The Forgiveness Factor Ebook

We know we’re supposed to forgive, but we just can’t forget. And it’s that struggle in our soul that keeps our hurts and hearts from being healed – creating a gap between our pain and the peace we’re so desperate for to seem completely unbridgeable. When it comes to forgiveness, we so easily confuse God’s love with our own and find ourselves frustrated and confused without a clear understanding of what God is really asking us to do. It’s through The Forgiveness Factor that you’ll come to clearly understand what God means when He says to ‘forgive’. And more than likely, it’s not what you think. It’s in uncovering the truth about forgiveness, by revealing the lies, that you’ll be set free from the burden that forgiveness seems to bring. You’ll realize that you’re only giving up your hope for a different past ... realizing that wrongs may never be made right, but they can be forgiven.

Scott Bradley, former pastor and community leader, shares his story while integrating sound principles for change. His father was a wounded Vietnam War hero that struggled with flashbacks and PTSD upon his return. He abused Scott's mom, others, and eventually killed a man. After several prison sentences, failed marriages, and substance abuse, he gave his life to Christ. He is now an ordained minister, elder, and jail chaplain. Scott's mom experienced the pain of failed relationships, broken dreams, and trauma. In response to her pain, she chose a healthy lifestyle by honoring God. She remarried and now mentors other women. With a deep level of transparency, Scott invites readers into his life. He describes the challenge of growing up with abuse, addiction, and abandonment issues. His story is one of tragedy and hope. He's been married for eleven years with two daughters. His family has reconciled and is committed to helping others. Real hope is found in Jesus Christ, The Forgiveness Factor.

A practical, step-by-step approach to forgiveness and freedom that includes principles for forgiveness, opportunities for reflection and prayer, and specific ways to get started on your life change.

God made your heart for love, joy, peace, and wholeness. But pastors say that more than 90% of their congregations struggle with unforgiveness - and unforgiveness can make us forget what we were made for. What if the most pervasive sin of our day is invisible, hidden deep inside our hearts? What if it affects every aspect of our lives and relationships so quietly and insidiously that most of us miss it altogether? Bruce Wilkinson believes unforgiveness is that sin. Through the teachings of Jesus, The Freedom Factor reveals the link between our suffering and our unforgiveness. But it also shows how to forgive - for real and forever. The story doesn't have to end with the pain of our wounds. Whatever happened to us happened. But the God who made your heart has shown a way past the wounds, back to the life and love that we were made for - a path toward freedom.

By demonstrating how forgiveness, approached in the correct manner, benefits the forgiver far more than the forgiven this self-help book benefits people who have been deeply hurt by another and caught in a vortex of anger, depression, and resentment.