Stories of freedom...

Anthony's story

I just wanted to personally thank you for everything you did for me when I came to visit you. This journey to freedom in the Lord has been full of ups and downs, joy and pain, but I am here to tell you that my good days outweigh my bad days.  Glory to God!

As you can recall I came to you feeling, Ok, but just kind of needing, as I put it, ‘A spiritual check-up’. You know; to make sure my ideology is solid, relationships: human and/or divine are in order and so on.

Well with the outstanding love, patience and teaching I was given, I was forced to think hard about what the voices I was hearing in my head were saying to me on a daily basis.

A lot of people reading this will understand more of what I’m saying as I go on.

It’s Saturday morning, the weather is beautiful and your mind is at ease

because you’ve managed to take care of a lot of your responsibilities during the week at work. You’ve no plans, it’s been a long hard working week, so you decide to enjoy today. Maybe to catch up with some friends you haven’t seen in a while, or head to the theater with your family to check out this new movie you been waiting for, and all of a sudden, BAM!!!!

This ‘bam’ can come in many forms: fighting with friends, negative thoughts, dim outlook on life, hopelessness, inferiority, calamity or fear. Fear so strong it will keep you in the corner of a room afraid of the outside world. Well, my experience was not that loud, it was as quiet as a whisper. “Did God really say….?” said the serpent. (Genesis 3:1)

My mind would go on and on; should I do this, should I do that?  Is this person happy with me, is that person happy with me, does God really love me, did God really save me? On and on and on! Whatever your ‘Bam’ is, the problem may be the same.

It’s the unseen powers working to rob you of your joy, and bind you.

This is exactly the type of problem that I never would have gotten help with because I didn’t know that it was a problem. Mary, you helped me to know the difference between God’s voice and the enemy’s voice; which can get confusing sometimes when you lose track.

The illustrations and information you shared were so POWERFUL! I’ll never forget the feeling of knowing that I didn’t have to have the enemy in my head.

You also did such a good job at helping me realize that it’s not, ‘Rocket Science’, as you so graciously put it. It’s not always easy in this walk but the Lord has definitely blessed certain people with the heart to help bring freedom to the bound, and you are one of them.

I really appreciate all the help you and your husband have given me.

Anthony (USA)

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