2-25-24 Setlist: My Testimony Healer Breathe God Problems The Healing Sermon Notes: Key Passage: That evening, on the first day of the week, the disciples were meeting behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Suddenly, Jesus was standing there among them! “Peace be with you,” he said. As he spoke, he showed them the wounds in his hands and his side. They were filled with joy when they saw the Lord! Again he said, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.” John 20:19-21 Key Passage: One of the twelve disciples, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin), was not with the others when Jesus came. They told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “I won’t believe it unless I see the nail wounds in his hands, put my fingers into them, and place my hand into the wound in his side.” Eight days later the disciples were together again, and this time Thomas was with them. The doors were locked; but suddenly, as before, Jesus was standing among them. “Peace be with you,” he said. Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and look at my hands. Put your hand into the wound in my side. Don’t be faithless any longer. Believe!” “My Lord and my God!” Thomas exclaimed. John 20:24-28 We will always grow to the level of our unhealed scars and then we stop. Source of scars: 1. Rejection 2. Failure 3. Abuse 4. Betrayal 5. Tragedy The issue isn't the event, it's the message that lives in the scars. The Steps to Emotional Healing 1. Make Jesus the Lord of your pain. The Steps to Emotional Healing 2. Make God's word the supreme truth over your scars. Key Passage: We are human, but we don't wage war with human plans and methods. We use God's mighty weapons, not mere worldly weapons, to knock down the Devil's strongholds. With these weapons we break down every proud argument that keeps people from knowing God. With these weapons we conquer their rebellious ideas, and we teach them to obey Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 The Steps to Emotional Healing 3. Forgive anyone who has hurt or scarred you, including yourself. Discussion Questions: 1. What do you feel like God is saying to you through this message? 2. How can you unleash God's healing into your life? 3. What step to emotional healing are you on? How can you get to the next step? 4. What spoke to you during this message? Why? How can you apply it to your life?