Pastor Tom Messer addresses how hurt leaves lasting marks on our lives, shaping our emotions, relationships, and spiritual walk. Pastor Tom Messer explores Isaiah 61:1-4, the same passage Jesus read at the beginning of His earthly ministry, to reveal that the gospel is specifically aimed at healing our deepest wounds. Rather than minimizing, managing, or masking our hurts, Jesus offers complete freedom through the principle of Jubilee—a total reset of our lives. He emphasizes that hurts often become strongholds leading to brokenness, blindness, and bondage, but through Christ we can experience release, resolution, and total life transformation. The gospel doesn't hide our wounds but redeems them, filling broken places with something more valuable than before, turning our stories of hurt into platforms for healing others.