
(44:43):
confirm what he is saying inthis season.
So, Father, I ask God that youwould just touch whoever's
listening to this right now, whomay feel discouraged, who may
feel like I don't know what todo, I don't have it all together
.
We know, Lord, that we don'thave to have it all together
because you do and because youhold us up and you see where we
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are going next, Lord.
So I ask God that you wouldjust begin to expand their faith
, expand their hope, God, expandtheir horizon so that they can
see beyond Lord, what thephysical limitations of the
present is, and they can seeinto the supernatural realm of
what you have for them, God,because it's so good, because
you are so good and you are sofaithful and you are so kind.
(45:27):
We thank you and we pray inyour mighty name, Jesus, Amen.
Speaker 2 (45:32):
Amen, amen.
Well, I would love for you toshare with us how can listeners
contact you?
You could share.
Maybe your website link socialmedia handles.
Speaker 3 (45:43):
Absolutely BridgetDonahoecom.
And then I'm also on Instagram,facebook, tiktok YouTube, all
under Bridget Donahoecom.
And then I'm also on Instagram,facebook, tiktok YouTube, all
under Bridget.
Speaker 2 (46:00):
Donahoe.
And then all the streamingservices Spotify, apple, itunes.
All the places are listening inand you want to grab those
links.
They'll be there for you.
I'm going to close with ourHope Unlocked anchoring verse.
It's May the God of hope fillyou with all joy and peace in
believing so that, by the powerof the Holy Spirit, you may
abound in hope, and that'sRomans 15, 13.
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So thank you, bridget, forsharing today and thank you for
being a brave voice.
Speaker 3 (46:27):
who's setting so many free.
Thank you so much for having me.
This has been wonderful.
Speaker 2 (46:31):
I'll be back with another episode next week.
Welcome to the Hope Unlocked Podcast.
I'm your host, kristen Kurtz,and I'm also the founder of New
Wings Coaching.
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feeling caged and stuck, unlocktheir true purpose and potential
, break free from limitationsand thrive with confidence,
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If you're curious to learn moreabout coaching with me, head to
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ways to connect with me further.
Get ready to dive in as weuncover empowering keys and
insights in this episode.
So tune in and let's unlockhope together.
Welcome to the Hope Unlockedpodcast.
I'm Kristen Kurtz, your host.
I pray this episode is like aholy IV of hope for your soul.
Please help me.
Welcome Bridget Donahoe to theshow.
I am very excited to have herhere today.
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I got to know her just a littlebit before we got started and I
want to just say to Julie forthe connection thank you.
You know who you are, so I'mjust thrilled to have you here
today Just to get started.
Could you just tell us a littlebit about yourself before we
get into your story?
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Absolutely Well.
Thank you so much for having me.
I'm looking forward to seeinghow Holy Spirit just moves today
through this conversation.
I'm a wife, a mom, a homeschoolmom, so we're really busy
throughout the school year and aworship leader, a songwriter
and just whatever the Lord hasme to do in each season.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Yes, and what is this season looking like for you
right now?
Speaker 3 (01:43):
This is a busy season , I feel like this.
We travel a lot during thesummer for ministry and we do a
lot of different worship events.
So I say yes, a lot more than Iwould during the school year.
So we've got a lot of stuffgoing on.
We're traveling for ministryand a lot of new ventures.
So I'm just, I'm reallythankful.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Yes, and are your kids involved as well?
Do they get to?
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
They're super involved.
So family is the first ministryalways.
So I try to include my kiddosin every aspect.
Like my oldest son, he's reallyinto tech so he does a lot of
video editing and he doesYouTube videos and he loves that
whole world.
So I had a TV performance thispast Saturday out of state and
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my husband, like he was just.
We had revival with MarioMorello all weekend long at our
church and we were just like wewere a little exhausted.
So I was like you know, I waslike why don't you stay back?
And I'll bring the kiddo along,my 16-year-old, and let him
just go behind the scenes andreally just look into that world
and get to tour the studio.
(02:56):
And so that was like that wasso amazing.
So trying to find littlepockets of things that my kids
really love while we'reincorporating them into ministry
and so allowing them to serveas well.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Yes, I love that.
And then they get to like seetheir gifts, like start to
explore on the scene as well asthey're with you and being
around other people.
I can imagine right Do you havea lot of support in that area,
like when they're with you.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Well, when they're with me, their gifts.
Like, my youngest is a reallyamazing artist, and so sometimes
during worship or even duringthe message, he'll pull out a
pen and paper and he's like okay, just like Lord, what do you
want me to draw?
And so I'm really wanting to seethat expounded as well, and
especially when we're doingwe're starting some worship
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nights on our property, and soI'm really wanting to see I'm
envisioning like an easel andjust him prophetically painting
in the future, and he's donethat before at home, but not
like during an actual worshipsetting, so he's put on like
Bethel music or different thingslike that, and then he's
painting in the garage and justletting the Holy Spirit use him
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however he wants to.
So, like I really just want tosee their gifts fostered in
whatever we're doing and justpulling out what God has for
them and seeing them go fartherthan we ever could, because as
parents and we just want to see,I want to see the younger
generation do so much more forthe Lord than I could and go
(04:27):
even farther than I do.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Yeah, well, looking I mean even looking back in your
own childhood, like what didthat look like for you to be?
I've been using the wordbolstered a lot lately.
Bolstered in, you know, drawingout, like, obviously, with your
kids it sounds like they'revery creative and with you you
have this creative.
We all are creative, right,right, you have this creative
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spark in your songwriting andthe singing and everything, the
worship.
Like what did that look likefor you to like?
Even recognize that you hadthat gift?
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Well, I want to say that I, like, came out of my
mom's womb from singing frombirth, but I did not want to
sing for the Lord.
I wanted to.
You know I wanted to be likeWhitney Houston or you know I
wanted to do that and I, youknow I was.
I got saved at six years oldand baptized around eight, but I
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fell away from the Lord.
I really didn't want anythingto do with Christianity and I
did not recommit my life until Iwas 16.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Wow.
So there was like a basicallylike a eight to 10 year gap
there, like what, what?
What was going on during thattime?
Speaker 3 (05:45):
I feel like it was a lot of hypocrisy.
So I was raised briefly.
My mom joined an organizationthat was extremely legalistic
when I was around, I want to say11.
And so I saw a lot of thingsthat did not line up with the
Bible in general, and when youwent to go and question anything
(06:07):
, you were basically told thatyou were rebellious, that you
shouldn't question your leaders,that you shouldn't you know
that these things, that theirinterpretation was the correct
interpretation, and so, even ifyou had a different lens and a
different view of seeingsomething, you were basically
looked at like you wererebellious, and so I was like,
well, if I'm going to berebellious, I'm going to be real
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rebellious.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
I'm going to be going all in.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
I'm like, okay, like if that's how it is, and so I
just I knew that there was a Godbut I just wanted nothing to do
with him.
And so I just remember him.
My mom would still, you knowshe dragged me to church.
She'd still be praying for meand believing that God was going
to restore.
But I, just, I didn't wantanything to do with it.
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And I remember being at a youthconvention that I was made to
go to and just the Holy Spirit,just.
And I want to say that I wentthrough deliverance when I
didn't even know whatdeliverance was.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Wow, and that was when you were 16?
.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
Just about to turn 16 .
So I was like at the tail endof 15.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
Okay, wow, tell me more about that experience.
Speaker 3 (07:18):
Well, I remember they did—and God can use the arts,
like that's why I think the artsare so amazing.
But they did this play and itwas showing.
It was like a rapture play,saying like where would you go?
And it was very theatrical andvery, you know, very convicting.
And I remember just thinkinglike I don't want to go to hell,
like I don't, you know, I knowthat I'm living this way, but I
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know that God has a plan for meand I know that he's real.
And so I remember, you know,feeling the Lord just say if you
just give me your yes, you knowI'll take care of the rest.
And so I said yes to the Lordand I just remember feeling
something leaving me, like I wasjust, I started like travailing
(08:00):
and then I felt just the HolySpirit just wash over me and it
was almost like after that thatthe sky was brighter, you know,
like the colors were more vividand I just was like wow, like I
was in such demonic oppression.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
And you were able to like, literally in that moment,
just like that, it was like youreyes, the vision changed.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
Yes, yeah, I remember , and I remember people who were
friends of mine, you know,going back to school.
They were like something'sdifferent about like what on
earth has happened to you.
And you know they're like didyou stop doing drugs?
Did you do that?
I'm like, well, yes, I did that, but I said, you know, I've
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recommitted my life to the Lordand I'm allowing Him to just
work on me and just seeing theovernight transformation for
wanting the things of the worldand darkness, because I was very
gothic, very like I wore allblack.
I mean just a pretty scaryindividual to approach, yes, and
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so it was like overnight, likeit was drastic day and night.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
Oh my gosh.
And at that time, like you werelike doing drugs, kind of
dabbling in that I was dabbling.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
I wasn't I would never say I was, I was not
addicted, but I was doingbasically whatever I could get
my hands on.
As you know a young kid- yeah,yeah, wow.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
so you have this experience and then like the
next day, like what was your—howdid you dress the next day?
Like what did you look like thenext day?
Did you have that likerealization of hmm I?
Speaker 3 (09:41):
did so I stopped wearing like—and back.
When I was a kid it was likethe JNCO jeans, you know, with
the chains and so I got rid ofmy JNCO jeans and I did start
dressing different.
But then that also led into theorganization that I was a part
of, which was extremelylegalistic, and I'm like, okay,
(10:03):
well, if God says that I have to, you know, only wear skirts or
do this and this, I'm going todo it.
Because it was like from darkto light, and so I'm like, okay,
well, I'll do that.
And then over the years, justresearching and like really
becoming familiar with HolySpirit, you know that fell away.
And so like it's freedom thatGod not that God doesn't care
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how you dress, but you know thatfell away.
And so like it's freedom thatGod not that God doesn't care
how you dress, but you know youcan, you don't have to be in
bondage and you don't have to,you don't have to dress
legalistically, you can be freein the Lord.
So it was quite a journey from Iwant to say multiple like
points, you know, and I do wantto say it was more like I would
say it was like a cult, if thatmakes sense.
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So I believe God can saveanyone anywhere and he can reach
you.
So I definitely had a genuinesalvation experience but as I
grew with Holy Spirit, hebrought myself and my husband
out of the cold.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
Okay, and did you meet your husband there?
Speaker 3 (11:08):
Yes, Yep, we met—we were high school sweethearts, so
I moved—I recommitted my lifeto the Lord when I lived in Las
Vegas, and then I moved at 16 toMichigan, and so that's where I
met him and we went to schooltogether and— Wow.
Yeah, we've been married for 21years now.
Got married super young.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
Thank you.
I was going to say you've beenmarried 21 years.
That's amazing.
So how did you break free fromthe cult?
There had to be a moment thatboth of you were just like
there's got to be more.
What did that look like for youto to leave that place?
Speaker 3 (11:46):
yeah, well, I want to like the church that we were
going to I.
They did break away from thatline of thinking as far as they
um, they said you know thesearen't biblical things that
they're teaching you know youdon't have to.
I mean, some of the beliefswere so so far out there that it
was almost unbelievable tothink.
(12:08):
Like we were taught that we hadmagic hair, that if we cut our
hair, that like we would bringdoom on our family.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
Really.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
Yeah, so it was.
Speaker 2 (12:17):
it was like very radical, the whole race on
Samson kind of thing Almost.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
It was a misrepresentation, like a
distortion, a perversion of 1Corinthians, and so it was just
a lot of researching and so Ihad.
I remember I was doing theresearch on my own and then we
approached our former pastor andI said, you know, I don't think
that these things are biblical.
And he's like, oh, they're not.
He's like we're not going to beteaching them anymore.
(12:43):
And so there was a split, likea church split, so we moved away
from that organization.
But then some of the otherdogma as far as doctrine was
still there, and so it took uslike a few years of just like
crawling our way out saying, youknow, I don't think that this
is biblical, I don't think thisis biblical, and just asking the
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Lord like where do you want usto go to church?
Like where do you want us tofellowship, and that's like such
a supernatural story in itself.
Where we were at a propheticconference.
Yeah, I was at a propheticconference and I was leading
worship there and I rememberlike the Lord had told me, like
probably four years prior tothat, that we were supposed to
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leave our current church and weloved everybody, like they were
super sweet people and like hisfamily still goes to this day.
But we knew that we had to leaveand I remember telling my
husband I was like I think we'resupposed to leave, but I don't
know how, I don't know what youknow what to do.
And like I don't know how, Idon't know what you know what to
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do.
And we I didn't, like I didn'ttell a soul.
And we were at this conferenceand, like my youngest received
his prayer language at eightyears old at this conference and
we got a word and I remembergoing into that and I'm like,
lord, I don't want you tellingthis prophet to tell me to leave
my church.
I was like, don't do it.
And that's exactly what heprophesied.
(14:07):
He said and he doesn't prophesythat.
Like we're really good friendswith him now, but we did not
know him at all then.
And so he said, you know, theLord is leading you to a move,
and at that time we had justmoved homes.
So I said, oh yeah, well, wealready moved, like ha ha.
He's like, no, it's like aspiritual move, like a church
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move.
And it was so, it was so divine.
And he said, you know, the Lordwants you to be at a church
that's planted by living waters.
And so we didn't even know.
We told our former pastor likewe got to go.
We don't know where we're going, but we're going to, you know,
we'll let you know and you know,god bless.
And we, when we were looking fordifferent churches, we tried
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one that was like up the streetand it was a great church, like
we loved it.
But I was like this isn't it.
You know, this is not thechurch.
And so we kept looking.
And then my friend had invitedus like a few years back to her
church and I was like you know,it's a little farther, like we
drive about 35 to 40 minutes togo to church.
And I was like, but let's just,let's go try it.
So we tried it and the church Ikid you not was literally our
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old building, was on a stream,like there was like a little
stream, like a little riverright behind the church and I'm
like, are you kidding me?
Like what?
And it's called Floodgate.
So Of course it is, of courseit is.
I was like okay, I was like, sothis is it.
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And we walked in and and I knewit, I like we both knew it.
We looked at each other.
We're like, oh, this is it,this is it.
And so, like we, we neverstopped going, but it was so, it
was so supernatural, and so theLord is just so kind in his, in
his patience for his kids, youknow.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (15:50):
I feel like somebody needs to know that the Lord is
so kind with his patiencetowards his kids.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
Yeah, yeah, tell us a little bit about that, like
just expound on that a littlebit, if you would.
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (16:03):
Sure.
So I feel like sometimes I'mmore like stubborn, like I'm
like Lord.
I need every single sign, Ineed every single like, like I
need like almost a billboard inmy face saying go this direction
.
You know, because I love, Ilove safety.
And I feel like the Lord, likeso many times, is just like come
on, and I almost like when I'mtalking to him, like I know that
(16:25):
he sees me as like a littlechild who's sometimes really
stubborn but we love our kidseven when they're stubborn.
He's like come on, like justtake my hand, just walk with me,
like I've got.
I'm almost seeing thatillustration where it's a teddy
bear and she's got this littleteddy bear and like Jesus has
this giant stuffed teddy bearbehind his back and he's like
(16:45):
just give it to me.
And I've got something so muchbetter and so much bigger than
you can imagine.
But it's just trusting, likeHoly Spirit to lead and guide
and just know that he's notgoing to let you fall, like if
he's called you to it, he'sgoing to see you through it.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
Absolutely.
I love that illustration.
It's so good.
So, as you were saying that,you know I'm catching that
picture and and the word thatI'm hearing is like a great
exchange.
So, in in your time, since howlong has it been since you, um
started going to floodgate?
Oh, it's almost.
(17:20):
Almost been four years.
Four years, okay.
So you've had like a radicalshift into a different realm of
a church, correct?
And in that time I can imaginethat you've taken some maybe
great steps of faith.
I would love to hear a recentgreat exchange that you have
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experienced, that you know I dotalk a lot about the safety and
a lot of us do want safety, wedon't.
I mean we have.
Our body was created to likekind of go into fight or flight
right.
Right yeah, which is good, weneed it for some things.
But in this walk like I wouldlove to hear maybe a recent you
(18:03):
know you had this teddy bear andhe exchanged it for a greater
one and you're like I don't knowLike what did that look like
for you?
Speaker 3 (18:13):
Is there one that you could share with us?
Well, I have one, and I want tosay it's recent, because it's
only been like the past fewyears.
I used to tour with like a fullband.
So I've been writing andrecording and doing Christian
music for 15 years now and sowhenever we would go and you
know, go to different churches,venues, whatever it is I would
(18:35):
have like a full five piece bandand it was basically my safety
net.
You know, I'm like, oh, like Ican't do this without a band,
like I have to be able to, youknow, have that support.
And I remember my husbandtalking to me and he's like, you
know, I feel like, and Iremember my husband talking to
me and he's like, you know, Ifeel like you're so hindered by
that because, like what ifyou're called to go to an event
tomorrow and like called to dosomething like right away, like
(18:58):
are you going to be able toround up the people?
And it's very hard, likekeeping things together and
saying, oh, this person's goingto play this time and just the
logistics of it.
And so I remember him justsaying, why don't you try to
start doing like events on yourown?
And I'm like, oh no, oh no, no,no, no.
I was like that's not the Lord,he's like, well, you know, just
(19:20):
cue on it for a little bit.
And then I remember we had thissweet church in Detroit, like a
few years back, and theyinvited us to come and none of
my band was able to make it andwe weren't able to pay them
anyway because it was such asmall little church.
And I'm like, well, I reallyfeel like the Lord wants me to
go.
I feel like there's somethingthere that I'm supposed to.
(19:41):
So we went and it was just meand my acoustic and we had some
little bit of backing tracks,but it wasn't like a full
production and I just it wasjust me and my acoustic and we
had some little bit of backingtracks, but you know, it wasn't
like a full production.
And I just remember it likejust the spirit of travail that
fell in that place and just theheart for the city that came
over me and it was.
It was like such a radical timeof worship that I could not
(20:05):
deny that the Lord was doingsomething new and moving like in
a different way, prophetically,so like and now I do, I mean
almost all of my events are onmy own.
You know just a guitar and youknow some backing things, but
you know we're able to really besent ones if that makes sense.
(20:27):
So we don't have to have likethe can you schedule in this
time, can you do this, can youdo that?
But it's really like okay, lord, like you opened a door and
like we can go like right now,you know.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
Yeah Well, do you want to do that right now?
So I'm going to back it up asecond Sure.
While I was praying, I did havea vision of Bridget singing on
here with us and I asked her ifshe'd be open to that.
I have not asked anybody to dothis before, so now I can kind
(21:00):
of see why.
Amen, I can see it now.
I can see clearly.
Now I'm singing it in my head.
But anyways, would you be opento sharing and releasing your
sound over Sure?
And I don't know if you have asong in mind, but I know that
it's going to be powerful.
Speaker 3 (21:18):
Amen.
Well, I think I'm going to do.
Let's see.
I think I'm going to do Blowthe Shofar.
Actually and this is anoriginal song that was released
a few years ago, but I justremember when I wrote it I was
just saying, lord, you have thevictory, you have the victory.
And I saw like this vision ofsomebody blowing the shofar and
seeing the walls of Jerichocrumble to the ground.
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So this song is just adeclaration.
It's super easy, but it's asong of victory and knowing that
when we use our voices beforethe Lord, that we are able to
see mountains move, that we areable to see the impossible.
So this is called Blow theShofar All right, thank you.
Oh, you know what?
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This is not tuned all the way.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
You know what?
This is not tuned all the way.
And one thing too like we'rebelieving zoom may not pick up
the best you know acoustics, oryou know I don't know a lot
about music, but um, but we'rejust believing that, even though
it may not be perfect, it'sgoing to be beautiful and it's
going to release just fire.
Because it's going to releaseto the nations and how many
nations need this word, right?
Amen.
And I have a fire truck goingback right now.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
It's like release the fire blow the chauffeur, circle
the gates.
The walls are coming down.
(22:55):
The walls are coming down.
Satan's defeated in Jesus' name.
Oh, can you hear the sound?
Can you hear the sound ofvictory, victory, victory,
(23:20):
victory, victory, victory?
Oh, can you hear the sound ofvictory, victory, victory,
victory?
Oh, there's victory, victory.
Yes, there's victory in thename.
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There's healing in the name.
There's healing in the name.
There's salvation in the nameAbove every other name.
Oh, victory in the name.
There is healing in the name,there is salvation in the name
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Above every other name.
There is salvation in the nameabove every other name.
Jesus, oh, we thank you foryour name today.
Lord Jesus, jesus, blow theshofar, circle the gates.
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Oh, the walls are coming down.
Yes, the walls are coming downIn Jesus' name.
Oh, can you hear the sound?
Can you hear the sound ofvictory?
Wow, thank you Lord.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
wow, thank you, lord on my end.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
That was fire praise, god.
Wow, where can people like findthe song if they want to hear
it and it's like totality?
Is it available on differentmusic players?
Youtube.
Speaker 3 (25:27):
Yep, it's available on Spotify, apple, youtube,
tiktok, instagram, like anywherethat music is.
Well, instagram doesn't reallyhave Well, no, it does have some
music on there.
So anywhere that music'savailable, it's on there.
Okay, remind them what the nameof the song is Blow the Shofar,
and that is off of my EP calledthis.
(25:48):
Is that?
This Is that.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
Ooh, I love that name .
Tell me more about that.
Speaker 3 (25:54):
That I released that 2021.
And that EP is just like areally prophetic EP and the
first, the title track on thatsong this Is that is basically
talking about.
This is that which was spokenof by the prophet Joel from Acts
2, verse 16 and 17.
So it's really just straightfrom Scripture talking about in
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the last days that sons anddaughters are going to prophesy
and that we need to move out ofthe four walls of the building
and into the streets and spreadthe gospel yes, and I see here,
I'm just looking it up onspotify it looks like the spirit
of elijah is on there as welltoo.
Speaker 2 (26:35):
Yes, what?
What is your?
I know this might be, it mightbe hard to kind of narrow down,
but what?
What's your favorite song thatyou've released?
Speaker 3 (26:48):
Oh man, okay, I want to say it's Keep On.
And that's because that songhas a really special meaning to
me.
I wrote it after my fatherpassed, so it's basically about
just when I was in a dark placeand I was, you know, just really
sad and missing him and notknowing, like, exactly what
God's plan was with it all youknow why there wasn't healing,
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and so this song was just aboutkeeping on, even when you feel
like you don't want to, that Godwill be your strength when all
hope is gone.
So that song I feel like ittaps into where people who
aren't believers can appreciateit as well, and then it makes
them question like, oh okay,like why am I keeping on and
(27:35):
saying that he will be yourstrength when there is none?
So I love songs that crossaisles, and they cross bridges
and invite people in.
Speaker 2 (27:45):
Wow, and have you seen that happen a lot, like in
real time, like when you're outdoing live?
Speaker 3 (27:50):
Oh, yes, Well, that song in particular, like that,
went viral like two years ago,where it hit like 3 million on
Facebook, and I remember, justlike so many people who were not
believers I mean there were alot of believers on there who
were commenting, but people whoweren't believers were like, wow
, this, this makes me feelreally hopeful, this makes me
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feel really joyful, even thoughI was really sad, and so just
knowing that it gives peoplehope is just everything.
Speaker 2 (28:22):
Yes, absolutely, and I just looked up the disc.
It's Carry you right, yeah, andif I'm seeing this right on
Spotify, it looks like releasedFebruary 25th of 2020.
Speaker 3 (28:34):
Yes, and what's funny about that is it can, yeah,
that song.
Like I released that EP as kindof a not a declaration, a what
is it called when you'redevoting some things to someone?
A, anyway, I just released itfor my dad.
You know they were all songsabout heaven and about being
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buried by the Lord, and Iremember it didn't really do too
much when it first came outbecause it was right at the
pandemic, like it had just hit,and so I was like, oh well, even
if I just released it just as acomfort, like to me, then
that's fine.
And then a few years later itjust like completely took off
(29:17):
and I'm like, wow, lord, likeyour timing is not my timing.
Speaker 2 (29:21):
Right, how did that like?
How did that transpire, like afew years later, did somebody
share it or did you like whathappened?
I'm just kind of curious onthat.
Speaker 3 (29:29):
I did a reel.
So this is when reels werereally like popping off on
Facebook and Instagram.
It had been more of like aTikTok thing where they had like
the video, the reels, type ofcontent.
And then Facebook and Instagramfollowed suit and I was like,
okay, well, I'm going to makeyou know, I'm going to do some
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reels.
And I remember posting itbecause my former youth pastor's
wife she had brain cancer andwe had believing that she was
going to be healed and you knowthat she and she was fairly
young, like she was in her inher forties and you know it was.
It was just so devastating whenshe passed and I was like, okay
, well, I'm going to resharethis song that I had released,
(30:14):
you know, prior.
And I did like a short introvideo and just said, if anyone's
going through you know a hardtime, I pray this blesses you.
And I just remember, withinlike two days I was like what on
earth with all thenotifications, and then it like
it hit three million within aweek.
Speaker 2 (30:30):
Oh my gosh.
Yeah, that's wild right, and itwas like you said.
It was a few years later.
It was, yeah, but it was forthat particular time, and is it
still continuing to kind ofcatch the wind as well?
Speaker 3 (30:46):
Well, that particular reel, like it topped out at
three million but people likeare still listening to it.
I still get testimonies likeall the time from that song and
that EP in general, where peopleare like, oh, like this really
encouraged my heart and you knowpeople are using it for
different like funerals anddifferent things like that, and
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so it's like it's, it's superencouraging.
Speaker 2 (31:11):
Well, thank you for sharing your favorite song.
I would love to hear, like,what is your, what is your
process, like your songwritingprocess, to release these songs?
Did it start?
I know you said you startedsinging when you left the womb,
but yeah, songs when you'reyounger.
Like, what did this look like?
Cause I know for some peoplewho have like a writing gift,
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oftentimes they have a lot oflike um, resistance in that area
in writing.
Yeah, yeah, Well.
Speaker 3 (31:40):
I remember like I wrote my first song when I was I
want to say 13, but it was likeangsty.
You know, I wanted to be GwenStefani when I was I want to say
13, but it was like angsty.
You know, I wanted to be GwenStefani when I was a kid.
You know I still love GwenStefani.
I feel like she's like evolvedwith you know, grown up with me,
but I remember just, you know Iwanted.
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I was super angsty, you know Iwasn't in church and so the
writing like sounds so muchdifferent than it does now.
And I really just put down myguitar for years and years and
didn't really do anything withit.
I always sang, but I stoppedsongwriting and you know just
kind of was living life.
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You know, and even my husbanddidn't like he knew that I
played the guitar just a littlebit, like not much, but like
maybe took a few lessons when Iwas a kid, but he did not know
like that I played.
And we had a college and careernight at my previous church and
they needed a guitar player andyou know I was just like, well,
(32:44):
I'll play.
You know I got up there andlike leading worship and it was
just continuous from that point.
But that was really I want tofeel like that was like the
starting point of it, and myhusband was like what on earth?
Like we've been married forlike two years, like what
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happened?
What's going on?
So that was the process of justlike oh, wow, you know, just
running around and thensometimes I'm like really
intentional because I think that, like so many things are
divinely inspired, like HolySpirit led, but when you're
doing like sometimes you don'twant to go to work in the
morning, you know what I mean,but you got to go.
And so I really just haveintentional times where I'm like
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okay, like I don't feel itright now, like okay, like I
don't feel it right now, but I'mgoing to take some time and try
to see what the Lord isinspiring and what he's doing.
And so I have to make myselfsometimes.
And so sometimes it's a chordprogression, sometimes it's a
melody and sometimes it's like adownload in my sleep, like my
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song Blood Stain Tears wascompletely downloaded during a
dream.
Like my song Blood Stain Tearswas completely downloaded during
a dream.
Speaker 2 (34:10):
Wow, that's incredible.
And did you wake up and likemake a note of it.
Speaker 3 (34:14):
We were out of town, we were playing at a festival up
north, and I remember waking upand I'm like out of the way.
I was like, excuse me, I gotsuch a tear Right.
I was like hold on, I was likenobody talk to me and I'm so not
like, like, not in a mean way,but I'm just like.
I was like hold on, hold on, nowords, no words until I can go
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and write this down and recordit real quick.
Hold on, hold on.
And then that's how it came outand I was like wow, lord, for
like forgiving me that gift,that to give to others, because
you know, when we're given gifts, we're supposed to give them
away.
Yes, say that again when we aregiven gifts, we give them away.
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The fruits of the spirit arenot for us, they're for others.
Speaker 2 (35:01):
Yes, amen.
And I've always, like I lovemusic, like I hear music in my
sleep.
I wake up with lyrics.
I have like an alarm that goesoff my head with songs.
It's so fun.
I've always wondered like kindof that process of you know, I'm
sure it's different for everysongwriter like to to get a song
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, because I mean to me, likewhen I hear, when I hear songs,
I just am so impacted.
I always told people back whenI was growing up I'm like if
everything in school could havebeen written in song, I would be
really smart.
Yes, I remember lyrics.
I'm so impacted by movies andjust the way things all come
together and I have no idea whatthe process is behind it.
(35:44):
So thanks for kind of likebringing us into your process a
little bit, absolutely yeah.
So I for kind of like bringingus into your process a little
bit, absolutely yeah.
So I know you've, you havealbums.
You, um, you know are in thatrealm.
What did that look like for youto, to, to move into that, um,
realm of you know having albumsand you know you were, you know,
growing up.
And then then what happened?
(36:04):
Like how did you get into themusic world, like to be able to
have them?
Speaker 3 (36:09):
out there.
I have a very supportive, superspecial husband.
So I remember after that firstcollege and career night, my
husband's just like you need to.
This is like what you'resupposed to do.
Oh, like like right away, oh mygosh, and I'm just like, oh, I
don't know, I don't know, andyou know, getting in my own head
(36:31):
and he's like you know what weneed to?
You need to record some ofthese songs.
We need to figure out how to dothis.
And we had some connectionswith some of our fellow friends
and they're like oh, there's aproducer who's locally here and
let's get you hooked up with him.
And so I was able to do it thatway in studio and, you know,
release my first batch of songs.
(36:51):
It was awesome.
And now the songwriting, likethe recording process, because
we have so many things that aredigital.
So my last few projects, I wasable to partner with people who
were like my last producer Onewas in Guatemala, one was in
Guatemala and then Elevation,like the guys from Elevation,
produced my last project that Iproduced and released and I was
(37:15):
able to do everything just here.
You know, we have a localstudio right down the street and
you can record your vocals andthen you're kind of bouncing
things back and forth digitally,and so it's like a whole new
world of possibilities withsongwriting and with getting
your music out there, Wow.
Speaker 2 (37:34):
So if somebody is listening to you today and
they're like I have a gift, Ilove singing Maybe a teenager is
listening right now from Chinaand they're like I don't even
know where I would start, whatwould you?
Speaker 3 (37:44):
say to them?
I would say get curious andreally just start researching
what is available to you, notonly in your area but online.
Like there's so many, like evenFiverr, like there's so many
different, there's so manydifferent things that aren't
going to cost an arm and a legfor you to do what you need to
do.
And imperfect action is betterthan no action.
(38:10):
So, like I feel like sometimeswe want everything perfect, but
it's like you know, if you'renever going to move on the small
things, you're never going tosee the big things.
Like you have to be faithfulwith the little that God's put
in your hand and then you knowyou're going to be trusted with
more.
Speaker 2 (38:31):
That's so good, so like you could literally be
living in a rural area somewhere, and it sounds like you don't
live in a big metropolitan area.
Is that correct?
Speaker 3 (38:43):
Ann Arbor is like I'm 45.
It's pretty like lots ofresources, but it's not
Nashville, right, if that?
Speaker 2 (38:50):
makes sense.
Speaker 3 (39:03):
I mean, I think sometimes people think that they
need to like go to these placesto know doubt.
But there's I mean there's somany resources, like right at
your fingertips, where you canbe a big fish in a small pond,
if that makes sense.
Like you don't have to go.
You can go where you're, youcan move where you're planted
and where God has you.
(39:23):
Like you don't have to go to anoversaturated market to see
what the Lord has for you.
Speaker 2 (39:29):
Absolutely Well, that's so good.
I love that.
I mean, I feel like you justunlocked something for somebody
that maybe was just like I can'tdo that.
I don't have resources, I don'thave money.
I can't do that.
That's really one of the liesis like I can't, when it starts
with I can't.
The enemy's in that right?
Oh, yes, For sure.
(39:51):
So I would love to hear, like,what stretchy things are coming
up for you in this season.
Speaker 3 (39:56):
Oh, let's see Stretchy.
Oh, tonight.
Yes, I was hoping you'd say,well, we made a barn on our
property and we built this infaith and you know it's taken
about six months to get thewhole thing.
We had the Amish come and theybuilt it on our property in the
back and it's just now to thepoint where we're going to have
(40:18):
our first worship night tonightand so that's really stretching,
like inviting people into your,not that it's our home, but it
is our home because it's on ourproperty.
And so I was telling my husbandI was like this just feels
different, like it's exciting,but it feels like really
(40:39):
different because and I mean,you still get a little bit of
the jitters and a littlebutterfly when you go to
different churches and we'velike gone to every denomination,
like so many different things.
But I'm like this just feelstotally different and so like
really stretching and just soexcited to see what the Lord is
going to do through that.
But it's definitely stretchingbecause it's like getting,
(41:00):
because you're the responsibleone, if that makes sense,
because like when you go toother places, other venues, like
you show up and you know youhave your things ready and
you're you're good to go, butlike when you're putting on the
whole thing and gettingeverything set up and all that
stuff, I'm like, oh, this islike a whole new, whole new game
whole new way oh no way it's sobeautiful.
Speaker 2 (41:20):
Did he give you like a vision of like what to expect
from from this tonight?
Speaker 3 (41:26):
so I just feel like we have like a tentative set
list and we have like a keyboardplayer coming and it like I'm
so excited about it, but I justfeel like throwing all of that
out the window.
Like I even told the guy who'sgoing to be helping tonight I
said this is like the tentativeone, but I really just, even if
it's just like four chords, youknow a progression, and just
like having the Holy Spirit movethrough that spontaneously like
(41:49):
through the whole night, likewe don't have to have an actual
set list.
And you know I love Sundaymornings, I love my local church
, but sometimes you can't dothat in those settings because
there's so many different.
You know we have programs, youhave all these different things,
but when it's just a night ofworship and there's no agenda
(42:10):
and there's no like onlyexpectation is for the Lord to
show up and to move.
So that's what I'm seeing.
And what's so funny is, when myhusband had showed the pictures
of the pole barn that we builtto one of the prophetic people
at our church, he's like wow,he's like that's literally what
I saw, like I had a vision and Isaw like the doors, like people
(42:33):
being lined up outside to comein and I'm like holy moly, okay,
you know, and our area, youknow, our area needs it you know
, yes, amen.
Speaker 2 (42:44):
And is this something like?
If any listeners are hearingyou today, obviously they won't
hear this today, unfortunately,but are you going to be doing
this again?
Speaker 3 (42:54):
Oh, yes, yep, we're planning on doing probably
quarterly, I want to say once amonth, but realistic
expectations, I'm thinkingprobably every two to three
months.
Yeah, so we're definitely goingto have another one and just
see how the Lord moves.
Speaker 2 (43:11):
Okay, and would they be able to find that information
on your website?
Do you have events on there?
Speaker 3 (43:16):
Yes, but for these particular ones I don't post the
address, Like I put it in mystories today but it's more of
like, if you're coming and youwant to come and you want to
bring some people, everyone isinvited.
But I like have people privatemessage me for the address just
because it's on our property andit's our home.
Speaker 2 (43:34):
A lot of sense.
I love it.
Well, as we close today, Iwould love to hear you know I do
this podcast for the one and ifyou could just get a vision for
the one that's listening intoday if you could think of any
words of encouragement or wordsof knowledge that you'd like to
speak over to this person andthen would you pray us out today
(43:56):
as well.
Speaker 3 (43:57):
Yes, Well, for the one I just feel like you were
touching on earlier, that youmay not know what your next
steps are, that you may not knowwhat the resources, where
they're going to come from.
But when you open your hands andyou just say, Lord, fill my
hands, fill my mouth, lead mysteps, that he is going to
supernaturally draw you to thepeople who have the resources,
(44:22):
to exactly what you need, inwhat timing, that you need it
Because the Lord is not going tocall you to something and he's
not going to leave you hedoesn't leave His children when
he has something for you.
He's going to show you exactlythe next steps of what to do,
who to approach, and He'll evenhave people approach you to
(44:43):
confirm what he is saying inthis season.
So, Father, I ask God that youwould just touch whoever's
listening to this right now, whomay feel discouraged, who may
feel like I don't know what todo, I don't have it all together
.
We know, Lord, that we don'thave to have it all together
because you do and because youhold us up and you see where we
(45:04):
are going next, Lord.
So I ask God that you wouldjust begin to expand their faith
, expand their hope, God, expandtheir horizon so that they can
see beyond Lord, what thephysical limitations of the
present is, and they can seeinto the supernatural realm of
what you have for them, God,because it's so good, because
you are so good and you are sofaithful and you are so kind.
(45:27):
We thank you and we pray inyour mighty name, Jesus, Amen.
Speaker 2 (45:32):
Amen, amen.
Well, I would love for you toshare with us how can listeners
contact you?
You could share.
Maybe your website link socialmedia handles.
Speaker 3 (45:43):
Absolutely BridgetDonahoecom.
And then I'm also on Instagram,facebook, tiktok YouTube, all
under Bridget Donahoecom.
And then I'm also on Instagram,facebook, tiktok YouTube, all
under Bridget.
Speaker 2 (46:00):
Donahoe.
And then all the streamingservices Spotify, apple, itunes.
All the places are listening inand you want to grab those
links.
They'll be there for you.
I'm going to close with ourHope Unlocked anchoring verse.
It's May the God of hope fillyou with all joy and peace in
believing so that, by the powerof the Holy Spirit, you may
abound in hope, and that'sRomans 15, 13.
(46:20):
So thank you, bridget, forsharing today and thank you for
being a brave voice.
Speaker 3 (46:27):
who's setting so many free.
Thank you so much for having me.
This has been wonderful.
Speaker 2 (46:31):
I'll be back with another episode next week.
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