Testimony Cristian Luca 2025 02 02 V2

God gives you the grace to overcome the weakness that wants to put you down as you came to the Church.

As I started to come to the Church, I began to experience freedom.

My problem was that I was addicted for many years to gambling.

It started when I was 16 years old and now I'm 37. In the beginning, I would go to small place near out house;

the person hired there used me; he wanted to take the money from that place through me.

He was not allowed to play as an employ so he used me to do his game.

This is how this addiction entered me !

As I was having some money I would go immediately.

I didn't want my family to know that I had this issue.

I always had some money put aside, from what I would bring in the house, so that I would continue playing.

In the beginning, I didn't realize how bad it was and as years passed I couldn't control it.

There was no progress in my life; everything was shut down.

Every money I would have was spent into this gambling; afterwards there was this burden upon me.

I lived a solely and double-standard life.

I remember a moment when I had some good money, in one morning I planned to go to Church (former one)

but instead to be in Church, on the way I arrived to gambling place.

I finished my money and the game there exactly when the Church finished. No Church and no money....

All these years I didn't win any money but I lost all; it's only a set-up that you believe that you will win.

Whatever you win at the moment you will loose it big time when you continue to practice it.

I believe that I lost a apartment worth in money since I started playing.

In my mind, I always believed that being a Christian is to go to Church on Sunday, to listen a sermon...

but now I know that is more; you need to be serious and start a process and in this way, I was set free.

I was baptized many years back, but no serious approach to any place.

Since I received the grace to serve as a worker here, the Hand of God lifted this burden and problem from me.

Do not get discouraged when it happens to fall, because the grace of God is sufficient to rise immediately

and continue the process. God is supporting your position when you want to truly overcome it.

God allowed and gave me the grace to be a worker in this Church; slowly I have prioritized being involved

and I received my deliverance and freedom.

In the beginning of my coming to this Church and starting to serve, I was fighting with going to casino

and coming to Church.

God gave me the power to say "No" as I was continuing coming to Church,

and when the temptations came to play again recently, to go and play with someone's else money

I could oppose the temptation, by the grace of God.

When I had money, I could not be close to a corner where there was a gambling place and hold myself.

God set me free and fully delivered me from addiction and I know I'm not bound anymore to this sin.

For so many years in the past, when money was in my pocket I had immediately enter to casino games

In the mighty name of Jesus Christ!

Father manifest your strength in his weakness and give him determination, in Jesus name!

Every chian of weakness be broken from you, in the name of Jesus Christ!

Even a week ago, some old 'friend' of mine told me, "Come with me, you don't need money, I have money"

I thank God I could say no and I felt that my deliverance was full!

Since I started coming to the Church, the Spirit started working more and more in me,

but when I said that last "no" to that temptation, I knew I was free!

My relationship with God has changed and I cand see things differently now.

Everything before in my relationship with God was very blurred, but know I can see the hand of God

entering in my life and even in my family life; know I'm not hiding anymore and all my tricks and deception.

When everything is transparent and opened is a different atmosphere.

My advice to those dealing with the same issues that I had, is to seek the face of God, for He delivers

Nobody else delivers, no human power can set us free; only with Him is possible!

Even if people want to be free, by themselves they cannot - God's intervention is needed!

I want to serve Him all my life!

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