"And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light." - ‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭11:14‬‬

This is a bonus story that I was debating on posting about what I believe was a demon living in my head for a good while before I became a Christian. Fortunately, it's gone now, but when it was living in my head, I didn't even know it was demonic, which is the scary part.

I tried to tell my family about this for years, but this particular story happened to me when I was a child, so, unfortunately, my family didn't believe me and thought I was making it up.

When I was little, I had these eerily realistic recurring dreams and lifelike-sounding voices in my head that I believed were me in a past life for years. I dreamed that I was an elderly woman (she had a different name, but I can't remember it and frankly don't want to remember it) who had a very specific appearance and spent time at a casino with a bar a lot with her friends. (Mind you, I was only a child when I had these creepy dreams and had obviously never been in a casino/bar, much less gambled/drank before.)

She always had a unique appearance. She had silvery, permed hair and wearing a blue blouse, blue jeans, chandelier earrings, and glasses. She also tended to wear red lipstick. She had a distinct sounding voice with a slightly raspy, southern US accent, a unique laugh, stubborn, headstrong personality, but she was friendly when you got to know her. I'm not entirely sure (I don't want to try to stalk this woman), but I believe she was an actual person who passed away because there are many other unique details to this woman.

In the dream, she was at a casino, at a machine. She'd gamble large amounts of money repeatedly, but her friends kept telling her that she was losing money. She'd be stubborn and keep going. Eventually, she'd get up and go over to a nearby bar with a group of friends, where'd they laugh and talk for a while before leaving the casino. She'd get into the passenger seat of a silver four-door sports car with her friends. The car would be hit by an oncoming car on her side of the car and kill her instantly. The last thing I saw was her driving friend coming over to her and screaming and crying.

I'd also hear this lady's voice in my head, talking to me and trying to convince me that I was her in a "past life." She'd tell me to do things, like trying to convince my parents she was there or try to do "adult things." She kept telling me to try to convince people she was there in my head until they listened.

When I became a Christian, I stopped having these dreams, and when I heard these voices, I would just try to ignore them. One day the voice said, "would you want someone to ignore your voice like this after you die?"

I told the voice to leave me alone in God's name, and I haven't seen any signs of it since, but I'm here urging you that if you have/had a similar experience or say you can talk to the dead or hear strange voices and so on, The voices might claim to be dead people/ghosts/past lives etc., but it's more than likely a demon trying to trick you. If you have an encounter like this, please seek deliverance from God.

I thought I had to say this because I keep seeing videos and articles and so on in media (and even a little boy on the news recently) about "mediums" and people who lived "past lives" and believing in them, but it's not safe to play with things like that. We need to keep our eyes out.