Healing Wounds of the Heart: My Peace Not The World’s

The Perfecting Church

There are times when heart wounds — places of unprocessed pain, hurt and hardship effecting the way we see, feel, believe and ultimately behave — are caused by despair and disappointment over what God did or didn’t do. But God never intended on meeting our deepest needs with what could be found in this world. His plan has always been to give us a peace unlike anything in this world.

Scripture(s):

• John 14:25-28

Slide(s):

The vision of wholeness, which is the supreme will of the biblical God, is the outgrowth of a covenant of shalom. Where persons are not only bound to God but to one another in a caring, sharing, rejoicing community with nothing to make them afraid.

— Walter Bruggemann, Peace

God created the world in a web of relationships that overflowed with forceful goodness. These relationships are far reaching: between humanity and God, between humanity and self, between genders, between humanity and the rest of creation, within families, between ethnic groups, and between nations. These relationships were “very good” in the beginning.

— Lisa Harper, The Very Good Gospel

9.22.2024 Message Takeaways

Some of our deepest hurts are tied to our deepest disappointments.

We were created for a peace that can’t be found in this world.

We’ve been restored and we are a part of His restoration plan.