Lisa and her friend, Jill, talk about the time it takes to heal and how to heal on purpose. Getting saved is just the beginning, especially with a background of trauma.
John is a pastor and is on the Deeper Still Northern Indiana team. He describes how God works through the unique elements of the Deeper Still retreat that so powerfully set people free from guilt and shame.
It may feel easier to avoid this subject in sermons, but women and men in your congregation need to hear you preach on this. This podcast addresses why it is important and how to approach the subject of abortion in truth and love.
Jackie's abortion at age 19 impacted her negatively for the next fifty years. A few years ago, she finally found healing through her Deeper Still Retreat. She also found the courage to tell her adult children.
At age 19, Jackie had an abortion in 1971. It was very traumatic and she didn't talk about it for almost fifty years. She wasn't aware of how abortion impacted her until she went to her Deeper Still Retreat.
Did you ever feel like your life was not good for anything after an abortion? There is so much more that God has for you. In this episode, you will find encouragement to keep growing, learning, and healing.
Millie has three daughters. In this episode, she describes how she told all three of them and what her purpose was, how she did it and how it turned out.
Catherine's life changed for the better when she started to seek God. Her church led her to a Deeper Still retreat, and her life changed dramatically. Her joy began to return and she now feels she has a purpose in life to tell others.
A very young Catherine ended up in the emergency room with abdominal pain in the first trimester of her second pregnancy. She was told she had an ectopic pregnancy and was sent to Planned Parenthood to resolve the ectopic pregnancy. Catherine r
CC was raped at age 15 and took something that she thinks ended a pregnancy. This experience haunted her for 17 years. Later she would discover that there was healing for her through Deeper Still.
Gwen tells her story of growing up in a hyper-sexually focused home which led to her early sexual experimentation and multiple abortions. Later, she found out her parents had experienced an abortion before she was born.
Stephanie's abortion brought a deep sense of failure and loss into her life. Even though she found meaning in her teaching career, once she retired the deep loss became prominent again. She found healing at a Deeper Still Retreat.
Despite her giftings, Stephanie felt "less than" other in her life, even as a little girl in a loving Christian family. This led her to look for love from those who couldn't love her in the way she deserved, and that ultimately led to an unexpe
Mark and Anne met later in life and started a whirlwind courtship- but there was a crisis pregnancy that occurred in that timeframe, which led to a decision that would negatively affect their marriage for years to come.
Kelsey hemorrhaged for six months after her abortion. Later, after she was married and in childbirth for her son, her labor stalled. God redeemed that moment and many others in her life.
Mark and Anne met later in life and started a whirlwind courtship- but there was a crisis pregnancy that occurred in that timeframe, which led to a decision that would negatively affect their marriage for years to come.
Trauma in Kelsey's life just kept going, leading to a relationship with a "pretend" Christian man, which led to a crisis pregnancy and abortion. That abortion would later lead to stalled labor in a later pregnancy (discussed in part 2).