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Letting Go | How to Let Go of Hurt · Divine515 Podcast

• 0:12
  - Welcome
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  - to the divine five one five podcast. Here
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  - is today's prayer.
• 0:23
  - Hello, and welcome to daily prayers with Valerie
• 0:26
  - Groeschel.
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  - Today's prayer topic
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  - is going to be dealing with how to
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  - let go of hurt.
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  - Scripture text comes from Psalms one forty seven
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  - three and says, he heals the brokenhearted and
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  - binds up their wounds.
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  - Now I am sure that we would all
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  - agree to some degree
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  - that there are some hurts that don't disappear
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  - simply because time passes.
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  - Whether it's a betrayal or words you still
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  - remember, or maybe it's
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  - someone who walked away that you cared about,
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  - something that happened differently
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  - than you expected.
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  - Maybe you may have continued living, working, serving,
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  - and caring for everyone else while quietly caring
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  - what happened.
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  - And yet still sometimes holding on to hurt
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  - feels safer
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  - than releasing it.
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  - We don't want to minimize what happened.
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  - We don't want the person who hurt us
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  - to somehow get away with it.
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  - But
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  - releasing hurt doesn't mean
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  - saying it didn't matter because it does.
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  - It does mean deciding the pain will no
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  - longer have unlimited access to your heart,
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  - but that is an intentional
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  - choice.
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  - God doesn't ask us to pretend we're not
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  - hurting.
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  - In fact, I would say that that's very
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  - unhealthy
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  - and just compounds the problem.
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  - Rather, he invites us to bring the wound
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  - to him,
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  - and that requires honesty.
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  - Yes, father.
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  - This still hurts.
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  - And then
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  - allow prayer to become the place where you
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  - stop carrying the pain alone.
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  - Remember,
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  - the enemy's biggest thing is to tell you
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  - that you don't need anyone's help. You can
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  - make it on your own.
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  - But the key
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  - to spiritual freedom and deliverance is remembering that
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  - healing
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  - may take some time, and it doesn't necessarily
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  - mean that it won't leave a scar,
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  - but
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  - surrender
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  - can begin today.
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  - That being said,
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  - let's pray about it.
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  - Heavenly father, you know where we've been hurt
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  - and what still affects us.
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  - We bring that pain to you today.
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  - Father, we ask that you heal what is
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  - wounded,
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  - soften what has become hardened,
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  - and help us release what we've been carrying
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  - way too long.
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  - Today, father, we intentionally trust you with our
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  - healing, and we will bless you in Jesus'
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  - name.
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  - You know, you don't have to pretend something
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  - doesn't hurt in order to move forward.
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  - You just have to bring the real hurt
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  - to God.
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  - And if you know someone carrying a quiet
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  - hurt,
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  - share this prayer with them.
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  - Your share may remind them that God still
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  - needs us in wounded places.
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  - And until tomorrow,
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  - put down a little
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  - of the weight and let God meet you
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  - right
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  - there.