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Healing Past Wounds and Forgiving Present Scars · First15 Devotional

• 0:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: In today's verse 15, we're going to explore God's healing for our past wounds and present scars.
• 0:11
  [SPEAKER_00]: There is so much power and forgiveness, so much healing and reconciliation.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: May you find healing today for any wounds or scars you've been carrying, whether big or small.
• 0:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: And may you find a greater measure of abundant life as the result of God's presence and mercy.
• 0:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to the verse 15 podcast.
• 0:48
  [UNKNOWN]: Thank you for watching.
• 1:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: Our verse for today comes from 1 Peter 2 verse 24, Scripture says, He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.
• 1:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: By His wounds, you have been healed.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: All of us have experienced trial and pain.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: All of us are living life wounded and scarred.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We learn to deal with our wounds and press forward, but whether we acknowledge it or not, wounds and scars change us.
• 1:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: There are no perfect parents.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There are no perfect friends.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There are no perfect siblings or spouses.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We live in an imperfect world with imperfect humans.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We lash out and hurt others because we are broken and in need of healing.
• 1:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: One of the most critical spiritual exercises we can undergo is allowing God to heal our past wounds and guide us to a lifestyle of forgiving present scars.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Without healing and forgiveness, other people's mistakes will affect our future.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Without the inner working of the Holy Spirit, we will live in continual suffering from the sins of others.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Our God is a God of healing.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Psalm 147-3 says, He heals the broken hearted and binds up their wounds.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Psalm 103 verses two through four says, bless the Lord, oh my soul, and forget not all His benefits, who forgive all Your iniquity, who heals all Your diseases, who redeems Your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy.
• 2:56
  [SPEAKER_00]: 1 Peter 2 24 says, He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree that we might die to sin and live to righteousness by His wounds you have been healed.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Your Heavenly Father longs to speak to the wounded places in your life and heal them with His love.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What past experience, trial, hurtful word or person, is still harmfully affecting your life today.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Where do you need the Holy Spirit to come and speak healing over you?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Where do you need to cry out to God and anger or frustration over a wound?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Opening the wounded places of our hearts is an emotional and difficult process.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But until we allow God into the harmful events of our past, we will never experience true freedom and restoration from them.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Until we allow ourselves space to deal with what for some have been harmful in defining moments, we will never experience the entirety of the abundant life available to us.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And as the Lord begins to heal our wounds, we must allow Him to guide us to a lifestyle of forgiveness for our present scars.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We must forgive those people who hurt us so the scars in our lives become symbols of God's redeeming love, rather than reminders of painful events.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: James 213 says, mercy triumphs over judgment.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: show mercy to those who are undeserving of it just as your heavenly father has shown you mercy.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Love your enemies as Jesus did, so that you can experience triumph instead of pain, freedom instead of enslavement to negativity and joy instead of anger.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: May your heavenly father be allowed to love you, hold you, and care for the places in your heart
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  [UNKNOWN]: Thank you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Begin by meditating on God's desire to heal your wounds.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Allow scripture to fill you with courage, to open your heart to the Spirit, and let him provide healing today.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Psalm 147-3 says, He heals the broken hearted and binds up their wounds.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: and next.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Ask the Holy Spirit to help you see what he wants to heal today.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What wound is affecting your life?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Where do you need God to speak His truth and love over you?
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  [UNKNOWN]: Thank you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: and last.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Open your heart to the Lord and ask Him to speak truth and love to your wound.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Ask the Holy Spirit to heal your wounds in whatever way He desires.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Trust and follow His leadership.
• 7:48
  [SPEAKER_00]: Zephanaya 317 says, the Lord your God is in your midst.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: A mighty one who will save, he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will quiet you by his love, he will exalt over you with loud singing.
• 8:46
  [SPEAKER_00]: Receiving healing for wounds and the courage to forgive present scars is a constant process.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There will always be more for the Lord to heal.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There will always be new wounds the Lord wants to speak to.
• 9:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: If you will allow the Lord to faithfully love and heal your wounds, you will experience a abundant life to greater depth than you thought possible.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: May you be filled with newfound courage and freedom today in response to the overwhelming love and power of your Heavenly Father.
• 9:38
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks so much for listening to today's podcast on God's desire to heal past wounds and present scars.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: How amazing is it to have a God who sees our need and meets that need with his compassion and love.
• 9:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: Before you go, I want to encourage you to take just a few moments to reflect on what the Lord did in your heart today.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Reflect on the reality of His healing, and let that time of reflection spur you on towards greater openness to the healing touch of God's presence.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Have a wonderful rest of your day, and may God bless you as you seek Him.