Chapter A: The Necessity of Forgiveness: choosing to deal with it over pushing it down

Is there an area in your life where you've been hurt or wronged, and you've pushed it down ... and yet it creeps up once in a while?

Jess shares gives part of her story of childhood abuse and rejection to share how God's word reveals:

• The necessity of forgiveness 
• How we've been duped into thinking that withholding forgiveness makes us strong
• That behave as if forgiveness is a choice
• Withholding forgiveness causes US to suffer, not the offender
• The depth, majesty, and love God forgives us

Chapter B: The Benefits of Forgiving those that you can't understand how they could hurt you in such a terrible, ugly way

Is there someone in your life that has hurt you so terribly, that you can't even wrap your mind around how they could do this to you?

It doesn't have to be a dramatic offense to hurt deeply.

How do we genuinely get to a place where we can let it go? How do we prepare ourselves to deal with it?

• Forgiveness is strength - given to you by God, His strength
• In forgiving there's finally true, genuine freedom from the pain
• It doesn't matter anymore... can we get to a place where we can say "it wasn't okay what was done, but I'm letting it all go." (We'll separate forgiveness and trust in the next episode 5.c)

Chapter C: Discerning Forgiveness and Trust

Just because you forgive someone, should you also let them fully participate in your life as if nothing happened? How do you separate forgiving and forgetting?

In this episode we look at the definitions of forgiveness and trust, and explore the different ways we can genuinely obey God, trust Him and forgive and love others; even if it means from a distance.

Chapter D: The Rejoicing Father: Discovering once and for all God IS PERSONAL

Praying the most terrifying prayer of my life exposed my character and lead me slowly down a miserable road of disobedience.

When the Holy Spirit indwells you, the darkness cannot fit and you feel the battle within yourself. It is nothing short of madness. 

God WILL come for His sheep. He will either return with you on His shoulders rejoicing or give you over to the adversary.

Also, if you think "God loves me, but He loves everyone so what's special about that." I share how without a doubt how He loves YOU the person, with intimate and specific detail to who He created you to be.

Chapter E: Changing the Legacy and Walking in Pursuit of Holiness

Titus 3: 3-7 “For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving diverse lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.”

When we recall... we remember... where we once were, we’re reminded that fallen nature is not that far from us, and we need reminding to stay on course, we can ask for His help. 

We have everything we need in Jesus - we only need to seek Him. 

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