Alex Valdez

Testimony%3A+I+was+raised+in+a+Christian+home%2C+by+godly+parents%2C+but+I+turned+away+from+my+God+by+way+of+falling+into+an+addiction.+My+parents+specifically+told+me+not+to+do+something%2C+but+I+disobeyed+them+in+secret.+Eventually+I+became+bound+to+that+sin+at+around+age+13.+This+also+led+to+other+sin.+For+four+years+I+was+addicted+and+was+a+slave+to+sin.+I+was+sick+of+it%2C+but+I+couldn%5C%27t+quit%2C+I+had+tried+time+%26+time+again.+One+night+I+had+a+nightmare%2C+in+that+nightmare+I+saw+what+seemed+to+be+myself+being+imprisoned+by+a+man+with+a+crooked+figure+%26+distorted+face.+He+told+me+as+he+placed+me+in+an+unbreakable+glass+chamber+located+in+a+dungeon%2C+%5C%22+Now+you+are+going+to+stay+here+forever.%5C%22+In+tears+%26+sweat%2C+I+woke+out+of+that+nightmare%2C+and+told+myself+I+cannot+live+like+this+anylonger.+I+ratted+myself+out+to+my+mom%2C+which+I+believe+God+was+moving+me+to+do.+I+told+her+everything%2C+which+was+really+hard%2C+but+I+really+thank+God+I+did.+She+lovingly+told+me+that+Jesus+could+forgive+me%2C+and+that+I+needed+to+put+away+my+sin.+I+didn%5C%27t+know+where+to+go+from+there.+The+same+day+or+some+days+later+since+I+told+my+mom%2C+my+brother+told+me+about+an+Encounter.+He+explained+how+he+encountered+God+who+moved+in+power+and+was+able+to+deliver+him+from+sin.+My+brother+also+told+me+how+he+encountered+others%2C+and+how+he%5C%27s+with+family+in+Christ+as+in+the+Word.+All+I+knew+was+that+if+it+was+God+at+that+Encounter%2C+He+has+to+work%3B+He+has+the+power+to+save%2C+deliver%2C+and+heal+.+I+already+tried+on+my+own+strength+to+free+myself%2C+so+I+decided+to+go.+Praise+God+I+am+now+free.+I+am+delivered%3B+I+no+longer+have+to+obey+sin.+Whom+the+son+sets+free+is+free+indeed%21