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Read Beverly's Heartbreaking and Amazing Story
I got molested when I was a child. I went through a lot of folks taking advantage of me because I couldn’t speak out. I was also the fifth child in a family under four brothers, and they used to always call me names, and I took all that feeling in. As I grew up, I held a lot of grudges and kept a lot of feelings inside of my body.
It was hard for me to be around people. When that depression hit me, it felt painful—a pain out of this world that I wouldn’t wish on anyone. I had no one to talk to. I knew how to pray, but at the time, the emotions got into me, and I just got overwhelmed.
I even got in a car to race down a road and try to have an accident on my own. I even drank so many beers and took medicine one time, but none of that worked. I was always in a corner sitting alone—a loner. When I went to churches, I was seeking God. I was looking for that caring spirit, and I didn’t find it.
I was sitting on my bed, couldn’t cry, couldn’t think about anything, and couldn’t go back to sleep. Every time I tried to lie down, I jumped out of that sleep. I said, “No, I had enough! I am tired of going through this!”
The next day, I got up at 6:30 AM, and I normally turn on my TV. Bishop Bira Joshua was talking about spiritual deliverance. I said, “OK, I am calling that number.” When I made that phone call, the sweetness in his voice lifted my soul. I said, “I have to go.”
I was coming to The Universal Church constantly, doing my Chain of Prayer every day. The first thing I was delivered from was the depression. That anger that was in me, that pain I carried from my childhood, all that is over. I am a stronger, better me. I can come out, speak out, and talk to people with a smile.
After I was delivered and spiritually free, I didn’t believe I could receive the Holy Spirit. When I received Him, it felt like life flowed from my body. I was new, and happiness came across my face. It felt like a warm embrace, and, at that moment, I was just grateful for being alive!
I have to say to those suffering, “Don’t give up, don’t give in to the devil, and fight and fight for your life because God made you in His image! No longer look at the situation. Say, ‘I can do it, and I will overcome everything!’”
—Beverly Davis
