10/06/2026
� **I FORGAVE YOU… SO WHY DOES IT STILL HURT?**
I prayed about it.
I released you.
I don’t want revenge.
I don’t even want you back…
**So WHY did hearing your name still do something to me?**
Tonight we’re closing out our series **FORGIVENESS: RELEASED, BUT NOT REWRITTEN** with POD 4—and we’re talking about the part of forgiveness nobody prepares you for:
� **HEALING AFTER YOU’VE MADE THE DECISION TO FORGIVE.**
Here’s what I’m learning:
**Feeling the pain again does not automatically mean you haven’t forgiven.**
Sometimes you’re not bitter—you’re grieving.
Sometimes you’re not holding a grudge—you’ve been reminded of something that genuinely hurt.
And sometimes God will use that moment to reveal another area He wants to heal.
The question isn’t only, **“Why do I still feel it?”**
The question is:
**“What am I going to do with what I feel?”**
� Matthew 18:21–35
� Psalm 147:3
� Genesis 50:19–21
� Ephesians 4:31–32
Tonight we’re talking about triggers, memories, grief, bitterness, boundaries, repeated forgiveness, and learning how to remember **without rehearsing the wound.**
Because healing doesn’t always mean:
**“I forgot what happened.”**
Sometimes healing sounds like:
**“I remember what happened—but it doesn’t control me anymore.”** �
� I WILL KEEP THE WISDOM.
� I WILL KEEP THE DISCERNMENT.
� I WILL KEEP THE LESSON.
� BUT I WILL NOT KEEP THE POISON.
**I WAS WOUNDED THERE… BUT I DON’T LIVE THERE ANYMORE.** ��
Pull up tonight. We’re finishing this series FREE!
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