Focus on the Family with Jim Daly How to Break Free from the Pain of Past Experiences (Part 1 of 2)
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Sep 23, 2025 
Dr. Erwin Lutzer, former senior pastor at Moody Church and bestselling author, dives deep into the challenges of overcoming past regrets. He reveals how secrecy and unresolved hostility chain individuals to their mistakes. Discover a roadmap to healing through honesty, confession, and divine grace. Lutzer emphasizes the importance of forgiveness, warning against bitterness while encouraging a vibrant prayer life. His insights offer hope and practical guidance for anyone seeking to release the burden of their past.
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Turn The Page To A New Future
- You cannot start a new chapter if you live constantly in the last chapter of your life.
- Turning the page requires believing there is a future and embracing a new path in Christ.
Expose Secrets To Find Help
- Expose secret sins first to God and then to a trusted helper so they stop eating you from the inside.
- Seek help early before secrecy drives you to self-destructive escapes like alcohol or drugs.
Confess, Be Washed, And Make Amends
- Ask God to search you, confess sins, and receive God's cleansing and grace as the first concrete steps toward healing.
- Then make practical amends and confess to a counselor when secret sins harm relationships.
