How Does God Heal a Wounded Heart?

And I want to take one more group. That is those who, on the basis of what I've said this afternoon, you know that deep inside you there still remains the problem of rejection.

All right? And you want to be released from it. I want you to stand to your feet, regardless of what people may say or think. If that's your problem, I want you to stand to your feet.

All right. Now, this is a faith transaction. There's two things. You've got two or three things. You've got to recognize your problem, call it by its right name. You've got to be willing to forgive your parents. In many cases, they have failed you. That's granted. But you still have to forgive them, because until you forgive them, you're bound to them by your unforgiveness.

And then you have to thank God that in Christ you are accepted. That's a faith transaction.

“God hath made us accepted in the beloved.”

Turn your attention, maybe for the first time in your life, directly to God your Father and thank Him that you're His, you're His child. Now, when you do this, there may be no particular feeling or emotion, but in quite a number of cases, something inside you is likely to turn loose.

And if it does, just let it come out. I tell people there are a lot of knots tied inside us that only God's finger, the Holy Spirit, can untie. If those knots begin to untie and you feel you're going to sob or weep, that's not unmanly, that's not emotionalism, that's release. Accept it.

And you'll be a different person when you walk out of here. Maybe for the first time in your life, you'll really know that people who've loved you for years do love you. You'll really be able to love people and show them love.

All right, I want you to say these words.

Heavenly Father, I thank you that you loved me and you gave your only Son, Jesus Christ, to bear my sin, to bear my shame, to bear my loneliness, to bear my rejection, to die in my place. I have received Jesus as my Savior, and I believe His blood has cleansed me from all my sin.

Lord, I now forgive my parents any harm, any wrong. I forgive them, God, as I would have you forgive me. And I now lay down all bitterness, all resentment, all hatred, and all rebellion.

I thank you for your forgiveness and for your acceptance in Christ. I thank you that you are my God, that you are my Father, that you do love me. I'm not unwanted, I'm not rejected. God is my Father. Heaven is my home. I'm a child of God, a member of God's family, accepted in Jesus Christ. For this, I thank you now and praise you in Jesus' name.

Now, begin to thank Him. Turn loose and accept it by faith. Thank you, Lord. In the name of Jesus. Thank you, Lord. Now, Lord, we pray for any that's bound by the spirit of rejection, we loose them now in Jesus' name from any inner turmoil and conflict. We release them in the name of Jesus, right now. From any inner binding that holds them back from loving and responding, we release them in the name of Jesus. We thank thee for sweet release in Jesus' name. In Jesus' name. In Jesus' precious name. Thank you, Lord.

All right. If you're standing up, turn around to somebody, look them right in the face and say, "God loves me, I am His child."

All right. God bless you.