Healing From Faith Trauma

Healing From Faith Trauma: Moving From “Faith in Others” to “Faith to Faith”

Romans 1:17 says, “The righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith.” Notice that it doesn’t say “faith from faith” — but faith to faith. That means faith has motion. Faith grows. Faith transfers. Faith leads us deeper into God’s heart, step by step.

Paul understood this. In 1 Corinthians, he said, “Imitate me as I imitate Christ.” There are seasons when we don’t yet understand how to walk out our own faith, and we need leaders who can say, “If you don’t get it yet, walk with me. Follow my faith for a while.”

That’s why we join a church — because we recognize we can’t do this alone. We come into a faith family where the Presence of God is moving, where anointed leaders and believers help carry us forward.

But here’s the challenge…

When Imitation Becomes Dependence

Sometimes we stay in the following stage too long.

We become comfortable adopting someone else’s measure of faith…without ever activating our own.

And when that happens, we become conditioned — not to God — but to a person, a ministry, or an atmosphere. We mistake borrowed faith for personal faith. We enjoy someone else’s anointing instead of discovering the oil God wants to pour through us.

That’s where church hurt often begins.

Not because leaders are always bad — though yes, some shouldn’t be leading — but because our expectations land in the wrong place.

Church hurt often comes from expecting a human to be what only Jesus can be.

Faith Trauma

I lived this myself. Years ago, I served under a powerful pastor — an anointed man of God. I looked to him for everything:

“If you don’t say it, I won’t do it.”

I didn’t activate my own faith. I asked him for answers he wasn’t meant to give. I leaned on him as if he were the Holy Spirit.

Eventually, he grew tired. And I became offended.

Not because he failed me — but because I relied on him in a way God never asked me to.

I lived in what I now call faith trauma:

• Faith based on a person

• Faith is dependent on validation.

• Faith that collapses when leadership disappoints

  
  

Faith trauma blames:

• “Why didn’t they heal me?”

• “Why didn’t they meet my needs?”

• “Why am I still stuck?”

  
  

But the truth is — no human can carry what only your own faith is meant to hold.

Faith That Moves Forward

God is calling His church back to Romans 1:17 — faith to faith.

Because when every believer brings their measure of faith:

• The church grows

• The church multiplies

• The church prevails

  
  

We can’t rely on one anointed person to do it all. We are the Body — and every part contributes.

Faith is designed to:

• Override unbelief

• Break through circumstances

• Heal trauma and disappointment

• Empower both leaders and followers to thrive

  
  

But that happens when we each show up with what God has put in us.

Let’s Heal Together

If you’ve experienced faith trauma or church hurt, I get it — I’ve lived it. And God healed me through the revelation that:

·         I must bring my own faith to the table

·         Others are not responsible for my breakthrough

·         The anointing is not meant to be observed, but participated in

Let’s move into the kind of faith that grows, strengthens, and activates the entire church — faith to faith.

There’s so much more to this topic, and I believe God will have me share more in the future. But for now, I pray this planted something deep in your heart.

May the Lord bless you, restore you, and call forth the measure of faith inside of you.