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Freedom Tools: For Overcoming Life's Tough Problems
What do you say to someone who is hurting?
How many times in everyday conversation do we struggle to comfort others in a troubled world? Christians should be "first responders," say Andy Reese and Jennifer Barnett, yet we lack the tools and confidence to reach out. We end up frustrated by our own inability to connect meaningfully and make a difference.
But what would happen if we had the ability and courage to speak out in love?
In these pages Andy and Jennifer give you the practical understanding and simple tools to do just that. You can fill even your casual conversations with the gentle yet transforming power of Jesus Christ. Here is what you need to confidently step out to bring peace, give grace and help others experience renewal.
Visit www.freedomprayer.org for more information.
"Extremely instructive and practical."--Max Lucado, pastor and bestselling author
"This book will change lives--maybe even yours."--Rich Stearns, president, World Vision U.S.
"Solidly based on the Gospel and immensely practical. It has helped our leaders walk in increased freedom while we help many know the truth that sets them free."--David McQueen, senior pastor, Beltway Park Baptist Church, Abilene, Texas
"Our leadership team is fully on board and delighted with the simple effectiveness of this ministry."--Michael Swecker, pastor of Prayer and Freedom Ministries, Hosanna! Church, Lakeville, Minnesota
"For many people a ministry like Freedom Prayer is the best place to start . . and I am most impressed with the team at the Freedom Resource."--Stephen Mory, M.D., assistant clinical professor of psychiatry, Vanderbilt University; psychiatrist, Mental Health Cooperative
" Freedom Tools offers piercing insights with keen discernment to empower the reader to be set free at last. . . .A great tool for your spiritual warfare arsenal."--James W. Goll, founder, Encounters Network, Prayer Storm and GET eSchool; author, The Lifestyle of a Prophet and many more
"Freedom Prayer has been invaluable to me as a counselor.."--Wendy Barnes, LPC, San Antonio
" Freedom Tools is both practical and profound. It does a masterful job of taking a potentially complex subject and bringing it into everyone's reach."--Bill Johnson, senior leader, Bethel Church, Redding, California; author, When Heaven Invades Earth and more
"Through the partnership of truths from the world of psychology and those from the world of inner healing, we can see powerful healing and transformation. By integrating the two, we will see more people live abundant lives as they heal their connection with God and are restored body, soul and spirit."--Margaret Nagib, Timberline Knolls Clinical Development Institute
" Freedom Tools gave me a biblical manual for helping people experience freedom.."--Kirk Freeman, lead pastor, CrossBridge Community Church, San Antonio, Texas
"Professional counseling and prayer ministries work hand in hand as essential partners to facilitate inner healing in wounded lives. Working together we can maximize the freedom, recovery and renewing of all those in need."--Dr. Mark Jones, LMFT director, Liberty Alliance
"This powerful book gives you the Freedom Tools you need to demolish the adversary's obstacles to freedom and prosperity. Use them and you, too, can experience the super-abundant life that God desires for you!"--C. Peter Wagner, chancellor, Wagner Leadership Institute
"A great need has long existed for someone to reduce inner healing to simpler, everyday language and tools. Our friend Andy Reese has done that admirably in Freedom Tools ."--John Loren Sandford, co-founder, Elijah House Ministries
"This is ministry from the heart and by the Spirit--so simple and natural that you'll ask yourself, 'Why didn't I know this before?'"--David Kyle Foster, founder and exec utive director, Mastering Life Ministries
How many times in everyday conversation do we struggle to comfort others in a troubled world? Christians should be "first responders," say Andy Reese and Jennifer Barnett, yet we lack the tools and confidence to reach out. We end up frustrated by our own inability to connect meaningfully and make a difference.
But what would happen if we had the ability and courage to speak out in love?
In these pages Andy and Jennifer give you the practical understanding and simple tools to do just that. You can fill even your casual conversations with the gentle yet transforming power of Jesus Christ. Here is what you need to confidently step out to bring peace, give grace and help others experience renewal.
Visit www.freedomprayer.org for more information.
"Extremely instructive and practical."--Max Lucado, pastor and bestselling author
"This book will change lives--maybe even yours."--Rich Stearns, president, World Vision U.S.
"Solidly based on the Gospel and immensely practical. It has helped our leaders walk in increased freedom while we help many know the truth that sets them free."--David McQueen, senior pastor, Beltway Park Baptist Church, Abilene, Texas
"Our leadership team is fully on board and delighted with the simple effectiveness of this ministry."--Michael Swecker, pastor of Prayer and Freedom Ministries, Hosanna! Church, Lakeville, Minnesota
"For many people a ministry like Freedom Prayer is the best place to start . . and I am most impressed with the team at the Freedom Resource."--Stephen Mory, M.D., assistant clinical professor of psychiatry, Vanderbilt University; psychiatrist, Mental Health Cooperative
" Freedom Tools offers piercing insights with keen discernment to empower the reader to be set free at last. . . .A great tool for your spiritual warfare arsenal."--James W. Goll, founder, Encounters Network, Prayer Storm and GET eSchool; author, The Lifestyle of a Prophet and many more
"Freedom Prayer has been invaluable to me as a counselor.."--Wendy Barnes, LPC, San Antonio
" Freedom Tools is both practical and profound. It does a masterful job of taking a potentially complex subject and bringing it into everyone's reach."--Bill Johnson, senior leader, Bethel Church, Redding, California; author, When Heaven Invades Earth and more
"Through the partnership of truths from the world of psychology and those from the world of inner healing, we can see powerful healing and transformation. By integrating the two, we will see more people live abundant lives as they heal their connection with God and are restored body, soul and spirit."--Margaret Nagib, Timberline Knolls Clinical Development Institute
" Freedom Tools gave me a biblical manual for helping people experience freedom.."--Kirk Freeman, lead pastor, CrossBridge Community Church, San Antonio, Texas
"Professional counseling and prayer ministries work hand in hand as essential partners to facilitate inner healing in wounded lives. Working together we can maximize the freedom, recovery and renewing of all those in need."--Dr. Mark Jones, LMFT director, Liberty Alliance
"This powerful book gives you the Freedom Tools you need to demolish the adversary's obstacles to freedom and prosperity. Use them and you, too, can experience the super-abundant life that God desires for you!"--C. Peter Wagner, chancellor, Wagner Leadership Institute
"A great need has long existed for someone to reduce inner healing to simpler, everyday language and tools. Our friend Andy Reese has done that admirably in Freedom Tools ."--John Loren Sandford, co-founder, Elijah House Ministries
"This is ministry from the heart and by the Spirit--so simple and natural that you'll ask yourself, 'Why didn't I know this before?'"--David Kyle Foster, founder and exec utive director, Mastering Life Ministries
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304 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2008
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April 15, 2021
Great tools for facilitating inner healing. Explores sin and wounds as root causes of life's toughest problems. Introduces Sozo, an approach to healing that brings about transformation. From the Greek word meaning "to save, heal, and deliver," Sozo has been used in hundreds of settings on three continents and is growing rapidly. Designed for the layperson seeking to help others. A great foundation to our Rapha Prayer Ministry at Lakemount.
April 9, 2024
This was a great book. It explained in a condensed way how to do a Freedom Prayer, but I would still suggest going to have one done, which I have officially signed up to do. I think it will be a great resource book to return to once I've done the freedom prayer for "maintenance."
February 7, 2022
Excellent book for helping yourself or others gain or regain spiritual freedom.
October 11, 2012
The American church today is largely sitting around, trying to be good for God, waiting to enter His eternal Kingdom when we die. We are saved but not set free. Jesus paid the price for our freedom. Not only freedom from an eternity separated from God, but freedom from bondage and affliction while we are still on this earth. Andy Reese has distilled the wisdom gained from countless sessions of Sozo ministry into "Freedom Tools", which provides a model that anyone can follow into freedom for themselves and for others.
I've found Andy Reese's book to be beneficial and informative. He writes in a simplistic manner for anyone to understand and yet does not dumb down the message. Through a God lead process anyone can learn to help people find the freedom they've been longing and searching for. You don't have to be a trained and licensed counselor to use these tools to help set the captive free.
Freedom Tools is a well written description of using Scriptural tools to help people with problems. Reese’s book is not a book about amateur counseling but one of inner healing and deliverance and states the limitations of "first responder" healing and doesn't claim to be more than it is. As in basic first aid you learn what to do to help someone in need. Reese teaches about circumstances that may require professional counseling and what to do for them. It does offer assistance in providing answers for your friends and family who you have common ground. For those who find themselves in the role of advisor, confidant, or just good friend, this book offers some basic Christian tools.
Read with an open heart and listen to what God is showing you. It will change your life. I recommend this book if you want to be healed and to help others.
April 30, 2015
Reese brings an important message to all Christians in an easy to read and understand format. The layout of the book and the way it is written make it easily digestible. Reese provides valuable tools we can all use in our daily lives, not just when we have problems. I can easily recommend this book to every Christian looking for something more to chew on. I received and ARC in exchange for an honest review. This in no way influenced my opinion.
January 22, 2016
I love listening prayer but this one did not stick with me as much as other books I have read on the subject. It is organized rather strangely, and I thought they made it much more complicated than it needs to be.
September 14, 2012
Use these tools all the time as a pastor leading sozo ministry
September 10, 2015
A practical book on healing prayer and deliverance.
April 18, 2016
Very helpful practical explanation and a variety of application tools for Sozo prayer ministry.
May 23, 2021
This technique is unique, easy to learn and powerful! It is written in simple terms anyone can understand, and that makes it easy to institute into a practice, or your daily life.
December 3, 2025
A great tool for counseling by listening to God and leading others into freedom in Christ. Very thorough and grew out of a lifetime of experience.
February 25, 2012
this bok was fantastic and life changing. the tools you learn are priceless!!
March 18, 2013
A scriptural and very clear apologetic for Healing Prayer as a tool in bringing freedom.
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