PTSD #9 - PTSD and Biblical Healing

Doug Carragher from Wounded Spirits Ministries talks about PTSD.

PTSD Conference: Biblical Healing: From Chapter 10 in the workbook.

You can download the workbook and follow the accompanying notes at: tinyurl.com/StudyPTSD

Biblical Healing.

You are never alone in times of darkness or grief! In Psalm 34:18, the Bible teaches that “The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.”

The Lord’s promise of being with the broken hearted is a comfort that those without the Lord will ever know.

After the loss of a loved one, the suicide rate goes from 13 out of 100,000 to 40 of 100,000.
For someone dealing with a lost loved one who commits suicide, the rate goes up by 65%.

The Lord uses trials to bring us closer to Him!

Prolonged dying is terrible and having to go through it with a loved one is unimaginable.

In Acts 2:23, “Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:”

From God’s own Son’s death, we now have eternal life.

In the book of Job, we see a man who has lost his possessions, his family, his health, and even his will to live (Job 1–3). His friends came to him in the midst of tragedy. Yet through these tragedies, the Lord blessed Job immeasurably.

Thorough searching the following verses, which have helped me through trials, are:
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.” ~I Peter 5:10.
“Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;” ~Romans 12:12.

Life is going on and you need to be part of it!

When you feel like giving up, you are missing out on what God has to offer.

“Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.” ~Isaiah 41:10.
“And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” ~Galatians 6:9
“Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.” ~Joshua 1:9.
“And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.” ~Mark 10:27.

You have hope!
“Blessed [is] the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.” ~Jeremiah 17:7.
Hope brings security: “And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.” ~Job 11:18.
Hope brings confidence: “For the LORD shall be thy confidence and shall keep thy foot from being taken.” ~Proverbs 3:26.
Hope brings praise to God: “But I will hope continually and will yet praise thee more and more.” ~Psalm 71:14.
Hope brings eternal value: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.” ~John 5:24.

Hope brings strength: “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” ~Isaiah 40:31.

Our Orders
Be Strong: When we are dependent upon God, when we surrender to him, when we rely on him and ask Jesus to live his life through us, we’re living by his power and strength. You see, if we try to be strong in our own might, we don’t give God the opportunity to use his strength as he lives through us. (Ephesians 6:10)

Fulfill the Mission: “Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.” (II Corinthians 12:4).