I know very well what you are going through. I have been coming to the Universal Church for a short time. I was invited by a friend, who is an assistant. She invited me soon after my separation.

My life was hell. I was married to an alcoholic and my life revolved around helping him get rid of the addiction. I passed through a lot of humiliation because of this love, this passion.

Anyway, I came to the Universal Church feeling defeated. This happened during the first week of the last Israel Challenge. That same week, I had gone to a witchdoctor to do a spell to bring my husband back, because he had cheated on me and was living with someone else.

That was when my friend invited me to the Sunday meeting. I went with the intention of bringing my husband back home and having him miraculously healed from the addiction. At the end of the meeting, I went to the pastor, and he brought me comfort. At that moment, I decided to surrender my sacrifice on the Altar of God. What I was supposed to give the devil to bring my husband back, I was now going to place on the Altar of God, and that was what I did it.

I began doing the chains of deliverance and healing, and seeking the Holy Spirit. I would go to Church every day, except on Thursdays. I kept seeking, but soon I changed my mind about restoring my marriage. My desires began to change, I was delivered from that sickly obsession, and after thinking about it, I recognized that I was after something that was not right, because I was living in sin – I was not married to this person.

I received blessings in such a short amount of time… I was supposed to have surgery, I had several fibroids, and when I went to talk to the doctor about the surgery, he said that I didn’t need to have it done anymore, because they had gone away because I was entering menopause. The surgery was already scheduled by my doctor recommendations, and he passed my case on to this doctor. God used this doctor so that I would not get the surgery done. The hemorrhaging simply stopped.

Today I am firm, I do my part, and I am sure that God is blessing me. He is going to do wonders in my life. The devil has put obstacles in my life since I determined to surrender my sacrifice on the Altar, but God has guided me and I have solved my problems with reason and not emotion. The devil does not want me to serve my God, but I get stronger every day by attending the meetings before going to work, reading this blog, seeing testimonies on YouTube and through the Word of God as well.

So, I can say that serving God and the Lord Jesus only brings us benefits and gives us courage and peace to solve everything with reason and not emotion. I thank my God for the blessings that I’ve been achieving in such little time.

Sandra Costa