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A Segment on Scars

How to deal with the hurts of the past.

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A Segment on Scars

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  1. A Word About Scars Scars Occur when Tissues Bond To Replace Skin That was Damaged Through Injury or Surgery.

  2. Scarring is a Normal Process that Happens to Repair Any Wound on the Skin & Deeper Tissues. During the Process of Healing, Scars are A Very Natural Occurrence.

  3. Scars Remind Us Of Violence…Harm…Hurt …Something Happened But Scars Also Say Healing has Happened

  4. God Loves You • Beyond Anything • that Hurt You or • Left a Scar on You

  5. Jesus was • Beaten, Battered & Bruised • Hurt, Cut & Bloody • Tortured to Death on Cross His Body Had Tremendous Scars

  6. “What are these Wounds in Your hands?” “I was Wounded in the House of My Friends.” Zechariah 13:6

  7. The Lord Will • Take Away Your PAIN • Take Away YourSHAME • HEALYourHURTS • COMFORT You • Make You WHOLE

  8. A Bruised Reed He will not break, and a Smoking Flax He will not Quench Matthew 12:20

  9. The Lord Will Trade Beauty for Ashes, the Oil of Joy for Mourning, The Garment of Praise for the Spirit of Heaviness. Isaiah 61:3

  10. For Jesus’ SakeFORGIVEAnd You Will Be FORGIVENLuke 6:37

  11. The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain King who wanted to settle accounts with His Servants. And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to Him who Owed Him 10,000 Talents. (With Gold @ $900 per Ounce 1 Talent = $1,080,000 10,000,000 Talents = Estimated $10 Billion +)Matthew 18:23-

  12. (10,000,000 Talents = Est. $10 Billion +) But as he was NOT ABLE to PAY, His Master Commanded that he be Sold, with his Wife & Children& Allthathe had, and That Payment Be Made…

  13. God Forgives Us a Far Greater Debt …The servant therefore fell down before him, saying, “Master, have patience with me, & I will pay you all.” Then the Master of that Servant was Moved with Compassion, Released Him, and Forgave Him the Debt.

  14. Being Forgiven Holds Us Accountable “But That Servant Went Out & Found One of His Fellow Servants Who Owed him 100 Denarii; (About 3 Months Pay) And he Laid Hands on Him and Took him by the Throat, Saying, 'Pay Me What You Owe!’

  15. Observe This Man who WAS Forgiven • So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, “Have patience with me, and I will pay you all.” And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt. • So when his fellow servants saw what had been done, they were very grieved, and came and told their master all that had been done.

  16. Then his master, After he had called him, Said To Him, “You Wicked Servant! I Forgave YouAll That Debt Because You Begged Me. Should You Not ALSO have had Compassion on your Fellow Servant, Just as I had Pity on You?”

  17. And his master was Angry, & Delivered him to the TORTURERS Until heshould Pay ALL That was DUE to him.

  18. Jesus Said, “So My Heavenly Father also Will Do to You If Each of You, From his Heart,Does Not Forgive His Brother His Trespasses.

  19. Should You? • Expect Mercy If You will Not Give Mercy? • Expect Forgiveness If You Will Not FreelyForgive?

  20. Did You Forget? Who Paid Your Debt?

  21. Hewaswoundedfor our transgressions, He was Bruised for our Iniquities; the Chastisement of Our Peace was upon Him, and by His Stripes we are Healed. Isaiah 53:5

  22. Forgiven Folks MUST Forgive

  23. When you Fail to React To Those who Hurt You With Love & Forgiveness, You Retain in Your Heart the Debt the Offender Owes You. That Offense Will Rob Your Heart Of Its Capacity to Love.

  24. Beyond How we May Feel We Must Choose to Hear, SpeakandSeeForgiveness

  25. Your Life is Meaningful to God But So is the Life of EachPerson THAT Person

  26. Think About What is Wrong with Refusing to Pardon (Forgive or Release) Somebody Else? • Shortsighted • Selfish • Lacks Mercy • Not Like Christ • Damages the Person who Refuses to Pardon

  27. Many Refuse To Deal With & Forgive Consequently Bitterness Takes Root Their Pain is Passed On to Others Some Victims of Abuse, Today Will Become Abusers Tomorrow Some Become The Very Thing they Hate

  28. One Way to See Bitterness: Unresolved Revenge

  29. Bitterness: Unfulfilled Revenge Forgive & Let Them Go

  30. When You are Angry, Hurt • or Vulnerable • in Any Way • Put Your • Guard Up! Do Not Give Yourself a Pass to Be Wronged or Do Wrong

  31. If You have Trouble with ThisA Suggestion Since We are Responsible to • Treat Others as we Wish to be Treated • Keep Our Own Hearts with All Diligence… And Since God is Loving, Merciful & Just (He Absolutely Is) Why Not Turn it Over to the Lord andLet Him Sort it Out? (He Absolutely Will)

  32. Believers in Jesus? God Called Us to Believe & Follow Jesus As He Called You and Me, He Also Called Others

  33. He Also Called Others To Believe & FollowJesus Red, YellowBlack & White, Jew, Gentile, Arab, Asian, African, People of Every Nation, Rich, Poor, “Bad” & “Good” From Palaces & Ghettos, Castles, Caves & Huts…

  34. We are Called To Follow in HisFootsteps

  35. Can Any Good Be In Suffering? YES!YES!YES!YES! And We Know That All Things Work Together for Good To Those who Love God, To Those who Are the Called According to His Purpose. Romans 8:28

  36. God Can Use What Hurt You the Most To Cause You to Become MoreSENSITIVE to The HURTS & NEEDS of Others AND To Teach Us to Love Our Enemies

  37. God Can Use What Hurt You the Most To Know Him Better “That I May KnowHim and the Power of His Resurrection, and the Fellowship Of His Sufferings, Being Conformed To His Death.” Philippians 3:10

  38. Dwelling On Past? Hurts? Injustices? Wrongs? What he/she/they Said and Did? You May Live In Unforgiveness. Bitterness may have Taken Root. Why Live In Unforgiveness When You Can Be Free?

  39. Let it Go, Let it Go, Let It GO!

  40. Revenge CannotHeal a Broken Heart Make You Whole Tragic Case of Tamar • Tamar was Incestuously Raped by her Half-Brother, Amnon. • Full Brother, Absalom, Plotted Murder. • Two years later Absalom got Revenge for Tamar with Amnon's murder. • Revenge did Not Heal Tamar or Make her Whole

  41. Then Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore her robe of many colors that was on her, and laid her hand on her head and went away crying bitterly… So Tamar Remained Desolate in her brother Absalom's house. 2 Samuel 13:19,20

  42. “Remained Desolate” Tamar Continued to be a Victim FEELING Worthless RUINED, Wretched, Empty, Alone, Stupefied, Violated, Devastated, Joyless, Deserted, NUMB/Deadto Life, Fruitless, Destroyed, in Grief & Sorrow

  43. “Remained Desolate?”Your Hurts Should Not Define You ORHave Any Power OverThe Rest of Your Life

  44. WilfridMacena Haitian Earthquake Survivor, Amputee “To be living with one leg is living. A lot of people didn't get a chance to.”

  45. ToRemainDesolate Is NOT NOT, NOT, NOT (Never Was, Never Will Be) The Will of God for You

  46. Don’t Let Bad People Blind You or Keep You From Seeing God’s Goodnessor Knowing His Love for You! God IS Good! Always Was Good Never Stopped Being Good Never Will Stop Being Good

  47. God is RENOWNED As Restorer, Father, Gentle Shepherd Who takes Weak & BrokenThingsTO DO Great& Mighty Things! He Loves You Right NOW, Where You Are, As you Are & Sees Great Value in You

  48. He Heals the BrokenheartedAnd Binds Up Their Wounds. Psalm 147:3 God is Famous FOR:

  49. 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 Broken Hearted… Luke 4:18

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