A Time of Healing Ministries

09/09/2026

08/28/2026

Meet the You Who Is No Longer Just Surviving

Healing What You Had to Become to Survive Series

“This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!”
2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT

For so long, survival may have shaped how you lived.

You learned to endure.
You learned to protect yourself.
You learned how to keep going when quitting wasn’t an option.

But healing is introducing you to someone you may not recognize yet:

The version of you who is no longer just surviving.

This version of you can breathe without constantly bracing for trouble. You can have boundaries without building walls. You can be strong without carrying everything. You can experience joy without feeling guilty for it.

And you don’t have to become who you were before the pain.

God is revealing who you are becoming because you healed through it.

Survival was part of your story.

It does not have to be the rest of your story.

Healing Action

Ask yourself:

“Who am I becoming now that survival no longer has to lead me?”

Today, do one thing that reflects the healed life you are learning to live.

Healing Declaration

I am not just surviving anymore. I am healing, growing, and becoming. My past may be part of my story, but it will not define my future. God is making all things new in me.

A Time of Healing Devotions with Pastor Tisha
Your Healing Matters. 💜

08/26/2026

The Armor That Protected You Is Getting Heavy

Healing What You Had to Become to Survive Series

“Give your burdens to the LORD, and he will take care of you.”
Psalm 55:22 NLT

There was a reason you built the armor.

You learned to guard your heart because it had been hurt. You stopped asking for help because people disappointed you. You became fiercely independent because depending on someone once cost you something.

The armor helped you survive. But now, it’s getting heavy.

What once protected you can eventually prevent you from receiving the very things healing is trying to bring into your life.

You don’t have to always be the strong one.

You don’t have to carry everything alone.

You don’t have to keep everyone outside the walls you built during your pain.

Healing doesn’t mean becoming unprotected. It means learning that God can be your protection while you put down what you were never meant to carry forever.

Some armor was necessary for the battle.

But you don’t have to keep wearing it after the battle is over.

Give that weight to God today. You don’t have to release everything at once. Start with one piece.

Healing Declaration

I honor what helped me survive, but I will not carry unnecessary weight into my healing. God is my protector. I give myself permission to put down the armor and receive His peace.

A Time of Healing Devotions with Pastor Tisha
Your Healing Matters. 💜

08/21/2026

Take Your Life Back

Healing What Pain Tried to Take From You Series

“The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.”
John 10:10 (NLT)

There comes a moment in healing when you realize:

I survived what happened to me, but I don’t want to spend the rest of my life surviving it.

Pain can take more than a moment.

If left unhealed, it can begin taking your peace, your relationships, your dreams, your willingness to trust, your ability to celebrate, and even your expectation that something good can still happen.

You may still be living, working, serving, smiling, and showing up while quietly organizing your life around something that happened years ago.

But Jesus didn’t come so you could simply survive.

He came so you could live.

Taking your life back doesn’t mean pretending the painful chapters never happened. Those experiences are part of your story.

But they do not get to write every chapter that comes next.

You can remember without remaining trapped.

You can acknowledge what happened without building your identity around it.

You can forgive without giving someone continued access to hurt you.

You can establish boundaries without feeling guilty.

You can love again.

Dream again.

Laugh again.

Trust again.

And yes, you can live again.

Healing is not asking you to return to the person you were before the pain.

God may be introducing you to someone you have never met before:

the healed version of you.

The version who knows how to use their voice.

The version who doesn’t need everyone’s approval.

The version who recognizes their worth.

The version who knows when to stay and when to walk away.

The version who can look at what happened and say:

“You were a chapter in my life, but you will not become the rest of my story.”

Pain has occupied enough space.

It has made enough decisions.

It has stolen enough moments.

Take your life back.

Not because nothing happened.

But because what happened doesn’t get to have the final word.

God does.

Healing Action

Ask yourself:

What part of my life have I stopped living because of something that happened to me?

Maybe it’s trusting. Dreaming. Creating. Loving. Resting. Setting boundaries. Trying something new. Or simply allowing yourself to experience joy again.

Choose one small step toward living again.

Then declare:

“What happened to me is part of my story, but it will not control my future. I am healing. I am moving forward. And with God, I am taking my life back.”

A Time of Healing Devotions
Pastor Tisha
Your Healing Matters. 💜