A Psychic’s Road to Salvation
“You know, walking around in my home and being afraid to be alone, locking all the doors but nobody was there, not knowing why…and when I would see dark figures and shadow figures…that was scary,” said Jennifer Nizza-Hofacker.
Jenn was a child when she was introduced to the occult. For Jenn, it was normal and she was encouraged to became a psychic medium herself. “I had been a psychic medium for years. I did other forms of divination, and I actually had my own divination class.”
Jenn described the occultic practices she engaged in and taught, “manifesting, chakra balancing, tarot card reading, I was teaching all of it, and I loved it. I loved that life.”
As a psychic, Jenn felt like she was doing good things, like helping people deal with grief or helping people make important life decisions, but before long, she began to realize that she was tapping into a spiritual darkness that had severe consequences.
“The supernatural is intriguing. So, we’re looking for peace, we’re looking for comfort, and we’re looking for answers, we’re looking for that compass in our life, but there’s two supernatural sources of where you can go. And you can go to God, or you can go to the Devil, but, the Devil is very deceptive, and manipulative; the long term consequence [of believing the Devil’s deceptions] is eternal separation from God, the short term consequence, is destruction,” said Jenn.
Cara Nizza, Jenn’s daughter, described what it was like as a child in a house that practiced things of the occult, “Growing up, you know seeing things and feeling things, [it was] very, very scary and that was where a lot of my anxiety had came from, and I would have full-blown anxiety attacks, panic attacks, like frozen in fear just from seeing or hearing or something.”
“It got to a point that it was so dark and so hard, and I just cried out to Christ one day, and I didn’t understand that. I didn’t get that because I never really knew Him, but He showed up. I know it was Him, there was peace, and I felt peace, but I didn’t understand the experience which left me spiritually vulnerable. I didn’t want to be a psychic anymore but I didn’t know why,” said Jenn.
Later that year, Jenn reconnected with a friend from her divination class who had become a Christian. She invited Jenn and her family to church. “She told us about Jesus, and she told us about this church, she invited us, my husband went, and he loved the church, and he was like, ‘Jenn, I just want you to come.’ Four weeks later, it took a whole month, and I just woke up that day, and I said, ‘I don’t know why, but I want to go to that church today.’”
Jenn described the experience, “you know, people are worshipping, their arms are up, the words are on the screen, it was so beautiful. I’m singing Jesus save me, the lyrics ‘Jesus, save me’ and it was like a flashback; I went right back to that moment when I cried out to Him months prior, and it was like all of the sudden I just knew, it was like confirmation, that’s Him. You know, I could cry, He saved me. You know, He saved my life, He saved my life eternally, like this is really Jesus, this is really the Son of God. Wow. And I started crying.”
Jenn’s heart began changing as she experienced the love of God for the first time.
“And when I went home from that church, the first thing I did was Google search, ‘what does The Bible say about psychic mediums’ and there were like a hundred verses, and I was like ‘oh no’. In Deuteronomy 18:10-12, ‘you shall not consult or practice any form of divination’ and He mentions the word ‘medium’ and I was like, ‘He’s talking to me.’ That was nine years ago. That was the beginning of my life really,” said Jenn.
Jenn put her faith in Christ as Lord of her life, and since then He has used her testimony to tell others about the dangers of the occult. She has written books and published videos online detailing her experiences to show others the depth of Jesus’ love and mercy.
“I think the gravity of my salvation is so heavy…it compels me to constantly share the Gospel, constantly point to Christ. I want people to see who God is and if even one person is ever reached by those videos, hearing the truth about the demonic nature, and they can get away from it, thank God. I’ve seen wonderful things. God is moving in mighty ways.”
Jenn was humbled by the opportunity to share what God has done in her life and expressed how thankful she was for his mercy, “Every day I’m thankful for Him. Every day I’m thankful, and for the way that He did it too, because He knows me. He knew what it would take. He let me get to the end of myself, or what feels like people call it, you know, a rock-bottom, and He did that for me. And He gave me another chance.”
