SOZO
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Be Healed.
Be You.
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FAQ
If you are struggling with depression, anxiety, hopelessness, fear, and loss of purpose or perhaps have experienced a tragic loss, Sozo ministry can help. Perhaps you struggle with PTSD or need inner healing from past relationships. There are many reasons that this type of ministry can be beneficial.
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” – 2 Timothy 3:17
A Sozo session lasts about 90 minutes* and is typically conducted by two to three team members who have been trained and mentored to personally minister to you. Sozo is not a counseling session; it is a time for you to connect with Father God, Jesus and Holy Spirit in ways that personally matter to you.
It usually includes these elements:
• A brief interview process
• Facilitated prayer to help identify roots of emotional pain
• Prayers to receive God’s truth and blessing.
*Please let us know if you have a physical challenge that would impede you.
Yes, we provide a safe, gentle, non-intimidating environment, which allows for a time of interacting with Father God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit (the Godhead). Encountering the Godhead in this way reveals His great love, brings deep inner healing and allows you to experience wholeness while gaining a better understanding of God’s purposes for your life.
“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” – Romans 8:28
No, you don’t. It does not matter what you are going through or what you believe, God knows you. Our heart is for relationship not religion; that you would have an encounter with God that has nothing to do with theology, religion or what your current belief system is.
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” – Jeremiah 29:11
Some individuals return annually or as a need arises, it’s entirely up to you. Unlike traditional counseling, this ministry reduces the long-term need for extended sessions and many times one or two sessions is all that is necessary. One of the goals of Sozo is to teach you how to use the “tools”, so that you can continue your journey to wholeness.
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.” – Proverbs 3: 5-6
SOZO From A Pastor's Perspective
- In church life there is the normal struggle of unhealthy people affecting the community as a whole.
- Sozo allows for people to get free from their issues and start functioning in a healthy productive way.
- Greatly diminishes the amount of time needed for counseling.
- Provides tools that people can use personally.
- SOZO builds faith for healing as people hear the testimonies of others healing.
- Helps people sharpen their gifting.
- Gives people a greater sense of impacting others with the kingdom.
- Builds a closer sense of unity in the church.
- Is the platform for the culture of honor in a community of believers?
- Opens up doors of ministry.
- Gives an opportunity to reach into the community by giving something that directly impacts people’s lives.
- Is another way of opening the church doors to people that might not otherwise enter the church.
- Can build deeper unity with other churches as your ministry team grows outside of your church.
- The unhealthy don’t control the vision or atmosphere of the community. It remains healthy.
- Control isn’t used from the leadership to the community or the community to the leadership.
- There is an honoring of the individual gifts in the church.
- There is an honoring of where a person is in their path to growth and healing.
- Offenses are handled in a healthy way with reconciliation and forgiveness the primary goal.
- The overall vision of the community is seen as the goal not the particular agenda of an individual. Leadership is trusted to facilitate this.
- The leadership facilitates the flow of the gifts in conjunction with the vision of the community.
- The expectation of healing and deliverance are a core belief of the community.
- People coming into the atmosphere of the community will notice love and freedom.
- Joy is a central expression of the community.
- The manifestation of Holy Spirit will be a normal and regular part of the community instead of something scheduled in.