After Liberty was rejected by her mother, she turned to partying, relationships, and drugs. But darkness from her mother's home followed her, and Liberty was left relying on a power that gave her more than she bargained for.
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I shouldn't have been born.
My own mother didn't want me.
There must have been something
wrong with me because nobody
wanted me, you know?
Nobody wanted to raise me,
love me, take care of me,
let me be their daughter.
NARRATOR: Liberty grew up with
deep feelings of rejection
after her mother left
her and her brother
on their father's doorstep.
She wanted to party.
She wanted to do her
thing, and she couldn't
do that with two little babies.
And so she just
decided to give us up.
NARRATOR: After
several turbulent years
with her father,
Liberty moved back
in with her mom, who introduced
her to drugs and alcohol.
At a young age, her mother
also exposed her to the occult.
She always had
a large bookshelf
that was full of witchcraft
books with spells, chants, ways
to curse people.
She had tarot cards, a Ouija
board, all that, everything.
That was normal in
my mom's household.
NARRATOR: When
Liberty was 14, she
had an argument with her
mother's abusive boyfriend
and found herself
rejected again.
I came home off the
bus, and there was
a box of stuff sitting outside.
There was a note that my mom
had left that said, he's in.
You're out.
You have to find
somewhere else to live.
This is my reality.
My mom doesn't love me.
She never wanted me.
She doesn't care.
NARRATOR: She found
acceptance in the party scene,
and had relationships with men
who gave her a place to stay
and supplied her with drugs.
LIBERTY: I did whatever
I had to do to survive.
I was alone.
I was lost.
The crystal meth and the
drinking was very heavy.
I mean, it was a daily thing.
It wasn't just like, let's
go party on a Friday night.
I mean, it was every single
day drinking, drugs, drinking,
drugs.
Staying up for days.
NARRATOR: She also began
experiencing strange phenomena,
and some unsettling symptoms.
I was hearing voices.
I was seeing things.
I would get up in
the night, and I
would feel like something
was speaking to me
and was coming after me.
I had sores, little open
sores around my body.
NARRATOR: A friend's parents set
up a meeting with their pastor.
Liberty reluctantly
agreed to see him.
I had no belief in
God, or spiritual beings,
or anything like that.
And he basically
just said, all these
are symptoms of a
demonic attack on you.
And the only way to deal
with it is rebuke Satan
in the name of Jesus Christ.
NARRATOR: Days later, she
had a terrifying encounter.
These dark images began
to just cover the walls,
and they were like
closing in on me
like they were coming after me.
I did what the
pastor said, and I
rebuked in the name of
Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
And then the fear was gone,
and everything I was feeling
was gone.
It was literally just gone.
The demons, everything
just disappeared.
NARRATOR: Liberty
says she learned
there was power in
the name of Jesus,
but knew little else
about Him until a few days
later when she was watching TV
and came across "The 700 Club."
Pat Robertson says, is
there anyone watching by TV
that you'd like to ask
Jesus into your life?
Pray this prayer with me.
I just felt like I
needed this Jesus that
could make demons flee.
I don't have to
wait to go to church
and be called to the altar.
I can just sit right here in my
living room and accept Christ.
NARRATOR: She surrendered
her life to Christ,
then fell into a deep sleep.
When she awoke, she was in
a struggle for her life.
LIBERTY: Something was
holding me down and just
not letting me up,
not letting me speak.
It was feeling like a
hand was over my mouth.
I just began to say, Jesus.
I was just trying to
get the words out.
And I said, Jesus.
It was very muffled.
Jesus.
And I felt like it was
at the top of my lungs.
And the thing that was
covering my mouth just
was slowly leaving,
like letting go.
The last thing I yelled
was, I rebuke you
in the name of Jesus.
And at that moment, whatever was
holding me down removed itself.
And then I heard this
really loud scream,
like an evil, loud,
wretched squeal
sounded as if it was leaving.
It could no longer reside
because Jesus was now
the Lord of my life.
NARRATOR: Liberty
knew she was free.
She began to throw
away anything that
connected her to the darkness
she once accepted as normal.
I knew that the Lord was
basically in that one moment
cleaning up my whole life.
He was just like, it's all gone.
You're letting it all go.
I'm taking it all away from you.
You're being set free.
I finally was me.
I was never me before.
I was never-- who's Liberty?
Who's this girl that was
born with no purpose,
no value, no reason to live?
He took everything
out of me and healed
me of all the horrible things
that the world basically
dished out on me.
My life has changed forever
because of that day.
NARRATOR: Today, Liberty
co-pastors a church
with her husband in
Arizona, reaching out
to people who need to be
set free by the love of God.
This is what I've been
waiting for my entire life.
This is what it feels like
to know a love that you never
got, never received before.
I was born for a purpose, and
it's to serve Jesus Christ,
and to do his work.
He's the only one
that can set you free.