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nytepassion · 09-29-2009, 11:47 AM

I am in the process of reading what I find to be an extraordinary book. Not only does it crack you open and get to the heart of your pain, but it then massages it and brings relief and healing. This book is so good I don't want to put it down, yet I do because I want to spend time savoring every word in each chapter. I want to take it all in and meditate on it. I want to embrace its truths and shed the skin of my old thinking, ways, behavior and walk in the now and new

I think this book could be a catalyst to aid in the healing of many who find themselves in pain and place them on the path to journey into freedom from within. I want to say upfront this book is a christian belief based book so it may not appeal to some, however, I wouldn't sell myself short and not read it simply because there is so much to be gleaned from this book that could help any woman no matter what her belief system is (as they say in the program, "take what you want and leave the rest") ~~Passion

Woman, Thou Art Loosed
T.D. JAKES

And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and it was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. And when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. Luke 13:11-12

The Holy Spirit periodically lets us catch a glimpse of the personal testimony of one of the patients of the Divine Physician Himself. This woman's dilemma is her own, but perhaps you will find some point of relativity between her case history and your own. She could be like someone you know or have known, she could even be like you.

There are three major characters in this story. These characters are the person,, the problem and the prescription.

It is important to remember that for every person there will be a problem. Even more importantly, for every problem, our God has a prescription!

Jesus' opening statement to the problem in this woman's life is not a recommendation for counseling--it is a challenging command! often much more is involved in maintaining deliverance than just discussing your trauma. Jesus did not counsel what should have been commanded. I ma not, however, against seeking the counsel of godly men. On the contrary, the Scriptures say:

Blessed is the man that walk not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of the scornful. Psalm 1:1

What I want to make clear is that after you have analyzed the condition, after you have understood its origin, it will still take the authority of God's Word to put the past under your feet! This woman was suffering as a result of something that attacked her 18 years earlier. I wonder if you can relate to the long-range aftereffects of the past pain? This kind of trauma is as fresh to the victim today as it was the day it occurred. Although the problem may be rooted in the past, the prescription is a present word from God!

The word is the same yesterday, today and forevermore (Heb. 13:8)! That is to say, the word you are hearing today is able to heal your yesterday!

Jesus said, "Woman thou art loosed." He did not call her by name. He wasn't speaking to her just as a person. He spoke to her femininity. He spoke to the song in her. He spoke to the lace in her. Like a crumbling rose, Jesus spoke to the twinkle that existed in her eye when she was a child; to the girlish glow that makeup can never seem to recapture. He spoke to her God-given uniqueness. He spoke to her gender.

Her problem didn't begin suddenly. It had existed in her life for 18 years. We are looking at a woman who had a personal war going on inside her. These struggles must have tainted many areas of her life. The infirmity that attacked her life was physical. However many women also wrestle with infirmities in emotional traumas. These infirmities can be just as challenging as a physical affliction. An emotional handicap can create dependency on many different levels. Relationships can become crutches. The infirmed woman then places such weight on people that it stresses a healthy relationship. Many times such emotional handicaps will spawn a series of unhealthy relationships.

For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. John 4:18

Healing cannot come to a desperate person rummaging through other people's lives. One of the first things that a hurting person needs to do is break the habit of using other people as a narcotic to numb the dull aching of an inner void. The more you medicate the symptoms, the less chance you have of allowing God to heal you. The other destructive tendency that can exist with any abuse: the person must keep increasing the dosage. Avoid addictive, obsessive relationships. If you are becoming increasingly dependent up anything other then God to create a sense of wholeness in your life, then you are abusing your relationships. Clinging to people is far different from loving them as it is a crying out of your need for them. ike lust, it is intensely selfish. It is taking and not giving. Love is giving. God is love. God proved His love not by His need of us, but by His giving to us.

For God so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16

The Scriptures plainly show that this infirmed woman had tried to lift herself. People who stand on the outside can easily criticize and assume that the in firmed woman lacks effort and fortitude. That is not always the case. Some situations in which we can find ourselves defy will power. We feel unable to change. The Scriptures say that she "could in no wise life up herself." That implies she had employed various means of self-ministry. Isn't it amazing how the same people who lift up countless others, often cannot lift themselves?

This type of person may be a tower of faith and prayer for others, but impotent when it comes to her own limitations. That person may be the one others rely upon. Sometimes we esteem others more important than ourselves. We always become the martyr. It is wonderful to be self-sacrificing but watch out fo self-disdain! If we don't apply some of the medicine that we use on others to strengthen ourselves, our patients will be healed and we will be dying.

I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. Psalm 118:17

Many things can engender disappointment and depression. In this woman's case, a spirit of infirmity had gripped her life. A spirit can manifest itself in many forms. For some it may be low self-esteem caused by child abuse, rape, wife abuse or divorce. I realize that these are natural problems, but they are rooted in the spiritual ailments. One of the many damaging things that can affect us today is divorce, particularly among women, who often look forward to happy relationship. Little girls grow up playing with Barbie and Ken dolls, dressing doll babies and playing house. young girls lie in bed reading romance novels, while little boys play ball and ride bicycles in the park. Whenever a woman is indoctrinated to think success is romance and then experiences the trauma of a failed relationship, she comes to a painful awakening. Divorce is not merely separating; it is the tearing apart of what was once joined together.

Whenever something is torn, it does not heal easily. But Jesus can heal a broken or torn heart!

The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised. Luke 4:18

Approximately five out of ten marriages end in divorce. Those broken homes leave a trail of broken dreams, people and children. Only the Master can heal these victims in the times in which we live. He can treat the long-term effects of this tragedy. One of the great healing balms of the Holy Spirit is forgiveness. To forgive is to break the link between you and your past. Sadly enough, many times the person hardest to forgive is the one in the mirror. Although they rage loudly about others, people secretly blame themselves for a failed relationship. Regardless of who you hold responsible, there is no healing in blame! When you begin to realize that your past does not necessarily dictate the outcome of your future, then you can release the hurt. It is impossible to in hale new air until you exhale the old. I pray that as you continue reading, God would give the grace of releasing where you have been so that you can receive what God has for you now. Exhale, then inhale; there is more for you. ......

09-29-2009, 11:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
nytepassion Drug Addiction Has No Mercy Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Milwaukie Oregon Posts: 677	Woman, Thou Art Loosed I am in the process of reading what I find to be an extraordinary book. Not only does it crack you open and get to the heart of your pain, but it then massages it and brings relief and healing. This book is so good I don't want to put it down, yet I do because I want to spend time savoring every word in each chapter. I want to take it all in and meditate on it. I want to embrace its truths and shed the skin of my old thinking, ways, behavior and walk in the now and new I think this book could be a catalyst to aid in the healing of many who find themselves in pain and place them on the path to journey into freedom from within. I want to say upfront this book is a christian belief based book so it may not appeal to some, however, I wouldn't sell myself short and not read it simply because there is so much to be gleaned from this book that could help any woman no matter what her belief system is (as they say in the program, "take what you want and leave the rest") ~~Passion Woman, Thou Art Loosed T.D. JAKES And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and it was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. And when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. Luke 13:11-12 The Holy Spirit periodically lets us catch a glimpse of the personal testimony of one of the patients of the Divine Physician Himself. This woman's dilemma is her own, but perhaps you will find some point of relativity between her case history and your own. She could be like someone you know or have known, she could even be like you. There are three major characters in this story. These characters are the person,, the problem and the prescription. It is important to remember that for every person there will be a problem. Even more importantly, for every problem, our God has a prescription! Jesus' opening statement to the problem in this woman's life is not a recommendation for counseling--it is a challenging command! often much more is involved in maintaining deliverance than just discussing your trauma. Jesus did not counsel what should have been commanded. I ma not, however, against seeking the counsel of godly men. On the contrary, the Scriptures say: Blessed is the man that walk not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of the scornful. Psalm 1:1 What I want to make clear is that after you have analyzed the condition, after you have understood its origin, it will still take the authority of God's Word to put the past under your feet! This woman was suffering as a result of something that attacked her 18 years earlier. I wonder if you can relate to the long-range aftereffects of the past pain? This kind of trauma is as fresh to the victim today as it was the day it occurred. Although the problem may be rooted in the past, the prescription is a present word from God! The word is the same yesterday, today and forevermore (Heb. 13:8)! That is to say, the word you are hearing today is able to heal your yesterday! Jesus said, "Woman thou art loosed." He did not call her by name. He wasn't speaking to her just as a person. He spoke to her femininity. He spoke to the song in her. He spoke to the lace in her. Like a crumbling rose, Jesus spoke to the twinkle that existed in her eye when she was a child; to the girlish glow that makeup can never seem to recapture. He spoke to her God-given uniqueness. He spoke to her gender. Her problem didn't begin suddenly. It had existed in her life for 18 years. We are looking at a woman who had a personal war going on inside her. These struggles must have tainted many areas of her life. The infirmity that attacked her life was physical. However many women also wrestle with infirmities in emotional traumas. These infirmities can be just as challenging as a physical affliction. An emotional handicap can create dependency on many different levels. Relationships can become crutches. The infirmed woman then places such weight on people that it stresses a healthy relationship. Many times such emotional handicaps will spawn a series of unhealthy relationships. For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. John 4:18 Healing cannot come to a desperate person rummaging through other people's lives. One of the first things that a hurting person needs to do is break the habit of using other people as a narcotic to numb the dull aching of an inner void. The more you medicate the symptoms, the less chance you have of allowing God to heal you. The other destructive tendency that can exist with any abuse: the person must keep increasing the dosage. Avoid addictive, obsessive relationships. If you are becoming increasingly dependent up anything other then God to create a sense of wholeness in your life, then you are abusing your relationships. Clinging to people is far different from loving them as it is a crying out of your need for them. ike lust, it is intensely selfish. It is taking and not giving. Love is giving. God is love. God proved His love not by His need of us, but by His giving to us. For God so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 The Scriptures plainly show that this infirmed woman had tried to lift herself. People who stand on the outside can easily criticize and assume that the in firmed woman lacks effort and fortitude. That is not always the case. Some situations in which we can find ourselves defy will power. We feel unable to change. The Scriptures say that she "could in no wise life up herself." That implies she had employed various means of self-ministry. Isn't it amazing how the same people who lift up countless others, often cannot lift themselves? This type of person may be a tower of faith and prayer for others, but impotent when it comes to her own limitations. That person may be the one others rely upon. Sometimes we esteem others more important than ourselves. We always become the martyr. It is wonderful to be self-sacrificing but watch out fo self-disdain! If we don't apply some of the medicine that we use on others to strengthen ourselves, our patients will be healed and we will be dying. I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. Psalm 118:17 Many things can engender disappointment and depression. In this woman's case, a spirit of infirmity had gripped her life. A spirit can manifest itself in many forms. For some it may be low self-esteem caused by child abuse, rape, wife abuse or divorce. I realize that these are natural problems, but they are rooted in the spiritual ailments. One of the many damaging things that can affect us today is divorce, particularly among women, who often look forward to happy relationship. Little girls grow up playing with Barbie and Ken dolls, dressing doll babies and playing house. young girls lie in bed reading romance novels, while little boys play ball and ride bicycles in the park. Whenever a woman is indoctrinated to think success is romance and then experiences the trauma of a failed relationship, she comes to a painful awakening. Divorce is not merely separating; it is the tearing apart of what was once joined together. Whenever something is torn, it does not heal easily. But Jesus can heal a broken or torn heart! The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised. Luke 4:18 Approximately five out of ten marriages end in divorce. Those broken homes leave a trail of broken dreams, people and children. Only the Master can heal these victims in the times in which we live. He can treat the long-term effects of this tragedy. One of the great healing balms of the Holy Spirit is forgiveness. To forgive is to break the link between you and your past. Sadly enough, many times the person hardest to forgive is the one in the mirror. Although they rage loudly about others, people secretly blame themselves for a failed relationship. Regardless of who you hold responsible, there is no healing in blame! When you begin to realize that your past does not necessarily dictate the outcome of your future, then you can release the hurt. It is impossible to in hale new air until you exhale the old. I pray that as you continue reading, God would give the grace of releasing where you have been so that you can receive what God has for you now. Exhale, then inhale; there is more for you. ...... __________________ "What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly." ~ Richard Bach.