Kerri,

Not to worry.  We're glad you brought it up.

And Phil's right.  Many of us have had experiences even growing up where
well-meaning good people tried to get us physically healed in what ever way
they could, resulting in other stuff happening to us.

God is still God.  And the Lord Jesus has all the power to heal us in any
way he chooses.  He is willing and able to heal any emotional woundedness we
have or ever will have.

Vicki


Vicki

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kerri" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 11:39 PM
Subject: [ECHURCH-USA] spiritual abuse


> Hello all. Is there usch a thing as spiritual abuse? I as this because an
> issue occured when a child that I call abuse and wanted yor opinion on it.
>     My parents took me at a very young age to a healer probably in 1979 or
> early eighties because they thought I was going to die of my bone disease.
> This man they told them, had the gift of discernment and that God revealed
> things about the people he prayed for. This man asked me if I had spirits
in
> me like spirits of anger or spirits of doubt. Now mind you I was saved by
> the time I was 5 years old. He then plunked his hand on my head and
started
> chanting leave leave to these spirits. I remember feeling really nervous
but
> said nohting thinking my parents knew best. the man also said maybe I'd
see
> soon which never happened. Well time passed, and what happened was that
> people ignored me a lot, I'd get rejected often, never had friends and
then
> couldn't find work. Last December, I was wondering why I never could trust
> God propperly, as I have a great relationship with my dad, when the above
> scene was revealed to me. I remembered everything in total detail, most of
> which I'd forgotten. My questions are
> 1. Is this or was this abuse and
> 2. Do you think there is any corelation between my utter inability to find
> work and people ignoring me. Now please know, I dislike healing intesnely,
> it scares me, the holy spirit in fact I find unnerving and never knew why.
> What we think happened was that I subconsciously felt that since this guy
> asked if I had all these spirits in me, the holy spirit either was no good
> or thought ill of me.  to top that all off, my parents took me to these
> types of things repeatedly not knowing this isn't good for a child. I hope
> you don't think this is utter haracy, was very very nervous to reveal this
> to anyone. Be glad for all God is planning for you. Be patient in trouble,
> and always be prayerful.
>
>                               Romans 12:12, NLT
>