Healing the Wounds of Trauma
2. Bring your wounds and pain to Jesus In the large group, ask: “What can we do with these pains?” Then read Isaiah 53.4–6 aloud: But he endured the suffering that should have been ours, the pain that we should have borne. All the while we thought that his suffering was punishment sent by God. But because of our sins he was wounded, beaten because of the evil we did. We are healed by the punishment he suffered,
made whole by the blows he received. All of us were like sheep that were lost, each of us going his own way. But the Lord made the punishment fall on him, the punishment all of us deserved.
A. Talk to Jesus about your pain. Take some time to bring your pain to Jesus. Tell him exactly what it is: for example, anger, sadness, loneliness, or feeling abandoned. Empty your soul. Let any emotions you feel about the pain come out. B. Bring your pain to the cross. Bring the paper on which you wrote your pain to the cross. Nail it to the cross, or put it in the box at the foot of the cross. As you do, say, “I’mhanding over my suffering to Jesus, who died on the cross for me.” C. Burn the papers. When all the papers have been deposited, take them outside and read Isaiah 61.1–3. The Sovereign Lord has filled me with his Spirit.
He has chosen me and sent me To bring good news to the poor, To heal the broken-hearted, To announce release to captives And freedom to those in prison.
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Response: Taking Your Pain to the Cross
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