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By Shannon Hodges
DELIVERANCE By Shannon Hodges
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he front door slammed shut with intense force! Before I could comprehend that my daughter was leaving home for good, I was watching her as she drove off. A lifetime of negative emotions and wounds that had been stuffed down my entire life came erupting up and out of me like a volcano. Every mask I had in place was instantly off and my anguish and pain could no longer be hidden. I started wailing. I’m not talking about crying hard but ugly crying. I didn’t realize a human could make the sounds that came out of me! The negative emotions spewed out. I didn’t want to stop them for the first time in my life. I didn’t care if others were uncomfortable because of my emotions.
SUMMER 2021 WOMEN EMPOWERING WOMEN
What are the deeply hidden wounds and negative emotions I’m talking about? A lifetime of rejection, shame, fear, insecurities, worthlessness, heartbreak and church hurt. I was angry and brokenhearted! Growing up in a religious home and faithfully serving in the church, I could not understand why my life was a broken, hot mess. I took a journey with God and began to understand why. You see, the -majority of churches focus on our spirit and the world focuses on the flesh. The soul has been ignored and it shows in the life of many believers. I hold the personal conviction that every single believer should go through deliverance. As a Deep Inner Healing & Deliverance Minister, one of the roadblocks I come up against is when a believer is
