The former medium warns Christians against the occult: “There’s nothing like a good witch.”

Grapevine, Texas – Genniza still remembers the moment the door first opened.

She was 13 years old and grew up on Long Island with a culturally Catholic family.

“It was in a small hair salon setting. Everyone got a 15-minute tarot reading,” Niza told Christian Post.

She left an impression that lasted for decades, like her younger sister.

Card tells her that the facts and truths about her past, which strangers felt impossible to know. “That’s the hook,” she said. “The devil can see the past. They cannot convey the future – only God can – they make good guesses, and that’s necessary to let you in.”

Then, looking back, she was a descent descent describing her as seductive and ominous. “It was every day. Many times a day,” she said of the tarot readings she and her sister played to each other. From there, she pursued numerology, astrology and, ultimately, psychic mediaship. At one point, the professional medium told her she also had a “gift” for her.

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“I believed I was helping people. I really did it,” she said. “I wanted to be the light, but the devil preys on those who want to do good.”

Niza has been involved in fortune telling for over 20 years and has become a professional psychic medium. She was paid to tell people about their future, and she tied them to their loved ones who lost them and provided spiritual guidance.

Her life seemed harmless to outsiders, she said. She was the “girl next door.” But beneath the surface, she was tormented.

“There was this constant chatter in my mind. I now believe that I was on the brink of possession. I felt the weight of it. I was terrified.”

One night, she cried out to Jesus, not to the spiritual guide, nor to her deceased loved one.

“I didn’t know why. I didn’t serve him. I didn’t even believe him completely,” she said. “But I called the name of Jesus Christ, and peace killed me.”

That moment began her dramatic withdrawal from the occult world over 11 years ago. It wasn’t immediately and she faced mental resistance. But ultimately, through the influence of her friends and an invitation to the church, she hears the gospel clearly for the first time and entrusts her life to Christ.

“When I heard the lyrics to the worship song, I began to cry. I remembered crying to Jesus. I knew it was him. It was the day I was saved.”

Now, Niza is a full-time evangelist and writer, warning others of the same spiritual concepcy that once involved her. Through social media, books and lectures, she aims to educate Christians and non-Christians about what they call “the dangers of the New Age.”

“You cannot drink from the cup of the Lord and the cup of the devil,” she emphasized, referring to 1 Corinthians 10:21. “There’s no such thing as a good witch. There’s no such thing as a harmless fortune telling.”

She lamented the growing number of young Christians who dabbled in astrology, spiritual readings, or energy healing, while professing their faith in Christ. “You can’t mix New Age with Christianity. You have to choose who you are trying to serve.”

For Niza, the choice was expensive. Some families who once sought a reading would cut their tie when she breathed Jesus to life. “They abandoned me,” she said. “It showed me that I wasn’t worth it to them. I was just useful.”

But today, her identity was once based on spiritual power and external validation, and is now firmly rooted in Christ. “Jesus alone gives us value. That’s where our identity was found.”

Nizza has since been saved from psychic and has published two books, ranging from the new era to the truth. The third one is scheduled to be released in October this year. The new book will guide readers deep into her experiences, coupled with a direct explanation of the devil’s activities and true stories from her past, along with a Bible analysis.

“The ministry God gave me is about warnings,” she said. “I take the vignette from life, referring to reading, experiences, attacks, and what the Bible says to people. Where is this in our culture? Where is this in the Bible?”

Much of her outreach today takes place online, especially on Tiktok, a space she never thought she would enter.

“I’m not tech-savvy,” she admitted. “I had to teach myself how to use the word in 2015.” However, in 2020, amid the pandemic, she began praying with people living in Tiktok. Reach grew rapidly. Soon she was working with others, writing books, and appearing on major Christian media platforms.

Now she’s adopting her ministry beyond the screen. She spoke at a recent conference in Canada and will be speaking in Brooklyn and Houston in the coming months. “It’s like God is saying, ‘OK, let’s go outside now,'” she said.

She also hosts the podcast “Ex Psychic Saved,” where she leaves the New Age Movement and interviews others who have found Christ. The topic warns that from Reiki and astrology to yoga and the Enneagram, all the practices she warns can open spiritual doors to oppression and deception.

Niza doesn’t cower from the repulsion she received. “If you talk boldly about this, you’ll be attacked. It’s mentally, emotionally, and sometimes even physically,” she said. “But Jesus has already won, and that’s what I’m clinging to.”

She offers both compassion and urgency in a still new era, or for those who are wandering between spiritual practices and Christianity.

“I understand that I don’t know. I didn’t know. But once you hear the truth, you’re accountable for it,” she said. “Fortune telling always leads to the devil’s oppression. You might think it’s just luck or anxiety. But when did it begin? Was it after reading the tarot card?”

Niza believes the church has a responsibility to speak more clearly about these issues.

“We need to make people pupils about this. So many Christians are wandering, not because they are evil, but because they are not known. The enemy is the master of smoke and mirrors. He does not appear in the corner. He will look like your best friend, your therapist, your guide.”

As for her own life today, she is a single mother, raising her daughter, balancing ministry and motherhood. But she does so with the confidence she previously lacks.

“There’s still a mental war, and it’s never going to go away,” she said. “But I have peace now. True peace. I belong to Christ.”

“Jesus is enough,” she added. “The power, knowledge, and identity you think you gain from the occult will never be satisfied. But Jesus will.”