Healing Hearts Ministries International Stories of Hope & Healing

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208 stories from women who have walked through Guilt & Shame.

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Binding Up the Brokenhearted

restored

I went into this study hoping to turn to God to release my anguish from abortion, and received so much more. I did not realize how disconnected I was from living the way God wants me to live. Not only did I...

Abortion · Guilt & Shame · Freedom · Healing · Spiritual Growth
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The Hem of His Garment

what’s different?

My life has forever changed. Thank God! Matthew 13:12, ’’To those who listen to my teachings more understanding will be given, and they will have an abundance of knowledge. But for those who are not listening,...

Guilt & Shame · Forgiveness · Freedom · Relationship with God
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Binding Up the Brokenhearted

grace, forgiveness

I am so thankful and grateful for the wonderful Bible study and for the generous help from Sharron. I have learned so much about God’s grace and forgiveness and sanctification. The Bible study has taught me to...

Abortion · Guilt & Shame · Forgiveness · Freedom · Relationship with God
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Binding Up the Brokenhearted

hope restored, transformed

Binding Up The Brokenhearted has had a tremendous impact on my life. When I started this study, less than two months after my abortion, I was in a very deep, dark pit of regret, pain and sorrow. I did not feel...

Abortion · Guilt & Shame · Healing · Hope · Spiritual Growth
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Binding Up the Brokenhearted

suffering in silence

This study was one of the best gifts that the Lord has given me. Before I was suffering in my silence. Although I loved God, I felt like a prisoner. I was depressed. Full of guilt and shame and felt alone. I...

Depression · Guilt & Shame · Freedom · Healing · Hope
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Binding Up the Brokenhearted

A Story of Hope

This study has really freed me and has given me tools to continue to look at myself and my relationship with Christ. I had started to grow cold in some ways. I kept reliving the past hurts, most having nothing...

Abortion · Guilt & Shame · Freedom · Healing · Relationship with God
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The Hem of His Garment

FREEDOM!

Oh my goodness! I honestly don’t know if I can truly comprehend and share everything the Healing Hearts studies have done for me. I would say the greatest gift I received was freedom. Freedom from shame, my...

Anger & Bitterness · Guilt & Shame · Struggles with Forgiveness · Forgiveness · Freedom
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The Hem of His Garment

honesty

During this bible study I was able to see more of myself in a more intimate way with God. I also feared (in the beginning) all the things that have been hidden in my heart and exposing them to God was too...

Guilt & Shame · Healing · Hope · Relationship with God
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Binding Up the Brokenhearted

incredible journey

This has been an incredible journey! God has used the Healing Hearts Bible Study to free me from the shame of my past. I know this journey has just begun. But it has allowed me to see how much God loves me and...

Guilt & Shame · Forgiveness · Freedom · Relationship with God
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Binding Up the Brokenhearted

A Story of Hope

I believed when I got my abortion that it wasn’t a baby yet and it was ok, because it was ok according to the laws. Bringing my baby in to the world would only cause so many more problems not just for me, but...

Abortion · Guilt & Shame · Sexual Immorality · Forgiveness · Freedom · Relationship with God
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The Hem of His Garment

The Truths I Found When I examined My Heart

I would recommend this Study to anyone who wants to examine their heart and expose those deep rooted feelings of shame and guilt, or areas of habitual sin, or some sins that may be buried and not even thought...

Guilt & Shame · Forgiveness · Freedom
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The Hem of His Garment

be healed

I would like to thank my counselor, Donna M, for assisting me with this wonderful study. Thank you for your sweet and encouraging words. Thank you for your time and patience with me. Thank you that you...

Anger & Bitterness · Guilt & Shame · Healing · Relationship with God
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The Hem of His Garment

can’t forgive myself

When I began this study, I still wondered how God would ever use me again. How could He look on me with love and compassion when I was so unlovely in my own eyes? How could He forgive me when I could not...

Guilt & Shame · Forgiveness · Freedom
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Binding Up the Brokenhearted

Seeing Truth Through God’s Eyes

For 33 years I’ve carried the shame of my abortion around with me. God has brought me to a place in my life where I have the opportunity to help others that have experienced the same awful crisis in their...

Abortion · Guilt & Shame · Forgiveness · Healing
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Binding Up the Brokenhearted

released

This study has broadened my outlook on life, opening doors that were never opened before and releasing me from past hurts. It gave me such freedom to release all the guilt, shame and fear I carried for so...

Guilt & Shame · Forgiveness · Freedom
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Binding Up the Brokenhearted

life changing

This study has been life changing for me. I have been a Christian for over 35 years, but still carried the shame and guilt from the abortion that I had 45 years ago. Walking though this study with my counselor...

Abortion · Guilt & Shame · Forgiveness · Freedom
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Binding Up the Brokenhearted

freed by the love of God

I have been freed by the love of God through the life and death of Jesus to face the remains of over two decades of a sin I could not forget nor forgive. My guide walked with me step by step all the way...

Abortion · Guilt & Shame · Forgiveness · Freedom · Healing
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Binding Up the Brokenhearted

A Story of Hope

I used to feel empty, as I was missing something in my life. I felt lonely, afraid, depressed and did not understand what was wrong with me. I was invited to a Spirit led church. As the Pastor started...

Abortion · Guilt & Shame · Forgiveness · Healing
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Binding Up the Brokenhearted

no longer chained

Last weekend in church, on Mother’s Day, for the first time in 39 years, since the conception of my second child, the first to be born, I was guilt-free to celebrate the joy of being a mother. My guilt (no...

Abortion · Guilt & Shame · Forgiveness · Freedom
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Binding Up the Brokenhearted

express feelings and not alone

I’m 31 years old,and I was 11 weeks pregnant when I had my abortion. I began the study a week after my abortion. At that moment, I was battling many emotions which I did not know how to process. I really did...

Abortion · Guilt & Shame · Forgiveness · Freedom
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Binding Up the Brokenhearted

overcome shame and guilt

This study has helped me to overcome shame and guilt about my abortion. It helped reveal to me some things that I didn’t know that I was not fully recovered from yet. This study is amazing and I would...

Abortion · Guilt & Shame · Forgiveness · Healing
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Binding Up the Brokenhearted

carried shame for 40 years

If there is one thing I would want to share with anyone who may read this, it is this: I carried deep, dark secrets and shame for far too long (some 40 years!). The decision to cover up that shame affected my...

Abortion · Guilt & Shame · Forgiveness · Freedom · Relationship with God · Restored Relationships
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Binding Up the Brokenhearted

heart changing love

This study has changed my life completely! If you pray for God to help at the lowest point of your life, He will be there. Remembering that His time is always perfect. I felt my soul was sucked out of me, and...

Depression · Guilt & Shame · Healing · Hope
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Binding Up the Brokenhearted

2nd time through study

This study has set me free. I went through this study 15 years ago when I was 40 years old and had a newborn child and two preteen children. At the time, it was a life saver but because of how busy my life was...

Abortion · Guilt & Shame · Forgiveness · Freedom · Healing
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