When Julia first got involved in exotic dancing, she never thought it would lead to demonic oppression.
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Reporter: ON AN
AFTERNOON TRAIN RIDE THROUGH
CHICAGO, JULIA JORDAN
REMEMBERS THE FEAR.
ALL THESE VOICES START
COMING OUT OF ME, DIFFERENT
VOICES.
LIKE A LITTLE GIRL'S VOICE,
AN ANGRY, GROWLING VOICE.
Reporter: FOR MONTHS,
JULIA BELIEVES SHE WAS
TORMENTED BY DEMONS.
I'M JUST SWEATING, AND
THE ROOM INSTANTANEOUSLY
FEELS LIKE IT IS 100°.
I'M, LIKE, OH, MY GOSH, WHAT
IS HAPPENING TO ME?
Reporter: JULIA SAYS
THE ATTACK RESULTED FROM
YEARS OF BAD CHOICES AND
RUNNING AWAY FROM GOD.
I'M YOUNG, WHY NOT TRY
AND DISCOVER AND GET OUT OF
THIS LITTLE TOWN I'VE BEEN
IN MY WHOLE LIFE.
APPEALED TO ME.
Reporter: JULIA GREW UP
GOING TO CHURCH, AND
REMEMBERS THE FAMILY FRIEND
WHO OFTEN TOLD HER HOW MUCH
GOD LOVES HER.
I FELT LOVE LIKE I'VE
NEVER FELT BEFORE, AND JOY
THAT I'VE NEVER FELT
BEFORE.
SO I KNEW WHAT SHE WAS
TALKING ABOUT WAS REAL.
Reporter: BUT OVER THE
YEARS, SHE STARTED HEARING A
DIFFERENT MESSAGE ABOUT
GOD.
IF YOU DON'T DO THIS, GOD
I HEARD A LOT OF THOSE TYPE
OF MESSAGES.
AND I GOT FRUSTRATED BECAUSE
I KNEW I WAS ALWAYS GOING TO
BE FALLING SHORT.
I KNEW I WAS NEVER GOOD
ENOUGH.
Reporter: SO JULIA
WALKED AWAY FROM THE CHURCH
AND GOD.
BY NOW SHE WAS IN COLLEGE ON
HER DIME.
EVENTUALLY SHE NEEDED
MONEY.
I STARTED TO GET THIS
ANXIETY, LIKE, HOW AM I
GOING TO PAY FOR ALL OF THIS
AND WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?
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HER SHE COULD MAKE GOOD
MONEY AS AN EXOTIC DANCER.
JULIA SAW IT AS AN
OPPORTUNITY, BUT WANTED TO
ESTABLISH SOME BOUNDARIES.
I DIDN'T DRINK, I DIDN'T
SMOKE, I DIDN'T LET GUYS
TOUCH ME.
Reporter: LATER, IN
SCHOOL, SHE STARTED A
MODELING CAREER.
I DEFINITELY DIDN'T FEEL
CONFIDENT OR BEAUTIFUL.P &C @&Cú
I NEEDED THOSE TITLES TO
MAKE ME FEEL VALIDATED.
Reporter: DURING THIS
TIME SHE MET JOHN, WHO WAS
ALSO A MODEL, AND THEY
MARRIED.
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL,
MY SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER
SAID WRITE A LIST OF
EVERYTHING YOU WANT IN A
PARTNER.
Reporter: STILL, JULIA
WAS STANCEIN DANCING IN
STRIP CLUBS AND THOUGHT
NOTHING OF IT.
NOW THAT WAS CHANGING.
I HAD TO STOP DANCING,
BECAUSE I THOUGHT AFTER ALL
GOD HAS DONE FOR ME, I CAN'T
BREAK HIS HEART.
I FEEL REALLY BAD ABOUT IT
NOW.
Reporter: THEN SHE LOST
A CLOSE FRIEND TO A HEART
ATTACK.
I REALIZED THAT LIFE IS
SHORT.
AND IF I'M GOING TO START
LIVING FOR GOD, I CAN'T KEEP
PUTTING IT OFF ANOTHER DAY.
I FELT THIS THOUGHT IN MY
HEART, LIKE, OPEN THE
BIBLE.
Reporter: THE WORDS
WERE PIERCING.
THE VERY FIRST VERSE I
LAND ON IS IN MATTHEW.
IF YOUR EYE OFFENDS YOU, CUT
IT OUT.
IT IS BETTER TO GO TO HEAVEN
WITH ONE EYE THAN NOT TO GO
TO HEAVEN AND HAVE TWO
EYES.
I THOUGHT, I THINK THE LORD
IS TALKING ABOUT MY JOB.
Reporter: JULIA SAYS AS
SHE CONTINUED READING, SHE
FELT A STRANGE PRESENCE.
SHE CALLED HER MOTHER.
I'M READING THE BIBLE,
AND SOMETHING WEIRD IS
HAPPENING.
AND THEN I'M LAYING ON THE
BED, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,
BOOM, MY HANDS GO UP AND MY
FEET ARE, LIKE, TO THE BED
POSTS.
IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS
TIED AROUND MY WRISTS AND MY
ANKLES.
AND I GO, MOM, AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN THIS VOICE JUST RIPS
THROUGH MY BODY, AND IT'S
NOT ME.
AND IT SAYS, I HATE YOU!
I HATE YOU!
AND IT'S JUST GROWLING.
Reporter: JULIA'S
MOTHER AND FRIENDS FROM
CHURCH RUSHED OVER TO PRAY
FOR HER.
SHE MADE IT THROUGH THE
ORDEAL.
OVERTHE NEXT SEVERAL
MONTHS, SHE HAD MORE
ATTACKS.
JOHN WASN'T CONVINCED THEY
WERE SUPER NATURAL.
SHE IS NOT
DEMON-POSSESSED.
MY WIFE HAS A MENTAL ISSUE.
SHE HAS MAYBE SOME KIND OF
DEPRESSION OR SOMETHING
WRONG WITH HER
PSYCHOLOGICAL.
WHEN I LEFT, SHE WAS TOTALLY
NORMAL, AND THEN ONE NIGHT
SHE WAS NOT.
Reporter: ONE NIGHT
JULIA JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR
AS JOHN WAS DRIVING.
HE CHECKED HER INTO A
PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL.
I SAID TO GOD, IF YOU'RE
REAL, I NEED HELP.
I CAPITO CAN'T DO THIS.
I CAN'T FIX THIS.
PLEASE, GOD, HELP ME.
Reporter: JULIA FOUND A
CHURCH THAT KNEW HOW TO
HELP, BUT FIRST JULIA HAD TO
GIVE HER LIFE TO GOD.
LORD, I'VE LIVED FOR THE
DEVIL MY WHOLE LIFE.
I'VE LIVED FOR MYSELF MY
WHOLE LIFE.
AND NOW I WANT TO LIVE FOR
YOU.
Reporter: SHE FELT A
CHANGE.
THE WORD IS THE BREAD OF
LIFE.
IT LITERALLY WAS FILLING ME
UP SO MUCH THAT THE DEMONS
JUST EXPLODED THEMSELVES.
THAT PART WAS AMAZING TO
ME.
Reporter: SHE GAVE HER
LIFE TO CHRIST, AND JOHN DID
THE SAME.
JULIA QUIT DANCING.
SHE AND JOHN BEGAN STUDYING
GOD'S WORD AND BUILDING
THEIR FAITH.
I START OFF THE DAY IN
PRAYER, AND I ALWAYS THANK
THE LORD BECAUSE I WANT TO
BE REMINDED OF HOW GOOD HE
IS.
I FEEL LIKE LIVING FOR THE
LORD IS THIS GREAT
ADVENTURE.
INSTEAD OF GOING ON OUR
WINGS, WE LET THE LORD CARRY
US.
WE LET THE LORD CHANGE US.