Soul Care: Healing From Childhood TraumaSample

Identity: A New Creation in Christ

Childhood trauma disrupts identity formation and holds us back from accepting that we are a new creation in Christ Jesus. As a result, we may still have toxic traits from childhood trauma, especially if we have never experienced deliverance, inner healing, and spirit-led discipleship. Some of these traits could include people-pleasing, seeking the approval of others, self-centeredness, non-trusting, manipulation, paranoia, passive-aggressiveness, narcissism, impulsive behavior, tantrums, and relational insecurity.

Overcoming childhood trauma will require receiving your new identity in Christ. This is a transformative journey marked by uprooting lies and planting the Word of God in your soul. In facing and overcoming deep wounds of our early lives, we discover the profound truth that through Christ, we are not defined by the pain and brokenness of our childhood. Instead, embracing the redemptive power of God's love allows us to experience rebirth—a profound transformation of identity, purpose, and destiny.

As new creations in Christ, you find solace and strength in the assurance that the old has passed away, and the new has come (2 Cor. 5:16-17); know that your faith in Christ gives you a right to be God's child (John 1:12); scars of the past are not erased but redeemed, serving as a testament to God's ability to bring beauty from ashes (Isaiah 61:3).

Through faith, individuals navigate a path of restoration, reclaiming their sense of self and forging a future that reflects the grace, mercy, and healing power of the Christ who makes all things new.

Caring for your soul will be marked by learning how to uproot lies stemming from negative childhood experiences, implanting God's truth, and gaining the keys to living free from your past wounds.

Lie: There is something wrong with me.

Truth: You are created in God’s image. (Gen 1:27) Though circumstances may have fragmented your self-regard, Christ redeemed that image.

Strategy: Identify every lie from childhood that has negatively impacted your life. Find scripture that refutes the lie and meditate on that scripture three times a day for 21 days. It takes 21 days to start rewiring the brain. Anything we do repeatedly, including thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, gets wired into our brains. These patterns become well-worn paths that are very easy for the brain to travel down, and the more they are repeated, the more hardwired they become. Let's hardwire our identity in Christ.