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Unwanted Negative Emotions
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Prayer Ministry Center
Greensprings Chapel
Unwanted Negative Emotions
Lifeline Message by Lawana Atkins
Ever feel lonely, angry, fearful, depressed, revengeful, abandoned, etc.? Everyone deals with some form of negative emotions. The question is where do they come from? How can one person remain peaceful and calm in a situation while another person gets stirred up with all kinds of negative emotional responses? How can one family have loving, secure relationships while another family lives in conflict and insecurity. What’s the difference?
The answer is somewhat simple. It has to do with the way we were parented. It all began when we were infants. Each of us have had individual childhood experiences that imprinted certain "coding" on our soul (emotions and intellect). As children we interpreted our experiences according to how they affected us. If we grew up in a home that had secure, loving parents (or caregivers), and our physical and emotional needs were met in an appropriate way, we learned to be secure and lovingly appropriate ourselves. However, no matter how good the childhood experiences were, there were heart wounds. No one escapes. We are all wounded in some ways, but the wounds are far more severe for the person who grew up in a home where insecurity and conflict reigned.
I say the answer is somewhat simple because it boils down to this. In whatever way we interpreted our experiences in childhood, negatively and positively, in that same way we believed either truths or lies about ourselves. If a child is treated harshly and seldom or never told that they have value, then that child will most likely interpret that treatment with a decision and a belief that he/she is of little or no value. That is the lie that then becomes a ruling factor in their thinking about themselves.
Of course that lie isn’t true, but if one believes that it is true, it may as well be true because it will dictate their emotions. Such a child may resort to many kinds of negative behaviors, even addictions, that will determine the path they will take into adulthood. Actually, in every way that a child is wounded, that will impede or block his/her emotional maturity.
Our maturity can be measured by the amount of negative emotions we have to deal with as adults. If we find that we’re continually having feelings of insecurity, fear, depression, inordinate stress, anger, etc., then we can conclude that we are stuck in a maturity level that is less than adult. It’s good to know this information,
because we can analyze ourselves and determine if we want to stay in the place we are or if we want to get unstuck. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE CAN GET UNSTUCK!
Even if you've tried traditional counseling and felt that it failed to meet expectations, I want to say to you that there is hope. The hope I offer is not in traditional counseling, but in a prayer ministry that goes far beyond that. You can be free from negative emotions that keep you from living a peaceful, calm life. These are not idle words. I can offer you this hope because it's true. There's no magic, no gimmicks. It's having the desire to be free and the willingness to pursue that freedom through the Light and Truth of Jesus Christ.
You may think that you've heard this before, even tried it before, but this ministry is different from what churches have generally offered. The good news is that we can be free from our troublesome negative emotions. The Bible has a message in the Gospel of John, Chapter 8, verses 32 and 36: "...you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free...So, if the Son (Jesus) sets you free, you will be free indeed."
A way we can appropriate this truth to the heart of our wounded emotions is a ministry that allows, even invites, the true Lord Jesus to come into the memories of the wounded places and speak His Truth to our lies and bring His Light into our darkness. THIS IS NOT TRADITIONAL PRAYER COUNSELING OR TRADITIONAL MINISTRY.
TWO TESTIMONIES - NAMES WITHHELD BY REQUEST
FREEDOM FROM PERFORMANCE
"My life was filled with constant striving. I believed that I had to constantly prove to myself and others that I had value. I had believed the lie that if I didn't perform well, I had no worth. I believed this lie because I grew up with a critical father who only validated me when I performed well. This put me on the path of pushing myself unceasingly. When I was able to see this and invited Jesus into the childhood memories that planted those lies of negative beliefs, I was set free. Jesus gave me truth for lies and brought peace and calm where my heart had lived for years in coping and striving. It is amazing how my life has changed. I still live a very busy, active life, but the false belief that drove me before is gone. I AM FREE, IT IS GONE! I now know that I have value, and that value is not dependent on my performance."
FREEDOM FROM FEAR
"I had lived with fear all my life until I was set free through this healing prayer ministry. I was molested repeatedly as a child, and had no one to protect me. Because of the abuse, I never felt that I was as good as other people. I always felt dirty, unclean. The fear I carried was often so intense that I couldn't sleep. Sometimes even sleeping pills didn't help. I was helped in this ministry to go back to the horrible memories that have haunted me since early childhood. While feeling the horror of those memories, Jesus came and brought truth to the lies that I had always believed. Jesus helped me understand that it was not my fault, that I could let go of my anger and my fears, that He would protect me. I feel that I have a life now, that I have hope of living in peace. I thank God for this ministry."
TWO TESTIMONIES - NAMES WITHHELD BY REQUEST
FREEDOM FROM PERFORMANCE
"My life was filled with constant striving. I believed that I had to constantly prove to myself and others that I had value. I had believed the lie that if I didn't perform well, I had no worth. I believed this lie because I grew up with a critical father who only validated me when I performed well. This put me on the path of pushing myself unceasingly. When I was able to see this and invited Jesus into the childhood memories that planted those lies of negative beliefs, I was set free. Jesus gave me truth for lies and brought peace and calm where my heart had lived for years in coping and striving. It is amazing how my life has changed. I still live a very busy, active life, but the false belief that drove me before is gone. I AM FREE, IT IS GONE! I now know that I have value, and that value is not dependent on my performance."
FREEDOM FROM FEAR
"I had lived with fear all my life until I was set free through this healing prayer ministry. I was molested repeatedly as a child, and had no one to protect me. Because of the abuse, I never felt that I was as good as other people. I always felt dirty, unclean. The fear I carried was often so intense that I couldn't sleep. Sometimes even sleeping pills didn't help. I was helped in this ministry to go back to the horrible memories that have haunted me since early childhood. While feeling the horror of those memories, Jesus came and brought truth to the lies that I had always believed. Jesus helped me understand that it was not my fault, that I could let go of my anger and my fears, that He would protect me. I feel that I have a life now, that I have hope of living in peace. I thank God for this ministry."

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