Prayers That Heal the Heart - Session 1 - Revised & Expanded 20th Anniversary Edition

Key ideas and wellness/self-care strategies from the session

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1) Healing from a “broken/wounded heart” through spiritual freedom

• Recognize how life wounds can shape the heart, including:
  • anger, fear, resentment, doubt, unbelief
• Understand deliverance as part of healing
  • The session frames Jesus’ ministry as including “deliverance prayers” that free people from spiritual captivity connected to inner wounds.
• Shift from captivity to an abundant-life mindset
  • A healed heart is described as characterized by faith, joy, love, and peace.

2) Apply a “sow and receive” emotional pattern

• The session offers a practical inner rule:
  • Hostility/anger you “send out” tends to return as hostility/anger
  • Love/graciousness you “send out” tends to return as love/graciousness
• Use this as a self-regulation strategy:
  • train your internal posture so your life “returns” what matches it.

3) “Spirit-anointed counseling/inner healing” (healing approach)

• The session distinguishes counseling options and emphasizes a specific method:
  • Spirit-anointed Christian counseling / inner healing + deliverance
• The Holy Spirit and God’s voice are presented as the mechanism that:
  • sets people free and heals woundedness directly
• A personal testimony is shared:
  • hours of prayer for inner healing/deliverance
  • returning “free”
  • later writing a book based on the experience

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Productivity / spiritual practice: Four keys to hearing God’s voice (methodology)

The session teaches that effective “spirit-anointed” counseling requires the ability to hear God’s voice, framed with a biblical model (Habakkuk; John/Revelation).

Use these four keys together:

1. Stillness (stand in your “guard post”)

   • Get alone in a quiet place.
   • Settle your mind in God’s presence.
   • Intentionally ask for God’s thoughts, not your own.

2. Vision (“keep watch” using the “eyes of the heart”)

   • Look/attune for spirit-informed “flowing pictures” or mental images during prayer.
   • The session includes an example where a received vision shifted fear/anger toward faith.

3. Listen (tune to how God speaks)

   • Learn God’s tone/texture of communication (not expecting only a “booming voice”).
   • The Holy Spirit is described as internally “flowing” (living water / rivers of living water).

4. Journaling (record the vision/words)

   • Write down what comes: flowing thoughts and pictures.
   • Journaling is described as helping you:
     • stay in faith longer (instead of doubting frequently)
     • later test/verify what you received
     • grow over time as revelation expands

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How to “test” what you hear (quality control step)

After writing things down, the session recommends verifying whether what you received is from God:

• Check whether the content is:
  • Compatible with Scripture
  • Edifying, life-giving, and faith-building
  • Consistent with Jesus’ names/character (described as “wonderful counselor”)
• Use the two or three witnesses principle:
  • Bring the content to 2–3 respected spiritual advisors
  • Ask whether the person’s heart bears witness it is from God
  • Avoid asking only for opinions or purely intellectual interpretation

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Simple practice prompt (ready-to-do self-care session)

Two-way love letter with Jesus

• 4–5 minutes: write reasons you love Him.
• Then use the four keys:
  • stillness → vision → listening/tuning to flow → journaling
• 4–5 minutes: receive what He says back.

Practical guidance

• Choose a comfortable mental setting.
  • The session cautions against disturbing images (e.g., picturing the crucifixion) if it’s not emotionally safe for you.
• Share what you wrote with a spiritual advisor if desired, using the “heart bears witness” check.

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Presenters / sources

• Presenter: Mark Virkler

Biblical sources quoted/referenced

• Isaiah 61:1
• Habakkuk 2:1–2; Habakkuk 2:3
• Revelation 1:9–11
• John 5:19–20; John 5:30
• John 7:37–38
• Ephesians 1:17–18
• Daniel (God ruling / related teaching)
• Romans (referenced indirectly)
• 1 Corinthians (imitation referenced via “imitate me as I imitate Christ”)
• Hebrews 3–4 (cease labors / enter rest)
• Joshua 1:8 (meditate; meaning tied to imagination)
• Acts 2:25
• Psalms (Psalm 16:8)
• John 4 (Samaritan woman)
• Matthew/Mark not specified (cross referenced generally)
• Two or three witnesses principle (as a general scriptural reference)