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August 24, 2025

  • Mark 5:1–6
  • Mark 5:7
  • Mark 5:10–13
  • Mark 5:15–17
  • Mark 5:18–19

God not only knows your name—He transforms your story. No matter how shattered, broken, or bound your life may feel, Jesus brings resurrection power. When His light shows up, darkness must flee.

Key Points

  1. God Isn’t Done with Your Story
    • The possessed man’s life was shattered—living in tombs, chained, tormented.
    • No one could control him, but Jesus could.
    • If God could set him free, He can transform you, your children, and your family.
  2. The Enemy Wants to Uncover What God Has Covered
    • Shame, guilt, and lies try to strip us of our dignity.
    • God covers us with His grace and the blood of Jesus.
    • Don’t believe the enemy’s lie that your sin is too big for God’s forgiveness.
  3. Cutting, Pain, and the Lies of the Enemy
    • Many young people turn to self-harm to cope with inner pain.
    • Jesus has already taken our pain on the cross.
    • You are more than likes, body image, or popularity—your worth is in Christ.
  4. The Name of Jesus Is Greater
    • Demons recognized Jesus’ authority and had to submit.
    • Do we recognize His authority as clearly as they did?
    • As believers, we carry spiritual authority in Christ—darkness must flee when Jesus’ name is spoken.
  5. Don’t Open Doors to Darkness
    • Stay away from tarot, Ouija boards, psychics, and counterfeit spiritual practices.
    • Parents: guard your home and your children—be alert to what they watch, read, and bring into your home.
  6. A Changed Story Leads to a Mission
    • The man set free wanted to follow Jesus, but Jesus sent him back to his people to testify.
    • Your story of freedom becomes someone else’s hope.
    • Revival often costs more than we expect—are we willing to pay the price?

Takeaway

You are not a has been—you are a had been.

  • I had been addicted… but Jesus set me free.
  • I had been broken… but Jesus restored me.
  • I had been lost… but Jesus gave me new life.

Your story doesn’t end in the tombs—Jesus brings resurrection power, and He wants to use your transformed life to set others free.