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The Session: Forgiving And Healing Hurts Of The Past

Scripture

Isaiah 40:29: “He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.”

Psalm 147:3: “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Excerpts From:

Dr. Terry Wardle on the Damage of Unresolved Wounds and the Risk and Gifts of Vulnerability

Dr. Wardle notes, “Every loss in life demands an appropriate season of grieving, whether you’ve lost your favorite person or you’ve lost your favorite pen. Grieving is a way in which we take the emotional upheaval and bring it up to the Lord. […] If we don’t let emotions up and out before God, those emotions internalize. They give us physical, psychological, and spiritual problems.”

Thoughts From Focus On The Family

If you’re familiar with the words of Luke 4:18, you already know that Jesus came to proclaim good news to the afflicted, joy to the brokenhearted, liberty to the captives, and comfort to those who are crushed and bruised.

o Pray over and memorize that Jesus came to proclaim the good news to the afflicted, joy to the broken hearted, liberty to the captives, comfort to the crushed and bruised

o Good inhabits the praises of His people

If significant time has passed (years) and the memories aren’t healed, normalizing would become the second step. It will help to realize that in any social setting there are other women who have been abused. This can lead to empathizing with them

o Normalizing

o Empathizing

A third important step is journaling.

o What would Jesus say to you if wrote you a letter about the abuse? Psalm 34:18?

Thoughts from Tom

· The Tool Of Differentiation

· Victim to Survivor

· Each Successful Intimacy Moment Is Victory Over The Evil One