Testimonies
Andrew's Story
One night I dreamt I was walking down a street in the centre of Melbourne and felt drawn to a well-known café; I entered the café and found that I was inside a Greek orthodox church. When I awoke I questioned, "Why am I dreaming about God?"
Another day while stopped at the traffic lights a guy in his 40’s asked for directions. After I pulled over, and gave him directions he grabbed the cross I was wearing and looking in my eyes and he asked "have you got a bible?" I replied, "My mum probably does". He then said "Look in the bible and you will find your path". The guy promptly left and I was left feeling shocked. Then I received a call from a job agency and was assigned work in Hallam. Whilst there a young guy Jason having seen the cross that I always wore, walked up grabbed hold of the cross and said "Hey man, do you believe in God?" I flippantly responded "I believe in God". Jason then said "Jesus loves you man". A short time later I ended up being transferred to the same section as this guy. He persistently asked if I wanted to come to church. At first I replied "No", then I responded "give me your number, I’ll give you a buzz". In the end I decided to go just to shut him up.
At the church, outwardly I tried to be cool, sitting at the back I was not really interested in what was being said until the priest, whom they called a Pastor, stopped and said he would ask God what God wanted to do now. I sarcastically thought, "while you are talking with God why don’t you have a coffee with him as well." After Pastor Ken Rayment prayed he said the word "revenge" God wants to heal someone of revenge." Suddenly my heart was beating beyond my control, I began to inhale heavily and I went from sitting back indifferently to bending forward.
At first, I tried to ignore what I was experiencing. In the end though, I gave Ken permission to pray for me. When he prayed for me in the ‘name of Jesus’, I felt like all my blood was pushed to my feet then released like a slingshot. That I was erupting inside. That night began the journey of freedom from the evil spirits which were influencing my life.
While driving home I tried to rationalize what I had just experienced, but in the end I knew that I had to either accept this claim that Jesus is the truth, or I had to begin to lie to myself. My life began to change within, and all I wanted was to find out more about God. Since then as I kept on seeking God, God has healed and freed me from revenge, anger, bitterness, violence and much more. Now I have incredible peace in my life.