Be Free From The Past and Experience The Joy Of Relationships // Masashi Shibuya

Before God brings a solution to our problems or a cure for our pain, He offers us the gift of Himself. This week, Ps. Masashi explores how we can find true freedom by shifting our focus away from our past hurts and toward the person of Jesus, and how looking to the Healer brings lasting peace into your heart.==================================BE FREE FROM THE PASTAND EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF RELATIONSHIPSIsaiah 61:4a NLTTo all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair.THE BLEEDING WOMAN STORYMark 5:25-26 NLTA woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding. (26) She had suffered a great deal from many doctors, and over the years she had spent everything she had to pay them, but she had gotten no better. In fact, she had gotten worse.FAITH STARTS FROM HEARINGMark 5:27-28 NLTShe had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him through the crowd and touched his robe. (28) For she thought to herself, “If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed.”Romans 10:17 NLTSo faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Good News about Christ.SEEK JESUS BOLDLYMark 5:27-28 NLTShe had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him through the crowd and touched his robe. (28) For she thought to herself, “If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed.”Matthew 7:7-11“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. (8) For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. (9) “You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? (10) Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not! (11) So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.FULLY HEALED BY THE HEALER, BOTH INSIDE AND OUTMark 5:29-30, 33- 34 NLTImmediately the bleeding stopped, and she could feel in her body that she had been healed of her terrible condition. (30) Jesus realized at once that healing power had gone out from him, so he turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my robe?”...(33) Then the frightened woman, trembling at the realization of what had happened to her, came and fell to her knees in front of him and told him what she had done. (34) And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace. Your suffering is over.”Matthew 8:17 NLTThis fulfilled the word of the Lord through the prophet Isaiah, who said, “He took our sicknesses and removed our diseases.APPLICATIONBUILD A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS / TRY READING THE GOSPELS AND THE LETTERSDON’T FOCUS TOO MUCH ON HEALING ITSELF—FOCUS ON JESUS THE HEALERFREEDOM COURSE / STRENGTHS COURSE==================================Connect Group QuestionsWhat is one thing from your past that you need to trust God with right now?What is one thing you want to boldly ask Jesus for right now?How can we focus more on Jesus’s power in our problems?What is one past struggle or "heavy heart" you want to give to God today?==================================Connect with us:Web: mylifehouse.comInstagram: instagram.com/lifehouseglobal/Facebook: facebook.com/lifehouseglobalOther Podcasts:Want to listen to our messages in other languages?Lifehouse Japan (Japanese & English): https://lifehousejapan.captivate.fm/listen Lifehouse Hong Kong (Cantonese & English): https://lifehousehongkong.captivate.fm/listen