Healing From Trauma With God’s Help
Day 2 : Trusting God’s Plan
Scripture Focus: Jeremiah 29:11 NLT
“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”
Good Morning My Resilient Sister…
This morning, I want you to pause for a moment…
Look at where you are right now.
Look at everything you’ve been through.
Look at the pain you’ve survived.
Have you ever asked yourself…
“If God loves me so much… then why did I have to go through so much?”
That’s a real question that many of us with trauma wrestle with.
It’s a question that pain can scream louder than faith.
But can I tell you something today that trauma doesn’t want you to realize?
Trauma may have happened TO you… but it never changed God’s plan FOR you.
Let’s Be Honest… Trauma Makes It Hard To Trust God.
When you’ve been hurt deeply…
When you’ve been abandoned, rejected, abused, forgotten…
When you’ve prayed and it still happened…
It’s hard to believe that God still has good plans for your life.
It’s hard to trust God’s plan when pain made you believe there was no plan at all.
But This Is Why Jeremiah 29:11 Matters So Much In Your Healing Journey.
Because this scripture is God reminding YOU — His daughter — that your trauma didn’t catch Him by surprise.
God never planned your pain — but He always planned your healing.
Jeremiah 29:11 reminds us that even when life felt out of control — God was still in control.
Even when people failed you — God never stopped thinking about you.
Even when trauma made you feel lost — God never lost sight of you.
Sis, Trusting God’s Plan Helps Heal Our Trauma Because…
→ It gives us something trauma can’t take from us — HOPE.
→ It tells us that what we went through does not have to define us — God does.
→ It reminds us that there is life after pain, purpose after heartbreak, joy after sorrow, and beauty after brokenness.
This Scripture is an Anchor For Your Soul.
When your mind says “I’ll never heal from this” — God says “I have plans to heal you.”
When your heart says “This ruined me” — God says “This will refine you.”
When life says “This is the end” — God says “This is just the beginning.”
How Do We Use This Scripture To Overcome Trauma?
- Start seeing your life through God’s eyes — not your pain’s eyes.
Pain looks at your past.
But God looks at your future.
- Pray Jeremiah 29:11 daily until your spirit believes it.
“Lord, remind me today that You still have plans for me — plans for good, for peace, for purpose.”
- Stop letting trauma tell you who you are.
Trauma says you’re broken — God says you’re becoming.
Trauma says you’re forgotten — God says you’re chosen.
Trauma says you’ll always hurt — God says healing is here.
Today I Challenge You To Ask Yourself…
- Have I allowed my trauma to shape my identity more than God’s word?
- What would my life look like if I really trusted God’s plan for me?
- Am I willing to believe that my story isn’t over — it’s being rewritten by the hands of God?
Affirm This Boldly Today Sis:
“My life still has purpose.”
“My story is not over.”
“God’s plan for me is good.”
“I trust God to heal what trauma tried to destroy.”
“Jeremiah 29:11 is my reminder that I have a future and a hope.”
Closing Encouragement:
Sis, you’ve survived the worst of your past — now it’s time to start trusting God for the best of your future.
You are not forgotten.
You are not disqualified.
You are not too damaged.
You are still in God’s plan.
And He’s not done with you.
Today’s Prayer:
“Father, help me to trust Your plan even when I don’t understand it. Heal the places in me that trauma has tried to control. Remind me that You have not forgotten me — You have plans for me — plans for good, not disaster. Teach me to trust You with my whole heart and lead me into the future You have prepared for me. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”
HEALING FROM TRAUMA WITH GOD’S HELP
DAY 1 DEVOTIONAL: THE FOUNDATION OF RESILIENCE IN GOD
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE FOCUS:
Philippians 4:13 (KJV)
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”
Sis, let me speak straight to your heart…
Trauma tried to take you out.
It tried to leave you broken.
It tried to leave you bitter.
It tried to convince you that healing wasn’t possible for you.
BUT HERE YOU ARE.
You survived what should’ve destroyed you.
You pushed through what tried to break you down.
And if trauma didn’t win then — it’s sure not about to win now.
Let me tell you something LOUD & CLEAR today:
YOU CAN HEAL.
YOU WILL HEAL.
BUT ONLY THROUGH CHRIST.
Philippians 4:13 is Your Survival Scripture.
Sis, this verse was MADE for women like us. Women with stories. Women with wounds. Women with trauma.
This scripture is not for the perfect woman — it’s for the woman who’s been through hell and is still standing.
This scripture is for YOU.
→ YOU can heal from what they did to you.
→ YOU can overcome the childhood trauma that still haunts you.
→ YOU can break the generational curses that have run through your family for years.
→ YOU can forgive, release, move forward, and BECOME everything God has called you to be.
But not in your strength. Not in your own power.
ONLY through CHRIST.
Why Healing From Trauma Without God’s Help Will Never Work…
Because trauma affects more than your emotions — it affects your SPIRIT.
It damages how you see yourself.
It damages how you trust.
It damages how you love.
And sis, only GOD can go that deep.
Only God can reach those broken places that nobody else even sees.
Therapy helps.
Talking helps.
Journaling helps.
BUT GOD HEALS.
Without God — we cope.
With God — we are COMPLETELY HEALED AND RESTORED.
This Scripture is Not a Suggestion — It’s a WEAPON.
Every lie trauma told you — fight it with this word:
“I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME.”
Every time your past tries to haunt you — fight back:
“I CAN HEAL THROUGH CHRIST.”
Every time the enemy whispers “you’ll never be whole” — SHOUT BACK:
“I CAN OVERCOME THROUGH CHRIST.”
Reflection Time Sis… Be Real With Yourself:
- What have you been trying to heal from WITHOUT God?
- What areas of your life still feel broken, numb, or painful?
- What would it look like to stop fighting alone and let God take over?
Today’s Bold Truth For You To Hold Onto:
You were NEVER created to heal alone.
Healing is not about being strong enough — healing is about being surrendered enough.
God never asked you to do this by yourself.
He is your Healer.
He is your Strength.
He is your Safe Place.
He is your Rescuer.
And He is READY to help you HEAL.
Final Charge For You Today:
Sis, you’ve cried long enough.
You’ve carried it long enough.
You’ve survived long enough.
NOW IT’S TIME TO HEAL.
And you CAN.
Because through Christ — ALL things are possible… even healing from trauma.
Friday, April 11, 2025
Scripture of the Day: “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” — Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NIV)
Sis, pause for a moment. Look around you. Look at where you are today. Look at what you’ve survived. Look at the growth in you that you didn’t even realize was happening. This right here… this season… this moment in your life — it matters. Everything you have been through, every tear you have cried, every mistake you thought disqualified you, was a part of your becoming. It wasn’t meant to break you — it was meant to build you. Ecclesiastes 3:1 reminds us that there is a time and season for everything. There was a time for your wilderness. There was a season for your struggle. There was a chapter that looked like darkness. But sis, this is your season to BLOOM. This is your season to rise. This is your season to heal. This is your season to love yourself fully. To forgive yourself completely. To walk in peace, purpose, and power. God didn’t allow you to survive all that mess just to stay stuck in survival mode. He is shifting you from just existing to fully living. He is shifting your story from pain to purpose. This season is sacred. This season is about you becoming HER — the healed woman, the bold woman, the resilient woman, the unstoppable woman you were always destined to be. But here’s the truth — growth requires release. You cannot bloom holding on to what God is calling you to let go of. Old habits. Old thoughts. Old environments. Old identities. This season requires a new mindset, a new focus, and a new level of faith. Are you ready to walk boldly into your new season?
Reflection: What season of life do you feel like you are in right now? What is God calling you to release so you can fully bloom into the woman He created you to be?
Action Steps for Today: Write down what season you believe you are walking into. Give it a name — Healing, Peace, Freedom, Growth, or New Beginnings. Write a list titled “What I’m Leaving Behind” and another list titled “What I’m Walking Into.” Pray over both lists. Tear up or throw away the “Leaving Behind” list as a symbolic act of release.
Affirmation of the Day: This is my season to bloom. I am no longer stuck. I am no longer bound. I am walking boldly in the new thing God is doing in my life.
Mind Altering Step: Catch one negative thought today and refuse to let it live rent-free in your mind. When a thought comes that says, “You’ll never change,” respond out loud with “I AM CHANGING. I AM BLOOMING. I AM HEALED.” The more you talk back to the lie, the louder the truth becomes.
Sis, today is not just another Friday. Today is a new chapter in your story. You are blooming again. You are rising again. You are becoming HER. And the best part is — God is right there with you, watering every part of you that thought it could never grow. Be bold today. Be intentional. Be kind to yourself. But most importantly — keep blooming.
Renew Her Mind. Transform Her Life.
By Dashonia Marie | Encouraging Her Resilience
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Opening Prayer: Heavenly Father, today I open my heart and mind to You. I ask that You break every thought pattern in me that doesn’t come from You. Silence the lies I’ve believed for too long. Wash my mind in Your truth and lead me in a new way of thinking. Give me the strength to see myself through Your eyes. Heal my thoughts. Heal my heart. And transform my life from the inside out. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Scripture Focus: Romans 12:2 (NIV) says, “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is — His good, pleasing and perfect will.”
Devotional: Sis, if there’s one thing I’ve learned on my recovery journey, it’s this — healing starts in the mind. Long before my actions changed, my thoughts had to change. The enemy loves to attack us in our thoughts because if he can control the way we think, he can control the way we live. For so many years, I believed lies about who I was. I believed I wasn’t worthy. I believed I would always be broken. I believed my past disqualified me from ever living in purpose. But God stepped into my story and said, “Daughter, that is not who you are.” Romans 12:2 reminds us that transformation happens when our minds are renewed. That means the way I used to think — survival mode, fear, guilt, shame, hopelessness — all of that had to go. God began to show me that I am not my mistakes. I am not my addiction. I am not my trauma. I am not my past. I am who HE says I am — chosen, healed, loved, and made new. And sis, so are you. Recovery is not just about behavior modification — it’s about identity transformation. It’s about allowing God to shift your mindset from surviving to thriving, from broken to whole, from lost to found. You don’t have to think like the old you anymore. You don’t have to believe what the world or your past has said about you. You can be free. You can think differently. You can walk differently. Because the woman God is raising up in you is powerful, bold, resilient, and renewed.
Reflection: What thoughts have you been thinking about yourself that God never said about you? Are those thoughts building you or breaking you? Are they leading you closer to healing or keeping you stuck in cycles?
Journal Prompt: Write a letter to your mind. Yes, your mind. Thank it for protecting you in survival mode. But now release it from every lie, every negative pattern, and every old belief. Speak life over your mind and invite God to lead your thoughts from this day forward.
Application Steps: Spend time today writing down the top 3 lies you’ve believed about yourself. Then go to God’s Word and find 3 truths that cancel out those lies. Write them where you can see them every day. Speak them over yourself in the morning and before bed. Guard your mind like your life depends on it — because sis, it does. Your mindset determines your future.
Affirmation of the Day: My mind is powerful. My thoughts are being renewed daily. I no longer think like I used to. I no longer believe lies about myself. I think thoughts of healing, peace, purpose, and truth. God is transforming me from the inside out.
Closing Prayer: Father, today I surrender my thoughts to You. I no longer want to live bound by negative thinking, old patterns, or lies from my past. Create in me a new mind, a renewed mind, a healed mind. Help me to think higher, speak life, and believe in who You created me to be. I declare that I have the mind of Christ. I will not conform to this world, but I will be transformed daily by Your Word, Your truth, and Your love. Thank You for loving me enough to renew me completely. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
