Emily Campbell

Three years ago, I was born again. A man in the park came up to me and told me that Jesus loves me. He prayed for me, and then the next day, I woke up and felt a sense of freedom from the heavy burdens I carried. I felt amazing, and I knew this was God.

He saved me from dying. Days prior to this, I felt I was near the end. My body was tired and giving up, but then, God came for me, and I was saved. I started evangelism on the street in my area, praying for people and telling them what God did for me. The Holy Spirit was with me, and it was incredible. I felt loved like I’d never felt by anyone - no humans or animals can give you love like from the Holy Spirit - and I started sleeping at night the best I’d ever had.

I felt like I’d been searching for this love and care my entire life. It felt like this: It feels amazing when you walk on the earth, appreciating being alive, but when you worship God, you feel a deeper connection. The connection grows deeper and deeper, and he gives joy and happiness to everything around you. Everything - the clouds, the sunset, the nature - it all looks incredible, and you see it more in detail.

You feel more freedom in your life. God has a hedge of protection around you, anywhere and everywhere you go. I’ve realized that you can’t really know about the love and care God can give unless you are born again, giving up your sinful nature. He really knows how to brighten up my day - he puts a star near my bedroom every night now and shines the sun through my window every morning. It’s very sweet. I love it when he makes the clouds pink or the night sky purple.

Before I was a Christian, I had this feeling that something strange was in my head, in my brain. It would make my head shake all of the time as if something was pulling inside my brain. Because of this, I’d have a lot of social anxiety, and it caused me to drink alcohol. I felt embarrassed that my head was shaking around people. I felt so ashamed.

However, when I was born again, the Holy Spirit came, and that feeling was gone. I believe it was spirits inside my head (brain), making me have these embarrassing feelings, which therefore caused me to drink. I drank a lot due to embarrassment.

When I was 18, this feeling was still there. I didn’t know what it was, and I thought something must be wrong with me. I tried spiritual meditation and drugs to get rid of it. I felt nervous all the time, and my head was always shaking, and I didn’t know why.

But Jesus delivered me. He took it all away when I was saved. I would use alcohol to try to forget that I had this problem - sometimes we think there is something wrong with us, but there’s not. It’s actually spiritual, not mental or physical or emotional. God can help us! He can take away these problems. He did for me.