BY WAY OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND GOD IS REAL, AND MY PRAYER TODAY
IS THAT GOD GIVES YOU YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE SO THAT YOU WILL KNOW WHO
HE IS BY YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE AND NOT BY SOMEBODY ELSE
EXPERIENCE!
FROM CRACK TO CHRIST & DOPE
TO HOPE! 12 STEPS FROM THE PEWS TO THE ALTAR!
THE PICTURE THAT SURROUNDS
MY PAGE IS WHAT I USE TO LOOK LIKE LESS THAN
100LBS.
Hello, My name is Shelly and I would just like to share with you
this part of my life. I know you didn`t ask to hear about it, but
somebody needs to. Maybe you,just like me got high, and at times it
just seems like nobody cares about the situation that you can`t
seem to get out of and that it`s OK, that your grown and you made
this decision, but now you just don`t know how to get out of it.
Maybe you need a positive Word in your life right about now, and
you`ve tried all that you know, and you`re still strung out. Keep
this in mind while you are reading this, that an addiction doesn`t
have to be alcohol or drugs, an addiction is anything that you
cannot control and give up by yourself, example lotteries, sex,
cursing, spitting, etc. You`ve tried to stop, but you just can`t!
So maybe this information is for you too! Stop going through that
revolving door of detox Just Let Go & Let God. I vowed that I
would never do drugs, but there, I was old enough to know better,
it started out as fun smoking weed, drinking beer and chillin with
my friends and it ended up with with an addiction. One thing lead
to another. I know that I got myselfin this and that nobody else
could get me out. and that it was going to take someone greater
than myself to help me! Sure I thought that I had everything under
control. If I did then why couldn`t I just stop? Maybe you have
come to a decision in your life that you are an addict or alcoholic
and that you need help, but, the question may remain where do I go?
Whose real about helping me? and whose in it for the money? HAS
DETOX RENEWED YOUR MIND? Read Romans 12:1 Are You Sure? You look
good on the outside but, what about the insides? What`s behind the
program your in? Who`s getting the glory? I really looked bad, I
had got so black and greyish in color that I looked like a piece of
charcoal on a grill after it had turned into ash. I wore 2 pairs of
pants just so I could at least look like I was eating. Food was not
a necessity any more, it was drugs. I called a major hospital here
in Baltimore, and explained to them that I was a heroine and crack
addict and that I needed help with my addiction, and at that time
it was My Addiction, but now it`s no longer mine, I gave it to God.
Well, they said that being and heroine and crack addict wasn`t
enough for me to be admitted into there facility and that I had to
be an alcoholic too! OK, now what? Who was gonna help me now? I
couldn`t beat the monkey, so I continued to get high. I had turned
into this person that I no longer could identify with. I was not
myself, I stole, lied, cheated and God sure knows what else. But, I
still wanted to stop, so I tried sweating it out for three days,
and separating myself from the crowd, but you know when the Devil
knows you are trying to quit working for him he tends to offer you
deals like freebies, finding drugs, hook-ups with dealers, selling
drugs and yes, even a job to support your habit, and anything else
he can do to keep you on his side. He wants you eternally! My
family loved me, but none of them ever experienced drugs so I
didn`t go to them for help. Usually I confront my problems, but not
this time, my problem confronted me. My sister found out that I was
stealing from her, and God knows that really hurt me to my heart
that it came down to me hurting my family. Things had really gone
bad. I admitted to it and an argument broke out and then my mother
got involved. I told them that I didn`t want to be like this. See
my mother is a prayer warrior, I believe that it was the prayers of
my family that kept God from taking me out of my misery. My mother
came into my room and she began to tell me about the God that she
served and that He was able to help me with my addiction, but I
couldn`t see it, the only way that I saw it happening was long term
and I needed help NOW!! I cried and my mom and sister asked me if I
wanted to go to church with them, they were in Pentecost and I went
only because they were getting on my nerves. This was the straw
that broke the monkey`s back. I went and I didn`t have any dope
that day so I felt terrible, but I sat there, and guess who came
with me, and sat right beside me? Yes, the Devil himself trying to
convince me that I needed to leave the church and go get high. I
saw my mother walk by me and I told her that I was in pain and she
told the Minister and he stopped the service and called me upto the
altar, and let me say that this was the longest walk that I had
ever taken in my life. Several ministers prayed for me and anointed
me with oil and suddenly I fanted, and could hear everything but,I
couldn`t move. The Asst. Pastor said "open the door and let that
demon out of here." What happened to me was the casting out of an
unclean spirit. No, I`m not ashamed to tell it. One weeks later I
was baptized in the name of Jesus Christ and was filled with the
Holy Ghost, speaking in tongues as the Spirit of God gave utterance
(Acts 2:38). It has now beenover 6 years, with No urge to go back!
Not only did he deliver me from drugs,but he also delivered me from
cigarettes, fornication, and a lying tongue, among other things!
God loves you enough to deliver you or your love ones too! Don`t
get me wrong, I`m not perfect, I still need deliverance from some
things, but I`m striving for perfection in the Holy Ghost.(Matthew
5:48). I fear God, because I know he is a God of love and wrath,
and the Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. (Proverbs
9:10) The Holy Ghost is a keeper and He`s keeping me! If you
believe in angels you better believe in demons. Angels work for God
and demons work for the Devil. See I was trying to fight a battle
that wasn`t mine. You may think that what happened to me was
strange but it isn`t. If you read the Bible you will see that Jesus
delivered many people the way he delivered me. The Word of God says
John 14:12 (12) Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth
on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than
these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. Jesus casted out
demons didn`t he? Mark 16:17-18 And these signs shall follow them
that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall
speak with new tongues; 18 They shall take up serpents; and if they
drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay
hands on the sick, and they shall recover. We don`t need detox we
need Christians that operate by the Holy Ghost, and believes Gods
Word, (Mark 16:15) and have confidence to do what thus saith the
Lord! preaching and teaching by the Holy Ghost. Mark 9:25-29 is an
important scripture too! I am clean through the Word(John 15:3).
Read these scriptures concerning unclean spirits: Mark 1:23, Mark
1:25, Mark 9:25-26,Acts 16:18, Zech 13:2, Luke 8:29, 9:42, 11:24
just to name a few. There are plenty more scriptures that explains
how sprits controlled people and how they were normal or made whole
(complete), once the unclean spirits were cast out. I have
experienced going to church in the past, and I believed thatthere
was a God but the Word of God says that even the devils believe,
James 2:19. So this let`s me know that it`s going to take more than
just believing, before I got delivered I went to a church in my
addiction and I went to the altar and was told to confess and
believe (Romans 10:9) which reads like this: That if thou shalt
confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus,and shalt believe in thine
heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved,
but the only part that was missing was that they told me that
that`s all that it took and that I was Saved, but the scripture
reads thou shalt be, not that I am. I confessed and believed, but
why was I still doing the same things that I was doing before
confessing? I wasn`t Saved, I wasn`t even safe! The Scriptures
says. "HAVE YOU RECEIVED THE HOLY GHOST SINCE YOU BELIEVED"
(ACTS:19:2) See Salvation is a process, you just can`t stop short
of just confessing you must also receive the Holy Ghost. I didn`t
think that it was any more that I needed to do because they didn`t
teach me about this thing called the Holy Ghost, WHY? I think that
they didn`t know either. (Read Acts 19th Chapter). This let`s you
know that these believers didn`t know about the Holy Ghost either,
but they got it right! See it`s important that we don`t take one
scripture and run with it, but that we (2 Tim 2:15)Study to show
thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be
ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. How can one teach
except he be taught. If after reading this you`re mad, GOOD! Get
mad enough to get the HOLY GHOST! The Holy Ghost is a keeper, and
HE`S what`s keeping me from going out there again doing the things
that I used to do, along with the fact that I fear God too. (2 Cor
5:17) Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old
things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
