The Power in the Piercing: Turning Wounds into Worship with WBJMinistries

Wounded Hands, Healing Touch: Using Our Scars for Ministry

Opening Prayer

Abba Yahusha, Heavenly Father,

We come before You as vessels once broken, now mended by Your love. You bore the wounds so that we might find healing. As we gather today, may Your Spirit awaken us to the power of our own scars—not as signs of defeat, but as testimonies of victory and ministry. Let every word spoken be filled with truth, grace, and transformation.

HaleluYah.

Sermon Message

Introduction: Scars Tell Stories

Walk through the Metropolitan Museum of Art or the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, and you’ll find artifacts scarred by time—cracked pottery, rusted weapons, aged scrolls. Yet their brokenness doesn’t lessen their value—it increases it. Why? Because scars speak. Scars tell stories of survival, of legacy, of healing.

Yahusha’s scars were not erased after the resurrection. In fact, He showed them.

John 20:27 (KJV) – “Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands... and be not faithless, but believing.”

Halaleyah Scriptures – Yohanan 20:27 – “Then He said to T’oma, Bring your finger here, and see My hands. And bring your hand and put it into My side – and do not be unbelieving, but believing.”

Why would the risen Savior still carry scars? Because scars are proof. They remind us that pain, when surrendered to Yah, has purpose.

1. Wounded Hands: Yahusha’s Example

Yahusha’s hands were pierced for our healing. His wounds didn't disqualify Him—they qualified Him to be our Redeemer.

Isaiah 53:5 (KJV) – “But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities... and with his stripes we are healed.”

Halaleyah Scriptures – YeshaYahu 53:5 – “But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our wickednesses. The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.”

Yahusha didn’t hide His wounds—He used them. So must we. Our trauma, abuse, rejection, or loss—when surrendered—can become powerful ministry tools.

2. Healing Touch: Turning Pain Into Purpose

In Buddhism, suffering is seen as a path to enlightenment. The first noble truth is that “life is suffering.” But beyond that truth is the practice of compassion—compassion through pain, not despite it.

Your scars are not shameful—they are sacred.

The Mohegan tribe, part of my own lineage, believes in the interconnectedness of all life, that even pain can be woven into the tapestry of healing for the tribe. The cosmos reflects this. Stars are born from collapsed, wounded celestial bodies. What dies in one form becomes a birthplace of light in another.

As Friedrich Nietzsche said, “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”

3. Legacy and Lineage: You Are Not Alone

In African spirituality, our Amadlozi (ancestors) walk with us. They too bore wounds. They too rose above. Unkulunkulu, the Creator, births new life through ancient memory and divine wisdom. My Polish lineage carries stories of resistance, resilience, and revival through war, oppression, and revolution.

Every scar on your soul is a scroll in Yahusha’s library.

4. Testimony Time: Museums of Grace

Your life is a museum of Yahusha’s grace. Maybe the world sees cracks, but Yahusha sees testimonies.

2 Corinthians 12:9 (KJV) – “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.”

Halaleyah Scriptures – Qorin’tiyim B 12:9 – “My favour is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.”

The Tenement Museum in NYC tells stories of immigrants—crowded, wounded, hopeful. Like you, their struggles paved the way for a future generation.

So, who will your scars heal?

Call to Action: Rise, Minister, Heal

Don’t wait for perfection. You are enough right now. Your wounds—still tender—can minister. Speak, write, sing, serve. Be the healing touch someone else needs.

Just as Maya Angelou once said, “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”

It’s time to tell it.

Closing Reflection

When we touch others with wounded hands, we extend Yahusha’s ministry.

Our scars are not weaknesses; they are weapons against despair, symbols of survival, and evidence of Yahusha’s glory.

Closing Prayer

Abba Yahusha, Heavenly Father,

We offer You our scars, not with shame, but with reverence. Use them. Shape them into sermons. Mold them into ministries. Let our wounds be Your healing touch for a broken world.

May our lives echo the legacy of the Mohegans, honor the guidance of the Amadlozi, reflect the light of the cosmos, and testify to the enduring love of Yahusha.

HaleluYah.