I Thought I Was Dying, My Testimony

Ephesians 6:12

12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

I want to share a testimony with everyone of something that happened to me this week. I don't consider myself much of a "sharer" these days, but I do believe that this post may help someone.

I've dealt with dark spirits since I was a child. I've gone through NUMEROUS things dealing with the demonic. However, through these things, Jesus has shown me many things. He has shown me that We, as Christians, have the authority to tell them to leave. I've learned that the very name of Jesus is powerful against the darkness. I've learned about strongholds. (Things that give demons legal grounds to be in our life, (examples would be addiction, pornography, dealings with the occult, such as astrology, tarot card readings, ouija boards, any type of willful and profuse sin, unforgiveness, anger, gossip and the list goes on and on)

I'm about to get to the story, but first, here's a backstory:

When I was in my late 20's, there was a time when some very dark things started happening to me. I'm not going to go into detail with all of it, but one of the things that happened was I started getting sick. One day, I was cutting an apple, and I had an immense pain in my hand. I couldn't hold the knife. Within a weeks time, I was having immense pain all over my body. My hands, fingers, and toes would go numb. I would have sharp, stabbing pains in my body. I couldn't eat. I couldn't sleep. Even my brain felt like it was being affected. I felt confused. I found myself in the midst of an anxiety and depresssion like I had never known. My muscles hurt. They twitched. It felt like something extremely heavy was sitting on my chest. My arms would feel like they were being gripped by a vice,and I was short of breath. I truly felt as if I was dying. I found myself in the emergency room one day. I had a CT scan, a full blood workup. They found nothing. I later found myself at the Diagnostic Center in Houston where several more tests were run. Still, the doctors couldn't find anything wrong with me. (I was tested for thyroid issues, rhematoid arthritis, MS, Parkinson's disease, vitamin deficiencies, etc)

The climax of this happened when I was at work one day. I was taking a computer test, and I couldn't focus. I couldn't finish a simple test that I normally would have completed in about 10 minutes. I stood up from the computer, and i went BLIND for about 30 seconds. I will never forget the fear from that moment for as long as I live. That day a friend of mine met me at a neurologist's office where I was prescribed Xanax. I was referred to more doctors. Still, every test came back negative. However, I did find that the Xanax was "helping" me, and the symptoms eventually subsided. However, the next few years would be some of the darkest years in my life.

Fast forward a few years later.... I had decided to go to a church service. The pastor told me that Jesus wanted Joy for my life. A few days, later someone else told me the EXACT same thing. It was on 10/10/10 that I truly gave my heart to Christ. One day, shortly after giving my life to Jesus, I was sitting in my room. I felt an evil presence enter. Immediately, I felt sharp pains in my body; pains that were exactly like what I felt a few years prior. Other "symptoms" started to appear. At this time, Jesus had been showing me some things about deliverance. (The casting out of demons) This time around, I recognized what was going on, and I told the spirits of pain to leave in the name of Jesus, and they left. 

Fast forward about 6 years...to finally get to what happened to me this week. A few years ago, I developed a thyroid condition and was diagnosed with Hashimoto's disease. It is an autoimmune disease where the body attacks the thyroid gland.) For the most part, I truly haven't had many problems related to Hashimoto's disease, aside from some weight gain and occasional fatigue.
However, this past week, I truly thought that I was dying. It began when I started experiencing some of the worst brain fog that I have ever experienced in my life. I felt dizzy, lightheaded. I had a strange feeling, as if I was walking in a dream. It was a very strange feeling; so strange, in fact, that I started having panic attacks. At night, when I would lie down, I would feel my chest shaking. It felt like some sort of internal vibration or motor running throughout my body. I could feel nerves running throughout my body, as if they were alive. I spent a good portion of the week in tears. I was becoming extremely depressed and despondent. Something wasn't right, but I couldn't make heads or tails of anything because my thyroid levels were well within the normal range.

I don't have health insurance, which was another worry. However, in tears and feeling completely defeated, I decided to call my doctor to see about running more tests. It was then, that I remembered my experiences in my late 20's and simply decided to pray about it. "Jesus," I asked, "Please help me. Is this the product of my disease, or is something else going on? Please, just show me."

That night, I was laying in my bed. I felt something come into my room. Immediately, I felt it latch onto my body and I started shaking. I felt something that felt like a dark cloud over my head, and immediately I started feeling the "strange feeling in my head" that I had been feeling on and off all week. It was then, that I KNEW that what I had been experienced was something spiritual in nature, rather than something physical.

Don't get me wrong; I am a firm believer in science. However, I have dealt with things that many people would scoff at. I have seen the reality of Jesus, His Word, and I have seen that there is a darkness out there that longs to steal, kill,and destroy. ( John 10:10 )

It takes a lot of courage to type things like this. There are going to people who will laugh, scorn, and mock me. There will be those who think that these things are "all in my head" or the product of my imagination. But, I write on because I know that there is going to be the ONE person who knows that what I say is true.

If you are sick or suffering or having physical symptoms that you can't explain, or even ones that you can.( I wrote mine off as being a part of my Hashimotos for nearly a month)..I encourage you to simply talk to Jesus. Seek Him and ask Him if what you are going through is the result of demonic affliction. Wait for His answer. If this is something that you are dealing with, I encourage you to seek deliverance. If you need me to pray with you, I am willing. My email address is rachelle_brister@yahoo.com.

Also, for a video on how to be delivered from demons,(anger, lust, addiction, etc) please click HERE.

I truly believe that there are legitimate diseases and physical problems out there, but I also believe that there are scores of people who are suffering needlessly. The Bible is rife with stories about people who were afflicted by demons, and I truly don't think that much has changed. I think that now, we just slap a name on it and prescribe medication for something that we could be free from.

So reader, whoever you are, Jesus wants you to be free. He wants JOY for your life. Also, please know that after much intercession, and prayer, I am no longer having any of the symptoms that were keeping me down. They are ALL gone!
Love,
Rachelle

The Boy with a Demon
(Mark 9:14-29; Luke 9:37-42; Luke 17:5-10)

14When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus and knelt before Him. 15“Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering terribly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. 16I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not heal him.”

17“O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to Me.” 18Then Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that moment.

19Afterward the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”

20“Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.