I was born into a Christian family and have always believed in Jesus, but early on I hadn’t encountered Him for myself, for me to know Him like I do now. I attended church and went to a private Christian school, but I also endured heavy emotional traumas. This burdened me greatly and caused me to have anxiety at a young age. Since I did not have a deep relationship with Jesus, I started to drift away from Him as I grew older. I was dealing with intense personal struggles and was trying to figure it all out on my own. I was depressed, insecure, anxious, and completely lost and broken. Instead of praying and going to Jesus, I was feeding into my feelings and would just sit in the sadness and brokenness I was feeling. Since I was hurting internally, I thought He didn’t care and was just letting everything happen.

In October of 2021, I fell into a dark place, the darkest place I had ever been. I was dealing with a loss in my life, and it was a trial like no other. I felt as if there was no way I would ever escape that never-ending cycle of pain. I felt myself sinking more and more into that depression every single day. I didn’t want to go to God because I was upset with Him and thought He couldn’t help me; my situation seemed impossible to heal or fix. It seemed like He must have forgotten about me.

In May of 2022, I received deliverance from everything that had been oppressing me since I was a kid. Deliverance is when you get free from the strongholds of certain situations or things that you had opened yourself up to. I was being oppressed by demonic spirits, some from emotional trauma. After I was delivered, I felt a lot happier and free. Deliverance is for everyone. It doesn't matter what you’ve been through or what you’ve opened yourself up to; God wants you to go to Him because He loves you no matter what and wants to set you free if you allow Him to.

For one of the first times in my life, I felt Jesus more than ever. I felt a whole lot lighter; Jesus has given me joy that no one or nothing else can give. I cried so much, not because I was sad but because I couldn’t comprehend how His perfect self could love and save someone like me. I was a sinner in need of a savior, and I just had realized how much Jesus loves me. I would hear often that people were in love with Jesus, and I honestly thought it was weird, but now I understand because there truly is no love like His. Since I had that breakthrough, I am now free of the bondage that I was in, and there is nothing I could want more than to live for Jesus. He truly has saved me, and I honestly don’t know where I would be if it were not for Him. With Jesus, everything is possible: there is nothing too big or too small for Him. He can turn your situation around even if it seems like you can’t get out of it. He will lead you out of it because He is the light in the darkness.

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