Testamonies

Jean

I was a seminary student, when I discovered that my adopted Dad had raped me from ages 3-12. I couldn’t read my school textbooks and my concentration was almost non-existent. I sought counseling at Freedom & Healing in Christ and discovered that I had Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Through counseling my memories have been reframed and healed. I was able to completely forgive my Dad before he died. My DID no longer exists - my “girls” have merged! I now enjoy life and am having fun! Why Freedom & Healing in Christ? Because the Holy Spirit guides the work!!!!!

John

In a letter of gratitude to director Gary Runkle-Edens:

I wanted to say how grateful I am to you for being the facilitator and mediator for the inner healing God has brought about in my life. My heart and mind continue to experience healing and although I get into ruts every once and awhile, I now have a way out of them! I know now God has a plan for me and I’m excited about the future.

I give thanks to you also in bringing me to a point where I could get engaged and marry my wonderful wife. It’s hard to imagine how I was able to get to the point where I could commit to marrying her is such a short time. This would have proved impossible for me before I experience the love and healing of Jesus Christ through you ministering.

Please keep up what you are doing. It is quite refreshing and life changing to have found a place where God’s true desire for our healing, which comes directly from his loving kindness toward us is proclaimed consistently, clearly, and lovingly. I always knew it was God’s intention for people to encourage each other in a practical and straightforward way, but now I have seen it in the flesh! I wish is could happen more, much more for others.

Kathleen

TURMOIL engulfed my inner life when I stumbled upon FHIC. Thankfully, the Lord FREED ME from my sin and powerfully HEALED deep pains on my soul. Now, my life is characterized by abounding PEACE and JOY.

Gordon

By the time I came to FHIC in 1999 I had already gone through years of anti-depressants and four different psychologists trying to cope with clinical depression. Gary brought God into the situation and God used Gary to demonstrate His power, love, compassion, and authority to break negative vows that I had made and expel demons, both generational and those I invited through my own sin. Sometimes there are spiritual elements in psychological problems. I learned and experienced that demons can infest even the Christian. Those vows we say like, “I’ll never…” have consequences in the spiritual realm that put stakes in the ground that are used against us to prevent us from changing or improving. We become stuck in our patterns and behavior. When the demons were expelled I was finally freed for the first time in my life to hear God, feel His love directly, and to allow Him to make permanent change in my life. My life changed because I changed — I was healed by God who met me in Gary’s office.

Thank God there is a ministry that effectively channels the power and authority of the Great Physician to affect meaningful, permanent change in people’s lives.

Maureen Jordan

As a wife and mother of three sons five and under, I entered a state hospital psychiatric ward in a catatonic state. The staff observed and diagnosed me as a paranoid schizophrenic. The gave me a 50-50 chance of coming back to reality. For the next 22 years I was between state hospital stays and medication. I felt hopeless and helpless. I seemed like I was on a merry-go-round with no brass ring. Then in 1987 my sister found a doctor wanting to treat me for Bipolar Disorder. I had been diagnosed incorrectly all those years. He placed me on the proper medication.

When I was a new Christian I had read Isaiah 61:1 and Psalm 147:3. I really believe that Jesus Christ could and would make me whole. Medication took care of my hardware, but I needed deep inner healing for my software. I was enthused and excited about my continued healing.

Though ministry I realized I had several children (alters). I have given them names as I spend time with Jesus and them. My inner children are at different stages of healing. Jesus lets me know who is to have healing (integration). I the parent bring that child to Jesus. He picks her up to sit on His lap and to show her love. For instance, Jeannie (my child of anger) has had an abundance of anger. Her healing is on going. She now knows Jesus Christ as her Savior and Lord. Jeannie knows the Father’s love and that she is chosen. Since she has spent time on Jesus’ lap, her head on his chest and a lot of dialogue, her rage and throwing things have stopped. Her anger is now minimal. Jeannie has been recognized, healed and integrated.

I have counseled with Maria Berbée for over seven years. She has helped me to heal in areas of family origin and low self-esteem. There was also emphasis on forgiving others and myself. I believe Maria cleared the way for Jesus to heal my inner child and her alters.

All glory goes to the Lord. Psalm 118:23 “It is the Lord’s doing; It is marvelous in our sight.”