How to Break Free from the Pain of Past Experiences (Part 2 of 2)

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Relationships, Society & Culture, Parenting

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🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Regret can be a crushing burden that keeps you tethered to our past. Maybe you’re still dealing with the consequences of mistakes made by you or others in your life. Even though the past is irreversible, Christ offers you healing from your hurt and shame! Dr. Erwin Lutzer shares how to confront your past, discard the weight of any false or real guilt, and move forward in God’s grace and forgiveness.

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0:00.0	God is at work and he's calling his people to rise in truth. Truth Rising is a powerful new documentary from Focus on the Family and the Colson Center. See how ordinary Christians choose courage in a culture that needs truth. Watch Truth Rising today and find out how you can become an agent of restoration and hope.
0:24.1	Visit truthrising.com today. That's truthrising.com.
0:31.4	The time to turn around is right now, today. Decide to turn around if you're on the wrong path.
0:41.0	God is able to restore the years that the locusts have eaten.
0:45.6	You'd be surprised as to what God can do with the rest of your life,
0:49.7	no matter the mess that you've been in in your previous years that you've lived.
0:54.8	That's Dr. Erwin Lutzer, and he was our guest last time on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly,
1:00.2	talking about breaking free from the chains of the past, which keep us from healing through Christ.
1:07.4	Thanks for joining us as we continue the conversation today. I'm John Fuller.
1:11.4	You know, John, we looked at some things yesterday that keep people from experiencing God's best,
1:16.6	including not being honest with others, and maybe not even with ourselves, about our failures,
1:22.9	our sin, maybe something that was done to us and we're the victim. Dr. Lutzer emphasized the need for a
1:30.4	strong prayer life to overcome Satan's schemes and to trusting God more fully. Ephesians 58 says
1:38.0	this, for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light. Isn't that awesome?
1:46.4	What a great illustration of God's relationship to us and what he does for us in that regard.
1:52.4	Today we're going to continue the discussion and offer more help to you. And if you missed last
1:57.8	time, you've got to get the download, get the app, do what you need to do,
2:01.7	because it's a wonderful conversation, and we're going to build on it today.
2:06.3	Indeed.
2:06.7	And Dr. Irwin Lutzer is Pastor Emeritus of the Moody Church in Chicago.
2:11.7	He's served there as senior pastor for 36 years.
2:15.3	He's written a number of books, and today we're coming back to this one,
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