by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Process: Level One, Supplemental Training
The TPM Process can be explained using seven boxes.
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Supplemental Training
Suppression of our feelings is harmful and not spiritual.
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Principles: Level Two, Supplemental Training
God waits patiently for us to move in His direction
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Supplemental Training
Ministry Session Process (Pt. 3) – Unpacking the “BOXES” Unpacking the Seven Boxes The predictable process or flow that every ministry session follows, can be illustrated using the “boxes” analogy. Envision these boxes labeled as follows: EMOTION,...
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Supplemental Training
T.P.M. is not the “Troubled People’s Ministry” Part Two What is of God and what is of me Key Concepts The fruit of the Spirit is God’s fruit and not our own. We can “bear fruit” but we cannot do the fruit. Our best performance is not transformation or the fruit of the...
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Supplemental Training
Ministry Session Process (Pt. 2) – Preparation for Application The Ultimate Goal: Equipping People for the Journey The old adage “Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day; teach a man to fish, and he’ll feed himself for the rest of his life,” applies here. If...
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Introductions, Supplemental Training
This is a two-part article to help you get started in training.
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Supplemental Training
The Process, Principles, and Purpose of TPM: Part Three – The PRINCIPLES The Principles: The explanation for what we do in a ministry session. Key Concepts Emotional pain serves a valuable purpose. Without the lie-based emotional pain, we would...
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Supplemental Training
The Process, Principles, and Purpose of TPM: Part Four – The PURPOSE The Purpose: Why we do TPM at all. Key Concepts Without understanding the PURPOSE of TPM we have no real foundation or reason for doing this ministry. The PURPOSE of TPM is that every believer...
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Supplemental Training
The Process, Principles, and Purpose of TPM: Part Two – The PROCESS The Process: What we do in a ministry session. Key Concepts The TPM PROCESS includes the seven “Boxes” and the specific questions outlined in the teaching. The PROCESS is also understood as the...
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Principles: Level Three, Supplemental Training
TPM was discovered and not created. God is the only creator; nothing exists that He has not made.
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Supplemental Training, Supplements
TPM differs in every way from Recovered Memory Therapy
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Supplemental Training, Supplemental Training (Uncategorized)
Good Heart, Evil Heart, Two Hearts? NOTE: This article is the author’s personal perspective on a subject where there is much disagreement in the Body of Christ. As with all of the articles found in the PRINCIPLES and PURPOSE sections of the training, you are not...
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Principles: Level Three, Supplemental Training
For those who will be honest about it, “putting our past behind us” has not really worked very well.
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Supplemental Training
Faith Working Through Love an unyielding task master When the Law was given to Moses on Mount Sinai, obedience became a major focus in the lives of God’s people. They tried to find God’s favor through obedience. It was also the way they hoped to avoid...
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Purpose: Mind Renewal, Supplemental Training
God desires that our faith be purer than refined gold.
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Purpose: Faith Refinement, Supplemental Training
There are three elements that make up the purpose of TPM.
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Principles: Level Three, Supplemental Training
Satan is well pleased with our efforts in trying to become like Jesus in our behavior.
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Purpose: Transformation, Supplemental Training
The fruit of the Spirit is a natural and expected outcome of transformation.
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Purpose: Mind Renewal, Supplemental Training
Turn the Light On! “Nothing!” Someone once asked me following their ministry session, “What do I need to do to make sure the lie I believed doesn’t return?” My response was, “Nothing!” By definition, darkness is simply the...
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Purpose: Mind Renewal, Supplemental Training
The N.T. Greek word for faith is PEITHO that means to persuade or to be persuaded. Faith is the “persuasion of God” of the truth within our hearts.
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Purpose: Faith Refinement, Supplemental Training
God has invited us to participate with Him in the work that he is doing.
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Purpose: Mind Renewal, Supplemental Training
Struggle is in the Christian life are reflective of belief
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Supplemental Training
Maintenance-free Transformation victory and battle cannot co-exist When God refines our faith and renews our minds with His truth, the outcome is lasting transformation which requires no effort on our part to maintain. This is always exciting, yet hard to believe, for...
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Supplemental Training
Cooperating with God God is at work and will complete what He has started The Bible clearly states that it is “… God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure… [and] He who began a good work in you will bring it to...