c2C-Connected to Cure-"Healing the Wounded"

On Saturday, June 20, 2010 our Deacon: Edy Canel brought a very special word, which he titled “Healing the Wounded” in Spanish “Vendando las Heridas.”

Most of us in our lives have been wounded at one point in our lives. Some have been wounded physically, others emotionally, others spiritually and others a combination of all these. The pain and hurt felt through any of these types of wounds, usually leaves a scar behind. A scar that many types is too painful to look at. Each scar is a reminder of those days of tears, agony and pain, where you felt your heart torn apart into pieces and it seemed like there was nothing that could ever put it back together again.

Many hidden wounds are found deep in the heart. Some of these are based on past experiences. Examples of such are: Severe Criticism, Hatred, Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Emotional Abuse and even Spiritual Abuse. These wounds can be caused even by your closest loved ones, your spouse, family and brothers/sisters in Christ.

Even though at times we might think we are OK, we all must know that: WE ALL HAVE WOUNDS THAT NEED TO BE HEALED! In EXODUS 15:26, God promises to heal us if we obey His laws! As stated before, the healing promised by God is not only physical but in all the other areas in our lives as well. In Psalm 147:3 it says that “He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.” In this verse, it is not talking about a physical healing but of a person brokenhearted, which is more of a spiritual healing. Brokenhearted is defined as: Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair.

For example: Think of a failed love relationship. Usually during a breakup, either one of the individuals involved would be more brokenhearted than the other or both (depending on the reasons of the breakup). During these process, the emotional pain felt in the heart is unbearable and it seems like you will never be happy again. Sometimes, we spend our lives obsessed with the idea of what could have been but never was and believe that if we would have done something different, the result wouldn't have been the same. Perhaps, it could have been different or perhaps, God allowed it to happen the way it did, for us to learn and see others things that we didn't see before. After all, God knows every move and allows it because He knows that no matter what, His WILL will be done. The one thing we do know for sure, is that the pain was horrible and the wounds were made and they needed healing.

So, how do we get healed from those painful deep wounds?

FIRST THINGS FIRST! KNOW THAT GOD IS WITH YOU AND HE HAS PROMISED TO HEALED YOUR BROKEN HEART (PSALMS 147:3).

Once you know that, here are 5 STEPS that Edy gave TO HEALING YOUR WOUNDS:

1. BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS TO IDENTIFY AND ADMIT YOUR WOUNDS!
ONLY THEN, YOU CAN BE ON YOUR WAY TO HEALING (IN THIS STEP, YOU MUST RECOGNIZE THAT YOU NEED HELP) – PSALMS 39:2-3 AND PSALMS 32:3.

2. LET GO OF RESENTMENT TOWARDS THOSE WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN US! –

ROMANS 12:17 AND HEBREWS 12:15.

3. IF YOU WANT TO BE HEALED, YOU MUST REPLACE THE HURTFUL MEMORIES WITH GODS TRUTHS. WE MUST SEE OURSELVES HOW GOD SEES US. ROMANS 12:2

4. CONCENTRATE IN THE FUTURE AND NOT IN THE PAST. PROVERBS 4:25-27

5. HELP OTHERS

Once again, here is a new revelation that Edy received why c2C is here for.

"C2C"– CONNECTED TO CURE!

C2c's MISSION is to follow Gods WILL declared in ISAIAH 61:1-2

1. PREACH THE GOOD NEWS
2. HEAL THE BROKENHEARTED
3. PROCLAIM LIBERTY TO THE CAPTIVES
4. FREEDOM TO THE PRISONERS
5. PROCLAIM THE YEAR OF THE LORDS FAVOR
6. COMFORT ALL THOSE WHO MOURN.

If you missed this touching message, make sure you don't miss our next meeting. You never know what God is doing next!

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