Inner Healing and Deliverance
Inner healing and deliverance is a ministry approach that addresses two things together: emotional wounds carried from past trauma, and the demonic oppression that attaches to those wounds. The premise is that unhealed hurt gives the enemy a foothold, and that healing the wound removes the ground the oppression was standing on.
Blessed2Teach offers inner healing and deliverance sessions at no cost, using the Scott Bitcon method. This page explains what the ministry is, what Scripture says about it, who it is for, and — just as importantly — when something else is the right first step.
What Is Inner Healing and Deliverance?
Inner healing addresses the wound. Deliverance addresses what attached to it. Most ministries do one or the other. This approach treats them as inseparable, because casting out an oppressing spirit without healing the wound that admitted it tends not to hold.
The biblical foundation is Jesus describing His own ministry:
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed.” — Luke 4:18 (context: Jesus Rejected at Nazareth — Luke 4:16-30) ESV
Notice what is held together in one sentence: good news, liberty for captives, sight for the blind, freedom for the oppressed. Jesus did not separate proclamation from deliverance. Both are named as the same commission.
How Emotional Wounds Form
When a person experiences something they cannot process at the time, part of them withdraws from it. That withdrawal is protective — it allows someone to survive an experience they have no capacity to absorb. But the memory and the emotion attached to it stay held at the age they were formed.
A person can carry many of these. They form as early as childhood and continue through adult life, though they become less frequent as a person’s capacity to process difficulty grows. The teaching in this ministry is that these wounded places become the ground demonic oppression attaches to — not because the person did anything wrong, but because unhealed pain is an opening.
How to Recognize an Unhealed Wound
The clearest marker is disproportionate emotional reaction. A situation that warrants mild irritation produces something closer to rage, or grief, or panic — a reaction at a ten where a two or three would fit. That gap between the size of the trigger and the size of the response usually points to something older being touched.
Other patterns worth paying attention to: difficulty praying or reading Scripture that has no clear cause, a persistent sense of rejection or abandonment that does not match current circumstances, and repeated relational patterns a person cannot explain or break.
When Something Else Is the Right First Step
This matters enough to say plainly, and it is the position of serious deliverance ministers rather than a caveat added afterward. Greg Locke, who has built one of the most prominent deliverance ministries in America, puts it directly: if it is not a demon, get medication. If it is not a demon, talk to a therapist. If it is not a demon, get treatment.
Deliverance is not a replacement for medical care or mental health treatment. Depression, anxiety, thoughts of self-harm, and other clinical conditions are real, they have real treatment, and a ministry session is not a substitute for it. Anyone experiencing thoughts of harming themselves should contact a doctor or a crisis line first — that is the appropriate first step, and it is not a lesser one.
Sessions with this ministry begin with a conversation about what a person is actually experiencing. Where clinical care is the right starting point, we will say so directly. Ministry and medicine are not competitors, and treating them as though they were has harmed people.
Can Christians Experience Demonic Oppression?
This is the question that divides the conversation, and the answer this ministry holds is yes — a believer can be genuinely saved and still carry oppression tied to unhealed wounds.
The distinction is between ownership and influence. A believer belongs to Christ; that is settled. But belonging to Christ does not automatically mean every wound has been healed or every foothold surrendered. Deliverance ministry addresses the ground still held, not the question of salvation.
Bible-believing Christians disagree about this, and the disagreement is genuine. Some traditions hold that a believer indwelt by the Holy Spirit cannot be affected by demonic influence at all. Others hold, as this ministry does, that oppression and possession are different categories entirely. Anyone weighing the question should study the texts directly rather than accept either position secondhand.
What a Session Involves
Sessions are conducted by trained ministry members, one to one, at no cost. They begin with conversation — what the person is experiencing, what they want addressed, and whether ministry is the right form of help for it.
From there the process works through identifying specific wounds, inviting the Lord to heal them, and addressing whatever attached to them. It is not dramatic for its own sake. The goal is freedom and peace, not manifestation.
The approach used is the Scott Bitcon method. A full training course from Scott Bitcon is available free on FaithNFreedom for anyone who wants to understand the framework in depth or be equipped to minister to others.
Request a Session or Learn More
Inner healing and deliverance sessions through Blessed2Teach Ministries are free. To ask a question or request a session, contact Paula Holwegner at pholwegner@hotmail.com.
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Questions About Inner Healing and Deliverance
What is inner healing?
Inner healing is a ministry approach that addresses emotional wounds formed by past trauma, inviting the Lord to heal the specific hurt rather than only managing its effects. It is distinct from counseling in method though not opposed to it, and in this ministry it is paired with deliverance because unhealed wounds are understood to be the ground demonic oppression attaches to.
What is deliverance ministry?
Deliverance ministry is the practice of addressing demonic oppression in a person’s life through the authority of Jesus Christ. In the New Testament it appears alongside preaching and healing as part of the same commission rather than as a separate specialty. This ministry pairs it with inner healing on the conviction that removing oppression without healing the underlying wound tends not to last.
Can a Christian have a demon?
This ministry holds that a believer can experience demonic oppression tied to unhealed wounds while still belonging fully to Christ, distinguishing oppression from possession. Bible-believing Christians disagree genuinely on this question, with some traditions holding that indwelling by the Holy Spirit precludes any demonic influence. Anyone weighing it should study the relevant texts directly.
How do I know if I need inner healing?
The clearest marker is disproportionate emotional reaction — a response at a ten to something that warrants a two or three. Other patterns include unexplained difficulty praying or reading Scripture, a persistent sense of rejection that does not match present circumstances, and relational patterns a person cannot break.
Is deliverance a substitute for therapy or medication?
No. Depression, anxiety, and other clinical conditions are real and have real treatment. Serious deliverance ministers say this plainly — if it is not a demon, get medication, see a therapist, get treatment. Sessions here begin with a conversation about what a person is experiencing, and where clinical care is the right first step, we say so.
What is the Scott Bitcon method?
The Scott Bitcon method is the inner healing and deliverance framework used by Blessed2Teach Ministries. It centers on identifying specific emotional wounds, inviting the Lord to heal them, and then addressing what attached to them, rather than treating deliverance as an isolated act. A full training course is available free on FaithNFreedom.
How much does a session cost?
Nothing. Inner healing and deliverance sessions through Blessed2Teach Ministries are free. The Scott Bitcon training course on FaithNFreedom is also free, as is the platform itself — no subscription required.
How do I request a session?
Contact Paula Holwegner at pholwegner@hotmail.com. Sessions begin with a conversation about what you are experiencing and whether ministry is the right form of help for it.