 begin with telling us your name and where you're from. My name is Stephanie Haynes and I'm from Pasco. And Stephanie, can you please tell us your amazing testimony that you have for us tonight? Well, um, in December of 2014, I made the decision to rededicate my life to God and, um, I, um, like most reborn, born again Christians, I wanted to make church a priority, um, and be consistent. And, um, I did well at first and, um, then I just felt like there was times where it was a big struggle for me to, to get to church. And, um, so, um, basically, um, it just felt like every time I would try to come to church, uh, something would come over me. I felt like, um, anything and everything that could have happened happened. Um, and so by the time I actually got to church, I was like a mental breakdown and one of the days that I came, um, my mentor, uh, she told me, wow, you look like you're, uh, anxious often and you're, and you're restless and I kind of thought to myself like, well, yeah, if you only knew what I went through just to get here, you would understand. Um, but I really, uh, just started to think about that, over the months time and, and I started thinking about areas of my life where I was anxious and felt restless and stuff. And, um, I remembered that, um, I had like trouble sleeping at night that, um, that I would struggle with like torment, torment and tormenting thoughts of just things of the past and stuff and, um, how it really affected my life. And I started really putting a lot of thought into that and, and realizing what a problem it was and, um, just other areas too. Um, I, you know, just easily angered or, or feeling anxious and stuff. Um, so bad that I would have to just take sleeping pills just to get any kind of relief and that's just not any way to live. And, um, so, um, so after you, your mentor was telling you that, you know, there was this restlessness and you started to examine your life and notice that there was anxiety and fear and that you even noticed that at night you were in torment. You had to take sleeping pills because you couldn't sleep. Is that correct? Yes. And then, um, basically from there it just got, it got worse, you know, months down the road, um, one day out of nowhere. Uh, I started having these intrusive thoughts that I couldn't control. Like they're just out of nowhere, um, thoughts that I knew were not coming from myself, thoughts that, um, just not the way that I think and they just made me feel terrible. They were, they controlled my, controlled me and how did it affect your day? What, how did it impact you? Well, I felt like paralyzed. I didn't feel like I couldn't even be around anybody like so bad that I was like, I can't even be around my kids. I'm having these thoughts that are just insane. They're not even from me. I know they're not from me. So I, uh, that night, because it happened to start towards the night and that night I, I, uh, I was like, well, I'm going to try everything I can do and everything that I did would not work. And, um, so I was like, oh, I know I'll just take a sleeping pill. That'll help and it'll be gone in the morning. So sure enough, I did that. And the next morning it came and it came on like even worse and I was like, what is going on? Like this is insane. And, um, so I battled with it all day long and, uh, finally worked up enough courage to text my mentor and say, um, I really need prayer. I don't know what's going on, but whatever's going on, it needs to end tonight. And, um, so I got ahold of her and, um, she came over that night and, uh, we prayed and, um, I believe that I was delivered. Um, I knew God was delivering me from the impression and, um, yeah, I, the next, the next morning I woke up and, um, and I slept like a baby that night too. No sleeping pills. And, uh, I felt recharged. I felt like a new person. I, I, um, I even read two books in two days, which anyone who knows me knows that I am not a reader. So that was proof that I was delivered. And, um, uh, that night I remembered too, when we were talking, she had said, um, that don't be, um, surprised or worried. You know, those thoughts might come back, but they're no longer in you. They're no longer a part of you. Um, and you'll have to fight, fight them off if they come. And, um, so, you know, I didn't have that experience at first. Everything was really good. And then a couple days went by and those thoughts were starting to knock at my door again. And I, and I was like, Oh no, I like recognize it right away. And I had to rebuke those thoughts and fight. And, um, they'd go. And then they come back and I just kept fighting and fighting. But the difference was this time I was stronger. And this prayer, when you believe that you receive deliverance, this has been a few months. Can you tell us the changes that you saw other than the fact that you read two books immediately, you no longer take sleeping pills? Is that correct? You can sleep peacefully. Yeah. Um, I noticed in the last four months, um, I've been consistent. It feels so good. And, um, I used to make excuses, any excuse I could find an excuse. And now there's no excuse. I want to be here. I want to help other people that might suffer with the same things that I went through. Um, and I hope that my testimony touches other people so that they, they know that there's hope for them. And, uh, before we finish off, can you just tell us one last thing is that, was there anything else that you noticed about the way you saw or perceived things? Um, I noticed a couple days or a few days or a week or so after my deliverance, I started, just things started changing. Things were, you know, God was talking to me, I feel like, and, um, I, uh, my thoughts on even just drinking and stuff, um, changed. I, like, whereas before, if I had, I felt like if there was a, um, situation where I couldn't be at a drinking event or something, um, that no longer was a part of me, I, I felt like it, yeah, a different perspective of it. And so it changed a lot for me. Amen. Come on, give a hand of thought. And those, those that are here and those that maybe are watching on live stream, maybe they are dealing with intrusive thoughts or anxiety or heaviness. What type of advice would you want to give to them tonight? Um, I'd say don't underestimate the power of prayer and, um, or home groups that, that while you can, um, receive, uh, or gain wisdom from your home group, you can also receive freedom. So, um, and freedom, you can't underestimate that, it feels so good and I'm here to testify that.