For 30 straight days, Ana Werner says she woke up in heaven. What she says Jesus showed her there changed how she carries life’s pressures.
Appearing on Sid Roth’s “It’s Supernatural!,” Werner, a Christian author and speaker who describes herself as a seer, opened up about the extraordinary encounters she says gave her a deeper understanding of God’s presence, healing and what believers should do when life simply does not make sense.
Roth introduced Werner as someone who had repeatedly experienced heaven and asked her about the monthlong period of encounters.
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One of those moments, Werner recalled, began when Jesus approached her with what seemed like a large bowl.
“I want to wash your feet, Ana,” Werner recalled Jesus telling her.
But the bowl didn’t contain water. Werner described it as an oily substance. As Jesus washed her feet, she said she began to weep. When He finished, the two walked together before Jesus instructed her to look behind them.
Werner said she could see their footprints—the oily footprints of Jesus alongside her own.
“It’s your joy and your honor to release my glory and my presence,” Werner recalled Him telling her.
She says something shifted after that encounter, with the presence of God becoming more tangible in her life and ministry.
Yet perhaps the most powerful moment from those 30 days wasn’t about oil, angels or even miracles. It was about what Jesus allegedly told Werner when she was overwhelmed by life’s painful contradictions.
On one particular day, however, she came carrying a heavy burden.
Werner had watched someone experience what she believed was an incredible healing while, at the same time, a friend was suffering from cancer. Add the normal pressures of parenting and life, and Werner found herself wrestling with a question believers have asked for generations: God, how do I carry all of this?
She says Jesus’ response was remarkably simple.
“Anna, lean into Me.”
Then came the warning.
“This world will strip you, but you lean into Me. Worship Me and keep your focus.”
“Lean in,” He told her.
That message may be more important than the supernatural details surrounding Werner’s story.
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There are seasons when prayers appear unanswered, promises seem delayed, and circumstances look completely opposite to what you’ve been believing God for. Werner told viewers that discouragement does not mean God has abandoned them.
“He is that close,” she said. “He is right there.”
Werner also made clear that she doesn’t share her heavenly encounters simply because they make fascinating stories. She believes they are meant to stir others toward deeper intimacy with Christ.
“Going to heaven is amazing, but knowing Him is the best part,” Werner said.
For all the extraordinary things Werner says she witnessed during those 30 days, perhaps that is the message worth remembering.
When the world strips away your certainty, your strength and even your understanding of what God is doing, don’t run from His presence.
Lean in.
Abby Trivett is a writer and editor for Charisma Media and has a passion for sharing the gospel through the written word. She holds two degrees from Regent University, a B.A. in Communication with a concentration in Journalism and a Master of Arts in Journalism. She is the author of the newly released book, The Power of Suddenly: Discover How God Can Change Everything in a Moment. For interviews and media inquiries, please contact [email protected].
