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Showing posts with label healing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label healing. Show all posts

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Healing for Your Hurts

Do you ever find yourself experiencing a hurt that seems stuck inside you?  Maybe you’ve tried to pray it away.  Maybe you’ve hoped a friend could help you get over it.  Maybe you’ve searched the Scriptures in hopes they would cure it.  Maybe you’ve even tried counseling.  Yet, it’s still there.

The cause of the pain may be a mystery to you or it may be right in front of your nose.  Regardless, I am writing today to assure you that there is healing for you in Christ!  And we can help you discover how the life of Christ within you can be your personal or marital healing.

I’m sure you’ve heard the quip, “Hurt people, hurt people.”  But have you also heard, “Healed people, heal people?”  It’s very true and the longer you live in a place of hurt, the more you will hurt yourself and people you care about.  However, you can be one of those whom God heals who becomes an agent of healing to others.  It’s like 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 tells us.  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

If you are a Christian and just can’t get rid of the pain inside from the reoccurring thoughts, and/or the conflict on the outside, I encourage you to give us a call at GLI and set up a consultation.  In the consultation, we will listen with the love of Jesus and will show you that there is hope in God’s grace just like we have for 20 years. Then you can decide if we are the right counseling place for you.

Our counseling is probably going to be very different than any other counseling you may have experienced – in a very good and freeing way.  One person told us that they went to 10 different counselors, Christian and otherwise.   Many were able to show this person their problems more clearly but could not give a lasting solution which could bring the healing so desperately needed.  Then God moved powerfully to bring that healing when this person came for counseling at Grace Life International. 

If you live close enough, you can come to one of our three locations – Charlotte, Asheville, or Albemarle.  If you can’t make it to one of our offices, we offer Skype counseling which more and more people are enjoying. We also have affiliate offices in some other parts of the USA and Europe.  You may also want to ask about our 2-5 day intensive counseling.

James 5:16 tells us, Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.  I often tell people, when you are ready to tell the deepest secrets of your struggles or failures, you better be careful who you confess them to.  You want someone who has these characteristics:  listens well, understands, shows compassion, isn’t judgmental, can keep a confidence, has experienced personal healing from God, and is willing to walk along with you to share His solution.   This is what you will experience with one of our 40 wonderful counselors.

Give us a call today and let us share with you how we can help. 

Charlotte (704)522-9026/Asheville (828) 545-1425/Albemarle (704) 807-1294/Online (704) 522-9026

Believe it! It's the Gospel.

Live Free In Christ,

Mark Maulding, President and Founder

www.GraceLifeInternational.com All Content Copyright © 2016 Mark Maulding but feel free to pass it on!

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Grace for the Broken

Someone recently gave me a 10 year old car as an answer to prayer!   Yet soon, it became apparent the car had transmission problems.  The people who gave it were not aware the car was internally broken, since it looked fine on the outside.

Many of us are broken, too.  We may put on a happy face and look good on the outside, but internally (emotionally) we are broken.  Some of the signs of internal brokenness are consistent depression, anxiety, anger, insecurity, pride, saying all of the right things, difficult relationships and feelings of rejection. (This is not the same as spiritual brokenness.)

Our brokenness is the result of the sins of others.  Such as not telling us they love us, or saying we will never amount to anything, or sexually abusing us.  I experienced some of that growing up.  Our brokenness is also the result of our own sins which hurt us and others.  The good news is that we are not defined by our internal brokenness but by our identity in Christ!

Understanding the complete Gospel has healed me of a lot of this kind of brokenness.  Isaiah 61:1 says the Gospel includes healing broken hearts.  How?  Jesus lives in us to love us.  We are in Him giving us confidence that we are forgiven, loved, accepted, righteous and holy. 

Are you ready to stop living as a victim and start living as a victor in Christ?  Contact us if you need help.

Live Free In Christ,
Mark Maulding, President and Founder
www.GraceLifeInternational.com All Content Copyright © 2014 Mark Maulding