Healing

heart
the
Proverbs
18:14
A man's spirit sustains
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him in sickness, but a

crushed spirit who can
bear?
 The deepest
pain a person
can have are
centered in the
SOUL
 When God designed the
human being, He made it so
that man could be loved,
feel loved and at the same
time give love.
 But how could a man
be loved and feel loved
if they are so broken?
 Many wounds are formed in
childhood due to lack of:
• Family affection
• Love
• Encouragement
and recognition
These leave a great emptiness
in the heart. Although years
go by, the emptiness still
remains.
Then people try to fill it with
secondary things and start
getting into horrible sins.
 People resort to marriage

In this condition, some think that having a

relationship or living with someone will help them
escape or forget everything they suffered from
People get into drugs or vices

This is their way to

momentarily forget their
problems.
But what happens is that instead of
getting better, the wounds become
even deeper. The wounds of the
spirit go further back than the
memory and deeper than that of a
conscious mind.
Inner
Healing
 A. What is Inner Healing?
• The healing of wounds inflicted
inside the person, wounds felt in
the soul.
• Man is composed of
SPIRIT, SOUL, and
BODY.
In the SOUL we find:

The MIND
The emotions
The will
 In the SOUL we find:
The MIND
• It’s what makes us conscious
of the world around us by the
way it processes the
information.
 In the SOUL we find:
The EMOTIONS
• they are what give life flavor. If
the emotions are wounded, they
become a person’s worst
torment.
In the SOUL we find:

The WILL
• it’s the part of us that
always has the last word
 The Emotions:
They are what give life flavor.
If the emotions are wounded,
they become a person’s worst
torment.
 The Emotions:

The wounds of the heart are

so deep that not even time
can erase.
The Emotions:
They are rooted in the innermost
part of the heart that many times
they are not perceived by our
memory. They are deeper than
physical wounds.
 B. When do wounds in the
soul start?
• Many wounds were possibly produced
before we were even born.
1. When a person is conceived, he becomes an
extension of the parents’ characters.
2. Everything they may have lived during the
period of their children’s conception can
interfere with their children’s emotions.
 B. When do wounds in the
soul start?
• Many wounds were possibly produced
before we were even born.
3. The parents’ character is also reproduced in
the children.
4. The curses or blessings they may have
inherited from their ancestors will be
handed down to their descendants.
 Why we need inner healing?

1. Tendencies
• “HURT PEOPLE, HURT PEOPLE”
• “YOU CANNOT GIVE WHAT
YOU DON’T HAVE”
 Why we need inner healing?
2. Satan can gain entrance…
THESE •Unforgiveness
.
• Impure or
Fear
Insecurity
.
unclean spirit Anger , Bitterness
Hatred
Inferiority complex
Mistrust
Jealousy, envy, gossip
LEAD TO THESE
 Warning!
19
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which
are these : fornication, uncleanness,
lasciviousness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife,
jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties, 21
envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like;
of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn
you, that they who practice such things shall not
inherit the kingdom of God. Galatians 5:19-21
 Warning!
19
Sayon kaayo pag-ila sa buhat sa tawhanong kinaiya. Makita
kini diha sa salawayon nga pakighilawas, hugaw ug hilas na
mga buhat, 20 ingon man sa pagsimba sa mga diosdios ug sa
pagpamarang. Makita usab kini sa pagdinumtanay,
pagbingkilbingkil, sa kasina, sa kapungot, sa kahakog, sa
pagkabahinbahin, 21pagkamasinahon, pagkapalahubog,
pagkamapatuyangon sa lawasnong kaibog ug uban pang mga
butang nga sama niini. Busa pasidan-an ko kamo karon sama
sa akong gihimo kaniadto: ang magbuhat niining mga butanga
walay dapit sa Gingharian sa Dios. MGA TAGA-GALACIA
5:19-21
 Every experience we live
through is stored in the brain.
• That is why when people are despised,
rejected, abused and mistreated during
childhood, they turn all of those into
thoughts of condemnation and defeat
when they become adults.
Rejection
 What is Rejection?
Rejection – is lack of acceptance.
• Rejected person:
• Not being accepted
• Being oppose in what you say
Propose or offer
• Not fitting and Not being able to
find your place within a group.
 Rejection

• the main cause of wounded

spirit
• It comes from lack of love
Rejection
• Man was created to give
affection and to receive it.
One way of expressing our
love is through affection.
Rejection
When one doesn’t receive love,
he can’t give it either.
• It will make him aggressive,
violent, rebellious, depressed,
sad and bitter.
Rejection
Emptiness is produced
when one of the parents
doesn’t give the baby the
affection he or she needs.
 Rejection
• It is important for parents to
build bridges of communication
with their children and at the
same time strengthen their bonds
of friendship with them.
 Rejection
• It is important to keep the
following things in mind for the
Lord to bring about a complete
restoration to each wounded heart.
 Rejection starts:
FROM THE WOMB
Causes: FROM BIRTH
unwanted pregnancies -Born with
• negative circumstance defects
•
•
Wrong timing
Out of wedlock
-Parents
• Cannot afford to feed expecting a boy
the baby or a girl
•
 Rejection starts:
• as we grow up
• Favoritism • Verbal Abuse - Matt. 5:22
• Comparison • Victim of circumstances
• Adoption • Death
• Abando nment • Lack of affection
• Divorce • Distant parents
• Sexual Abuse
• Lack of communication, no time
• Physical abuse
 Results of Rejection
• Aggressive- pushy, Violent • Defensiveness- very anxious to
• Rebellious/murmur challenge or avoid criticism
• Depressed • Distrust
• Bitter • Perfectionism
• Fearful • Jealousy
• Hardness • Disrespect
• Guilt • Hopelessness
• Inferiority, poor self-image • Overdressing
• Competition • Judgmental/ critical
Healing from Rejection
1. Identify the possible cause of the
rejection. This is getting to the
root of the matter.
2. Confront the past.
3. Identify those who have hurt
you
4. Release forgiveness
III. Jesus Suffered
Rejection For You
 Jesus suffered rejection for you

1. He was rejected at birth

2. He was rejected after birth
3. He was rejected by the Jews
4. He was rejected by His own
disciples
5. His Father rejected Him
 Jesus suffered rejection for you

1.He was rejected before he was born.

(Mt. 1:18-19)
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This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about:
His mother Mary was pledged to be married to
Joseph, but before they came together, she was
found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
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Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man
and did not want to expose her to public disgrace,
 Jesus suffered rejection for you
2. He was rejected a short time after birth. (Mt.
2:3,16)
3
When King Herod heard this he was disturbed and
all Jerusalem with him.
16
When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by
the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill
all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were
two years old and under, in accordance with the time
he had learned from the Magi.
 Jesus suffered rejection for you

3. He was rejected by the Jews.

(Mt. 13:53-58)
53
When Jesus had finished these parables, he moved
on from there. 54Coming to his hometown, he began
teaching the people in their synagogue, and they
were amazed. "Where did this man get this wisdom
and these miraculous powers?" they asked.
 Jesus suffered rejection for you

3. He was rejected by the Jews. (Mt. 13:53-

58)
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"Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his
mother's name Mary, and aren't his brothers
James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? Aren't all his
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sisters with us? Where then did this man get all
these things?"
 Jesus suffered rejection for you

3. He was rejected by the Jews. (Mt. 13:53-

58)
57
And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to
them, "Only in his hometown and in his own house
is a prophet without honor.“ 58And he did not do
many miracles there because of their lack of faith.
 Jesus suffered rejection for you

4. His own disciples rejected Him.(Lk.

22:54; 23:55) Peter in particular.
54
Then seizing him, they led him away and took him into
the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance.
55
The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee
followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was
laid in it.
 Jesus suffered rejection for you

5. He was rejected by one of the

thieves crucified next to him. (Lk.
23:39)
One of the criminals who hung there
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hurled insults at him: "Aren't you the

Christ? Save yourself and us!"
 Jesus suffered rejection for you

6. And the greatest pain Jesus felt was when the

Heavenly Father abandoned Him. (Ps. 22:1, 9)
1
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why
are you so far from saving me, so far from the words
of my groaning? 9Yet you brought me out of the
womb; you made me trust in you even at my
mother's breast.
 Jesus suffered rejection for you

We can see that our birth was no mistake

because God planned it all. We can see that God
is a paternal and maternal God. He can fill any
emotional emptiness caused by the
abandonment of our parents. (Psalm 22:10b)
 Jesus suffered rejection for you

Psalm 22:10
From birth I was cast upon you; from my
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mother's womb you have been my God.

 Jesus suffered rejection for you

For a true inner healing, God begins the

process through broken-heartedness. He
wants to come and take the place of your
mother or your father, filling the empty
spots they have left in your life. (Mt. 23:9,
Ps 27:10)
 Jesus suffered rejection for you

Matthew 23:9
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And do not call anyone on earth `father,'
for you have one Father, and he is in
heaven.
 IV. Things we should not allow
in our lives (esp. for parents)
1. Anger - This is an uncontrolled attitude in
the character of the individual. It shows
weakness. (Eph. 4:31-32)
2. Blaming others - Generally, a person tends to
justify and blame others.
3. Hurtful words
4. Physical abuse (Isaiah 54:4-6)
 V. Steps towards restoration

1. Forgive from the bottom of you heart, those

who have offended you, including those who
have rejected you and those who have caused
deep wounds in your heart. (Mark 11:25)
• If you are the offender - (Matthew 5:23-24)
• If you are the offended - (Matthew 18:21-35)
 V. Steps towards restoration

2. Do not hold on the things in your heart that

have caused bitterness, resentment, hatred, or
rebellion. (Matthew 13:51)
3. Forgive yourself – Romans 8:1
4. Surrender yourself to Jesus completely.
(Matthew 11:28)
 How do I do it?

GOD begins the process of

true Inner Healing
through brokenness
 Steps toward Inner Healing

1. Ask the Holy Spirit to bring to your mind the

people who have hurt you (think of strained
relationships).
2. Forgive those who hurt you and rejected you
from your heart that causes bitterness,
resentment, hatred, or rebellion.
 Steps toward Inner Healing

3. Recognize that you have things against

people (offenses), and that you are sinning
by holding on to these wrong attitudes.
4. Forgive yourself. Rom. 8:1
5. Surrender yourself completely to Jesus.
Matt. 11:28-29
HEAL – THY - HEART
means
HEALTHY HEARTS