VLM TESTIMONIES

"I felt no judgment from anyone"

By Marvin Smith

My journey with Vision Life began through reading “Shadowboxing.” I attended a Freedom and Fullness Seminar and God began a deliverance process in me. Psalm 32:3-5 says, “When I kept silent, my bones grew old through my groaning all the day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my vitality was turned into the drought of summer. I acknowledged my sin to You and my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.’ And You forgave the iniquity of my sin.” There was something in my life that I had kept silent about. When it came time to begin marking things on the 14 root spirits, I realized that if freedom and healing were going to come, I had to check it off on that paper. The thing that I was struggling with confessing was that I had been repeatedly molested as a young child. The devil had me bound with lies, guilt, defilement and shame. I went through life pretending that my pain was not real. Although my parents found out about it, they did nothing to help me heal emotionally. This was a traumatic experience that I had kept to myself for over 30 years. Because I didn’t know how to properly deal with it, I would just stuff it down. But during the seminar, I felt such love and compassion. I felt no judgment from anyone about what I had to confess. I felt safe to be able to admit that this even went on in my life as a child. With the help of Dr. Malone and his associates, I began to be able to release the pain and trauma of what I went through.

But it wasn’t until I went through a one-on-one session that God was able to go deeper. He began breaking the power of word curses that had been spoken over me all of my life. I was able to feel the love of the Father. I lacked a lot of things from my earthly father while growing up. One of those things was affection. For the first time, I experienced what it was like to receive a father’s hug. At Vision Life, God used others to help me experience those good things I lacked.

Knowing that I am called to deliverance and inner healing ministry, I felt it was important for me to attend the Intensive School of Deliverance. This was a time when I learned a lot of things. I not only learned about deliverance and inner healing, but I learned a lot about myself. I realized that I am not a one-man operation. Independence was an issue with me. But through this training, I realized the importance of teamwork and unity. God is really changing that in my life.  I have been given the opportunity to place Truth where the enemy had fed me lies about God and about myself.  These teachings and the ability to know how to minister to those who are hurting and bound by their pain have brought tremendous healing and freedom to my life.

Thanks to the ministry of Vision Life, I’m a much freer man. Dr. Malone and his associates are mighty warriors, who are also humble and compassion servants. God has worked mightily through Vision Life to change me. Because they work through the power of the Holy Ghost and the authority of Jesus Christ, captives like me are being set free.  Now God is giving me the opportunity to help others just like myself.