WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.320 Every time I tell this story, I am filled with tears. 00:00:04.320 --> 00:00:11.320 Even right now, I'm filled with tears because I never thought I would see this day. 00:00:12.760 --> 00:00:18.200 In the mighty name of Jesus Christ! 00:00:18.200 --> 00:00:21.840 That unclean spirit - you have no right to stay in her body. 00:00:21.840 --> 00:00:24.320 I say, get out right now! 00:00:24.320 --> 00:00:29.640 Be released in Jesus’ name! 00:00:29.640 --> 00:00:35.320 Be released, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ! 00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:43.640 Oh Holy Spirit, touch her right now - touch her spirit, soul and body. 00:00:43.640 --> 00:00:49.320 Liberate her soul! Liberate her spirit! Liberate her body! 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:53.520 That pain of the past - be released right now! 00:00:53.520 --> 00:01:01.280 Be set free right now! Be set free in Jesus’ mighty name! 00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:06.160 Thank You, Jesus. Our sister, you are free to the glory of God. 00:01:06.160 --> 00:01:10.840 Rejoice. Rejoice in your freedom! 00:01:10.840 --> 00:01:12.800 Thank You, Lord. 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:18.640 My name is Anita from Botswana. 00:01:18.640 --> 00:01:25.560 I graduated in 2017 and before I graduated, there is a process in our country where 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:32.040 we need to undergo an internship in order to graduate. 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:39.000 So I studied Journalism and Media, and I was opportune to do 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:43.840 my internship with a newspaper called Sunday Standard. 00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:51.040 After three months of my internship, I was given employment 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:56.480 without undergoing the process of applying or going through interviews. 00:01:56.480 --> 00:02:00.880 I really enjoyed my job and I still enjoy my job. 00:02:00.880 --> 00:02:07.880 As time went on, the whole world suffered from COVID, which changed a lot of things. 00:02:07.880 --> 00:02:13.000 Because of that, there was a shift in the atmosphere in how we were working, 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:16.840 as well as with payments and many other things. 00:02:16.840 --> 00:02:22.720 I started developing depression and I lost interest in the job that I was working in 00:02:22.720 --> 00:02:25.040 and the industry in which I was in. 00:02:25.040 --> 00:02:28.920 And then I decided to start applying for jobs 00:02:28.920 --> 00:02:33.640 so that I could go into other fields of communication. 00:02:33.640 --> 00:02:39.840 Unfortunately, from 2021 till this year, 00:02:39.840 --> 00:02:44.880 I was applying and I never received any letters - 00:02:44.880 --> 00:02:50.360 either a regret letter or just to acknowledge that they have seen my application. 00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:54.520 I would apply and never get any feedback. Nothing. 00:02:54.520 --> 00:03:02.480 There was a year, which was 2022, when I applied for over 200 jobs 00:03:02.480 --> 00:03:07.000 and not even one of them responded back. 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:13.680 I would send emails every week. I would be applying for jobs every week. 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:19.000 And I would never receive any email telling me that I had been shortlisted 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:21.680 or I should come for an interview or whatsoever. 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:25.360 It was really depressing and I didn't know what was wrong. 00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:28.240 I didn't lose hope and I didn't lose faith. 00:03:28.240 --> 00:03:31.280 I continued to apply. I continued praying, 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:34.160 I just believed that one day, there would be change. 00:03:34.160 --> 00:03:36.360 I was also suffering from nightmares. 00:03:36.360 --> 00:03:42.360 In these nightmares, I would see myself in dreams having sexual intercourse. 00:03:42.360 --> 00:03:45.000 It could be with people I didn’t know. 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:54.360 Sometimes, it would be with demons or creatures I couldn’t recognise. 00:03:54.360 --> 00:03:58.120 I didn't tell anyone, not even my mother or family, 00:03:58.120 --> 00:04:02.240 because I was afraid of what they would think or say. 00:04:02.240 --> 00:04:06.600 So If I refused, I would wake up sometimes with bruises. 00:04:06.600 --> 00:04:12.960 Sometimes I would be in a position where I saw these entities 00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:16.320 having sexual intercourse and I was not taking part in it. 00:04:16.320 --> 00:04:23.840 And whenever I saw such a thing, I would not see anything good coming my way. 00:04:23.840 --> 00:04:30.680 In the beginning of this year in January, my mother introduced me to God's Heart TV 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:35.320 and she told me about the Interactive Prayer with Brother Chris. 00:04:35.320 --> 00:04:41.320 I sent a prayer request for Interactive Prayer. I didn’t think much of it, honestly. 00:04:41.320 --> 00:04:49.000 For me, it was just like any other prayer or church service I’d been involved in. 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:57.720 On January 30, I sent out an application to be part of a youth leadership training program. 00:04:57.720 --> 00:05:02.120 And after that, three days later, I received an email to be part 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:06.800 of the Interactive Prayer Service with Brother Chris, which I joined. 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:09.440 Physically, nothing special happened. 00:05:09.440 --> 00:05:13.800 I didn't shake. I didn't vomit. I didn't... nothing. 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:21.080 It was just a normal prayer that I joined and I didn't take anything into consideration. 00:05:21.080 --> 00:05:25.320 Little did I know that God was working behind the scenes for me. 00:05:25.320 --> 00:05:30.040 Every time I tell this story, I am filled with tears. 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:36.280 Even right now, I'm filled with tears because I never thought I would see this day. 00:05:36.280 --> 00:05:41.680 On February 21, a week after the Interactive Prayer Service, 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:45.880 I received my first call to come for an interview. 00:05:45.880 --> 00:05:50.560 Apparently, that interview session lasted for three days. 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:52.240 I came on the last day. 00:05:52.240 --> 00:05:57.160 As much as there was a lot of people, there was no fear within me. 00:05:57.160 --> 00:06:02.280 For me, I felt like the fact that I made it to this interview after so long, 00:06:02.280 --> 00:06:08.040 after three years of applying and not receiving anything - it was enough for me. 00:06:08.040 --> 00:06:11.800 It shows that God has truly turned my case around. 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:19.360 I walked into the interview room and the panel were so shocked that I was smiling. 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:23.200 They didn't know why I was smiling because everyone who walked in 00:06:23.200 --> 00:06:28.360 was having serious faces, and I was the only one who smiled. 00:06:28.360 --> 00:06:32.480 And they were asking, ‘Why are you smiling? Why are you so happy?’ 00:06:32.480 --> 00:06:35.200 I couldn't even tell them why I was happy. 00:06:35.200 --> 00:06:41.240 I just sat down, carried on with the interview and I went back home. 00:06:41.240 --> 00:06:47.600 And the shocking thing is, unlike other interviews, mine lasted for about ten minutes. 00:06:47.600 --> 00:06:50.440 Others were less than five minutes. 00:06:50.440 --> 00:06:55.000 So when I heard others saying the interview was short, 00:06:55.000 --> 00:06:57.680 I said to myself, ‘Did I say something wrong? 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:00.840 Did they have to correct a lot of things?’ 00:07:00.840 --> 00:07:07.560 But little did I know I was accepted for the program, 00:07:07.560 --> 00:07:11.240 to be part of the Youth Leadership Training Program. 00:07:11.240 --> 00:07:17.600 It's a nine month leadership training program offered by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Botswana. 00:07:17.600 --> 00:07:24.280 And they gave me this opportunity to be part of 20 youths of Botswana 00:07:24.280 --> 00:07:27.600 to participate in this nine month program. 00:07:27.600 --> 00:07:31.000 I forgot to mention that while all this was happening, 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:33.400 because it was happening week after week, 00:07:33.400 --> 00:07:39.720 I was also opportune to be part of a special Interactive Prayer with Brother Chris. 00:07:39.720 --> 00:07:43.240 I joined in that prayer session. 00:07:43.240 --> 00:07:48.960 I have never experienced those dreams again till today. 00:07:48.960 --> 00:07:53.680 I sleep peacefully. I don’t wake up with scars or anything. 00:07:53.680 --> 00:07:58.760 Even on the day when I received the email that I had been accepted, 00:07:58.760 --> 00:08:06.800 instead of having those bad dreams, I was awarded a white envelope in my dream. 00:08:06.800 --> 00:08:11.440 And after I received that white envelope, the following day I received an email 00:08:11.440 --> 00:08:15.720 saying that I had been accepted in the training session. 00:08:15.720 --> 00:08:20.560 In terms of my career, I've been a journalist for the past seven years. 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:25.040 And in the seven years, I had never received any recognition. 00:08:25.040 --> 00:08:28.440 I was just like any other journalist. 00:08:28.440 --> 00:08:32.840 But lo and behold, on March 19, 00:08:32.840 --> 00:08:39.080 I received an email that I was nominated for the first time in my life to receive an award. 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:47.640 I prayed about it, and on March 23, I was awarded the ‘Vunani Annual 00:08:47.640 --> 00:08:51.840 Botswana Woman’s Sports Award’ as Journalist Of The Year, Print. 00:08:51.840 --> 00:08:57.240 And here is the award - my first ever award! 00:08:57.240 --> 00:09:04.280 It is over all Botswana but this one is the sports category because I'm a sports journalist. 00:09:04.280 --> 00:09:11.840 In 2020, I joined a nonprofit organisation called Young African Leaders Forum. 00:09:11.840 --> 00:09:16.000 This is a nonprofit, youth led organisation, 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:22.800 which empowers the youth of Africa within the continent as well as the diaspora. 00:09:22.800 --> 00:09:27.560 We advocate for the needs of others and we encourage the youth 00:09:27.560 --> 00:09:31.720 to just participate in the country, in society. 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:38.280 I was doing this work for free. I was just volunteering for this job. 00:09:38.280 --> 00:09:40.320 I didn't think anything of it. 00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:43.640 And in this process, I was using my resources. 00:09:43.640 --> 00:09:52.360 On April 18, I was appointed the Regional Coordinator for the Southern Region of Africa 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:58.720 for a two year period, to lead summits in this region 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:03.440 The youth of the Southern African Region is my responsibility. 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:11.400 And to add on it, I am preparing a summit that will be hosted in Zambia in November 00:10:11.400 --> 00:10:17.200 for the first time in Southern Africa, and it can only be by the glory of God. 00:10:17.200 --> 00:10:19.360 This one comes with payment. 00:10:19.360 --> 00:10:21.120 For this appointment, I will be paid. 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:24.840 I will also be paid for being an ambassador for my country. 00:10:24.840 --> 00:10:27.120 It’s actually two payments at once. 00:10:27.120 --> 00:10:31.280 So what's your advice to our people who have joined us today from all over the world 00:10:31.280 --> 00:10:34.280 about what Jesus Christ can do in their lives? 00:10:34.280 --> 00:10:41.240 First and foremost, when I took part in the first Interactive Prayer, I did one thing - 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:44.560 one thing that changed my entire life. 00:10:44.560 --> 00:10:48.360 I surrendered to God and I opened my heart. 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:52.160 Those were the keys to unlocking my blessings. 00:10:52.160 --> 00:10:56.960 Had I not done that, I don't know if I would be here to testify. 00:10:56.960 --> 00:11:01.360 So I would encourage everyone to search deep down in their hearts 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:03.520 and to surrender everything to God. 00:11:03.520 --> 00:11:08.480 I want you to know that disappointment doesn't mean God has forgotten you. 00:11:08.480 --> 00:11:10.800 Everything has its own time. 00:11:10.800 --> 00:11:16.600 God managed to shower me with blessings in a period of three months, 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:21.440 For many people, it would take a longer time to achieve whatever I achieved. 00:11:21.440 --> 00:11:27.880 So I would encourage you to keep on going, to keep on praying and to keep on believing. 00:11:27.880 --> 00:11:32.680 Don’t hold back or doubt God in anything. 00:11:32.680 --> 00:11:37.480 God is capable of changing your story in a blink of an eye. 00:11:37.480 --> 00:11:42.920 It doesn't take Him a long time to change your story. 00:11:42.920 --> 00:11:48.680 If we can just reposition ourselves, we will get everything that we need from God.