Have you been trying to get beyond past hurt, trauma, or abuse? Do you have longstanding grief over losing a loved one? Have you tried to forget and move on to no avail? If so, today we will share seven steps of faith and action that will strengthen you and help you to move forward through the healing process.
Philippians 4:8 instructs:
“Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy-meditate on these things.”
Action step 1: Pray. Tell God all About it, Hold Nothing Back.
Psalm 46:1 declares “God is our refuge and our strength, a very present help in trouble.”
Psalm 51:6 says ” Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: And in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.”
Action Step 2: Open up and uncover the hurt and pain.
Jeremiah 17:9 warns “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”
John 14:16-17: Promises ”And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another comforter, that he may abide with you forever; even the spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth in you.
1 Peter 5:7(Amplified Version) describes this as “Casting all your cares (all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all) on him, for he cares about you with deepest affection, and watches over you very carefully
Action Step 3: Invite God into your suffering.
Isaiah 6:1 “In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of his robe filled the temple.” The significance of the train of the robe filling the temple is that it symbolizes God’s authority, power and might. God has authority and power over everything. There is no greater power.
Jeremiah 32:27 says “Behold I am the. God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for me?
Action Step 4: Know and Believe That God will fight for you.
1 Samuel 17:47 David shouted “And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hands. By the power of God David killed the giant with just a sling shot, because it was God’s fight. He delivered David and the people from the Philistine giant. He will be faithful to deliver you from your giants as well.
Exodus 14:14 “The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.” They were able to cross to the other side on dry ground
Psalm 46:10 “Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted on the earth” (NIV).
Action Step 5. Tear Down the Strongholds in Your Life.
2 Corinthians 10:3-5 declares “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds; casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;”
Romans 12:2 tells us “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”
Action Step 6. Surrender the hurt, anger and fear daily for however long it takes.
1 Peter 5:6-7 says “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.” Surrender the pain to God, surrender the thoughts and memories to God, surrender the healing into God’s powerful hands.
Action Step 7. Thank and praise God for his mercy and grace.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 says “In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”
Philippians 4:6 “Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
