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TRUE CONFESSIONS OF CHURH DISMAY, QUESTIONING GOD, HIDING FROM GOD
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Permission To Speak Freely - Church Dismay, Questioning God, & Hiding from God

Mar 23, 2016

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"What is the one thing you feel you can't say in church?"In May 2008, Anne Jackson asked this question on her blog. Hundreds responded. Everyone had a story.The result is a movement by people everywhere who are finished with keeping their brokenness in the dark. Through confession, both to God and to others, we can live lives that are whole and healed.This presentation offers an inside look into confessions found within the book on the topics of church dismay, questioning God, and hiding from God.
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Page 1: Permission To Speak Freely - Church Dismay, Questioning God, & Hiding from God

TRUE CONFESSIONS OF

CHURH DISMAY, QUESTIONING GOD, HIDING FROM GOD

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In May 2008,

I asked a question on my blog, http://www.flowerdust.net

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What is the one thing you feel you can’t say in church?

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Hundreds responded.

Everyone had a story.

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The result is a movement by

people everywhere who are

finished with keeping their

brokenness in the...

...dark.

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People shared

stories of CHURCHDISMAY

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CHURCH DISMAYThe church is supposed to be a safe place for everybody, especially people who are most broken, right?

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“The church can be safe. But we can’t rely on others to make it a safe place. It begins with us.”

- Anne Jackson

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QUESTIONINGGOD

People shared

stories of

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QUESTIONING GODWhere is He when I need Him?

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“The Bible says the only thing we have to do is take a step into the light. When we respond like that, His Word will find its way into our hearts.”

- Anne Jackson

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HIDING FROMGOD

People shared

stories of

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HIDING FROM GODWhen we sin, why do we often feel we need to work our way back into a relationship with God?

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“It doesn’t matter how much we have sinned, or what things we keep in the dark or just how hidden we think we are from God - we may be out of His will, but we’re not out of His reach.”

- Anne Jackson

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Through confession, both to God and to

others, we can live lives that are whole and

healed. Let these confessions and others

found within the pages of Permission to

Speak Freely serve as inspiration to

discovering your own path to redemption

and freedom.

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