Righteousness, peace, and joy are our inheritance in Christ, and while some might say we don't need inner healing, we "just need to believe the gospel." While that pithy little statement is grounded in a correct assessment that faith radically transforms, it neglects the reality that coming into alignment with that faith will involve bringing the heart along for a journey of healing and renewing the mind, liberating it from strongholds. We don't always believe what we know, or even know what we believe. Inner healing prayer is not victory apart from or instead of believing the gospel. Rather, inner healing is the application of the gospel to the lies and wounds that are keeping us bound so that we DO truly believe.