The Art of Leadership Network.

You guys, this is the trapping nature of offense.

Instead of coming to him, we run away.

We forsake the exchange.

And the outer garment becomes our identity.

He calls us by name, but we call ourselves by our circumstances.

He calls you by name.

Are you going to stop calling yourself by your circumstance?

Helping you design your roadmap to wholeness from the inside out.

This is Win Today.

And now, here's your host, Christopher Cook.

Hey, friends, welcome to the podcast.

Welcome to 2025. Happy New Year. It's episode 421,

and it's week one of our annual spiritual formation series formed. Well, this week, it's just you and me.

We're unpacking how bitterness, cynicism, and unresolved pain can trap us in a cycle of

frustration and blindness to God's work in our lives. Now, we're going to draw from Luke

Chapter 4 and Mark chapter 6 as our text. We're going to explore how the condition of our hearts

affects our abilities to heal and grow into maturity. So if you're feeling stuck today,

January 1st, weighed down by offense, bitterness, cynicism, or questioning why breakthrough

feels so out of reach, I really believe this conversation will give you practical tools

and solid biblical wisdom to take the next step toward transformation.

And I want to start our series here, because in the weeks that follow, I want you to receive from our guests with an open mind and heart, unencumbered by issues like bitterness and cynicism in the unresolved disappointment from 2024.

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