Victory Group

December 4, 2016
What do I do when my feeling is hurt??
1. Have you ever felt offended?
2. What do you do when your feeling is hurt?
There are many situations that can cause us to feel hurt.
Now was it really your feelings that got hurt, or your ego?
Ego: is defined as a persons sense of self-esteem or self-importance.
So whats a Christian to do when this happens?
The following truths will help:
1. Remember:
a. You can always bring your concerns to the Lord.
If theres anyone who knows how being hurt, betrayed or insulted felt like, it
was Jesus. He can empathize with you because he knows how it feels to be
treated unfairly. Let Him know what bothers you.
Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the
righteous be shaken. Psalm 55:22
The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their
cry. Psalm 34:15
b. Your value is not Performance-based, but God-made.
Your value doesnt come from the life you create, but from the Creator who
who made you.
You were born valuable, crafted by God in your mothers womb.
If your value came from your performance, or from what other people say
about you, then your sense of self- worth fluctuates from day to day.
But Gods love for you never changes. He loves you at your best. Yet He also
loves you at your worst.
The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: I have loved you with an
everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness. Jeremiah 31: 3
NIV
c. When others put you down, Christ lifts you Up.
But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved
us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together
with Christ by grace you have been saved, and raised us up with Him, and
seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2:4-6

Q. The worlds arena is sometimes described as a rat race, dogeat-dog, cutthroat competition. But according to Ephesians 2,
what is your position in life?
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2. Make it your lifes goal to please the Lord.
Every temptation to be hurt is an opportunity to move in the opposite spirit.
God could be allowing you the chance to be Christ-like by not responding as
the world does. God sees and God will reward.
Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks through Him to God the Father. Colossians 3:17
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who
lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of
God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 (NLT)
According to the above verses, how should we live our lives?
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Prayer:
Dear Heavenly Father,
I give you my concerns ______________________________. I thank you that my
value comes from Your love for me and not my abilities. Thank you for
reminding me that this world doesnt revolve around how I feel but Your will.
Help me fix my eyes on Jesus and not on my feelings.
In all my ways, be Lord and Savior, even of my emotions. Help me turn this
hurt into an opportunity to honor You,
In Jesus name, amen.