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The Emotionally Free Course Bears Sweet Fruit
by Rita Bennett
From the The Morning Watch Newsletter - October 2001

Dear Friends ~ The last week in July we had our fifteenth Emotionally Free National Seminar. The following is one of the marvelous testimonies of a participant, Holly, who joined us from Oregon. She attended all six days and her story, which follows, shows how our Lord walked her through her Healing Journey, step by step....

"I felt really bad Saturday night when I left without telling you thank you. I got all caught up in rounding up Alice and realized on the way home I forgot to say good-bye. She said you liked getting letters and so before the warm and fuzzies go away I thought I would sit down and let you know how grateful I am for getting to attend your seminar.

Don asked me today (I called to thank him) if I had gotten to know you and I said yes but just a little bit, not nearly enough. I told him how fun you made the long days with your quick wit and super ability to keep everyone on task through such heavy material. I was so grateful to him for encouraging me to go for the whole nine yards, as I would have missed my healing breakthrough on Saturday!

I shared snippets of my week and how much fun I had staying with the newlyweds. Do you know that the last three days when I rode with Alice and Armando we laughed almost the whole way coming and going from the seminar? They are so funny together.

I met so many new wonderful people some of whom I have already gotten email from and one person wants me to design her business cards for her. My heart is full from all the love and rich fellowship.

I was in Linda James's group first, and then Alice's, and Shirley's finished it in the four-hour Prayer Practicum on Saturday. Walking through all the excellent information you and Clyde shared throughout the week laid the foundation of what I shall call my experience of being "born again-again."

I have only had less than two days to reflect on it but I believe that going through the pre-natal experience the second time preceded by the affirmations of love from the night before and getting all those whispers of sweet somethings in my ear from so many, including a mother's rock-a-bye from you, offered me the most liberating experience of my life the next day. I feel like Jeremiah 29:11 really is true for me too, "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end" (KJV).

The first time through the prenatal prayer it was painful for me as you and your team walked us through all nine months. Since I was a complete surprise to my folks as no one was expecting two baby girls, everything you were saying I felt applied only to Shelley, my twin. I was in more pain than I could handle. Unless you are an identical twin you can't possibly know what it is like to be mixed up all your childhood and live in someone else's shadow.

My older sibling, to top things off, wished one of us would die the day we came home from the hospital which is what we were told later on. I have felt like I had a pall over my entire life and as hard as I have tried to be emotionally free, I just couldn't seem to get there. I have felt emotionally handicapped and unable to stand strong against the enemy all my life. Looking back over this last week, I can see it wasn't a crippled childhood but a prenatal/birth trauma which has sent me running to the corner thinking life is just too hard, lonely, and hurtful. Even though I had read your book, I needed the support and strength of everyone at the conference to walk me through this breakthrough. I would give God the credit for all that happened to me at this point, and to comment on what seemed like an amazing low key anointing all through the week.

From the seminar I leave with a mended heart and the knowledge my super-sensitive spirit is a strength instead of a weakness as it is through this strength the Lord has given me gifts to share with others. My hurtful past, like the holly bush I was named after, has toughened me up for what lies ahead and the freedom from knowing that even though no one on earth expected me to arrive April 3, 1950, Jesus was there waiting for me to be born.

The prenatal prayer on Saturday offered me a chance to see myself tucked up tightly at the top of my mother's womb hiding in a cleft under her ribs. I now realize that same-sheltered spot is where God has kept me all my life allowing me to survive some awful experiences and I am no longer angry or wounded but confident and healed just like the song says. By the way, the worship was so wonderful.

Tudy whispered Song of Songs 2:14 into my ear Friday night, and handed it to me after my "do-over" prenatal session on Saturday. She had no idea of how well this scripture hit the nail on the head because she was never in any of my groups. It reads, "My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places on the mountain side, show me your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet and your face is lovely." I have been running away from God's presence because of all the pain for quite awhile and I believe the new me will again bask in His presence and seek His face for the rest of my life.

At the beginning of the week in Linda's group the Lord gave me a picture of my whole life. It was a shattered glass lying on the ground at my feet. Then I saw an unlit stained glass window of the Good Shepherd with a lamb riding on His shoulders. In Alice's group the Lord gave me a new name, which was "sweet girl" replacing the "bonus package" label my mom gave me. On Saturday I saw the stained glass window from Monday light up after Jesus held me in the delivery room.

Clyde came over and told me things he wished he had done, pinch-hitting for my dad who just this year went to be with Jesus. This awesome journey backward to be validated with God's welcome has changed my life forever. A thank you, Rita, would seem too small a gift for what I have received but I hope you hear from my heart a bigger one, as I will never be the same again. I am a new Holly, and I just wanted to say thank you to you and your team for all the love and time spent pouring Jesus' love into me and all the other Emotionally Free participants.

May the third verse from Fanny Crosby's "He Hideth My Soul" bless you. ---His Little Lamb, Holly Clark"

"With numberless blessings each moment He crowns
and filled with His fullness divine,
I sing in my rapture, 'O glory to God'
for such a Redeemer as mine!"

PHOTO AT TOP OF PAGE: Emotionally Free seminar 2001 participants at the Edmonds beach.


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	The Emotionally Free Course Bears Sweet Fruit by Rita Bennett From the The Morning Watch Newsletter - October 2001
	Dear Friends ~ The last week in July we had our fifteenth Emotionally Free National Seminar. The following is one of the marvelous testimonies of a participant, Holly, who joined us from Oregon. She attended all six days and her story, which follows, shows how our Lord walked her through her Healing Journey, step by step.... "I felt really bad Saturday night when I left without telling you thank you. I got all caught up in rounding up Alice and realized on the way home I forgot to say good-bye. She said you liked getting letters and so before the warm and fuzzies go away I thought I would sit down and let you know how grateful I am for getting to attend your seminar. Don asked me today (I called to thank him) if I had gotten to know you and I said yes but just a little bit, not nearly enough. I told him how fun you made the long days with your quick wit and super ability to keep everyone on task through such heavy material. I was so grateful to him for encouraging me to go for the whole nine yards, as I would have missed my healing breakthrough on Saturday! I shared snippets of my week and how much fun I had staying with the newlyweds. Do you know that the last three days when I rode with Alice and Armando we laughed almost the whole way coming and going from the seminar? They are so funny together. I met so many new wonderful people some of whom I have already gotten email from and one person wants me to design her business cards for her. My heart is full from all the love and rich fellowship. I was in Linda James's group first, and then Alice's, and Shirley's finished it in the four-hour Prayer Practicum on Saturday. Walking through all the excellent information you and Clyde shared throughout the week laid the foundation of what I shall call my experience of being "born again-again." I have only had less than two days to reflect on it but I believe that going through the pre-natal experience the second time preceded by the affirmations of love from the night before and getting all those whispers of sweet somethings in my ear from so many, including a mother's rock-a-bye from you, offered me the most liberating experience of my life the next day. I feel like Jeremiah 29:11 really is true for me too, "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end" (KJV). The first time through the prenatal prayer it was painful for me as you and your team walked us through all nine months. Since I was a complete surprise to my folks as no one was expecting two baby girls, everything you were saying I felt applied only to Shelley, my twin. I was in more pain than I could handle. Unless you are an identical twin you can't possibly know what it is like to be mixed up all your childhood and live in someone else's shadow. My older sibling, to top things off, wished one of us would die the day we came home from the hospital which is what we were told later on. I have felt like I had a pall over my entire life and as hard as I have tried to be emotionally free, I just couldn't seem to get there. I have felt emotionally handicapped and unable to stand strong against the enemy all my life. Looking back over this last week, I can see it wasn't a crippled childhood but a prenatal/birth trauma which has sent me running to the corner thinking life is just too hard, lonely, and hurtful. Even though I had read your book, I needed the support and strength of everyone at the conference to walk me through this breakthrough. I would give God the credit for all that happened to me at this point, and to comment on what seemed like an amazing low key anointing all through the week. From the seminar I leave with a mended heart and the knowledge my super-sensitive spirit is a strength instead of a weakness as it is through this strength the Lord has given me gifts to share with others. My hurtful past, like the holly bush I was named after, has toughened me up for what lies ahead and the freedom from knowing that even though no one on earth expected me to arrive April 3, 1950, Jesus was there waiting for me to be born. The prenatal prayer on Saturday offered me a chance to see myself tucked up tightly at the top of my mother's womb hiding in a cleft under her ribs. I now realize that same-sheltered spot is where God has kept me all my life allowing me to survive some awful experiences and I am no longer angry or wounded but confident and healed just like the song says. By the way, the worship was so wonderful. Tudy whispered Song of Songs 2:14 into my ear Friday night, and handed it to me after my "do-over" prenatal session on Saturday. She had no idea of how well this scripture hit the nail on the head because she was never in any of my groups. It reads, "My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places on the mountain side, show me your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet and your face is lovely." I have been running away from God's presence because of all the pain for quite awhile and I believe the new me will again bask in His presence and seek His face for the rest of my life. At the beginning of the week in Linda's group the Lord gave me a picture of my whole life. It was a shattered glass lying on the ground at my feet. Then I saw an unlit stained glass window of the Good Shepherd with a lamb riding on His shoulders. In Alice's group the Lord gave me a new name, which was "sweet girl" replacing the "bonus package" label my mom gave me. On Saturday I saw the stained glass window from Monday light up after Jesus held me in the delivery room. Clyde came over and told me things he wished he had done, pinch-hitting for my dad who just this year went to be with Jesus. This awesome journey backward to be validated with God's welcome has changed my life forever. A thank you, Rita, would seem too small a gift for what I have received but I hope you hear from my heart a bigger one, as I will never be the same again. I am a new Holly, and I just wanted to say thank you to you and your team for all the love and time spent pouring Jesus' love into me and all the other Emotionally Free participants. May the third verse from Fanny Crosby's "He Hideth My Soul" bless you. ---His Little Lamb, Holly Clark" "With numberless blessings each moment He crowns and filled with His fullness divine, I sing in my rapture, 'O glory to God' for such a Redeemer as mine!" PHOTO AT TOP OF PAGE: Emotionally Free seminar 2001 participants at the Edmonds beach.