Personal Stories

Being weak in my studies while being in the best class in my school put a lot of pressure on me.. I tried my best to study hard as I needed to do well to get into a good college. But since the beginning of the school term, I could not cope with all the subjects and kept failing in my class tests.

I have been a Christian for years and have been serving the Lord for more than a decade now. In 2013, I slipped into depression because I suddenly began fearing for my future. I also started having anxiety attacks that were a result of toxic relationships.

Some time ago, I started having anxiety and panic attacks. I couldn’t sleep, my heart was in pain, and I had no appetite. Bouts of fever would hit me, and I often had to rush to the toilet.

My family and I first heard you on television in the spring of 2009, when we were holidaying elsewhere in England, United Kingdom. We do not have cable or satellite TV so we were interested in watching the God channels when we rented a holiday home. We “happened” to turn the TV on to the right channel when you were just starting your program.

Just over two years ago, I became unemployed and left with no place to stay. I was also rejected by my family because all the money and luxuries I had were gone. My son and I ended up living in a village with a family in which only one person was employed as a domestic worker in a nearby town. This person made only $70 a month to feed seven people. Our living conditions were a far cry from what we were used to.

I’m thirty-four years old and was involved in full-time ministry for thirteen years. For seven years, my husband and I pastored a local urban church in Chicago. We conducted Bible studies, seminars, teachings, trainings and outreaches. We saw people saved, water baptized, filled with the Holy Spirit and went through discipleship courses. However, we saw very little lasting fruit.

When I joined the real estate industry, I had a tough time trying to close deals. After 4 months, I still had zero revenue. Weekly sales meetings were tremendously stressful for me and I constantly felt hopeless and desperate.

Earlier this year, our town in Australia experienced the worst cyclone we have seen in 30 years. While my husband prepared for the cyclone by securing everything in our house, I anointed our property and thanked God for His protection over it.

My husband had a sales job for 10 years that required him to travel a lot. We didn’t see each other for weeks, sometimes months, at a time. Two years ago, his company went through some changes that ultimately resulted in us not having enough funds for food or lodging.

A few months ago, I was watching a sermon by Joseph Prince. At that time, I was feeling a bit down and lonely. Toward the end of his message, Joseph started to prophesy healing, and something he said caught my attention. He said the Lord wanted to heal someone who was worried about losing handfuls of hair every day, and he prayed for their scalp to be healed.

I had always wondered what freedom looked like, so I tried searching for it in many places but could never find it.

My children were raised in a Christian home and saved at a young age. A couple of years ago my 20-year-old daughter left home, stopped communicating with our family, and ventured into drugs, cults, and other inappropriate behaviors. She was also suffering from anxiety and panic attacks. It was devastating to see her like that because if you knew her, she was the sweetest, most beautiful daughter anyone could ask for.