Chad was Healed From Drug Addiction

During my last years at school I started going to rave parties and discos. This led to taking social drugs such as alcohol, marijuana, lSD, ecstasy, speed and cocaine. As time went on I became even more involved in the drug-taking lifestyle but I was fast tiring of it. The drugs affected my health, I suffered from a back complaint - the ecstasy tablets dehydrated my spinal fluid, and some mornings I had difficulty just bending over to wash my face. I was becoming very dependant on drugs, and couldn’t go out socially unless I was under their influence despite the effect they had on me physically. I knew that there must be a better way to live.

When I was 19, I injured my ankle playing rugby union and went to the gym for rehabilitation. My instructor told me about miracles that he had experienced and that I needed to receive the Holy Spirit. I kept thinking about what he’d told me about being ‘born again’ and that there was a way for old things to become new. I attended my first meeting and saw people who were happy, singing and glad to be in church. I was baptised fully under the water. I felt a weight lift from my shoulders and felt extremely clean, I knew that I had made a good decision. Soon after that I prayed for the Holy Spirit and started to speak in a different language. I felt a power go through me and I knew that I was never going to be the same again; I knew I’d been ‘born again’. I was healed from all the back pain and the desire for alcohol, drugs and my old music left me. I saw the vanity of rave parties and discos.

God gave me a new way of thinking and a hope that I can share with other people. I never

thought that God could change my life in the way that he has. I am now married and have children of my own. I can parent with confidence because the Bible is my guide in life. God is my foundation and my guide in all my decision-making, and he has blessed me so much.

Chad is a member of The Revival Fellowship - Adelaide, South Australia