Sherrie Rice Smith - EFT for Christians

Energy Psychology Press
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Cataloging-in-Publication Data

EFT for christians / by Sherrie Rice Smith
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-60415-251-7
1. ChristianityPsychology. 1. Psychology and religion. I. Title.
BR1702.155 2015
261.515dc22

2015 Sherrie Rice Smith

This book demonstrates an impressive personal improvement tool. It is not a substitute for training in psychology or psychotherapy. The author urges the reader to use these techniques under the supervision of a qualified therapist or physician. The author and publisher do not assume responsibility for how the reader chooses to apply the techniques herein. The ideas, procedures, and suggestions in this book are not intended as a substitute for consultation with your professional health care provider. If you have any questions about whether or not to use EFT, consult your physician or licensed mental health practitioner. The information in this book is of a general nature only, and may not be used to treat or diagnose any particular disease or any particular person. Reading this book does not constitute a professional relationship or professional advice or services. No endorsement or warranty is explicit or implied by any entity connected to this book, and there is no guarantee that you will have the same results.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission from Energy Psychology Press, with the exception of short excerpts used with acknowledgment of publisher and author.

All scripture verses used in this book are from the New International Version (NIV); see References at the end of the book for other translations utilized.

Scriptural advisor and Consultant: Rev. Paul Borgman, MDiv, STM, DMin
Book research: Carol Helberg Wallis
Manuscript development/editing:
S. A. Sam Jernigan (Renaissance Consultations)
Cover design by Victoria Valentine
Editing by Stephanie Marohn
Typesetting by Karin Kinsey
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Important note: While EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) has produced remarkable clinical results, it must still be considered to be in the experimental stage and thus practitioners and the public must take complete responsibility for their use of it. Further, Sherrie Rice Smith and Dawson Church (the authors) are not licensed mental health professionals and they offer the information in this book solely as life coaches. Readers are strongly cautioned and advised to consult with a physician, psychologist, psychiatrist, or other licensed health care professional before utilizing any of the information in this book. The information is based on information from sources believed to be accurate and reliable and every reasonable effort has been made to make the information as complete and accurate as possible, but such completeness and accuracy cannot be guaranteed and is not guaranteed.

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Please consult qualified health practitioners regarding your use of EFT.

Contents

Jesus is often called the great physician because of the many healing miracles attributed to him. The Gospel of Saint Matthew 12:14, one of many such texts, tells us that the blind and lame came to Jesus in the Temple, and that he healed them. Healing has been part of the Christian faith since its humble beginnings, with accounts of healing by Jesuss disciples, and then a great many by the mystics and saints that followed them in subsequent generations.

I have been privileged to meet several noted contemporary Christian healers, such as Francis MacNutt. Rev. MacNutt is a former Dominican priest and author of the classic book Healing, which has sold close to half a million copies (MacNutt, 1977). He has traveled all over the world offering healing prayer, sometimes to groups of thousands of people, and there are hundreds of accounts of miraculous healing attributed to his ministry. In his book The Healing Reawakening (MacNutt, 2006), he reviews the history of the early Church, and argues that the many miraculous healings that occurred in that period led directly to Christianity becoming the official faith of the Roman Empire.

Another priest, Rev. Ron Roth, was featured in a book called Soul Medicine that I coauthored with Harvard-trained neurosurgeon Norman Shealy, MD, PhD (Shealy & Church, 2007). From among the hundreds of grateful letters written to him with accounts of healing, we were able to find three cases in which a medically diagnosed disease had been verifiably healed. The Christian tradition of healing is alive and well.

One of the central problems presented by modernity is the relationship of medical breakthroughs to faith-based healing. Some sects completely reject contemporary medicine and place their faith entirely in prayer. A case that made headlines was that of Ashley King, who died at the age of 12 in 1988. Her parents, both Christian Scientists, had rejected conventional medicine for the treatment of a large tumor on her right leg. She received only non-medical care in a Christian Science nursing home, in which she allegedly did not even receive pain medication, and died in extreme pain. The parents were charged with child abuse.