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REBROADCAST: It’s our brokenness that blinds our eyes from the truth and keeps us focused on our pain. We can’t see clearly because our pain changes our perspective, and our perspective directs our path. Over time, ignoring our emotions, feelings, and pain only obscures our vision and ability to see clearly. Trying to pray them away or ignoring them causes even more blindness to the truth.

In this episode, I'm talking about how you can start learning to trust in God and grow your relationship with Him by posing three questions -

1. What’s causing you to go under and punching holes in your identity?
2. What storms have changed your view of God?
3. Do you know the God who calms the sea? Do you know God’s true character and nature?

Rooting for you,
Jessica
 
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Taking the First Step
Do you have a hard time accepting God’s love and believing He is good to you and not just good to others?
 
Do you have a hard time forgiving those who hurt you?
 
Do you wrestle with anxiety, racing thoughts, burnout, and feeling like you are at the end of your rope?
 
Do you find yourself being in pain and stuck in the past?
 
Do you constantly question whether it’s God’s voice, the enemy, or your voice?

If you answered yes to any of those questions, it’s time to join me in my Spiritual Growth Mentorship.
 
Five weeks of your first necessary steps to invite God’s presence into your pain!

It’s the mentorship you need with the accountability you didn’t know you needed.
 
Learn how God’s love can transform you from hurting to hopeful.
Learn more at >> https://www.jessicahottle.com/heal
 
Email me at >> jessica@jessicahottle.com
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