Help for the wounded heart

The two most important questions in life are:

Who is God?

Who am I?

When these two questions are answered deeply within ourselves with absolute truth, we find spiritual and psychological wellbeing, healing for the most damaged heart, and meaning and fulfillment for our lives.

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The Key To Deep Healing

God sees us with complete transparency. He sees the person he created, the value we have to him, and the conditions in our heart that block us from being healed and fully living in his created design. He sees the wounded heart as “broken,” not defective (Isaiah 61:1, Psalm 34:18).

What Is Brokenness?

Brokenness, in its simplest form, is something that is in pieces which should be whole. The heart is the center of who we are, the source of our emotions, and our connection to life. A broken heart holds parts of ourselves that source problematic emotions and behaviors. These parts of the heart came about because we did not receive the emotional and relational “nourishment” we needed as a child or because of events that wounded us. Brokenness causes parts of our heart to be stuck in the past, holding what is often called an inner child. These parts of our heart project the wounded emotions and beliefs of our past into our present.

Wounded parts of the heart can exert a great deal of power over our lives. They trap us in thought-loops, cause emotional immaturity, create emotional pits we cannot climb out of, source unhealthy coping mechanisms, addictions, cause or exacerbate mental disorders, create marital problems, and leave us feeling that no matter how hard we work, we cannot sustain the changes we need in our lives. The Bible describes this with words like brokenness (Jeremiah 8:11, 21), brokenhearted (Isaiah 61:1), and double-minded (James 4:8), all of which are attributed to a condition carried in the heart. It causes us to be double-minded, producing salt and fresh water coming from the same spring (James 3:11). Part of us loves and is in tune with God; part of us functions as if it cannot find him in our turmoil.

Broken parts of the heart can block our ability to connect to the transformative presence of God. Isaiah 40:3-5 describes the blocks in our heart that hinder the voice and presence of God within us as a landscape of “mountains, valleys, rough places, and uneven ground” that need to be smoothed into “a highway for our God.” Our ministry is focused on understanding this landscape, removing these barriers, then facilitating transformative, healing interactions with God.

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Scheduling Ministry

All ministry is provided over the internet. To schedule an appointment, email us at markandrisa@help4thewoundedheart.org, or leave a message 833-387-7461.

Cost: Our ministry is donation-based. For information on our donation policies, please click here.

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Ministry Forms

Download the Confidential Personal Inventory Form and the Ministry Support Planning Form here. This helps us know how best to help you and to get started planning your ministry.

Helpful Articles

How Does the Heart Become Broken?

How Does the Heart Become Broken? Broken parts of the heart form mostly during our childhood when our brains are still developing. Prior to age 13, we are dominated by the emotional and relational parts of our brains (think right hemisphere). Our cognitive brain...

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The Four Modes In Which We Function

The Landscape of Brokenness: Four Modes of Human Functioning When Jesus gave us the Parable of the Sower, he was illustrating the core problem in the human condition, first announced in Isaiah, that he came to remedy. People’s hearts are blocked, their eyes see but do...

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When Managers and Firefighters Dominate

When we live with constant internal or external pressure, we can go into manager/firefighter mode full time. I call this EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) mode because EMTs only keep patients alive and stable; they don’t heal. Likewise, our manager selves cannot...

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Testimonials

Sexual abuse survivor.

“My head was so noisy. I had constant comments/voices that were so critical or very oppositional. I am able to go about my day and not be haunted by them. Praise God!”

Former suicidal pornography addict.

“Meeting Jesus in the ministry of Hope Fpr The Wounded Heart saved my life.”

Occult abuse survivor

“There is peace and freedom I’ve never experienced before.”

Former addict, clean and sober now 9+ years.

“I used to drink 30 beers, a bottle of whisky, then chase it with a bottle of rubbing alcohol. I also smoked weed and used meth. I was ready to kill myself when I was referred to the ministry.”

Severe dissociative identity disorder.

“I’ve praised God countless times for answering my prayers for healing.”

Trauma survivor

“For me, receiving ministry has been life-changing in so many different ways that it feels almost impossible to accurately put into words. It does feel like it has saved my life.”

Trauma Survivor

“I was facing many challenges, and since then I have found hope again in my faith in God. I am forever grateful for the work they do to help restore the hearts of people back to Christ."

Childhood Abuse Survivor:

“There is nothing too bad and you’re not too far gone to get help here. This is a very safe place to receive healing.”

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About Us

Mark and Risa Evans sitting side by side

Mark and Risa Evans

When Mark first contacted a pastor for his own inner healing, he gave Mark material that addressed more than sin, forgiveness, and restoration. He showed that an understanding of the human condition is critical to fulfilling the biblical promise of binding up the brokenhearted (Isaiah 61:1). He showed how the heart becomes fragmented and disconnected from God due to wounding and/or trauma. For the first time in his life, Mark understood where and how he needed to engage God within himself for the work of inner healing and renewal.

Fast-forward to 2010. God called us to “burn our plow” (leave secular employment) and begin providing ministry to others full time. We received training in several useful forms of inner healing ministry. But we also became students of the things we saw God doing to produce permanent healing.

As the ministry progressed, God deepened our understanding of the inner world of the heart and the impact of human struggles. Today, we believe the key ingredient in successful inner healing is not found in the tools and techniques you use. It is how well you understand the issues that are blocking of heart and how those things affect the process of engaging God.

Our passion is for more than inner healing ministry. It is for people to have a healthy concept of God, one that draws people in and enables them to experience being infinitely known, infinitely valued, and infinitely loved by an ever-present, immutable God. It is for a faith that emanates from the presence of God within people rather than only belief systems and external standards of behavior. And it is for a results-based Christianity, one that is proven by its ability to change the inner condition of people for the better.

Healing The Broken

The truth that sets us free is a two-sided coin. On one side, we must understand what is happening in the human condition. On the other, we must understand the character and nature of a God who heals.

Help For The Wounded Heart

1700 Wysteria Lane
Conway, Arkansas 72034

 

Christian healing ministry