SOZO: Why, How, and what's wrong with it all

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• FA

  @faith_reframed · 3 years ago · pinned

  Y'all I am SO SORRY. I am having ot push it back another hour it looks like. Looks like we are  having some major internet connection issues over here in rural Delaware. It has been uploading for almost 4 hours now. So SO so so sorry guys .

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• SU

  @suzanneyorkville · 3 years ago

  Sozo is highly manipulative, it stirs up "trauma" and offences where there may be none, for the highly suggestible they create false memories, they teach a false concept of the Trinity (loved your explanation on this) and they are not teaching these young people how to be grounded and rooted in Christ.  And the icing on top is how this is very New Age. I do wonder how many lives are actually destroyed in the end.

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• FA

  @fairlady321 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Our church in Canada was starting to get into that type of "healing" prayer too. I was training how to do it. I'm so thankful that He took us out of that. I've found more "healing" in the last year of being out and spending time with God on my own than I did with 3 years of healing ministry! God is SO good!

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  @Blablablahx3 · 3 years ago

  I'm seeing these kinds of beliefs in Switzerland where I live and it's so dismaying to me these people are really deeply hooked into it and it's so hard to talk to them... Please pray brothers and sisters 🙏

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• N2

  @n2n123456 · 3 years ago

  As someone with a Masters degree in psychology and practical counseling experience, I can identify some of the Sozo techniques borrowed from psychology. Going back to painful memories asking Jesus to “do” or “show” something in that past situation is similar to cognitive restructuring or Narrative therapy where a client is guided to re-interpret past events where hurt occurred. <br>The relationship to each part of the God head you mentioned, which is unbiblical I agree, seems to me like a “spiritualized” way of exploring one’s relationship with one’s parents. <br>I can see how Sozo could be effective but mostly because of its borrowing from psychological observations and techniques. <br>There could also be risk of re-traumatizing clients if you ask them to revisit traumatic events, like child sexual abuse or rape, which could have negative consequences. &nbsp;If the person leading the Sozo doesn’t have some counseling training they could end up doing harm. &nbsp;<br>Bethel has concerned me for a long time now as I’ve seen elements of it taking root in local churches in Europe and I am glad for your reconstructing back to God.

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• WH

  @whitecatgarden373 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I&apos;m excited about your upcoming interview with Alisa. (and I&apos;m sure this will be an awesome video too)

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• LO

  @LongforTruth1 · 3 years ago

  Thanks for the shout out brother!!

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• SO

  @soundimpact4633 · 1 year ago (edited)

  This process, as you described it early in the video, struck me as similar to scientology with their e-meter, measuring the spiritual state and change of a person.

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• HA

  @hapennysparrow · 3 years ago

  This is so helpful. The last church I attended threw that word around with everything. I never could get an explanation of its meaning. &nbsp;I recognize now the counseling session I received as a counseling SOZO. I was asked a lot of leading questions, asked what I saw in my mind, what was Jesus saying to me?etc. There were a several other people present taking notes which were handed to me afterwards. Nothing changed by this experience. I was just as traumatized as before. God took me on my own journey of healing, just spending time with Him, allowing Him to bring painful memories to surface, and actively forgiving that person for that specific hurt. It took a long year, one memory at a time, &nbsp;allowing me to process it all and walk in forgiveness. The Holy Spirit illuminated the truth with scripture to replace the lies I had &nbsp;believed. There was no work on my part except to rest in Him. He is the Wonderful Counselor. It has been a process. No leading questions or suggestions. No visualizing Jesus, and what He was saying to me. It was a gentle process allowing me all the time I needed before the next memory surfaced. I was not digging in my memory bank. Things I had repressed were released one at a time with a week or more passing before the next memory came up as I was just out on a walk. He does heal the broken heart. His healing is gentle. He takes us only as fast as we can go. There is no performance or demands made. Just His reassurance. How sweet that was compared to what the Counselor pressed upon me. ❤

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• TE

  @TexasOutlook · 3 years ago

  Jesse, when you use some examples you included the problems you needed to work on and I appreciate your honesty and humility! Thanks

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• NU

  @NuSong4JC · 8 months ago

  Thank you for this video. &nbsp;I am a team member of our church&apos;s Living Free team and our process is based on SOZO. &nbsp;I&apos;ve been using this method for a few years now, but until recently I have been feeling very unsettled with the method. &nbsp;So your insight has confirmed why.

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• MA

  @marionalbers8496 · 3 years ago

  Hi Jesse<br>I am really happy for you that The Lord Jesus Christ set you free from many many lies and that you still have kept The Faith<br>Blessings!!!

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