Sweet friend, don’t let rejection steal one more thing from you. – Lysa There’s nothing we can do to eliminate the pain of rejection. Oh, how I wish there were. With every fiber of my being, I wish I could remove it from my world and from yours. But I can’t. The only thing I’ve…
Forgiving What You Can’t Forget Online Bible Study Week Six — This Isn’t Easy, But It Is Good
We treat people from the overflow of our thought life. ~ Lysa Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. — 2 Timothy 2:15 Hi, friends! Here we are already in our final teaching week!…
Forgiving What You Can’t Forget Online Bible Study Week Five — The Compounding Effect of Unforgiveness
God helped [Joseph] “forget”, or actually let go, of all that troubled him so that it wouldn’t paralyze him in his pain and God helped him be fruitful so he could help others. ~ Lysa When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak…
Forgiving What You Can’t Forget Online Bible Study Week Four — There’s Always a Meanwhile
You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. — Joseph, Genesis 50:20 Forgiveness is the perfect start to our healing. It shouldn’t be our last resort. ~Lysa Hi, friends! It’s kind of amazing that it took us this long (week…
Forgiving What You Can’t Forget Online Bible Study Week Three — The Divine Echo
Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.” — Matthew 18:21-22 The more people remind each other of who they really are, the more God’s goodness…
Forgiving What You Can’t Forget Online Bible Study Week Two — Your Mind, Your Mouth, Your Master
Do not give the devil a foothold. — Ephesians 4:27 Forgiveness is both a decision and a process. ~ Lysa Hi, friends! I pray you’re digging into week two of the Forgiving What You Can’t Forget OBS. Let’s give this all we have because our souls need the freedom forgiveness brings. Did you catch what…
What Did Jesus Say About Forgiveness?
(And a confession: why I need this next Online Bible Study but have been avoiding it like the plague.) There are a lot of opinions out there about forgiveness. Experts will tell you that you do not have to forgive. The media is rife with articles about not forgiving those who have hurt us, or…
Before I Go to Bed Every Night
We’re learning that a key part in practicing forgiveness is keeping our hearts swept clean — staying humble enough to admit and confess where we need God’s forgiveness, and then daily forgiving whatever may have made us feel wronged. Keeping our hearts swept clean protects us from the enemy and from slipping into the…
Why Isn’t God Answering My Prayer?
We know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. — Romans 8:28 ESV In 2015, the New York Times ran an article called “Googling for God.”1 In this article, author Seth Stephens-Davidowitz started by saying, “It has been a bad…
How Is Forgiveness Even Possible When I Feel Like This
Editor’s note: This year has been hard on all of us, hasn’t it? 2020’s losses have been big, our emotions have been big, and relationships have taken big hits. Forgiveness sometimes seems impossible. Cruel even. Lysa TerKeurst understands as she has gone through personal crises in the last few years beyond the breaking point and…