My name is Marla Simms and I live in Southern California. When I met Melissa, I was praying for a Christian counselor and mentor to help me through a difficult time in my life. From the time she said hello, I knew that the Lord had sent the right person for me.

My husband and I had been married for 28 years. We had been in the ministry and even pastored a church for 6 years. Throughout our married years, I endured some form of adultery from him. At first it was pornography then led to physical affairs. My religious and judgmental spirit of legalism made me hide what was happening. To save our marriage, we went to counseling, seminars, retreats... you name it, we did it. The enemy had him in a strong demonic bondage of lust. My walk with the Lord was stifled and I needed to know what was wrong with me that I would stay in a relationship like this.

Though mentorship with Melissa I found that I needed deliverance from some strongholds in my life. In my head, everything looked nice and neat on the outside. On the inside I was full of unforgiveness, bitterness, pride, self-sufficiency, and apathy. Melissa showed me some hard truths about my own strongholds that the enemy was using to keep me in bondage. When Melissa led me through deliverance, the Lord showed me that I did not really have a relationship with Him. I didn’t know who I was in Christ. I was humbled at how much he loved me and wanted me free. I found that the Lord could be everything I needed and wanted.

Melissa mentored me through my separation from my husband and led me on the path to healing. During our separation, my husband went through a very dark time. The enemy wreaked havoc on his life with suicidal tendencies. He went through deliverance in another ministry, then became very ill and had to have major surgery to remove a tumor behind his liver. This is when the Lord prompted me to take my position back as his wife. The enemy had stolen that for far too long.

We are now on the road to reconciliation, not a popular decision, however, I feel that this was what the Lord needed me to do and did not release me from this marriage. We still have a long road ahead of us. Every day, I die to myself and put on the love of Christ. I put on the armor of God and I fight along with the word of God to bring into captivity the thoughts that exalt themselves above the knowledge of God.

Deliverance and mentorship go hand in hand. I now understand that everything is fought in the spiritual realm first. I am more aware of the presence of the Holy Spirit that guides me throughout my day. I highly recommend Melissa and her ministry of deliverance and mentorship. She has taught me how to stay in the presence of God.