Heart Made Whole, Christa Black Gifford
Heart Made Whole, Christa Black Gifford
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Heart Made Whole
Turning Your Unhealed Pain into Your Greatest Strength

Author: Christa Black Gifford

Narrator: Christa Black Gifford

Unabridged: 5 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/07/2016


Synopsis

In Heart Made Whole, Christa Black Gifford shares her own stories of loss, betrayal, and personal tragedy, chronicling clear steps to redemption to help those in pain invite the true Healer into the tangled mess of their broken hearts. Gifford reminds readers that pain is not their enemy, however, unhealed pain can become their greatest foe if it’s not taken to Jesus.Growing up as a preacher's kid, Gifford had been submerged in Christian culture for decades when she uncovered the truth--that there were broken parts of her heart that weren't on friendly terms with the God who lived inside. Through disappointments and traumas, she had learned to guard her heart from God, keeping her angry, entrapped, and disconnected. As struggles and hardships continued, she finally learned to run towards her relationship with God when things got hard, instead of running away from Him like she had in the past. The more that she did this--building her heart's capacity for intimacy and deep relationship--the more her heart began to heal from the inside-out. She teaches the reader to access the solution that's already living inside of them--the God who forever made their heart a home.When trials and tragedy hit our lives in a fallen world, our hearts can get smashed to bits, and we end up putting God on trial and blaming Him for the mess. But Christa helps readers understand that they don’t have to live controlled by their circumstances – or angry with God. Instead, she provides powerful insight and practical steps to turn the painful fire that comes to destroy us into an unexpected friend that can produce our greatest healing.The condition of the heart determines the condition of life—and the heart can be bound up and healed, producing freedom and abundant life. With personal workbook sections for each chapter Christa helps readers experience steps to turn their pain into the healing and wholeness available to every believer.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Liz on June 07, 2016

Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher for review and publicity purposes. All opinions are my own. I read God Loves Ugly after I came to terms with the fact that I had been sexually assaulted. I read Heart Made Whole after I told my testimony and after God had already given me a dose of......more

Goodreads review by Kailey-Michelle on April 04, 2017

Raw, Powerful, transformational... like the most authentic and vulnerable counselling session where you trust the person sitting in front of you knows your pain intimately, can sit with you in it without judging or blaming and sees the person you are destined to become. You'll not only crave healing......more

Goodreads review by Candice on May 31, 2016

I have spent the last 4 years on a journey with God towards healing and wholeness in my life, after coming back to Him in late 2012. I was broken, addicted, hopeless, on 14 tablets a day for Bipolar Disorder 1 and the list goes on. It has been hard. I have asked Him and cried out to Him for the long......more

Goodreads review by Wyndi on May 31, 2016

This book is for EVERYONE! As Christa relates in the book - everyone has experienced trauma in some way, whether it's something that happened to us, or something we didn't get that we needed. Christa is so vulnerable and transparent in her own journey. She uses stories from her own life to relate to......more

Goodreads review by Maddie on June 01, 2016

This book was emotional. It allowed me to realize a lot about the healing process, and it showed me how to deepen my relationship with God through it all. Christa had different insights to pain than I had read before, and she shared beautiful words about her relationship with God through her deepest......more