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John Closes Old Wounds

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When Maria, a survivor of sexual abuse, seeks out the help of Pastor John Gray, it reopens his own old wounds as a sexual abuse victim. Nevertheless, he believes that God has called on him to help Maria so that he might confront his own demons. John tells his wife, Aventer, that it's time for him to take a significant step toward putting that troubling episode behind him.

"Part of me has been waiting to live, waiting for some type of resolution to my pain, but I take power from that moment," John says. "I'm not going to let that moment define my manhood or my future. I'm finally going to be free."

Here, in a triumphant moment, John, with Aventer's support, puts decades of pain to rest.

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