Sid: We want everyone to be Red Hot for the Messiah, that’s almost an understatement for my guest Joan Hunter. We’re reminiscing about her Mom that just went to heaven. You’ve heard of the Happy Hunters, Charles and Francis Hunter and Francis just went to heaven and most of you that are listening to us are familiar with their great miracle healing ministry. And of course Joan has been in the healing ministry for over forty years and she has built on their foundation so it’s almost like when we talk to Joan we have two generations; one built upon another of the healing gifts and understanding healing. But there’s some areas Joan that you have covered in your brand new book “Power to Heal,” that most people don’t understand; it has to do with trauma, fear, grief. Now these things can really get in the way of receiving healing and get in the way causing you to be sick.
Joan: That’s correct, what happens is a lot of times with grief and trauma, that when you go into a traumatic situation it produces stress and stress itself produces a stress hormone. The stress hormone responsibility is to destroy the immune system. Thus we have so many autoimmune deficiency diseases around the world and it is all brought on because of stress and trauma.
Sid: And you know most doctors when they don’t know what’s wrong their immediate conclusion is stress and I used to be upset with them saying, no that’s just a catch all; but it’s true.
Joan: It is true, 85% of the people that go to doctors offices go because of stress related diseases. And if you get rid of stress you’ll get rid of 85% of the diseases that’s brothering the Body of Christ, if not the world. And I would rather live stress free and not get sick than deal with all the stress related diseases, neck problems, back problems, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, all that stuff.
Sid: What about things like the heart and blood pressure, is that connected to stress.
Joan: Oh yeah, and then like people that have diabetes all of the sudden they’re sugar level will go sky rocketing and a lot of times now a days, the doctors are going “Obviously you are under some kind of stress that’s triggering your insulin level to be so high.”
Sid: Well, what has God shown you about dealing with stress?
Joan: Well, where stress is concerned there is, first of all, we try to fix things, like us women, we try to fix our husbands. And then we try to fix our children, and not only do we start…
Sid: Well wait, husbands try to fix wives by the way, you can’t take all of that guilt.
Joan: I know that, the average guy give up after two weeks and says forget it.
Sid: Ha-ha-ha. So the wives are more like elephants with the memory?
Joan: Yes, but what happens is we try to fix our children and we try to fix our spouse and we can’t and what happens is that the more we try the more they operate in rebellion and then we intern you know get move mad and angry and it just causes a big explosion. Now in the book, “Power to Heal” on page #110 in the book I tell you about stress, how to deal with stress; how to deal with the trauma and depression. And it says here and once again on page #111 Prayer for Releasing a Spouse.” You can’t fix them and so this is the payer and I have it hear it says “Father you know that I have tried to fix my husband or my wife Lord, I lay ______ on your altar I release _________ to you, I thank you for _________ and Father bless _______ and bless our marriage. And so my husband’s name is Kelly. And Father I tried to fix my husband, I lay Kelly on your altar, I release him to you, I thank you for him, Father bless Kelly and bless our marriage. Throughout the book there is many many places in here where there are actually prayers where you fill in your spouse’s name, your child’s name and like on page #111. This is a prayer for releasing children. We try to fix our children, our responsibility as parents is to love your children and let God fix them according to Isaiah 49:25. And it says, “But thus says the Lord, I will save your children.” And that’s God’s responsibility and my responsibility is to love them. And then it says here; “Father I lay my child, ________(Charity, my daughter’s name is Charity) I lay Charity on your altar, I thank you what you have done in Charities life already and I ask you to bless her in Jesus Name. I’ve done all I know to do as a mother and I release Charity to you, Father bless Charity; show me how to be a better mother, Amen. And I actually have many many prayers like that throughout the book on “Power to Heal” and then when your children or your spouse is on the altar, then you don’t have to carry the weight of them anymore, thus you don’t have the stress.
Sid: But Joan, that’s easier to say than to do? How does that, I mean you say the prayer but if you’re like most people you keep taking him back.
Joan: Well, then you’re trespassing, yeah, your trespassing on God’s property. You have gone to his altar and take off your sacrifice and have taken it back saying God, I can do a better job than you. I’ll show you, and that’s what that does and so. And yes, I totally agree with you that it’s easier said than done. But once you get it figured out and you get him on the altar and you leave him there then you say God, did you see what your daughter did? You know how it is when sometimes there your children, sometimes there your spouse’s children. But it’s like all the time now, there God’s.
Sid: All right give me an example in your own life with say, your daughter of how that played out.
Joan: Well, right after the divorce I encouraged them to spend time with their father, long story short their Father took them to lesbian bars. Ha-ha-ha. I was ready to kill everybody.
Sid: I understand.
Joan: I go oh, Lord Jesus, help me here, anyway I was like, you got to be kidding and they would come home and mommy finger came out; what are you doing this was not the way that you were raised, you come home your drinking, he gave them drinks, he gave them this. What are you thinking and then so what they did they’d call their Dad and say “What are you doing tomorrow night? So they went out again. Mommy finger came out when they got home, went to a different Lesbian bar and time and time again. Well the third time I was fit to be tied and I went into my bedroom and shut, bathroom and shut the door, got in the shower turned the water on and I’m screaming out to God, I can’t fix my children. I’ve done everything I know what to do and the still small voice God spoke to me and He goes, “Da, and he’ll speak to you in your language, you’ve gotten in the way of me and my Holy Spirit from fixing your children.” And I said, “I repent Lord, I lay them on your altar, I give them to you.” The next night when they came in Mommy arms greeted them, and hugged them and loved them and told them God bless you, I’ll see you in the morning.” And they never did that again.
Sid: They must have been shocked when you acted that way.
Joan: Who are you and what have you done with my Mother?
Sid: Ha-ha.
Joan: Are you on drugs Mom? Ha-ha.
Sid: But, what you did you allowed space for God to move.
Joan: Um hum and they never did that again and it’s absolutely awesome what happens you know, when you allow God to go in and do something that you really thought you could do better. You know because they are my responsibility, they are my children; you know they were older children. You know you’re suppose to you know to train them up when they are young and discipline and things like that. But when they are seventeen and eighteen years old, and older you can’t fix them, because the more you try the more they are going to rebel. And when I just loved them and didn’t condemn them and just love them, then God has turned their lives around.