From Grief to Freedom! Isaiah 61:1-2

I. Binding Up the Broken Hearted! What’s the Wound! V. 1

The Question: What is Your Wound! What broke Your Heart?

Rejection or Abandonment:
Parental Absence: Divorce, Death, Emotional Absence
Abuse: Verbal, Physical and or Sexual
Self Inflicted Wound Because of Sin! David: Psalm 51

Wounded -> Offended -> Angered -> Unforgiving
-> Root of Bitterness -> Causes Trouble, Defiles Many!

The Way of Cain – Genesis 4:1-14

You become offended.
Son crouches at the door of your life.
Sin’s desire is for you.
You must master sin.
You become hidden from the face of God.
You become a spiritual vagrant and wanderer.

Hebrews 12:14-17 From Grief to Freedom!

1. Wounded? Fix Your Eyes On Jesus! He Authored Your Faith, He will Perfect Your Faith
2. Wounded? Believe That What Jesus Secured At The Cross, You Will Receive in This Life, Sooner than Later! 12:1-3

Isaiah 53:4 Surely our griefs (maladies, anxieties, calamities, diseases) He Himself bore, (lifted, bore, carried, took away cairred away, swept away!) And our Sorrows (pains, anguishes, afflictions and sorrows) He carried; Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of God and afflicted. 5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being (Peace, Shalom) fell upon Him, And by (with) His scourging we are healed!

3. Wounded? Always Pursue Peace with All Men! 14

Wounded -> Forgiveness -> Freedom!

A Great Example of A Prayer of Forgiveness!

“Father, I confess that I have not loved the following people who have hurt and disappointed me. I acknowledge that my wound has run very deep and have not allowed you to heal these wounds and as a result have held un-forgiveness in my heart towards____________ for________________. This anger and un-forgiveness is sin. I ask You to forgive me for this bitterness, anger and wrath that I have walked in. I know that on my own, I could never forgive them. But I know that You can through me. So right now, by an act of my will and according to your spirit, I choose to forgive_______________ and release him/her of the debt. I will no longer walk in agreement with bitterness and un-forgiveness. In the name of Jesus I put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh. I choose to put on love. Thank you, Lord for forgiving me. And as you have forgiven, so I will forgive. Thank you for this power, thank you for this freedom, In the name of Jesus! Amen!

4. Wounded? Cry Out For, Receive & Walk in God’s Grace! Titus 2:11-13

Hebrews 4:15-16 – Grace and Mercy in Time of Need!