Hello. May the peace of the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth be with you. The translation covers Sister Paula's testimony, her reported spiritual experience, the message about repentance and forgiveness, Daniel's faithfulness, and the closing prayers.
Sister Paula's testimony: It is with great fear and trembling that I stand here before God to share this with my brothers and sisters. Many people wanted me to share this testimony personally, but I asked the Lord that it would be according to his will and that I would share it when the pastor instructed me to do so in obedience to his authority as well.
My brothers and sisters, that night we had a blessed church service. It was a very powerful service. The following day there was going to be a birthday celebration for the children, Maria and Ella. I went home to take care of some chores. I was deeply impacted by the church service we had experienced. I also needed to finish my work because the next day I was going to help my sisters over at Cana.
While doing my chores, I listened to the church service again. I meditated on what had happened and spoke with the Lord. I was also thinking about what Pastor Flavia had said, that someone was going to have a spiritual experience. But I believe that many of us sometimes don't consider ourselves worthy or capable of receiving such a powerful experience from the Lord. So I continued thinking about it, speaking with the Lord, meditating, and doing my household chores while listening to the service once again.
After finishing my work, I went to pray and read the word of God. It was already very late. I said, "Lord, I want to sleep because tomorrow I need to wake up early," but something was troubling me and I didn't know what it was. I didn't know whether it was anxiety because I was going to Cana the next day. I felt this distress inside me. I prayed and spoke with the Lord, and once again I remembered Pastor Flavio's words.
At my previous church, I had often received revelations that I would have experiences with God. But I think we sometimes become nervous or anxious about having experiences with God. I believe everyone here asks God for their own experiences, experiences through which they can testify about true words that come from heaven. I prayed, and although I was very tired, suddenly I felt a very strong pain in the back of my neck and throughout my body.
I thought, "My God, I am so anxious that I am even experiencing pain when trying to sleep." Then I lay down. As soon as I lay down, I heard a thunderous voice coming from beyond. I had barely closed my eyes when Satan shouted from the distance. And suddenly, my brothers and sisters, I fell to my knees in hell. I fell to my knees and found myself staring at an enormous gigantic throne where Satan was sitting.
Some people say that there are places in hell where you can walk without fire. But there, my brothers and sisters, everything burns. There is no place, no space where there is no fire. Anyone who thinks they will arrive there and find a comfortable place or that Satan will give them a throne of glory is believing a lie. It is a lie. Because everything burns. It is nothing but fire. When I fell to my knees, I heard Satan begin to speak.
He said, "Do you think I don't see the way you look at one another? Do you think I don't know your intentions?" Now, someone might say, "Sister Paula, but Satan cannot hear our thoughts." That is true. He cannot hear our thoughts. He does not know them, but he knows how to interpret our actions. My brothers and sisters, he knows how we look at one another, often with judgmental eyes. He observes these things.
And just as there is an angel recording our lives, Satan is also writing things down, recording all our attitudes and actions inside the church, outside the church, wherever we are, wherever we step, wherever we go. He is there observing us. Because if we think we can live any way we want and still go to heaven, we are mistaken. At that moment, I remembered what Pastor Flavia had said: "But God will be with you." I remembered those words and cried out to the Lord. I was already on my knees, feeling as though I was burning.
I don't know whether my hands were burning because of the power of God or because of the fire. I will not tell you it was God's power because I honestly cannot remember, but I remember feeling my arms burning. I raised my arms toward heaven and cried, "Lord, have mercy on me, Jesus. The pastor said that if I cried out to you, you would help me." And that is exactly what I did.
Immediately afterward, I woke up in my bedroom. I was back in my room. I remained completely still. I could not move. I could only look at the ceiling and the walls. I kept saying to myself, "My God, I'm in my room. I'm in my room. I'm in my room." But I could not move. I could not speak. It even felt as though I could not breathe. Only my eyes were open. I kept repeating, "I'm in my room. I'm in my room." Then I threw myself off the bed because I couldn't move properly, and I fell to my knees.
Just as I had fallen to my knees in hell, I now found myself kneeling beside my bed. I wanted to cry out to the Lord, but I couldn't. I tried to stand up. "Lord, help me. Please, Lord, help me move." Then I went to the bathroom. I stood there looking at everything, trying to make sure that I really was back in my bedroom, in my own house. I went into the bathroom and then returned. It wasn't because I needed anything. I just wanted to move around and confirm that I was truly back on Earth. Because I could hardly believe it.
I returned to my bedroom and fell to my knees. Then I began asking God for forgiveness. "Lord, forgive me. Forgive me. Forgive me." Forgiveness was the only word that came out of my mouth. I couldn't say anything else. I just cried and cried. The experience itself was very brief, very quick, my brothers and sisters, but I remember that it was 2:30 a.m. when I lay down. When I woke up and eventually returned to normal, I checked my phone. It was already 4:30 a.m. So I cannot tell you exactly how long I was there because I don't remember, but I do remember that it was 4:30 a.m. And I continued crying. I couldn't stop crying, and I couldn't stop asking God for forgiveness.
The Lord spoke to me: "My daughter, do you think you can live any way you please and still be taken up to heaven? It is no use simply attending church while living carelessly. It is no use wearing a dress or a suit to church. It is no use being in church every single day if your heart is not right. Because the Lord knows our thoughts. He searches our hearts. He knows what we think. He knows our intentions as his servants." And he said, "I showed you this because you cannot enter heaven just any way you choose."
Before this message was for all of you, it was first for me. That call to put things right with God came to me first. And the Lord said, "Tell my children that I want a sincere heart, a truthful heart, a heart that asks forgiveness from brothers and sisters. Forgive one another. Forgive yourselves. Ask for forgiveness and make peace with one another, because clothing will not take anyone to heaven. Neither will belonging to a particular church denomination. What matters is a heart that the Holy Spirit can search and find truth and sincerity within."
We make mistakes. We fail because we are sinners. We were born into a sinful world. But we have a God in our lives who asks us to be truthful and sincere with one another. We must not hold bitterness, hatred, or anger in our hearts under any circumstances. We must look at our neighbors with sincerity, truth, and reverence, because the Lord is the one who has authority over our souls. He is the one who searches us wherever we are: in our bedrooms, in our homes, at work, and even here inside the church, especially here where we kneel down and speak with him.
My brothers and sisters, do not take these things lightly. Do not take them lightly. That place is very real. It is very real. And Satan has no mercy. But our Lord has mercy on our lives today. When we turn our thoughts and hearts toward him, he forgives us. But Satan does not forgive. When someone arrives there, he will show no mercy, and repentance will be too late, my brothers and sisters. Ask for forgiveness. Cleanse your garments, because your garments must be pure and white. The Lord asks that our hearts be clean, free from wickedness, free from hypocrisy, and free from lies.
When you embrace someone, that embrace must be sincere. When you forgive someone, that forgiveness must be genuine, because the Lord will not accept forgiveness that is only spoken with the lips. And he said, "I do not accept things done carelessly or insincerely." Many people have already had experiences with the Lord Jesus and know that he is righteous and just. Examine your own heart.
So my brothers and sisters, I continued listening to the Lord. The Lord told me many things, but there are things I cannot share. Let each person examine themselves. Let each person look deep within their own heart. Put your lives right with God. Ask the Lord to show you where you are failing. Because since that day, I have constantly been examining myself and praying, "Lord, correct me. Please, Lord, cleanse me. Please, Jesus." Because ever since I accepted you as my Lord, I have asked you to cleanse me more and more.
And when you see a brother or sister making a mistake, help them with love, with obedience to the Lord Jesus, and the desire to reach heaven. Help one another, because human beings are imperfect. Sometimes people are proud. Sometimes they do not know how to ask for forgiveness. Sometimes they do not know how to acknowledge that they are wrong, but help one another, embrace one another, and long for that wonderful heaven. Because our Lord is merciful. He is waiting for each one of us there.
But we have faults here on earth. Yes, we do. None of us is perfect, because if we were perfect, we would already be in heaven with our Lord. And he brings us this warning in these last days so that we may one day live with him in glory, so that we may be there with him, so that I may embrace each one of you and we may embrace one another there. And we will celebrate and rejoice because we have overcome. We have overcome this evil world.
And so that this testimony would not rest only on my own words, when I returned from that experience, I asked the Lord to give me a passage from his word. At first, I confess to you, my brothers and sisters, that I did not understand it. But I kept that passage in my heart and shared it with a few brothers and sisters. I would like to read from the book of Daniel. . The Lord brought this passage to me after I had cried so much. It is a very well-known passage. Praised be the name of the Lord. Amen.
My brothers and sisters, : "When Daniel learned that the decree had been signed, he went home to his upstairs room. The windows were open toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he knelt down, prayed, and gave thanks before his God, just as he had always done." That is the passage.
My brothers and sisters, I read this passage many times, and I asked the Lord to give me understanding of what he still wanted to say to me and to all of us. Then during the next church service, Pastor Flavio spoke about Daniel, and he said something very powerful that confirmed the message. Daniel was faithful to God. Daniel prayed. He did not merely seek God. He entered the lion's den because he was faithful to God. And we also must be faithful to God.
The Lord asks us to be genuinely faithful to him. When we seek him, we must be faithful to him in everything, in our hearts and in our lives. May we seek him more and more every day. May we strive to have the same faithfulness that Daniel had toward the Lord. Because to enter the lion's den and come out glorifying the name of the Lord requires faithfulness to him, my brothers and sisters, and that is what I understood the Lord wanted to tell us: faithfulness to the Lord Jesus.
Do not seek to please men and women. Instead, seek to please our Lord Jesus. Let faithfulness to the Lord fill your hearts in everything you do, with every step you take, and at every moment of your lives.
My brothers and sisters, this church has been raised up in these last days. I know that I am not here to glorify any person. But we know that this is a church where the truth is still preached, where people seek to live according to the truth, and where people are striving to reach heaven. So be faithful, my brothers and sisters. Because Satan comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. Nothing more than that.
You might ask, "Sister Paula, why are you saying these things when everyone here already serves God?" Because as we were taught in today's service, the human heart is deceitful. The hearts of both men and women can be deceitful. And sometimes people allow their pride to grow because they preach or because they cast out demons. But the Lord said that he is searching the heart of every person here. So be faithful to the Lord Jesus Christ. Remain faithful to him, because he is the one who will take us up to heaven. He is the one who will bring us into his presence.
My brothers and sisters, trust in the Lord with all your heart. Ask for forgiveness. If there is something you need to put right, ask sincerely. Whether it involves a neighbor, a friend, or a family member, I do not know, but ask for forgiveness. Humble yourselves, because the one who humbles themselves will be exalted by God. The Lord draws near to a broken and contrite heart. It does not matter what sin you have committed. It does not matter what you have done or failed to do. The Lord forgives our mistakes and failures when we come to him sincerely.
So this is the message and testimony I wanted to leave with you. I want to thank God for this opportunity. And I also want to thank Pastor Flavio. Glory to God. Amen.
