TESTIMONY 20: LAST NIGHT'S DEMONIC ATTACK & VISION

Today I write about a demonic attack I experienced at a church connect. I had thought about cancelling plans to go to a church connect, but reminded myself that tiredness should not stop me from learning more about God. I began experiencing a strong feeling that I shouldn't go, and just as I was about to give in to it and message the person that would be fetching me I heard the bell ring and they were already outside. I quickly grabbed all I could grab, got into the car and was on my way. The whole way there I was wishing I had just stayed at home, so much that I wanted to ask the driver if he could rather drop me back at home, but I didn't. When I arrived, after some praise and worship, the group leader announced that we would be practicing the spiritual gift of prophecy. I thought to myself "Ah, that must be why the enemy didn't want me here tonight?"

We broke out into groups to lay hands on one person per group. I then asked God to show me anything about the girl my hands were touching, but only if it was His will. As I sat in silence I thought about what looked like a door and then said to the girl "A door has come to my mind and I'm not sure what it means, but I feel like it could be a door that you should walk through. Maybe it's a door that you want to walk through, but something is stopping you, holding you back from walking through that door." The other woman then said "Yes, I saw a gate, with rust on it!" I then thought about the word "hope" and felt she was lacking it. So I told her "I feel like the enemy is trying to steal your hope from you, so that you feel like there is no way and hope is that voice telling you everything is going to be okay keep going, which is why he wants to take your hope." Our group leader then came to prophecy over her as well and said to her "I see doors (Confirmation?) there are many doors that lead to wrong places, but there's one that you must walk through and in the other doors are all the wrong things and you keep walking into a door and feeling disappointed." She later shared her struggles with the whole group in tears and I could just hear the lack of hope in her voice.

After she received advice from everyone in the room we ended off with prayer and then all had some tea as usual before leaving. A while later someone then asked me if I want another cup of tea and although I didn't really want more tea, I thought sure why not. This is immediately when the attack on my mind started. Something kept telling me that I shouldn't drink the tea, that something bad would happen if I drank it. Once again those paranoid thoughts from my very first attack in New York came back and were telling me the tea is drugged. I ignored these thoughts and knew they were from the enemy trying to get me to accept a lie, and believe it, but as soon as I took a sip the attack became worse and I started feeling dizzy and just as I was about to ask everyone to pray for me, something told me you cannot trust them. I ignored this thought from the enemy and said "Guys, I don't feel well, something's wrong." and as I was putting the cup of tea down I was about to ask them to pray for me until one of the people said (as a joke) "What's wrong, is it the tea, hey who poured the tea did you poison Sydney." which really could not have been said at a worse moment lol someone then asked if I want water and I said yes and I got up to walk to the bathroom to pray alone. However as I walked towards the bathroom through the kitchen area I was so dizzy that I just fell onto the girl in the kitchen and something again was telling me not to trust her, but I had no choice but to ignore it and asked her to pray for me. She began praying and rebuking as I rested with my eyes closed upon her left shoulder. As she prayed I was shaking and really felt something or someone evil coming up strong against me, really trying hard to cripple me, but I just kept praying in my mind as she prayed and eventually after what must have been about 5 minutes I felt better. Tears began rolling down my face in my own weakness, mostly just trying to process what had just happened so suddenly, and why. Later when I arrived home safely, just before sleeping I prayed as usual, giving thanks to God, and then I asked God for help to set me free from whatever this was. I climbed into bed ready, very ready lol, to finally sleep and just before dozing off I saw a picture of a red star. Which appeared quite vividly like this (Only it was red):

I knew it was extremely evil (obviously) and I just knew in my heart that I had to pray against it. I immediately prayed against all demonic curses, hexes, spells, charms, witchcraft/dark magic that was ever used against me, cancelling them in the name of Jesus and I felt even better. I slept peacefully and woke up feeling excited, because I feel like God is showing me all of these things for a very good reason, and sometimes God takes us through a hard time so that we can help others who are going through it. How else would we be able to relate to them? (Jesus was lead into the wilderness by the Sprit to be tempted by the devil, so that he could resist and so that he could teach us how to resist).

"For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities;
but was in all points tempted like as we are,
yet without sin."

(Hebrews 4:15)

So if you currently are facing any hard battles, I promise you that there is a reason for this season of your life and I can assure you that it won't last forever. A season does not last forever, it comes and it goes. Later you will look back at these struggles and you will smile in understanding of why it all had to happen, you will see how much stronger it made you, you will see how it humbled you and brought you closer to God. Remember that God will never have the intention of harming you, He only wishes to cause you to grow.

"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end."

(Jeremiah 29:11)

To GOD be the Glory, our faithful God who always hears our prayers and answers. He is the MOST POWERFUL and nothing and no one stands a chance against Him. I hope that this post helped you and I ask God to protect you, heal you and guide you, in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen. God is with you right now!



TESTIMONY 19: MY EXPERIENCE WITH DEMONS & ANGELS

About a month ago I was sitting in my room rebuking evil spirits, because I felt ill and the thoughts in my mind were all negative and confusing again. I thought I would start rebuking to see which unclean spirits were getting in the way of my happiness, they needed to go. So I said "Spirit of depression I rebuke you, leave now in Jesus name." but I didn't feel any sensation and nothing happened. Then I waited in silence and said "Spirit of lies leave now in Jesus name!" and I felt a bit of a weight off of my mind and a physical headache also left immediately. Apart from being healed, what is amazing is that just when I said it, hardly declaring out loud just whispering the words, (God hears whispers) I caught my dog Chaplin who was also in the room looking up fast at nothing to the left side of me, immediately when I rebuked in Jesus name. At first I thought this a coincidence, but when I rebuked the next spirit he looked fast down to the ground and his head followed whatever he was looking at upward fast. As I rebuked the third spirit he looked up again at a different area and looked at me and when he noticed I was watching him he put his head down. I want you to know that I don't need my dogs actions/reactions to tell me that demons are real (Read testimony 15) the word of God declares that they are real and that is enough for me. Just because we cannot see them, does not mean they are not there. (We cannot see wind, nor love but we feel it and know it is real). If you believe in Heaven and angels, you must also believe in demons and hell, because it is also written. I share this to make you aware that we have the victory and it is finished at the cross. We have received the authority through Christ and the enemy knows it more than you:

"And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb,
and by the word of their testimony"
(Revelation 12:11)

Now that I have made you slightly more aware of what evils are to be found in the spiritual realm (if you were unaware) I am going to share my experience with angels. I have never seen an angel with my physical eyes, but I have felt their presence and also their light. I am not sure when I first noticed this, (and it will never be able to go unnoticed now every time I pray) but one day I decided to ask God to send angels into my room to protect me and speak to me, because the word of God declares:

"For he shall give his angels charge over thee,

to keep thee in all thy ways."
 (Psalm 91:11)

As I was praying for God's angels to come and join me in my room I felt and saw a bright light enter my room while my eyes closed. I then opened my eyes and saw nothing, but when I closed my eyes I saw/felt a bright light near/around me. To give you more understanding of what I mean, the way I saw it was as if I was sitting in darkness and then someone had turned on a light, so it was not a vision of light, but it felt like a light had been turned on as my eyes were closed, but the room light was already on, so it just got brighter out of nowhere proving that God does really send us His angels. It's the truth! It is all real! Again, just because we cannot see them, does not mean they are not there. I see this light every time I pray now for angels to come to my rescue. In my next testimony which I am going to share right now on the next post I will speak about what happened last night at a church connect. It is also to do with the demonic side, and the victory I received in this battle gives Glory to our faithful God who truly does hear our prayers, and He answers. I hope that this post helped you and I ask God, the one true God creator of Heaven and Earth to bless you, protect you, heal you and guide you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen. God's angels are with you right now!

 

"Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared."

(Exodus 23:30)

TESTIMONY 18: MY EXPERIENCE WITH A FAMILIAR SPIRIT

I should have posted this long ago, but I finally found an opportunity to sit down and type this today. A lot has been stopping me from writing lately. Not just on my blogs and pages but in my journals, I feel as though something has blocked my mind and I want you to know that life has been anything but easy during this stage of growth in my life - and that is exactly why - it is a stage of growth. As the word of God says:

"My brothers and sisters, consider yourselves fortunate when all kinds of trials come your way, for you know that when your faith succeeds in facing such trials, the result is the ability to endure. Make sure that your endurance carries you all the way without failing, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing."

(James 1:1-4)

All these trials I have been overcoming are only making me a stronger person, so that I am able to easily endure whatever challenges are to come my way in the future. I have many stories to share about various spiritual attacks I have been experiencing and many prayers being answered, but today I would like to share something that is going to help someone reading this, and may it Glorify the One true God, creator of Heaven, Earth and mankind.

Recently my little cousin, Lenay, was staying with me for a weekend. We decided to head to the movies, at Grand West's cinema and I just need to speak to God while we were both sitting on the back seat. So I said a prayer to God in my mind, with a very desperate heart that went something like this: "God almighty, please help me, I need a change. Show me what I must do to stop suffering like this. There must be a way I can still be happy throughout all of this. In Jesus name. Amen" and it was then that this thought came to my mind "Familiar spirit" I didn't know what a familiar spirit was, but I felt like it had something to do with a spirit that was familiar lol don't know how I came to this. So I said in my mind: "I rebuke you familiar spirit, in Jesus name! I believe that Jesus was crucified, that he was buried in the tomb and rose again. Leave my life now in the name of Jesus! You will no longer manipulate me!" and immediately after this prayer I started feeling physical sensations on my body - mostly on my legs. I'm not sure how to explain it perfectly so that you understand it, but it felt like a Goosebumps, like something was indeed leaving my body, or my spirit. The strangest part was that when I got out of the car and started walking I physically felt lighter. It was like I always felt heavy while walking around everyday without noticing, and I only realized that heaviness when it left me. The biggest miracle is that all the negative thoughts/ delusions and confusions were 100% GONE! It was like I entered a new world, because my perception (the way my mind interpreted it) changed instantly.

I walked around Grand West in shock at this immediate change in perception and began thinking about how real all of this is (this spiritual battle). While we (Lenay and I) were in the cinema I left to the bathroom alone, to say thank you to God and just to pray because I was feeling a bit afraid. I carry my Bible with me everywhere so I took it out of my bag and opened it at a random section after praying, and it opened at Proverbs and my eyes were immediately drawn to the following verse:

"The wicked run away when no one is chasing them, but the Godly are as bold as lions."

(Proverbs 28:1)

 

 I then prayed again giving thanks and asked for one more sign, I'm not sure why, but I felt like I had to and so I again opened my Bible at another random section and my eyes were drawn to the following title only:

"Esther becomes queen."

I'm not sure what that means yet, but my spirit became excited as I read it. I then messaged a fellow youth leader to pray for me, because I was feeling a bit light headed and generally I just wanted to speak to someone, because I was going through all of this alone (with God of course, but with no other people) I couldn't obviously talk to my little cousin about this lol so there is nobody standing beside me saying "Sydney I'm going through the same thing" or "I went through, the same thing, this is what you have to do" yet at the same time I am thankful for it, because it has caused me to put my full reliance on God and not on human beings, it has proven to me that God is indeed faithful, God indeed hears and answers our prayers and I am grateful for every experience - good and bad. I later researched what a familiar spirit was and it was indeed a spirit/demon that is assigned to people to make their lives difficult. The definition is: "A demon supposedly attending and obeying a witch, often said to assume the form of an animal." And I just thought, that is so rude lol how dare anyone or anything attempt to write my life with their curses and bad wishes. God is the author of my life! So I encourage you as fellow children of God to read the word of God, do the research, become wise and stand up strong against the enemy, because without taking it personally remind yourself that the enemy of God is simply trying to stop God's will from happening, by distracting you with worthless temptations to get you to sin, and using people to discourage you. The next day I shared this whole experience in our youth leader group and finally today (22 June 2015) is the day I managed to share it on my Blog after a prayer for God's will to be done and for this to be a productive day. I hope this post has helped you. Remember that YOU have the authority now:

"The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord [Jesus] even the demons submit to us in your name.” He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

(Luke 10:17-20)

You can choose not to believe in a lot of things, as God has given you the gift of free will, but whether you believe in demons and curses etc or not, there are in fact devil worshippers in our world, who practice magic (which God's word forbids) and go around cursing people. I've learned that not all devil worshippers do go around burning churches and killing Christians, most of them are just deceived by, who Jesus calls "the father of lies" into thinking that they are God's themselves and that they have self-power - which is what the world is being taught today. So I pray that God blesses you, heals you and protects you mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. In Jesus name! Amen

TESTIMONY 17: CONFIRMATION FROM GOD

On Tuesday something told me to fetch my Bible before my first youth leader connect group meeting. Before opening my Bible, though, my dad asked me to message my brother to tell him to pick up some luxuries on his way home. So I left my Bible closed on my desk, grabbed my phone and as I was about to click on BBM, my phone's screen shifted to the left and I instead accidentally clicked the Bible app. I thought, well God must want to show me something right now because I don't believe in accidents lol and I read: "Today's verse" which said:

"Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” (Matthew 18:19-20) 

I thought this was just the perfect verse for the day, being that I was going to be at a Hillsong church connect the night in which I knew we would end off with prayer. I then messaged my brother, put my phone down and opened my Bible at a random spot. I read about Jesus and just as I was about to stop reading, something told me: "don't be lazy, don't end here, just read one more page." I then paged over and listened to this thought and there stood the same verse without me even realising was at in the Bible: "Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” I jumped back into my seat, looked up while pointing my finger up at God with a smile on my face saying "Whoa! God...you are good" lol when I arrived at our connect group I shared this experience with everyone. (We ended up having a spontaneous picnic underneath the stars.)

When we wrapped up and all held hands to pray I asked the leaders of our connect (Michka and Adrian) if they could pray for my family. I really want them to know God like I know God now. I want them to be saved.  I just want us all in Heaven when it's our time, you know. It's something I've been praying for a lot lately, but I thought I would ask our connect group leaders to pray too, because of the verse God had shown me. 3 people praying the same prayer is better than just one. The Wednesday I woke up early for no reason and walked into my mothers room and I caught her on her knees at the side of her bed, praying! What a great God we serve, but it doesn't stop here, the real goosebump material is still coming up!

It was Thursday evening that I said a desperate prayer to God almighty. I asked God for a sign. I said "God almighty, please show me something. I need to see something to fill me with hope. I feel so lost tonight. Please God, show me something. I want to be favoured by you like you favoured Mary. I want you to be pleased with me and I need to know that you are pleased with me. I need to hear from you or I will carry on doubting. Am I doing the right thing? Please show me a sign in the book I am about to open. Please God. I pray this in Jesus name. Amen"

When I opened my book of daily readings at a random spot, expecting to see a verse, my eyes were instead drawn to a picture of Jesus preaching on the mountains. He had a ray of light around his head and I immediately thought back to when I saw a ray of light around my head in the water's reflection (Testimony 16). I thought to myself 'My word, how could I have forgotten about such an incredible experience? Is this world so distracting that it would make me forget about such a miraculous moment in my life?' I was immediately filled with an incredible amount of hope, I knew that I was on the right path and that God was reminding me about this moment, because the words on that page were like a blur in the background and that picture is what stood out to me as bright as the light around the head of Jesus. Below is the picture I randomly opened my book at:

The amazing things is that I could have opened at any other picture of Jesus in this book but I opened at the page in which he has a ray of light around his head. This is the only picture in the whole book in which Jesus is shown with a ray of light. All the others just have a ball of light surrounding his head, or a cross. I thanked God for this sign, but guess what, I still had some natural human-doubt in me. I still was unsure as to why God showed me the ray of light around my head in the first place as well, and whether it meant that I am chosen/anointed or not. So I prayed another prayer from my heart and I fell asleep happy that night, because I had indeed been filled with hope like I had asked - but still felt I needed another clear sign. The next day (God didn't wait a week or even 3 days, God showed me the very next day) I received a message from a stranger on Facebook. Below is the message that sent Goosebumps all over my body and caused my eyes to water up from joy:

Praise the LORD God almighty because this is as clear as it gets lol thank you GOD! You see, all you have to do is pray and God will answer your prayers. Say a prayer right now and see for yourself :) God bless you.