1. Psalm 6:6-7

2. Causes of Hurt
Loss of a loved one
Precious in the sight of the Lord Is the death of His saints.
Psalm 116:15

3. Causes of Hurt
Martial issues
For why should you, my son, be enraptured by an immoral woman, And be embraced in the arms of a seductress? 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, And He ponders all his paths. 22 His own iniquities entrap the wicked man, And he is caught in the cords of his sin.

4. Causes of Hurt
Martial issues
23 He shall die for lack of instruction, And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Proverbs 5:20-23

5. Overcoming hurt
Healing is a must
A time to kill, And a time to heal; A time to break down, And a time to build up;
Ecclesiastes 3:3

6. Overcoming hurt
True healing comes from the Great Physician
Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
Psalm 6:2

7. Overcoming hurt
True healing comes from the Great Physician
When Jesus heard it, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
Mark 2:17

8. Overcoming hurt
True healing comes from the Great Physician
He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds. 4 He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by name. 5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite. 6 The Lord lifts up the humble; He casts the wicked down to the ground.
Psalm 147:3-6

9. Why hurt can haunt you.
Hurts haunt people because the pain is real.
Real pain & real hurt needs a real answer – Christ & His word

10. Why hurt can haunt you.
Hurts haunt because of a lack of trust & understanding.
Consider this; a broken bone cannot heal properly until it is set in its proper place. Hurt & pain cannot end until we set things in order and desire to heal.

11. Conclusion
Have you considered who has endured the most hurt. It wasn’t you or me – it was Christ.
The hurt Christ endured, had to endure is because of mankind (Isaiah 53).

12. Conclusion
3. Love truly is the answer
And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:13

13. Conclusion
3. Love truly is the answer
And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
1 John 4:16