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    God’s Inner Healing: A Guide in Life Recovery, Healing, and Mission
    God’s Inner Healing: A Guide in Life Recovery, Healing, and Mission
    God’s Inner Healing: A Guide in Life Recovery, Healing, and Mission
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    God’s Inner Healing: A Guide in Life Recovery, Healing, and Mission

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    God's Inner Healing is a biblically-based life recovery book written by psychotherapist Dr. Angelo O. Subida. In this book, Dr. Subida guides you on a journey of life recovery, healing, and Mission.

    Through personal reflection, relevant Bible studies, and numerous examples, he shows how lasting healing and wholeness is shaped by life's application of the Word of God.

    Dr. Subida explores the reasons why many experience depression, addiction, poor self image, and other emotional dysfunctions. He directs your attention to Christ's example and teachings for total, permanent healing.

    This thoughtful, provocative book affirms your value to God, your self, and others.

    The author writes, "This book is dangerous. I've written it for I believe everybody needs it. At the same time, I've written it with some trepidation. The book deals with pain. It's a journey into our dark, hidden side. Despite of that, I believe it's greatest gains shall be God's hope, healing, and happiness. I call it "God's inner healing." I don't know of a better way to describe a process that completely liberates people. That is, deep-level healing from life's hurts, wounds and personal dysfunction. Medicine alone can never be complete. Psychiatry and psychology can't be deep enough."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDr. Angelo O. Subida
    Release dateJan 17, 2019
    ISBN9781386521884
    God’s Inner Healing: A Guide in Life Recovery, Healing, and Mission
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    Angelo Subida

    Dr. Angelo O. Subida is a psychotherapist, author, and speaker. He has been featured as an expert on mental health and self therapy on national media, such as CNN, ABS-CBN, GMA7, TV5, and UNTV. A former long-time professor, minister. and one-time journalist, he is author of other books/resources, including “Life’s #1 Question,” “Emotional First Aid,” and “God’s Inner Healing.”

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      God’s Inner Healing - Angelo Subida

      Dr. Angelo O. Subida

      God’s Inner Healing

      A Guide in Life Recovery, Healing, and Mission

      Copyright © 2009 by Dr. Angelo O. Subida

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise without written permission from the publisher. It is illegal to copy this book, post it to a website, or distribute it by any other means without permission.

      GOD’S INNER HEALING:

      A Guide in Life Recovery, Healing, and Mission

      Published by

      CENTRAL BOOKS, Phoenix Bldg, 1103 Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

      Also by Dr. Angelo O. Subida

      Secrets of Your Self

      Emotional First Aid

      Life’s #1 Question

      Chess and Life

      First edition

      This book was professionally typeset on Reedsy

      Find out more at reedsy.com

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      This book is lovingly dedicated to Shamei, Finnegan, Angel, Paul, and Christine and their ancestors, as well as their future generations.

      He has sent me to bring the Good News to those in need, and to heal hearts that are broken.

      Isaiah 61: 1

      Contents

      Preface

      What is God’s Inner Healing?

      It’s a Truth Game

      Freeing the Inner Child

      The Way Out of Family Sins

      Repent or Perish

      Healing Your Memories

      Flashbacks, Images, Obsessions

      At the Heart of Inner Healing

      From Shame to Honor

      Inner Healing and Youth

      First Aid for the Betrayed

      Where’s the Bread?

      Safe People, Safe Community

      The Dark Side of Leadership

      The Choice to Serve Others

      When There’s No One Else

      Self-Healing Made Practical

      Ready to Move On

      God’s Inner Healing And Beyond

      Personal Wholeness Questionnaire

      Biblical Therapy for Life’s Problems

      How to Go to Heaven

      About the Author

      Preface

      Have you experienced any of the following in your own life?

      * Bouts of excessive worry or anxieties?

      * Anger and bitterness towards somebody who has offended or wronged you?

      * Feeling that surroundings are strange, detached, unreal?

      * Unable to move forward due to loss of interest or depression?

      * Difficulty in falling asleep?

      * Pain due to physical, mental, or emotional illness?

      * Deep wounds from betrayal of loved ones or others?

      * Lack of purpose and direction in life?

      * No peace or joy within?

      … plus more?

      If you have answered Yes to any or more of the preceding questions, this book can help.

      This book is dangerous. I’ve written it for I believe everybody needs it.

      At the same time, I’ve written it with some trepidation.

      The book deals with pain. It’s a journey into our dark, hidden side. Despite of that, I believe it’s greatest gains shall be God’s hope, healing, and happiness.

      I call it God’s inner healing. I don’t know of a better way to describe a process that completely liberates people.

      That is, deep-level healing from life’s hurts, wounds and personal dysfunction.

      Medicine alone can never be complete. Psychiatry and psychology can’t be deep enough.

      True, lasting inner healing comes when we step off the stairs. And then, we say, What happens to my life is up to me and my relationship with my Lord.

      Why are people haunted by hidden hurts for many years which debilitate them in their personal and public lives?

      How does one deal with this hidden dark side of the heart which saps power and effectiveness in life?

      This book is a series of brief, digestible chapters telling of the why and the how one can be healed by God. It will help one to grow toward lasting wholeness.

      Here, I also attempt to address a frequently neglected area.

      Despite the proliferation of moral failures in various areas of leadership in our society over the centuries, very few receive adequate assistance on this matter.

      The problem is like a family secret. No one wants to talk about it.

      Likewise, it does not take long for us to realize that the church has not been serving as it should. There are always exceptions of course.

      But in many places, the church and her leaders are the ones creating problems instead of serving as a healing, redemptive community.

      One said, the church is the only army in the world that shoots its own wounded.

      Because of this, a lot of people do not feel safe to go to or being in the church. They found reason to hide rather than heal within the church.

      How does that relate to me in this book? Directly. You see, this book has been written from an insider’s perspective.

      I myself was controlled by hidden hurts for many more years than I’ve been healed and free.

      And so, I present the essential contents of this book not just as theory, but personally experienced.

      Each person’s story is different from mine. Yet the same.

      My own journey deals with some of the deepest issues of my life. So I felt it would have a great deal to say to our common humanity.

      Of course, I cannot make generalizations from my own particulars.

      I can only share my experience with you and trust God to lead you to the truth and blessing that He has in store for you.

      Everybody needs God’s Inner Healing. All of us have something that we’re healing or recovering from.

      This book directly confronts problems, which is often a painful process that most of us try to escape from.

      And this very act of escape leads to greater pain and stunts mental, emotional, and spiritual growth.

      The book can be helpful to young people, men, women, singles, or couples who want to be free of personal wounds that plague their present lives.

      One discovers that these are issues that often need more than the ordinary ways of ministering.

      The book is also for leaders, influencers, helpers, and all the rest of us who want to help others be healed and whole in the power of Jesus Christ.

      It can be a handy personal and ministry manual to lead people to face their truth and find freedom.

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      What is God’s Inner Healing?

      And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him, and He opened the book … ‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He anointed Me to preach the Gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord.’ … And He began to say to them, ‘Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.’ (Luke 4: 17-19, 21)

      The Bible contains a lot of focus on the inner man.

      A lot of healing explicitly mentioned in the Bible is physical. But we can see that there is also much inner healing contained in it.

      This is manifest through its teachings. On the renewal of the mind, curses that can damage our lives, sins of the fathers, demons, and exorcism.

      There is Scripture’s concern for broken people. To set the captives free. It teaches deeply on forgiveness as a way towards true peace, healing, and freedom.

      The healing ministry of Jesus Christ is well recognized and documented in Scripture.

      The Bible records, When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: ‘He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses’ (Matthew 8:16-17).

      Clearly, in Jesus’ earthly ministry, He healed human evil in all its forms. He showed deep compassion in His healing work.

      He healed not only people’s physical illnesses. He likewise healed their spiritual afflictions and emotional troubles as well.

      He carried all our burdens and afflictions that culminated in their lifting on the Cross of Calvary and His Resurrection.

      Since then, Jesus has continued to heal through the ministry of His disciples throughout the history of the Christian church.

      Some, however, say that Jesus’ healing ministry stopped when His earthly ministry stopped.

      This, I believe, is less than fully biblical. Healing is part of the essence of God. It cannot change.

      God’s healing ministry is as unchanged as our Lord Jesus Himself.

      Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8).

      Today, it is sad to observe the ministry of inner healing receiving unfavorable reputation in some circles. This is so because of misguided practices.

      There are those who do it by imposing their own stuff on others rather than rely on God’s power and message.

      Some seek dominance, intrusion, or control

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