THE POINT

Trauma

02/11/2024

Trauma is a response to a deeply disturbing or distressing event


 

The wounds you can’t see can hurt as much as the ones you can see. 


 

3 Types of Trauma 


 

• Acute—Response from a one-time traumatic event.


 

• Chronic—Long-term response from prolonged or repeated

events.


 

• Complex—Response to multiple and ongoing events.

 

(Greg, you can have all these on one slide) 

• Damascus (Acts 9:23-25)

• Antioch in Pisidia (Acts 13:50-51)

• Iconium (Acts 14:2, 5-6)

• Lystra (Acts 14:19)

• Thessalonica (Acts 17:5-9).

• Berea (Acts 17:13-14)

• Corinth (Acts 18:12-17)

• Jerusalem (Acts 21:27-36) 


 

1) We process the pain of our trauma.


 

• Instead of seeking connection, we prioritize protection.


 

• We don’t heal in isolation. We heal best in community.


 

(Greg, please put this all on one slide, even if it’s small, I’m not going to read the entire thing but just want them to see the text) 

23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again. 24 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea, 26 I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers. 27 I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked. 28 Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.


 

... We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. 2 Cor 1:8


 

2) We prayerfully press into God with our trauma


 

Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.

  2 Cor 12:8


 

But [God] said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness...” 


 

That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Cor 12:9-10


 

Nothing can change your past.

But God can heal your broken heart.


 

The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18



 

3. We pursue purpose in our trauma 


 

Praise be to ... the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

 2 Cor 1:3-4


 

28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Romans 8:2



 

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