EP. 52: No Longer Defined by My Past (Best of 2020 with Liz Curtis Higgs)

God Hears Her Podcast

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Bible, Christianity, Womensbiblestudy, Womensministry, Female, Religion & Spirituality, Women, Society & Culture

4.9 • 707 Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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We’ve all made bad decisions. Some of those bad decisions come back to haunt us, and some decisions we thought were good at the time end up having nasty consequences. Oftentimes, those moments lead to regret, and many of us struggle to move past our...

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0:00.0	And we want to identify it not to shame ourselves, not to feel less than, but simply to marvel
0:08.9	at the grace of God that forgives all of it, every bit. And here was the big aha for me.
0:15.8	He has not only forgiven me from my past, all, all of my past, stuff that I will never say in public
0:23.6	because it's just abhorrent. He is forgiving me for every mistake I'm making right now.
0:30.3	Even in our 30 minutes together, I have surely said something that was a little out of line,
0:35.1	a little out of scripture, a little something.
0:42.4	And, oh my goodness, if I'm going to live another 10 or 20 years, think how much more sin I have ahead of me. Except here's God. His grace covers it all.
0:51.4	You're listening to God Hears Her, a podcast for women, we explore the stunning truth that God hears you, he sees you, and he loves you because you are his.
1:01.0	Find out how these realities free you today on God Hears Her.
1:07.2	Welcome to God Hears Her. I'm Melissa Morgan.
1:10.3	And I'm Erin Eddy. And I think it's safe to say that we've all made some bad decisions. And as a result, we've all experienced the regret and sadness that comes with those mistakes. So today, we want to revisit our conversation with Liz Curtis Higgs when she shares with us about her own past
1:29.1	mistakes and how she went from what she calls a bad girl to finding freedom in Christ.
1:35.1	That's right, Erin. And she'll also help us discover ways in which we can move forward
1:40.0	from our brokenness to a life of wholeness in Jesus.
1:48.9	At first, just a little bit of information about Liz Curtis Higgs.
1:54.6	She's an author, a speaker, and while I call her a comedian, because she is hilarious.
1:58.6	She's most known for her book, Bad Girls of the Bible.
2:01.8	And it's through some of the stories of women in the Bible that Liz discovered freedom from her past and hope for her future. So let's get to it. This is God
2:09.2	Hears her with Liz Curtis Higgs. So, Aaron, this is Liz. And I'm just delighted that you guys get to know each other too.
2:20.5	Oh, Liz, I can't wait to hear your story. I have so many questions and thoughts and just reading
2:26.2	about your journey. I know there's so much that I can learn from you in this conversation.
2:31.2	I hope so. That's really the point, isn't it, to encourage one another and
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