Healing from the Past

Written on our hearts are these deep inner longings. The longings are:

the deep longing for parenting;
the deep longing for companionship and emotional development;
the deep longing for power and freedom, and
the deep longing for meaning and purpose.

What longing have you had the most difficulty with as an adult? The major forces that keep us from being fulfilled are abandonment, abuse, neglect, and enmeshment. These are often consequences of generational dysfunction. The scriptures speak of "the sins of the father being passed down to the third and fourth generations."

Most people try on their own to satisfy these longings. Temporary solutions do not solve pathological problems. This may make matters worse. Maybe you have been down this path, possibly many times.

Have you ever tried to use the Bible as a guide for healing? The Hebrew writer wrote,

God's word is alive and working and is sharper than a double-edged sword. It cuts all the way into us, where the soul and the spirit are joined, to the center of our joints and bones. And it judges the thoughts and feelings in our hearts.4:12

What do you have to risk? Join me as we look at several passages in the first four books of the New Testament, known as the gospels, which will provide words of healing and satisfy the longing in your soul.