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Inner Healing Of Emotions

Contributor / Topic: McNutt, Francis
Source: The Complete Library of Christian Worship, Robert E. Webber, General Editor

Inner healing is a process through which the background causes for dysfunctional behavior and emotional distress are discovered and dealt with through prayer. A recognizable sequence of events often occurs in the effective ministration of inner healing. Many sincere Christians remain defeated in their personal and emotional lives in spite of repentance and the exercise of will power. When priests and pastors find they cannot help them, the sufferers are referred to psychiatrists. In many cases, the only result of this kind of therapy is that the patients acquire a vocabulary to describe their problems. Intractable emotional problems usually produce a profound sense of guilt in the Christian, who knows that a believer's life is supposed to be an example of God's power and victory. Christians should experience inner peace and joy, delight in the knowledge that God loves them, relate to others in community, and live a life free from anxiety. Yet a depressed person can do none of these…

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