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ONE Kid’s and Family
Coordinator, Caroline
Behrens and her
husband Brandon
Behrens. Brandon
and Caroline lead
a life group in their
home for high school
kids and Caroline
leads our “Prayer
Through Art” with
kids program.
Cayce, the word, “Center” in the “Christ
Healing Center” name denoted a physical
building too much. The mission
focus goes far beyond the boundaries
of the property. It has to do more with
the people in the building – and their
willingness to go out of the doors and
then reach people in their homes,
businesses, and respective places of
worship. Jack Sheffield, above-mentioned
Founder Emeritus of ONE, had
said in a 2010 interview online, “Every
church should be a healing center. We
hope Christ Healing Center now ONE
puts itself out of business.”
Cayce pointed out that most physical
maladies are intertwined inexplicably
with toxic emotions, like fear and shame.
She referenced Don Colbert’s book,
Deadly Emotions: Understand the
Mind-Body-Spirit Connection that Can
Heal or Destroy You, which says,
“Researchers have directly and scientifically
linked emotions to hypertension,
cardiovascular disease, and diseases
related to the immune system. Studies
have also highly correlated emotions
with infections, allergies, and auto-immune
diseases.” Who knows what came
first, says Cayce, or in what order? The
emotion or the physical pain? “I don’t
need to know that,” Cayce concludes.
“But Jesus knows how to undo what’s
been negatively done. So someone could
come in and go, ‘I want healing for this
physically,’ but the Lord gently puts His
finger on something that He knows will
lead them further toward deeper healing,
saying, ‘Let me help you deal with the
fear that is doing a number on your mind
and body.’ Healing can come physically,
but without tools that bring freedom to
escape a toxic emotional lifestyle, we are
missing a critical understanding of the
ways that the emotional and spiritual are
connected to the physical – they are
inextricably linked,” says Cayce.
Sassy Ross, who lives in New
Braunfels with her husband, Buddy,
has a story which illustrates how ONE’s
desire to grow beyond their San
Antonio location plays out. Her story
ONE supports the work of local pastoral leaders. Aaron
Carter, Pastor of Gruene United Methodist Church with
Cayce Harris, Executive Director of ONE.
also beautifully portrays worship of the
heart of the Healer Himself. Sally has
stage four lung cancer. Doctors gave
her, in the November of 2016, only six
months maximum to live.
At the time of this publishing, Sassy
has beat that by 18+ months. “They’re
not in charge,” she says of the professionals
who estimated her post-diagnostic
lifespan. It seems Someone with
a higher purpose for her life is in charge,
however. Sassy started attending ONE
every Wednesday that she could. “Our
first experience was amazing. It was
very comforting. Through that process,
I started to look around New Braunfels.
There was no place to go and have
prayer over you. So, I went to the church
staff and told them my idea. They
thought it was great; now we’re ready to
launch, ‘Healing Hands,’ and start a
once-a-week prayer time.”
Although Sassy and Buddy recently
learned from her doctor that the experimental
drug which seemed to be working
would no longer be effective, she still
Worship at ONE Christmas Family Worship night in
December.
maintains her connection with Jesus, and
plans to keep extending her own hands
to heal others in her community, regardless
of whether she experiences total
physical healing or not.
That is simply the Spirit found at
ONE and with those they serve –
connection to God and each other which
brings a healing of heart and a freedom
in life that changes things forever.
Be A Light.
Pray – for Cayce and her staff to find just
the right teams to handle the many
guests coming for healing and direction;
John 17 is a great blueprint for your prayers
here. Give – ONE plans on expanding their
mission’s capacity logistically when funds
are in place. Attend – classes to enhance
your own prayer life, or equip yourself to
become a volunteer there.
S TOR Y MADE POS S I B L E B Y:
Southwest Exteriors specializes in replacing
windows and siding for San Antonio area
homeowners. Our two core values are love and
excellence and we exist to transform lives by
transforming homes for the glory of God. Our
long-term vision is to build a community of
home contracting businesses in San Antonio
over the next 20 years sharing the same
business model along with shared resources
and services. One of the key components of
our business model is to serve as an economic
engine to fund local ministries. We are honored
to support ONE.
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