Spiritual Warfare Victorys!

[Tonaw]

Post Conversion stories and other Spiritual victory's over past sins here.

When I was a Child I saw and felt many bad things. The only thing that would make me feel safe was my family. I saw evil things... felt some physically and heard some. In these times my Grammy felt many bad spiritually things too. The Devil was trying to stop us... He also tryed to instill fear in my cousin. This continued for quite awhile.

Prayers were safe heavens from these evil things. Although I thought I was supposed to think prayers were boring... so that's what I thought. But I still went to some of Grammy's Divine Will prayer meetings and also prayed the Rosary. I thought priests were really cool too. As I grew though I felt less spiritual stuff and concerned myself with mostly worldly matters.

So in High School I was the stereotypical Goth Kid. Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, goth music styles, drugs, sex, Witchcraft. The whole shebang. Especially the Witchcraft. Those evil things I felt as a kid came back to me. I thought I had the power of these spirits but they were just using me and wanted to cause me harm. I reached a point were I felt I had to stop because I choked a kid almost to death but I DID NOT lay a single finger on him! He said he saw a green transparent hand around his neck... this and many other things made me want to chill from that evil... but the drugs still continued... and so I lived in an apartment with my "best friend" and another friend for awhile... Just being ignorant and wasting our lives away.... Then we were going to get evicted and they bailed... they said some awful things... and even told me they used me...

So I had to move in with my Gramma Linda for a lil while. Eventually I tryed to turn back to my evil ways holding a penacle in my hand. but this time something was different and I heard interiorlly "What are you doing?" "No.." I knew who was real... you see, I always believed in God and despite all the evil I did deep down I knew He was watching. You can only live like this for so long and for me it was to long. So I crushed the penacle in my hands and it burned, upon it burning I threw it away. Then for 2 hours I prayed, I had a lot of catching up to do!

The Graces of coming back to the Father were immense. I heard Holy spiritual things said to my soul. I felt many spiritual graces and I've seen many things. One of which was when I was awake, in my interior, I physically heard in the most celestial voice, unnatural, like 2 or 3 people speaking at the same time, loud, but calming, audible, a gentle voice said: "Remember". This word of Wisdom has helped me immensely in my spiritual journey. It's helped me on the path to holiness immensely. My sister saw Jesus in a Carmelite monastery while I was having confession. She kept pointing at Him in fear of his greatness but Mom only saw a bag. lol. Many other spiritually good things happened to me personally and I will gladly tell you of them if you ask.

The Holy Spirit set me on Fire with his Love and Grace. I did much studying and praying. I've studied Philosophy, Theology, Psychology and Apolegetics. (All self taught rigorously) There were still sins I struggled with but those died by living in God's Divine Will. There are still many sins I have but they are nothing compared to the past. If you pray for God's grace you will receive it, no matter how much doubt your "friends" might have in you or themselves. Prayer is more important then anything, even study. Pray the Rosary and meditate upon God every day! Do all your acts with Jesus and you will feel his immense Grace and Love. Love so strong that if he didn't hold back your heart would burst!! The Holy Spirit is amazing! But our call is more then a feeling, "blessed are those who have not seen but believe". There is only One actual truth, truth is not relative to the person.

God is Awesome! To give the Sacraments and to help people realize this would be my greatest joy. I want to reverse all the evil I did in the past, I know God forgives me but still, God deserves much more. That is why I'm discerning to be a Priest. I felt his immense love in 2006 and told him. His mercy and love is just so powerful how could I not devote the rest of my life to him? But this is merely a tiny little atom of the immense love He has for me. There is much more I can explain, MUCH MORE! and some of it that I won't know till I die. I love you all and hope you come to know God more. He is waiting with open arms, so keep an open mind, and He will open your Heart.

My patron is St. Patrick and I believe his prayers have protected me from the old occult spirits of my past. My full name is Anthony Christopher Patrick (Confirmation name) Bothel which means: Beyond praise bearing Christ, the Noble one.

This in a very short and brief manner is my biography so far but there are so many more graces the Lord gave me and many more things that I learned and experienced. If the Lord inspires me then I will write some more experiences I underwent if it be the Lord's will and he puts the conviction in me that It may help people.

Peace, Grace, and Love be with you.

[beth40n2]

I guess my biggest victory has to do with my husband. I never knew that he was anti-Catholic until I said that I wanted to convert. Then the battle began. Major persecution came my way. He told all of my friends and family within 24 hours, before I had a chance to slowly educate people on facts.

My mistake, I did not know the enemy! I should have prayed and waited for the Holy Spirit to tell when to give my husband the news. I did keep him posted on some of the early church history that I was learning. I know know I should have sent my guardian angel to his angel to pray and soften his heart. Besides the verbal persecution, he broke and burned every sacramental I had.

So I got some Blessed salts and Holy Water and sprinkled them around the house. I had blessed oil that sometimes I would secretly put on my hand, then put on him. I prayed as many deliverance prayers as I could to calm the situation down.

What really stopped the persecution dead in it's tracks was the day my priest came to give me the sacraments before I had surgery. He know all the problems I was having. He blessed some Holy water in my kitchen, sprinkled it all over my house and gave my house a special blessing. My priest has taken many classes on deliverance, oppression etc. and knew exactly what to do. Praise the Lord. My husband now is indifferent to me when I say I am going to mass.

[Christine85]

great testimonies!!! I recently found that when I took up the daily prayer of the Rosary again that my withdrawal symptoms from prescription drugs left me immediately. Also when I was playing the house cleansing audio prayer as I was playing it, one of my housemates started yelling in the lounge room, I took this as sign of response.

[Holly3278]

Well, here is mine. I converted to Catholicism on Easter Vigil of 2006. That was when I was received into full communion with the Church via the Sacrament of Confirmation. I had been baptized during the Summer of 2005. Anyway, before my baptism, I had been involved in witchcraft.

The temptation to commit the sin of witchcraft came back to me when I was a practicing Catholic and I gave in to that temptation and did a short witchcraft ritual. I went to Confession and the priest told me that I needed to stop dabbling in witchcraft. I did make a firm resolution to stop practicing it but unfortunately the temptation came back again later and I dabbled in it again. I went to Confession again to the same priest. This time he became very firm with me and told me that I was risking my eternal soul and that I could become possessed by doing this. He told this all to me during the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Well, his short speech to me really spoke to me and I knew that I had to stop. He gave me absolution and I left. I then went home and destroyed all of my witchcraft supplies and I have not dabbled in it since.