Read Chapter
4—Breaking Free and Chapter 5—Change
After
reading, consider these questions:
- Danise Jurado writes, “We all deeply desire to believe that we are not bound by the mistakes of our past or limited by the success of yesterday.” (pg. 45)
- Whether it’s past mistakes or past successes, do you struggle with feeling like your past defines you? Do you find it difficult to move forward and not get stuck in the past, or the way things used to be?
- Last year, I wrote this post for 5 Minutes for Faith: We Are Not Defined By Our Mistakes. In it, I wrote: “Define means to describe, detail, or to state the meaning of. (dictionary.com) We can describe our mistakes, but our mistakes do not describe us.”
- It sounds different that way, doesn’t it? The way we used to be cannot describe, or give the details of, who we are today in Christ.
- Danise explains three steps to breaking free. Have you tried them? What was your experience?
- Change can be hard. It’s uncomfortable, and we like to be in control of what changes in our lives. How do you react to change?
Have a great week!
In Christ,
Laura
[Image credit: Danise Jurado]
[Image credit: Danise Jurado]
Change is hard. And trying to break free from the past and believe we are made new, even harder. This sounds like a book to add to my list.
ReplyDeleteI tend to react to change by trying to grab control of everything around me. I'm learning, though, to trust in God, because He really does have it all under control.
ReplyDeleteI just finished reading Fulfilled...that was a great book!
So glad you enjoyed it Dawn! Thank you for joining me here. God bless!
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