1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Sandy Boyd remembers when she played in a field of flowers as a child. 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:11,000 I felt like it was a safe haven for me. 3 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,000 I felt loved. 4 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:21,000 I was free to run and sing and dance and move freely without it being directed by someone else. 5 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:31,000 But that field was only in her mind. 6 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:37,000 Sandy was 12 years old when her father began using her in satanic rituals. 7 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:49,000 My dad became involved in Satanism and gave his life to Satan and used me in my life as a sexual sacrifice to Satan. 8 00:00:49,000 --> 00:01:00,000 Every time that he would come to me and want this to happen, I would just leave and I would go into this field of flowers where I felt safe. 9 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,000 It was my place of refuge. 10 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:07,000 Sandy was born into a family that practiced witchcraft for many generations. 11 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:13,000 She says they even had a guardian spirit to protect them they called Mrs. Corll. 12 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,000 We would ask her questions. 13 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:20,000 We would hear noises if it was yes and different noises if it was no. 14 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:23,000 And we would conjure her up in seances. 15 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:28,000 One thing their guardian spirit didn't protect Sandy from was her father. 16 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:38,000 During the night he would come in my room and he would start chanting. 17 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:44,000 And when he started chanting, I felt demonic beings around me. 18 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:49,000 He also forced Sandy to use cocaine to control her. 19 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:52,000 Finally, at 17, she ran away. 20 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,000 By now, she was addicted to drugs. 21 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:59,000 She lived on the streets and turned to prostitution to survive. 22 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:07,000 It was a choice that I made, but really, at that time, it was the only choice that I had. 23 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:12,000 That choice was confirmed when Sandy went to her guardian spirit for guidance. 24 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:22,000 She was the reason I could keep getting up in the morning and thinking that I can go and prostitute myself and make enough to take care of myself. 25 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:30,000 During the next 10 years, Sandy married and divorced twice and had a daughter from her second marriage. 26 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:36,000 Over that time, the drugs, demon spirits, and her father still ruled her life. 27 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:42,000 When I couldn't find my drugs from other people and other places, then I would always revert back to him. 28 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,000 Sandy gained custody of her daughter. 29 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:53,000 During this time, Sandy's father wanted her to participate in another sexual ritual in exchange for his financial support. 30 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:57,000 This time, she cut ties with her father for good. 31 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,000 I was very repulsed by it. 32 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,000 I was repulsed by men in general at that point. 33 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:07,000 I hated them, I despised them, and I refused to do it. 34 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,000 I didn't go back. 35 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,000 Sandy and her daughter moved in with Sandy's sister. 36 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,000 She thought it would be a place of refuge. 37 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:19,000 Then one night, she says a demonic figure appeared at the foot of her bed. 38 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:24,000 He said, it's time now to pass what your grandmother has taught you onto your child. 39 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:29,000 And at that moment, I was terrified. 40 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:34,000 Sandy was ready to do whatever it took to protect her daughter. 41 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:44,000 I thought my daughter would be better off if I would just die, and she would end up in foster care with another family, a wholesome, healthy environment possibly. 42 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:51,000 So the next morning, Sandy dropped her daughter off at daycare and then drove to a remote area. 43 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,000 Her plan was to commit suicide. 44 00:03:54,000 --> 00:04:05,000 I laid the seat of my car back, and both my arms fell to the side, and I felt in between my console and my seat a New Testament Gideon Bible. 45 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,000 And this is the very one that I found in my car that day. 46 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,000 I don't know where it came from. 47 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:15,000 I just turned to the back, and there was a sinner's prayer in the back, and I could relate to that. 48 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:19,000 And I thought, God, I am a sinner. 49 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,000 I have done so many bad things. 50 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,000 I give my life to you. 51 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,000 Take control. 52 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:33,000 And as I said that sinner's prayer, I felt such a peace that came over me that I'd never felt in my life. 53 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:38,000 Through the sinner's prayer, I recognized that Jesus was real. 54 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:42,000 He was real, and my eyes were open. 55 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:49,000 The blinders were taken off, and I was able to see Jesus for who he was in my life. 56 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:56,000 Sandy says in that moment, her desire for drugs vanished, and for once in her life, she had hope. 57 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:59,000 But the battle wasn't over. 58 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:02,000 Later that night, she heard her daughter screaming. 59 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:08,000 She was standing up in her crib, swinging her arms back and forth, and her toys were flying around the room. 60 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:13,000 The ceiling fan was spinning so fast, I thought it would literally drop from the ceiling. 61 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:17,000 And I ran over to her, and she kept saying, they're biting me, Mommy. 62 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:18,000 They're biting me. 63 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,000 And I saw bite marks on her arms. 64 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:25,000 And I picked her up, and we huddled in the corner of that apartment that night. 65 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:36,000 And as I prayed to Jesus, I felt his loving arms just come and wrap himself around me and give me shelter from everything that was going on. 66 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:46,000 She says the demonic oppression would come back, but through prayer, counseling, and trusting God's word, she was able to hold strong to her faith. 67 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:53,000 She married Scott, who she says helped her on her journey to complete freedom in Christ. 68 00:05:53,000 --> 00:06:02,000 I began walking her through shutting every door that was open and getting everything under the blood of Jesus and just breaking anything off her life. 69 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:09,000 Sandy says God healed the wounds of abuse and helped her forgive her father, who has since passed away. 70 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:18,000 The love and compassion comes from the Lord to love the person that hurt me, that caused so much abuse in my life. 71 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:26,000 Today, Sandy and her husband Scott pastor a church in Garland, Texas, where they help lead others to total freedom in Christ. 72 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,000 Brianna is their worship leader. 73 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:34,000 When I think about what God did for my mom, it's amazing. 74 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:39,000 Because honestly, my life, I don't know where I would be today. 75 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,000 And it makes me cry. 76 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:48,000 Walking in freedom now has been the most amazing experience in my life. 77 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:49,000 I am free. 78 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,000 I am free to help others that are in bondage. 79 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:59,000 I am free to proclaim Jesus is the Savior and he is the only one that can set us free. 80 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:05,000 I am free. 81 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:10,000 I am free. 82 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:15,000 I am free. 83 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,000 Am free to learn from To influence your mother. 84 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:18,000 Leave me alone favour for others. 85 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:23,080 Contact us atissy.