Ministry Session Process (Pt. 1) – Overview

by Apr 20, 2016

This article is a three part series supported by several videos.

Overview

The TPM process itself is quite simple and, for the most part, easy to apply once it is understood. It consists of seven potential locations a person may be during a session (which we often refer to as “the boxes”) and a limited number of specific questions that are specific to each “Box.”  You will soon discover that the entire ministry process is contained on one page that we refer to as the TPM MAP.

The task set before the ministry facilitator is to determine where the person is on the “map” and ask the specified questions assigned to each location. If you know where the person is on the ‘MAP” then you will always know exactly what question to ask. Since the ministry process is very systematic and predictable, it is easy to determine if a ministry facilitator is following TPM protocol or doing something else.

There is little to no room for getting off course once you understand the process and the intent of the questions. Unless something the person believes “hinders” him from moving forward, he will move through the five primary boxes; EMOTION, MEMORY, BELIEF, TRUTH and TRANSFORMATION. If forward motion is hindered (which is common) then the person will be either in the ANGER or SOLUTION Box.

Every session is fundamentally identical as they each flow through the same predictable process stages.

  • Every person begins with emotion in the EMOTION Box where they should connect with what they are feeling and allow their minds to associate them to any related memory. The ministry facilitator (the Mentor) should not send them on a memory hunt, but only ask them to focus on what they are feeling (by asking the second question in the EMOTION Box) and allow association to work as it was designed by God to function.
  • Unless the person is engaged in a “solution” that hinders him from remembering, feeling or moving forward, a memory should naturally come to mind without effort.
  • Every person will eventually move to the MEMORY Box, where they may identify their current lie-based BELIEF, discover how they came to believe the lie they believe and why they feel what they feel.
  • Once their lie-based core belief is identified, it is brought into the TRUTH Box where it is presented to the Lord for His perspective.
  • Without any further discussion or dialogue between the ministry facilitator and the person being prayed with (referred to as the Mentee), the session moves directly to the TRANSFORMATION Box to determine if transformation has taken place. This testing is accomplished in the TRANSFORMATION Box by asking the TRANSFORMATION Box Question. The only test we have to be certain that the person has received truth is whether the lie still feels true or not and NOT whether the person feels better.

 

Key Words to Remember
The key words to learn and memorize are EMOTION, MEMORY, BELIEF, TRUTH, TRANSFORMATION, SOLUTION and ANGER. These seven words represent the seven possible stages of any ministry session or the “Boxes” a person may find himself in during the ministry session. We use the seven boxes to better understand how the process works. As a person enters into each of these stages, the facilitator asks the predetermined questions in each box.

Since the facilitator is following the person throughout the process, all he needs to know is which “box” the person is in to know which questions to ask. The questions are only asked when the person has move to the specific location or box in the process. The questions are never asked as an attempt to get the person to move in any direction. Anytime the facilitator does anything to move the session in any direction he may believe it should go, he is no longer doing TPM. If the facilitator finds himself wanting to come up with his own questions, then he probably does not understand the process and may want to revisit the training.

 

NOTE: You will benefit by printing out a copy of the MAP below. Save the image and print according to your particular computer capability. This video and the discussion that follows is a brief overview of the TPM Process. You will find a more detailed discussion in the PROCESS Level One portion of the Training.

 

The Seven Boxes of the TPM Process
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CONTINUE TO PART TWO: Preparation for Application 

 

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8 Comments

  1. Carol Haslam on May 23, 2016 at 7:39 am

    Awesome stuff, clear, concise, helpful and informative.

  2. Trisha Niermeyer Potter on June 13, 2016 at 12:49 am

    This is a wonderful review of the new method of TPM we learned from Dr. Smith and his son Joshua last July in Chesapeake, Virginia.

  3. Ashley on June 15, 2016 at 1:19 pm

    Excellent and concise overview. Thank you!!

  4. Lynda Worrell on June 21, 2016 at 10:02 am

    So simple and easy to understand. Thank you for all your hard work getting the Transformation Prayer Ministry out into the world….it is exciting to realise that this ministry is not just for ‘troubled people’ but for all of the Body of Christ.

  5. Joseph Nenni on July 9, 2016 at 4:33 pm

    How do we handle issues like unconfessed sin and truth based pain in the context of the new format ?

    How does the new (to me) information from brain scans showing the effects of addictions on the brain affect the application of TPM to addicts ?

  6. Ed Smith on July 18, 2016 at 5:16 pm

    Sin and truth-based pain are all a part of the new training. Watch for the SUPPLEMENTAL TRAINING articles to come out first as a precursor to the primary training to be released later. We will give you the information as it is finished. Thanks for your prayers and patience.

    Concerning your question on the brain and addiction.TPM is only focused on dealing with lie-based issues. We would not do anything different with this person than with anyone else. Even if he is having a “truth-based” brain issue, he still believes lies that need truth.

  7. Allie Thiel on February 8, 2018 at 10:40 pm

    Awesome, Awesome, Awesome Dr. Smith! This is so straightforward and streamlined and well-developed from the training I took several years ago. I love it and will be taking the new courses! Love the map!!! So helpful!!!!! Hope there is a printable version for session note taking in the boxes! God Bless You!!! -Allie

  8. Ed Smith and Joshua Smith on November 25, 2019 at 1:46 pm

    Amen! So exciting,
    Ed