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I got molested when I was a child. I went through a lot of folks taking advantage of me because I couldn\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n
It was hard for me to be around people. When that depression<\/a> hit me, it felt painful\u2014a pain out of this world that I wouldn\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n 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\u2014a loner. When I went to churches, I was seeking God. I was looking for that caring spirit, and I didn\u2019t find it.<\/p>\n I was sitting on my bed, couldn\u2019t cry, couldn\u2019t think about anything, and couldn\u2019t go back to sleep. Every time I tried to lie down, I jumped out of that sleep. I said, \u201cNo, I had enough! I am tired of going through this!\u201d<\/p>\n The next day, I got up at 6:30 AM, and I normally turn on my TV. Bishop Bira Joshua<\/a><\/span> was talking about spiritual deliverance<\/a><\/span>. I said, \u201cOK, I am calling that number<\/a><\/span>.\u201d When I made that phone call, the sweetness in his voice lifted my soul. I said, \u201cI have to go.\u201d<\/p>\n I was coming to The Universal Church<\/a><\/span> constantly, doing my Chain of Prayer every day<\/a><\/span>. The first thing I was delivered from was the depression<\/a><\/span>. 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.<\/p>\n After I was delivered and spiritually free<\/a><\/span>, I didn\u2019t believe I could receive the Holy Spirit<\/a><\/span>. 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!<\/p>\n I have to say to those suffering, \u201cDon\u2019t give up, don\u2019t 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, \u2018I can do it, and I will overcome everything!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n \u2014Beverly Davis<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I got molested when I was a child. I went through a lot of folks taking advantage of me because I couldn\u2019t 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":345976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6063,371,20],"tags":[6197,94,6202,210],"site":[],"class_list":["post-345972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-transformation","category-defeat-depression","category-real-life-stories","tag-chain-of-prayer","tag-depression","tag-suicidal-thoughts","tag-testimony"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345972"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":345978,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345972\/revisions\/345978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345972"},{"taxonomy":"site","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/site?post=345972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}