SETTING CAPTIVES FREE

1. HELPING THOSE STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTIONS, TRAUMA, & MARITAL CONFLICTS SETTING CAPTIVES FREE

2. Isaiah 61:1 - Luke 4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,         Because the LORD has anointed me         To bring good news to the afflicted;He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted,To set the captives free, And to open the eyes of the blind.”

3. Healing the Brokenhearted • In the first workshop we talked about how to help the “Brokenhearted”; those who are grieving and divorced. • The feelings of grief, anger, sadness, and shame are the primary emotions of those who are “Brokenhearted.” • Jesus does heal the brokenhearted, in a way that no secular agent can.

4. FACT-BASED EMOTIONS Jesus experienced these fact-based emotions even though He had no distorted thoughts: • GRIEF: Anintense longing for a person. • ANGER: Justified anger at a wrong. • SADNESS: Feeling badly about some very unfortunate circumstance. • DISAPPOINTMENT: Being let down by someone you trusted or had expected to behave better .

5. STEPS FOR HEALING GRIEF, ANGER & SADNESS FIRST STEP: Be completely honest about your feelings of loss or anger by making a detailed list of what you miss about the lost person or what you resent about them. SECOND STEP: Tell the Lord what you miss (or resent) about the person and ask Him to take your feelings from you and carry them for you.

6. STEPS FOR HEALING SHAME SHAME is a feeling of false guilt and blame for something that was not your fault or is already forgiven. • STEP ONE: Identify the beliefs underlying the feelings of shame that resulted from a past experience. • STEP TWO: Pray for truth; ask the Lord what He wants you (or the person) to know.

7. Setting the Captives Free • The simple prayer principles taught in the first workshop are also effective in helping those in bondage to alcohol, drugs, traumatic childhood experiences, and marital problems. • When you help people resolve their GRIEF, ANGER, SADNESS and SHAME issues most of these problems will be significantly improved. • There are other emotions that may need resolution that are not covered in this workshop. • A third workshop will be offered later for those who want to learn how to resolve other emotions.

8. THE “FATAL FOUR” EMOTIONS • GRIEF: Intense feelings of unresolved grief and loss from childhood and adulthood. • ANGER: Unresolved feelings of anger from childhood and adulthood. • SADNESS: Feelings resulting from unfortunate circumstances. • SHAME: Unresolved feelings of guilt and self-blame.

9. THE IMPACT OF THE “BIG FOUR” • Conduct Disorders: I was shocked to learn that 65% of these adolescents had unresolved grief, and a lot of anger. • Substance Abuse: Then I collected data and found that 70% of clients in a residential treatment program had unresolved grief, and a lot of anger. • Depression: Then I learned that 87.4% of depression is “bereavement-related.” • Divorce: The vast majority of divorced people have anger, grief, and shame.

10. OTHER AREAS IMPACTED BY THE “BIG FOUR” EMOTIONS Other Addictions and Compulsions: Gambling addictions, sexual addictions, and food addictions are the same. Marital Problems: Grief, anger, sadness, and shame profoundly affect marriages and hinder them. Traumas: Grief, anger, sadness, and shame profoundly result from childhood abuse and impair a person’s ability to serve God.

11. WORKSHOP GOAL • My purpose is not to train professional counselors or equip you to handle all types of emotional problems. • The purpose of this workshop is to help you understand how much you can help people by knowing how to help them resolve feelings of grief, anger, sadness, and shame. • If you learn to focus on helping people with these four emotions, you will heal many people. • For those who want to deal with all types of issues, the third workshop will help you with that.

12. FOUR STEPS TO EMOTIONAL FREEDOM • Resolve feelings of grief and loss. • Release feelings of anger. • Remove feelings of sadness. • Replace feelings of shame.

13. OTHER BELIEF-BASED EMOTIONS • The major belief-based emotions are: HELPLESSNESS HOPELESSNESS HURT ALONENESS SHAME FEAR • These emotions will be covered in the Advanced Workshop, for those who want to be able to deal with the full range of emotional issues using this prayer-based approach.

14. Workshops Available on EHP Level 1: Basic Training-Healing the Brokenhearted • Basic principles of EHP for resolving feelings of grief, anger, sadness, and shame. • Prayer principles that every believer should know. Level 2: Intermediate Training-Setting Captives Free • Training in how to use the basic principles of EHP to help those with Addictions, Abuse Histories, and Marital problems. Level 3: Advanced Training: Opening Eyes of the Blind • Training in how to help those with other belief-based emotions not covered in Workshops 1 & 2.

15. NEW WEBSITE AVAILABLE! Site: tradingpain.com • Basic Principles of Emotional Healing Prayer • Four Steps to Freedom • True Stories of Healing through Prayer • Products Available: Books, DVDs, CDs can be purchased on-line. • Calendar of Training Events • Personal Ministry Opportunities • Listing of Trained Prayer Ministers

16. WORKSHOP LEVEL TWO Session 1. Physical Abuse Issues Prevalence of Abuse Problematic Emotions Session 2. Drug Abuse Problems The cause of substance abuse The underlying emotional issues Session 3. Marital Problems The basic cause of marital problems. How to help couples. Session 4. Assessing Emotional Issues Adverse Childhood Experiences

17. SESSION ONE. HELPING THE ABUSED

18. Anna Caroline Jennings (1960-1994)

19. Anna Caroline Jennings (1961)

20. Her Childhood Years • Born in 1960, the third of five children, a healthy baby with a wonderful disposition. • Began screaming and crying inconsolably at 2 ½ and became a “difficult to handle” child. • Age 11-13 witnessed parental conflict and violence. • Age 13-18: She was given Haldol “to help her sleep.” Over the next five years she was given various medications and diagnoses.

21. Her Adulthood Years • Age 18-32 was medicated, given various diagnoses, and hospitalized for 12 years in 15 hospitals for suicide attempts & hallucinations. • Fearful, suicidal, homeless, prostituted, self-abusive, shame-ridden, terrorizing nightmares.

22. DIED AT AGE 32 BY SUICIDE

23. THE CAUSE OF ANNA’S PROBLEMS • “On Being Invisible in the Mental Health System” (Ann Jennings, 1994) • A Better Title: “On Being Mistreated in an Ineffective Mental Health System.” • During one of her hospitalizations at about age 24 Anna disclosed to her mother that she had been sexually abused from age 2-4 by a male babysitter and was full of shame. • Ann Jennings, Ph.D. afj@gwi.net

24. PRIMARY EMOTIONS FROM ABUSE INDIVIDUALS • ANGER • SHAME/GUILT • SADNESS

25. YOUNG ABUSED MAN • One young man came for counseling to deal with some trauma in his life. • He was a very large man, intimidating in size, with many tatoos. • He admitted being sexually abused by a relative and he never talked about it. He began abusing drugs and getting into trouble after the abuse. • We discussed the abuse and prayed for truth. After praying he said that it was not his fault, he felt sorry for the abuser, he no longer felt embarrassment in talking about the abuse.

26. YOUNG ABUSED WOMAN - PTSD • She grew up with loving, Christian parents. • She was sexually abused at age 9 by a neighbor. • This led to her father withdrawing from her due to his guilt. • She became involved in drugs and abusive relationships. • She released her feelings of shame. • She released her grief about losing her child.

27. Prevalence of Abuse “Adverse Childhood Experiences” study: • 10.8% of adults reported experiencing physical abuse as a child. • 22% of adults reported sexual abuse as a child and 42% of girls are sexually abused before age 18. • Our churches are full of hurting people who are still suffering from early abuse.

28. ASSESSING THE PRESENCE OF UNRESOLVED TRAUMAS • Many people will not tell you about their history of sexual abuse. • Conduct a thorough “Intake Assessment” of the client’s history from birth till the present. • Ask client to complete a “Social History Questionnaire” (Included with handouts). • Psychological Assessments are not generally helpful.

29. A SENIOR TRAUMA VICTIM • An older woman came for counseling who brought a copy of a book about her life. She asked me to read chapter 4. • At 10 years of age she was physically and sexually abused by her stepfather for one year. • She made a list of all her resentments toward her mother and her stepfather, then we prayed about them and gave them to the Lord. • Afterwards she said that she felt peaceful and no longer felt angry at them; she felt sorry for them. • She returned two weeks later and reported that she felt much better and no longer needed counseling.

30. TYPES OF TRAUMAS • Childhood Abuse • Sexual Abuse • Near-death experiences • Victims of Violent Crimes • Car Accidents • Abortions • Traumatic Losses • Natural Disasters: tornados, earthquakes

31. Posttraumatic Stress Syndrome • The person has been exposed to a traumatic event in which both of the following were present: (1) the person experienced, witnessed, or was confronted with an event or events that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of self or others. (2) the person’s response involve intense fear, helplessness or horror.

32. Effectiveness of PTSD Treatments • Some forms of PTSD are much more difficult to treat. • Treatments of combat PTSD are very poor and VA Hospitals have quit funding it. • The ineffectiveness of treatments are hidden in technical language that lay people cannot understand. • Most therapists do not even attempt to treat it; they just refer to a psychiatrist for medications.

33. Emotional Components of PTSD • ANGER • GRIEF • SADNESS • GUILT/SHAME • FEAR • People who have experienced a trauma can be helped by identifying these emotions and praying with them for healing.

34. PTSD from Natural Disasters • Katrina victims • Tornado victims • Tsunami victims • Earthquake victims

35. Earthquake Victim

36. PTSD SYMPTOMS • This young woman was trapped for eight hours in the earthquake rubble with her 8 y.o. nephew underneath her. • She was rescued and had minimal injuries but her 8 y.o. nephew was still in the hospital. • She lost some friends and neighbors. She felt sadness for a pregnant woman in her apartment who died. • She expressed gratitude toward her pastor for giving her a place to stay.

37. DEALING WITH GRIEF • She stated that she had lost some friends but had already prayed about them and felt peace in her heart. She reported no feelings of grief or loss, and no fear of another earthquake. • She felt sadness about a pregnant woman in her apartment who died. • She felt sadness about her nephew who was trapped under her, who was traumatized by the experience, and who was still in the hospital. • She was also fearful of losing him.

38. VICTIM VOLUNTEERS FOR PRAYER

39. DEALING WITH SADNESS • The main emotion she felt was SADNESS. • I asked her what made her sad and then we prayed about this and gave her feelings to the Lord. I prayed and asked the Lord if there was anything He wanted her to know. • After praying with her she said that she was “no longer crying or shaking and she felt peaceful.” • She stated that the thought came to her that God was taking care of her nephew.

40. PASTOR WITH ANOTHER VICTIM

41. VICTIMS IN HAITIAN CHURCH

42. OTHER EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS • I spoke in this pastor’s church in Port au Prince on Sunday morning about how God heals grief through prayer. • Twelve to fifteen people came up afterwards for prayer after the service. • Some of them had lost family members and had grief, survivor guilt, and anger. • Some also had fear (a belief-based emotion) and I prayed for the Lord to give them truth.

43. DEALING WITH FEAR • A belief-based emotion: Like Shame Steps in Overcoming Fear: • Identify the original source of the fear. • Identify the person’s feelings as they recall the original experience. • Pray for the truth. Ask the Lord what He wants them to know.

44. JESUS SETS THE CAPTIVES FREE • Jesus can set the captives free who have been in emotional bondage from physical and sexual abuse and other traumas in their past. • He can release them from their ANGER. • He can release them from the SHAME. • He wants to use you to help people in your church and people that he brings into your life!

45. Matthew 11:28 • “ Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble of heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

46. SESSION TWO. HELPING THE ADDICTED

47. Young Man Completes Treatment • A mother told me about her son who developed a drug/ alcohol problem as a teenager. • He went through treatment and got saved and quit drinking. She was ecstatic! • He began going to church and reading his Bible but gradually slipped back into depression. • His mother was close to him and prayed for him and spoke to him daily. • One day he called the police and told them he was going to kill himself…

48. Jesus can Release the Addicted • Alcohol and drug addictions are widespread across our country. • Many people in your church have been deeply affected by someone with an addiction. • You may have a child, grandchild, or friend in your church who has been lied to, stolen from, and disappointed repeatedly by someone with an addiction. • You may feel hopeless and angry about this person.

49. TREATMENT PROGRAMS • Most treatment programs are 12-step, educational programs that focus on persuading the person that they have a problem and need help. • The primary help received is “intellectual” and not “emotional change.” • Many times an individual needs a safe place to stay where there is no access to drugs or alcohol, while they are receiving help. • If the underlying emotional pain is not healed the person will likely return to their substance abuse.

50. Meth Addict Finds Healing • Young man came to a clinic looking for some medications. He said this was his last chance… • He was so angry he said he could kill someone. • I asked him what his diagnosis was… • He returned and released his anger toward his ex-wife… then his brother…then his stepfather. • He went through a 30-day program but was feeling so good that he wanted to leave.