Book Review – Presence Seeker’s Guide to Inner Healing

[Presence Seeker’s Guide to Inner Healing, Jamie Rohrbaugh, 2018 by Jamie Rohrbaugh, FromHisPresence.com]

 

 

 

 

 

Some may wonder why I would review a book like this on a pregnancy loss website. Well, generally speaking, we all need healing from something or another from time to time. More specifically, when it comes to pregnancy loss, a lot of emotions may become stirred up and a lot of hurts may surface which need to be dealt with.

Prayerfully consider whether you are ready to work on your inner healing. Then consider how much of it you can do without the help of other people. And consider whom you may call upon to help you through the more difficult parts. There is NO shame in seeking help and getting it.

This guide covers several elements of inner healing. It was meant to be used with additional resources, like a seminar or trainings, but it has several lists, prayers, and teachings.

One of those helpful prayers is on forgiveness. All of us have been offended at some point, and all of us have offended others at some point, so all of us need forgiveness.

I have personalized a couple sample forgiveness prayers compiled from pages 3, 38, 39, and elsewhere in this book and From His Presence resources below, without using quotations or separators. This first one deals with forgiving oneself.

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name, I choose to forgive myself,                     , (insert your name) for having an abortion or miscarriage (as applicable). I choose to leave it, let it go, and give up all resentment. I lay this burden right now at Your feet, Heavenly Father, and by Your grace and mercy, I choose to not pick it back up anymore.

Father, in Jesus’ name, I confess that I have not loved myself like I should have. Instead, I have harbored bitterness, unforgiveness, hatred, anger, resentment, and even a spirit of murder toward myself.  Lord, I confess these things as sin. Please forgive ME for my sin. Cover me with the blood of Jesus. Wash me clean. Give me a new heart–Your heart, and a new spirit–Your Spirit. Fill me with the Holy Spirit, and make me like You in all things.

And now, Father, I pray for myself. Forgive me for all these things. Cover me with the blood of Jesus. Wash me. Cleanse me. Make me pure and holy. Fill me with the Holy Spirit, and draw me closer to Yourself. Bless me, Father. In Jesus’ name, amen.

This second one deals with forgiving others.

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name, I choose to forgive (insert their name) for _ (insert what they did or did not do specifically)____. I choose to leave it, let it go, and give up all resentment. I lay this burden right now at Your feet, Heavenly Father, and by Your grace and mercy, I choose to not pick it back up anymore.
Father, in Jesus’ name, I confess that I have not loved _______ (insert their name) like I should have. Instead, I have harbored bitterness, unforgiveness, hatred, anger, resentment, and even a spirit of murder toward ______ (insert their name). Lord, I confess these things as sin. Please forgive ME for my sin. Cover me with the blood of Jesus. Wash me clean. Give me a new heart–Your heart, and a new spirit–Your Spirit. Fill me with the Holy Spirit, and make me like You in all things.
And now, Father, I pray for _____(insert their name). Forgive (them) for all these things. Cover (them) with the blood of Jesus. Wash (them). Cleanse (them). Make (them) pure and holy. Fill (them) with the Holy Spirit, and draw (them) closer to Yourself. Bless (them), Father. In Jesus’ name, amen.

If you find such prayers useful in your pregnancy loss journey, you may also find some of the other materials in this book useful for inner healing in other areas of your life. Soul ties, father wounds, and mother wounds are also areas that can sometimes affect our inner healing and recovery from pregnancy loss. These are also mentioned in this book, as well as From His Presence materials.