FORMATIONAL PRAYER CERTIFICATE PROGRAM

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FORMATIONAL PRAYERCERTIFICATE PROGRAM

• STAGES OF HEALING
• Jerrolynn Johnson, Instructor

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Overview of Stages of Healing

• Formational Prayer Definition-more than a pathway
  for healing, but a process for sanctification
• Role of the Holy Spirit-empowerment, directing,
  anointing, timing, Revealer,
• Role of the Care Receiver-being open and
  receptive to the touch, anointing, blessing,
  revelation, healing and presence of the Holy
  Spirit

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Overview of Stages of Healing (contd)

• Formational Prayer is a
• Ministry of the Holy Spirit
• Moving through a Care Giver
• To Position a Care Receiver
• For a Transformational Encounter with God
• In Their Places of Deep Hurt and Pain

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Overview of Stages of Healing (contd)

• Role of Care Giverto create an environment where
  the care receiver feels safe and valued enough to
  be patient with and receptive to the movement and
  touch of the Holy Spirit
• Make sure we seal the work the Holy Spirit
  doesnot only do we create a safe environment for
  the care receiver to receive, we create an
  environment for their growth to remain and
  continue

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Overview of Stages of Healing (contd)

• Care Givers should pray for
• Discernment
• Increased Empowerment of their Spiritual Gifts
• Patience
• Ability to hear and sense God more each day
• Wisdom
• Submission to Gods movement and timing

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Overview of Stages of Healing (contd)

• Core Longings needs created by God and placed
  within us that find their ultimate fulfillment in
  God and God alone
• safe secure environment, constant reinforcement
  of personal worth, repeated messages of our value
  uniqueness, unconditional love acceptance,
  basic care nurture, encouragement to grow
  develop personal gifts talents, pathway to
  fellowship with God
• When our core longings are not met, we become
  wounded, which sets up a chain reaction

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The Stages of Healing
Life Situations
Dysfunctional Behaviors
Emotional Upheaval
Cognitive Distortions, False Beliefs, Lies
Wounds
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The Result of Healing
Healthy Life Situations
Empowered Life Spirit-Filled Life
Peace and Comfort
Truth Acceptance
Healing/Wholeness
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Stages of Healing

• Life Situation-presenting problem
• Dysfunctional Behaviors-sins, habits, avoidances,
  denials, coping mechanisms, defense mechanisms
• Emotional Upheaval-uncontrolled emotions, esp.
  fear, rage, depression, apathy, shame
• Lies and Distortions-powerful often
  foundational to our belief in our identity
• Wounds-opportunities for Jesus to enter in

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Stages of Healing (contd)

• The lower levels trigger the higher levels
• The higher levels cover up the lower levels
• The life situation can be misleading when
  planning prayer plan, especially for counselors
• REMEMBER ALL MOVEMENT IS DIRECTED, POWERED,
  ORDERED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, SO LISTEN AND OBEY!

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6 STEPS TO HEALING FOR DYSFUNCTIONAL BEHAVIORS

• RECOGNIZE SIN BEHAVIOR CONFESS
• REPENT (SEE SELF TURN AWAY FROM IT)
• RENOUNCE ANY LEVELS OF DEMONIZATION PRESENT AS A
  RESULT OF SIN
• RECEIVE FREEDOM (PRONOUNCE FORGIVENESS OVER THE
  PERSON)
• REALIGN WILL AND PURPOSE WITH THE LORD
• REJOICE IN HIS PRESENCE AND GOODNESS

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DYSFUNCTIONAL BEHAVIOR (contd)

• It is best to ask God to reveal the dysfunctional
  behavior

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DYSFUNCTIONAL BEHAVIOR EXERCISES

• STONES AND THE CROSS
• SYMBOL REPRESENTING THE DYSFUNCTION OR THE
  BLOCKAGE IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
• PROCESS EITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR IN A GROUP

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STEPS OF HEALING FOR EMOTIONAL UPHEAVAL

• PRIOR TO PROCESSING, STRESS THE PERMISSION TO
  FEEL AND SHARE (TO COUNTER NO TALK RULES IN
  FAMILIES)
• HELP TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OWNING FEELINGS (NO
  ONE MAKES US FEEL ANYTHING)
• HELP CARE RECEIVERS GET IN TOUCH WITH THEIR
  FEELINGS (CAN GIVE FEELING WORDS HANDOUT)
• DISCUSS HOW ANGER IS OFTEN A COVER EMOTION

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STEPS OF HEALING FOR EMOTIONAL UPHEAVAL (contd)

• EXERCISE WRITE THEN PROCESS A PSALM OF LAMENT
• WRITTEN IN LANGUAGE 1 (SIMPLE, HONEST,
  UNCENSORED)
• SHARED WITH THE LORD
• AFTER SHARING, ASK THEM TO LISTEN TO WHAT JESUS
  IS SAYING ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS/SENSE WHAT JESUS
  FEELS WITH THEM
• PRAY OVER THEM

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STEPS OF HEALING FOR EMOTIONAL UPHEAVAL (contd)

• Difficulties
• Care Receiver moves to the cognitive safer
• Primal language may seem too childish
• Censorship Care Receiver may be unable to
  honestly express more negative emotions (anger,
  rage, shame) or may not be comfortable using
  profanity even if this is what they really feel

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HEALING FOR FALSE BELIEFS

• Recognize the lie
• Revealed by the Holy Spirit
• Check for the lie within the lie (What did this
  mean for you?)
• Realize the impact of the lie on your lifewhat
  believing this has cost you (all spoken to Jesus)

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HEALING FOR FALSE BELIEFS (contd)

• Renounce
• The lie
• All levels of demonization that occurred as a
  result of believing and living out the lie
• Listen for Jesus to share the truth and Announce
  this truth, pronounce this truth, proclaim this
  truth, receive this truth, be washed in the truth
• Seal this work

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HEALING FOR FALSE BELIEFS (contd)

• Exercises
• Sticks and bandages
• Remember to allow God to select the lies
• Body Outline
• Vertical exchange
• Vitally important for the Care Receiver to hear
  God share the words of truth to trump the lies
  believed

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HEALING FOR DEEP WOUNDS

• Combines healing steps from the other stages of
  healing
• MANDATORY DO ONLY WHAT THE FATHER IS DOING
• VERY IMPORTANT This stage should only be done
  if the care receiver is able to
• Get to a safe place
• In some way, experience the presence of God
• Important that you practice safe place prayer,
  that you pray for the opening of their senses and
  the sanctification of their imagination

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HEALING FOR DEEP WOUNDS (contd)

• Come into the Lords presence (pray for
  sanctification of imagination, opening of
  spiritual senses, spiritual protection, an open
  heaven above you, the Lord to create the safe
  place needed for this process)
• ALWAYS watch and wait and listen
• Move only as guided by the Holy Spirit
• Allow care receiver to soak in Gods presence
• May need to remain here for a period of time
• If this step is not mastered, it could open the
  Care Receiver to abreactions, retrauma, feelings
  of failure and shame that nothing happened

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HEALING FOR DEEP WOUNDS (contd)

• Identification of the wound by the Holy Spirit
• Remind care receiver that no wound is trivial and
  that there is a method to the order of healing
  that needs to occur
• Tell Jesus the story surrounding the wounding
• Prayerfully help them recapture and restructure
  events as they remember them

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HEALING FOR DEEP WOUNDS (contd)

• Grieve the loss (healing for emotional
  upheaval)this is the time to mourn, not forgive
• Ask how they felt as a result of this act, what
  they believed about themselves and others and
  God, what this act cost them in terms of
  relationships, hope, opportunities, etc.
• Stay in touch with where they are, whats going
  on, and especially where Jesus is and their
  ability to sense His presence while this is
  occurring
• VERY IMPORTANT-Silence the evil one and note all
  lies, other wounds or demonization to be dealt
  with later Do NOT short-circuit their grieving
  process a lament may be needed to process more
  grief
• Pay close attention to your responses to their
  griefif youre uncomfortable or tweaked, you
  might move to shut down their processing of their
  pain

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HEALING FOR DEEP WOUNDS (contd)

• Infusion of Truth (healing for false beliefs)
• Have care receiver ask Jesus to show Himself in
  the visualized memory of the wounding and have
  the care receiver actively look for Him or seek
  His presence/sensation
• Have your client ask Jesus what He
  thinks/feels/believes about the situation and
  have them pay attention to His actions and words
• Allow them time to soak in this new reality
• Reinforce His word and actions to them
• A VERY IMPORTANT STEP

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HEALING FOR DEEP WOUNDS (contd)

• Forgiveness (NOT forgetting, releasing from
  responsibility or consequences or saying it
  doesnt matter)
• Forgive the offender(s), yourself, the Lord,
  institutions/others that may have been silent
• Shaping a Blessing for the Offender
• Done after adequate grieving and once forgiveness
  has been done do with good boundaries-vitally
  important can be done for those who have died
  Does not mean relationship needs to be
  re-established
• Is a way to put forgiveness into action

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HEALING FOR DEEP WOUNDS (contd)

• Identify, Repent and work on unhealthy behaviors
  and reactions (healing for dysfunctional
  behaviors)
• Vengeance, bitter root judgments, inner vows
• Seal the work
• Post Prayer counsel
• What changes need to take place in order to shore
  up the ruts in the care receivers life?
• How to come against the strategies of the enemy
• Focusing on keeping the blessing and healing
• Role of keeping short accounts (repentance on a
  regular basis-but not compulsively)

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HEALING FOR DEEP WOUNDS (contd)

• Why healing may not occur
• Care giver is not doing what the Father is doing
• Care receiver is not open to receive
• Environment is not safe/conducive to positioning
• Care receiver has their own agenda and isnt
  willing to follow the Lords leading
• The timing is not yet