God’s Healing Environment: Living the Christian Life While Going Through Challenges

By Edward Harris Sr.

Healing is meant to proclaim that Jesus is not only our Savior but also our keeper. He restores us and makes us whole whenever we have difficult situations take place in our lives.

God’s Healing Environment declares that Jesus is our strength in our most difficult conditions. Through exploration of scripture and relatable consideration of struggles we all face, it lets us know that Jesus is our foundation when we are seeking physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual healing. Isaiah 53:5 reminds us that Jesus was wounded for our transgressions and bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. Author Edward Harris Sr. prays that this guide will serve as an instrument to help people to trust in God’s faithfulness while going through life’s hardships.

Uplifting and encouraging, this biblical study offers help and hope for Christians finding themselves in dark places, struggling with difficulties and challenges.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Sep 17, 2020
• ISBN: 9781664202054

Edward Harris Sr.

Edward D. Harris Sr. is the senior pastor of Christ Power Church and Ministries, an EFCA urban ministry in Baltimore, Maryland. He pastors a growing church ministry in the northeastern area of Baltimore and has served as a guest speaker at the Association of Christian School International Leadership Conference and as a contributing clergy in the EFCA Today ministry magazine. He and his wife, Sheli, have two young adult sons and currently live in Maryland.

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ISBN: 978-1-6642-0204-7 (sc)

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WestBow Press rev. date: 09/10/2020

To my wife, Sheli,

For her love and support during a very difficult

season for me at the death of my mother.

And also to all who would receive their healings from the Lord.

CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter 1 I Am Ready for Change

Chapter 2 The Wilderness Can Help You

Chapter 3 He Will Do It

Chapter 4 God Can Still Use You

Chapter 5 God’s Nature Is in You

Chapter 6 Performing Under Pressure

Chapter 7 Hold on, and Don’t Let Go

Chapter 8 Change Is Good

Chapter 9 Don’t Let Go

Chapter 10 In Need of a Real Relationship

Chapter 11 Understanding Yourself

Chapter 12 Be Driven by the Gift of Love

Chapter 13 Don’t Doubt What God Can Do

Notes

INTRODUCTION

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In the Healing Environment

When I think about everything I have been through in my personal life, I have to thank God for reminding me that I was a man on a mission. Through all my challenges and difficulties, God helped me to move into a place of healing, which was found only in Him. I used to hear other Christians call Him a deliverer, a healer, and a restorer, but it wasn’t until my mother went home to be with the Lord that I realized for myself that God is able to heal all pain and heartache. The hurt that was in my heart after losing my mother was so painful. In my most challenging time, I found my healing environment in God’s Word. His Word provided me a place where I could go and not be judged as a man, as a pastor, or as a Christian. The Bible teaches us that God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world in John 3:17 (NKJV). We must never forget that the world, through Jesus Christ, was saved by God’s grace. The person who believes in Him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is condemned already. I learned in this healing environment that even when I felt depressed, and many times I did, in Christ I was