Sereana Nakauta

Praise the Lord to all readers!!!!!!!

My name is Sister Sereana Nakauta. I am a member of the Caubati House meeting and attend the Suva Center, Fiji. I am 43 years old and married with 5 children. I lost one child to illness within the year of her birth. My husband is a teacher by profession and a God –fearing man.

I am honored and excited to share my life’s testimony because of the life changing experiences I went through when I received the Holy Spirit. The evidence through signs, wonders and healings that occurred to me just as the Lord Jesus Christ promised was different from my past religious experiences. This story is worth telling and could be true to you too if you believe just as I did.

My story

I received the Holy Spirit on the 26 of October 2018, with the Biblical evidence of speaking in tongues. The promise in Isaiah 28:12 is true as I felt peace within me and I was refreshed instantly. I could not explain the peace and joy that I felt within me. Tears rolling down my face that day was my only response to the situation. I finally found something I had been searching for in a long time –the Holy Spirit.

I was baptized on the same night at 11:30pm with all my family members to fulfil what Jesus told Nicodemus in John 3:5; “Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” Miracles began instantly during water baptism. Before baptism, I protested that I was too sick (stroke on the left side of the body) to be baptized. After being convinced by the elders, I agreed and emerging from the water, I felt something like hot water running from the top of my head throughout my whole body to my feet. It was unusual and unexplainable. I could move my left hand and I could feel all my senses on the left side of my body. A miracle had just happened and God had healed me.

I was a Christian all my life searching for meaning in life. I went from church to church looking for answers. I immersed myself in bible teachings and practices My husband was even ordained as a pastor in one of these churches, but we felt something missing in our lives. We were just like the family of Cornelius in Acts 10.

The truth was finally revealed to me in a mysterious way. I met this Spirit-filled woman in hospital who shared to me the gospel of salvation and also volunteered to massage my body. A young church leader who this woman arranged also confirmed to me and my Pastor husband that all we needed was the Holy Spirit.

The message was different but simple. It was a new message. The Kingdom of God and how to enter into it as stated in John 3: 3-5, Acts 1:8, Acts 2:4, Acts, 10, Acts 19: 1-2 and Titus 3:5. There was a bit of hesitation on our part as some family members opposed the idea. But the Lord persisted and the rest is history. Despite my doubts and objections, I was finally prayed upon by elders through the laying of hands and was filled with the Holy Ghost evidenced by speaking in other tongues.

From that day until today, changes have happened daily as the Holy Spirit began His work to transform me to be a Kingdom citizen fulfilling Galatians 5:22 -23. My old life was fading away and new things are happening in my life today (2 Corinthians 5:17)

God had answered our prayers by allowing that sickness in my body to enable us to receive the answer to our prayers. And that is to be Spirit filled, be baptized to enter into the Kingdom of God and live a life led by the Holy Spirit fulfilling John 4:24: “God is Spirit and those who worship him must worship him in Spirit and in truth”.

My challenge to You

Friends, you may be saying, “I am going through the same thing”. Do not be disheartened. There is a way out. Acts 1:8 “says that you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you”. Without the Holy Spirit you cannot solve those problems because you do not have the power. You may be going to church but you are not Spirit- filled. I was like you but I found the Way. So I am challenging you today to make the right decision and desire to be filled with the Holy Spirit and go through water baptism for the healing to your body and salvation to your soul. (Titus 3:5)

Thank you for reading and making the right decision today.