TO:
Prayer House of Two or Three
Thursday, December 29, 2011 6:23 PM
Re: Victory over Schizophrenia & publication
Hi! Thank you for replying to my testimony. I would be delighted if you published it on your blog - and please, do include my name.I am not ashamed on having had my mental health battles! I hope my story can inspire others going through similar difficulties to hang in there - and realize there is hope in Jesus Christ, who is into the restoration business! kind regards::Murray Dennett
On 30/12/2011 11:21 a.m.,
Prayer House of Two or Three wrote:
Your testimony is mostly appreciated. We have so many branches of the Christian ministry directed to help with particular problems such as drugs/alcohol, porn, homosexuality, etc. We do not know of a high profile ministry that helps ppl suffering from schizophrenia. Your testimony is precious, and by God's grace, we are sure you have to keep your guard up and keep doing your part. Others can help, but without your cooperation and dependence on the LORD, and also taking the medicines God provides, victory cannot be attained. We know the best medicine is the Word of God.
People that are just experiencing with schizophrenia are in confusion, and do not know what's happening to them, or what to do. Loved ones stand by them helpless, unless there is someone to give them their personal experience and that there is hope in Jesus Christ. He is Lord of all to God's glory, and His name is higher and mightier than schizophrenia. We call upon the name of Jesus and intercede for such a one, that this person will be under the Lord's wing for protection and for life! We want to ask your permission if we can publish your testimony on this particular blog, and your name need not be published if that's what you prefer. Thanks again!
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 1:10 PM
Subject: Victory over Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia has both physical and spiritual components, and in my case, the tribulation was 20% physical and 80% spiritual.
While the Lord was delivering me from a spirit of schizophrenia, I found it necessary to be compliant with antipsychotic medication for it created brain-stability as the spirit violently manifested over a prolonged period of time, somewhat sending my mind and emotions into turmoil. If it wasn't for my meds, I would have lost control of my temper, being fitted in a straitjacket, and thrown into a padded cell!!!
A spirit of schizophrenia can disturb brain function causing a whole array of schizophrenic symptoms including: disorganized thinking, delusions, voices, difficulties in concentrating, memory problems - and even a reduction in natural intelligence
With respect to voices, I began to experience them at the age of 24. Initially they were positive and prophetic to an amazing degree of accuracy, so much so, I thought I was psychic, in fact, a "Christian"psychic who had direct access to the spirit realm. Gradually, over time, the voices became nasty and irrational and as I listened to them I found myself sliding deeper into a psychotic state.
Around the age of 30, I was officially diagnosed as suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. I was trialed on various antipsychotic medications, most of which I had agonizing allergic reactions to, and for this reason I became noncompliant. That is, until my psychiatrist put on me on a drug I could tolerate many years later.
Most psychiatrists tell their clients that there is no cure for schizophrenia - and what causes it is still a mystery. Over time, the Lord revealed to me the demonic cause of the ill-effect inferring the battle was partially spiritual. What I was fighting was a demonic invasion of my soul. I thought if I was to be delivered I'd best start taking my Christian faith more seriously so I repented of my sins, started going to Church regularly and began to tithe on a consistent basis. I sought the few ministers of deliverance who had insight into the problem range but they were too busy to see me. I became despondent for a lot of Church people didn't understand the spiritual component of schizophrenia and told me it was purely a physical tribulation to do the brain not working properly.
To cut a long story short, the Lord of late has been healing and delivering me from my mental illness. It has not been easy battling my demons on my own, still, the Lord has been giving me a measure of grace to hang in there whilst the restoration of my mind is going on.
**My message to schizophrenics today is that Jesus Christ is still in the healing and deliverance business. Turn to him in faith, find Christians with discernment, and pray until there is a breakthrough. It might not happen over night, but it will happen for Jesus did not lie when he said:
"I have come that you might have life, and life more abundantly."
Regards:::Murray Dennett
