Girl Talk S4 EP# 9: “Making Peace With Your Past”

Show Notes:

Is your past filled with failures? Are you letting those failures define you and get in the way of living the life God has in store for you?  Spoiler alert: We ALL have failures in our past. 

Join in on the conversation with Carol, Tricia and Kelly on this episode of the Girl Talk Podcast as they talk about how they are learning to make peace with their own past failures and give them to Christ. 

Key Points:

• Our past makes us grateful for our future and for God’s grace, mercy and forgiveness. 
• God uses our brokenness to give us opportunities to minister to others. It’s through the cracks in our lives that the light of Christ can shine the brightest. 
• It takes humility and bravery to talk openly about our failures – but our redemption stories can and should be shared. 
• The key to making peace with your past is understanding what you have been given in Christ – grace, mercy, forgiveness, and a testimony to share.

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Resources:

• Zach Williams – “There Was Jesus” – https://youtu.be/37wV6D49iEY
• Zach Williams – “Rescue Story” – https://youtu.be/9Yr48Berkqc
• Francesca Battistelli – “If We’re Honest” – https://youtu.be/ySa3Vu4FUW8
• Book – When Life and Beliefs Collide – by Carolyn Custis James – https://carolyncustisjames.com/when-life-and-beliefs-collide/  

Scripture Referenced:

• 2 Corinthians 4:7 – “But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.”
• 2 Corinthians 5:16-17 (ESV) – “From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”
• Isaiah 43:1 – “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.”

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