THEOPHOSTICS: Are you suffering from mental and psychological torments, fears, recurrent unwanted thoughts, painful memories, intractable guilt, and long-standing spiritual battles that you can't seem to win despite regular prayer, repentance and constant effort? If you are, you might want to explore Theophostics, a form of inner-healing ministry developed by Ed M. Smith of Campbellsville, KY. In Theophostic ministry, Jesus himself ministers truth to the lies, healing to the hurts, and hope to the hopelessness. This form of intervention has produced the most extraordinary emotional and spiritual healing I have ever experienced despite years of counseling, seminars, workshops, study and prayer. Nothing ~ no therapy, no treatment, no medication, no amount of knowledge, prayer, repentance, faith or intercession ~ seemed able to repair the deep wounds of childhood or reprogram a mind bent by false religion, and there were times I felt nothing ever would. I thank God for leading me to this wonderful tool. Other methods may have their place, but for me, this has been the most effective, direct and expeditious route to true and lasting healing and change. For the first time in my life I finally feel free, integrated and able to move ahead into all the ministry that God has designed for me.
Ed's describes THEOPHOSTICS this way: "Theo (God) Phostic (light) is a prayer ministry that is Christ-centered and God-reliant for its direction and outcome. It is not RECOVERED MEMORY THERAPY (RMT). Simply stated, it is encouraging a person to discover and expose what he believes that is falsehood and then encouraging him to have an encounter with Jesus Christ through prayer and allowing the Lord to reveal His truth to the wounded person’s heart and mind. It is not about advice-giving, diagnosing problems, sharing opinions or insight. It is about allowing a person to have a personal encounter with the Lord Jesus in the midst of the person’s emotional pain... Theophostic Prayer Ministry acknowledges that Jesus Christ is the only one who can truly release the wounded person from their emotional/mental bondage. This does not invalidate the role of the counselor/minister as a listener, intercessor and/or instructor of biblical knowledge and godly living, but acknowledges that apart from Christ we are ineffective in accomplishing God’s desire for bringing lasting peace and genuine victory to the wounded soul. Theophostic (God's Light) is all about the Lord Jesus."
Ed is a pastoral counselor with a masters in education (marriage and family counseling emphasis) and a doctorate in Pastoral Ministry. You can read about Theophostic prayer ministry in his book, Healing Life's Hurts, available on his website, www.theophostic.com.
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