5/5/2026 Weekly Bible message

special message with mark and charity 

Transcript

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Hello and welcome back to the Lifeline Church Peter Sound Podcast. I'm your host, Mark Williams, and I'm here with my lovely wife, Charity, for the second part of our series. We're calling Back to the Blueprint. This episode is called When Trust is Broken.

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Today we're going to talk about something that hits deep, betrayal. And not just talking about it from the outside, but from living through it.

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Yeah, whenever you're you've been betrayed or you've been the one who caused it, it leaves damage.

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And the question is, can you actually heal from it? I know what it feels like to have your trust shattered, to build a life with someone, and then watch it just fall apart. And when it happens, it doesn't just break the relationship, it breaks something inside of you. Psalm 55, 12 through 14 says, For it is not an enemy who taunts me, then I could bear it. It is not an adversary who deals in soul with me. Then I could hide from it. But it is you, a man, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend. We used to take sweet counsel together. Within God's house, we walked in the throne.

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It makes you question everything your worth, your judgment, and even your identity. I'm not proud of it. Before God really got a hold of my life, I made choices that hurt people, including you.

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And that's real. And I think people need to hear that too.

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You know, sin just doesn't affect you, it affects everyone around you. And you don't always realize the death until later.

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Betrayal doesn't just happen randomly. There's always something underneath it broken identity, unmet needs, lack of truth.

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And honestly, like of God, as Jeremiah 17, 9 through 10, the heart is deceitful above all things, and despicably sick. Who can understand it? I, the Lord, search for the heart to test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds. When you're not grounded in Christ, you're just making decisions based on feelings instead of truth.

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And healing doesn't happen by pretending it didn't hurt.

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And it doesn't happen overnight. And the Bible says in Psalm 147, verse 3, he heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Three practical tips we can do is number one, bring God to it for bring it to God first. Not social media, not revenge, not another relationship. Number two, allow time plus truth. Healing is a process. Truth replaces lies. Number three, forgiveness.

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Forgiveness doesn't mean what happened was okay. It means I'm not carrying it anymore.

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Can trust be rebuilt? Yes, but it takes consistency, repentance, and change.

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And sometimes healing doesn't mean restoring everything exactly the same, but it always means restoring you. Romans 8.28 tells us, and we know that for those who love God, all things will work together for good. And for those who are called according to his purpose, God doesn't waste pain. And if you're hurting today, you're not stuck, you're in a process. I recommend you get on your knees and truly cry out to God. You pray and you listen. Listen to God. He loves you.

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Yes, he does. You want to pray?

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Yes.

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God heal what it's been broken, restore trust where it can be restored, and restore hearts where it can bring peace, truth, and freedom in Jesus' name. Amen.

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Amen.

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Join us next uh week for our uh Back to the Blueprint episode number three called Submission Misunderstood. Thank you for listening. Uh please like and share and comment. Please join us on Sunday mornings at 11 a.m. in person at Lifeline Peterstown, Lifeline Church Peterstown, or a live stream on YouTube or Carla Bragg's Facebook page. We have Kids Minister Lifeline Kids every Sunday morning. You can also join us on Wednesday evenings for the men's and at 6 for men's and women's small groups. And kids and youth also on Wednesdays. On Fridays evenings, starting at 5 30, is celebrate recovery. And also at 6 p.m. on Sunday is youth now. It is. Yeah. I want to thank everybody for listening and God bless. You have anything else?

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I don't think. Thank you guys for listening.