084: Jentezen Franklin on How to Love Like You’ve Never Been Hurt

It’s no secret that those who are closest to us can wound us the most profoundly. Reeling from betrayal, we build walls around our hearts to protect us from the heartache, yet these are the very walls that block us from seeing hope, receiving healing and feeling love. And it can feel even more impossible to continue loving in the face of it. So i in those moments of unthinkable betrayal and hurt, how are we supposed to respond? And more pertinent, how are we supposed to heal? Sharing his own story of personal pain today, through his brand-new book, Love Like You’ve Never Been Hurt: Hope, Healing and the Power of an Open Heart, is pastor and New York Times bestselling author Jentezen Franklin. And today, he will teach us how to find the strength, courage, and motivation to get free from the entanglement of unforgiveness and bitterness. Toxic stress (and toxic emotions for that matter) are devastating on our bodies. We have to choose another way. And that way is the topic of today’s discussion.

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The human heart was created with a great capacity to love. But along with that comes a great capacity to feel pain. There is no denying that those who love us, who are closest to us, can wound us the most profoundly. That kind of pain can be difficult, if not impossible, to overcome. And it can feel even more impossible to continue loving in the face of it. Yet that is exactly what we are called to do.

Sharing his own story of personal pain, pastor and New York Times bestselling author Jentezen Franklin shows us how to find the strength, courage, and motivation to set aside the hurt, see others as God sees them, and reach out in love. Through biblical and modern-day stories, he discusses different types of relational disappointment and heartache, and answers questions such as Why should I trust again? and How can I ever really forgive?

The walls we build around our hearts to cut us off from pain are the very walls that block us from seeing hope, receiving healing, and feeling love. Here are the tools and inspiration you need to tear down those walls, work through your wounds, repair damaged relationships, and learn to love like you’ve never been hurt. Buy Love Like You’ve Never Been Hurt: Hope, Healing and the Power of an Open Heart right now!

About Jentezen Franklin

Jentezen Franklin is the senior pastor of Free Chapel, a multicampus church with a global reach. His messages influence generations through various outreaches and through his televised broadcast, Kingdom Connection. Jentezen is also a New York Times bestselling author who speaks at conferences worldwide. He and his wife, Cherise, live in Gainesville, Georgia, and have five children.

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