“I preached faith to others every Sunday. Then, my own faith was tested in the deepest way.”
As a respected pastor in Kenya, I had always believed in the power of prayer, healing, and trusting God—even in hard times.
But I never imagined that my own family would become the biggest test of everything I preached.
It began quietly. My father, once a strong and lively man, started changing. His body weakened, and his personality turned dark and distant. He became a shadow of himself. There was no clear sickness the doctors could name.
“It was as if a dark force had taken over him,” I remember saying to my wife.
Shortly after, my mother also became seriously sick. Hospitals could not explain her illness. Every test came back normal, yet her condition worsened every day. It felt like a spiritual battle had begun inside our home.
I was torn between fear and faith. As a pastor, people came to me for strength. But now, I was the one crying in the night, asking God why this was happening. I couldn’t preach on Sundays without thinking about the pain in my own heart.
“I felt cursed,” I said silently. “But I refused to give up on God.”
Instead of continuing with only medical help, I gathered my family and a few trusted church members for prayer and fasting. We prayed day and night, asking God to break any curse or evil that had entered our lives.
For days, we fasted and cried out to heaven.
Then, something changed. My father suddenly began to speak clearly again. He cried and confessed things he had never shared before. He felt free.
My mother’s condition also began to improve slowly. The heaviness that had hung over our home for weeks began to lift.
I realized that even as a pastor, I am still human. I can face battles. I can doubt. I can break. But God remains faithful.
“My struggle reminded me why I do what I do—not because I am perfect, but because I know the power of faith.”
Today, my parents are well. My home is filled with peace again. And my sermons come not just from the Bible, but from experience.
If you are going through a season of darkness in your life or family, don’t give up. Sometimes, your greatest test becomes your greatest testimony.
