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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

Hope and healing

Binding up the Brokenhearted is a study I would recommend to all women living with the sin of abortion - wherever you are on your healing journey. I began this study after accepting Christ’s forgiveness, and...

Abortion · Forgiveness · Freedom · Healing
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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

Seeking Truth from Scripture

My favorite part of this study was backing away from worldly advice and seeking truth from scripture. Our friends have well meaning in life, but only God’s Word can offer healing, and set a captive free. I was...

Freedom · Spiritual Growth
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The Hem of His Garment

broken chains

I feel like chains have literally been broken in my life thanks to the simple act of spending time with God. He has filled me up again and has drawn me closer, reminding me of how much I’m loved and made new...

Freedom · Hope · Relationship with God
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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

transformed

These studies have brought me to a new place. I see the growth in many ways and daily I’m still being transformed. I finally learned to RECEIVE God’s grace and love and see it is necessary! You can’t just know...

Anxiety & Fear · Freedom · Hope
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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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The Hem of His Garment

completely healed

Going through the Hem of His Garment study was far more than I expected and it truly brought me to a place where the Lord healed me of past sin! As a believer, I knew I was forgiven, yet had not experienced...

Forgiveness · Freedom
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The Hem of His Garment

set free

This study has impacted my life in such a positive way. Jesus has moved in my life so much through this study. He has helped me to realize my worth in Him & that His grace is never ending. His grace is...

Freedom · Relationship with God
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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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The Hem of His Garment

solid foundation, hope and peace

I finished this on New Years day and it has given me such a solid foundation in Him and a hope and peace for what the future will bring. This study has truly opened my eyes to the fact that God is a very real...

Anxiety & Fear · Freedom · Relationship with God · Spiritual Growth
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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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Binding Up the Brokenhearted

introduced to the Healer

I dragged this study on most weeks, I even wanted to stop sometimes when life seemed to get too busy. Luckily, my mentor was pursuant. This study, from the very beginning, was a quest I did not want to take...

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

hurt and anger to awe, wonder and gratitude

When I started the Hem of His garment study, I was angry and hurting and broken. I was angry at the people who had hurt me, and desperate for an answer and a fix to my pain. I had tried filling those pains and...

Anger & Bitterness · Rejection & Abandonment · Struggles with Forgiveness · Freedom · Healing · Hope · Relationship with God
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Binding Up the Brokenhearted

thankful

I am very thankful for the Healing Hearts course. I liked the ability to do it online as an e-study. Having the opportunity to revisit the details of the events leading up to my abortions as well as...

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

heart set free

Even as I have known the Lord and been in several Bible studies, nothing has impacted me more than this study. It introduced me to know my heart in a deeper sense. It showed me how to dig deeper to areas of my...

Betrayal · Rejection & Abandonment · Trauma · Freedom · Healing · Hope
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The Hem of His Garment

freedom from a 20 year sentence

WOW!! This study has impacted my life in so many ways. I was a prisoner serving a 20 year sentence. I finally have been broken out of the dark cells that held me captive. As I walked through the doors to...

Anger & Bitterness · Guilt & Shame · Struggles with Forgiveness · Forgiveness · Freedom · Healing · Hope · Relationship with God
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Binding Up the Brokenhearted

biggest impact was chapter on the cross

The biggest impact I had was learning to talk about what I went through. I felt it most as I went through the chapter of the cross, and learned what Jesus truly went through just for me. I am a work in process...

Abuse · Anger & Bitterness · Trauma · Freedom · Healing · Hope
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The Hem of His Garment

FREEDOM

For many decades I lived with a sense of shame from having been sexually abused as a young child. It is this study that helped me find not only a fuller sense of God’s forgiveness but also the freedom from...

Guilt & Shame · Sexual Abuse · Struggles with Forgiveness · Freedom · Healing · Hope
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The Hem of His Garment

shame and unforgiveness lifted from heart

This is a great study. Things I had carried hidden in my heart for years were brought to the surface. I was able to begin to work through my sins, and the sins of others against me, from a biblical...

Guilt & Shame · Struggles with Forgiveness · Forgiveness · Freedom · Relationship with God
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The Hem of His Garment

I understand His forgiveness at a deeper level

As a child, and as a teen, I was abused sexually. When I started this Bible study I did it to help others. As I progressed in the study I uncovered some old hurts that needed to be dealt with that I didn’t...

Sexual Abuse · Freedom · Healing
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Binding Up the Brokenhearted

A Story of Hope

This bible study is unlike any other bible study I have been through before. It forces you to face the reality of your sin and need for a Savior, but it also gently reminds you that God is right there waiting...

Abortion · Guilt & Shame · Forgiveness · Freedom · Healing · Hope · Relationship with God
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