Paula's Story

Read Paula's story of how she was set free from generational curses and trauma..........

The morning after the deliverance ministry I woke to a new reality, overwhelmed by God’s power and the depth of His love. I wanted to worship Him and praise Him, and to tell anyone who would listen, what had happened during those hours with the team at Freedom & Fire.

It was definitely not the outcome I had expected, having requested prayer to help me discern how my children, grandchildren and now greatgrandchildren could be delivered from the inheritance of mental illness, depression, suicide and broken relationships that afflict my family. I knew about grandparents on both sides of my family who had been involved in Freemasonry and in Occult practices. But Father brought about this appointment to bring me into freedom to begin with!

I’m eighty-two, baptised in the Holy Spirit, a missionary to Central Asia and Africa and our Tangata Whenua, a justice warrior and full-on follower of Jesus Christ. My childhood was marred by significant trauma including incest, followed by the long, slow loss of a beloved spouse through very early onset Alzheimers, and then an abusive marriage. But I believed that I had forgiven all those who had harmed me and that though imperfect, I was free and whole.

It was humbling to discover that eight intercessors were praying during the deliverance session in different locations, including America. One of the intercessors sent a word of knowledge that 'I was still locked up in childhood, defenceless with no way to fight back, and it was time to move on'. And so it unfolded, that I wasn’t a mistake as I’d been told over and over.

There was a raft of demons in me that had gained entrance through trauma. Spirits of rejection, fear of rejection, generational self-rejection, worthlessness, self-hatred, abandonment, disappointment, heaviness, depression, sorrow, self-pity, guilt, shame, resentment, bitterness, distrust, mockery, generational torment, spirit of trauma. Some of these entities fought to stay. I didn’t know they were there, but the reality of the manifestations as the team leader cast them out attested to their presence and their reluctance to go! At one point I told the team leader that I was tired and wanted to sleep but she knew it was the demon speaking, wanting to be left alone so it could stay!

I was fully participating in the deliverance, breaking vows, breaking all agreement with entities. The mocking spirit refused to go, laughing and making me turn my head away. The team leader commanded it to look at her, she saw it in my eyes and asked if it had a legal right to stay. I (or it?) said no, but it was trying to say it could come back any time. The team leader said, "No, you can’t, and commanded it to let me go, every last one of you…, spirit of torment off her mind.’’ There was a significant manifestation, crying as it left.

Throughout, it was abundantly clear that these entities have to submit to the power of the blood of Jesus if a person has genuinely forgiven those who have harmed them, and repented of any vows contrary to the word and will of God.  

In the days following the prayer session I’ve experienced a newfound clarity of mind, to the point that after five years of struggling to start, finally I’ve begun writing 'Fields of Light', a memoir recounting the extraordinary events of my later life in ministry. The team leader stated that God has given me back my voice.

Regarding my presenting reason for asking for Freedom & Fire ministry, it was explained to me that we can’t pray specifically for deliverance for family members. They have their own free will and must accept Jesus as Saviour and Lord and seek freedom for themselves from generational curses. However, breaking generational inheritances off me helps me to be more effective in praying for them, binding in them whatever is bound in heaven.

Freedom & Fire Team, I am forever grateful for your lives laid down in this powerful ministry. I’m still astounded that by His grace, the Lord has enabled me to lead a productive life despite so much genuine torment for which I mostly blamed myself. The next season will be altogether different!

I came under forty-eight hours of intense backlash from the enemy late last week but recognised what was going on and re-closed any possible entry points, declaring Derek Prince’s prayer and not allowing any foul thing to get a foothold. I’m so grateful for the support, and for the intercessors covering us all. I am indebted to my friend also, for sitting through the long session and taking detailed notes from which she and I can learn to be more effective in our own prayers for others.

The questionnaire that’s required to be completed beforehand, and the guided prayers for forgiving and releasing others, plus the background intercession and then a check-up phone call a week later-all these contribute to the safety and authenticity of Freedom & Fire’s work. I felt so loved! He who the Son sets free is free indeed.

If anyone reading this testimony may be considering asking for similar ministry, let me assure you that despite the presence of the evil entities, the whole process was so safely and lovingly guided and managed by the team.  I had absolute confidence that Father God was setting me free and there was nothing to fear. The team preserved my dignity and inner peace in spite of what went down!

With heart felt gratitude for the peace like a river in my heart,

Paula