The Silent Death

By Juliet Sesanker-Daniel

I had a great family, an amazing job, and I was living for the Lord Jesus Christ, yet I felt frustrated, angry, despondent and depressed, without having a reason. It wasn't until I visited a particular church and the Pastor told us to go home that night and ask God what is our divine destiny. He said that each one of us has a divine destiny and if we do not know what our destiny is, we will just live in repetitious cycles. It was that very night I asked God to reveal to me my divine destiny, and the Lord showed me this book entitled, The Silent Death, and he asked me to write it for Him. This book, as the Holy Spirit led me to write, includes information, strategies and direction for teenagers, young adults, men and women, saved and unsaved. This book states the different ways one can die without knowing that they are dying. It is about the traps of the enemy, Satan himself. It depicts the many strategies that Satan uses to rob people of their peace, their joy, their happiness, their marriages, their children, their finances and their divine destinies. This book also includes strategies one can use to defeat Satan and his destructive plans for their lives so that they will no longer be experiencing a silent death; instead they will live a victorious life if they allow Jesus Christ to have His way in them!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Word Alive Press
• Release date: Jan 4, 2015
• ISBN: 9781770691636

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Dedication

I would like to dedicate this book to our Lord Jesus Christ, who chose me to write it for Him. Ten years ago in a dream, the Lord showed me this book. I saw the title of the book, I saw the design of the book, and I saw my name on the cover of the book. I asked the Lord, why, why did I have to write this book? He said, So that millions of people will be saved.

I thank God. I thank You, Holy Spirit, for writing The Silent Death for me. Without Your help, I could not have done it. I give You all the praise.

To the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit I give You all the glory, the praise, and the honour for this book. I pray that whoever reads it will hear Your voice and I pray that this book will accomplish that which You sent it to accomplish. I love you, Lord, I praise You, and I honour You.

Acknowledgements

I want to thank my husband Andy, my children Kristin and Gregory, my sister Claudette Guy, my brother Horace Wilson, and my cousin Rev. Colbert Sesanker, who encouraged me to complete this awesome task.

I want to say a special thanks to my pastor, Pastor Evans Barning, and his wife, Pastor Vida Barning, for all their prayers, advice, and encouragement. I would also like to thank Sister Claudia Hamilton, Sister Ann-Marie Junor, Sister Pauline Wright, Sister Leela Sinanan, and Sister Louise Monney for their research, their prayers, and for their encouragement.

I cannot forget to mention two of my past students, Vladimir Toptchi and Valentine Bona, who from the onset of my dream, kept asking, When is your book going to be finished? To them I say, thanks for the encouragement.

Foreword

When I started this book ten years ago, I did not know exactly what the Lord wanted me to write about. I wrote about my experiences in life, but somehow I felt that my memoirs were not what the Lord wanted me to write, so for a few years I left the book in a drawer, not willing to pick it up. Then one day, at my church, there was a visiting pastor who told us to pray that night and ask God to visit us.

That night, the Holy Spirit visited me. It wasn’t until after His visitation that I knew exactly what had to be written in The Silent Death. The Holy Spirit gave me the headings for every chapter in this book and I depended on the Holy Spirit to write this book for me. Thank you, Holy Spirit!

Whether you are a Christian or not, The Silent Death is a book which you should read with an open heart. It will help you understand that dying does not only mean a physical death, but that it can also mean spiritually and emotionally.

Many of us go through life not reaching our God-given potential, not knowing what God’s plans are for our lives, and we just live on anyhow, accepting all the negative things that come our way. This book will teach you ways in which you can die without knowing that you are dying and it will teach you the ways in which to escape the silent death.

All the Biblical quotes are taken from the King James Version and please note that the advice given in this book is given directly to me from the Holy Spirit. May God help us in defeating Satan’s plans for our lives.

In this book, Satan’s name will always be lowercased, even when starting a sentence, because he was cast out of Heaven into Hell; he was brought lower than the angels. We should not dignify his name by capitalizing it. God is more powerful than Satan. Satan’s name should not be glorified, hence the reason I decided to write his name in lowercase throughout this book.

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Table of Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Introduction

1.    My Experiences

2.    Things That Plague Women

3.    Weight Issues

4.    Drug and Alcohol Abuse

5.    The True Meaning of the Silent Death

6.    The Way Out of Bondage

7.    Who Are We?

8.    The Deep Thoughts of God

9.    Swallowed Blessings

10.      The Revelation Power of God

11.      A Woman’s Virtue

12.      A Man’s Virtue

13.      Obedience to God

14.      Salvation Is No Joke!

15.      Defeating Satan’s Plans for Your Life

16.      Achieving God’s Plan and Purpose for Your Life

17.      You Are a Conqueror!

18.      Your Destiny Is Sure Once You Are Living for Jesus

19.      Give Glory to God That You Are Born Again

20.      For Men Only: Ways to Treat a Woman

21.      The Traps of the Enemy

22.      The Way Out

23.      Victory in Every Area of Our Lives

Introduction

Many women have high self-esteem. They take pride in who they are. They love. They care for others. They possess great talent and have much wisdom and knowledge to offer. However, before they know it, these things are ripped from their grasp. I am referring to women who, from their youth, have given so much of themselves, only to be violated by others, leaving them helpless and hopeless. They are tossed out like yesterday’s garbage.

How does this violation occur? As teenaged girls, boys overwhelm their thoughts. Nothing else matters at this time in their lives. Mind you, I am speaking from my own experience and observations. In today’s society, girls are more exposed and experienced than one could ever imagine. Today it is becoming more prevalent for thirteen-year-old girls to engage in sexual activities that would have been considered taboo twenty years ago. Many of us see our teenaged daughters going down a path that we know will ultimately lead to destruction. But what do we do? What can we do?

While many of us mothers profess to have all the answers, the truth of the matter is that we are helpless. We really do not know what to do or where to turn. We hide behind a mask, because we fear that our so-called friends and family will know the truth about what we are going through. We fear that people will say mean things behind our backs, and we fear being embarrassed among our peers.

However, I am here to tell you that there is nothing to be embarrassed about. There is nothing to be afraid of, neither is there anything to be despondent about, for the Bible tells us that God is always with us. He is our teacher, our provider, our helper, and our friend. Today I am writing to tell you that Satan is here to destroy our teenagers, our youth, our young adults, and even the older men and women in our society. You may ask, How do you know that Satan is here to destroy our young girls and boys in our society? I know because he started with me, and over the past forty years I have seen his pattern in my life and in the lives of many men and women around the world.

This book is about the many ways Satan robs boys and girls and the techniques he uses to kill and destroy the men and women in our society. On a daily basis, young girls and women are being robbed of their virginity, their love, their minds, their emotions, and their inner souls, all because of naivety and lust.

To all the teenagers, youth, men, and women reading this book, what I am about to discuss will finally open your eyes to some valuable truths about our lives. Many of you may have experienced the wrath of Satan in the form of brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, friends, lovers, husbands, wives, teachers, colleagues, bosses, prayer partners, ministers, neighbours, and confidants. Personally, I have been tried and tested. However, I have proven that Satan is a liar, a thief, a destroyer, and a killer, which is what led me to write this book, The Silent Death.

Although many of you are bearing wounds from your past, I am here to tell you that Jesus Christ is Lord, and that because of Jesus there is a way out, a route of escape. There is victory to be experienced, whether you are a teenager, a young adult, or an older man or woman. God has a plan for your lives no matter where you have been, no matter what you have done, and no matter where you think you want to go. From this moment on, God Almighty has a plan and purpose for your life, but you must first believe in Him and you must accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour.

The Lord Jesus Christ is there for us all. He stands with us at all times. We simply need to live for Him and ask Him to direct our path and to be in control of our lives daily. I promise you that you will have the victory if you give Jesus free and full reign in your lives.

Teenagers, young adults, men, and women, listen up: the following chapters may reflect what some of you are going through at this present moment, what some of you have already experienced, or what some of you will experience. I am sharing my story in an effort to help you avoid Satan’s traps, his lies, and his path of destruction. I promise you, if you take heed to what the Holy Spirit is telling you, you will not be living a silent death. Instead, you will be living a victorious life!

1. My Experiences

I was born in Tobago, the sister island of Trinidad. I have a twin sister named Claudette. Although we are twins, she is somewhat opposite to me. Our differences were quite evident in our adolescent years. The things she liked, I hated. She liked bright colors; I liked earth tones. She was on the chubby side, and I was slim, which might explain why I was more outgoing and she was more reserved. Her reserved nature was a blessing for her, because at the tender age of sixteen she accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Saviour. I, on the other hand, was a rebel and did things to please myself.

I always knew I wanted to be a teacher, but at fifteen, doing well academically was not a priority. I was more interested in having a boyfriend. There were other boys interested in me, but when Tim said he wanted to go out with me, I was elated. The same young man, who had not even acknowledged my presence for an entire year, finally spoke to me and asked me to be his girlfriend. Of course, I said yes!

Tim was tall and handsome. All the girls liked him and wanted to be with him, but they knew that he belonged to me, so they stayed away. Guys, on the other hand, did not stay away from me. They did not care that Tim and I were dating. They still flirted with me and made passes, but to no avail. My heart belonged to Tim.

While Tim and I were dating, Claudette was living for the Lord. She went to the Pentecostal church, gave her heart to the Lord, and was living an upstanding Christian life. I was angry with her lifestyle and ashamed of her. After all, we had been brought up to be good Catholics, so why should she leave our belief to join the poor people’s church? You see, the members were not allowed to wear pants, jewellery, or makeup, all of which I loved to wear, so that was not the place for me.

As a teenager, I had an exciting life. I was on top of the world! I had everything; at least I thought so at the time. I was very attractive, came from a good family, and was dating a handsome guy from a good family. What more could I ask for?

As I said, I was on top of the world. I was in love, and that was all that mattered. The fact that I was engaging in sinful conduct did not bother me. I abused my body, my soul, and my spirit. At the time, I did not care that I could have died and gone to Hell. No, none of these things mattered to me—not at fifteen, not at twenty. The only thing that mattered was that I was living the high life. It was the life of luxury!

In retrospect, I only thought I had it all. I thought living for the moment was all that counted. I took no concern for where I would end up, whether I would be educated, or whether having a relationship with God was important or not. I thought I was on my way to Heaven no matter what I did because I faithfully attended the Catholic church and received communion each week.

Please listen to me, teenagers. As a teenager, I made many mistakes. I made mistakes that could have resulted in the loss of my life had it not been for the hand of God being upon me at the time. I was not even aware of it. As I reflect on the mistakes I have made, I think about my daughter Kristin and my son Gregory. I thank God that they both accepted Christ as their personal saviour. Each day, I pray that they will not live the way I did.

My Advice

Teenagers, stay away from alcohol. I drank as a teenager—not frequently, but occasionally. I was what one would call