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January 2011 Prayer Letter
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Healing Hearts Ministries Internaional [LOGO]

Dear Friend,


As we enter into a new year I find myself, with a grateful heart, reflecting back on all that Jehovah-Rapha, The Lord-That-Heals, has done in and through this ministry. I count it a great privilege as the International Director for Healing Hearts Ministry to watch as God heals and transforms hearts and lives. As an example of how God has worked, please allow me to share with you the following stories from four of our Healing Hearts leaders. Each one went through one of the studies and at the completion of the study God prompted them to pursue leadership within our ministry. They now have the privilege of walking others through a similar healing process, just as it was done for them.

Donna went through the Binding Up the Broken Hearted Bible study on-line, via our e-ministry in 2006:
Like many others, I had a very difficult childhood. My parents were divorced at a time when divorce wasn't so "popular" and I was labeled as being from a "broken home". My mother was an alcoholic and I was sexually abused at a very early age. As a teen, I was heavily into drugs and desperately looking for love and attention in all the wrong places. At 16, I got pregnant and had an abortion. As life became more difficult, I plunged deeper into drugs to numb all the pain that was in my heart. I believed that IF there was a God, surely He didn't care about what happened to me. Over the years, I was able to walk away from the addiction that held me captive and led a "successful" life. I was married, we had a son, owned a home, held good jobs, even had a dog....I was living the American dream. But I was angry. Something was missing in my life. Peace and hope were missing. Someone shared Jesus with me and my life was forever changed. Hope and peace replaced the hopelessness and despair I felt but I still had this nagging feeling that I would never be "good enough" ..... I had done too many bad things to truly be freed from my past. The Healing Hearts bible study changed all that for me.

There was a woman in my church who needed help healing from her abortion and I felt a burden to help. There was nothing available in our area and I went online and found Healing Hearts. My first thought was to print out the study so I could minister to other women. How surprised I was to see I had so much guilt and shame that I needed to deal with first. God needed to do some serious heart surgery and heal me from my painful past. As I went through the study, I was able to truly forgive those who hurt me and be freed of the bitterness that had taken root in my heart. I was invited to become a leader in this ministry and have had the privilege of helping other women find the same freedom I found in God's Word.

The Healing Hearts bible studies are based solely on the Word of God. Anything else is a mere band-aid, but true healing is found in Christ. The study focuses on areas such as grief, guilt, shame, forgiveness, bitterness and the grace of God It's a practical application of the Scriptures that promotes healing and walking in freedom. Whether one is a new believer or has known the Lord for years, this study can help them draw closer to God, developing a more intimate relationship with Him. I truly felt like I was born-again again!

Susan took the Hem of His Garment class in 2006 in a small group setting at her home church:
I was raised in a legalistic Christian home. After being deeply hurt by people in church, I walked away from God. I started making my own decisions apart from God. I began partying all of the time, drinking, using cocaine and other drugs, and during this time became pregnant. Because I was a single mother, and didn't think anybody else would love me, I married a man who after time became very abusive, even though he believed in God and came from a Christian home. The abuse started slowly but soon I began to believe that I was as stupid and worthless as I was being told. When my son was a toddler, I attempted suicide and ended up in the hospital. I stayed in the marriage believing this was the only man that would ever love me. I continued to be very angry at God. One night after finally getting sick of it all, I cried out to the Lord, "If you are there, if you even exist I need HELP!" I started to go back to church and soon gave my heart back to Jesus. I joined a Bible study called, "The Hem of His Garment" where I openly shared my secrets with other women who had gone through the same sort of situations. I was able to let the light of Jesus shine back into all those dark places I thought I had been effectively hiding from Him. Each week I discovered how much Jesus loved me. It was through that knowledge that I was able to forgive my abusers and rest in the truth of God's forgiveness. He freed me from the anger and bitterness that I had been carrying around for a very, very long time.

Jenny took the Binding Up the Broken Hearted Bible Study in 1998:
My life was filled with pain and heartache. By the time I was 21 I had made three very poor, life-changing choices - abortion - and using drugs and alcohol to numb my pain. I was living under a mountain of guilt, shame, anger, depression and self-destruction. I was trying to find significance and happiness in men. A counselor told me that God could take away my pain and forgive my guilt. At age 32 my marriage was failing and I wanted to end my life. I decided to see if God could live up to this promise. Not only did Jesus take away my pain, guilt, shame and anger but He has restored my marriage and shown me that happiness can only be found in Him. I found that no amount of alcohol or drugs will take away my pain and no one person apart from Jesus can solve my problems or make me happy. Now, my purpose and significance in life comes from sharing this hope and healing with others.

Jody took the Binding up the Broken Hearted Bible Study in 2002:
I was full of shame and guilt from my abortion. I was a victim of rape, depressed, ex-cocaine addict, struggling with eating disorders and in total bondage before taking the "Binding up the Brokenhearted" study. After the study, by God's grace, I am totally forgiven and completely set free from shame and guilt. I am a mother to 5 beautiful children, full of joy and excited about seeing other lives changed by God and through Healing Hearts. The bible study not only healed the broken areas of my heart, but gave me an incredible passion to help others know this powerful healing found only in God's Word.

There are so many other stories I could share, as you can imagine the mission field is large and there is much work to do. The desire of my heart, as well as the women you just read about, is to see more people reached through this ministry. Would you be willing to help us by becoming a monthly financial partner? Any size gift would be very much appreciated. The scriptures tell us that if we are faithful with a little He will give us more. If everyone does a little we can accomplish much!

We would be very grateful if you would partner with us as we minister to the broken hearted... one heart at a time.

Thank you for allowing me to share what's on my heart and thank you for responding.


With a thankful, healed heart,

International Director



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Healing Hearts Ministries
PO Box 44670 Rio Rancho, NM 87174

phone (505) 355-6922