In an interview, a woman named Judy, who is in her early twenties, narrates how her pastor ruined her marriage in the name of casting out evil spirits from her. Judy, a mother of two who’s currently out of marriage, shares her bitter story.
In an interview, Judy said she was married to a kind man when she was 16. He cared for her and took very good care of her and her kid. She said he loved her so very much and provided for all her needs.
They were Christians and did things like pray, go to church, pay their tithes, and were serious church goers. She would represent the family when her husband was out of town. Her pastor preyed on her by approaching her with the false claim that she was possessed by evil spirits and demons that needed to be cast out.
He told her she needed deliverance in order to cast out those evil spirits. He promised to anoint her with holy oil and rub it all over her. In doing so, he forced himself on her.
Judy felt guilty and decided to tell her husband what transpired: how their pastor slept with her. When she told her husband about the pastor who raped her in the name of casting out demons, she was beaten and thrown out of the house when he lost his temper.
Judy later found someone who married her and accepted her child. But after some time, the man became aggressive and started beating her every time. She left her husband and moved back in with her mom.
Judy blames “an apostle” for ruining her sweet marriage. She’s a single mother doing her best to make ends meet by doing odd jobs. She dreams of one day being financially independent and opening her own shop.
Do we always have to chase pastors to pray for us? Can’t we pray to God directly?
This is what the Holy Scriptures says at (Matthew 6:5-8): “5 Also, when you pray, do not act like the hypocrites, + for they like to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the main streets to be seen by men. + Truly I say to you; they have their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your private room and, after shutting your door, pray to your Father who is in secret. + Then your Father who looks on in secret will repay you. 7 When praying, do not say the same things over and over again as the people of the nations do, for they imagine they will get a hearing for their use of many words. 8 So do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need+ even before you ask him.”
Source: Auntykuma | Contributor
