Part 2 - My encounter with demons, energy healing, yoga, vipassana meditation - My testimony

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  • @Luvurenemy
    @Luvurenemy ปีที่แล้ว +204

    There is a Spiritual War going on. As a former Materialist and believer in Scientism that revelation has humbled me. Thank God.

    • @saintejeannedarc9460
      @saintejeannedarc9460 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm not sure what you mean by materialist, though I think I know what you mean by scientism?

    • @newwaycs
      @newwaycs  ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I feel you, it's wild for me to step back in time in my mind sometimes and think about how much simpler I thought the world was as a materialist. How much freedom there is in seeing the spiritual battle and having faith in Christ.

    • @newwaycs
      @newwaycs  ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@saintejeannedarc9460 I believe he or she is referring to believing that all of reality is basically reducible to matter, smaller, physical, measurable parts as in, a non-belief in the immaterial i.e. soul / God / spirits.

    • @Luvurenemy
      @Luvurenemy ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@newwaycs You put that well. I never ever thought I would say there is Spiritual Warfare going on AND I have 110% faith in Christ Jesus AND Love is the answer. I am remade in Christ.

    • @Luvurenemy
      @Luvurenemy ปีที่แล้ว

      @@newwaycs Agreed!

  • @betzairaruiz1765
    @betzairaruiz1765 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    This is happening to me ! For 20 years since I was 13 I’ve been into all of the occult / new age
    And the last few weeks
    I am getting dreams with bible verses . I look them up the next day and they are exactly what I needed to hear that I cry .
    Another time I had sleep paralysis and a woman appeared in my room and asked me “ what do you do when you are being attacked ?”
    I said ; I meditate , I do energy making, sage , etc.
    she gives me a look like that’s not what she wanted to hear .
    And then I say - I listens to psalms. As soon as I say that i realize I am being attacked by an entity .
    I get angry ( usually I get very scared )
    But this time I feel a power within me ( God) . And I tell it , I command it to leave . I tell it 3 times in my mind . And whatever it is leaves and I am able to move. I quickly look up what psalms are bc I don’t know anything about the Bible .
    And it means to only worship God.
    That in times on need to pray to him and only him.
    I cried. It’s so humbling to know that he is calling me . For a long time I thought as long as you practiced anything in love it’s was ok .
    But I’m fast realizing it’s not …

    • @TJ0614
      @TJ0614 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Use the name of Jesus whenever you pray. Observe His presence that comes over you when his name leaves your mouth. Understand that the love of Christ can move mountains and so much more, there’s nothing to be afraid of anymore :)

    • @TEWMUCH
      @TEWMUCH ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeeees. I thought the same thing. If I have loving and positive intentions, then I'm a good person... uhm that not what the Bible said!!!. And Jesus called me to him in a very similar way. I'm saved!

    • @peaceuponthesoul
      @peaceuponthesoul ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Book recommendation: The Believer's Authority!!

    • @peaceuponthesoul
      @peaceuponthesoul ปีที่แล้ว

      by Kenneth E. Hagin

    • @DetVen
      @DetVen ปีที่แล้ว

      He feels better than he ever has trying to learn about Jesus and God and reading the Bible and it seems he knows that this is the way, but he's still going to all these kooky new age retreats...why??

  • @johnzx14rk94
    @johnzx14rk94 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    Thanks, I'm running back to Jesus as fast as I can with every ounce of energy I possess. You saved me. Thank You. Your Prayer at the end was powerful, but I need more. Thank You Good Sir. I am going to spend the next few weeks asking Jesus Christ for Forgiveness. Thank You.

    • @Prin_Cess_007
      @Prin_Cess_007 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Read the Bible, that’s what changed me & rud me of all kinds of addictions, and issues. Luke, Matthew, Acts then Romans Hebrews. Welcome back to life. Much ❤️

    • @picklechip5462
      @picklechip5462 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yes read scripture, I put it off for many years but once I started I had a thirst and didn’t want to stop. Even if u just read a few pages a day, it will speak to you like nothing else.pray for wisdom and understanding before and the Holy Spirit with give it to you.

    • @urbanpioneer5326
      @urbanpioneer5326 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He forgives all. When we truly ask.
      Look at Acts 2:38 please. On salvation.

    • @sunshineandsmiles9668
      @sunshineandsmiles9668 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Read, pray, renounce, repent, tell others your testimony and the grace and power of God. Love you!!!!!

    • @jjgems5909
      @jjgems5909 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Praise God. We love you!

  • @B_Jennings
    @B_Jennings ปีที่แล้ว +97

    I can relate to all of this! 👏🏼 As a former reiki master, yoga teacher, etc etc etc.. I feel so blessed God cropped me (us) out of that life, and chose to show THE truth 🙏🏼

    • @newwaycs
      @newwaycs  ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Praise the Lord! Thank you for sharing Blythe

    • @anci2aa
      @anci2aa ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Me too! He saved us from the deception of the New age!

  • @jeffreygose4209
    @jeffreygose4209 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    What a profound testimony fellow brother in Jesus! I myself had a demonic experience that caused me to fall away from God and began participating in Ayahuasca ceremonies to get over the fear of it as it shook me badly. What it ended up doing is bringing me back to the revelation of Jesus. My 3rd and final ceremony the room was still and I felt a sensation of death, and then it’s as if the blinders were off and I looked around to the other participants discussing Reiki healing, yoga and energy work. It made sense to me that the oppressive demonic force I was fearing who was working through a woman I was messing with was trying to convince me God was not real! Jesus is the truth!

    • @duncescotus2342
      @duncescotus2342 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Amazing testimony. The spirit of the man knows the things of a man, and the Spirit of God bears witness with out spirits that we are His children. Amen.
      Love to you, revelation, joy, peace, mercy, good fruits in the graces of the Spirit and the power of the Gospel to you and your household according to this promise:
      "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved, you and your house."

    • @biblereadings2655
      @biblereadings2655 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Please pray for me if possible thank you

    • @duncescotus2342
      @duncescotus2342 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@biblereadings2655 We agree all of us here right now for your complete deliverance from all the power of darkness and your safety in the hands of Christ and his Church. We commend you to Him and His grace, the protection of his angels and the ministers of the body, his bride, his holy Church on earth, through the presence and joy of the Spirit who is given to us. May He be pleased to direct your path and grant you the desires of your heart as you rejoice in Him. Worthy is the Lamb. We thank you Jesus for hearing this prayer. Amen.

    • @urbanpioneer5326
      @urbanpioneer5326 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think to prove is different than to tempt God. Bible says prove all things.
      To prove is finding out what He means. To temptt is to know but challenge His authority.

  • @starlightmckennah5241
    @starlightmckennah5241 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Please do a part 3 and tell us more about your journey renouncing and casting down your sins and the oppression you were experiencing. It will help so much to hear what this journey of sanctifcation was like after being saved and baptized but still gaining your footing in Christ and struggling with learning and growing in the Kingdom

  • @gregkloot4402
    @gregkloot4402 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I have a new brother in Christ. Fantastic. I remember when I got saved and this incredible realisation hit me..."It's true, Jesus is true, he's God's only begotten Son and his blood reconciles me to God"

    • @Kim.Miller
      @Kim.Miller ปีที่แล้ว

      Do you think children can give consent to adults? Can humans give consent to supernatural beings who tell them to be brave during sex? What happened to Mary would be considered rape in most states. Your entire religion is based on a rape-baby Messiah. Just...gross.

    • @DK-cd8og
      @DK-cd8og ปีที่แล้ว +1

      HALLELUJAH!

  • @roxannavictoria7464
    @roxannavictoria7464 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Chris, it’s 5 am in the morning here in Germany right now as I am watching your 2 parts series, but from the bottom of my heart I have to thank Jesus for bringing you back home and being brave enough to being his advocate today! I’ve been into new age around 3 years, and a couple months ago I came back to Jesus. I’ve been watching many testimonies about this topic, but yours just shook me to the core, because of what you said with THESE IMAGES YOU WOULD HAVE WHEN YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES. I was trying to talk with people about this, but didn’t find anyone who could relate with me!!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! JESUS CHRIST IS LORD!

    • @newwaycs
      @newwaycs  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you for sharing Roxanna and I’m glad my story could help you! What was it like for you? God bless!

  • @susannahfox7188
    @susannahfox7188 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    I was in the New Age for over 40 years......very powerful listening to your experience as it reflected some of the experiences I had before I became a born again Christian. The major problem I have been experiencing since becoming a sold out Christian (in the fall of 2013) is that the people who claim to be Christians are also in the New Age, or, they really do not understand what their Bible says. So, it's been very lonely. Waiting on the Lord's gathering us to him. By the way, had a dream in 1986, the year of Chernobyl (April). I had the dream 4 days after Christmas. Walked outside and saw nuclear fall out on my front lawn. Then, in a twinkling of an eye, as the Bible says, I saw Jesus in the clouds, and was caught up to him, merging directly through his heart via my own heart. Incredible bliss. Nothing compares to the love he has for us. Strange thing is though, when I had that dream, I was in the thick of the New Age, I'd even had a dream prior to this telling me to research "Mithra." I did not even know about the Rapture or some of the other scripture that came across in that dream, until 27 years later, when I did finally read the Bible cover to cover in a year's time. And about the true nature of the enemy. It's not a Saturday Night Live skit, like The Church Lady. All of the media is focused on having us believe that it's all very funny and not true. (that evil/Satan exists). We believe this at the risk of our immortal soul. It is truly a free gift of God, to come to know our blessed Saviour, and what he has done for us in order to expunge the stain of sin from us so that we can live an eternal life. 1Cor 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

    • @newwaycs
      @newwaycs  ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Agree - a lot of people accidentally dabble in new age beliefs. It's definitely been important to me to find a local community of believers who have a solid grounding in faith, scripture and the reality of the spiritual world/warfare/oppression/etc.

    • @susannahfox7188
      @susannahfox7188 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@newwaycs So glad you can find a community with those necessary people. I think living in Ecuador complicates the situation, since 85% in Latin America are Roman Catholic. But it is clear that pretty much ALL of the Christian churches whether in the US or abroad have all been infiltrated by Satan. I have had a person who writes for a well known channel connected with Calvary Chapel tell me straight up that she and another well known associate are Illuminati, when I asked her about it, based on photos with the typical hand gestures we all know so well. I think it is very true what Jesus said, that if he didn't shorten the days, there would be no flesh left. Probably also a reference to the "juice" everyone was taking for the last 3 years. Rev 18:23 .....for by thy sorceries (read as pharmakeia in the Greek) were ALL NATIONS DECEIVED

    • @sl4726
      @sl4726 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I have always known things or had visions or dreams which I use to think I was crazy. I fought with believing and not believing but deep down I always believed and talked to him all my life. I love myself, my family, the animals and Earth it self but the world has become evil and wicked. Turning women and children into sex slaves for Satan aka Santa.
      This one dream I had before Christmas was about 3 groups of people going to be put on trial before God and the Elders. The 1st group was the Vatican and then I woke up. The Vatican has been deceitful along with the rich and powerful people who work for Satan but in the end God will show his power to all humans created by God. Amen

    • @HeyTripleJ
      @HeyTripleJ ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Jesus please help my husband come completely out, no mixture, no testing God, no “old ways” being “okay” let him completely let go of ALL DEMONIC beliefs and possessions in Jesus name!!!! Amen. Your testimony inspired my prayer and God is truly good He does not want my husband to perish and I know by my prayer and faith in Christ and good conduct a gentle spirit, I can win him to Christ just with that alone. I leave it in God’s hands with whoever reads this as witness in Jesus name amen

    • @DK-cd8og
      @DK-cd8og ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Have you heard of Steven Bancarz? If not, please find him because his ministry is to those who were (or still are) in New Age practices.
      Steven has a TH-cam channel but I can't recall the name.

  • @skywalker5thwrld
    @skywalker5thwrld ปีที่แล้ว +26

    “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” Matthew 5:6
    May you be blessed with peace and prosperity my brother thank you for sharing your experience, you’re a warrior of Christ ❤

  • @araenasanchez
    @araenasanchez ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Wow!!! I feel like you were speaking to ME! My testimony is soooo similar. I practiced Nichiren Buddhism for 20 plus years. I now follow Jesus Christ. Thank you so much for sharing. ❤

    • @blue3clic
      @blue3clic ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes, me too. I came down that new age path and like you Chris, I just remember waking up to the futility of it. When you seek the truth with integrity there's only one place you'll end up and that's at the foot of the Cross!

  • @rb3694
    @rb3694 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Thank you Chris, my spiritual attacks got worse and I'd even developed mental illnesses such as intrusive thoughts (similar to what you describe), it didn't feel like these images and voices were coming from me. All along I thought I was bringing things upto the surface to heal and send love to but I underneath I was completely defeated by it. Christ had led me to your video and I prayed afterwards, I've had a lot of peace since doing so and the spiritual attacks/night terrors have reduced significantly. I know I have a long way to go to heal but I have faith in Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior.

    • @DK-cd8og
      @DK-cd8og ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Maybe Chris already addresses these things, but I am reminded of Steven Bancarz who has a video about this. Please search for him because I know his testimony and teaching will help you! God bless you and I'm praying for you now.

  • @lisahengeli3846
    @lisahengeli3846 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Awsome ! I was oppressed for many years due to dabbling in occult such as quija , levitation , tarot etc. Jesus is REAL. He shows himself in so many ways. Praise the Lord 🙏🏻🙏🏻

    • @PrhyanMek
      @PrhyanMek ปีที่แล้ว

      Did you actually levitate? I’m want to sooo badly. Do you have to have a spiritual guide or can you do it alone?

    • @IllyaWilson
      @IllyaWilson ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@PrhyanMek There were many saints that levitated. It's said that their love and devotion to the lord Jesus Christ was so profound that while praying they could levitate. So it would be that only by the Grace of God could one achieve levitation. God Bless.

    • @coriander1422
      @coriander1422 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jesus is a living God. He hears all our prayers.

    • @lisahengeli3846
      @lisahengeli3846 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PrhyanMek I was so deep in prayer that my body started to lift. I was scared because it never happened before.

  • @daughterofgod3721
    @daughterofgod3721 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Wow, this is an amazing testimony. I too did some deep spiritual seeking (but not as deep as yours!) and to my surprise/shock ended up becoming a bible-believing follower of Jesus! I did not grow up Christian AT ALL and had a pretty negative view of Christianity, so this was a miracle. But the Bible promises that those who seek Him will find Him (Jer 29:13), and I was sincerely seeking the truth so I found Him because He IS the Truth! I love that the Lord speaks to you so much through nature. He's also spoken to me in some profound ways through nature as well. God bless you!

    • @newwaycs
      @newwaycs  ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Praise the Lord! I love hearing about these sort of turnaround stories and reflecting on my own… going from negative perception of Christianity to the shocking, humbling realization of the Truth.

    • @tiredoftheworld4834
      @tiredoftheworld4834 ปีที่แล้ว

      I feel like the negative perception of Christianity a lot of the time comes from the false institutions (one in particular that has over a billion followers in the world) who have set up leaders (in “place of Jesus”) to “do his will” and have done evils. My parents came out of the Catholic Church for instance. Bible reading is not necessary promoted there but the catechism, papal authority, and traditions and rituals not found in the Bible are. My mother had a father who wasn’t a Catholic. He passed away. After he died she read a good deal of the bible, and left the RCC later on in her life. As well as my father. Sadly his faith, I feel, is lukewarm, because he is swayed by politics and even says things that he’s commonly heard about that are in the Bible but puts it in the wrong context and even sometimes uses it against me. My mom has a better grounding in her faith after reading the Bible, and she talks with me about what is happening these days, while my dad shuns me.
      Also abusers and narcissistic people who want to use anything, including the Bible to have a power dynamic over people have definitely indirectly stained what following Christ (Christianity) actually is. I’m in a modern world history class, and from the reactions of other students around me, most of them see Christianity as Catholicism (or Anglicanism, which is Catholicism without a pope). And when they learn about what the Popes have encouraged and what has been done by Catholic leaders in Catholic nations they pretty much don’t want anything to do with Christ. Sad. It’s a deception. But people believe it.

    • @anci2aa
      @anci2aa ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Me too! I was seaking the truth like you and never thought I would find it in the Bible and I am so glade God got me out of the New age deception I was into for many years!All glory to God! When I realised the truth spiritual warfare started heavily and went on for months but I managed to rebuke it and get away from it. I love God and talk about him to everyone I know so they can get to the truth and be saved.

  • @benjaminferran1947
    @benjaminferran1947 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Same thing happened to me. The Holy Spirit showed up in my life after an Ayahuasca ceremony and said… “Trust in Lord your God. His name is on your heart”
    Praise God. May we all find faith in Jesus who renews the brokenhearted. Amen ✨

    • @newwaycs
      @newwaycs  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Amen! Thanks for sharing brother!

  • @BeTheLightTribe
    @BeTheLightTribe ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Love your testimony! I am transitioning out of the New Age myself having finally come to accept Jesus on the cross as my Lord and Saviour! Wow, what a journey and feels so free to finally be off the New Age hamster wheel!
    Also I love that Osho’s ashram put you in the Jesus cabin with the Born Again program! God has such a good sense of humor!

    • @valeriemckay7064
      @valeriemckay7064 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      God loves to surprise us doesn't He? The way He takes care of things is never how I could've guessed. I find myself often saying to God: "You've got to be kidding, amazing ... thank-you".

  • @marcogasperoni2391
    @marcogasperoni2391 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This happened to me too! I was deceived and now with Christ Jesus! Amen he is coming for us all

  • @gabriellemaes4078
    @gabriellemaes4078 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I walked out of a mist. The world just opened up to me. These things that you describe happen to me all the time. I always identified as Christian despite dabbing in Buddhism. Living on an ashram. but Jesus walked in my heart and I’ll never turn back..

    • @newwaycs
      @newwaycs  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Praise the Lord!

    • @susannahfox7188
      @susannahfox7188 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I agree. I worked as a therapist with teenage girls and would teach Jesus and Buddha to them. Was Tibetan Buddhist for 15 years. Went through 4 initiations. Studied yoga with Iyengar in Ann Arbor. Was an astrologer of western and eastern traditions. Much more. Thought I was doing good for those girls, but now I realize I was wrong.....dead wrong in my sins. I remember Pema Chodron writing about how you should have no hope and that somehow that was desirable. It's a 180 degree turn when you accept Jesus Christ, who is our Blessed Hope.

    • @visionvixxen
      @visionvixxen ปีที่แล้ว

      Why mutually exclusive?

    • @Prin_Cess_007
      @Prin_Cess_007 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@visionvixxen there is only 1 God and 1 truth, everything else is deception. You cannot believe in Jesus and false prophets / idols. One cannot serve two masters. There is only 1 God & 1 way to heaven & the only way is through Jesus Christ. If you believe In the lies as well then you don’t believe Jesus is who he says he is. Your soul depends on believing in One, there is only one that sacrificed himself for your sins. The wages of sin is death, but God so loved the world he gave his only begotten son that whoever shall believe in him (for salvation) will not perish but will have everlasting life. This is the good news ❤️.
      And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. John 17:3
      For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
      Timothy 2:5
      Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.
      1 Cor 8:6
      Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: “I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.
      Isiah 44
      One Lord, one faith, one baptism
      Ephesians 4:5
      Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “an idol has no real existence,” and that “there is no God but one.” 1 Cor 8:4
      One God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
      Ephesians 4:6
      Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.’”
      Matthew 4:10
      “for as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you: “God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things. And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’ Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man’s devising. Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.””
      ‭‭Acts‬ ‭17‬:‭23‬-‭31‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
      bible.com/bible/114/act.17.23-31.NKJV

  • @wallacerodriguez7397
    @wallacerodriguez7397 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks for sharing. I was also into the New Age movement and Wicca. But God almighty revealed to me that He loved me and that I was in the wrong path. It all started when I was 18 yrs. of age. I became rebellious and started getting interested in the paranormal. Later I practiced Yoga, and after that, became attached to New Age thinking. There I opened up spiritual portals where evil spirits guided me to people who were interested in those things and my life went down hill. I was lost completely seeking spirituality in the wrong places; with the wrong company. But the Lord had mercy. It took many years, but He opened my spiritual eyes on time for me to really see where I was heading. God bless you my brother, keep on testifying, and never look back. After Jesus, there is no other place to go.

  • @wrwb2012
    @wrwb2012 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you. I was raised Catholic and wandered so many directions and opened up so many doors. Not familiar with Bible and very blessed the Lord sent his servants to rescue me. It's so surreal . I know I was unable to comprehend with my human mind the deception I am capable of following.was like a body with no spirit in it.praise the Lord Jesus for this gift .

  • @jesusloveisthegreatestpower
    @jesusloveisthegreatestpower ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Jesus helped me from severe demonic attacks in my second Vipassana expedience ! The centre was run by a bunch of volunteers who told me it was all in my head. This stuff is real and Vipassana is dangerous because it teaches you to NOT call on for protection! I'll never do Vipassana again, twice was enough. First time I did it I had a profound experience of being 1 with the universe but that feeling was fleeting and lasted about 1 month. Then back to depression. The spiritual hamster wheel.

    • @newwaycs
      @newwaycs  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes! Vipassana is seriously dangerous! Praise the Lord that Jesus saved you. I'd love to make some more videos on Vipassana specifically some day. I think there are some real crazy spiritual/demonic spirits working in that practice.

    • @jesusloveisthegreatestpower
      @jesusloveisthegreatestpower ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@newwaycs Sam Roff has a good video about the dangers called 'A Vipassana Critique (After 3x Goenka Silent Retreat): What You're Not Told.'

    • @jesusloveisthegreatestpower
      @jesusloveisthegreatestpower ปีที่แล้ว +2

      'Exposing Vipassana Meditation Goenka Cult Stay Away' on a channel 'Green Bike'

    • @daughterofgod3721
      @daughterofgod3721 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@newwaycs Agreed! After practicing mindfulness for some time, I found it promoted intense dissociation. I already had dissociation due to the harshness of this world/some emotional trauma, so becoming even more dissociated was not only ungrounding but also it caused me to be more open to deceiving spirits (because you're less discerning when dissociated). God bless you!

    • @visionvixxen
      @visionvixxen ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Doesn’t the hamster wheel happen w all things?
      Even a born again experience and in church?
      The way the Lord made the body, when we are elated, serotonin, oxytocin, dopamine, etc, there will follow a rebound period- where all these chemicals are in shorter supply.
      So of course any spiritual experience would be followed by a low.
      What goes up must come down and go up again and down again.
      Such is the nature of THIS God created life, no?

  • @tretretre
    @tretretre 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you Chris, this tied a lot of loose ends together for me as I've been on a similar journey and for the third time in my life Jesus is filling my heart and soul. And through your story I can see him more clearly and understand what is happening. I feel like I understand sin and the darkness that follows sin, and how the devil is in disguise.
    I've also been "haunted" by very disturbing imagery through working with mushrooms, and I've been untethered and left this plane working with Ayahuasca. And I've had this sense that a dark or evil presence is weighing on me, and I've been spiritually depressed and started losing, and giving up, what's most precious to me. My family, my home. And I found myself hit rock bottom, and I went to a church parking lot and just cried and cried. And I texted an old christian neighbor asking for help. He came out and he hear me out, and he prayed for me, and I feel all the delusion lifting, and love emerging with Jesus authority, with forgiveness. And in only 24 hours things are shifting. Only with Jesus have I seen good change after good change after good change. And I will see a pastor today. And again, this testimony helped me so much. Thank you

    • @newwaycs
      @newwaycs  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@tretretre praise the Lord! Keep running toward Jesus and getting to know who He is through the Bible. I’d recommend reading the book of John and finding a Christian church and Bible study to start attending! I will be praying for you. The dark imagery and despair will leave the more you pursue God in prayer and studying the Bible and closing all the doors to the new age. Blessings friend!

  • @madeleinekarlsson5289
    @madeleinekarlsson5289 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Thank you so much for sharing this. ❤ For me it’s been only a little more than a week since understanding that everything I have believed in, have trusted in, identified with for almost 20 years, was false belief. It’s a major identity crisis, feeling lost and found at the same time.. I was so sure I was on the right path, turns out I have to make a 180. And looking at my life I see so many situations where I have let ”spirits” decide for me.

    • @gracefaithsaved
      @gracefaithsaved ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
      - 2 Cor. 5:17
      Welcome home sister 🤍
      The only thing that made sense when the Lord opened my eyes was His Word: Seek Him daily - and begin at the beginning from Genesis to Revelation. He is the author and finisher of our faith - and He who has begun a good work in you will be faithful to finish it. Hebrews 12:2 / Philippians 1:6
      Godspeed.

    • @madeleinekarlsson5289
      @madeleinekarlsson5289 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@gracefaithsaved Thank you for these words and advice! 🙏🏼🙏🏼 I truly feel reborn and saved, I read and pray daily since He came. ❤️

    • @user-ut6qw2uk6f
      @user-ut6qw2uk6f ปีที่แล้ว +5

      PRAISE THE LORD FOR THIS !!!

    • @visionvixxen
      @visionvixxen ปีที่แล้ว

      Please decide what you think spirits are because I in all rationality I think spirits are anything from the outside world that we believe without giving due diligence and well I won’t go into it but basically we have needs and intuition and decisions because of what is around us? I mean we are connected to our environment, to God to the time we live in to the way, our country runs to a lot of things, but then we have our brains, and we have ourselves, and we make decisions based on these things and at the same time in someways, we have very internal things That affect our outside and I just I believe into in when we make decisions that aren’t in integrity with everything and this actually includes ourselves and others it’s our values when we’re going against our values and have tricked ourselves it causes discord and spirit is disruption because of mental discord. I mean it can make you angry. It can drain you it can make you tired, but once somethings made out of integrity, it feels like it’s in line with Holy Spirit because it makes sense there is not discord we’re in agreement, etc. so really, I wish believers would just speak the truth you know and understand that maybe the spirit thing was a old word for something else because it’s still misleading and on somewhere as misleading when we think of people need to think critically, that’s all I’m gonna say

    • @Luvurenemy
      @Luvurenemy ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@visionvixxen Spirits are entities in the unseen realm. In the modern vernacular spirits are undetectable by scientific instruments.

  • @Augustinne
    @Augustinne ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Felt very happy for you. I'm coming now to traditional catholicism after years of new age practices. There is so much virtue to be gained and profundity in the knowledge of the church.

  • @eliara-thevoice8430
    @eliara-thevoice8430 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you for this beautiful testimony. Years ago (3 consecutive years), I attempted to register for a Kundalini Yoga Teacher training course. I thought that this was my divine path. However, everytime I tried to register, something happened thst blocked the process. One time, I paid my deposit and then did not have the funds to pay for the full course. I later learned that Jesus was protecting me from getting entangled in the deceptive practice, which is entangled in false deities. Jesus is the light and the way. The answers are in the bible. God Bless.

  • @loristanford8755
    @loristanford8755 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When you mentioned the ouji board. I had the same revelation. I was 12 with friends in a basement. The Holy spirit 20 years later took me back to that moment that I opened the door and literally all hell broke free in my life. In my 30's I knew I was empty and that I had gone down the wrong path. Jesus revealed to me who he is. I repented, read the word and prayed. My life changed, not that everything was now perfect, far from it but I had peace indescribable peace in everything and now know what Love is. Not worldly love. The love Jesus has for us and we have for others to come to know him personally. Wonderful testimony you have praise God.

  • @Jake4G
    @Jake4G ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Chris, thanks for sharing bro. It's uncanny how similar our testimonies are. You mentioned The Power of Now in your first video, well that's the book that kickstarted my new age journey that lasted for about seven years before Jesus said enough is enough. What a trip.
    Also, most ex new agers mention meditation, but I think you are the first one to mention vipassana specifically, which is the type of meditation I was VERY serious about when I was practicing. I went on a couple ten day silent retreats as well, and when you mentioned the body scanning I instantly knew the retreats you went on were S.N Goenka retreats. I did two, and both times after coming back home from the retreat, I was in a state of delirium and confusion, much worse than when I started. Not to mention both times it felt like my knees were literally going to explode with pain when I was sitting. The second retreat was more mentally brutal than the first one. Within a couple days I started to lose my grip on reality, but this time I snuck my Kindle in because it had a meditation book on it I wanted to read during the retreat. I didn't open that book once, instead I passed the time reading scifi books I downloaded years ago, and when I wasn't on my kindle, I was stacking logs and rocks up in the woods. That retreat sucked.
    Anyway, praise GOD for saving me from that delusion, and thank you for sharing your testimony. You mentioned a couple things towards the end of part 2 that really edified and encouraged me. Thank you brother!

    • @newwaycs
      @newwaycs  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks for the comment and sharing your experience Jake! It's crazy how many people have had this or similar experiences. Praise Lord for making Himself known to us!

  • @JuliaShalomJordan
    @JuliaShalomJordan ปีที่แล้ว +5

    God bless you for sharing the truth.
    My husband had a demonic experience with Reiki…thank goodness it only led us closer to Jesus.
    Had to repent and close that door.😣

  • @aldacapuchino3912
    @aldacapuchino3912 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I’ve had almost the same experiences over and over again and God does not fail! I have come to a point where I just surrender and let Him deal with everything, His burden is light. I just keep focusing on Jesus and in knowing that we have won every battle for He has finished the work and the ultimate sacrifice. He sent His only son Jesus Christ to redeem us and it is precisely because of His perfect love for us, I mean who are we to receive such immense grace. God is good He truly is! Thank you for sharing, may you continue to walk in God’s grace and may His peace reign in your life.

  • @architectdaughter
    @architectdaughter 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I sent this to my entire leadership team in women’s ministry. You described the deception of New Age so well. Thank you for being obedient sharing your testimony and serving the Lord.

    • @newwaycs
      @newwaycs  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you!

  • @Lunariss_
    @Lunariss_ ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You are so beautiful! I loved your testimony. I needed to hear this. I got saved 9 months ago but I’ve been slipping back into old ways. The enemy doesn’t stop. We have to stay strong. But coming from new age I resonated with so much of what you had previously experienced. So amazing how there is only one truth. Yet the enemy has everyone believing that there are multiple. God is so good 🤍

  • @samwalker5744
    @samwalker5744 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Bro ! I am currently going through the same process - I used Psychs a lot - and gained many amazing things - however my last Aya retreat - I encountered black magicians trying to steal my soul and Jesus and the Apostles turned up and defended me / from that trip forward I cannot turn away or explain away Jesus - now I am trying to learn how to walk with Jesus - it’s incredible - he turned up - not Buddha, Not Krishna , Nooone else I have studied or respected - it was Jesus - he was there - humbling and incredible

    • @newwaycs
      @newwaycs  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yo! Thanks for sharing. This is how I felt after my encounter. He's different for sure! Keep seeking Him and getting to know Him friend. His love, power and providence is miraculous and life changing and worth every moment of pursuit.

  • @sassysweetsphynx6418
    @sassysweetsphynx6418 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Praise God, keep telling your story. I’m in the same Mormon to new age to Jesus, and the freedom I’m Jesus is incredible, proud of you!

  • @jesusloveisthegreatestpower
    @jesusloveisthegreatestpower ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I added your testimony to my ex-witch playlist. Powerful words my friend.

  • @louisgarcia1335
    @louisgarcia1335 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    In light of this, the circumstances you are experiencing are but drops in the sea of My capabilities. I am a mountain of strength in your day of trouble, in the midst of your sea. Minor setbacks do not dismay Me in any way, even though they seem larger than life to you. They are wonderful tools in My hand to teach you, if you will let Me. l use them as opportunities to instruct, removing the enemy's plan to discourage you from the way I have chosen for you to walk. At the same time, you experience My grace and mercy, thereby seeing My salvation in your circumstances; a two-fold purpose is being accomplished. You are put on the right path, and our relationship grows deeper as you see Me moving on your behalf. It deepens the knowledge of My love for you in your own heart. Don't be dismayed at any minor setback. I will use them for your advantage. Turning things for the good is what I do. l use it to clear your path of all obstacles and distractions. In the process, your confidence will grow as you discover you can do all things through Christ (Philippians 4.13). "We make a good team."

  • @LL-ij4qk
    @LL-ij4qk ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Powerful testimony! Hallelujah! Thank you for sharing. I grew up in a Christian home, but began to dabble into New Age practices..Long story short..I thought I was losing it (because all the doors I had opened), until I had a supernatural experience with Jesus himself. It changed my life forever. The Lord knows how to scoop us right up in the right time..We must surrender to His will and purpose for our lives. Thank you again. Love you, brother.

    • @newwaycs
      @newwaycs  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Praise the Lord! Thank you for sharing

  • @Jenuine.Exchange
    @Jenuine.Exchange ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Dear Chris, brother in Christ
    Thank you for sharing this beautiful and vulnerable testimony. All glory to Jesus who saves!! I came out of new age spirituality as well.

    • @anci2aa
      @anci2aa ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too! Once I decided to get away from it the spiritual warfare started and lasted for many months.

    • @Jenuine.Exchange
      @Jenuine.Exchange ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@anci2aa yes, I've been experiencing the spiritual warfare intensly after leaving as well. Prayer is our best defence!

  • @verdielg
    @verdielg ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Amen brother! Jesus IS Lord to the glory of God the Father 🙏

  • @raeprinsloo5930
    @raeprinsloo5930 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Beautiful testimony 🙏 straight from the heart. Such a pure testimony ❤️

  • @kellysilva8473
    @kellysilva8473 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You were created for the glory of your father in heaven. May God bless you and your family. 🎉

  • @nachis3
    @nachis3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hi Chris. This message is for you and everyone that reads this.
    I had an experience similar to yours in my living room 17 years ago. I was searching for something that I loved so much once but had lost. It was Jesus. Oh my Word I feel so loved again just like that day.
    It all started like I said because I was searching. I did yoga and I bought Depack Chopra books and whatever I could get my hands on but nothing would happen until one day I heard a voice telling me to read my Bible and I’d read a little bit I didn’t understand anything. Then I heard that same voice which sounded like mine but now I know it wasn’t mine to watch Oprah because she had it. So I watched and she had Rick Warren and Ashley Smith on there. Please watch that show and I’ll finish my story.

  • @jamiegoodlet
    @jamiegoodlet ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Such a terrific story! I found this video as an apologist, studying the demonic realm, and found your video to be encouraging that my efforts aren’t in vain - people do leave the New Age!
    Thank you for such a great testimony!

  • @lisa8960
    @lisa8960 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Enjoyed listening to your 2part testimony. You wanted to find truth and you found it. Praise God!!!

  • @summermoon22
    @summermoon22 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank you for this VERY needed testimony! So many are being fooled and taken away from Christ through the New Age, spiritualism, etc. So much confusion, pain and death as a result. Thank you!

  • @ebonycoates1739
    @ebonycoates1739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    My God!!! What a powerful testimony! God is moving!!

  • @masterWinnetou
    @masterWinnetou ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thank you Chris for your testimony, im right now in the middle of some kind of a spiritual warfare after many years of addiction, reading new age books and opening myself to many different energies. Please pray for me so i can be free from these sins of mine.

    • @aimeeparisot2056
      @aimeeparisot2056 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't think they're sins. It's okay to search.

    • @valeriemckay7064
      @valeriemckay7064 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aimeeparisot2056 Like Chris was saying, those other "energies" are of satan, it is foolish to encourage him.

  • @pattiepizzato5547
    @pattiepizzato5547 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have been praying/ meditating on teachings of love, compassion and understanding so that the environment and atmosphere is full of love compassion and understanding and my mind has been transformed to love. It is both Jesus and Buddha

  • @JDP-33
    @JDP-33 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you so much for sharing this, my path has similarities with yours. I have come away from the new age and am now expecting my first child 34 weeks 💗 I have had a lot of spiritual attacks during pregnancy and it’s brought me back to seeking and Jesus Christ is very much at the forefront of my mind now 💗 god bless everyone 💗

  • @iflyhelicopters
    @iflyhelicopters ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, thank you. I’m going through exactly that right now. Just starting my journey toward Jesus. Just renouncing the new age and the occult. I was seeking truth everywhere but Jesus. You’ve given me significant hope and relieved my feelings of condemnation. That’s what I’ve been going through. That the world is now ending, it’s all my fault, and there’s no hope. But I’m trying to grow in faith. Those doors are still open for me because the attacks are HEAVY. I can’t get out of bed in the morning. My mind isn’t right until I’m up and moving and even then it’s warfare. Thank you so much for sharing. I’m counting on one day I’ll also be able to share my testimony of faith in Jesus Christ and help others who have gotten on the wrong path.

    • @newwaycs
      @newwaycs  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for sharing and will be praying for your walk! Please check out the other video on my channel on what I did in the first months of coming to faith as it was helpful for navigating the intense spiritual warfare.

    • @iflyhelicopters
      @iflyhelicopters ปีที่แล้ว

      Amazing thank you I’ll check it out. I just came back to this for help again and that sense of hope it gave me. And I was literally wanting the exact answer you just gave me. How do I get through this warfare after opening those doors

    • @newwaycs
      @newwaycs  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@iflyhelicopters Trust God will put the right things in your path and keep trusting in that. Also, it's weird to say but when I'm feeling a little disconnected from faith and purpose, I look back on some of the intense warfare times and recognize how meaningful it is that I was stuck in that before knowing Christ and then was saved from it and that there is a spiritual war going on (ephesians 6) and that was a season when I was staking my claim on the right side. It's invigorating in retrospect and calls me to action. So I know it's hard and confusing but stand firm! I'll be praying for you!

  • @koastir96
    @koastir96 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you. This testimony is the reason I have decided to go back to Christ, i have been on a similar path trying to search for truth through psycedelics, and this made me realize the truth ive always known deep down, thank you so much for posting this!

  • @ShameenMiller
    @ShameenMiller ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a wonderful testimony! God is good, all the time. Jesus is THE WAY. 🎉😊❤

  • @jorgeascenciophoto
    @jorgeascenciophoto 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I saw your whole video, the 2 parts, and it's amazing, long, and amazing, lol
    Praise and glory to our Lord Jesus Christ! ❤❤❤

  • @fiddlestix6468
    @fiddlestix6468 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for your powerful testimony. God is good and Jesus is the Way the Truth and the Life.

  • @soulincolor
    @soulincolor ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hearing your experience has been SO helpful and powerful. I have always been a seeker, from the time I was 13 till now (34) and have been through all the modalities and practices; paganism and witchcraft when I was young, Buddhism and Hinduism as I got older, Gurus like Sadhguru and Gangaji, and more general things like crystals, energy healing, Tarot, etc. I’ve read all the New Age books, and have had limited psychedelic experiences as well, none of which were pleasant. Nothing has truly sated that desire for truth and peace, but I also encountered what I believe to be Jesus, in a less direct but still powerful way, and have felt pulled and guided ever since, though I have continued to struggle and rail against it. It’s prideful and arrogant, but I’ve always held a sort of disdain for Christianity, for the same reasons you stated. I’ve always felt it to be backward and archaic, and also exclusionary to large groups of people. I struggle very hard with the Bible in particular, and I keep trying to run off from it, thinking I’m getting “suckered in”, so to speak, because of my desire for the things it promises seemingly at the cost of my logic and good sense. If anyone has read this, could you pray for me? I am still feeling lost and fighting a battle inside myself and I just want to let go and be all in one way or the other. Thanks, and thank you Chris for sharing.

    • @womandela7225
      @womandela7225 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes!! I will pray for you...that you can have a direct experience of Yahshua like I did. It allows you to focus on your own relationship with Him instead of stereotyping yourself. I have come to realize that true Christians are more like me than anyone else in the world, despite my own initial disdain.

    • @MichelleLovesJesus4ever
      @MichelleLovesJesus4ever ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I am Christian, and I struggle with the exclusionary aspects of people who are entangled in the religious aspects, rather than being immersed in the love of Christ. Perhaps the disdain you feel is not for Christianity in particular, but for the way you see it being practiced? Becoming Christian doesn't mean your BS defector stops functioning. On the contrary, the Holy Spirit will reveal things that are not okay within the Christian culture. As far as logic goes, when it comes to spiritual matters, we are about on the level of a dog trying to understand Shakespeare. But we can't see this, hence our arrogance. But when we are connected to He Who Always Has Been and Always Will Be, our spiritual intelligence increases exponentially, and everything looks different. Many blessings to you. Seek and you will find.

    • @benkennington8941
      @benkennington8941 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dear Chelsea, I have just prayed for you, that you will never be satisfied with less than genuine peace with God and certainty regarding the truth. Read John's gospel I suggest, and keep listening to In Touch Ministries. Ben, UK.

    • @valeriemckay7064
      @valeriemckay7064 ปีที่แล้ว

      Will do. If I just pray for shiny, will God know who I'm talking about? LOL

    • @phuacobasurto
      @phuacobasurto 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'll be praying for you too Chelmander, in my case praying the rosary was my salvation, try to open your heart, only Jesus can heal, he loves every single person so much, it is hard to imagine, but he does, he cares for every single person on earth

  • @otilia3vi
    @otilia3vi 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing story and so relatable. Recently I turned to Christ from New Age, also experienced a spiritual battle for my soul and I strongly felt the absolute separation of life and death, good and evil also during walks, with my dog. When I was near God I felt peaceful, grateful and other moments I felt the reality of hell, like the world wasnt even in colour, experiencing that nothing here on earth lasts forever and I was separated from life. I was convinced I naturally belonged in hell if I had not truly accepted Christs offer. I knew in my heart that everything good on this earth only comes from God. Before I never saw it so clearly. Becoming aware of sin and repenting is so important but its also a gift. Pray for the world now there is still time left!

  • @Altitude3
    @Altitude3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brother this was beautifully said. It took YOU being open (and opening the door) to Christ for him to enter in. And that is the only way that God truly opens the door for us to come into him as well. And that is the unity that everyone truly seeks because it is a gift from God to us (which is wholeness, or holiness) but also a gift from us by our faith that we give to the Lord. Our gift of faith and belief is a exchange for the sacrifice and gift of life he has given to us (which is self evident). And we are ment to give that to the Lord until death, that is when we then share in his eternal life with him. Thank you for you testimony 🙏

  • @Marika-s2l
    @Marika-s2l 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for sharing your story. I've been processing the same lessons. I've been seeing the deceit and manipulation through the spiritual awakening community. Jeshua said to me... Christ consciousness is all we need! I've been shown where the devil lurkes with treats instead of threats. Seeing my fellow sisters and brothers falling into the false gods. I've been there too, but never worshiped anyone. God said... Simplify! When I did that, Gods Grace amplifies the love and care for life. Much love from my heart to yours beautiful brother🌟🩵🌟

  • @Mariah777100
    @Mariah777100 ปีที่แล้ว

    Keep talking! You are shaking the kingdom of darkness and winning souls for Christ!

  • @djmandyland
    @djmandyland ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Its so amazing and beautiful to see so many of us have had such similar experiences. Just an entire DRAW towards Jesus. I dove into Hinduism and Budism etc and I had the SAME feeling just so uncomfortable, something felt wrong and off and the day I bought a bible and dove in and devoted myself to Jesus, I never felt SUCH a wave of actual real saftey and security. Its something you cant explain unless you've felt it. Decernment is BIG. I highly recommend anyone feeling this way to get baptised or rebaptised by the Chrurch God guides you too. It changed my life completely ❤

  • @MSMEMO1986
    @MSMEMO1986 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I found your video as I’m looking for more information on ayahuasca. I was invited to a ceremony that will take place in a week and just had this feeling inside me telling me to research more. Something doesn’t feel right and I just feel sadness when I think about taking the ayahuasca. I’ve been going to church at least twice a month and I believe this could be a battle on my soul. Thank you Jesus for guiding me to this testimony 🙏🏻 please help me and protect me from the devils works. I choose you Lord ❤️ please help me!

  • @sarahbelzer6124
    @sarahbelzer6124 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Definitely similar to my experience, Jesus is our savior! Praise the Lord!!!

  • @GoogleUser-wx8mw
    @GoogleUser-wx8mw ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A couple of weeks ago I ran into some You Tube videos about people's experiences on psychedelic drugs. I prayed to understand what they were experiencing and how it related to what God is really doing. Then I left it in the Lord's hands and moved on. Found your video and put it in my watch later stack. Finally had time to listen today. Thank you for putting the link to part 2 with part 1! Your witness is beautiful and unvarnished -- exactly what I was hoping to find. Thanks for not making it preachy. I'm sorry you had such a long and expensive journey to Jesus Christ, but I am sure your testimony will help many people who are caught up in the deception. I love how the Lord came as close to you as often as you opened the door to Him and invited Him closer even before you really knew Him personally. He has always known you and loved you. May He continue to lead you ever more deeply into our Father's love. God bless.

  • @stefanlouw6395
    @stefanlouw6395 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Saying this is just exceptional raw & real honesty is an understatement. ❤ Jesus is Alive. God Bless you Chris

  • @soniamgmd2649
    @soniamgmd2649 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amen!! I'm waking up from the new age haze, even tho I had not gone in as deeply, I still had, and was dragging my whole family along with me. Feels good listening to this testimony. Now, I feel like Jesus has been trying to save me for a while and I'm willing to follow him 100%, inspiring my family along the way, but this time with His blinding light.
    Bless you all 🙏🏻☀️💛

  • @jonathanlr4167
    @jonathanlr4167 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks Chris, such a powerful testimony . Amazing how the lord have you such clear signs along the way ( like the snakes and the fruit ) , I feel really strengthened by hearing your journey. I hope and pray it will reach many others trapped in the false path of alternative spirituality and Eastern mysticism ( as I was for 20 years). God bless you brother.

  • @Ali-jz2kr
    @Ali-jz2kr ปีที่แล้ว +1

    AMEN! Powerful. I relate to your testimony a much. I am also a truth seeker, fell into new age, saved by Jesus! The authority we carry as a child of God is so so powerful. Ambassador for the Kingdom. Keep sharing, keep going! 🔥

  • @catherine9808
    @catherine9808 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    so happy for you , I had similar experiences in Newage ie:occultism. There is just no peace without Christ , everything outside of him is false and leads to so much suffering. I was suicidal broken in every way and he came and saved me .

  • @annamartserfontein5139
    @annamartserfontein5139 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So much annointing on this testimony bless you with His joy and His peace....its Kingdom time...thankyou Jesus

  • @janabednarova351
    @janabednarova351 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you Chris! I'm so happy there is so many of us... Your story helped me so much. I just closed the door behind 15 years of new age, 20 years of antidepressants and I'm going through a warfare right now, it's so hard, but im never going back and my heart belongs to Jesus, even under all the doubts...

  • @reganjacklin
    @reganjacklin ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Once you were like sheep
    who wandered away.
    But now you have turned to your Shepherd,
    the Guardian of your souls.
    1 Peter 2:25

  • @jillbruce5050
    @jillbruce5050 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for this amazing testimony. I have gone through some similar things and can relate to the warfare around my baptism. It’s encouraging to hear that we don’t just suddenly become a spiritual giant and still have to work through lies and strongholds. I thought that there was something wrong with me.

  • @_ArianaRA_
    @_ArianaRA_ ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am currently on a similar path as you were. Although, I still believe there is more to the spiritual realm than we might think. You always have to be cautious of the other entities in this universe that might try to latch onto you, and I think that demon that had been haunting you had latched onto you as a child through that ouija board and then for years continued to feed off of you and implant negative thoughts and fears into adulthood, as a food source. In my opinion, I think your path is definitely best suited to the love of christ because he is and will always be a great teacher and protector for many, and following his path is about getting back to the fundamental basics of inner spirituality rather than diving head first into the ocean of different religions, and spiritual belief systems that hold even more knowledge on the inner workings of our universe, but they do not have all the answers, and they do not always teach you how to stay grounded spiritually within yourself. There's a lot of confusion and deception in the world today honestly, but with Jesus Christ, the message is always clear and a lot more simple and less convoluted. When everything else is hazy in the world and you don't know where to go or what the meaning of life is, he will lead you in the right direction. So, I support you on that, 110%.
    My current research/study into a lot of these topics, or spiritual concepts though is again very closely similar to yours, parallel even almost in regard to your search for knowledge and finding the connections between all of these different religions/belief systems.
    And, by the way, you mentioned having at one point believed that (we are all god) and that made me curious if you had ever heard of the Kabalyion? Or the idea that we are like cells connected in the body of God. I know a lot of New age concepts have similar ideologies though so maybe not, but still, I wondered if you had ever read into it. My understanding from looking deeper into the anthropological history of Christianity though is that while there is a lot of truth to Christianity the faith of Christianity itself had also originated from elsewhere, which doesn't negate any of Jesus's core teachings or truth. But I found that there are ties to Christianity in the Sumerian tablets/creation stories (The story of Adam and Eve), and the Book of Enoch. And, that Moses had gone to Egypt and incorporated the commandments of Ma'at into the Ten Commandments that we know of today, and if you look at the Emerald tablets the Egyptians believed that there is only one god and that all other versions are just distortions of that one god. I don't mean to say any of this to make you go down any more spiritual rabbit holes, but I deeply resonated with your search to find the truth in life. I think I'm just going down a road that most people in the spiritual community don't really go down, and so I was curious about your thoughts on that. I find personally that the search for truth is always an endless endeavor only because the truth has been manipulated and hidden/interwoven in symbolical meanings, and metaphorical allegories, but I do believe in Jesus though and his teachings, I just believe there's more to it because like you said, some of it doesn't make sense and that's because there's more to understand.

    • @_ArianaRA_
      @_ArianaRA_ ปีที่แล้ว

      I know I typed out a sh*t ton so you might not read all of this but I found your testimony refreshing because I always try to understand others, and where they're coming from while comparing my own experiences, and research/understanding.
      You are right to choose the avenue you are going down though, when all else fails go back to the basics!!!!
      Jesus had deep wisdom on how to navigate through deception with discernment, if he's showing up then he's your guide.

  • @jessicamansbach258
    @jessicamansbach258 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for sharing your testimony Chris. Hearing this story of long deep, seeking renews my compassion for those caught up in the new age. Gods work of salvation is so exquisite, so glorious, so precise.

  • @obkook7205
    @obkook7205 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great testimony, thanks for sharing. Admittedly, without having a full understanding of a lot of these different world religions, it does seem a constant theme of appeasement going on - they're constantly trying to appease these evil forces, where we, as children of God, with our authority in Christ, we pray these demons out and cleanse our homes with the blood of Jesus. "You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world." - 1 John 4:4 God bless you all

  • @nunya3097
    @nunya3097 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is comforting to hear you say it took years for the oppression to go away. I'm still dealing with oppression and at times feel hopeless. I am relieved to hear there is hope and it just takes time.

    • @newwaycs
      @newwaycs  ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m sorry to hear that Nun. Do you have a community of other Christians around you can pray with and get prayer from?

    • @nunya3097
      @nunya3097 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@newwaycs not really... I just started church and did deliverance and baptism. I can go to church service but my schedule and illness (warfare) prevents me from connecting with others. The warfare is horrible.... no words for it. Keeps me isolated, ongoing attacks.

    • @nunya3097
      @nunya3097 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@newwaycs it's like I can feel people taking pieces of my soul from me when I interact with them, very strange.... like deuteronomy ch28 says anywhere you go you will be robbed. I've always lived as the tail and not the head... all my circumstances out of my control, just been dragged along through life...whole family is that way, I had no idea. I always believed in a loving God and now I'm worried God hates me.

    • @Prin_Cess_007
      @Prin_Cess_007 ปีที่แล้ว

      You may need deliverance (and DAILY Bible reading) again. Check out Isiah Salvidar channel, he does them online even.

  • @joyful.healing.movement
    @joyful.healing.movement ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Jesus saved me from new age too! Praise the Lord!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @michaelduarte6261
    @michaelduarte6261 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much because I am going through the same, and I'm at that point of confusion. I've come full circle Jesus is the truth the way and the light.❤

  • @lynndurbin9476
    @lynndurbin9476 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your humble delivery of your personal story is worthy of writing a book and possibly starting group lectures around the country.... because it has been so easy for people searching to fall into similar circumstances like yourself because there are more and more avenues to pursue away from Christian faith.

  • @JoeSinopoli
    @JoeSinopoli 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These sorts of videos - which I have been binging - are so important and impactful. Thank you and God bless!

  • @thecolorfulchristian
    @thecolorfulchristian ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is the most accurate to my own testimony that I can find out here! :) Thank you for sharing your path to God, for myself I have also taken many spiritual paths...forging my own path as I use to say. Taking on whatever "resonates" from each one. That included different modalities, tarot, astrology, yoga, akashic records, you name it...I was at least intrigued by it. I wanted to know more, have all the answers of the Universe. I thought that was how you got closer to God, now looking at it, it was as though I was trying to BE God, rather than listen to God. It was dark, the level of depression that hit from the spiritual attacks was heavier than anything I could imagine. I would not wish that on anyone. It took months of cleansing spiritually, and contemplating if life itself was worth living. At that time in my life it had felt like I had lost everything.
    I am so grateful that in that, my weakest of moments, God revealed himself to me in such a divine way that I could not deny what I had experienced! It continues to amaze me, and brings such a powerful emotion to think about it! It was exactly what I needed to hear, precisely when I needed to hear it.
    God gave me the will to live again, an appreciate for life, and a gratitude for all that had been.
    I then also realized Jesus had been calling to me when I asked for help, but I was not open to listen at that time.
    God is good, and God is love.
    I appreciate my journey, and I hope to share my testimony with others who can relate...such as you have.
    Many blessing my dear brother!

  • @mariellas1271
    @mariellas1271 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    With New Age you get some signs and think “Wow, what power!” Until you feel the real power of our Heavenly Father and his signs are direct, bold, loud and lovingly powerful (almost impossible to describe but ikyk) . My first experience I thought, wow I thought I knew what power was until now. Gods love is power! It fills that emptiness that you look to fill with all the New age deception.

    • @newwaycs
      @newwaycs  ปีที่แล้ว

      So so true, Praise be!

  • @ayoitstony
    @ayoitstony ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for this beautiful testimony Chris - just be careful with using any word after the word holy except God for only God is holy. I was also in the New Age - I am so happy we both made it out to finally find the truth of Christ after so much seeking. God be with you always. From a Melkite brother in Christ
    -Tony

  • @AshleyMoret
    @AshleyMoret 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is so cool!!! I love how much Jesus pursued you! SO beautiful! He is so amazing. Thanks for sharing this.

  • @mariellas1271
    @mariellas1271 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Praise the Lord for hearing your moms prayers to bring you back home.

  • @cesuryavuz3469
    @cesuryavuz3469 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    God Bless You !
    Thank You for the Courage. This was an intensely powerful Testimony. I related so much.. Thank you! And my Peace be with you - For ever. In Jesus Name

  • @ashleyjaylene6278
    @ashleyjaylene6278 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your video was sent to me yesterday. I have done almost the similar path, and have trouble seeing christ also... this has me wondering about the soul ties. Thank you!

  • @kateorson4754
    @kateorson4754 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for sharing. I gained a lot of clarity listening to this. I was in the new age too and didn’t really understand that meditation is actually a practise of separating ourselves from our soul. Praise God that he rescued you from the darkness. ❤

  • @PerfectEclipse
    @PerfectEclipse ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow Chris, This was a very powerful testimony. I feel like you touched on all the aspects of New Age that is so covertly demonic. Thank you!

  • @michamay755
    @michamay755 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for sharing this testimony. I know that it takes a lot of courage and I praise God he gave that to you. I had a similar experience, in that I left the faith of Christianity and got involved in the occult and drugs. Praise God, He is faithful to bring us back in His own way while we are on the path of seeking spiritual truth, God bless you!

  • @loontil
    @loontil 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Best life story/testimony I've heard!!

  • @alexiiandnicole5464
    @alexiiandnicole5464 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for sharing your personal story, it is so true and powerful. I plan to share with many, even though I know many will reject it, but if even one has ears to hear then amen! Praise God that you have been found and saved. Praise be to Yeshua!

  • @danijelchicago
    @danijelchicago 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lord is with you, blessings from Chicagoland

    • @danijelchicago
      @danijelchicago ปีที่แล้ว

      Had similar experiences per say ayahuasca Rythmia CostaRica as one example until Lord's voice took over - willing to participate brother in Lord to share good and experiences

  • @bernadettematera-stacey1982
    @bernadettematera-stacey1982 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That verse from Ephesians was so spot on! The glory of God, so glad you committed yourself to Jesus.

  • @sallyhannoush2306
    @sallyhannoush2306 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Chris! After reading the comments seems like this experience is way more common than I thought!
    I was in disbelief listening as I heard you almost tell my own story so far. I grew up in a baptist church, was very personally Christian, then in college the “rules” and anti gay, sex shaming, hell, and really just not genuinely confidently experiencing God outside of my own mental games, led me to deeply challenge and leave christianity. And it feels like every step away from it has been reaffirmed.
    I quit my job, went to try all the psychedelics in South America, thinking bufo (the dmt one you mentioned) since it was so powerful HAD to clarify something for me, but nothing did. I just came back from Vipassana a few weeks ago and am getting more into Buddhism, meditation, yoga, and ecstatic dance. It all feels aligned.
    I still don’t have it in me to believe in Jesus. I look around and I am not drawn to the words, actions, or lives of Christians around me, so I am not convinced that this belief is much more valid than any other religion/path.
    But my thoughts now are that maybe because people like you and me grew up with Christianity, that it is so deeply woven into us, and we know it more fully and better and completely than any other religion/path, that it might be the most deeply impactful.. I don’t know.
    Really I resonated with your “I don’t know.” I miss being able to believe in God but I don’t feel I’m able to even pray without fear that I’ll start playing mental games again.
    We’ll see in a few years what happens 😅 thank you for making your videos though I enjoyed listening! Would love to hear more!

    • @gabemoore3189
      @gabemoore3189 ปีที่แล้ว

      I left christianity as well. I don't feel that the concept of hell fits the all loving god they claim to worship. I listen to thinkers such as alan Watts, Ram dass, etc. I'm genuinely trying to find truth and love

  • @dylansmith8660
    @dylansmith8660 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing testimony!!! God is good and delivers on his promises. May more and more of us claim our inheritance in the name above all names - Jesus Christ🎉

  • @solideogloria5553
    @solideogloria5553 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow, what a detailed testimony, thank you for opening up so much, May the lord protect and use you for his kingdom! shalom.

  • @louisgarcia1335
    @louisgarcia1335 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Psalm 16:11 NASB
    11 You will make known to me the way of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.

  • @theawakeningfather
    @theawakeningfather ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sometimes a thought, memory, or image keeps asserting itself no matter how much we would prefer not to have it in our experience. In fact, when we try to avoid it or push it away, we often find that it comes back with vigor. The first thing to know about this is that resistance to the thought, image, or memory is exactly what keeps it coming back in a way that feels invasive. You’ve probably heard the saying, “What you resist persists.” Well, when it comes to thought, this is exactly how it goes. So when a thought feels invasive or unwanted, the first thing to do is ask, “Am I adding resistance to this experience?” If you sense that you are adding resistance, then great, you’ve uncovered the key to the problem. The moment that we recognize we’re resisting a thought, mental image, or memory, we have recognized that there is another thought lurking in the shadows. This hidden thought is what keeps “pushing against” the unwanted thought and keeping it prominent in our mind. To illustrate, imagine you are standing face-to-face with another person with your arms are outstretched in such a way that your palms are firmly pressed against their palms. Now imagine that each of you has been incrementally moving your feet away from one another such that your upper bodies are leaning more and more toward each other. After a time, you will each be supporting the other and you will notice a large amount of pressure on the palms of your hands. Now if you suddenly forgot how you got into this position and did not clearly see and appreciate the physical arrangement keeping both bodies supported, you might wonder, Why in the heck is this person leaning so heavily on me? It’s taking so much strength to resist them. I wish they weren’t there. If you were to suddenly come to your senses and realize what was actually going on, you’d see that your limited perspective was the real problem. Because you weren’t considering the nature of the two bodies pushing against (resisting) one another, it appeared as if you were being imposed upon. In actuality, you were as much responsible for the pressure and leaning as the other person was. Moreover, you were making it possible for them to be able to continue to apply this pressure and vice versa. When you stop leaning on them, they will have to stop leaning on you. This is exactly what happens when we find the hidden thought through investigating resistance. So, what is this hidden thought? The thought is: “That thought, image, or memory shouldn’t be there.”

  • @tiffmat9475
    @tiffmat9475 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You were obviously chosen before the beginning of time to be a voice to this generation

  • @mariellas1271
    @mariellas1271 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Also, my brother thank you for sharing your experience! ❤