Dream interpreter Jimi Merrell joins Interactive, taking on the topic of astral-projection.
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[APPLAUSE]
Terry: HI, EVERYBODY,
WELCOME TO "700 CLUB
INTERACTIVE."
TODAY WE'LL TAKE YOU INSIDE
THE PARANORMAL.
WE'RE GOING TO MEET A MIND
READER WHO COULDN'T CONTROL
HER OWN THOUGHTS.
Gordon: FIRST, WHEN JIM
MARL WAS A YOUNG BOY, HE WAS
HIT WITH A POWER HE HAD
NEVER FELT BEFORE.
HE SPENT THE NEXT FEW YEARS
SEARCHING FOR THAT SAME
POWER, AND THE YEARS AFTER
THAT, HAUNTED BY A DIFFERENT
ONE.
Reporter: JIMMY GREW UP
WITH A TURBULENT HOME FILLED
WITH DRUGS AND STRANGERS.
AFTER HIS MOTHER GOT FED UP,
SHE LEFT AND TOOK JIMMY WITH
HER.
IT WAS A WHOLE NEW
BEGINNING.
IT WAS A WHOLE NEW FAMILY.
THE FIRST SUMMER WE MOVED
IN, I WAS REALLY INTO VIDEO
GAME, THE OLD MATTEL
HAND-HELD GAME.
THE BATTERIES HAD DIED.
I'M LOOKING FOR BATTERIES,
AND I FIND NINE-VOLT
BATTERIES.
AND I FIND THIS LITTLE
BOOKLET, AND IT SAID
SOMETHING ABOUT GOD ON THE
FRONT.
I JUST GRABBED IT.
AT THIS POINT, I HAD NOT
REALLY GONE TO CHURCH AT
ALL, EXCEPT MAYBE BY THE
INVITATION OF A FRIEND.
IT WAS A SIMPLE, BASIC
GOSPEL MESSAGE.
I GOT TO THE END AND I SAID
THE PRAYER WHERE I ASKED
JESUS TO BE MY GOD.
AFTER I FINISHED SAYING THAT
PRAYER, I LEANED BACK IN MY
ROOM, ON THE FLOOR, AND I
REMEMBER JUST HAVING JUST
THIS WARM, GLOWING, TOASTY
MARSHMELLOW, GOOEY FUDGE
BROWNIE FEELING.
I FEEL SO GOOD.
AS I OPENED UP MY EYES, A
VISION OPENED UP BEFORE ME.
WHAT I FOUND WAS A GOLDEN
CLOUD, WHICH I BELIEVED TO
BE THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD CAME
DOWN INTO ME, AND I BEGAN TO
PRAY IN TONGUES.
IT WENT ON FOR FIVE OR 10
MINUTES, AND I HAD NO CLUE
WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
WHEN I FELT LIKE I WAS DONE,
I STOPPED AND I WAS LIKE,
OKAY.
AND I JUST STARTED PLAYING
MY GAME AGAIN.
I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT
IT AGAIN.
AS I STARTING TO GO THROUGH
MY TEENAGED YEARS, NOT EVEN
THINKING ABOUT THAT
EXPERIENCE.
HAVING NO RELATIONSHIP OR
REAL CONCEPT OF WHO GOD IS,
I STARTED DRINKING.
I FAILED MY HIGH SCHOOL
YEARS -- THROUGHOUT MY HIGH
SCHOOL YEARS, THERE WAS DRUG
USE, ALL KINDS OF UNSAVORY
THINGS.
THERE CAME A POINT WHEN I
STARTED HAVING A SPIRITUAL
HUNGER AND I DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO.
I STARTED GETTING INTO THE
DARK ARTS.
WHEN I SAY "THE DARK ARTS,"
I WAS NOT COMPLETELY
ENTRENCHED, BUT I LOVED TO
READ THINGS ABOUT PSYCHICS.
I LOVED TO READ THINGS ABOUT
GHOSTS.
ABOUT DIFFERENT STRANGE
ENCOUNTERS THAT PEOPLE HAD.
AND I STARTED KIND OF
GETTING INTO PSYCHIC BOOKS
AND READING ABOUT THE
PSYCHIC GIFTINGS AND THIS
AND THAT, THINKING WELL, IF
SOMEBODY HAS THIS KIND OF
GIFT, IT HAS GOT TO BE FROM
GOD.
WHERE ELSE COULD IT COME
FROM.
LATE ONE NIGHT IN MY
BEDROOM, I TURN ON THE
RADIO, AND THERE IS A VERY
FAMOUS BAY AREA PSYCHIC ON,
AND SHE SAID, TONIGHT I'M
GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO
MEET YOUR GUARDIAN ANGEL.
I'M LIKE, HOW COOL IS THAT.
SHE LEADS YOU THROUGH JUST
THIS BASIC EXERCISE.
YOU PUT ON SOME MUSIC.
YOU TAKE THREE DEEP BREATHS,
AND YOU CLEAR YOUR MIND.
THAT WAS IT.
WHAT IT WAS, YOU COULD TELL
WHEN EVERYTHING WAS
COMPLETELY BLANK.
LIKE IN YOUR MIND, YOU WOULD
START TO SEE LIKE A LITTLE
BIT OF LIGHT.
BEFORE YOU NEW IT, I BEGAN
TO FEEL MY SPIRIT AND MY
SOUL JUST KIND OF COME OUT
OF MY BODY.
IT WENT STRAIGHT UP TO THE
CEILING IN MY BEDROOM, AND
KA-BOOM, IT'S LIKE I'M OUT
AND I'M TRAVELLING.
IT IS WO WHAT PEOPLE CALLED
ASTRAL PROJECTION.
I'M FLYING THROUGH THE AIR.
I'M LIKE CRUISING.
I'M LIKE, WHAT IN THE WORLD
IS GOING ON.
I FEEL WIND AND COLDNESS.
IT IS COMPLETELY DARK.
AS I LOOK DOWN, I COULD SEE
THE TOPS OF PEOPLE'S HEADS,
AND I NOTICE THEY'RE
STARTING TO LOOK UP AT ME,
BUT I NOTICED THEY WERE NOT
PEOPLE.
THEY WERE, LIKE, MONSTERS OR
SOMETHING.
THEY WERE THE DEMONIC.
AND THEY WERE LOOKING UP AT
ME, AND I WAS, LIKE, WHOA.
I STARTED TO GET REALLY
SCARED, AND I DID WHAT THE
PSYCHIC SAID TO DO TO COME
BACK IN IN YOUR BODY.
AND BAM, I'M LIKE BACK IN MY
BED.
AND I'M LIKE, WHAT IN THE
HECK HAPPENED.
THAT WAS ODD.
I'M GOING TO GO TO SLEEP AND
I'M GOING TO FORGET ABOUT
THAT.
EITHER PURPOSEFULLY OR
IGNORANTLY, WHEN WE STEP OUT
OF GOD'S PROTECTION, OR WE
START MESSING AROUND WITH
MEDIUMS, PSYCHICS, WHATEVER,
IT OPENS UP THE DOOR.
WHAT HAPPENED FROM THAT DAY
FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS, MY
HIGH SCHOOL YEARS, I WOULD
BE HARASSED BY DARK
SPIRITS.
I WOULD BE SLEEPING IN BED.
ALL OF A SUDDEN I WOULD JUST
FEEL A PRESENCE IN MY
BEDROOM.
AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN
YOU KNOW SOMEBODY IS STARING
AT YOU.
THAT'S WHAT IT FEELS LIKE.
I WOULD WAKE UP, AND EACH OF
THESE DIFFERENT NIGHTS THERE
WOULD BE DIFFERENT BEINGS IN
MY ROOM, AROUND MY BED.
SO I HAD TO BE LIKE AN
INDIAN CHIEF.
AND HE LOOKED LIKE HE WANTED
TO HIT ME OR SCRATCH ME, BUT
SOMETHING, LIKE, BLOCKED
HIM.
HE COULDN'T.
, LIKE, THERE WAS THIS
COCOON AROUND ME.
I GOT SCARED AND I WOULD
SWING AND I WOULD SWIPE, AND
THEY WOULD EVENTUALLY GO
AWAY.
SOME WOULD LOOK LIKE OLD
LADIES.
SOME WOULD LOOK LIKE
WITCHES.
SOME WOULD HAVE A SERPENT
KIND OF LOOK TO THEM.
THIS WENT ON FOR MANY, MANY
YEARS.
MANY, MANY YEARS.
I'M ABOUT 18 AT THE TIME
NOW.
I BEGAN WORKING AT AN
INSURANCE COMPANY.
WE WERE ALLOWED TO LISTEN TO
MUSIC, OUR WALKMAN,
WHATEVER.
AND WHEN MY WALKMAN WOULD
GET WARN DOWN BATTERY-WISE,
I COULD STILL PLAY THE
RADIO.
I WOULD START CLICKING
THROUGH THE RADIO STATIONS.
AND F.M.?EFER CA M. NEVER
CAME IN, SO I WOULD LISTEN
TO A.M. AND IT WAS LIKE
METALLICA.
THEY WOULD PLAY 20 SECONDS
OF A SONG, AND THEN A
PREACHER COMES ON AND STARTS
TALKING ABOUT THE MUSIC AND
THE BAND.
I'M LIKE, WHAT, I'M GOING TO
KILL THIS BAND.
WHAT DOES HE KNOW?
HE DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THIS.
I'M GOING TO TUNE IN
TOMORROW TO SEE WHAT HE HAS
TO SAY.
I START TUNING IN EVERY DAY,
AND HE'S PREACHING THE
GOSPEL EVERY DAY.
HE STARTS TALKING ABOUT
DELIVERANCE AND YOUR
AUTHORITY IN CHRIST AND
STANDING UP AGAINST DARK
SPIRITS.
KA-CHING, THE DOTS START
COMING TOGETHER.
I HAVE CHRIST IN ME.
EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT WALKING
WITH HIM AT ALL.
I'VE GOT DARK SPIRITS.
THEY'RE COMING AND HAUNTING
AND KEEPING ME UP AT NIGHT.
AND WAIT A MINUTE,
AUTHORITY?
DO I STILL HAVE WHATEVER
THIS AUTHORITY IS THAT THIS
GUY WAS TALKING ABOUT?
I REMEMBER GOING TO MY
APARTMENT AND PRAYING.
AND THE PRAYER THAT I PRAYED
WAS, GOD, I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT KIND OF DOOR IT IS THAT
I OPENED.
I GO, BUT BY THE BLOOD OF
CHRIST I FEEL THAT DOOR SHUT
AND WHATEVER I DID THAT WAS
WRONG, FATHER, I CONFESS IT
TO YOU AS SIN.
AND LET ME TELL YOU, IT WAS
LIKE BAM.
IT STOPPED.
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
Gordon: MAYBE YOU'VE
OPENED THAT DOOR, AND THE
SAME THING JIMMY GOT INTO,
YOU GOT INTO.
MAYBE IT WAS INNOCENT AT THE
BEGINNING.
MAYBE IT WAS INTENTIONAL ON
YOUR PART.
THE GOOD NEWS IT DOESN'T
MATTER.
HOW YOU STARTED DOWN THAT
ROAD.
IT GOOD NEWS IS GOD STILL
LOVES YOU, AND HE WANTS TO
HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH
YOU.
AND HE WANTS YOU BACK.
AND HE DOESN'T WANT YOU
TORMENTED AT NIGHT.
HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO HAVE
THIS SENSE THAT YOU'RE BEING
FOLLOWED BY EVIL SPIRITS OR
THAT YOU'RE UNDER SOME KIND
OF CURSE.
HE CAME TO SET YOU FREE.
AND THE ONES THAT THE SON
SETS FREE ARE FREE, INDEED.
AND THAT SAME
RELATIONSHIP -- MAYBE YOU
WERE A CHRISTIAN WHEN YOU
WERE YOUNG, AND THE SAME
RELATIONSHIP JIMMY HAD, YOU
CAN HAVE.
THE SAME RELATIONSHIP YOU
USED TO HAVE, YOU CAN STILL
HAVE.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK
FOR IT.
NOW, WAY BACK IN THE FIRST
CENTURY, HERE IS SOMETHING
THE EARLY CHRISTIANS WOULD
DO, PARTICULARLY THE ONES
WHO HAD COME OUT OF PAGAN
WORSHIP, WHERE THEY HAD GONE
INTO THE PAGAN TEMPLES AND
HAD OFFERED SACRIFICE TO
IDOLS AND HAD PARTICIPATED
IN THE GREEK AND ROMAN
FESTIVALS.
THEY WOULD GO THROUGH A
PERIOD OF TRAINING WHERE
THEY WOULD LEARN AND WOULD
LEARN PRIMARILY THE 10
COMMANDMENTS.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A
CHRISTIAN.
AND THEY WOULD LEARN ABOUT
THE LIFE, THE DEATH, AND THE
RESURRECTION OF JESUS
CHRIST, AND HOW HE NOW SITS
IN HEAVEN AND IS EVER GIVING
INTERCESSION FOR THOSE WHO
BELIEVE.
HE IS ALWAYS PRAYING FOR THE
SAINTS.
THAT MEANS HE IS PRAYING FOR
YOU.
AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE
THEM GO THROUGH -- AFTER
THEY HAD FINISHED THIS,
THEY'D GO THROUGH WATER
BAPTISM, AND RIGHT BEFORE
WATER BAPTISM, THEY WOULD
CONFESS THEIR SINS, JUST AS
YOU SAW JIMMY DO IT.
I CONFESS THAT THIS IS A
SIN, AND I RENOUNCE IT.
AND THEN THEY WOULD SAY OUT
LOUD, I RENOUNCE ALL OF THE
WORK OF SATAN.
AND THAT WOULD BREAK IT FOR
THEM.
THEY WOULD, JUST LIKE JIMMY
DID, CLOSE THAT DOOR AND
SEAL IT WITH THE BLOOD OF
CHRIST.
AND THEY WOULD WALK FREE.
AND THEY WOULD BE
FREE, INDEED.
SO IF YOU'VE DABBLED IN THIS
AND YOU WANT TO GET FREE,
AND YOU WANT TO SHUT THAT
DOOR AND NO MORE NIGHTMARES,
NO MORE SENSE OF IMPENDING
DOOM -- NONE OF THAT
ANYMORE -- YOU CAN BE FREE
FROM ALL OF THAT AND
UNDERSTAND RIGHTEOUSNESS,
PEACE AND JOY IS YOURS IN
THE HOLY SPIRIT, ALL YOU
HAVE TO DO IS THE SAME THING
THE EARLY CHRISTIANS USED TO
DO.
IF YOU WANT THAT, BOW YOUR
HEAD AND PRAY THIS VERY
SIMPLE PRAYER, AND LET JESUS
DO ALL OF THE REST.
NOW, IF YOU'VE GOT ISSUES
ABOUT IS JESUS REAL?
IS THIS FOR REAL?
I'VE GOT GOOD NEWS FOR YOU.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK
HIM TO SHOW YOU.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SAY,
WILL YOU SHOW UP?
WILL YOU BE MY SAVIOR?
WILL YOU DO THAT FOR ME?
AND THEN YOU'LL FIND OUT,
YEAH, HE'S REAL, AND HE'LL
BE THERE, AND BE THERE JUST
FOR YOU.
PRAY WITH ME.
JESUS -- THAT'S RIGHT, SAY
IT OUT LOUD -- JESUS, I COME
TO YOU AND I ASK THAT YOU
WOULD COME INTO MY LIFE AND
THAT YOU WOULD BE MY SAVIOR
AND SET ME FREE FROM ALL OF
THE THINGS THAT BIND ME, ALL
OF THE THINGS THAT OPPRESS
ME AND HAUNT ME.
I WANT TO BE FREE FROM ALL
OF THEM.
AND, JESUS, RIGHT NOW, I
CONFESS TO YOU THAT I AM A
SINNER, AND I NEED TO BE
FORGIVEN.
I HAVE GONE MY OWN WAY.
I HAVEN'T DONE WHAT YOU'VE
ASKED ME TO DO.
I'VE LEFT UNDONE THE THINGS
THAT YOU'VE ASKED ME TO DO,
AND I HAVE SINNED, AND I ASK
FOR FORGIVENESS NOW.
AND, JESUS, OUT LOUD, I
RENOUNCE ALL THE WORKS OF
SATAN.
I NO LONGER WANT THEM IN MY
LIFE.
I CLOSE THE DOOR NOW, AND I
TAKE AUTHORITY OVER IT NOW
IN JESUS' NAME.
AND I SAY BE GONE FROM ME
AND HINDER ME NO MORE.
JESUS, COME INTO MY HEART.
I ASK THAT YOU WOULD FILL ME
WITH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT AND
LET ME KNOW THE PEACE THAT
PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING.
FILL ME NOW WITH
RIGHTEOUSNESS, WITH PEACE,
AND WITH JOY.
FOR I ASK IT IN YOUR NAME,
AMEN.
IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME, THE
BIBLE SAYS IF YOU'LL BELIEVE
IN YOUR HEART AND THEN
CONFESS WERE YOU YOUR MOUTH,
YOU SHALL BE SAVED.
THERE IS SOMETHING REALLY
POWERFUL TO THE CONFESSION
TO SAY, I BELIEVE THAT JESUS
CAME FOR ME.
I BELIEVE HE LIVED, AND HE
WALKED ON THE EARTH, THAT HE
CAME IN THE FLESH AND WALKED
ON THE EARTH.
I BELIEVE HE DIED FOR ME.
I BELIEVE HE ROSE AGAIN FROM
THE GRAVE.
THERE IS SOMETHING VERY
POWERFUL TO THAT.
WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS
MAKE A TOLL-FREE CALL.
1-888-777-1999, AND JUST DO
THAT.
SAY I JUST PRAYED AND I JUST
WANT TO DECLARE RIGHT NOW
THAT JESUS DIED FOR ME, AND
THAT I'M WITH HIM, AND THAT
I BELIEVE AND I WANT TO BE
WITH HIM FOR ALL
ETERNALNITY.
DO IT NOW, 1-888-777-1999.
WE'VE GOT A NEW PACKET FOR
YOU, AND IT'S CALLED "A NEW
DAY," AND THERE IS A C.D.
AND THERE IS A BOOKLET WITH
BIBLE VERSES.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS JUST
CALL US.
IT'S FREE.
TERRY, OVER TO YOU?
Terry: UP NEXT, A
PSYCHIC SEES SOMETHING SHE
NEVER PREDICTED.
SHE'LL SHARE HER STORY.
THAT'S NEXT.
Terry: AFTER A BRUTAL
DIVORCE, SANDRA CLIFTON WENT
LOOKING FOR ANSWERS IN THE
OCCULT.
AND WHAT SHE FOUND WAS A
POWER FAR BEYOND HER
IMAGINATION.
Reporter: IN THE LATE
'70s, SANDRA CLIFTON WAS
THE IN-DEMAND PSYCHIC IN
LOS ANGELES.
HER RADIO SHOW COVERED
SOUTHWEST MARKETS.
SHE WAS A TOP-RATED GUEST ON
A.M. LOS ANGELES, AND HER
BOOKS ATTRACTED A FAITHFUL
FOLLOWING.
THEY SAY IT DOESN'T
MATTER WHAT YOU THINK.
LET IN ANYTHING YOU WANT.
BE PRESENT IN THE MOMENT.
LET THE PRESENCE COME IN,
BUT THEY DON'T SAY WHO'S
PRESENCE.
I STARTED SEARCHING FOR
POWER, AND SOMETHING THAT
WOULD MAKE ME FEEL
WORTHWHILE AND WORTHY.
Reporter: SHE MET WITH
A PSYCHOLOGIST IN HOPES OF
FINDING DIRECTION.
AND I LOOKED OVER AT HIM,
AND HE DID NOT GIVE TWO
CENTS WHAT I WAS GIVING
HIM.
AND INSTEAD, HIS MIND SEEMS
TO BE ON -- AND THE WORD
CAME TO MIND, VIRGINIA.
AND I THOUGHT, VIRGINIA,
THAT'S HIS MISTRESS.
IT IS SOMETHING I KNEW.
Reporter: SHE SAID THIS
WAS THE FIRST TIME SHE WAS
ABLE TO READ SOMEONE'S
MIND.
THE PSYCHOLOGIST IMMEDIATELY
ENDED THE SESSION.
HE REFERRED SANDRA TO A
LOCAL UNIVERSITY CONDUCTING
RESEARCH ON PARANORMAL NON
PHENOMENON.
SHE HANDED ME AND SAID
READ THIS.
AND THAT'S A TERM FOR
PSYCHIC.
TELL ME WHO IS IN THAT
LETTER.
I TOOK IT AND I INSTANTLY
KNEW.
IT WAS VERY ADDICTED,
BECAUSE NOT ONLY WAS I
STAMPED AND APPROVED, BUT I
WAS NEEDED.
OKAY, LET'S PUT YOU TO WORK
ON SOME POLICE CASES, TO SEE
IF YOU CAN FIND MISSING
PERSONS.
Reporter: SANDRA BECAME
MORE IN TUNE WITH HER
PSYCHIC ABILITIES, YET ONE
NIGHT SANDRA HAD AN EERIE
FEELING AS SHE LOOKED OVER
THE FACES OF A SERIAL
KILLER'S VICTIMS.
I KNEW SOMEHOW DEEP
WITHIN ME, SOMETHING IS
WRONG HERE.
MAYBE I SHOULDN'T BE DOING
THIS.
DURING THAT TIME, I KEPT
SEARCHING, WHO AM I?
WHAT'S GOING ON?
WHY AM I ON THIS EARTH?
IS IT JUST TO FIND DEAD
BODIES?
IS IT JUST TO BE TESTED IN A
LAB LIKE A RAT?
INTERPRETER SANDRA CLIFTON
JOINS YO US NOW VIA SKYPE
TO TELL US THE REST OF THE
STORY.
SANDRA, WELCOME TO "700 CLUB
INTERACTIVE."
GOOD MORNING, TERRY.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
Terry: YOU SAID YOU
BEGAN TO DIG DEEPER INTO
DARK PLACES.
HOW?
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT YOU DID?
I WAS SO LOST AT THE
TIME -- I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS
THAT LOST -- AND I BEGAN
SEARCHING FOR POWER.
THAT'S WHEN I BEGAN TO
DESCENT INTO REALLY HELL.
I STARTED READING BOOKS ON
HOW TO BE POWERFUL THROUGH
THE POWER OF THE MIND.
I READ BOOKS THAT MADE YOU
FEEL GOOD, TO SEE IF YOU CAN
GET IN TOUCH WITH PEOPLE'S
VIBES.
GOD WAS NOWHERE IN IT.
I HAD NO IDEA --
Terry: WHERE DID YOU
THINK THE POWER WAS COMING
FROM?
DID YOU THINK IT EMANATED
FROM YOU AS YOU GATHERED
INFORMATION?
WERE YOU A-WAY OF A DEMONIC
FORCE?
AT THE TIME, TERRY, I WAS
SO LOST I WAS JUST GRABBING
ANYTHING I COULD GET.
ANYTHING I COULD GET MY
HANDS ON TO MAKE ME FEEL
GOOD.
THAT WAS REALLY -- BEING
THAT NEEDY FOR POWER, POWER
AT ANY COST, GOD WAS NOWHERE
IN IT, AND I REALLY
DIDN'T -- IT DIDN'T EVEN
OCCUR TO ME TO TURN BACK TO
MY CHRISTIAN ROOTS.
AND THAT'S VERY SCARY.
Terry: IT MAKES YOU
REALIZE HOW FAR WE CAN WALK
AWAY.
OH, MY, YES.
Terry: YOU WERE
TEACHING ABOUT SOMETHING
CALLED MIND POWER AT A
CONFERENCE WHEN SOMETHING
HAPPENED TO YOU.
TELL US ABOUT IT?
YES.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I WAS MAKING
SOME GOOD MONEY AT THE TIME,
AND I THOUGHT I HAD A
CALLING.
THERE IS THE COUNTERFEIT,
YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING GOOD,
BUT YOU HAVE NO IDEA THAT
YOU'RE REALLY ON THE DARK
SIDE, CONTRIBUTING TO THE
EVIL.
AND I WENT TO A CONFERENCE,
ONE OF THE KEY NOTE
SPEAKERS, TO TEACH PEOPLE
HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE
POWERS OF THEIR MIND TO MAKE
THEIR MINDS BETTER.
SO I DELIVER MY PITCH, AND I
SAY TO THE GROUP OF ABOUT
2,000 MEN, DO YOU KNOW HOW
POWERFUL YOU ARE?
AND JUST THEN, TERRY, OUT OF
THE BLUE, UNANNOUNCED,
SURPRISING TO ME, A CONE OF
LIGHT CAME DOWN ALL AROUND
ME.
I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT ANY OTHER
WAY.
IT WAS A SENSATION OF A CONE
OF LIGHT.
AND IT WAS SO BRIGHT I COULD
NOT SEE ANYTHING, EXCEPT
THIS LIGHT.
AND THEN I HEARD A VOICE,
THROUGH THE CONE, FROM THE
TOP OF THE CONE, ALL AROUND
ME, AND WITHIN ME, WELLING
UP, AND THE VOICE I
RECOGNIZED, AND IT WAS THE
VOICE OF JESUS, FROM MY
CHILDHOOD.
THIS VOICE WAS SO LOUD IT
OVERTOOK EVERYTHING AND
SAID, SANDRA, DO YOU KNOW
HOW POWERFUL I AM?
AND IT WAS AT THAT MOMENT,
TERRY, WHEN I REALIZED THAT
I HAD COME FACE TO FACE IN
THIS MOMENT OF MY LOSTNESS
WITH THE RISEN CHRIST.
AND IT WAS AT THAT MOMENT
WHEN I REALIZED I WAS WAY
OFF BASE.
Terry: SANDRA, LOTS OF
TIMES -- YOU'VE MENTIONED A
COUPLE OF TIMES WANTING, AND
EVEN NEEDING, TO FIND
POWER.
LOTS OF TIMES THAT HAPPENS
WHEN WE FEEL LIKE LIFE IS
OUT OF CONTROL, AND LIFE
HASN'T GONE THE WAY WE
WANTED IT TO, AND SO PEOPLE
ARE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO PUT
SOME MEANING AND GRASP HOLD
OF SOMETHING THAT WILL
STICK.
YOU SAY PEOPLE CAN BE FOOLED
BY NEW-AGE STATEMENTS.
WHAT ARE SOME STATEMENTS
THAT WOULD BE NEW-AGE
STATEMENTS, AND WHAT SHOULD
PEOPLE WATCH OUT FOR WITH
THAT?
THAT'S A VERY GOOD
QUESTION, TERRY.
SO MANY TIMES YOU'LL HEAR
COMING FROM MEDIA, PEOPLE ON
THE STREETS, PEOPLE AT THE
WORKPLACE -- WHEREVER YOU
GO, YOU CAN'T ESCAPE IT --
SUCH THINGS AS YOU'RE YOUR
OWN GODDESS, AND YOU'RE YOUR
OWN GOD.
OFTENTIMES THEY MEAN YOU
DON'T NEED A SOVEREIGN,
ABSOLUTE GOD, BUT, RATHER,
THE POWER IS TOTALLY YOU.
THAT IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED
WITH A GOOD SELF-IMAGE,
GENERATING GOD'S POWER
WITHIN YOU.
THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE
THERE.
Terry: HOW DO YOU MOVE
FROM -- HERE YOU ARE, YOU'RE
NOT JUST EMERSED IN THIS AS
A SIDE INTEREST.
YOU'RE SPEAKING TO PEOPLE.
YOU'RE TEACHING.
HOW DID YOU MOVE FROM THAT
BACK INTO A PLACE OF FAITH?
IT ONLY -- IT REALLY,
TERRY, WAS A MOVE OF GOD.
BECAUSE I COULDN'T HAVE
GOTTEN OUT OF A PAPER BAG AT
THAT TIME.
I WAS SO LOST.
I DID NOT KNOW WHICH END WAS
UP.
I'VE HAD PEOPLE SAY WELL,
WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST WALK
AWAY?
BUT IT'S LIKE A CULT,
C-U-L-T.
ONCE YOU'RE IN IT, YOU DON'T
KNOW YOU'RE IN IT, AND
YOU'RE LOST IN IT.
HOW DID I GET FROM "A" TO
"B," FROM DARKNESS TO GOD?
IT TOOK THAT MIRACLE OF
BEING ON THE STAGE BEFORE A
CROWD, AND BEING CONFRONTED
BY THE RISEN CHRIST SUPER
NATURALLY.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT
SPEECH, I LOST ALL
COMPOSITION.
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE ONE OF
THOSE CARTOONS.
THAT'S IT, FOLKS.
Terry: WHAT DID YOU DO?
I FINISHED AND STUMBLED
THROUGH MY SPEECH THE BEST I
COULD.
AND GOT OFF THE STAGE.
THERE WAS A ROUND OF
APPLAUSE, BUT I THINK THEY
WERE RELIEVED TO SEE ME GO,
WHO WAS THAT?
WHAT WAS SHE TRYING TO TELL
US.
BY THEN I DIDN'T CARE.
I KNEW I HAD ENCOUNTERED
JESUS CHRIST.
I KNEW I WAS GOING THE WRONG
WAY.
MY HUSBAND MET ME AT THE
BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS.
AND ON THE RIDE HOME, I SAID
TERRY, I CAN'T DO THIS
ANYMORE.
SOMETHING IS WRONG.
I FELT DIRTY UP THERE UNTIL
I FELT THAT CONE OF LIGHT,
AND SUDDENLY I FELT WASHED
CLEAN.
I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT.
WE WERE ENCHURCHED AT THE
TIME, SO THERE WAS NO
EXPLANATION.
BUT THAT WEEKEND, IT WAS
INTERESTING BECAUSE OUR
LIVES CHANGED -- STARTED TO
CHANGE -- IT HAS BEEN A LONG
JOURNEY.
WE WERE SITTING ON THE COUCH
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
HAPPENED.
HOW TO GET FROM OKAY, HIS IS
WRONG, AND NOW HOW DO I GET
ON TRACK, WHEN ON THE COUCH,
AS WE ARE SITTING THERE IN
OUR APARTMENT, THERE WAS A
WIND THAT BLEW THROUGH AS WE
STARTED TO JUST TURN TO
GOD.
GOD, HELP US.
WE WERE SO ENCHURCHED, WE
DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO
PRAY.
Terry: YOUR STORY AND
YOUR WORD TO ALL OF US TODAY
IS IN YOUR WRITING.
YOU'VE MOVED FROM TEACHING
AND WRITING WHAT WAS DARK TO
TEACHING AND WRITING TRUTH
AND LIGHT.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR
MORE OF SANDRA'S STORIES,
YOU CAN CHECK OUT HER BOOKS,
AND ONE IS CALLED "FROM NEW
AGE TO LIFE."
AND ONE IS CALLED "NEW-AGE,
LIES EXPOSED."
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US.
IT IS AN HONOR.
THANK YOU, TERRY.
Terry: GORDON?
Gordon: COMING UP,
WE'LL BE ANSWERING QUESTIONS
FROM OUR CHATROOM.
SO DON'T GO AWAY.
Gordon: YESTERDAY ON
Facebook WE HAD A QUESTION
FROM ANDREA, "I RECENTLY
DISCOVERED MY FAMILY CAN BE
TRACED BACK TO THE SALEM
WITCH TRIALS.
DO YOU THINK THAT CAN STILL
AFFECT ME AND MY FAMILY?"
ANDREA, ONLY IF YOU LET IT.
REALIZE THE AUTHORITY YOU
HAVE AS A BELIEVER.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JESUS
CAME TO DO WAS TO RELIEVE US
OF ALL OF THE CURSES FROM
PREVIOUS GENERATIONS.
NOW, WHEN YOU WANT TO LOOK
AT WHAT THOSE CURSES ARE,
YOU CAN FIND THEM IN
DEUTERONOMY, AND EXODUS,
WHERE GOD TALKS ABOUT
VISITING SINS, THE SINS OF
THE FATHERS ON THE SONS.
IT WILL GO TO THE THIRD AND
FOURTH GENERATION.
WELL, JESUS CAME TO BREAK
THE CURSE.
AND HE BECAME A CURSE FOR US
SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO LIVE
WITH THAT.
SO TAKE THE AUTHORITY THAT
YOU HAVE AND BREAK ANY
GENERATIONAL CURSES OVER
YOUR FAMILY LINE AND YOU
WILL WALK FREE.
IT IS THAT SIMPLE.
LET'S GO TO CRAIG FOR A CHAT
QUESTION.
GORDON, THE QUESTION HAS
COME IN HERE FROM ERIC.
"WHEN MY BROTHER AND I WERE
YOUNG, WE USED TO PLAY WITH
A OUIJA BOARD.
CAN THAT UNLOCK NEGATIVE
ENERGY AND CAUSE CURSES?"
Gordon: OUIJA BOARDS
SEEM TO BE ONE OF THE
OPENERS FOR THE OCCULT IN
AMERICA.
IT IS SORT OF DONE
INCIDENTALLY.
YOU HEAR ABOUT, WELL, WE
WERE ALL OVER AT A SLEEPOVER
AND SOMEBODY BROKE OUT A
OUIJA BOARD.
AND YOU'RE DABBLING IN
THINGS YOU REALLY DON'T
UNDERSTAND.
AND SOMETIMES THERE IS
SPECIFIC IN VOCATIONS FOR
SPIRITS TO COME AND GUIDE
THE W OUIJA DOOR.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IT IS
REALLY EASY TO SHUT THE
DOOR.
AND SO DO THAT.
I RENOUNCE ALL OF THE WORKS
OF THE DEVIL.
DO THAT AND YOU'LL BE FREE.
THAT'S ALL OF THE TIME WE
HAVE FOR TODAY'S SHOW.
TOMORROW WE'LL CONTINUE OUR
WEEK ON THE PARANORMAL AND
HEAR FROM A FAMILY WHO LIVED
IN A HAUNTED HOUSE.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO TO
Facebook.COM TO FIND OUT MORE.