I just got off the phone with one of our partners that we trained and are coaching in Trauma Healing based out of Los Angeles and she shared that one of the ladies in her most recent group had a miraculous breakthrough during one of the classes letting go of deep-seated, long-held pain and the best part is she gave her life to Jesus for the first time as a result! These are things we love to celebrate as we remember Jesus coming to us during this Christmas season. This lady lives in Mexico and joined the group through Zoom.
Another lady, Pastor Jennifer from Florida, was in
this same group and shared that she did not want to come to the third class
because her mother had just passed away the day before. While that is
understandable something inside of her gently pushed her to log-on and join
this healthy, loving community and share the loss of her pain. It just happened
that the topic of the class was “What happens when someone is grieving?” and
she learned valuable skills on how to go through the grieving process in a
healthy way and help others as well. She shared that the timing and content was
like a ring that fit perfectly on her finger. Now Jennifer and her husband,
Pastor Efrain, are launching Healing Groups in their church to help others
learn how to deal with the heart wounds that come through loss and the other
hurts so many of us pick up through life.
Here are a few other short testimonies from some of our more recent Trauma Healing Groups:
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“I came to this group just to see what
it was about not thinking I needed any help, but God has used this group to
show me that I had trauma and pain stuffed deep in my heart. I never really
spoke about that pain, but through this group I found a safe place and easy
strategies to share. I felt that as I shared my pain a deep healing began in
me. I praise God for this group and that I can now walk in more freedom and
wholeness!”
· “Thank you to all the facilitators for sharing and being part of my healing process. Today I am an overcomer and more than a conqueror in Christ, so that I can help the many other woman who are out there that need to know their value and will be brought to healing in the name of Jesus.”
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“I was touched and
helped by being able to share testimonies and hear from the others in the group.
The Lord truly has strengthened us, each one of us in a unique way, and to Him
be the glory.”
Thank you for joining us in prayer for:
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The Trauma
Healing ministry to continue to expand and impact lives. Pray for us to
connect with and to train key leaders and ministries so that the empowering
work through these groups can expand.
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Pray for upcoming
Dean Schools (training teams to teach Church Plant schools) in Northern
California in January and in Mexico in March.
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Please keep our family
in your prayers as we maneuver some challenges in family dynamics.
May your Christmas be a time of deep gratitude, joyful celebration, and expectancy of what is to come!
