🔥 Triggered: When the Past Keeps Showing Up
Why do we sometimes overreact? Maybe the real issue isn’t the moment—it’s the memory behind it.
In Week 3 of our Triggered series, we’re confronting something deeper: how old wounds and unprocessed pain keep hijacking our present. That unexpected blow-up, that overreaction—it might not be about now. It might be about something you never healed from. But here’s the good news: Jesus doesn’t just offer peace for the present—He offers redemption for the past.
📖 This week, we’ll see how Scripture helps us break reaction cycles by inviting Jesus into what still hurts. You don’t have to keep recycling your pain. You can release it.
📚 Key Scriptures:
Matthew 15:18–19 (What comes out of the mouth starts in the heart)
Psalm 34:18 (The Lord is close to the brokenhearted)
Romans 8:28 (God works in all things for good)
Matthew 11:28–30 (Come to Me, all who are weary)
🗝️ Your past may explain your reactions, but it doesn’t have to define them.
🌱 In This Sermon, You’ll Learn:
✔️ Why emotional overreactions often trace back to unhealed pain
✔️ How to stop recycling old wounds and start releasing them
✔️ Why pretending doesn’t heal—but honesty does
✔️ What it looks like to entrust your past to Jesus, not be ruled by it
💬 “You don’t have to keep reacting from what you never released.”
Discussion Questions:
What part of your past are you still carrying?
What reaction pattern might be pointing to an unhealed wound?
What do you need to grieve, name, or entrust to God?