My Encounter With The Devil

Matt Fradd sits down with Dr. Paul Thigpen to discuss a whole host of interesting things: how he became an atheist at the age of 12; why he gave his life to Christ; his encounters with the Devil, and the current crisis in the Catholic Church.

[pintswithaquinas]

Saint Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle.
Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray;
and do Thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host,
by the Divine Power of God,
cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits
who roam throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls.

Amen

[fsnicolas]

I had a very similar experience when I went through a Catholic renewal seminar and became more serious about my relationship with Jesus. I was awakened from sleep sensing a presence in my room pressing down on my chest making it hard for me to breathe. Almost immediately, a thought came to mind about calling out to Jesus. I tried to speak but found myself unable to. The third time I tried I was able to whisper "Jesus" and the presence suddenly lifted from my chest. I could still feel it in my room but at least it wasn't on my person.
"All who call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."

[mikemj]

Same thing happened to me twice when I was in uni when I was finishing my night prayers, I called on the name of Jesus and it disappeared. Truly every knee shall bow at His name

[SyriaTruth]

Very important topic... I've had a similar experience with the enemy attacking me, and discovering my utter powerlessness without the Lord. Thank God for our Catholic faith and the absolute, eternal victory of Jesus at Calvary conferred to all who believe!

[mtomas]

I had very similar experience, but at the crucial point, when I was almost paralyzed, someone put into me this thought "Jesus". I started to repeat it in my thoughts and I felt stronger and stronger with each time I thought the name of God and at the same time I felt the darkness is loosing grip on me and retreating. Interesting, I noticed that these attacks tend to happen when I return home after an hour of night Adoration.

[pipeandaprayer]

That head to toe experience happened to me but with Light. As a teenager, son of an Episcopal priest, I attended a Catholic Charismatic prayer group with my mom, who was also Episcopalian. The Holy Spirit began to fill me from the top of my head down to my toes, but it missed my heart. It was like an electric current. I was troubled that the Spirit didn’t take my heart and prayed, “Please take all of me, fill my heart”. At that moment, it filled my heart and I was in a sense of total peace. I joined the Catholic Church a year later.

[Cracyfox]

I certainly needed to see and hear this today. I am in a dark place, have been for some years, plus have many health issues. Have tried to be strong in the Lord, however, the weight of burden consumes my days. With each passing day I feel I'm slipping further into hell or rather pulled down into hell and whatever I try to do nothing seems to work. Having lost my wife due to her friends consistent willful untruths, rarely see my daughter and grandchildren and seeing less of my son. Apart from all this, I had to leave a job I loved after becoming ill after my Father's death. My work was shift work and 12 hour days/nights, I took my father to a city hospital for cancer treatment fortnightly which took a toll on me. Three years after my Father's death my home town was totally destroyed and within months I was diagnosed with anxiety, depression and later with CPTSD. Having seen this video I now understand I'm in the grips of the devil and how to get back to the Lord seems so distant and unreachable. I have to beleive that my strict faith will oneday deliver me back to the Lord. Thank you for sharing this video.

[UrbanTiger]

Happened to me while visiting my mom. Napping on the sofa. Unbelievable weight on me. Couldn't move. Wanting to pull me down. Filled my ears with the sound of roaring wind. When I prayed it would make me stumble on my words. Doubled down on my prayer which was tough mentally. It jumped off me but still couldn't move. It attacked me again even stronger but this time I already knew what it was. Focused even harder on The Lord's Prayer and it finally left. I got up from the sofa a little winded and my mom and my wife asked me if I was ok. I told them that I just fought off a demon.

[cathynorman]

I was about the same age (older teen) when I was involved in occult practices, and I invited lucifer into my life witout understanding what I was doing. I thought I was forever lost in evil, intense loneliness and darkness. Then I remembered the Lord’s prayer, and started praying it over and over again until that feeling of evil darkness left me. I told the leader of our [I now call it a cult], and he dismissed it as a panic attack. I have never, either befor or since, had such a “panic attack, ” and I would not wish such a terrifying experience on my worst enemy.

[peterstewart]

This is crazy! I had a similar experience some months ago. I was woken in my sleep by a presence in my room. I didn’t know what it was, but I knew it was dark. I pulled my blankets over me for comfort and “safety” and I felt it’s weight on top of me and “pushing” just as this man described, down onto me. It was a horrible, terrible experience. I felt the weight and pressure push its way into my whole being just like this man said. I prayed to St. Michael and Our Blessed Mother for protection repeatedly and the darkness fled. When I woke up the next day, I thought it was a horrible dream. I haven’t talked about it with anybody since it happened and mostly forgot about it until I ran across this video. I’m shocked this man had such a similar experience and that many people in these comments have as well. St. Michael the Archangel and Our Lady Terror Of Demons protect us!! Salve Regina! ✝️

[barrientes]

I saw an image of st Michael and the devil in my window one time, st Michael was standing over him Authority.I was tripped out.

[JohnAlbertRigali]

I don’t get to hear Dr. Thigpen enough. Thanks for this.

[paulbuckley]

I had reoccurring sleep paralysis over a few weeks and each time a malevolent presence & dark shadow seemed to be holding me down. Only when I started praying did it leave and It wasn’t until I started sleeping with my Rosary wrapped around my hand that it stopped completely. The Evil One is very real..

[josuegonzalez]

Something similar happened to me when I was twelve about 8 years ago.

[afieds]

I had a similar situation: I was awoken in my room at night, lifted up and pushed flat against the wall and held there for, what felt like two hours. I was so scared I couldn't think straight or collect my thoughts, it was absolute panic. After about an hour, with my face, flat against the wall, a thought started to come from my heart; "even if this thing kills you, you are a child of God " I started praying hail Marys and slowly but surely a warmth and confidence started to build from within, it was very cold in the room. Suddenly the big hands pinning me to the wall let go and I fell down on my bed. Needles to say, I was shaken. Yet that thought:" even if you are killed, you are God's child" has never left me and given me a lot of power in difficult situations

[gerardmaroney]

"Don't be so medieval"! Brilliant.

[m.]

For years I had this paralysing repeated nightmares where this dark evil shadow/demon wanted to destroy me but not just my body. It wanted to destroy my soul. Total annihilation of me from me. It pressed my chest and stomach, and the more I moved or tried to yelp, it pressed harder and harder, and I couldn't scream or move. The worst part was that it didn't look like a dream, but I was awake at the same time and that feeling of pure evil coming over me. It always happened on my bed or wherever I slept at the time. I was fully aware of my surrounding. And when I would pass away in a dream from the pain, that was the moment I would "wake up" and scream and run in fear from the bed and/or family members. Sometimes I didn't know who, where am I and who are people that are actually my parents, husband or sister who would come close to me, so I would be afraid of them also.

Recently it happened again, but as shadow started to approach me, I started to pray :

"Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy Name,  
thy kingdom come,  
thy will be done,  
on earth as it is in heaven. 

Give us this day our daily bread. 
And forgive us our trespasses,  
as we forgive those
who trespass against us. 

And lead us not into temptation,  
but deliver us from evil. 

For thine is the kingdom,  
and the power, and the glory,  
forever and ever. Amen"

And the shadow/demon was so afraid and acted like this prayer is torturous to it, so it started to back off, and hide from me, while I walked and prayed towards it until it completely vanished. God delivered me in my dream from a spiritual attack. He answered my prayer. I'm so comforted and thankful that He saved me once again, and I did nothing to deserve it, He is so merciful. So if something happens to you, ask Him for help and He will answer even if you are surrounded by nothing except darkness.
I was raised and baptised as Catholic, but I fell off from my faith when those dreams started and I became an atheist. I also messed with the occult and committed some horrible sins. I had friends who did some satanic stuff although I wasn't involved in it.

Just recently I experienced conversion back to my faith and at the time this new dream occurred. During that atheist phase, I went to the psychiatrist to check what is going on with me because of those horrible nightmares but he told me it was just a chronic stress reaction so I believed it. But now I know it was the attack on my soul.

[RealAugustusAutumn]

It really is a shame that atheists will never experience something so profound as this. I was involved with the occult for some time and had similar things happen, though never as bad.

[jaredhardy]

Three years ago I went through a period of time we're I went back to the vomit. The moment I walked away from God the evil one came to me he stopped time and took over a human and told me how him and our government and him were going to make people sick and a whole list of things including the fires that took place. Every sense I have been in between two worlds and I can't tell what is flesh or what is spirit I see both. I've seen Michael but didn't know who he was and I rebuked him and then skeletons on fire jumped on me. I've felt my soul ripped in thousands of pieces. Dark shadows have jumped in my eyes speaking things. And much worse. I've seen ten people tool over by demons at the same time. Hell is real and Gods hand keeps us safe. I know what it's like for his hand not to be there. Please know today is the day to pick up your cross and follow him.

[sistersingularity]

I had a same encounter, I felt dark energy take over my body and I paused for a second but immediately got up and ran to my friend. She woke up trembling before I got to her and she felt the same. We went to our knees (two non believers) and I called a friend. Had no olive oil but I remembered her having a can of olives and squeezed it all up and just wiped crossed on the wall. My friends voice changed and sounded weird and the walls cracked and the windows had 4 finger scratch marks on the outside. Came back the next day as a shadow next to me and I prayed to god under Jesus name to send it back to where it came from and she saw black energy swoop out the home. Saw a glowing figure on the door which was once black. Was very frightened and didn’t know what to do. Scariest experience of my life!! But also most peaceful. Both of us completely sober.