14/07/2026
Read Victoria's story of how Jesus set her free from fear, addiction and Occult blood pacts, and how she is now helping others to be powerfully set free through Freedom & Fire at one of our location hubs!!...........
I grew up in an abusive and traumatic home that left deep wounds. Those wounds eventually led me into alcohol and drug addiction, a failed marriage, and what I came to understand as spiritual bo***ge that repeatedly tried to destroy my life.
Throughout my years of addiction, I often became aware of spiritual realities that I could not explain. I would see patterns in people, situations and environments that seemed far beyond ordinary observation. At times I sensed the agendas behind destructive behaviours, and I experienced impressions that I now believe the Lord was allowing me to see. I didn’t understand any of it then. The Lord never asked me to speak about what I was seeing. He simply taught me to watch, observe and stay close to Him. Looking back now, I can see that He was quietly preparing me long before I realised what He was doing.
Even after becoming a Christian, I remained aware of intense spiritual oppression. Then I had a radical encounter with Jesus for the second time in my life. While something deeply traumatic was happening to my body, Jesus was with me the entire time, telling me to keep my eyes fixed on Him no matter what. He didn’t allow me to remember every detail, but afterwards He revealed to me aspects of the spiritual realities I had been facing. For a season He kept me hidden in the secret place with Him and did not permit me to speak openly about what had happened.
About a year later, after I had become firmly planted in a local church, that encounter came full circle. I realised He had me in training for something very specific, although I still didn’t fully understand what that would be.
When my church offered the opportunity to travel from Christchurch to Tauranga for Freedom and Fire training and ministry, I went with one simple goal: I wanted to understand deliverance. I believed the Lord was asking me to learn about it, but I had no idea how the ministry actually worked or what the biblical foundations were.
The moment I stepped into that training, years of unanswered questions began falling into place. It felt as though I had walked into the room carrying hundreds of puzzle pieces, and suddenly they started fitting together. I realised that throughout my life the Lord had been patiently teaching me to recognise the spiritual realm through His perspective rather than through fear or worldly understanding. Everything began making sense through the person of Jesus Christ and the authority of His finished work on the cross.
During my own deliverance ministry, generational issues, spiritual strongholds and areas of bo***ge were brought before Jesus. Through forgiveness, renunciation, Scripture, prayer and communion, I experienced the power of Christ’s finished work in a deeply personal way. I experienced freedom from rejection, terror, fear and occult blood pacts that were assigned to destroy me. More than anything, I encountered the love, gentleness and authority of Jesus.
Communion became especially significant throughout the ministry session. As I remembered Christ’s body broken for me and His blood shed for me, the finished work of the cross became more than a theological truth. It became something deeply personal. I experienced His healing in a way I cannot fully explain. His body was broken so that what had been broken in me could begin to be restored.
The weeks following my deliverance were not without challenges. The first month involved a significant dismantling of long-held strongholds of the mind. Yet through every step the Lord remained completely faithful. His presence became more tangible than ever before, and my relationship with Him has continued to deepen.
Since then I have begun studying theology because I want to understand the Scriptures more deeply and know Jesus more fully. The more I study the Gospels, the more I see how central deliverance, healing and restoration were to Jesus’ earthly ministry. I have also grown in my understanding of the Father’s heart and the work of the Holy Spirit, who continually points us back to Christ.
My life of intercession has also changed dramatically. What once felt like a lonely burden has become a place of deep partnership with the Lord. More than anything, He has given me a growing burden for people who are living under oppression and don’t yet know the freedom available in Christ. My heart continually breaks for believers who are carrying burdens that Jesus longs to lift.
As I have continued training with Freedom and Fire under the oversight of my local church, I have had the privilege of serving in deliverance ministry alongside experienced leaders. Every ministry session reminds me that I am completely dependent on the wisdom, discernment and leading of the Holy Spirit. My role is never to replace what Jesus does but simply to serve Him as He brings people into freedom.
I am profoundly grateful to the Freedom and Fire team in Tauranga for the way they have invested in me with humility, transparency and genuine love for Christ. They have continually pointed me back to Jesus and reminded me that deliverance is never about people or personalities. It is always about the finished work of the cross and the freedom that Christ has purchased for His children.
