Episode 22 - Brokenhearted? God Can Heal That.

A broken heart doesn't have to become your permanent condition.

Whether your pain comes from disappointment, rejection, betrayal, loss, or the unseen wounds of spiritual warfare, God sees every scar—and He knows exactly how to heal it.

In this heartfelt episode, Val Mitchell shares her personal testimony and unpacks God's promise to be close to the brokenhearted. Together, you'll discover how the enemy's fiery darts can leave emotional and spiritual wounds, why God invites us to surrender our brokenness to Him, and how the Armor of God protects our hearts and minds from future attacks.

Through the lives of Scripture and the truth of God's Word, you'll be encouraged to let God remove the pain you've been carrying, heal the wounds you've hidden, and restore your heart so you can love again.

If you've been waiting for healing, this episode is your reminder that God is still in the business of restoring broken hearts.

Scriptures

• Psalm 34:18
 • Psalm 147:3
 • Ephesians 6:10–18

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Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:34

Today the Lord gave me the word God heals the brokenhearted. And I am a personal, personal, personal testimony for that one. God heals the brokenhearted. When I got this message, I God was able to pour into me some things specifically he wanted me to make sure I shared. But as always, as you dig deeper into the message he wants to reveal, he opens up that much more. And I just love him so much for that. So we're going to start with Psalms 34, 18. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in their spirit. Psalms 147 and 3, he heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. So not only is he close to us that are brokenhearted, he heals it. He takes the heart if you let them in and he'll heal it. And he'll bind the wounds, which means he'll seal them shut. So therefore, we will not have any lingering issues going forward. I can stop right there, but we're going to keep on going. So God says, I walk alongside the brokenhearted. Many are in need of healing. There are a lot of us that have suffered a lot that God realizes and he recognizes that we are in need of his healing. So he tells us, I do walk alongside you. I see your wounds and I know the source of your pain. So what God is inviting us to do today is allow him to heal it. Allow him to pull out those fiery darts, to mend the scars and allow us to feel love again. Isn't it funny that when you are brokenhearted and you're carrying a lot of stuff on your spirit, it's hard to trust and to love not even just others, but to love yourself. So God is saying, allow me to come in and mend those scars so that way you will be able to love again. So I wanted to do a deeper dive into what is fiery darts. You know, we hear that verse all the time, and you think of the enemy and you think of big bow and arrow that his uh evil spirits or whatever are shooting at us like a, and then our heart is a target and we get hit. A lot of that is true, and you have to think it's not carnal, it's in the spiritual world, in the spiritual realm. But I still wanted to take a little deeper dive and to see exactly what that is. So when I looked up the definition of a dart, it is an instrument of war. Wow. So when we get shot with those, he's not just intentionally do it, he's attacking us. It's an instrument of war, a light spear, and on the end of that spear, it's not just one that's coming to wound you or coming to scar you. It has fire on it. It's coming to destroy what it hits and sets target to. That's a fiery dart. A lot of darts that we get hit with from the enemy. So it's physical artillery used against us. Wow, it is used against us. Who is the devil's enemy? When you think about it, when we're in war, the devil is looking at us as his enemy. So he's attacking us. He is taking a dart, which is an instrument used for war, putting the flame around it, and he is attacking his enemy, which is us. I'm gonna try to keep it calm because I'm getting emotional already. I'm gonna try to keep it calm. You should have seen me putting this together. I was emotional putting it together. I'm gonna keep it rolling because I still got a lot to unpack. I got a lot to unpack. So when you look at it, we know that we are the devil's enemy. He comes to seek, kills, and destroys. So, what is his plan? He wants to destroy the shield that God has already put around us. Why does he want to destroy that shield? Because he wants to render us to make us defenseless. When we're weak and when we're defenseless, we are no threat to him. We as his enemy are no threat. So he seeks to make us defenseless, make us weak by shooting those fiery darts at us. We cannot destroy his will. We were more susceptible to sin, to coming on over on his side if we are weak and defenseless. So Satan throws something at us that that would burn us. But when you think about a fiery dart, he throws something not just to burn us. Remember, the dart is not just trying to poke you, because that's just like a mosquito bite. You just say, ouch, and you keep it moving. No, those dark, fiery darts are coming to attack. Those fiery darts are coming to inflame. And this inflammation just wouldn't even stop. It would burn so much that it leaves you renderless. Just think of when you're at war, when you got World War II or people at war. They're not going out there in attack mode to try to just knock them down. No, because if he knocks them down, that enemy can get away and come back and retaliate. No, he wants to stop him and defeat him so he is stopped in his tracks. And that is what the devil or the enemy is doing towards us with those fiery darts. Those fiery darts are inflaming us to stop us in his tracks. So that way we can no longer do the will of God. So, what are some of the fiery darts that he is using to inflame us? Some of those fiery darts that we are attacked with sometimes is something that hits and triggers an emotion. And it triggers, when I think of a fiery dart that's thrown at us, that will instantly trigger an emotion for us, that stops us in our tracks from doing God's will, that might even bring us over to the devil's side to make us start looking at sin and committing sin. One thing that pops out the most is anger. Just think about it. When somebody does, that's what we say, push your buttons. And if we don't instantly get it under control, that anger can put us in a space that will stop us from doing and following like Christ and doing the will of God, but turn us to a sinful way where we're casting out on someone, we're hurting someone, we're doing things, we might even hurt ourselves. We become a destructive. And the more fuel you burn, I mean, add to that, to that anger, the worse and worse you become towards others and yourself. That's a big fiery dart that came at us. Jealousy, that's a powerful one. Jealousy, if you don't quickly squash it and get it under control, can lead you to do a lot of things that are harmful to yourself and to others. And if you continue to allow that fiery dart to inflame, get larger, get bigger, get stronger, you will wake up the next day and try to figure out how the heck did I get myself into certain situations. I'm guilty. You are not alone. I am guilty. I am so guilty. I have let jealousy, anger, start seeds in me that just that that that little spark of fire grew and grew and inflamed and took over. And I lost control sometimes. Those are fiery darts. Those are just examples of some emotions. There are a lot of emotions out there, but those are the two that resonated with me. Another fiery dart we get shot with, and when we only think of ourselves, when we become selfish in our ways, in our thoughts, in our behaviors, when we don't look out for the betterment of other men. Those are fiery darts that keeps us in the silo, keep us alone. Because the primary um commandment from the Lord is love others. Love your neighbor, love others. But if you got selfish intentions, you're only thinking about yourself. Another fiery dart. Another fiery dart that I thought of was provoking us to promote division. We see it all the time. We see a lot of people gossiping on the side or doing things instead of encouraging the body of Christ or encouraging non-believers to see the love of Christ on us, but want to bring us together as one. Because the devil knows we are powerful if we are united and in agreement and on one accord. We are powerful. But if he can throw a fiery dart that causes division to separate us and keep us out here on our own, we are not as strong. When two or more agree, we are powerful. It's another fiery dart. And then the biggest one of all is when he entices us to want to go towards sin. The world makes sin look glamorous. It makes it look fun, it makes it look exciting. Where some people come to church like, y'all are boring. We are not boring in the church. Let me tell you that right now. So for those of you who are thinking, if you want, if you're not believers that we're boring, we have a ball. Can I get some of you to agree with that? But he entices you when he looks at money. A lot of us go through financial stressors. Money. Hey, it would be nice if I can have a pocket full of money like I see some people do. Going out drinking and doing things of that nature, having fornication. They look like they have a great time. We would be foolish if we didn't think that. I mean, come on now, let's just be real. But what we know as believers is you have to look past that and see there's not good things or glorious things after that. Yeah, you may be having fun in the moment, but tomorrow will come where that fun goes away. But the the devil doesn't show us that. He just shows us, look at your TV ass. I mean, even family shows nowadays got sex and stuff of that nature in it. I can't even watch a family show without cursing and somebody having sex in the corner. You know, it's all around us. We don't live in a in a cave. It's all around us, it's what we deal with. But we gotta recognize that's a fiery dart that's being thrown at us. So the darts, once they reach its target, stays lodged in your heart. So if you if you don't have your shield up, that's why the God says put on the armor of God. If you don't have your shield up and it penetrates, it's gonna hit its target and it goes to the source that holds all our emotions, our heart. And it gets lodged in there. And like I said, that spark, it grow, it tries to grow and grow and grow and grow and grow until it's inflamed. That's what it's thrown at us. And then once it is inflamed, it causes us to fall down, be weak, or run out into sin.

SPEAKER_01 12:32

So what that's how our heart becomes broken.

SPEAKER_00 12:37

That's how your heart gets broken, and the more fiery darts that get in there, the more broken your heart becomes. So that's why God says, I see the scars, I know the source of where it came from. So allow me to heal it and bind it so that way you can love again. Amen. Amen. So we are all functioning from a place of this brokenheartedness, and I know I am one of them. So that's why when we are operating on a broken heart, we are faced with a lot. There's no progression in our lives. We can't move forward. We feel like we're constantly stuck where we are. We struggle all the time. We are weak. It's just, it feels like it's hard to go forth. It's hard to move for what you know you God is calling you to do or knowing what you're committed and you have to move forward. It is hard to move forward with that broken heart. And some even feel that God hasn't even been able to use me.

SPEAKER_01 13:52

So you feel stuck because of that broken heart.

SPEAKER_00 13:59

So our God is great. He gives us a solution to what we need to do, he gives us an answer to how to shield ourselves, put that in that invisible force field around us. Because the darts are going to come. We are the enemy of the devil. So he's gonna naturally always be in attack mode. So those darts are coming. God says, put on your armor. In Ephesians 6 and 16, in addition to all this, take up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the enemy. They are tossed from the enemy. So if you got your shield up, as they come in, they're blocked and they are tossed away. They're tossed away from the enemy. And that inner arrow that was meant to penetrate you, he's not able to do it because you now have that protection. Because you got your armor on, you're shielded and you're ready. But not only God says, pick up your shield, don't forget your helmet, because remember that helmet protects the mind, it protects your ears, and it blocks everything that's coming at you. Because, like I said, we live in the world, we're faced with it. King, turn on the TV. But if you got that helmet on, that those darts are coming in, they're gonna get bounced off. You're gonna get bounced off. Put on your breastplate. Protect the heart. Because that's what he's aiming for. He's aiming for your mind and he's aiming for your heart. Put on that breastplate. Put on your belt of truth. Put on your shoes of peace. Pick up your seal of faith. And carry that sword. That sword slashes down the lies from the from the truth. Carry that sword, which is the word of faith. I mean the word of the word, the Bible. Carry that sword. Then ask God to anoint it with the blood of Jesus. And we are armed and we are covered. So now that we have fully clothed ourselves and we protected it, there are still some darts that did get on the inside of us. We have stopped the future ones from coming at us. But there's still some in there that hasn't been yet removed. And that's what a lot of people forget. They forget that, okay, I put my armor on, I'm good, I'm ready to go. But you forget the ones that already penetrated you before you took that, put, put that armor on, they're still there. They're still there. So God says, receive his love, receive the love of Christ, because his love is able to heal those wounds that are there. Faith in Christ, and it acts as a shield, and it's going to quench you, it's going to refresh you. And you have to believe that God is more powerful than Satan. So when you are weak and bitter and you're stuck, you have to invite God in and say, Heal my wounds. Pull out these fiery darts. And I know I am the victor because God, whom I serve, who abides in me, is more powerful than Satan. And then God says, Take your broken heart and present it to him. Surrender your broken heart to him. And he said, I will heal. God says, He is ready to do open heart surgery on us. I am following a beautiful prophetess named Yolanda Worldwide. You guys should go over there and join her. And right now we are going over the series of God's names, you know, the different names he's called. And a powerful message I got yesterday, which was funny because it correlates with today. God is ready to do open heart surgery on our heart. But we have to take it and give it to him. He is ready to do a complete, not a partial. That's how our God works. When he does work in us, that's why sometimes it takes longer than what we want it to take. Because we know once he's finished, it will be completed. Well, we never have to deal with that issue. Hallelujah again. That is great news. Because when he does a complete work, he leaves no residence. So God says, give it to me, and you will stare again. You're holding on to way too much junk. There's too much junk in our hearts. A lot of those fiery darts, even though we got our shield and we're trying to walk strong, that junk is still in there and it's still toxic to us. So if we trust and release it over to God, He's going to gather every tear that we cry.

SPEAKER_01 18:49

And he said, No more will they hit the ground.

SPEAKER_00 18:52

Oh, I'm getting emotional just from that. Because when you cry, I gather every tear and they do not hit the floor of forgivefulness. You know how when you get hurt and you know someone that, a loved one or a friend, and they don't come to your knee, and they don't come to see how you're doing, and they don't come and why you're hurting, why you feel sorrow? Let me hug you, let me make you feel better. We don't get that from them. So it leaves you more hurt, more distraught. Why don't they see me? Don't they see? I'm screaming for the love, I'm screaming for their help.

SPEAKER_01 19:27

But what God says, I whoo, I see your tears, and I collect everyone, and I don't forget. I don't forget. Powerful, powerful, powerful.

SPEAKER_00 19:47

Alrighty. So he gave us another assignment. God says if you release it to him right now, take your broken heart and give it to him right now.

SPEAKER_01 20:02

I will cover it so nothing else can enter.

SPEAKER_00 20:10

Trust in me and I will start the healing process. He's ready to do open heart surgery. Ooh, that word was so timely. He's ready to heal the wounds, seal up the scars, and pour his love into it.

SPEAKER_01 20:22

If we ask him today, if we do it while we pray today.

SPEAKER_00 20:29

So when we pray today, I'm gonna if for those who who are ready to get a broken heart, heal. Ah, sure. Hallelujah.

SPEAKER_01 20:42

He wants us to ask. And he wants us to stand still.

SPEAKER_00 20:47

There's nothing else we need to do. And if you're like me, I'm okay, Lord, what do I need to do to help you heal me? He ain't looking for all that. He says, stand still, my daughter.

SPEAKER_01 21:00

Stand still, my son, and receive his love.

SPEAKER_00 21:08

So when we pray for the brokenness shall be no more as long as you allow me to mend the wounds.

SPEAKER_01 21:18

Now when you ask, he said, stand still. Don't try to help. Don't try to help. Allow him to do it. And how do we do that? You stand still, keep your mouth closed, and allow him to help. Don't forget to repent. Ask God to cleanse our hands, purify our heart, and then we ask for his help.

SPEAKER_00 21:47

And then the Lord says, if you say yes to the Lord, help me. Yes, Lord, help me. Stand still and receive his love. Receive it. He kept saying it over again. Receive it. Receive it. Which is probably talking to me. Because a lot of times he tells me, I used to feel when God was trying to pour his love into me, and I I just didn't feel worthy of receiving his love. Because, you know, God, you know what I've been through? You know what I've done. You know, I know the kind of darts are in here and how they some of them got in there. I don't know if I want you to see that. But God is saying, I already know about it. I know it. I know the source, but I know how to heal it. So receive it. Let me do what I do.

SPEAKER_01 22:34

Best, receive it, and trust that I will do what I say I will do. So are you ready?

SPEAKER_00 22:45

Because I'm an emotional wreck over here. If this is blessing, you show me some love. Show me some love. All right, with that, we're going to go ahead and pray. I'm going to try to open the door to allow you to pray alongside me. Pray in your head. And a lot of you, because I know what time this is, is you know a little awkward. So I want you to also try to be quiet or whatever. But ask them. Ask them. Heavenly Father, we give you glory. We give you honor right now. I thank you for your word as always. It's on time and so needed. I thank you, and I trust you and I praise your name because you are the king of kings. You are God Almighty. You are righteous. Yes, you are, Lord. You are our protector. You are our defender. You are our healer. Jehovah Rafi. Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Hallelujah. I repent of my sins that I have done against you in your word. I am asking everyone that is hearing my voice, either live or later on the replay, repent now of your sins with God. God, we ask you that you receive our request to forgive our sins. And as you do so, because your word says you will, wash our hands clean, Father. So that way we can come to you in the presence with the whole with the blood of the Lamb covering us. Purify our heart, Lord. Father, right now I ask that you take my broken heart.

SPEAKER_01 24:19

And as you are listening to me, also ask, if you're willing, for God to take your broken heart right now.

SPEAKER_00 24:28

Receive our hearts, our broken hearts as a sacrifice, Lord. And we are saying yes, Lord. We are saying yes to you. We are asking for your help to heal our hearts, making it complete, no residue left on the side. And we know because we trust you, and you're gonna do what you said you're gonna do, we will be able to love again. So I give you glory. I give you honor. I thank you. Amen.

SPEAKER_01 24:57

Amen. Hallelujah, Jesus. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, God. Amen.

SPEAKER_00 25:12

This was powerful for me. I hope it blessed you as well. Walk knowing you're now in victory. Walk knowing that as you released your broken heart to God, he's gonna heal it. Walk knowing that we're gonna not even disturb him while he's doing his surgery. And we will have victory. You know what that victory is? We will be able to love. We will be able to love ourselves and we will be able to love others. You can't love others until you first start loving yourself. And once God heals our heart, that love is going to pour out of us just like it pours out of Christ.

SPEAKER_01 25:57

Powerful word today.

SPEAKER_00 25:59

So I thank you. And I told you I had a lot, and I think I'm a little bit a lot longer than what I normally do. So thanks for those that were able to bear with me. But I give you glory today. I say blessings to you today. And hopefully the rest of your week is fabulous because we got healed hearts now. We're gonna walk it out of victory. You gotta walk it out. Because in order to believe them, you gotta walk it out. So as always, I say thank you for joining me. And remember, it is okay to pray.