Father Filters and the Healing Process

Wendy Mann
Jan 13
2 min read

Updated: Feb 25

If you haven't seen my video on 'Knowing the Father,' I encourage you to watch it first before continuing with the rest of this material. It will provide context for the table and the link to the document below. You can find the video HERE.

Father Filters

Take a look at the table below and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal any wrong filters you have over your heart or in your thinking when it comes to knowing God as your Father. Don't go digging for issues and don't be overwhelmed by what you read. The Holy Spirit knows where to start and you can trust Him to lead you through one step as a time. There's no rush!

Common Filters That We See Father God Through.

Wrong Filter	Truth	Jesus Revealing the Truth
Conditionally loving	Unconditionally loving	Picking Zacchaeus (Luke 19: 5-7) Eating with sinners (Matt 9:10)
Harsh and critical	Kind, gentle and understanding	Woman with issue of blood (Luke 8: 46-48)
Controlling	Releasing and empowering	Disciples sent on mission (Matt 10: 5-7) Gadarene Demoniac (Mark 5: 18-20)
Unforgiving	Forgiving	Woman caught in Adultery (John 8:10-11)
Cold and distant; void of emotion	Full of compassion, affectionate and warm	At Lazarus’ tomb (John 11: 33-35)
Indifferent towards us; others are more important	Attentive towards us; fiercely protective.	Woman with the alabaster jar (Mark 14: 6-9)
Disappointed with us	Full of grace for our weaknesses; calls and restores us.	Recommissioning of Peter (John 21: 15-17)
Stingy and withholds good things	Generous and loves to give abundantly	Abundant leftovers after feeding the 5000 (Matt 14: 20)

Removing the Filters

Once you recognise a filter over your heart or in your thinking, you can go on a journey of identifying where it came from and processing it in order to walk in freedom. Download my step-by-step guide to 'Removing Father Filters' here.

Work through the steps with the Holy Spirit and recognise that it may take time and practice to get used to the process. This is not a formula and there's no rush to work everything through quickly - take your time. Hopefully the suggestions in the document will help you take positive steps towards deeper intimacy with the Father. There is so much more of Him for us to enjoy.

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