We love serving our Sutton Vineyard church congregation and wider community with opportunities to go deeper in their church, community and connect with their faith and God.
One of these opportunities is Sozo, powerful personal prayer sessions aimed at self-discovery and going deeper within ourselves and our spiritual connection.
We spoke to Faith who heads up our Sozo team about her experiences and how you can get involved with leading this amazing ministry:
What is Sozo?
“Sozo is an inner healing and gentle deliverance ministry. Its aim is to connect people with the Godhead (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) individually by getting to the root cause of issues that would hamper that relationship . Sozo exposes the lies that we believe from the enemy and replaces them with the truths from the Godhead.”
What can people expect from a Sozo session?
“In a Sozo session, wounds (often from our childhood) are healed, strongholds are broken and truths are revealed. This is achieved in partnership with the Holy Spirit in forgiveness for a person who has intentionally or unknowingly caused us harm and freedom is achieved from anything that holds us back in our lives.
Many have experienced freedom from shame, addiction, fear and pain. All Sozo sessions are confidential - nothing leaves the Sozo room!”
How did you get involved with Sozo?
“I was asked by Wendy Sullivan if I wanted to do the Sozo training which I did indeed complete. I was the least likely candidate as I had a huge fear surrounding the occult which we sometimes deal with in Sozo. Father God took me on my own healing journey and closed the door to my fear.”
How has Sozo helped you in your personal and faith development?
“My Sozo brought up fear of the dark, occult and spiders. At the end of the session, the door to the dark and occult was closed, and the fear of spiders was replaced with a picture of a ‘Mr Blobby’ spider (pink, white and fluffy) - very unscary!
That night, I got home and walked up the stairs in the dark with no fear. I tripped over something on the landing, so I thought it prudent to put a light on and outside my bedroom door was a spider ( strange coincidence - not!) I got down on the floor, looked at it and went to bed. In the past I would have had to go downstairs, unset the alarm and get the spider catcher to remove it.
Also, I have to partner with the Holy Spirit to guide me through sessions with clients in the way the Godhead wants to go, so I really need to be tuned in closely to hearing from God. This has meant my own relationship with God has grown with hearing from Him, leaning into prophetic prayer and receiving pictures from God.”
What qualities do you need to lead Sozo sessions?
“You need to be empathetic and understanding, but we are a people of hope with a trust and expectancy that God will show up for people and heal them.
We learn through our training to not be shocked by what we hear and we must be able to maintain absolute confidentiality. Ultimately, we are all people who have a desire to see people free and to show love to others.”
Why should people get involved with Sozo and how can they do that?
“If you have a desire to see people walk into freedom and have a greater connection to Father God, Jesus and Holy Spirit, I am more than happy to talk people through what the training and subsequent Sozo facilitating involves. There is a basic training weekend held at Holy Trinity Brompton on 27th and 28th September 2024 and then practical, ongoing training with the Sutton Vineyard Sozo team.”
To book onto the basic training weekend click here, or email sozo@suttonvineyard.org for more information
Alternatively, to book onto a personal Sozo session visit our webpage
