The Wounded Cry: A Testimony of Acceptance in Jesus Christ

By Answering the Cry Publications

James Maloneys start in life was rooted in abuse, rejection, and fear. As a teenager, facing thoughts of suicide, he cried out to God, If Youre real, You're going to have to reveal Yourself to me.

Jesus Christ appeared to James in a cloud of glory and told him, I have heard your cry for acceptance. I have heard your cry for reality, and I love you just the way you are.

Like many others in this world, James suffered under severe wounds of rejection stemming from physical and emotional abuse as a child. He labored under fear and isolation. Even so, his moving testimony shows Jesus as the Great Physicianone who can uproot any issue and touch any person and make them whole, no matter how wounded they may be.

The Wounded Cry is a dynamic, true story of one young mans search for acceptance and love, and how a touch from God can turn any horrible situation into a praise report of His glory.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Aug 25, 2011
• ISBN: 9781449723910

Answering the Cry Publications

James Maloney is the president of The ACTS Group International and has been traveling in full-time ministry for over thirty-five years. He’s preached in more than forty states and more than forty countries. James is the author of The Dancing Hand of God, The Wounded Cry, and a forthcoming book, Aletheia Eleutheroo. The older he gets, the more he enjoys fishing, barbecuing, collecting Old West memorabilia, and wrestling with his five grandsons. James and his family live in Texas, but he secretly wants to move some place colder. Don’t tell anyone. To reach James, visit the ministry’s website at www.answeringthecry.com.

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Contents

The Wounded Cry

Born, Beaten And Bruised

A Cry For Acceptance

The Touch Of Favor

The Bruise Of Rejection

The Oppression Of Humanity

Unforgiven, Unexcused

The Compassion Ministry

Prayer For Salvation

Prayer For Inner-Healing

About The Author

To my daughter, Alisa, a little beauty that I held in the palm of my right hand, who is now a mother of her own little beauties.

To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion,

To give unto them beauty for ashes,

The oil of joy for mourning,

The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;

That they might be called

Trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord,

That he might be glorified.

                                                 —(Isaiah 61:3, KJV)

THE WOUNDED CRY

The subject of the following material has thankfully gained rapid attention in the last few years. An increased awareness of child abuse in the United States has sparked a wildfire among writers who have produced numerous books on this terrible contagion sadly spreading as quickly as the books are written. These authors attempt to explain why abuse is so rampant, and to offer means for the victims to overcome the mental and emotional scarring of a life started in mistreatment. The views are widespread that deal with the healing of the mind and emotions.

More often, these books on today’s market are lengthy discourses with detailed presentations on how to take back your life. And while it is with noble purpose the authors have undertaken to provide copious amounts of suggestions for recovery, ultimately many lack the key Ingredient in the recipe of self-mending.

This is not one of those books.

The Wounded Cry is my testimony, and it is one hundred percent factual truth. I wrote this booklet as an introduction to healing for the inward man.