TRANFORMATION PRAYER
Behind the struggle are people who love God but feel stuck in cycles of pain, reacting from wounds they don’t fully understand. Transformational Prayer Ministry (TPM) helps uncover the roots, replace lies with truth, and bring lasting healing and freedom.
According to the official TPM materials, Transformation Prayer Ministry (TPM) is a ministry that heals negative emotions associated with painful memories. It is based on the premise that many of the negative emotions we experience are linked to lie-based beliefs formed during a painful event in our past. If a person feels a negative emotion, they can remember all the details that formed the belief behind it.
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For this reason, the TPM Process asks a series of questions to find the lie-based belief behind this negative emotion. When you find a lie-based belief, the TPM Process invites you to present it to Jesus and ask Him what He wants you to know about it. When Jesus, who is full of grace and truth (John 1:14), speaks directly to you, transformation takes place. God’s kindness leads us to a new way of thinking (often called repentance – Romans 2:4), and His truth sets us free (John 8:32).
Transformation Prayer Ministry was developed by Dr. Ed Smith and his son Joshua (www.TransformationPrayer.org).
VIDEO RESOURCES
In the spirit of reinforcing a transformative TPM mindset, our very own Mark Rowe has created a no-cost training video series that focuses on understanding and applying TPM concepts. While we are not currently facilitating live, in-person Transformational Prayer Ministry sessions, we continue to value the impact this resource has had in helping people find healing and freedom.
These optional videos are being shared as a resource for those who would simply like to learn more or walk through the process themselves. While they reflect the heart and work of the ministry in a previous season, they are provided for personal use and exploration, and are not connected to any current facilitation or oversight.
You can access training videos below, and an optional PDF download is available.
This teaching reflects Mark Rowe’s and Don Bushnell Ministries’ understanding and application of concepts we learned from TPM. Don Bushnell Ministries is not officially affiliated with or endorsed by Transformation Prayer Ministry International, and we encourage anyone interested in TPM to access their official training at TransformationPrayer.org.
LESSON 1
This Transformational Prayer Ministry teaching series highlights key lessons designed to help individuals understand and engage the TPM process more clearly and effectively. Created to simplify learning, it offers a more direct path through foundational concepts that can otherwise feel overwhelming.
Originally developed as part of the work of Ed Smith and shared through Don Bushnell Ministries, this resource has helped many experience deeper clarity and personal healing through the TPM process.
LESSON 2
Being confident in your ability to hear God’s voice is one of the most important skills during a Transformation Prayer Ministry (TPM) session. In this video, we will discuss how to tell the difference between God’s voice and the voice of the enemy. In addition, we will discuss a simply way to verify if the Lord spoke to us during a TPM session.
LESSON 3.1
Of all our emotions, anger is the one that tends to derail a Transformation Prayer Ministry session more than any other emotion. For this reason, I found that I started having more successful TPM sessions when I started TPM-ing anger first. This approach has two significant benefits. One, it helps to determine how well a person is or is not hearing God’s voice, because anger typically gets in the way of us hearing God’s voice. Two, after a person learns how to successfully TPM anger, then it is much easier to TPM most other issues because anger is less likely to derail the process.
LESSON 3.2
In this video, we will talk through the fundamentals of how to understand and navigate the Anger Box and Solution Box during a Transformation Prayer Ministry session. We will discuss the key lessons and tips that I found most helpful when I first learned the TPM process. We will also discuss why sometimes people who have a track record of hearing God’s voice during TPM sessions might suddenly struggle to hear God speak. In addition, we will discuss what to do when this happens.
LESSON 3.3
In this Transformation Prayer Ministry training video, we will do three things. One, we will take a closer look at three biblical passages that talk about anger (see below). Two, out of these passages, we will develop what it means to forgive from the heart. Three, we will discuss how the Transformation Prayer Ministry process results in what Dr. Ed Smith calls effortless forgiveness.
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LESSON 4
In this Transformation Prayer Ministry training video, we will discuss how every box on the left side of the TPM Process Map works. In addition, I will share the key points that helped me grasp the purpose of each question, how the questions work together, and how to answer each question to get the greatest impact.
Names of other ministries, methods, or resources (including Transformation Prayer Ministry) are used only for identification and reference. Don Bushnell Ministries is an independent organization and does not claim any official status, endorsement, or representation of those ministries.