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Sozo on the Prayer Line It’s not a bad book title on its own, but we thought it would resonate better if we added a little bit to it, and made it ‘Connecting with Heaven, Sozo on the Prayer Line…or anywhere else’, which is a bit of a mouthful but actually tells you what it’s […]
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In promoting my latest book, ‘Becoming Wholehearted, a Journey into Authenticity’, I make a big point of the difference between being whole-hearted and being wholehearted. Whole-hearted is an adjective, it describes the sense of buying into something completely. “I whole-heartedly agree” means that I absolutely and totally agree. Wholeheartedness is something else; wholeheartedness is a […]
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A few weeks ago, I posted about lies and inner vows, the difference between them, and how these come into play in a Sozo. This time, I’m posting about observations and judgements! We’re all told, aren’t we, that God is our judge and that we should leave making judgements to Him. So, what is a […]
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We’ve promised you an occasional post on some of the Sozo-related things we’ve learned over the years, and so we’re kicking off with this: what’s the difference between a lie and an inner vow, and how do they relate to each other, at least as far as Sozo is concerned? This may not be something […]
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Bethel Sozo first came to the UK some 16 years ago. Since day one it’s been described and known as an inner healing and deliverance ministry and whilst over the years there have been changes, the essence of what a Sozo session comprises has remained much the same. What’s changed, quite separately to Sozo, […]
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I owe at least a passing nod of thanks to the excellent Lectio 365 App for what follows, which is this: who do you know, what man or woman, either personally or through the media, who you really admire? What is it about them that makes you think of them so positively? The Bible might […]
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Sometimes we forget. We wake up and feel a bit out on a limb, a bit down on a wet, windy day, with no particular plans and no particular motivation. Maybe we pray or maybe not; if we do, it might feel a bit numb, not for me today. Well, I was feeling all those […]
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What does it mean to be authentic? Some years ago a well-known American business magazine surveyed several thousand employees, asking those employees what they considered to be the most important attribute for a manager to have. The answer was authenticity. It begs the question as to what those employees considered the meaning of the word […]
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How little, and yet how much, has changed since the Newsletter we sent to you last January. Perhaps the greatest surprise to Anthea and I is that, at the moment, we remain in our Warminster home, despite it having been on the market throughout. Perhaps this is just as well, because our question and prayer […]
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It always appals me that such a wonderful ministry is so often challenged by those who have either never experienced it or received a session from an unqualified practitioner. I’ve just watched a YouTube video claiming to be an exposé on Sozo and which spent the first several minutes telling us that those involved with […]
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Here’s a question that you may or may not find challenging. Do you believe that God has put us you and me, on Earth for a purpose? And if so, how’s that working out? And then, how does one measure one’s progress towards achieving God’s purpose? One way is to ask oneself what impact you’re […]
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Let’s start this early January message by getting the seasonal necessities out of the way as we wish you a very happy New Year…challenging though this might be in a deep American storm or a European energy crisis! But God. Have you ever stopped to try and feel or even picture what life would be […]
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We held an on-line mentoring session a few evenings ago. It was the first we (Liz, Anthea and Darrell) had held for some time, and, do you know, it was great fun! That’s not to suggest that we didn’t think it would be, it’s more to say that as the Sozo for Couples family grows […]
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Many years ago, I was involved with a training company that concentrated on one single aspect of life and behaviour, and that was Blindspots. Our thinking here was that if there’s anything that can stop us from being everything that God has made us to be, it’s our blind spots. The training modules we came […]
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I wonder if you’ve come across the Orphan Spirit. I picture it as rather sad and lonely, not unlike that well-known and mass-produced painting of the little boy with huge eyes welling with tears. It’s rather more than that though, because on top of being sad and lonely, the orphan spirit is confused, hurt, defensive […]
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You may not know it as such but the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon is that odd sensation when you start to notice the same thing turning up wherever you look and everywhere you are. In Christian circles it’s often 2.22, either as a verse or a time of day… I mention this because the subject of men’s […]
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Our Sozo for Couples ministry sends out a regular newsletter, the last one being dated March ’21. In it we announced, if that’s the right term, the release of our latest book, available, by the way, on this very website. Its release has begged a question, do you, reading this, pray with your spouse? We […]
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A well-known Northern Irish author recently published one of his books on Facebook, a chapter a day. It’s a great idea, so I’m copying it! Here’s the full version, beginning with: Introduction Bethel Sozo is sometimes described as being a healing and deliverance ministry but as you’ll have discovered, it’s so much more […]
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Spending time with the Godhead How easy is it to build a friendship with someone you never spend time with or talk to? It’s not really possible is it? Put it another way, if you had a friend who you visited every Sunday morning, who you spent some time singing songs to or […]
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Sharing your Walk You’ll have completed an application form before having your Bethel Sozo. Most of these have on them a comment that reads; “Do you attend a life/cell or home group? If not, we recommend you join one. We suggest that you find an accountability partner with whom to share your Sozo experience […]
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Sharing your Walk You’ll have completed an application form before having your Bethel Sozo. Most of these have on them a comment which reads something like this: “Do you attend a life/cell/home group as part of your Church? If not, we recommend you join one. We suggest that you find an accountability partner to share […]
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Journaling Over the last couple of days we’ve talked about the need to share your Bethel Sozo walk with other Christians and then to make sure you find the time to spend with Father God, Jesus and Holy Spirit, developing your friendship with them. How might you do that? We read yesterday that one […]
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Declarations During your Bethel Sozo, you will have broken and removed the right for many negative thought patterns and lies to rule in your life. Now, you have to learn to walk free of the residual habits that formed because of those lies. God will have revealed the truths, which replace those lies. What you […]
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The Role of Father God. In Bethel Sozo, we recognise that, ideally, Dad’s role in our lives should be to protect us, provide for us and help us to grow up knowing our identity. The trouble is, this isn’t always our experience. How easy was it in your Sozo to deal with the forgiveness […]
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Accepting Holy Spirit Not everyone actually sees a picture of Holy Spirit in their Bethel Sozos. They usually have an impression of Him being present, a feeling that He’s close. Was it the same for you? We also find in Bethel Sozo that those people who have either a bad relationship or no relationship […]
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It’s All About Jesus! How often have you heard the phrase, “It’s all about Jesus”? It can be a bit of a mantra, but it’s largely true. We say “largely” because Jesus’ role on Earth was to act as a signpost towards Father God and to demonstrate to us all Father God’s nature. So, […]
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Who are You? Whose are You? Aren’t those great questions? It’s such an innocent-looking sentence, but discovering the answer and being sure of it can be most challenging! At its root, it’s a question of identity and belonging, but let’s start with identity. The “Who are you?” question is loaded with possibilities. Are you what […]
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Carrying Emotional Baggage We all do it. We spend our early lives picking it up, and the rest of our lives either living with it or trying to get rid of it. It’s the emotional baggage we all carry as a result of the wounds that life so easily inflicts on us from the moment […]
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The Wonder of Grace Recently, I saw an almost throw-away comment on Facebook. It said, “Favour is grace in action.” The implication is that we, all of us, live with the constant promise of God’s grace, but that we have to somehow engage with that grace to move to the point of actually receiving it […]
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Forgiveness It’s said that the first to apologize is the bravest, the first to forgive is the strongest, and the first to forget is the happiest. Forgiveness isn’t one of the Ten Commandments. In fact, it’s not even something that’s talked about very much in sermons. However, it’s one of the most important factors in […]
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Shame Shame isolates us! It’s a hidden secret. It doesn’t like coming into the light. It makes us believe that we’re constantly uncovered and that the people surrounding us can see all the way into us. It steals our confidence and compromises our self-worth. It is the ultimate thief and liar that stops us from […]
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What’s the Cost of Sin? We talked yesterday about shame and what it can do to us. But what about sin? If shame can isolate us, the knowledge of our own sin can destroy us if we allow it. Of course, if we are addicted to that sin, then we can be completely enthralled by […]
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Habits and Mindsets Have you ever stopped to work out how much of what you do every day is habit? There isn’t anything necessarily wrong with this, but you’ll find it to be a very large part of your daily routine. It’s not just how you fill your time; it’s the way you do life […]
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