The Methods We Incorporate For Healing

We are a Christian based program that incorporates Biblical principles. We use these principles to overcome the powers and principalities that have latched on through the traumas of the past. There is nothing more powerful than our God! And time and again He proves that! The steps that follow are a guideline for understanding but we rely heavily upon the miraculous mysteries and wonders of our lord, Jesus Christ. We believe that He is the same then, now, and forever which declares that the miracles of the Bible are still ongoing. We are, as an organization, a testimony of His grace and redemption power and the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophesy!   

1. Salvation is first and foremost in importance. Jesus is our healer and deliverer. When we accept Him into our hearts and he lives within us; healing is sustained when the Holy Spirit takes up residence. Matthew 12:43-45 say,- “When and evil spirit comes out of a man he goes through arid places, seeking rest and does not find it.” Then it says, I will return to the house I left, when it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and takes with it seven spirts more wicked than itself and they go in and they live there and the final condition of the person is worse than the first.“

2. We are commissioned to cast out demons in Mark 16.This is metaphorically equivalent to the Israelites being delivered from Egypt. In the physical realm, that would be equivalent to removing the traumatized party from compromised conditions. Being delivered will also remove the victim from "Egypt" in the spirit and into the safe haven of Divine Fortress.

3. Praying, praising, and worshipping God together builds trust between the members of Divine Fortress and its clients. We also spend time together bonding through gardening, time with horses, fitness goal setting, nutritional education and making meals. Trust is the essential element in the process of healing..

4. Clients will be asked to write out some of their life story, focusing on traumas. This promotes vulnerability and allows us to break through barriers, allowing the Holy Spirit to nurture the healing process. Again, you are in a safe place to do this as we facilitate.

5. Initially, we expect to see language that displays anger, hidden themes, and low self worth while the life story is written. There will be displays of avoidance, deflection and blame. This is quite normal, but we will approach these areas with a unique and gentle therapeutic Christian- based process.

6. Indecisive or language that is contradictory is addressed and replaced with more direction to validate the expressions that seems to produce the wishy washy addendum. It's important to recognize that early. We do this with the Bible guiding the direction to further corroborate these feelings that the client may be trying to brush off.  

7. Bringing the clients' story into the present tense to recognize the omissions and characterizations of avoidance, allows us to analyze and see roots of areas where we can focus in on even more healing- we want to address fears as they arise, and even phantom fears (fears that may be unknown).

8. Building confidence via taking identity inventory within the story of trauma allows us to claim the characteristics that were apparent to get through the trauma itself. This is the beginning of recognizing who we are in Christ, and who we were created to be. We also learn to give God the Glory in and throughout healing- we remain humble and loving.

9. We ask the client to then articulate the story a little deeper, ie- what did it look like, smell like, etc. We want to take the client to a place where they are fully encompassed in the surroundings of their trauma, while reassuring they are safe to do so.

10. Using analogical expression and analyzation of the story, we begin to divide the sin from the sinner in the trauma story. This is used in succession with the process of forgiveness. Another aspect of this, is when we separate the sin from the sinner, we can take out our aggressions on the sin itself and view it differently.

11. Removing the "enemy" from the person of the client's story to understand the true enemy of powers and principalities within the trauma allows the client to take back their power and escape the confines of their false belief system that has built walls around their heart and a maze in their head.

12. Another layer of healing will be explored, will be looking at exaggeration, minimization, etc. It is important to become as honest as we can throughout the healing process because this leads to repentance and self forgiveness.

13. We circle back around again and consistently pray together, worship, focus on diet and exercise in a balanced life manner within our program, always recognizing God throughout our day.

14. Consistency is key. A graduation or “Rite of Passage” will come when our clients are seeking God daily, practicing honesty with themselves, growth is balanced and the fruits of the spirit are present.

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