A Journey to Well-Being

A PRAYER FOR EMOTIONAL HEALING

Father in the name of Jesus, I open this prayer establishing you as God my Father and Creator of the Universe. I acknowledge your presence in my life. I equally acknowledge and accept the power that you have granted me for your Word says that you have handed over to us the authority to seize & occupy in the earth. I realize that before I am able to truly access that authority I must admit that I am struggling within myself. I admit that there are people, places and things that have wounded me and brought harm to my heart, mind, body and spirit. I have felt crushed and abandoned. My success is short-lived and my tomorrow is overpowered by the memory of failures. I have tried many times to move forward yet it seems that there is an invisible force that pulls me back. Today I admit that I want to be free of these invisible chains. In my seeking you I ask you to expose any pain, rejection, vulnerability and residue in me that is keeping me from my abundant living. I don’t want to be an addict to pain. I don’t want to abuse my temple. I don’t want to forfeit divine connections. I don’t want to live in darkness. I am ready for light. The light is my truth and my freedom is waiting for me. I speak “final victory” in my life. I forgive, release and say goodbye to pain. I no longer allow it space in my life. Today I abort, terminate, dismiss and sever every illegal, unhealthy, unrighteous and unloving connection that has sabotaged me. I open up the door of my heart and I say goodbye to it. ______________ (insert the issues here) you are hereby evicted from my life. I will no longer be a bystander. I am launching. _________, you may not return. I shut the door and seal it with a one-sided lock. I will rehearse my freedom daily and speak about it like my oxygen despite how I feel. Emotional health is mine. I deserve every good thing that God has for me. I thank you God for this new beginning.

In Jesus’ name I pray, AMEN.

SUGGESTED READINGS

•FOR THE PERSON STRUGGLING WITH CHURCH

Searching for Sunday (Loving, Leaving & Finding the Church) by Rachel Held Evans

•FOR THE PERSON WHO WANTS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT GOD

The Logic of God by Ravi Zacharias

•FOR THE PERSON JOURNEYING THROUGH HEALING

•FOR THE PERSON QUESTIONINGIDENTITY You’ll Get Through This by Max Lucado

Is God anti-gay? and Why Does God Care Who I Sleep With? By Sam Allberry

MY WELL-BEING WITH FOOD Over 30 million people struggle with some form of eating. Yes, struggle. Let’s call it what it is so that we can move past it. For many people food is a struggle, an addiction, a tugof-war and a love/hate relationship. Part of this has been inflicted by society and the other part is due to thought patterns, beliefs and experiences that have shaped your relationship with food. Living in peace with food is not a magic pill, a one time fix or a matter of supernatural occurrences. To gain victory in this area you have to get to the root of the struggle, face it and rehearse your decision to live well with food. I’m not going to sell you any wolf tickets, some of you will be able to follow these steps and others of you will need to assess whether or not you need guidance. Neither is wrong what is important is that you be truthful with yourself and love yourself hard enough to realize you are worthy of the process. The process is what will establish a healthier mindset. Whereas some of your goal setting has been unhealthy you will now learn how to take one day at a time for the rest of your life. That process will enable you to withstand storms, crisis and the urge to resort to old habits. And guess what? If you lose sight of the vision to be well inside it’s ok. Admit it, give yourself grace and keep going.