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Deanna next to her husband Shane who recently returned to Jesus (April 2000) Shane and Deanna were the first couple married at Faith Christian Centre (March 1999) When I was 12 years of age I experienced a horrific demonic séance that I believed tormented me for the rest of my teenage years. At 13 I became addicted to marijuana which confused me even more with the spiritual realm. I had no identity I couldn’t make ANY wise decisions for myself. By the time I reached 16 I became a mother and was living with a man who violently abused me physically and mentally, day and night. I loved him so much; he was my comfort whenever I’d get scared of the demonic activity going on inside of me. I hated the violence and was never happy but I didn’t know how to stop if or to leave him. Continually being told that it’s wrong to tell the police stopped me from getting any peace of mind. This relationship was all I had; I longed to be happy like the families that I noticed at the parks and around town. My family, Mum and Dad divorced during my teenage years and my elder brother moved overseas, so with my boyfriend I longed to see it work. After two abortions and all the traumatic experiences including numerous affairs we had had I was sleeping at my friends house one night. I’d never slept there before and the room I slept in was haunted and the cold air was chilling. I told myself there’s something watching me as I went to sleep half drunk and stoned. I told myself Jesus I believe in Jesus I pulled the blankets up from over my face and awoke in the morning so peacefully. I’d visited sidekicks and tohunga’s after that that I thought would help me but nothing worked. I still believed I was being haunted but again told no one. My boyfriend was in jail at this stage and I was planning to leave him but I was too scared of being left alone. He got out and I’d decided I was going to slow down my drug habit. I joined a school and it was there that I saw a class felling with Christians praying g, singing happily every day. When I noticed this I spoke to my father-in-law about God. He asked me if I died would I go to heaven ‘yes’ I replied but the Bible says you won’t if you don’t know the son. A few days later I went over to see him he’d got excited and brought me a Bible and I gave my heart to the Lord in a simple prayer that turned my life around. I started praying every time I’d get scared of demons and God would allow me to open the Bible into a passage that would read all about His authority over demonic powers. I began to feel happy again like I was when I was a child. Hie taught me to pray and read the word and He taught me that phoning the police that whenever I got beat up was exactly the thing to do. I began to stop swearing and get my life in order. So much had gone that I had a have a lot to repair especially financially. He encourages me to set goals and visions for my life as a mother and now a wife. At the moment He’s teaching me to depend and draw totally from Him for everything. I’m concentrating on my own self-image in line with what He’s showing me. This is heavy-duty stuff in general and sin, how it hurts us. Best of all I know heaven is the ultimate goal in my life and training my children to get there with me. I had no reason to live 2 years ago.
Thank-You
God for calling me, I love you so much.
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