Turning Something Broken into Something Beautiful

TURNING SOMETHING BROKEN INTO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL Wounded people . . . hard people. Asaph – a man who knew what hurt can do to a heart ● Living ______ but ____ . Psalm 73:1-3; 13-14 ● A heart turning ____ . Psalm 73: 21- 22 ● Instead of turning ____ , he looked ____ . Psalm 73: 16-17; 23-26 It isn’t the ____ that kills people. It’s the ____ from it not being treated. Jesus-rebels choose to defy the lie that makes life so hurtful . . . THE LIFE-WRECKING LIE: HURT PEOPLE ____ PEOPLE. THE LIFE-GIVING REBEL TRUTH: HURT PEOPLE WHO ARE HEALING CAN ______ OTHER HURT PEOPLE. The miraculous difference Jesus makes possible. . . Isaiah 61:1-3 How is that possible? 3 Important Steps That Will Enable You to Be Light in the Darkness Around You

______ YOUR HURT, DON’T ______ FROM IT!

● When you bury your grief and hurt, it ______ and ____ . Everything looks ____ through a ____ and ____ window. ● When you don’t let anyone in, there’s no ______ . Matthew 5:4 ● Drag it out of the dark and into the light. I John 1:7

Result - healthy ________

Cleansing from ________

______ IT, DON’T ____ IT! Colossians 3:13 ● Unforgiveness doesn’t really hurt ____ , but it hurts and haunts ____ . Hebrews 12:15 ● Forgiveness is a ____ , not a feeling. Your wound won’t start to heal until ___ start to heal. ____ OUT, DON’T ____ OUT. II Corinthians 1:3-4 ● Jesus enables you to turn your hurts into ______ . ● A living example of a wounded person who was not defined by years of being hurt . . .and turned hurt into hope. Genesis 50:15-21 3. You can be that person in a world of hurt! A wounded person who is living proof of the difference a living Savior can make! Philippians 2:14-15