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Letting Go | Healing a Wounded Heart · Divine515 Podcast

• 0:00
  - Welcome
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  - to the divine five one five podcast.
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  - Here is today's prayer.
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  - Hello, and welcome to daily prayers with Valerie
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  - Rocha.
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  - Today's prayer focus is
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  - addressing healing a wounded heart.
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  - Scripture text comes from Ephesians four thirty one
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  - through 32
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  - and says,
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  - get rid of all bitterness, rage, and anger,
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  - forgiving each other just as in Christ's book.
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  - God forgave
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  - you.
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  - You know, forgiveness becomes much harder when the
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  - wound is personal. I think we would all
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  - agree with that.
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  - And yet in the Lord's prayer,
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  - the prayer addresses that we
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  - forgive
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  - others
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  - as we have warned others.
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  - And I often
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  - say to the Lord when it gets to
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  - this part of the prayer that I say
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  - daily,
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  - that we were the first offenders.
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  - If we had not disobeyed,
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  - then God would not have had to be
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  - upset with us. And yet in our disobedience,
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  - he chose to forgive us because he is
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  - the original template.
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  - And because of it, if we are going
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  - to be like him,
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  - we are to forgive others,
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  - whether it's someone else or ourselves,
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  - especially when there is no apology,
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  - no explanation,
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  - no accountability,
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  - and no acknowledgment
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  - of what happened.
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  - We can know scripture tells us to forgive
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  - and still struggle deeply with actually doing it.
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  - And right here, I would
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  - encourage,
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  - you if you're struggling with this
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  - to know that it's not always a one
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  - and done depending on the level and layer
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  - and depth of that hurt.
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  - It's a process. You may have to go
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  - back and ask God to,
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  - help you forgive
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  - more than once, and that's
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  - okay.
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  - It's almost like an onion, right? An onion
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  - has layers, and to get to the core,
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  - you have to peel away at it,
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  - but it's always worth it. Why? Because unforgiveness
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  - can feel like
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  - protection.
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  - We fear that forgiving means excusing the behavior
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  - or reopening the door, which couldn't be farther
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  - from the truth.
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  - But forgiveness and reconciliation
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  - are always the same thing.
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  - It doesn't mean that forgiving
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  - is... Goes back to that relationship.
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  - But what it does do is that it
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  - releases our right to carry the offense indefinitely
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  - because unforgiveness
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  - is like a poison. If you hold on
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  - to it long enough,
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  - it will affect
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  - every part of who you are, including the
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  - relationships with others.
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  - Healthy boundaries may still be necessary
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  - and very strongly recommended.
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  - Sometimes forgiveness begins before
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  - feelings change.
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  - That's where faith comes in.
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  - And it can be as simple as praying,
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  - father, I'm willing to become willing to forgive.
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  - And you may have to say it a
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  - few times because faith comes by hearing
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  - and hearing comes by the word of God.
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  - Then we just keep bringing the offense back
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  - to God whenever it resurfaces.
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  - Forgiveness can be a decision we repeatedly surrender
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  - until our emotions begin catching up with it.
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  - So
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  - that being said, if you're struggling with unforgiveness
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  - or a broken heart today,
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  - take heart. God is faithful,
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  - and he will get you through it.
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  - That being said,
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  - let's pray.
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  - Father God, you know what happened and how
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  - deeply it affected us.
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  - Help us to release the offense without minimizing
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  - the hurt.
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  - Free our hearts from bitterness and give us
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  - wisdom
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  - for healthy boundaries.
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  - Teach us to forgive from the grace you
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  - have shown us,
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  - and we will bless you in Jesus' name.
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  - Well,
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  - forgiveness may be a process,
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  - and the first step
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  - is willingness
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  - to
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  - do it.
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  - If someone you know is wrestling with forgiveness
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  - or if you're wrestling with forgiveness,
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  - it's okay to say this prayer
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  - over and over again.
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  - It's not important
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  - about
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  - how
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  - it makes you
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  - feel
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  - because it's about faith.
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  - It's just about knowing
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  - that you can bring the offense
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  - to God.
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  - That being said, remember
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  - to release the offense
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  - one prayer at a time.