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The contentious election is behind us. Whew! Feel the relief? You may have thought democracy would end if either one of them was elected. But here we are and hopefully your stress level is a bit lower.

So let’s get refocused on the mission of surfing this Tsunami.

Two weeks ago, I brought before us the unusual story of Phinehas, the zealous Levite. By quickly grabbing his spear and chasing down an apostate leader who had just waltzed by the Tabernacle with a Midianite woman, God honored him with a special covenant of peace for him and his descendants.

Some would say he was rash. He should have looked for adultery among his own tribe, but instead he skewered a Simeonite. But somehow, as he wept and worshiped before the Tabernacle, his zeal burst forth.

At the end of that article, I challenged you to enter your own Tent of Meeting, seeking God for wisdom for the questions posed in that article: What would he have you do in response to the tripling of sex trafficking of children and young girls? Yes, they need rescue, shelter, and much healing. And then what about the new wave of people seeking out children and youth for sex? Our culture is sick. How should your church or ministry respond?

This concern grew to a passion for me in the 90’s. At that time, little was written from a Christian perspective about sexual addiction, abuse, and confusion. What I got my hands on kept referring to the practice of inner healing prayer.

David Seamands and Leanne Payne were the first books in my hands. But it seemed impossible for me to grasp the “how to’s” from simply reading books. Eventually, God led me to the Doctor of Ministry Program at Ashland Theological Seminary where I was trained in inner healing prayer by one of the best—Dr. Terry Wardle.

As I’ve said a thousand times, as soon as I was trained, God began leading abuse victims and sex addicts to me one after the other. It was profound and exhilarating to watch God at work right in front of me as broken people found healing.

Inner healing is needed for a lot of issues, not just sexual. But over the next two decades, I learned many ways to help people with all manner of sexual issues find freedom. And God continues to lead people to me, even those with bizarre practices or fetishes. Now I have begun to pass on what I know.

So are you ready to grab a spear? Let me suggest a few armories to run to.

Dr. Wardle founded Healing Care Ministries which has trained thousands of people in inner healing prayer. His four day seminar is simply the best. Attending in person is ideal. Dates and locations can be found at healingcare.org.

But they now offer a virtual format with the same content. Over a four-week period, you will experience 12 hours of teaching, 3 hours of demonstrations, and 8 hours of online small group interaction guided by a skilled facilitator. There are six different time options, including both morning and evening sessions.

But there is another option . . .

Tsunami Surfing Academy

Beginning next spring, I will be teaching inner healing prayer in cohorts of six people. There will be ten two-hour sessions of instruction and interaction along with some one-on-one mentoring or counseling. If this interests you at all, email me at ongley01@icloud.com.

And going deeper . . .

If you already have thorough training in inner healing prayer, you can join a cohort for training to bring healing to people with a variety of sexual issues. Threaded throughout the 8 weeks will be a sound theology of sexuality which will help guide you as you pastor or counsel victims of the Sexual Tsunami. You will find these two-hour training sessions to be valuable, not only in equipping you for ministry, but also in simply deepening your understanding of God’s design for us as sexual beings. This particular cohort will launch in January, so email me soon at ongley01@icloud.com if you want to jump in . There’s room for 8 but five spots are already taken.

Feel some righteous anger rising? Longing to see the local church have a transformational impact for Tsunami victims? Contact me for all of the details for enrollment.