Your Clock Stuck at 8:40? Making Peace with the Past Through the Cross and Resurrection (Ephesians 5) Using Miss Havisham from Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations as a picture of being stuck in the past, the message asks how to make peace with what cannot be changed. Drawing from Ephesians 5, it explains that people get stuck either through guilt over what they’ve done or grief over what they’ve lost. Paul reminds believers that they “were once darkness” but are now “light in the Lord,” so identity precedes behavior, and sins must be exposed to Christ’s light, which brings healing rather than shame. The sermon contrasts chronos (time passing) with kairos (God-given moments to steward), urging wisdom to grieve without wasting what remains and warning against numbing pain. It concludes that the cross pardons guilt and the resurrection promises restoration, then assigns practices: “confess and bless” in groups and memorizing Ephesians 5:15–16. 00:00 Miss Havisham at 840 01:45 Clocks Stuck in Us 03:12 Guilt and Condemnation 04:54 Darkness to Light 10:53 Expose Sin to Light 12:04 Christ Shines Not Shames 15:35 Grief and Regret 17:08 Wisdom and Kairos 21:06 Unmet Dreams and Loss 29:39 Cross and Resurrection Hope 32:09 Practices Confess and Bless 34:42 Memorize and Sendoff