MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES

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MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES

• Everyone does one thing well.

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FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOM
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The Black Cloud

• Depravity
• Devil
• Damage

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FREEDOM

• From Past Damage

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Past damage causes present trouble.
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Past damage, Present trouble
Make every effort to live at peace with all men
and to be holy without holiness no one will see
the Lord. See to it that no one misses the grace
of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause
trouble and defile many. - Heb 1214-15
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EMOTIONAL DAMAGE

• Experiencing painful (hurts!), enslaving
  (controls!),
• or incapacitating (cripples!)...
• feelings
• thinking
• behavior
• especially those which cause
• personal or relational problems.

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Damaged Feelings

• Unshakeable shame-guilt-alienation
• Controlling fear-anxiety-worry
• Inferiority-inadequacy
• Anger
• Unloved-unlovable by God or people
• Resentment of authority
• Dislike/distrust particular kind of person

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Damaged Thinking

• No one really cares about me.
• Its no use trying.
• I cant trust God ... or people.
• Im so unattractive.
• No one will ever want me.
• All men/women are out to use me.

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Damaged Behavior

• Intimidation/Belligerence
• Perfectionism
• Pornography
• Anorexia
• Withdrawal/shyness
• Compulsive relationships
• People pleasing
• Critical/demanding demeanor

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Futility Fear Shame Perfectionism Frozenness Resen
tment
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EMOTIONAL DAMAGEWheres mine?
Think of a painful feeling-thought-behavior that
is a present struggle for you. List three.
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ENEMYS SCHEME
WOUNDS - damage by others hurt deceived
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PHYSICAL WOUNDING

• Harsh punishment
• Cruel treatment
• Physical deprivation

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EMOTIONAL WOUNDING

• Verbal abuse
• Abandonment/rejection
• Overcontrol/overprotection
• Enmeshment

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SPIRITUAL WOUNDING

• Legalism - rules over relationship.
• Devaluing - Worm Theology.
• Oppression - overbearing authority.
• Mind-control - only one way to think.

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SEXUAL WOUNDING

• Physical violation
• Verbal crudeness
• Traumatic embarrassment
• Pornography

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ENEMYS SCHEME
WOUNDS - damage by others hurt deceived INFECTS
- destructive responses guilty shamed HARDENS -
protective vows and styles hidden
evasive ISOLATES - bitterness and
insincerity distant determined
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EMOTIONAL HEALING
Freedom from the symptoms of emotional damage
by dealing with the root causes.
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SYMPTOMS
CAUSES
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GODS RESCUEPath to Freedom

• HEALS the wound
• CLEANS out infection
• OPENS the heart
• RECONNECTS to Himself and People

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Emotional Healing Process

• Identify the damaged emotion.
• Discover the wounding event.
• Discern the lie.
• Realize the truth.
• Expose and renounce vows.
• If needed
• Give/receive forgiveness.
• Break pronouncements.
• See the Lord in the damaging events.

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LETS RESPOND

• Where damaged?
• Where begin?
• What lie?
• What truth?

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Lets respond
Where am I being deceived? Where am I being
oppressed?