If you could please tell us your name and where are you from. I'm Anita from
Seattle Auburn Washington and she's an intern here
Anita can you please tell us kind of before you met Christ how was your life
I grew up in a Christian household and I grew up with a lot of hate and anger in my heart
and a lot of fear and insecurities and as I got older the fear and the worry and everything
the stress gave me bleeding stomach ulcers and that made me get taken out of school. While I
was taken out of school I made some bad decisions and I started drinking alcohol and smoking drugs
during that time I grew a hatred towards men that led to the spirit of homosexuality
and pornography and masturbation. You mentioned that you had the supernatural experience
that really allowed you to experience God can you share a little bit about that
it happened at a it was at a party and I was drinking and I was taking shots taking shots and
then out of nowhere at the last shot I felt this dread that was like closing in and
I was really scared, I was like I can't do this anymore I can't get drunk, I can't get drunk so
I ran upstairs during the party, to the upstairs bathroom and I started trying to make myself
vomit because I didn't want to start getting hazy and drunk, I tried to vomit I couldn't at all and
I started getting scared and I was like Lord I don't wanna I don't wanna be like this anymore
I don't wanna have all these insecurities I don't wanna feel so like nothing
and have all this in my heart, all these things that go against me, I wanna be free
and then I started crying out to the Lord and He filled me with a very like this peace just
rested on me. Why don't we give God some praise for that, that's powerful amen. And I got that piece
over me and then I started I started praying and crying out to the Lord and during that time
I started speaking in tongues and crying out to Him and I fell asleep on the bathroom floor at a party
wow praise God. God can encounter you anywhere you are amen. You mentioned also
something that you began to do after you had this experience, can you share a little bit about that
after that night I completely I quit everything, smoking drugs and alcohol
but I still struggled with the spirit of homosexuality and pornography and masturbation
after the whole experience I started searching for the Lord more, I started listening to sermons
and podcasts and I listened to a podcast by pastor Vlad about filling yourself and becoming
one with the Holy Spirit. He talked about how when you fill yourself with the Spirit
and he did the example that when you eat a lot at a dinner party and you eat the first course and
you're super full that when you see the sweets and all the the bad stuff that you're not even hungry
for it anymore because you're so full and after that I started seeking more of the Holy Spirit and
seeing him as a friend and as a person and after that He changed my life. Amen amen praise God
so what are some things that what are kind of the freedoms and the things that you've experienced
now after that, how is your walk with the Lord now. I don't have any fear. I can go in front of
you guys and talk. Before I wouldn't be able to, I'd run away from class because I just didn't want to
talk in front and I'm delivered from that and I just feel this lightness and this like freedom
and happiness and love for people that I never had before. Praise God praise God thank you Jesus
lastly, what is some advice that you would give to anybody that is maybe in this room
or watching online that is maybe struggling with something that you experienced in the past
when you go through trials and tribulations they're there for a reason
to get stronger and mourn the Lord, everything is there for a reason and not to close yourself and
be alone when you're going through struggles but to go and be with the people that love you
and to throw yourself into the Holy Spirit. Amen praise God you can take your seat thank you
amen there is nothing, no circumstance no situation that is impossible for God
and so if you're watching or you're hearing this today, today is the day of salvation
just surrender to God and watch what He can do in your life amen.