Deep wounds deep healings

If you carry fear, anger, or shame that counseling never fully touched, Kraft offers a distinctly Christian route to the root—one where Jesus speaks into the memory, not just the mind. Pastors, prayer ministers, and anyone wounded by family, church, or abuse will find a practical, step-by-step model here, plus honest warnings about demons, forgiveness, and following through.

1. 1Part 1: Understanding Deep Wounds

   Three layers deep: where real healing has to go

   Kraft's answer is a map with three levels—ground-level demonic spirits, surface-level behavioral issues, and deep-level inner wounds from past emotional and spiritual damage. He grounds this in a view of the person as spirit, soul, and body, with the spirit as the core created to hold the Holy Spirit.

   The idea

   Kraft defines deep-level healing as ministry that goes beyond physical healing and deliverance to repair emotional and spiritual damage from past hurts, sins, and abuses.

   Try this: Pick one recurring emotional pattern—fear, anger, shame—and ask honestly: what past hurt might be underneath it? Write the question down and sit with it before trying to fix the behavior.

2. 2Chapter 3: How We Get Wounded

   Mary: eight years of abuse, one memory at a time

   A woman named Mary was sexually abused by her father from age 6 to 14. The abuse left her drowning in shame and fear; she hated men and couldn't be intimate with her husband. In deep healing prayer, she visualized Jesus standing in the abuse memories with her, then forgave her father. Kraft commanded spirits of shame and fear to leave, and Mary's ability to trust her husband came back.

   The idea

   Kraft's answer is to bring Jesus into the memory where the wound was formed, so the healing happens at the scene of the crime, not just in adult reflection about it.

   Try this: Name one memory you've never let Jesus near. Pray simply: 'Jesus, come into that memory with me'—and notice what you sense.

3. 3Chapter 4: Generational Wounds

   The sins of the fathers: wounds that run in the family

   Kraft points to Exodus 20:5, where God warns that the sins of the fathers affect descendants to the third and fourth generation. His remedy is a prayer he includes in the appendix: 'In the name of Jesus, I break any generational curse of [specific sin or wound] that has come down to me from my ancestors, and I command any spirits associated with it to leave me now.'

   The idea

   Kraft treats family-line wounds and demonic influence as real inheritances. Naming the specific sin or pattern and breaking it in Jesus' name, then renouncing any spirits attached to it, is how he cuts the chain.

   Try this: List one destructive pattern that repeats across your family tree—then pray Kraft's generational prayer aloud, naming that pattern specifically.

4. 4Chapter 5: The Role of Demons

   Flies and garbage: why demons keep coming back

   Kraft's picture: demons attach to unhealed emotional wounds the way flies swarm to garbage. His sequence reverses the usual order—heal the wound first, remove what attracted the darkness, then the deliverance holds. Inner healing, in his model, is what turns deliverance from a revolving door into a closed one.

   The idea

   Kraft's answer is that the demon isn't the root problem, the wound is. The spirit feeds on unhealed pain, so healing the pain removes its food supply.

   Try this: If you've been through deliverance that didn't stick, ask what emotional wound the spirit was feeding on—and take that wound to God for healing, not just rebuking.

5. 5Chapter 6: Preparing the Person

   John's anger: forgiveness is for you, not for him

   A man named John sat in Kraft's office for healing of explosive anger. Kraft asked him to forgive his father, and John refused flat out—his father didn't deserve it. Kraft explained forgiveness is for John's freedom, not the father's benefit. After choosing to forgive his father as an act of will, John was able to proceed with inner healing, and his explosive anger diminished significantly over several sessions.

   The idea

   Kraft treats forgiveness as a decision of the will, not a feeling you wait for.

   Try this: Name one person you're still angry at. Say aloud, 'I choose to forgive [name], not because they deserve it, but because I want to be free.'

6. 6Chapter 7: The Healing Session

   The question that opens every session: 'Where is Jesus in this picture?'

   In a typical session, the person is seated comfortably, asked to close their eyes, and guided by the Holy Spirit to a memory. Kraft then asks, 'What do you see? Where is Jesus in this picture?' In a deep healing session, the person is guided to visualize Jesus in a painful memory and to interact with Him, allowing Jesus to speak truth and bring emotional healing.

   The idea

   The minister's job is to ask questions and get out of the way.

   Try this: Close your eyes, bring one painful memory to mind, and ask: 'Jesus, where are You in this picture?' Write down whatever comes.

7. 7Chapter 8: Healing of Memories

   Susan and the closet: 'I was with you then'

   Susan was locked in a closet at age 4, and the terror never left—decades of claustrophobia followed her into adulthood. In the healing session, she visualized Jesus entering the closet with her. He picked her up and told her, 'I was with you then, and I will never leave you.' Afterward Susan felt a physical warmth and the terror she had carried for decades released. Her claustrophobia disappeared.

   The idea

   The healing comes when Jesus' presence becomes real inside the memory.

   Try this: Think of your earliest fearful memory. Ask Jesus to show you He was there in that moment, and stay quiet long enough to receive an answer.

8. 8Chapter 9: Healing the Inner Child

   The inner child: stuck at the age of the wound

   Kraft writes: 'The inner child is that part of us that got stuck at the age when we were wounded. Jesus wants to go back to that age and heal that child.'

   The idea

   The inner child is a way of saying trauma freezes part of you in time. Kraft treats that frozen part as a real person Jesus wants to find and heal.

   Try this: Ask yourself: how old do I feel when I'm most afraid or angry? Pray for Jesus to go to that age and meet you there.

9. 9Chapter 10: Deliverance After Healing

   David's chest: the demon that left when the wound healed

   A man named David was healed of rejection from his mother. Immediately after, Kraft commanded a spirit of rejection to leave. David coughed and felt a weight lift from his chest. After inner healing, any demonic spirits associated with the wound must be commanded to leave in Jesus' name, as they lose their legal ground when the wound is healed.

   The idea

   Kraft does inner healing first and deliverance second.

   Try this: After asking God to heal a wound, say simply: 'In Jesus' name, any spirit attached to this wound, leave me now.'

10. 10Chapter 11: Healing of Relationships

    Drinking poison: unforgiveness blocks everything

    Kraft states: 'Unforgiveness is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.' He teaches that forgiving others is a non-negotiable step for deep healing.

    The idea

    Forgiveness in Kraft's model isn't optional or sentimental—it's structural.

    Try this: Write the name of the person whose unforgiveness you're drinking with. Cross it out and write 'released'—then pray it as a decision, not a feeling.

11. 11Chapter 12: Healing the Will

    Carol's will: learning to decide without panic

    Carol's will had been crushed by a controlling mother; she couldn't make decisions without dread. In prayer, she renounced her mother's control and asked Jesus to strengthen her will. Over the following weeks, Carol reported being able to make simple decisions without panic for the first time, and she felt a new sense of personal authority.

    The idea

    Kraft heals the will by having the person renounce the control that shaped it and invite Jesus to restore what was taken.

    Try this: If someone's control shaped you, pray aloud: 'I renounce [name]'s control over my decisions. Jesus, restore my will.' Then make one small decision today without asking anyone's permission.

12. 12Chapter 13: Healing the Emotions

    Lies at the root: 'You are worthless' meets 'You are valuable'

    Emotions like fear, anger, and shame are often rooted in lies believed during trauma. Healing involves Jesus speaking truth to replace the lie, such as 'You are valuable' replacing 'You are worthless.'

    The idea

    Emotions are downstream from beliefs.

    Try this: Identify one emotion that hijacks you. Ask: what lie did I believe when this started? Then ask Jesus to tell you the truth that replaces it.

13. 13Chapter 14: Healing the Body

    The back that stopped hurting: when the body carries what the heart won't

    Many physical ailments have emotional and spiritual roots. Kraft cites a case where a woman's chronic back pain was healed after she forgave her husband for an affair, releasing the burden she was 'carrying.'

    The idea

    Kraft adds a question medicine doesn't ask: what is this body carrying that the soul hasn't released?

    Try this: If you have chronic pain, pray: 'Jesus, what am I carrying that You want me to release?'—and be specific about who or what comes to mind.

14. 14Chapter 15: Healing of Sexual Wounds

    Tom and the priest: shame taken where it was inflicted

    Tom was molested by a priest at age 10. He struggled with homosexual feelings and self-hatred for years. In healing, he saw Jesus standing between him and the priest, taking the shame. After several sessions, Tom reported that the homosexual desires faded, and he was able to enter a healthy heterosexual relationship, feeling clean for the first time.

    The idea

    Kraft's healing puts Jesus into the scene of the violation to take the shame that was wrongly transferred to the victim.

    Try this: If sexual shame is yours to carry, pray: 'Jesus, stand between me and what happened. Take the shame—it was never mine.'

15. 15Chapter 16: Healing from Occult Involvement

    The Ouija board problem: small doors, real darkness

    Kraft warns that any involvement in occult practices—even seemingly innocent ones like Ouija boards or horoscopes—opens doors to demonic oppression and requires renunciation and deliverance.

    The idea

    Kraft doesn't rank occult involvement by how serious it looks; he ranks it by what it opens.

    Try this: If you've ever used a Ouija board, tarot cards, or horoscopes, pray aloud: 'Jesus, I renounce every occult practice I've touched. Close every door I opened.'

16. 16Chapter 17: Healing from Rejection

    Rejection: the wound that strikes at identity

    Kraft writes: 'Rejection is one of the deepest wounds a person can experience because it strikes at the core of our identity and our need for love and belonging.'

    The idea

    Rejection isn't just disappointment; it's a wound to the self, answering the question 'Am I wanted?' with 'No.'

    Try this: Ask Jesus: 'Where did I first learn I wasn't wanted?' Stay in that memory and let Him answer the rejection directly.

17. 17Chapter 18: Healing from Abuse

    Beth: two years, many personalities, one healing Jesus

    Beth was ritually abused in a satanic cult as a child and developed multiple personalities. Kraft and his team spent many sessions with her, and in each one Jesus appeared to the personalities—meeting each fragment of a shattered child where she was. Over two years of ministry, Beth's personalities integrated. She became a stable, functioning Christian who later helped others with similar backgrounds.

    The idea

    Even fragmented by ritual abuse, each part of Beth could meet the same Jesus, and integration followed encounter.

    Try this: If someone you know is healing from severe abuse, commit to the long haul—pray with them regularly, not once, and don't expect a session to do a year's work.

18. 18Chapter 19: Healing the Image of God

    The angry father problem: meeting the real God

    Kraft finds that many people carry a distorted image of God as angry and punitive, often copied from their earthly father. Healing involves Jesus revealing the Father's true loving nature.

    The idea

    Your picture of God is often a portrait of your parents.

    Try this: Write down three words that describe your gut-level picture of God. Then ask Jesus to show you where each one came from—and what the truth is.

19. 19Chapter 20: Maintaining Healing

    After the healing: walking it out

    Kraft is clear that a healing session is a beginning, not an ending. After deep healing, the person must 'walk out' their healing by renewing their mind with Scripture, staying in Christian community, and immediately rejecting any returning lies or demonic whispers.

    The idea

    Kraft treats the post-session weeks as a battleground where the person either confirms the healing by daily choices or lets old lies creep back.

    Try this: Choose one Scripture that contradicts your old lie, and speak it aloud every time the old feeling returns this week.

20. 20Chapter 21: Healing and the Church

    The church's missing ministry

    Kraft laments that the Western church has largely outsourced emotional healing to secular psychology and calls for a recovery of the church's ministry of deep-level healing in the power of the Holy Spirit.

    The idea

    Kraft's critique is institutional: a church with the Holy Spirit but no healing ministry is a hospital with no emergency room.

    Try this: Ask your church leaders this week: 'Where does someone go here for prayer with deep emotional wounds?'—and see what the answer reveals.

Pastors, prayer ministers, and Christians whose counseling or deliverance experiences haven't reached the root of their pain. Also for anyone wounded by family, abuse, or rejection who wants a specifically Jesus-centered path to healing.

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