Don't Take Our Word For It; See What Others Have To Say About RVM!
We came in for marriage counseling. My wife was a mess. At RVC they separate the couple and deal with their individual issues and then, periodically, bring the couple back together to work on marriage issues. I thought I was going to sail through the individual part. What I discovered, to my horror, was that I was causing a great deal of my wife's problem. Me. I was the cause. Was it humbling? Yes. But as I dealt with the strongholds in my life, I never felt...feel... so free!
Deliverance. That's needed for crazy people, right? RVC taught me scriptural principles that are necessary for complete freedom from strongholds. It was nothing like you see in the movies. The process was quiet, gentle and so peaceful. Didn't Jesus say that his yolk was easy, not hard? And the peace I received...incredible. I mean, after years of secular counseling done by Christians with little or no resolution of my problems, this was such a relief. And your process didn't take years...I was only here with you for a fewf weeks. Incredible.
It's gone! It's really gone! I keep waiting to react or perform in the old way
and...it's gone, gone, gone! After three months of seeing if this will stick, I'm
convinced. Why don't all churches teach scripture like this?
From an eating disorder counselor: I'm calling because you
referred to
me three months ago. I've been working with her during this time and it is my
professional opinion that she no longer exhibits the symptoms of Bulimia, which
is incredible in itself, being that she's suffered with this for over 30 years.
My question is that she told me that you had only worked with her for eight
months. I told her that she must
have been mistaken. (RVC Counselor) Oh, I think you misunderstood her. (Dietary
Counselor) Oh, I thought so. (RVC Counselor) Yes, I only worked with her for
eight weeks not eight months. (Dietary Counselor) Eight weeks?!!! That's
impossible! What did you do? (RVC Counselor)
I just put God square in the middle of her life. We have a very big God.
Would you like to hear about the process we take our clients through?
I became very depressed. I grew more and more psychotic and soon found myself in the Psyc Ward because I was suicidal. The Elders from our church came and prayed, my friends and family prayed and I prayed. 'What was I doing wrong?', I wondered. Why couldn't there be some relief? My family was in constant crisis. The many, many different drugs I was taking nor the counseling I was receiving worked. Again I found myself in the hospital. Eventually, I started having ECT (Electro Convulsive Shock Therapy). This was helpful but very expensive and became unavailable because it was such a specialty. The depression lasted 10 horrible years. During that time I studied the Word and wrote. I wanted to feel Jesus' presence but there was nothing but a black, oppressive, painful void. One day, a friend of mine asked me how I was doing. When I told him the depth of my dispair, he recommended that I go see Toni at RVM. Now, mind you, I had been to a lot of 'counselors' before. Some of them were Christian counselors, some psychologists and some psychiatrists. I was not so much skeptical as I was tired of hearing the same old things. These educated people always said the same thing. 'You are depressed.' I knew that!! After going to RVM just two times I felt completely whole again. I have not been depressed since. That was almost two years ago. I have since completed the entire RVM program and have had the privilege of leading others through it as well. I have been there to see healings and am overwhelmed with honor to have been involved in Gods amazing work.
I called myself
assertive. Other's said I was aggressive. I said I was firm. Other's said I was
bitter. In my heart I knew they were right, but I just couldn't face it. After I
had alienated myself from my family, my church and most of my friends, I went to
RVM. I had been to many other counselors; very educated professionals like
psychiatrists and psychologists. Mind you, I only went to the best. When it came
down to it, they didn't help me. I wanted God to intervene. As you can imagine,
I wanted God to show everyone else how right I was. The RVM staff member
was point-blank frank with me, but even more so, she was sure that my God, our
God, could set me right. She was so confident. I felt different after the first
visit, but I was sure that was just because she did a quick-sell job. After the
second visit, my family noticed a change...then my pastor...then my friends! It's a
miracle, and I don't say this lightly.
I am a pastor. I was not only addicted to
porn, I had a list of sexual sins as long as my arm. I knew I couldn't go to my
denominational leadership because another pastor had gone to them with an issue
far less serious than mine and they removed him from his pulpit. I went to a
pastor's conference in Oregon where RVM was one of the featured speakers. After
hearing them confidently utilize God's word to bring the scripture to life, I
decided to sign up for one of the counseling sessions that they had after their
times of speaking. The minister that spoke with me was so understanding and so
hopeful that I could be free of this lifelong addiction. Praise God! There is
hope for me. There is hope for you. God is our hope and RVM brings God's hope to
His people.
My marriage was stagnant. My children
had estranged themselves from me. I went to RVM to get comfort. What I got
was...confronted. So, because I was so sure that they were wrong, I didn't
return...but I sent a sibling of mine in to see them because my sibling's life was
such a mess. I saw immediate change in my sibling. Okay, I thought, let's see if
this lasts. It did and my sibling kept getting better and better while I kept
getting bitter and bitter-er. Finally, a year later, I sheepishly returned. The
minister at RMV was so gracious and told me that she had been praying for me to
see my life through God's eyes. When I humbled myself to God's word and His
direction, my bitterness disappeared. My husband's attitude hasn't changed much
towards me, but my attitude toward him has changed drastically. My children have
resumed fellowship with me on a regular basis. I have peace that passes
understanding. God has truly touched my life.
The amazing thing
about RVM, the thing that makes them different than any other Christian ministry
that I've tried that provides direction in a counseling mode is that it's not
all about them or all about their process...it's all about God. My counselor
wasn't the one who set me straight. He was simply a facilitator, a discipleship
facilitator, like his card said. He taught me God's word, boy did he teach me
God's word, and showed me how to apply it to my life. And in that, in God, there
was the freedom I sought for over 30 years.