Inner
Healing
Many years ago, while working
as missionaries in Japan, Kathie
and I began to question why
our ministry and the ministries
of many others more anointed
and qualified than us, were not
more fruitful. There were few
converts, and within a short
time many often fell away.
God said, “There is too much
competition and jealousy!” I
(Robert) questioned Him about
the roots of our divisiveness and
strife. I felt the Lord speaking
to my heart that insufficient
healing of unresolved root
issues produces bitter fruits.
Serving on the mission field
tends to expose these, which
usually show up as conflicts in
family and team relationship!
and I am in you. And may they
be in us so that the world will
believe you sent me.
Unity among believers has
always been God’s heart for the
church. It seems that people
often hear a call to unity from
a multitude of leaders, but are
not given a strategy to make it
happen. Most of the doctrinal
and personal issues causing
division in the Body of Christ
are directly related to the need
for healing of the heart. The good
man out of the good treasure of
his heart brings forth what is
good; and the evil man out of the
evil treasure brings forth what is
evil; for his mouth speaks from
that which fills his heart (Luke
6:45, NAS).
Within a few months, we
returned to the United States to
seek heart-healing and “spiritual
parents” who could help us. But
the burden in my heart for the
lost was greater than ever. John
17:20-21 became my life verse:
For as he thinks within himself,
so he is… (Proverbs 23:7a NAS).
I am praying not only for these
disciples but also for all who will
ever believe in me through their
message. I pray that they will
all be one, just as you and I are
one—as you are in me, Father,
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The first time we heard John
and Paula Sandford (founders
of Elijah House Ministries)
teach, we knew we had found
our spiritual parents and the
strategies needed for healing and
unity! We immersed ourselves
in the study of principles for
healing the heart, and applied
them to our marriage and
family.
As we continued in our studies
we learned that Elijah House is
first and foremost a prophetic
ministry which speaks new life
into the heart of the church.
At Elijah House we often state
that our goal is to “evangelize
the unbelieving areas of the
believer’s heart,” but our ultimate
goal is to heal the church by
helping individuals and families
find and fulfill God’s original
design and destiny, and through
that, to promote unity in the
body of Christ.
Any
unhealed
wound,
judgment, lie, or inner vow
in the heart, signifies that in
a particular area, the heart
cannot receive God’s promises
and the Truth of His Word, and
therefore keep us from living
out Truth in relationships.
Ephesians 4 exhorts us to not to
continue acting like children.
We respond like children when
bitter roots from childhood are
triggered.