255. When Pain is Spiritual // Healing the Body by Healing the Heart

What if pain and sickness aren’t just physical? In this episode, Caroline dives into the often-overlooked connection between physical pain and spiritual or emotional wounds. Through her own powerful testimonies and biblical examples, she shares how trauma, grief, and unforgiveness can show up in the body and how true healing begins when we invite God into the deeper places of our heart. If you’ve been dealing with lingering pain or illness and nothing seems to help, this episode might offer the perspective shift and hope you’ve been needing. Tune in and be reminded: God doesn’t just want to heal your body, He wants to bring healing to your mind, body, and soul.

Bible Verses:

Proverbs 17:22 “A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.”

Proverbs 4:20-23 “My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; for they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body. Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”

Mark 2:2-12 “They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things? Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’? But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man, “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”

Psalm 32:3 “When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.”

Psalm 38:3 “Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin.”

Luke 13:10-13 “On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity. “Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.”

Proverbs 14:30 “A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.”

Topics Discussed:

How the Soul and the Body Connect

There are many spiritual roots to physical diseases.
God wants us well – body, soul and spirit.
Some aches and pains and different diseases have spiritual and emotional roots.
Every part of your body is connected.
Body, soul, and spirit are one.
God created the body in such a way that if one area is not whole it will affect every other area as well.

Caroline’s Testimonies

Testimony #1

Caroline experienced physical pain, but she also knew that in the spirit realm she was going through a very hard season.
Caroline realized that the pain she was facing was due to a broken heart.
She brought her broken heart to the Lord and in an instant her physical pain was healed.
Jesus didn’t just heal her heart; he healed her physical body as well.

Testimony #2

Caroline went through a lot of traumas and changes all at once and it caused her to experience panic attacks.
A panic attack is a physical manifestation of something going on inwardly.

Testimony #3

Caroline’s heart was feeling heavy on Mother’s Day.
While helping move furniture, she threw out her back.
She knew that it was a physical manifestation of her heart being broken.
Caroline went through inner healing and her back was healed.

Healthy Heart

A healthy heart is going to bring health to your body, and a sick heart is going to bring sickness to your body.
When we partner up with bitterness or unforgiveness it leads to a sick heart.
Jesus wants healing in body, soul and spirit.

Examples from the Bible

The paralyzed man
The crippled woman
Miriam had jealousy that led to leprosy
King Uziah’s pride and arrogance led to leprosy
Job went through intense emotional and spiritual trauma that led to physical affliction

How Do I Know if My Pain has Spiritual Roots?

Not every illness has spiritual roots. Sometimes there is just physical pain.
Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal if there are any roots of your physical pain.
Pay attention to when it started. Are you able to identify any trauma that happened around that same time?
Have you sought doctors, medications and have not seen improvement?
Have you been dealing with this for a long period of time?
Are you dealing with unexplained aches or pains?
Are you living in habitual sin?

Powerful Quotes:

“God wants full wholeness and healing for every facet of your life” – Caroline Harries

“God wants relationship with you.” – Caroline

“Often times, physical things manifest that have spiritual roots.” – Caroline

“Give yourself grace if you are in a season of transition.” – Caroline

“If something is happening in our body it might be an indicator that something is happening in our soul.” – Caroline

“A healthy heart is going to bring health to your body.” – Caroline

“We can’t just seek physical healing; we need to seek emotional and spiritual healing as well.” – Caroline

“You cannot expect to live a life of wholeness if you are living in habitual sin.” – Caroline Harries

Resources:

Episode 249 Inner Healing Part 1 Roland Worton

Episode 250 Inner Healing Part 2 Tiffany Jo Baker