Testimonies
I would like to have about 30 books to take to a local women's prison where I am teaching a class on life recovery. I was blessed beyond measure by the book, The Child Heart. One lady showed up every Saturday at my church to teach a healing class with this book. I...showed up every Saturday to learn what the Lord wanted to teach me during this healing season of my life.
My life was FOREVER changed because of the obedience of the authors and the obedience of this lady who faithfully came to teach. I am who I am today because of Christ's unfailing love and the help of The Child Heart book. I faithfully hold on to my copy, but have lent it out several times, always making sure I get it back.
I actually begin [to teach] this class for the first time on Monday, August 3rd and the Holy Spirit has lead me to my copy of the book to teach from it...I know the ladies would be very blessed!...T.M.
--------------------------------------
The biggest immediate change that I noticed after my initial "Mommy and Daddy hug" was that the little girl inside of me quit crying. It was "the beginning" of "a process of getting to a place of emotional healing". I learned that the wound in my child heart was the doorway (i.e. entry point) for demonic activity to manifest through me. It prevented me from being able to possess my own soul, as Jesus commands us to do. (Luke 21:19 KJV) Until I began to experience healing and deliverance, I was unable to control or even express my emotions in a way that did not wound myself or others.
I am so thankful and grateful for all that God has done to set me free, and I know there is more to come. -D.
--------------------------------------
One of the things the Lord revealed during child heart ministry was an early childhood experience. At the age of three, I recalled my mother leaving me to go on a trip to my grandmother's. They stayed for several days. She took my older brother and younger sister, but left me at home with a teenage babysitter.
As they drove away, I remember how upset, hurt, and fearful I was. Was I bad? Or not good enough or what? My "seemingly innocent" responses caused me to accept rejection, resentment, judgment, unforgiveness, etc. Year after year, as those sins stayed in place, I built on that foundation. Not until I learned to repent and forgive could I be set free from years of pain.
This demonstrates how very small children (sometimes even before remembrance) can open the doors or be attacked by sin. -G.
--------------------------------------
The teaching and ministry I received from the Lord through Louis and Carol concerning the child heart has totally transformed my life!
The inability to "live up to my potential" as my grade school teachers put it, insecurities in dating in high school, problems with my parents, getting in trouble with the law, wanting to succeed at college but failing, the failure at one job or business venture after another, turning to alcohol, drugs, pornography, "singles" bars and promiscuity, anything to try to satisfy that inner longing to be accepted, to quit hurting, to feel loved, but always coming up short, all stemmed from the wounded child heart.
Over the years, this double-mindedness caused by deep-seated hidden insecurity, hurt, betrayal, and rejection on one hand, with pride, rebellion, worldliness and fear on the other, led me to deep inner rage, despair, financial bondage, and the breakup of a marriage that began in a Bible-believing church.
When I got married, my spouse and I didn't understand much of anything spiritually, especially about why we felt the way we did inside, and did the things we did. Our church didn't have any kind of ministry in this area, so gradually, we slid into the same old life patterns, not knowing what was happening and why, and feeling powerless to do anything about it. Life became a struggle to just keep going from one day to the next.
Then, after a personal tragedy several years ago, I came face to face with the reality of the magnitude of failure in every area of my life, admitted to myself just how wounded and miserable inside that I really was, and responded to the call of God and surrendered my heart and life to the Lord Jesus.
It was during this time of total brokenness before the Lord, that I began to see my life from His point of view. I met Louis and Carol through a Bible study group, and began to listen to their tapes, and received some personal ministry from them at one of their seminars. When they gave me a "Mommy and Daddy's hug", and ministered healing to my child heart for the hurt and wounds caused by the inability of my natural parents to truly show me unconditional love, I broke down and wept for hours. Finally, I now could receive the inner peace, comfort, and love that the Lord intended me to have. Within days, my attitudes and behaviors changed drastically.
I began to understand how my reactions to circumstances in life were based upon the set of "instructions" that were stored inside my soul and heart, which came directly from the wounded child heart, and saw how this had adversely affected me all of my life, even though these childhood hurts were not consciously remembered.
After getting free of the bondage that had shaped my life, one of the first things I had to do, was to forgive my parents for the lack of proper nurturing and the hurt I received from them. Next, I had to repent to God for judging them, and I also repented directly to my parents and asked their forgiveness for my rebellion, anger, and the hurt that I had caused them. This was not easy, since this relationship had been lousy for years, and they were not aware of spiritual things, including the child heart.
Although this humbling before God and my parents was difficult, it was absolutely worth it. Since I made the decision to "honor my father and mother", my "days have been long upon the land which the Lord has given me." We have a totally new relationship! We are able to communicate about life, and can give and receive unconditional love to each other for the first time in our lives. We have finally become a true blessing to each other, as the Lord intended. It's never too late.
Over a period of time, as I was faithful to yield to the work of the Holy Spirit in healing and purging my heart from these hurts, my circumstances in life have drastically changed. I am single-minded to serve the Lord Jesus, and no longer feel the craving for drugs, alcohol, or adultery. The obsessive/compulsive behaviors are gone! These behaviors were only the symptoms, not the disease itself. The Lord has directed my life, blessed me, and provided everything I need. I am now able to love and be loved, to trust instead of expecting betrayal, to minister to others, am successful in business and personal endeavors, and know that I have a wonderful future planned by the Lord.
All of this would not have been possible without receiving the teaching and healing found in this book. I pray that anyone who reads this testimony will understand how important this truth about the child heart is, and receives the healing that Jesus wants you to have, too. -S.
--------------------------------------
A business man in a roller-coaster lifestyle, I was born again, but backslidden. I had allowed alcohol, drugs, and adultery to rule my life. I resisted meeting Louis and Carol, but after I received the hug, I was won over. Prayers of emotional healing and quiet deliverance followed, and my life was changed from darkness to light. Recommitted to Christ, my feet are now on higher ground. -T.
--------------------------------------
As T.'s wife, during the thirteen years of trauma, through the pits of hell, I hung on to my family through prayer and spiritual warfare. I had the support of loving, prayerful friends. Louis and Carol have ministered to me and my whole family. We are now able to stand strong and are bringing our lives into order through Jesus.
The healing of the wounded child heart in our lives was a crucial piece of life's puzzle that had been missing. We had been to all kinds of counselors, therapy, etc. to very little avail, until the child heart ministry began in our lives. We are now able to minister more love to our children.
-Mrs. T.
