True North Church
Steps to Overcoming Trauma (Part 6 - Thinking For A Change)
Locations & Times
Fairbanks Campus
2830 Airport Way, Fairbanks, AK 99709, USA
Wednesday 7:00 PM
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:30 AM
Sunday 12:00 PM
Quick Recap
1. Evil is the downside of our free choice
2. Everything on earth is broken by sin and by evil
3. God grieves when he sees us hurting
4. God will judge everyone justly
5. God can bring good to our bad if we trust him.
1. Evil is the downside of our free choice
2. Everything on earth is broken by sin and by evil
3. God grieves when he sees us hurting
4. God will judge everyone justly
5. God can bring good to our bad if we trust him.
STEPS TO OVERCOMING TRAUMA
1. Accept Help and Support From Others
“God comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. Then when others are troubled, we’re able to give them the same comfort God has given us.”
2 Corinthians 1:4 (NLT)
“By helping carry each other’s troubles and burdens you are obeying the law of Christ.”
Galatians 6:2
CARE GROUPS
COUNSELING
LIFE GROUPS
1. Accept Help and Support From Others
“God comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. Then when others are troubled, we’re able to give them the same comfort God has given us.”
2 Corinthians 1:4 (NLT)
“By helping carry each other’s troubles and burdens you are obeying the law of Christ.”
Galatians 6:2
CARE GROUPS
COUNSELING
LIFE GROUPS
2. Focus on What’s True, Not What You Feel
“We were crushed and completely overwhelmed, and we thought we’d never live through it. We expected to die! But as a result, we learned to not trust in ourselves, but on God...”
2 Corinthians 1:8-9 (NLT)
Jesus: “The truth will set you free.”
John 8:32
WHAT IS TRUE REGARDING TRAUMA
1. The trauma is not my fault.
2. The trauma is not my identity.
3. The trauma is not my future.
“We were crushed and completely overwhelmed, and we thought we’d never live through it. We expected to die! But as a result, we learned to not trust in ourselves, but on God...”
2 Corinthians 1:8-9 (NLT)
Jesus: “The truth will set you free.”
John 8:32
WHAT IS TRUE REGARDING TRAUMA
1. The trauma is not my fault.
2. The trauma is not my identity.
3. The trauma is not my future.
Facts and Interpretations
3. Don’t Waste your Energy on Revenge. Learn to Forgive
“God says, ‘Don’t insist on getting even; that’s not for you to do. I’ll do the judging and I’ll take care of it.”
Romans 12:19 (MSG)
“Get up and pray for help all through the night. Pour out your feelings to the Lord, as you would pour water out of a jug.”
Lamentations 2:19 (CEV)
“God says, ‘Don’t insist on getting even; that’s not for you to do. I’ll do the judging and I’ll take care of it.”
Romans 12:19 (MSG)
“Get up and pray for help all through the night. Pour out your feelings to the Lord, as you would pour water out of a jug.”
Lamentations 2:19 (CEV)
4. Put your Hope and Trust in God for the Strenght to Overcome
“The plans I have for you are plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11
“Give your whole heart to God and hold out your hands for him to help... Then you will lift up your face without shame, and you will stand firm without fear. Then all your troubles will fade from your memory, like water under a bridge. Your life will be brighter than sunshine at noon, and life’s darkest hours will shine like the dawn. You will live securely and full of hope. God will protect you and give you rest. You won’t be afraid of your enemies. In fact, many people will ask you for help!”
Job 11:13-19 (NCV, NIV, TEV)
“I, the Lord God, will make up for all the years the locust ate and destroyed.”
Joel 2:25
“The plans I have for you are plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11
“Give your whole heart to God and hold out your hands for him to help... Then you will lift up your face without shame, and you will stand firm without fear. Then all your troubles will fade from your memory, like water under a bridge. Your life will be brighter than sunshine at noon, and life’s darkest hours will shine like the dawn. You will live securely and full of hope. God will protect you and give you rest. You won’t be afraid of your enemies. In fact, many people will ask you for help!”
Job 11:13-19 (NCV, NIV, TEV)
“I, the Lord God, will make up for all the years the locust ate and destroyed.”
Joel 2:25