Dear Friend,
On behalf of Healing Hearts I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your faithful prayer and financial support this past year. We know there are many worthy ministries deserving your support and we are blessed that you chose to financially support Healing Hearts. Your partnership in ministry is important to us and those we serve. Because of your prayers and generosity thousands of lives have been changed and Jesus has been glorified.
Each and every day as we minister to broken individuals we see the toll sexual sin has taken on our nation. Whether it's the sin that leads to a woman having an abortion, which ends in the death of a precious child, or sin that leads to someone sexually abusing another individual; the toll it has taken on our nation is indescribable. The only hope for this problem is Jesus. We must continue to reach out to those broken and wounded individuals and share with them the truth of God's Word as we mentor them through the healing process.
Recently I received a testimony that I would like to share with you. This young woman was sexually and physically abused as a child and ended up being sold into sex slavery and became addicted to drugs. She was rescued from sex slavery and found a church that reached out and loved her right where she was and that's where she found a Healing Hearts leader who ministered to her. For the sake of her confidentiality we will call her "Jane". | "Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses. He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions." Psalm 107:19-20 |
Here is how Healing Hearts affected Jane's life...
Healing Hearts was finally a place where I didn't have to be all nice and cleaned up already. I could really tell my story of incest, rape, abortions, prostitution, beatings, drug abuse and find healing. I could talk about all those hidden secrets and dark things that were too ugly to mention in other women's Bible studies. I also learned to forgive others and accept Gods' forgiveness. I could really say things 'too bad' to share in regular church and have Jesus and the Holy Spirit go there with me and find cleansing and healing there. Not just the made up 'acceptable' me but authentic me, all of me. I found I am not alone in my experiences...
...Other women were also hiding pasts too difficult to share. In touching the hem of Jesus' garment, I too found healing for my soul that had been wounded and bleeding for a lifetime. I learned that God can make all things come together for good.
- Jane
Jane's life has been transformed and will never be the same again because God's Word was applied to the broken areas of her life and as a result healing occurred. She learned that God loved her unconditionally just like she was because of the love she received from her church and from the Healing Hearts leader that led her through the Healing Hearts Bible Study. As Jane stated, she is not alone. There are millions of women in the US and all over the world that need to know they are loved and there is hope for their lives. They need to know they don't have to live like they have been living because God has a plan for their lives and He wants to be their Savior and Healer.
As we reach out to women like Jane please consider a monthly gift to Healing Hearts that will make a difference for eternity. We can't change the world all at once but we can change it one heart at a time.
Would you also consider making a significant year-end donation? 2014 presented unique growth opportunities for Healing Hearts - from new Mother & Daughter conferences to improved web-based ministry developments. We've accomplished much, but not without costs, some of which were unforeseen. Looking ahead to 2015 we are excited to see what God has in store for us. One of the areas we aim to grow further in next year is more effective marketing; raising the awareness of this ministry to those desperately in need the healing God's Word supplies. Your gift will help.
May the Lord bless and keep you always.
In Jesus` Love,
Sue Liljenberg
International Director
This holiday season, let us all remember the true reason for the season...
Jesus!
Merry Christmas from Healing Hearts to You!
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