They knew exactly what they were doing when they broke you.
In this deeply moving and healing message by Sarah Jakes Roberts, we confront the pain caused by people who wounded you on purpose—emotionally, mentally, even spiritually. But more importantly, we walk through how God is still writing your story, restoring your soul, and turning pain into purpose.
This video is for the woman who’s been overlooked, betrayed, or broken—and is ready to rise anyway. You’re not damaged goods. You’re a healed vessel in process.
🎤 Let Sarah Jakes Roberts remind you that what tried to destroy you only revealed what God had already placed inside you.
✅ Why You Should Watch This Video:
Raw and honest message about intentional pain and emotional abuse
Sarah Jakes Roberts’ unique voice of healing, strength, and identity
Biblical and spiritual restoration for the wounded heart
Helps you release bitterness and embrace purpose
Perfect for anyone in a healing season or emotional rebuilding process
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In this deeply moving and healing message by Sarah Jakes Roberts, we confront the pain caused by people who wounded you on purpose—emotionally, mentally, even spiritually. But more importantly, we walk through how God is still writing your story, restoring your soul, and turning pain into purpose.
This video is for the woman who’s been overlooked, betrayed, or broken—and is ready to rise anyway. You’re not damaged goods. You’re a healed vessel in process.
🎤 Let Sarah Jakes Roberts remind you that what tried to destroy you only revealed what God had already placed inside you.
✅ Why You Should Watch This Video:
Raw and honest message about intentional pain and emotional abuse
Sarah Jakes Roberts’ unique voice of healing, strength, and identity
Biblical and spiritual restoration for the wounded heart
Helps you release bitterness and embrace purpose
Perfect for anyone in a healing season or emotional rebuilding process
\sarah jakes roberts, they damaged you, healing after pain, christian emotional healing, intentional hurt, betrayal healing, faith based restoration, motivational sermon for women, healing message, trauma recovery christian, god heals broken hearts, rise from pain, emotional abuse healing, spiritual encouragement, healing from past, powerful christian speech, walk in forgiveness, faith and healing, god restores brokenness, healing after betrayal
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00:00there are some wounds in life that weren't caused by an accident some betrayals that weren't just
00:03misunderstandings some heartbreaks that weren't just a misalignment of hearts no some of the
00:08damage you've endured was deliberate it was calculated it was carried out by people who
00:12knew exactly what they were doing and if you've ever found yourself sitting in the wreckage of
00:17someone else's choices wondering why they did it wondering if you'll ever recover wondering if you
00:22were just too weak to stop it let me remind you of something right now the damage may have been
00:28intentional but so is your healing they thought they had the final say when they left you broken
00:34they thought they were writing the end of your story when they hurt you they thought that if
00:39they inflicted enough pain if they push you far enough if they cut deep enough you would never
00:43rise again but what they didn't understand is that you are not just a product of your pain you are a
00:48vessel of god's power what they meant to destroy you is what god will use to develop you what they
00:55left for dead god is about to resurrect what they tried to shatter god is about to make stronger than
01:00ever before you see when damage is intentional it can feel personal it can feel like a direct attack
01:08on your very identity the enemy is not after your comfort he's after your calling he's not after your
01:13happiness he's after your wholeness he's not after your present he's after your future because if you
01:19ever fully realize who you were if you ever fully stepped into the person god designed you to be
01:24the very ones who tried to break you would have to watch you rise into something they could never
01:28touch that's why the attack had to be strategic that's why the enemy had to use familiar faces
01:34that's why the ones who hurt you weren't strangers they were close enough to know exactly how to wound
01:38you but let me tell you something about intentional damage it reveals intentional strength
01:44it shows you what you were really made of it pushes you to levels you never knew you had inside of you
01:50it forces you to find healing in places you never thought you needed
01:55and that healing isn't accidental it's not a fluke it's not random no your healing is just as
02:00intentional as your pain was there comes a point in your journey where you realize that healing isn't
02:06something you wait for it's something you fight for it's something you declare over yourself when
02:10everything and you feel shattered it's something you pursue when the voices of your past try to convince
02:15you that you're too broken to be whole again healing is an intentional decision to rise beyond what was
02:22done to you it's a refusal to let someone else's choices define your entire existence it's a radical
02:30unshakable belief that god is still in the business of making all things new including you
02:35that's why healing requires confrontation you can't heal from what you're not willing to face
02:39you can't grow from what you refuse to acknowledge some of us have been trying to move on by pretending
02:46the damage didn't happen we've been trying to outrun the pain by keeping busy by staying distracted
02:53by convincing ourselves that if we just don't think about it we'll be okay but unaddressed pain doesn't
02:58disappear it buries itself deep until it shades how we see ourselves how we trust how we love how we walk
03:04into rooms how we respond to opportunities healing isn't just about forgetting what happened it's
03:10about reclaiming your power from it it's about saying yes it happened yes it hurt yes they meant
03:15to break me but i refuse to live as a victim of their choices i refuse to let what they did dictate
03:21how i move forward i refuse to let their actions be the reason i shrink back from the life i was created
03:26for you were never meant to stay broken you were never meant to live in the shadow of what they did to
03:31you your destiny was written before they ever hurt you your purpose was spoken before they ever betrayed
03:37you and if you could see what's ahead of you you would understand why the enemy fought so hard to break
03:42you in the first place because he knew that once you healed once you rose once you stepped into the
03:47fullness of who you are nothing could stop you some of us have been holding on to brokenness because it
03:53feels familiar we've been identifying with our pain because we don't know who we are without it but god is
03:59calling you higher he is calling you beyond what they did he is calling you beyond what they said
04:04he is calling you beyond the pain that was inflicted upon you your healing is not optional your healing
04:10is a necessity it is required for where you're going it is required for who you are becoming it is required
04:16for the people who are connected to your destiny there are souls waiting on the other side of your healing
04:22there are testimonies that will be birthed from the very pain you thought would destroy you
04:26there is a version of you stronger wiser bolder that will only emerge when you decide that the damage
04:31they did does not get to define your story
04:34you see some of us have been surviving for so long that we don't even know what healing feels like
04:39we have gotten used to living with wounds wide open we have gotten comfortable carrying the weight of the damage
04:45they left behind but let me remind you of something just because you got used to the pain doesn't mean you were meant to live with it
04:51just because you adapted to brokenness doesn't mean that brokenness is your portion god never intended
04:56for you to just survive he called you to thrive he called you to be whole he called you to be restored
05:03and healing doesn't always feel good at first it requires you to confront emotions you tried to bury
05:08it forces you to release the anger you thought was protecting you
05:12it makes you question beliefs about yourself that were shaped by people who never truly saw you
05:16you but the discomfort of healing is nothing compared to the destiny that awaits you on the other
05:21side of it some of you have been waiting for an apology that will never come you have been waiting for
05:27closure from people who have already moved on you have been waiting for the ones who hurt you to
05:32recognize what they did and make it right but can i free you today your healing is not in their hands
05:37your restoration is not dependent on their regret your wholeness is not tied to their actions you do not need
05:42their permission to be free you do not need their acknowledgement to move forward you do not need
05:48them to validate your pain in order for you to heal from it because healing is a decision it is a choice
05:54to take back what the enemy tried to steal from you it is a choice to step into the identity that was
06:00always yours before life tried to convince you otherwise it is a choice to walk in the authority that comes
06:05when you realize that no weapon formed against you not even the ones that actually hit can prosper
06:10so today i dare you to be intentional about your healing i dare you to release what has been holding
06:16you hostage i dare you to see yourself beyond the damage because the ones who broke you had a plan but
06:20so does god the ones who tried to destroy you were strategic but so is your comeback the ones who meant
06:26to leave you shattered did not anticipate that god was about to rebuild you into something even stronger
06:32your healing is not an accident it is a divine appointment it is the next chapter in your story
06:37it is the evidence that nothing absolutely nothing can keep you from the purpose god placed inside
06:42of you rejection has a way of making us question everything about ourselves it makes us wonder if
06:49we were good enough if we were worthy if we should have tried harder if we should have changed who we
06:54were just to be accepted rejection has a way of making us feel like we weren't chosen like we were
06:59overlooked like something was wrong with us but what if i told you that the very thing you thought was
07:03rejection was actually protection what if i told you that the door that closed was never meant for you
07:10what if i told you that the love you lost the opportunity that slipped away the friendship that
07:15faded the people who walked away it was all divine redirection god does not allow anything to leave
07:21your life without a purpose he does not allow people to dismiss you without a plan he does not let
07:27opportunities pass you by without a greater opportunity waiting on the other side but when you're in the
07:32middle of rejection it doesn't feel like protection it doesn't feel like redirection it feels personal
07:41it feels like abandonment it feels like something was stolen from you it makes you want to go back
07:46and beg for what you didn't even deserve in the first place but can i free you today god saw something
07:52you didn't see he heard conversations you weren't a part of he knew the hidden motives the unspoken
07:59intentions the things that were being done behind closed doors that would have crushed you if he had
08:04allowed you to stay that person who left you they didn't just walk away god removed them because their
08:12presence in your life would have kept you from becoming everything he called you to be that job that
08:17didn't hire you it wasn't because you weren't capable it was because god had something bigger something
08:25better something beyond what you could see that friendship that ended it wasn't because you weren't
08:30enough it was because that person's assignment in your life was over and when an assignment is over
08:35you don't chase after it you don't beg for it you don't force it to stay you release it because what god
08:40has for you is never tied to what he has removed some of us have been holding on to the sting of rejection
08:46for so long that we don't even realize it has been keeping us stuck we've been replaying conversations
08:52revisiting memories questioning where we went wrong trying to piece together and understanding
08:56that god never called us to have sometimes understanding is not required for healing sometimes
09:02the only thing required is faith faith that god knows what he's doing faith that he is not withholding
09:07anything good from you faith that if something left it was never meant to be a part of your future
09:14faith that if something fell apart it was because god is about to build something better
09:19god is a master at redirection he knows how to block what would break you he knows how to shut
09:27doors that would lead to destruction he knows how to remove people who were sent to distract you
09:34he knows how to orchestrate moments that feel like loss but are actually setting you up for something
09:38greater but if you are too focused on what left you will miss what's coming if you are too consumed by
09:44what you lost you will not recognize the blessing that is about to enter your life
09:49some of us have been so fixated on trying to make sense of the rejection that we have not even
09:53realized it was an answer prayer in disguise you ask god for his best but you keep trying to hold on to
10:01less you ask god to reveal the truth but you keep trying to ignore the red flags you ask god to protect
10:07you but you keep trying to force yourself into spaces that he is pulling you out of what if the very thing
10:12you are mourning was never meant to last what if god allowed it to fall apart because he knew that if you
10:17stayed it would have cost you more than you could afford to lose sometimes rejection is not just
10:23protection it's a rescue sometimes god has to remove you before you destroy yourself trying to fit into
10:31places that were never meant for you the reason rejection hurts so much is because we attach our
10:36identity to acceptance we believe that if people love us we are worthy if people choose us we have value
10:42if doors open we have purpose but when you really know who you are when you really know who you are
10:48you stop seeing rejection as a personal attack you stop begging people to stay you stop shrinking
10:53yourself to be accepted you stop seeking validation from people who were never meant to recognize your
10:59worth because when you know that you are already chosen by god already loved already anointed already
11:05called rejection loses its power over you rejection only hurts deeply when we place our worth in the
11:11hands of something temporary people will change opportunities will shift relationships will evolve
11:16but god remains the same he does not change his mind about you he does not need you to prove yourself
11:23to be worthy of his plans he does not call you based on the approval of others he does not require the
11:29validation of the people who walked away so why are you waiting for them to affirm what god has already
11:34declared over your life some of us are still wounded because we've been waiting for closure we've been
11:39waiting for an apology that may never come we've been waiting for the people who heard us to come back
11:44and fix what they broke but can i tell you something you don't need closure when you have clarity and
11:50clarity comes from knowing that rejection was never about your worth it was about your destination
11:56clarity comes from realizing that you were never rejected you were redirected clarity comes from
12:00understanding that god's know is just as powerful as yes some of you have been trying to re-enter doors
12:07that god has permanently closed you have been trying to rekindle relationships that were only meant for
12:12a season you have been trying to force something to work that god already released you from and that's why
12:17you feel stuck that's why you feel like you're fighting against something that just won't move because you are trying
12:24to revive what god has already let die and every time you go back every time you settle every time you
12:30compromise you delay what god has for you you push back the blessing that was waiting for you on the
12:35other side of the rejection rejection is painful but it is not the end of your story it is a setup for
12:41something greater it is an indication that god's plans are bigger than your own it is a sign that you are
12:47being positioned not punished but you have to stop seeing rejection as failure you have to stop internalizing
12:54it as proof that you are not enough you have to stop believing that if they didn't choose you you
12:58weren't worthy of being chosen because the truth is if they walked away they were never meant to go
13:03where god is taking you if the door closed it was not your door if the relationship ended it was not your
13:08foundation you cannot keep questioning god's protection just because it came wrapped in pain
13:14you cannot keep running back to what is familiar just because it is comfortable you cannot keep settling for
13:19less just because waiting for better requires faith you have to trust that if it was removed
13:25it was never meant to be permanent you have to believe that if god allowed it to leave it was because
13:30he was making room for something that was going to bless you in ways you never imagined
13:35you have to know that what feels like loss right now is going to look like deliverance in hindsight
13:41and when you finally let go when you finally release what was never yours to hold on to when you finally stop
13:46trying to force what was never meant to fit you will realize that what god has for you was worth
13:51every rejection every tear every unanswered question because nothing god removes ever compares to what
13:56he replaces it with nothing you lost will ever be greater than what is coming nothing that rejected you
14:02will ever be more valuable than what is about to embrace you pain has a way of making you question
14:08everything it makes you wonder why you had to go through what you did why you had to endure what you never asked for
14:13why life seems to keep throwing battles at you that you never signed up for
14:18pain has a way of making you feel like you are just a casualty in the war of life like you were dealt
14:22an unfair hand like somehow you were chosen to suffer while others seem to glide through with ease
14:28but i need you to hear me today your pain is not pointless it is not just a random series of unfortunate events
14:36it is not the thing that disqualifies you it is the very thing that proves purpose still lives inside of you
14:41the enemy doesn't attack what isn't a threat the enemy doesn't fight against something that isn't
14:48valuable the enemy doesn't come after people who have nothing inside of them if you are feeling the
14:55weight of your struggle if you are feeling like you have been under relentless attack if you are feeling
15:00like life has been trying to take you out at every turn it is not because you are weak it is because you
15:05are carrying something powerful the very fact that you have been through what you have been through is
15:10evidence that there is something inside of you that hell is afraid of it is proof that your purpose
15:15is still alive that your destiny is still calling that god still has a plan for you that the enemy is
15:21desperate to keep you from walking into pain is often the greatest confirmation of purpose
15:28when jesus was on the cross it wasn't because he had done something wrong it was because he was fulfilling
15:33something right his pain was tied to his purpose his suffering was the evidence of what he was about to bring forth
15:39and if jesus himself had to endure suffering to step into the fullness of his purpose why do we think
15:45that our pain means we are disqualified why do we assume that just because we have suffered we are no
15:50longer useful why do we believe that because we have been broken we can no longer be effective
15:55the enemy has been trying to make you believe that your pain is a sign that you are losing when in reality
16:01it is the greatest proof that you are still in the fight the fact that you are still here despite everything that
16:07was meant to break you is proof that purpose is not finished with you the fact that you are still
16:13breathing still pushing still pressing forward even when you feel like giving up is evidence that god has
16:17not taken his hand off your life if you had no purpose the enemy wouldn't bother with you if there was
16:24nothing left for you life wouldn't still be trying to shape you if god was finished with you the enemy would
16:31not waste his time attacking you you are still here because there is more inside of you you are still
16:37here because there is something that god has placed in you that cannot be destroyed you are still here
16:43because purpose has been woven into your very being and no amount of pain no amount of betrayal no amount
16:49of rejection can take that away from you some of us have been so focused on our pain that we have forgotten
16:55to ask what it is trying to produce some of us have been so consumed with the suffering that we
17:00have not stopped to realize that every single thing we have been through is shaping us into the
17:04person we were always meant to be purpose is not found in comfort it is not developed in ease it is
17:10not built in the absence of struggle purpose is forged in the fire of pain it is refined through adversity
17:15it is strengthened through the very things that were meant to destroy you every wound every scar every tear
17:22is a part of the blueprint that is shaping you into the vessel god is calling you to be
17:27you cannot carry purpose without first carrying pain you cannot walk into your calling without first
17:32surviving the crushing you cannot step into the fullness of who you are meant to be without first going
17:37through the breaking that prepares you for it but the breaking is not the end of you
17:43the breaking is the beginning the breaking is where purpose starts to be revealed
17:48the breaking is where god begins to strip away everything that is not aligned with where he is
17:52taking you the breaking is where the old you die so that the new you can emerge some of you have been
17:58crying over things that were never meant to last you have been mourning situations that god allowed to fall
18:03apart because he knew they were not a part of your future you have been grieving over people who left
18:09over opportunities that didn't work out over doors that closed but what if the pain you are feeling is not a
18:14sign that you lost something but a sign that you are being positioned for something greater what if
18:18the breaking you are experiencing is actually the birthing of something new what if the pain that you
18:23thought was punishment is actually preparation when a seed is planted it has to be buried first it has to be
18:29placed in the dirt it has to be covered in darkness it has to go through a process that makes it look like
18:34nothing is happening and some of you feel like you have been buried you feel like life has placed you in a dark place
18:41you feel like you have been hidden like you have been forgotten like nothing is moving like nothing
18:45is working but can i tell you something you have not been buried you have been planted and what happens
18:50when something is planted it begins to take root it begins to grow it begins to push through the very dirt
18:56that was meant to cover it it begins to rise your pain is not proof that god has abandoned you it is proof
19:04that something is growing inside of you it is proof that something is shifting it is proof that transformation is
19:09taking place the enemy has been trying to convince you that your pain is a death sentence but i need
19:14you to hear me today it is not death it is labor it is the birthing of something greater it is the
19:22pushing of something new it is the stretching that is making room for the purpose that has been inside of
19:27you all along pain has a way of exposing what is inside of you it reveals what you are truly made of
19:34it shows you strengths you didn't know you had it forces you to tap into resilience that you didn't
19:38even realize was there some of the greatest things you will ever produce in this life will come from
19:43the very pain that tried to break you some of the most powerful parts of your story will be birthed from
19:49the very suffering you thought you would never survive some of the most incredible things god will do
19:54through you will be a direct result of the things you once begged him to take away
19:57the enemy thought that if he hurt you enough you would give up he thought that if he broke you enough
20:03you would quit he thought that if he threw enough battles at you you would walk away from your calling
20:08but what he didn't realize is that all he did was push you closer to your purpose
20:12all he did was ignite a fire in you that cannot be put out all he did was cause you to discover a
20:18strength that cannot be shaken the enemy wanted your pain to make you bitter but god is going to use
20:24it to make you better the enemy wanted your suffering to silence you but god is going to use
20:28it to amplify your voice the enemy wanted your wounds to make you weak but god is about to use
20:33them as the very thing that makes you strong you may not see it now but one day you will look back
20:39and realize that every tear every hardship every battle was leading you to something greater one day
20:44you understand that the pain you endured was not in vain one day you will recognize that what was meant
20:51to destroy you actually developed you one day you will see that the very thing that caused you the
20:56most pain was the thing that pushed you into the greatest version of yourself there are moments in
21:02life when you don't just feel hurt you feel shattered when you don't just feel disappointed you feel
21:07destroyed when life doesn't just throw a curveball it hits you with something so heavy so unexpected so
21:12painful that you wonder if you'll ever recover there are wounds that don't just sting for a moment but stay
21:18with you shaping how you see yourself how you move through the world how you trust how you love how
21:23you dream there are seasons that leave you so broken that you start to wonder if you will ever be whole
21:28again but can i tell you something today what broke you is the very thing god is going to use to build you
21:34what you thought was the end of you is about to become the foundation of your greatest strength
21:38what you thought was your downfall is about to be the very thing that elevates you
21:41the enemy thought that if he hit you hard enough you would stay down he thought that if he stripped
21:47enough away from you you would never rise again he thought that if he could break your heart break
21:53your confidence break your spirit break your dreams you would give up but what the enemy did not calculate
21:59what he did not anticipate what he could never understand is that the breaking was not your
22:03destruction it was your transformation the breaking was not the end of your story it was the beginning of
22:08something new the breaking was not god punishing you it was god preparing you for a level you didn't
22:14even know you were called to if you look through the pages of the bible you will see a pattern
22:20god never uses anyone greatly without first allowing them to go through a breaking process
22:25before david became king he had to endure betrayal battles and seasons of hiding before joseph stepped
22:31into his destiny he had to be rejected sold into slavery thrown into prison and falsely accused
22:37before moses led the israelites he had to go through a wilderness season that stripped him of
22:42everything he thought he knew about himself the breaking is always a part of the building the
22:46struggle is always a part of the preparation the breaking down is what makes room for the breakthrough
22:52the enemy has been trying to convince you that what broke you was meant to leave you in pieces
22:58he has been trying to convince you that what happened to you is the end of your story he has been
23:04whispering lies in your ear telling you that you are too damaged too broken too wounded to ever be
23:10useful again but i came to tell you today that the very thing that was sent to break you
23:17is the very thing that god is going to use to build you into something greater the enemy didn't realize
23:22that in breaking you he was actually setting you up for a rebuilding that is stronger more powerful and
23:28more unstoppable than ever before you see when something is broken in god's hands it doesn't lose
23:37its value it multiplies when jesus took the loaves and the fish to feed the 5 000 what did he do he broke
23:45them and in the breaking they became more than enough in the breaking they were multiplied in the breaking what
23:53seemed like it wasn't enough became something that could feed the multitudes some of you are looking
23:59at your brokenness and thinking it makes you useless think it makes you less than thinking it disqualifies you
24:06but god is saying i am about to multiply what was broken i am about to take what was shattered and use
24:13it for something greater than you ever imagined i am about to take what was left in pieces and turn it into a
24:20but you have to stop seeing your brokenness as the end of you you have to stop believing that because
24:28life has hit you hard you no longer have purpose some of you have been sitting in your pain for so long
24:35that you have mistaken it for your identity you have been broken for so long that you don't even
24:40remember what it feels like to be whole you have been disappointed for so long that you have stopped
24:47expecting good things to come your way but god did not allow the breaking to leave you in despair
24:54he allowed it so that he could take you deeper so that he could stretch you wider so that he could
25:00build you higher sometimes the breaking has to happen because god is trying to remove everything that
25:07cannot go with you into your next season sometimes he has to strip away the relationships that were holding you
25:15back sometimes he has to break the patterns that were keeping you stuck sometimes he has to crush
25:22the parts of you that were tied to things he never meant for you to carry and in the moment it feels
25:30painful it feels like loss it feels unfair but what you don't see is that every piece of you that was
25:37broken is making room for something greater every part of you that was shattered is being rebuilt into
25:43something stronger every moment of pain is positioning you for something that is going to make sense
25:50in hindsight the enemy wants you to believe that brokenness is your final destination he wants you
25:57to settle in your pain he wants you to believe that you are permanently damaged he wants you to believe
26:02that what happened to you is bigger than what god can do through you but if you could see yourself the
26:09way god sees you you would understand that what was broken is not wasted what was taken is not the end of
26:17your story the traumas are food the traumas are survival what was lost is about to be restored in a way that
26:29only god can restore it some of you have been sitting in the rubble of what used to be grieving over what fell
26:36apart crying over what didn't last questioning why it had to happen this way but what if i told you that
26:42the very thing that you thought was your downfall is about to be the foundation of your greatest comeback
26:48what if i told you that the pain that almost took you out is about to be the very thing that launches
26:53you into your destiny what if i told you that the people who walked away were not your loss but your
27:00protection that the things you thought were setbacks were actually setups that the breaking was not to
27:06destroy you but to release you into something you wouldn't have stepped into otherwise there is
27:12something powerful about a person who has been broken and survived there is something unstoppable
27:18about someone who has been through hell and still decided to get back up there is something dangerous
27:25to the kingdom of darkness about a person who has seen the worst life has to offer and still decided to keep trusting god
27:32when you rise from the very thing that was meant to destroy you
27:37you become a testimony that the enemy cannot erase you become a walking reminder that no matter what life throws your way
27:45god's hand is still on you
27:48you become living proof that what was meant to break you actually built you into someone that cannot be shaken
27:57the enemy was hoping you would stay down he was hoping you would give up he was hoping that the weight of your
28:03past the sting of your failures the wounds of your disappointments would be enough to make you quit
28:10but he underestimated the power of god in you he underestimated the resilience in your spirit
28:17he underestimated the anointing that was placed on your life before you ever took your first breath
28:24he underestimated the purpose that is so deeply rooted in you that no amount of breaking could erase it
28:34you may not see it now but one day you will look back and realize that what was meant to destroy you
28:39actually developed you one day you will understand that the moments you thought were breaking you
28:46were actually the moments that were making you one day you will look at your scars and realize that they
28:52are not reminders of pain but proof that you survive one day you will recognize that the breaking was not
28:59the end of you it was the making of you there's something about the aftermath of pain that makes you
29:05question if you will ever rise again there's something about going through the fire that makes
29:11you wonder if you'll ever come out whole there's something about surviving what should have destroyed
29:16you that makes you wonder if you even have enough left in you to keep going but i need you to understand
29:21something today you are not rising in spite of what you've been through you are rising because
29:30of it the very thing that tried to take you out is the same thing that is going to push you into
29:36the greatest version of yourself the very storm that came to drown you is the same storm that is going
29:42to carry you into your next season the very pain that tried to break you is the same pain that is about
29:48to build you into something that cannot be shaken the enemy wanted you to believe that the damage was
29:55permanent he wanted you to believe that the heartbreak was final he wanted you to believe that the trauma
30:01would keep you stuck forever but what he didn't realize is that every wound every scar every battle you
30:09have faced has been shaping you into someone who cannot be broken every tear you have cried has been watering
30:16the very thing that is about to grow in you every time you thought you had reached your limit god was stretching
30:21you into a version of yourself that is stronger wiser more powerful than you ever imagined
30:29the damage didn't disqualify you it positioned you it prepared you it developed you in ways that comfort never
30:37could if you had never been wounded you wouldn't have discovered your capacity to heal if you had never been rejected you
30:43you wouldn't have realized your worth if you had never been abandoned you wouldn't have learned how
30:48to stand on your own if you had never been broken you wouldn't have seen how god can take what is
30:53shattered and turn it into something unbreakable you are not the same person you were before the storm
31:01you are not the same person you were before the betrayal before the loss before the disappointment
31:06you have been refined in the fire you have been strengthened in the struggle you have been
31:11stretched in the suffering and now what once threatened to destroy you is about to be the very thing
31:18that lifts some of you have been looking at your past like it is something to be ashamed of
31:24you have been trying to hide your wounds trying to erase your mistakes trying to pretend like you haven't been through
31:29what you've been through but what if i told you that the very thing you thought would keep you bound is the
31:35very thing god is about to use to set you free what if i told you that your testimony is wrapped
31:41in the things you once tried to forget that your power is hidden in the places where you once felt
31:48weak that your story is not just about survival but about transformation the enemy thought he could use
31:55your pain to silence you but what he didn't realize is that your pain has given you a voice your wounds have
32:03given you wisdom your struggles you are not rising because life has been easy you are rising because
32:10life tried to break you and you refuse to stay down you are rising because you learned how to fight in the
32:16dark places you are rising because you discovered a power in you that no amount of adversity could take
32:21away you are rising because every time the enemy hit you god restored you every time you lost something god
32:30replaced it with something greater every time you were knocked down god gave you the strength to get
32:35back up some of you have been walking around believing that the damage has made you less valuable that
32:40because you have been through so much you are somehow unworthy of the blessings that god has in store for
32:46you but can i tell you something the most powerful people are not the ones who have never been hurt
32:53the most powerful people are the ones who have been through the fire and come out on the other side
32:58carrying something they never had before the ones who have seen the worst life has to offer and still
33:06decided to keep going the ones who have been knocked down so many times that they have learned how to rise
33:12with authority with confidence with boldness you don't become powerful by avoiding pain you become
33:20powerful by overcoming it some of the greatest warriors in history were not born strong they became
33:29strong because they went through battles that forced them to grow they became strong because they endured
33:35things that should have destroyed them they became strong because they faced struggles that built something
33:41inside of them that nothing could shake you are not rising because the journey has been easy
33:47you are rising because you have faced challenges that stretched you into someone you never thought
33:54you could be you are rising because you have discovered that there is more in you than you ever realized
34:01you are rising because even when you felt like giving up something inside of you refused to let go
34:08the enemy wanted you to believe that the damage meant you were finished that because life has been hard you no
34:15no longer have purpose that because you have made mistakes you no longer have a future
34:21but what the enemy didn't count on was that the damage was actually a setup that everything that tried to break you
34:26was actually working together to build you that every setback was positioning you for a comeback that
34:32every hardship was preparing you for something greater you are standing in the middle of a testimony that is
34:38still unfolding you are walking through a story that is still being written the damage may have knocked you down
34:44but it did not take you out the storm may have shaken you but it did not break you the battle may have
34:50been fierce but you are still here and because you are still here that means purpose is still alive inside
35:00of you that means there is still more for you to do that means there is still a calling on your life
35:06that no amount of damage can erase you may not feel strong right now but strength is not about how you feel
35:12strength is about what you choose to do even when you feel weak strength is about deciding to rise
35:18even when you have every reason to stay down strength is about believing that what was meant to destroy you
35:25is actually going to be the thing that elevates you the fact that you are still here means that god is not
35:31finished with you the fact that you are still breathing means that your story is not over
35:37the fact that you have survived everything that tried to take you out means that you are walking
35:42into a new level of power a new level of purpose a new level of anointing you are not rising despite
35:51the damage you are rising because of it the very thing that was meant to break you is the very thing that
35:57is making you stronger the very pain that tried to hold you back is the very thing that is pushing you forward
36:03the very thing you thought would be your downfall is the very thing that is
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