Transcript: Well, hey, everyone, welcome to today's episode of the weekday podcast. And we want to talk about a version of forgiveness that almost never makes it to the Sunday morning sermon. But honestly, it might be the most important kind of forgiveness of all, and it's actually forgiving yourself. So let me ask you what might be a hard question. Have you been carrying shame longer than God has asked you to? Have you been carrying shame longer than God has asked you to? Now, we know in our heads that God forgives us, but sometimes our hearts. Honestly, […]

Transcript: Well, hey friends, it's so great to have you back on another edition of the weekday podcast. Pastor Chuck and I love this, and we love being able to offer cups of encouragement every single day. And we've been thinking a lot lately about forgiveness. And so as we think about forgiveness today, I want to talk about the thing that causes a lot of tension, that trips a lot of us up, especially people that want to follow the teachings of Jesus. Here's the question that we get a lot in some form or fashion. If I forgive […]

Transcript: Well, hey, friends, welcome to another edition of the weekday podcast. I'm so grateful you're here today. As you know, this week we've been thinking about the idea of forgiveness. And today we want to dive into it. Because few of us find it easy, but every single one of us needs it. Now, maybe you're already bracing yourself because the word forgiveness just feels loaded. Maybe you're thinking about someone who hurt you or something you've done that still weighs on your soul. And if that's you, I just want to encourage you, take a deep breath. You're […]

Transcript: Hey, everybody. Have you ever noticed how we sometimes collapse, too, two different things into one? I think we do that with these two words, forgiveness and reconciliation. I mean, think about this. It's like the sound of hands clapping twice in quick succession. Just like that. Two distinct sounds. But if a clap is quick enough, they start to sound like one event. That's what we often do with forgiveness and reconciliation. We collapse them together as if they're the same thing. But they're not. Forgiveness happens inside of us. Reconciliation occurs between us and someone else. And […]

Transcript: Well, hey friends, welcome back to another edition of the weekday podcast. I'm so glad you're here and that you've carved out just a few minutes to reflect and focus. And Pastor Chuck introduced our topic for the next several weeks yesterday. As we think about this idea that honestly is both beautiful and incredibly hard, it's forgiveness. And so today, what I want to do is just acknowledge that Jesus had a lot to say about forgiveness. And it's not just a bonus feature in a person's life that wants to walk with Jesus. It is at the […]

Transcript: So there's this thing that happens in your body when someone hurts you, when a relationship breaks, when trust fractures. I mean, things just get out of sort. Your heart rate increases, your blood pressure rises, your muscles tense, your body just quite literally enters a state of stress. It's fascinating, isn't it, how the emotional and the physical are so deeply connected, how the pain we feel emotionally manifests in our bodies physiologically. And this is what I find so compelling about forgiveness. It's not just a lofty spiritual concept floating around and the ether, it's biological, it's […]

Reflection Questions: Sample Prayer: God, thank You for loving me just as I am—not the version I try to impress You with. Help me receive Your perfect love fully, even when I feel messy or unworthy. Teach me to rest in that love and let it overflow to the people around me. Let my life reflect not perfection, but Your patient and powerful grace. Transcript: Thanks so much for jumping in my friend. And today we're in the final episode of this five part series on Only God Can Love Perfectly. This is episode 20 of the series that Pastor […]