In this introductory class, we discuss questions and concerns regarding the healing journey. We talk about the areas of healing encompassed in the lessons as well as expectations and responsibilities.
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In this introductory class, we discuss questions and concerns regarding the healing journey. We talk about the areas of healing encompassed in the lessons as well as expectations and responsibilities.
Please read! MP3s: If you use your phone to listen to MP3s, please open this purchase on your phone files, which will instantly download to the device you are on at the time. All files listed are copyrighted and should not be shared. Please call us at 719-694-8394 if you have any questions.
Please read! MP3s: If you use your phone to listen to MP3s, please open this purchase on your phone files, which will instantly download to the device you are on at the time. All files listed are copyrighted and should not be shared. Please call us at 719-694-8394 if you have any questions.
Because Joseph had many difficult things to cope with in his life, he is an excellent role model in our own healing journeys. He came from a dysfunctional family and suffered many injustices.
M Healing Journey MP3: Getting a Handle on the 3 P’s
God wasn’t just moving his people to a new neighborhood when he called Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. He was shaping them into a God-fearing nation who would follow his ways.
Our perspective is the judgment we make upon a person or situation and is fed by our beliefs and thoughts. God’s perspective about our circumstances is different and more encompassing than ours.
The rape of Tamar by her brother Amnon is one of the toughest stories in Scripture. We will look at the devastating effect abuse has on the entire family as we try to understand why abuse happens and who is and isn’t to blame.
By embracing a broader perspective, one with eternal boundaries, we begin to get a more accurate take on what this life is all about—particularly the hard stuff.
M Healing Journey MP3: Seeing Challenges God’s Way
In the eyes of the world, Hagar was a “nobody.” Yet a compassionate God sees Hagar’s misery and responds by coming to her and providing for her within her circumstances—even though she is partially responsible for her painful situation.
M Healing Journey MP3: The Four Directions of Anger
Our journey as a victim often resembles a desert-like experience, a stormy sea, or a gloomy prison. We seek to satisfy our basic need for significance, acceptance, and security but find ourselves only dissatisfied because of our pride, unbelief, and rebellion.
The victim identity tells us we are defined by what has happened to us and we have no choices. Just because we have been offended or victimized doesn’t mean we have to live as victims.
We are in a battle we didn’t ask for. Success on our journey requires awareness of the enemy, accurate thinking about how he works, attentiveness to the things that attract his attention, and appropriate action when he attacks.
M Healing Journey MP3: Our Season in the Wilderness
As we begin to shed the victim identity we need something new to put in its place. Living our lives as victorious men is the standard God has provided for us.
M Healing Journey MP3: A Life Model: Trust, Commit, Rest, Wait
While living in Egypt we say one thing, do another, and still believe something else. This reality begins to transform into congruency as our healing progresses.
We are like small children desperately guarding our wounds so no one will hurt our heart—but our strategy is ineffective. We need God’s healing light to penetrate deep into our wounded place if it is going to truly heal.
Grieving is the last stop on our healing journey before we arrive in the Promised Land. Forgiveness removes the barriers and allows the sadness to finally emerge as we mourn our losses.
M Healing Journey MP3: The Battle for Our Thoughts
Victorious men stand guard watching what boards the on-ramp of their minds. They screen their thoughts measuring them against God’s truth and rejecting anything that doesn’t measure up.
Once we have experienced some freedom and healing, it is important to maintain our new closeness to God by being attentive to the basics of prayer, quiet time, Bible study, and fellowship with Christians. By reviewing the various healing steps, we will be reminded how to complete our healing journeys and stay on Trust Trail.