Seeds of Joy (eBook)

The Healing Power of Story-Prayer

Dorothy Mathieson (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
212 Seiten
Servant Partners Press (Verlag)
978-0-9983665-1-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Those who minister in difficult contexts hear stories of personal struggle, trauma, and tragedy almost daily. We have heard Christs promise that He is always with us, that He is able to heal and restore us from physical, emotional, and spiritual sickness. But how do we begin? And how can we gently and safely invite others into healing?Dorothy Mathieson and her husband, George, have spent decades searching for a practical, reliable answer to that aching question. They have served internationally within the worlds poorest communities, prayed with many who have not yet met Jesus, and counseled many weary and overburdened ministers. As they encouraged people to first develop a base of joy and quiet, and then open their story to Jesus, they saw life-changing results and powerful seeds of healing even within incredibly painful situations.This book is a paradigm-shifting tool for those who regularly pray for others, for those who want deeper healing throughout layers of their own pain, as well as for any who seek to be a healing presence for their neighborsnot through therapy or good advice, but by using story to connect to Jesus.

Inhalt

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

PART 1: LIVE IN THE PRESENCE OF JESUS
1. Healing is Connecting to Jesus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2. Joy Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3. Quieting Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

PART 2: IDENTIFY PAST STORIES OF HIS PRESENCE
4. A Story Approach to Healing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
5. Remembering is Re-Encountering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
6. Seeds of Healing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

PART 3: FIND HIM IN THOSE MOMENTS WHEN HE SEEMED ABSENT
7. Moving Toward Pain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
8. Finding Roots of Pain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
9. Hidden Sapphires in Stories of Pain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

PART 4: EXPRESS THANKS TO HIM
10. Celebrate and Continue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
11. Joy Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
12. Onward into Healing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

Acknowlegements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Appendices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
A. LIFE Prayer Process Outline and Prayer Prompts. . . 159
B. Index of Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
C. The Pain Process Pathway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.12.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Gebete / Lieder / Meditationen
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
• Schlagworte: Healing • ministry • narrative • Prayer • Story
• ISBN-10: 0-9983665-1-X / 099836651X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-9983665-1-7 / 9780998366517