Healing For the Wounded Spirit BREAKING FREE FROM THE PAST Pt. 1
September 11, 2024

*Healing For the Wounded Spirit
BREAKING FREE FROM THE PAST Pt. 1

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*Luke 4:18 “The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed…*

Psalms 109:22 For I am poor and needy, And my heart is

within me.

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I. Society’s Indicators.

There are many

in our society that reveal to us how far reaching these wounds have spread.

HURT PEOPLE,

OTHERS.

II. Wounds - Their Causes & Results.

people hurt others

Exodus 20:5-6 (NASB 2020) 5 You shall not worship them nor serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, inflicting the punishment of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, 6 but showing favor to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments

The person we have become has been shaped by these

and their results.

John 10:10 “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly”.

All of the causes and results are from the hand of the

.

III. How Does Healing Come?

We Must believe that Jesus really wants and desires to

. - Mark 2:17 & Hebrews 4:14-16.

We must come out of denial and openly acknowledge and

- Psalm 62:5-8, Psalm 118:5-6 and John 8:31.

We must have the courage to face the pain and the

of the wound.
We must deal with the and not just the symptom - Amos 2:9.

We must forgive and let

- Colossians 3:12-15.

We must love

enemies - Matthew 5:44.

We must find a safe__ environment__ to take off our mask - James 5:16.

We must take comfort and strength in

- Psalm 119:50, 92-93.

We must engage in

- Ephesians 6:10-14.

We must repent in areas where our

has caused the damage - Acts 3:19

Hebrews 12:1-2 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.