And they overcame by the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony.

Darian Mitchell

As for me, about four years ago, in the middle of the night, I woke up screaming at the top of my lungs with my eyes wide open. Freaky. I knew that this was not normal because this has never happened before, and I was filled with terror. The next day, one of my best friend's Uncle, who is a pastor, came over to pray for us, because I didn't know much, but I knew this was demonic. Back then, I believed every religion was the same and they all had truth in them, but as the pastor talked about Jesus to all of us, I could feel in my heart pulling to make the step and accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior. I decided to do it, and for about 3 days I was on fire and not sinning the way I once was, but after those 3 days, I backslid for 2 years. I went back to doing drugs, being addicted to pornography, participating in fornication, full of anger, seeping with depression and suicidal thoughts, full of perversion with a depraved mind, and all the while ignoring the conviction of the Holy Spirit. After 2 years, I realized I was broken and in a dark place, and I prayed for about three months, being honest with God, telling Him that I had no desire to pray, to read His word, or to follow Him, but that I want the desire, and that I needed Him. One day, in my days working as an electrician, I was riding in the passenger seat in the work van, and I felt impressed to pull up the bible on my phone and start reading the New Testament, and I did. I can't describe fully what happened, but it was like something switched in me; something came alive. Everything changed. I went home and flushed my drugs down the toilet and made a decision to truly turn away from my sinful life. I'm not going to lie, there was two times I did drugs again, and one time I went back to fornication, but afterwards I had true conviction, and the Lord strengthened me to turn away from those things completely and begin to walk in holiness. I became hungry for His word, and He began telling me to throw away certain things that I owned. I became convicted of my living situation since I was living with a woman I was not married with. I was being attacked constantly in my sleep with nightmares and sexual dreams that the enemy tormented me with. I learned that I was being attacked because I was demonically oppressed and needed deliverance. God led me to For the Broken Hearted Ministries, and through them God delivered me! After the first deliverance session, I had a fire in me for the Lord that helped me keep pushing towards His will for my life. The Lord told me to separate from my girlfriend at the time and move out. I was living at a friend's house, and I was around the same things I used to do, like drugs and profanity, and the enemy was trying to tempt me to go back to the same sins. I was hurt from the break up, since I was in that relationship for 5 years, and living with her for 2. I asked the Lord to help me find a place to live where His presence was welcome, and one of the people in the ministry, a now very close friend, said the Lord told Him to offer me a place to live after my third deliverance session, so I took the offer, and have been living there for several months now. Since the beginning of my walk until now, the Lord has delivered me and set me free from demonic oppression and has broken down strongholds. We have grown deeper in our relationship, and I have learned to hear His voice so much clearer.  Now the Lord has told me to start a bakery with Him at the center. This bakery is not mine, it is the Lord's, and I am here to do what He wants me to do and to expand His Kingdom. The one who the Son sets free is free indeed!