Healing Fatherlessness
Healing fatherlessness
Overcome Father Wounds and Embrace your Identity as a Son (or Daughter)
6-Lesson Class with Dr. Sandie Freed
Are you unknowingly sowing seeds of resentment and rebellion in your child’s heart through silence or passivity?

Or…

Have seeds of bitterness, anger and resentment from a parent’s neglect been unknowingly planted in your heart?

Like many adults, you may still be chained to your past because of the wounds of fatherlessness, preventing you from experiencing true fulfillment in your life. You’re not alone in this struggle; the biblical story of King David and Absalom resonates with similar experiences.

Though we revere King David as a man after God’s own heart, he was not without flaws…many of them related to his fathering, or the lack thereof. His passivity and silence planted seeds of rebellion and offense in his son, Absalom.

And Absalom’s resentment toward his father evoked a betrayal so deep that it led to him illegitimately seizing the throne of Israel.

Unchecked, the roots of rebellion in Absalom—fueled by his father’s neglect—destroyed his promising future. His life was cut short due to bitterness, anger, and resentment that stemmed from his strained relationship with his father.
Today, these offenses manifest themselves as:
  • Feelings of offense towards a father figure
  • Deep-seated betrayal
  • Illegitimate attempts to seize power and authority in the home
  • Overarching themes of rebellion and disrespect
  • Passivity and neglect despite the presence of a father figure
If you (or someone you know) are battling with unresolved offenses towards a father or father figure, then this evil spirit could be at work in your life.

In her upcoming class, Dr. Sandie Freed will walk beside you, illuminating the key factors that strained David & Absalom’s relationship and ultimately led to Absalom’s downfall and nationwide turmoil.
Father with son
Then, drawing wisdom from Elijah & Elisha’s spiritual father–son relationship, Dr. Sandie will offer you a biblical model for flourishing under the covering of healthy leadership.

If you are ready to discover effective strategies to uproot offense and rebellion from your heart, experience the life-giving power of sonship, and fulfill your destiny as a child of God, then you don’t want to miss this class.
In this class you will...
  • Discern the difference between fatherlessness and father issues 
  • Identify the signs of the Absalom spirit in a church, family, or business setting
  • Understand the dynamics of offenses and how to safeguard against them
  • Reverse the curse upon fatherless generations and leave a lasting legacy
  • Embrace the spiritual dynamics of unity and teamwork
  • Step out of hiding to heal from past pain
  • Navigate common challenges of spiritual fathers and sons to fulfill your destiny

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Class Lessons
Overview of Healing Fatherlessness—6 Lesson Class

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by Dr. Sandie Freed

This life-changing, live-giving class includes 6 lessons, as well as 3 LIVE Q&A sessions.
Lesson 1: Healing Fatherlessness: Identifying and Uprooting the Absalom Spirit
This opening session will reveal alarming statistics on fatherless homes that confirm the crucial importance of fathers in children’s lives. You will delve into the story of Absalom, son of King David, whose fatherlessness eventually led to his own violent rebellion. 

As you learn to distinguish whispers of the enemy from the voice of God, you will embark on a journey of healing and restoration from the heartaches caused by the destructive nature of the Absalom spirit. Receive tools for healing and break free from generational patterns!
Lesson 2: Identifying an Absalom
In Lesson 2, you will dive deeper into the character of Absalom, explore the consequences of his actions, and draw parallels to contemporary society by examining the destructive outcomes of fatherlessness—including disrespect, crime, rebellion, and the usurping of authority. 

Relating Absalom’s narcissism and selfish ambition to current society, you will study the extreme importance of mentoring the next generation and the indisputable need to break the cycle of parental neglect. 

You will learn to identify characteristics such as manipulation, self-worship, rebellion, and seductive maneuvering to avoid falling into the same patterns as Absalom.
Lesson 3: Dangerous Offenses
Jesus clearly warned that offenses would come, and the enemy knows full well that offense has the power to cause stumbling and separation. 

In this session, you will identify signs of toxic pride, discuss the negative effects of holding onto offense, and discover godly weapons of warfare effective in tearing down strongholds and overcoming the enemy’s attacks. This lesson concludes with practical advice on how to safeguard against Absalom-like behaviors, and it communicates the importance of using discernment, accountability, and love in dealing with offenders.
Lesson 4: Reversing the Curse Upon Fatherless Generations
Passing the baton effectively is key to reversing the curse on fatherless generations. In this lesson, you will be introduced to the “zone” — a specific and crucial period of mentoring before a father releases his son into his anointed position. 

You will explore the significance of training, passing on spiritual inheritance, and embracing the journey with a spiritual father. Through the study of Malachi, you will understand the curse that results from the lack of connection between fathers and sons. 

This lesson’s discussion will include the power of unity, the importance of respecting spiritual boundaries, and the significance of building on the foundation of agreement.
Lesson 5: The Spiritual Dynamics of Unity and Teamwork
This lesson will focus on the spiritual dynamics of teamwork and uncover the potential consequences that arise from lack of unity. You will realize the need for collaboration rather than individualism by digging further into the story of Absalom — a rebellious loner who actively promoted disunity. 

You will also explore the “if only” scenarios that demonstrate regret from not prioritizing unity in personal and professional relationships. To further emphasize the connection between unity and anointing, this lesson concludes by challenging you to shift into faith, overcome the spirit of Absalom, and commit to unity in the Kingdom of God.
Unity
Lesson 1: What Disturbs Your Health?
This lesson will help you discover obvious and often over-looked sources of toxicity that are draining your body of health and reserves.

Lesson 2: Eat More of What God Created and Less of What Man Messed Up!
Learn how to take baby steps in improving your health by moving toward more of what God created in produce, meats, fish, dairy, and more. This simplifies the eating process.

Lesson 3: What Does Scripture Say About Food?
Daniel is a great example of following God’s prescription for diet and being found ten times greater than the best in the kingdom. Understanding Biblical perspective of food without legalism sets the stage for being at your best.

Lesson 4: Blood Type Considerations
Each of the four blood types has strengths and weaknesses. This lesson will help you identify your blood type and understand how it affects you.

Lesson 5: Inflammation: What Is It?
Inflammation is at the root of all disease. Inflammation automatically happens during threat and stress. Learning how to recognize it and how to begin reversing it gives you the opportunity to be healthier and slow down the aging process.

Lesson 6: Digestion Basics
When you don’t digest your food, you can’t obtain the energy found in the food. Learn the symptoms that reflect poor digestion and what you can do to address them.

Lesson 7: Address Cravings
Cravings are the body saying it needs something. Learning how to interpret your cravings and give your body what it is looking for is so much easier than trying to use will power alone, which simply doesn’t work.

Lesson 8: Recommended Supplements
Supplements should simply be “supplemental” to a healthy lifestyle. Learn the priorities to build your optimal supplement program and where to find them at the best-prices.

Lesson 6: Sonship
The importance of recognizing your value and destiny as a son or daughter of God cannot be overstated! The Bible tells us that all of creation eagerly awaits the revelation of the sons of God. 

In this final session, you will grasp the significance of embracing your unique divine destiny and purpose within the Kingdom. Through the story of Elijah and Elisha, you will be released to to develop the humility, teachability, patience, deep desire, and tenacity required to position yourself as a true son or daughter. 

As you step into your rightful place and calling, you will receive a double portion of God’s Spirit and enter the blessing of true sonship.
sonship
Lesson 1: Introduction to Soul Health

Lesson 2: Connect to Courage
Whenever God calls you to change, He says “Do not fear, be of good courage.” Learning how to connect to good courage empowers you to make changes without the brainstem stepping into fear and shutdown.

Lesson 3: How Your Brain Works: Introduction
Without understanding your brain, you unknowingly create patterns of self-sabotage. Understanding the brain lets you optimize the scripture, Matthew 11:28–30, which says, “His way is easy!” Discover the true importance of easy.

Lesson 4: How Your Brain Works: Flow
There is a flow to how your brainstem (not your logical brain) operates. Input plus interpretation create the given output.

Lesson 5: How Your Brain Works: Input
Input relates to the sensory information coming in from your skin, joints, smell, taste, sight, sound, and touch. Some input locations may not be working effectively, thus taking in inaccurate, or incomplete input.

Lesson 6: How Your Brain Works: Interpretation
Your brainstem interprets input data based on past trauma, programs, beliefs, and experiences. Your brain doesn’t store facts, it stores those interpretations at the time of the incidents.

Lesson 7: How Your Brain Works: Stress/Threat Bucket
Stress is anything that is unfamiliar, unknown, or unpredictable. Stress accumulates if it isn’t reset. Learn how the stress bucket is operating in your life.

Lesson 8: How Your Brain Works: Output
When your brain and body are struggling, you experience chronic pain, insomnia, poor digestion, brain fog, anxiety, depression, and so much more. Learn how to interpret your output.

Lesson 9: How Your Brain Works: Fuel
Your brain needs fuel: oxygen, water, and food. Without adequate fuel, your brain will shut down or even go into a form of lock down.

Lesson 10: How Your Brain Works: Your Brain Likes Easy
Learning how to step into change that the brain thinks is safe is key for any long-lasting change. This is foundational yet goes against your logic!

Lesson 11: How Your Brain Works: Range of Motion
Range of motion becomes the best assessment process to know if your brainstem likes or doesn’t like anything. Once you learn how to assess your body, you can discover so much about what does or doesn’t work for you.

Lesson 12: How Your Brain Works: Mobility Drills
Easy mobility drills help you create flexibility in your body. The high pay-off drills in this lesson are time-tested with great results. You can use Range of Motion to determine which ones work best for you.

Lesson 13: Resets: Vagus Nerve
The Vagus Nerve is the most important nerve in the body. It is the only one that goes into the brain and into the body. It impacts cognition, tight neck and shoulders, voice, breathing, and digestion. Learn how to reset your Vagus Nerve.

Lesson 14: Resets: Breathing
Breathing is the indicator that lets the brainstem know if it is safe or unsafe. Most people are unaware of shallow breathing or holding their breath. Learn simple ways to improve quality, deep breathing which immediately supports brain health.

Lesson 15: Resets: Startle Reflex
When we go through trauma, the startle reflex is automatically turned on. This can happen at birth or any time after. Learn how to identify it and reset it. This works for children as well as adults.

Lesson 16: Resets: Pineal/Pituitary/Hypothalamus
These glands in the brain impact sleep, digestion, hunger, thirst, and much more. Learning how to easily reset them can have many benefits and often help with sleep and a sense of calmness. They take less than a minute to reset once you know how.

Lesson 17: How Emotions and Traumas Are Stored in the Body
Emotions are energy and when we swallow them, they go somewhere. They become underlying factors in health in many ways.

Lesson 18: Creating Congruency
Congruency is the measurement of whether you are single-minded or double-minded. When you are double-minded, you are unstable and can’t create the changes you desire.

Lesson 19: Creating Margin
If you have no savings in your finances and you are hit with an unexpected bill, you can’t pay it. When your body is out of energy, you don’t have the capacity to heal. Learn how you can create margin to enhance your healing.
Lesson 1: Introduction to Spirit Health

Lesson 2: Soul Ties
When you give your heart and soul to a person, place, or thing, you create a soul tie. Often soul ties are limited to intimate relationships. However, a person can have a soul tie to food, health, trauma, and so much more. Learn how to pray through and disconnect from unhealthy soul ties.

Lesson 3: Offenses
Offenses can impact spiritual and physical health. The Bible talks about offenses, yet few people have connected them to their health. Discover the connection and how to pray through to disconnect from past and present offenses.

Lesson 4: Walls of Resistance
Resistance keeps you stuck where you are. Resistance reflects your brainstem feeling unsafe in moving forward and it will resist your best intentions. Discover where resistance may be sabotaging you.

Lesson 5: Complaining, Unfair, and Worry
The Israelites took forty years to complete an eleven-day journey due to complaining and murmuring. Discover how these habits could be the foxes stealing your best health from you.

Lesson 6: Blessings for Shalom Health
Knowing the power of blessing, we close this class with a shalom blessing for you.

Lesson 7: Staying Connected
This final lesson assimilates everything you have learned into an action plan to move you forward on your whole-health journey. You will learn practical steps you can take to grow in God’s wisdom and increase your strength. Discover how engaging in community can be a powerful tool in helping you prioritize your goals, plan action, and set a course to stay in alignment with the shalom health God has for you. You will end this lesson with the next steps you need to continue your journey into health, wholeness, and fulfilling your destiny in God’s shalom.
Lesson 1: Build a Solid Foundation
When building a physical house to live in, it is impossible to install critical systems such as plumbing and electrical before pouring the foundation for the building to sit on. This is not only true with construction, but also with your finances. Unless you have a foundation of strong financial principles to build upon in proper sequence, your financial house cannot function properly! In this lesson you will learn what these Biblical financial principles are, and how you can implement them to create a solid foundation to build upon.
Lesson 2: Seek Vision, Not Provision
Do you work in your chosen field because you have a vision you are pursuing, or because you’re pursuing the income that the field brings with it? In this lesson, Craig teaches the principle that is critical to understand when it comes to your finances: provision follows vision, not the other way around! 
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Dr. Sandie
Dr. Sandie Freed
Lifegate Church International
Teacher & Author
Dr. Sandie Freed
Biography
Dr. Sandie Freed is an apostolic-prophetic leader, author of more than 14 books, and travels nationally and internationally preaching, teaching, and ministering the Word of God. Sandie's gift is setting the captives free. She is the founder of the Freedom Revolution.

Sandie and her husband Mickey co-pastor Lifegate Church in Texas. She has a genuine love for the Lord and teaching and equipping the saints, and a heart for helping people fulfill their divine purpose and destiny. She is a gifted coach and often utilizes prophetic ministry and prayer to empower individuals toward change. Sandie is also a gifted businesswoman and has a keen insight into how to help you move forward with business and in spiritual life.
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