Transcript Ministering to the faith needs of our patients

Ministering to the faith
needs of our patients
What health professionals could do
as an integral part of Total Patient Care
Why minister to the faith needs?
Unavoidable two-level interaction:
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Professional-to-patient: focus  patient need
Person-to-person: focus  total person/context
Inescapable faith-health interaction:
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Faith problem as (contributing) cause of disease
Faith problem as complicating factor
Faith contributes to healing process
What do we mean by faith needs?
 Faith
aspect: Everything that has to do with the
invisible world and how we relate to it
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God / angels
Devil / idols / demons / spirits
Unusual powers / miracles / magic / curses
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of other areas of need:
Social / Psychological / Somatic / Judicial etc
 Healthcare
professionals focus on healthrelated aspects of faith / faith-needs
Anamnesis / diagnosis in faith area
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Explore relationship with God / angels
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Occult influences
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Curses / family line
“Opened” eyes / hands
Past exposure to occult influences
Explore relationship with idols / spirits / demons
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Consider Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Truly born again? / Living in the fullness of the Spirit?
Idolizing of people / things / concepts
Signs and symptoms of demonization
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Bible / Prayer / Fellowship / Sleep / Fear / Restlessness
Trance behaviour / associated beliefs
Diagnostic tree
Organic mental disorder
Psychotic decision tree
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Known organic aetiology
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Psychotic features / disorder / bizarre behaviour
Attention-seeking / malingering
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Goal obviously recognizable?
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Symptoms under voluntary control?
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Imitating possession
Trance state assoc with person, ritual, group induction?
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Unhealthy religious ideation?
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Blasphemous
responses?
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Person recognized shaman, witch, diviner, spiritist?
Occultist who needs deliverance
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Person object of incantation, charm, spell, curse, amulet?
Occult bondage needs deliverance
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Histrionic
Demonization
personality
disorder
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Person responding to induction techniques by hypnotist
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Dissociation
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Suggestibility
Treatment in faith area
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with any other treatment: informed consent
 If not yet born again  share the Gospel
 If not living in fullness  pray for the fullness
 If not knowing Father’s love  share it
 If under curse / demonization  deliverance
What is the Gospel?
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Not yet Christian
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Obedient Christian Disobedient Christian
How to share the Gospel
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Preparation
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Memorize a Gospel presentation
Intercession / walk in the Spirit – also in workplace!
Share Gospel piece by piece
Check understanding before continuing
Pray sinner’s prayer together
Help towards certainty of salvation
Make appointment for follow-up
If uncertain how to do this:
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Serving God in the Health Field correspondence course
Deliverance
Do with a team if at all possible
 Recognize deception, Isaiah 6: 5
 Repent, Psalm 51
 Reconciliation through Jesus’ blood, Rev 12: 11
 Renounce / get rid of unclean things, Acts 19: 19
 Renewal: Put off old + on new, Col 3: 5-17
 Submit and then resist, James 4: 7
 Reckon dead to sin + alive to God, Rom 6: 1-12
 Public confession of faith, Romans 10: 9-10
 Growth in the faith, Ephesians 4: 23
Sick and dying
Local churches
Health workers
Collaboration:
overlapping area of faith-health interaction
Ministry concept
What is your response?
 Self-diagnosis:
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Is Jesus Christ on the throne of your heart?
Where do you want Him to live?
 Surrender:
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Are you going to minister to the relevant faith
needs of your patients?