On Episode 22, I have a very insightful conversation with Jo Naughton, the founder of Healed for Life, a ministry dedicated to helping men and women become free to fulfil their God-given purpose. Jo who also co-Pastors Harvest Church London, my home Church in London, is also an international speaker, an author and a regular guest on TV and radio shows in the UK and all over the world.  

On this episode, we are discussing matters of the heart and Jo starts off by sharing a deep moment of truth which happened about 15 years ago which led her along her current path. Jo elaborates on why our hearts need to be whole, what happens if it isn’t and how to come to a place of peace and calm where difficulties and disappointment do not create blockages in our hearts which stop us from receiving and doing all we are meant to. 

Today's episode will teach you about love and gives a unique perspective on how harmful conditional love is. Without realising, conditional love can create vacuums in our lives which become breeding grounds for rejection and insecurity.  Amongst many other things, Jo teaches is about journeying through life with a servant heart and how we can allow God to heal us to a point where we do not need any validation or appreciation to feel complete or whole.

Key Highlights from the Episode.

• The difference between what we pray and what God hears (7:22)
• The moment of truth that happened for Jo, 15 yrs ago  (7:58)
• Rebecca’s Prayer: “If all is well, why am I like this?” 13:47
• “True Resilience is when deep on the inside, I know that I'm enough without anything. And that can only ever really come when we are healed of the hurts that made us believe that we weren't enough.” (15:47)
• What is it that causes people to feel inherently not good enough? (17:22)
• “I used to be a success junkie” (18:58)
• A very powerful analogy about the donkey who carried Jesus into Jerusalem (22:34)
• When we get healed, then we can be tender hearted towards the very people who hurt us the most. (24:29)
• “Jesus loved everybody, but didn't need to be loved by anybody”This is where love becomes much easier (28:40)
• We make an estimation and an evaluation of our worth, based on how we're treated, that's our only way of measuring (32:36)
• How do you manifest your highest self, when it looks like everything around you is caving in? (35:00)
• “Healed for Life” Jo’s Healing Ministry (39:36)
• Jo’s 7th Book “My Pretend Friend” (43:23)
• What Self pity does: “It makes tragedy unbearable. It makes difficult times even harder. And it makes us feel like no one understands” (44:43)

Jo, a PR executive turned pastor and once a Director for Prince Charles's most prestigious charity, considers it a great privilege to now work for the King of Kings.

Jo ministers with a heart-piercing anointing, sharing with great personal honesty in conferences and at churches around the world. Her passion is to see people set free from all inner hindrances so that they can fulfil their God-given destiny. Countless people have testified to receiving powerful, life-changing emotional and spiritual healing through her ministry. Again, and again, audiences share that they did not realise to what extent old issues or buried pain had been holding them back.

Together with her husband Paul, Jo pastors Harvest Church London in England and they have two wonderful children, Ben and Abby.

Healed for Life is a two-day transformational event held in the U.K. and now the US.  Jo has written three other life-changing books: 30 Day Detox for your Soul, Dream-stealers and Lifting the Mask. 

More details on Jo’s programmes and books can be accessed through the following link https://www.jonaughton.com/