Scripture often uses leaves as a symbol for healing, and I've found that even looking at the lushness of my favorite tree, the California Live Oak, has a restorative effect on me. Through every season, the tree is always green as new leaves continually replace the old. There is never a season of barrenness. Just as there is never a time when the oak is without its leaves, so there should never be a time when healing is not the norm for the Christian. As the ground waters feed the mighty oak, so streams of the Living Water feeds the Christian with healing.

Mighty Oak Ministries believes that healing of spirit, soul, and body are the birthright of the Christian. While healing can sometimes be miraculously instantaneous, it is more often a progressive sanctification that requires us to make difficult choices. This is particularly true of soul healing, where the mind, will, and emotions have been wounded by the bad things that happen in life, or even by the lack of good things. We focus on the renewing of the mind, taking every thought captive, for the tearing down of strongholds as we progressively grow into mighty oaks of righteousness, a planting for the display of the Lord's splendor.

ARTICLES on HEALING:

• The Metaphor of Leaves
• Prayer of Release from Chronic Spiritual, Emotional and Physical Disorders
• A Literal Paraphrase of Isaiah 61 NEW
• More articles to come...

RESOURCES for HEALING:

• Books and Booklets
  • A More Excellent Way by Henry Wright
  • Biblical Foundations for Freedom by Art Mathias
  • Joshua, an Ordinary Man Conquering Giants
  • Let's Take Another Look at Halloween (downloadable e-book)
  • Blessing Your Spirit by Sylvia Gunter and Arthur Burk
    
• Tapes
  • A Biblical Model for Ministering to the Abused
  • Conquering Today's Giants
  • Let's Take Another Look at Halloween
  • Practical Tips for Ministering to the Abused
  • What to Do While You're Waiting: Strategies for Fallow Ground
• CDs
  • Beauty for Ashes : A Biblical Model for Healing (Isaiah 61) NEW

EVENTS and CONFERENCES:

• Available Conference Topics:
  • A Biblical Model for Ministering to the Abused
  • Beauty for Ashes
  • Becoming a Life Giver
  • Conquering Giants
  • Let's Take Another Look at Halloween
  • Overcoming the Tumbleweed Syndrome
  • The Lies We Believe and the Truth That Sets Us Free
  • The Power of the Covenant
  • What to Do While You're Waiting: Strategies for Fallow Ground

• www.care1.org
  C.A.R.E., Inc. serves the profoundly wounded, including those who have been ritually abused, in a residential community setting. They offer articles, information, and training for those serving trauma survivors. Their comprehensive bookstore at http://www.carepkg.org/ offers excellent resources. They focus on “The Life Model” by Friesen, Wilder, Bierling, Koepcke, Poole, and are the exclusive source for E. James Wilder's books.
  
  
• www.shieldofaith.org
  Shield of Faith serves the profoundly wounded, including those who have been ritually abused, in a nonresidential community setting. They offer articles, information, and training for those serving trauma survivors. They offer a bookstore featuring the works of Karen Sackett, director of Shield of Faith.
  
  
• www.desertstream.org
  Desert Stream brings hope and the healing power of Jesus for those that struggle with sexual and relational issues like homosexuality, sexual addition, sexual abuse, or emotional dependency. For over 23 years they have ministered the healing love of Jesus Christ and have equipped the church around the world to do the same.
  
  
• www.plumblineministries.com
  Plumbline Ministries provides teaching on a variety of topics that are vital in healing, especially at a spirit and soul level. Plumbline Ministries is devoted to the following concepts:
  
  • Each person has a God-given birthright.
  • Our birthright flows from our identity.
  • We were designed to solve specific problems.
  • We need to solve those problems in community to possess our birthright.
  • Fathering is central to each of those processes.
    
    
• www.leannepayne.org
  Leanne Payne's Pastoral Care Ministries is a teaching and healing ministry dedicated to restoring a Biblical understanding of persons and how Christians grow into maturity.
  
  
• www.theophostic.com
  Theophostic Prayer Ministry ® acknowledges that Jesus Christ is the only one who can truly release the wounded person from their emotional/mental bondage. This does not invalidate the role of the counselor/minister as a listener, intercessor and/or instructor of biblical knowledge and godly living, but acknowledges that apart from Christ we are ineffective in accomplishing God's desire for bringing lasting peace and genuine victory to the wounded soul. Theophostic (God's Light) is all about the Lord Jesus.
  
  
• www.kclehman.com
  Dr. Karl Lehman is a board certified psychiatrist and maintains a private practice that actively integrates medical psychiatry, Christian spirituality, and prayer for emotional healing. He and his wife, Charlotte, offer a website that provides excellent resources for using the Theophostic ® approach.
  
  
• www.julieferwerda.com
  Julie Ferwerda believes that the only power Satan has over the lives of believers is the lies he can get them to believe. Her specialty is imparting truth to set believers free of the lies.