09/09/2026
**POST-WAR RECOVERY — WEEK 5 | LIVING WITH THE SCARS: Joseph — From Trauma to Purpose**
**POST-WAR RECOVERY — WEEK 5**
**LIVING WITH THE SCARS**
**Joseph: From Trauma to Purpose**
**Genesis 50:20**
You survived the battle. You made it through the loss. You kept moving.
But what do you do when **the wound has healed—and the scar remains?**
This week, **Pastor A. Thomas Hill** takes us into the life of **Joseph**, a man who knew betrayal, rejection, false accusation, imprisonment, and years of waiting—yet discovered that none of it could cancel what God had spoken over his life.
Joseph's story reminds us:
**The presence of a scar does not mean the absence of healing.**
The wound says, *“Something happened to me.”*
The scar says, **“Something happened to me—and I survived it.”**
This week's journey:
**ACKNOWLEDGE** — The scar proves something happened.
**REFUSE** — Don't let the wound become your identity.
**RECOGNIZE** — God was working even when you couldn't see Him.
**REDEEM** — Let God turn your pain into purpose.
Joseph eventually looked at the very people connected to his trauma and declared:
**“But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good…” — Genesis 50:20 (NKJV)**
Your scar has a history—but **your scar does not have to define your future.**
**What happened to you did not cancel what God spoke over you.**
**Don't let somebody else's sin write your character.**
**Don't put a period where God only put a comma.**
**God can transform the place of your greatest pain into a platform for your greatest purpose.**
And by the end of the journey, you may discover:
**The scar didn't change. The story attached to it did.**
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**Post-War Recovery — Week 5**
**LIVING WITH THE SCARS**
*Joseph: From Trauma to Purpose*
