How does Immanuel bring healing?

Immanuel, our Good Shepherd, has always been with us in every situation, at every turn, under every circumstance.  Scripture is full of passages that talk about this reality (see the FAQ'S page).  But in our times of overwhelmingly painful experiences, we were not able to perceive Him.  

Immanuel Prayer is a way to get what we missed while growing up. Perhaps our parents were not able to provide in certain ways. It is never too late! Good Shepherd can fill in those gaps Himself, redeeming our stories, giving honor to those losses, and infusing meaning and purpose into our identity. It's a process that fully satisfies the more we turn to Him, the One who knows us more intimately that we know ourselves.  In deliberate encounters with Him, we can begin to develop secure attachments and grow sustainable bonded relationships. We come to experience and internalize His true character, one of love, tenderness, gentleness, patience, kindness, peace, hope, joy, authority, power, and strength. He never fails (see 1 Corinthians 13:4-8) and gain the confidence to find our serenity in Him and abandon outcomes of our concerns to Him.

Below is small sampling of Promises that can be felt and experienced during and following an Immanuel Prayer session:

• You are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you. ~Isaiah 43:4
• Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine. ~ Isaiah 43:1 (NIV)
• It is your Father's great pleasure to give you the Kingdom. ~Luke 12:32 (RSV)
• For His Holy Spirit speaks to us deep in our hearts and tells us that we really are God's children. ~Romans 8:16 (TLB)
• Before they call, I will answer; while they are still speaking, I will hear. ~Isaiah 65:24 (NIV)

• Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. ~ James 1:17 (NIV)
• My God will supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. ~Philippians 4:19 (RSV)
• My purpose is to give life in all its fullness. ~John 10:10 (TLB)
• I did not come to judge the world but to save it. ~John 12:47
• He saved us - not because we were good enough to be saved, but because of His kindness and pity - by washing away our sins and giving us the new joy of the indwelling Holy Spirit whom He poured out upon us with wonderful fullness - and all because of what Jesus Christ our Savior did. ~Titus 3:5,6 (TLB)

• If anyone is in Christ, He is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)
• He has rescued us out of the darkness and gloom of Satan's kingdom and brought us into the kingdom of His dear Son who bought our freedom with His blood and forgave us all our sins. Colossians 1:13,14 (TLB)
• The Son of God appeared for this very reason, to destroy what the devil had done. ~1 John 3:8 (TEV)
• He is always thinking about you and watching everything that concerns you. ~1 Peter 5:7 (TLB)

• The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. ~Psalm 34:18 (NASB)
• What happiness there is for you who are poor, for the Kingdom of God is yours! What happiness there is for you who are now hungry, for you are going to be satisfied! What happiness there is for you who weep, for the time will come when you shall laugh with joy. ~Luke 6:20-22 (TLB)
• The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.... He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. ~Psalm 103:8,10. (NIV)
• The Holy Spirit helps us with our daily problems and in our praying. For we don't even know what we should pray for, nor how to pray as we should; but the Holy Spirit prays for us with such feeling that it cannot be expressed in words. And the Father who knows all hearts knows, of course, what the Spirit is saying as He pleads for us in harmony with God's own will. ~Romans 8:26, 27 (TLB)

• Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. ~Hebrews 3:8 (RSV)
• I will always guide you and satisfy you with good things. I will keep you strong and well. You will be like a garden that has plenty of water that never runs dry. ~ Isaiah 58:11 (TEV)
• The Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. ~John 14:26 (NIV)
• As you know Him better, He will give you, through His great power, everything you need for living a truly good life; he even shares His own glory and His own goodness with us! ~2 Peter 1:3 (TLB)
• It is He who reveals the profound and hidden things; He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with Him. ~Daniel 2:22 (NASB)
• If you want to know what God wants you to do, ask Him, and He will gladly tell you, for He is always ready to give a bountiful supply of wisdom to all who ask Him. ~James 1:5 (TLB)

• I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them. ~Isaiah 42:16 (NIV)
• You will keep on guiding me all my life with Your wisdom and counsel; and afterwards receive me into the glories of heaven! ~Psalm 73:24 (TLB)