Knitting Hearts Café
Message on Freedom and Inner Healing
Geanie & Charlie Paschal and David Magnin
Written by Sue Sanders
After Joyce Sanders, leader of Knitting Hearts, opened the meeting with Scripture and prayer, Shelica Daniels danced and worshipped to “I Never Lost My Hope.” The message of the song set the tone for the teaching sessions. We Christians do not need to lose our hope, our joy, our faith, and most of all we do not need to lose our praise.
Matt Wilke and the praise team led the group in worship, as the dancers arrayed mostly in purple, expressed worship through waving their flags reminding us of the royal priesthood and the reverence due the Majestic One. Dalana Barnett’s team has grown as more girls, teens, and women have answered the call to participate. We sang of the greatness of our God, the splendor of a King clothed in majesty, the Lion and the Lamb who wraps Himself in light and darkness tries to hide, and of a good, good Father who is perfect in all His ways, whose love is so undeniable that we can barely speak, and who leads us to go deeper still.
Today’s speakers opened the doors for us to go deeper. Tiffany, a missionary to Eurasia, talked briefly about her experiences in a 98 percent Muslim country where women are not esteemed. She is home on furlong, but she will be returning as a member of a church planting team.
David Magnum began with a word for Tiffany. She has a double heart: half of it is passionate, and the other half feels all the pain of the people. She is being pulled back and forth. However, both halves are God. The Lord wants to unify her heart, the longing and passions within her. She will need the spirit of counsel, order, and opportunity to work alongside the Holy Spirit.
David also had a word for someone who had sacrificed everything to the ministry, but it did not work out. David said, “Jesus saw the sacrifices as being poured over Him.”
As David began his message, he emphasized that Jesus did not tell us to build churches. He told us to go and make disciples. Most of our churches do a good job of preaching salvation, but they get stuck on the cross. David said, “Jesus’ message is that He was taking us from one kingdom to another.” We have to move beyond that. We are sons and priests of the Kingdom. Chapter 1 of John focuses on the coming of a king. Then we are given the picture of the wedding and the church as the Bride of Christ. The perfect gift is wine. We are born again to see the Kingdom of God. We are born again to enter the Kingdom of God. We need to enter into the kingdom of Heaven. How do we go from seeing to entering? According to John Jesus said that He only does what He sees His Father doing. John relates the miracle of the multiplication of the bread and fish. Jesus multiplied the bread, but the disciples were giving it away and dispersing it among the crowd. In John 7 we have the 7 I Ams of Jesus. We must follow Jesus’ example. He emphasized, “I only do what I see the Father doing.” David continued his message by centering on the weapons of our warfare. II Corinthians 10: 3-4: “ For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh. (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;).”
There are several steps:
- Repent of Sin. We must turn to Jesus and develop a thriving relationship with Him. True repentance is more than just the stirring of the emotions.
- Do What Jesus Did. We have to act like Him. A significant aspect of acting like Him is forgiving others.
- Renounce Lies and Break Contracts with Enemy. Baptismal vows should include renouncing.
- Break Covenants. Covenants are bound in Heaven and Earth; therefore, they have to be broken.
- Delivered from Enemies. This includes demonization.
- Blessing. We don’t leave people under the curse, but we pronounce blessings over them.
Charlie Paschal spoke about the importance of listening to the Spirit and being obedient. It is expedient to begin forgiving people. Then you can hear God. Charlie and his wife lead SOZO sessions to help individuals become free. He related stories of individuals who were contemplating suicide but were set free, another person who dealt with her past and feels that she is now a completely different person, and others who let go of things that bound them to their childhood. In counseling, it is crucial to help individuals recognize truth and to ask the Holy Spirit where He wants to work today. Very often we have to break off soul ties. Charlie related that he himself had to deal with issues concerning abuse from three teenagers when he was a child and then problems with his father.
Geanie Paschal spoke about SOZO. The acronym stands for save, heal, and deliver. It takes all 3 in context to make you whole. She explained the significance of doors as gates and entrances for the enemy. For example, someone knocks, and we open the door. Instead we should follow Jesus’ example. We should see who is at the door before opening it. When we open the door, we have given the person or persons legal rights to be there.
Geannie related a significant event that opened the door for the enemy in her own life. The door on their mobile home was damaged and needed to be replaced. She wanted to get a professional who had expertise with working with mobile homes; however, her husband chose someone else who did not know how to work on mobile homes. Several other people tried to fix the problem. All of this released a rage in Geannie that she was unfamiliar with. The door to hatred got opened through the door of anger. Finally, she asked the Lord the first time this door had been opened. He exposed a time in her life when she had no voice. Her authoritative father hushed her and would not allow her to speak. She made a vow then, and in doing that she put herself on the throne. What was the key that opened the door of anger and hatred with the door in their home? The trigger occurred when Charlie ignored her and refused to hear her. Once again she felt she had no voice. Geannie had to repent and to touch the place and hurt and pain. She had to renounce the vow she had made as a child: “You want anything done. You have to do it yourself.” She emphasized that you have to allow the Holy Spirit to shed the light and expose the truth in each situation. She had to forgive her dad, Charlie, the man who did the doors, and herself. She asked us, “How do you know when you have truly forgiven?” She instructed, “You experience the presence of the Holy Spirit and then peace. Then when you remember the incident, you no longer feel pain. You must apply the blood of Jesus and ask for the doors to be closed. Deliverance comes when the Word of God invades your life.”
The teaching sessions ended with Words of Knowledge from David, Dalana Barnett, Gail Timmons, and Joyce Sanders. While the praise team sang “Break Every Chain,” David, Charlie, Jeanie, and other team members ministered to individuals.Joyce’s invitation for this month declared, “When inner healing takes place, you can walk in the destiny to which you have been called. “He sent His Word, and healed them.” Psalm 107:20. May we all walk in this freedom and embrace our destiny.
There is power in the name of Jesus to break every chain. There is an army rising up to break every chain
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