Part 3 All Things New Series,“Healing For What You Can’t Forget”

“All Things New” – Part 3 – January 21st, 2024

“Healing For What You Can’t Forget”

Text: Isaiah 43; 2 Corinthians 5; Isaiah 54; Joshua 5

Isaiah 43:19 (NLT)
19. For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV)
17. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

A New Ministry

• Living Well Ministries – We are a “House Of Refuge”

The House of Refuge Statement

“HARBOR CITY CHURCH is a House of Refuge; this applies to everyone in this church or people you know that need a place of Refuge.

Here’s what we believe:

If you find yourself in an unplanned pregnancy, please know that being pregnant is not a sin, and the child you carry is not a punishment; it is a blessing. God is knitting this child in your womb.
You may have made a sinful decision that led to this pregnancy, or you may have even been sinned against, but we want you to know you are loved, and we will do whatever it takes to help you carry and care for this precious child before and after birth.
We can never support or encourage a woman to have an abortion because the child you carry is made in the image of God and is intrinsically valuable and loved by God. You need to know how we will respond.

Here’s what we won’t do:

This church family will not gossip about you, shame you, or abandon you. This is a House of Refuge, and we will not allow for the family of God to harm one another with words or actions contrary to the Love of God as revealed in his Word.

Here’s what we will do:

We will do everything in our power to remove whatever obstacles stand in the way of you having this child. There are people in this church ready to mentor you, throw you a baby shower, and connect you with resources inside and outside of our church (local pregnancy care center). We will also hold men accountable for living out their calling to provide and protect women and children.
Finally, if you have ever had an abortion in your past, we want you to know that abortion is not an unforgivable sin. Whoever confesses and forsakes their sin finds mercy. If you have never gone through a post-abortion Bible study, we will be happy to connect you to one so that you can walk in complete healing and freedom.

(Def.) of shame: a soul , identity warping .

Difference between guilt and shame

• Guilt is: I

• Shame is:

Prov. 18:21
The tongue has the power of life and death.

SHAME-BASED THINKING

1. We are vulnerable to .

2. We are of making us of .

3. We use thoughts as a form of and .

Isaiah 54:4
4. “Fear not; you will no longer live in shame. Don’t be afraid; there is no more disgrace for you. You will no longer remember the shame of your youth.

(Lindseth’s Testimony here with video)

Why don’t we have to live in shame?

1 John 1:9
9. If we confess our sins, [God] is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

• You are still something that God says you are .

• The only way to heal from shame is to move the from what I am to who

Name It Something Different

Genesis 35:17-18

…Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty.

17. And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, “Don’t despair, for you have another son.” 18. As she breathed her last—for she was dying—she named her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him Benjamin.

• You don’t always get to what into your life, but …

• You can what you it.

Because of Christ

• I am not
• Because of Christ I am

Joshua 5:9 (NLT)
Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Today, I have rolled away the shame of your slavery in Egypt.”

Isaiah 54:4 (NLT)
“Fear not; you will no longer live in shame. Don’t be afraid; there is no more disgrace for you. You will no longer remember the shame of your youth…”