Day 20 – The last Chance

Thinking about suicide?

When I was 7 years old I had a large tumor on my right thigh and doctors agreed that my leg would have to be amputated.

My family’s financial situation was bad and we had just received an eviction notice.

That afternoon my father, who didn’t normally drink, came home drunk after spending all of his salary… the money my mother was counting on to pay the rent.

That night my mother kicked him out of the house and decided to   kill herself.   I was an only child, so after putting me to sleep she went into the kitchen with my father's gun and was about to pull the trigger when all of a sudden I woke up and called out to her.

She came into the room expecting to do one more thing for me before killing herself, but I wanted to watch cartoons on TV. She tried to explain that there were no cartoons at that time of night, but I insisted.

So she turned the TV on, turned the volume up really loud and was planning to leave me in front of the TV while she finished the job. But she just so happened to tune in to a program called Panel of Truth just as Pastor Macedo was saying, "If you think there’s no hope for your problems and have a gun pointed to your head—ready to kill yourself—don’t do it. Come to the church because there is a way to solve your problems."

After hearing this invitation she decided to attend the church, but told herself that if nothing changed, she would then go ahead and kill herself.

The next day I was carried to the church because I couldn’t walk anymore. The tumor was too large. When we entered the church she sat me down on the last bench, and there and then, an evil spirit manifested in her.

Pr. Macedo was alone in the church at the time, and as he came over to pray for her the demon said he had been sent to destroy everyone in my family. He said he had come into our lives because my aunt had done witchcraft on one of my doll’s legs, so that I would lose my leg and cause my parents all sorts of pain.

After the prayer Pr. Macedo asked me to come over and give my mother a hug, and I got up and walked—something I had not done in a very long time.  My mother was overjoyed and as I came up to the altar, we noticed that the tumor had burst and all the impurities were oozing out.

It’s been almost 30 years now and throughout this period of time my entire family has been attending the Universal Church. We overcame all our hardships and the witchcraft and persevered in the faith. I have younger brothers who are Assistants and my parents live in Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and are members of the UCKG in Botafogo, in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

I gave my life to Jesus at a very young age, after having an encounter with Him at the age of 15. For four years now I’ve been doing the work of God in South Africa.

Fabiana Moreira