Sometimes what you THINK you need isn’t what you actually need…

That happened to Jenn, when she took “everything” she thought a friend who was recently diagnosed with cancer need. Turns out, she didn’t need a “Hulken” full of stuff, she only needed, well… presence.

And this occurred, too…

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In meeting someone else’s need, Jenn discovered something greater she was called to do, something which continues creating a ripple effect even today.

Such is the nature of giving.

You give, you gain.

You gain, give you give more.

And…

The cycle repeats.

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By the way, a Hulken (in case you don’t know either— I didn’t) is a massive rolling tote bag. It’s “extra.”

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Next steps:

Grab Jenn’s book at www.MaeTheBook.com

Learn more about accumulating trauma at www.GY6.online/blog/accumulated

Access the Soul & Spirit, Health + Healing resource here: www.GY6.online/SSHH

For more about Amplify, go to www.AmplifyOnline.info

Personal coaching, go to www.Jenkins.tv/PC

Somebody asked me a few weeks ago, “Why do you teach natural health?”

And, “Why teach practical stuff alongside the spiritual…?”

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By that, they meant something like this: “You teach grace and healing… why do we need natural health if we have supernatural power available to us?”

It’s a great question.

The sarcastic reply would be, “Why do you need doctors and Western medicine if we have supernatural power available? Whereas ‘church people’ seem hesitant to venture into the natural health waters for fear that they’ll contract ‘new age’ demons, few of them give a second thought about rushing to the doc in the box, big pharma, or invasive surgeries…”

Why do you need THAT if you have supernatural power?

The honest reply, though, the sincere one that penetrates the heart… and loves deeply… and is THE RIGHT answer (I believe) is multifaceted:

👉 First, we have far more control over our health than we’ve been taught. We’re not victims of the genome- as if some of us got a good shake at the DNA-lottery and others of us didn’t. Science is showing, more and more, that we have far more power than we thought.

👉 Second, Jesus taught- and empowered His disciples- with natural health info. In other words, natural health isn’t a new idea; it’s been around a long, long time.

👉 Third, according to the New Testament, natural health is as much a part of what Jesus came to do as supernatural healing.

I know. That last one sounds odd. And I’ll have to back it up…

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You see, every day we have the power to “choose life.” With our words. In our finances. In our relationships. In how we respond to various situations. And in our health…

We see two different words for healing in the New Testament, predominantly…

Understanding why different are words used is important as we begin a healing ministry- or even as we seek healing.

👉 Iaomai- means “miraculous” and “instantaneous” healing. This is how we most often envision Jesus healing, though this word only appears 30 times in the New Testament. (See examples in Matthew 8:13, Mark 5:29, Luke 8:47, John 12:40.)

👉 Therapeuo- means “to serve, to attend to, or to wait upon menially” and “to heal gradually over time with care.” This word appears 40 times in the Bible- a bit more than the instant cures we usually associate with miracles. (Matthew 4:23-24, Mark 1:34, Mark 6:13, Luke 5:15, Acts 5:16, Acts 8:7, Revelation 22:2.)

And…

… these work for emotional wholeness as well as physical health.

Listen in…

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Important links

💜 The “best of” Soul Wholeness audio course = FREE at www.Jenkins.tv/best

🌳 The Healing Workshop = www.Jenkins.tv/THW

💜 The Soul Wholeness video course = www.Jenkins.tv/SWV

Circumstances don’t dictate your destiny.

The current reality doesn’t determine your calling…

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Romans 11:29 tells us the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable.

He doesn’t invoke a purpose and then withdraw it…

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Romans 8:28 tells us all things work together for the good…

NOT all things ARE good— some aren’t. The things we do that reap whirlwinds of chaos are (usually) emphatically NOT good. But all things

CAN STILL work together for the good…

God can use even those situations…

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And then there’s this…

Sometimes, the past pain-points became the very platform God uses as part of our primary life-purpose, so that we can serve others walking the same terrain we’ve traversed.

Rather than simply spouting facts and figures, we hold an actual compass, a tried and true means of navigating the “land in between” where they are and where they want to be…

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This is part 4 of Trent’s story…

… in which we dialogue about his journey through prison, how he saw God move WHILE he was there, and where God took him next…

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The Shepherds Fold Annual Luncheon = www.ShepherdsFold.org/events

The Shepherds Fold program = www.ShepherdsFold.org/program

Amplify = www.AmplifyOnline.info/0

GY6, Soul and Spirit Hurts eBook + audio = www.GY6.online/SSHH

Adverse Childhood Experiences Q&A = www.GY6.online/ACE

What is Moral Injury = https://www.gy6.online/blog/ten

PTSD compared to Moral Injury, short video = https://www.gy6.online/blog/which

Suicide and Moral Injury = https://www.gy6.online/blog/suicide

Episode one of The Fold, Trent’s podcast = https://www.shepherdsfold.org/podcasts/the-fold/episodes/2149204992

Suicide hotline = dial *988