When You Don't Like Your Story: What If Your Worst Chapters Could Become Your Greatest Victories?
Bestselling author, cofounder of Girlfriends in God, and writer for Proverbs 31 Ministries Sharon Jaynes reveals the secret to living a better story: understanding that the worst parts of our past are the very things God uses most.

Many people don't like the story God is writing in their lives. The mistakes, failures, tragedies, and circumstances outside of our control linger in our minds and hold us back. How do we come to grips with the pieces of our stories that we wish weren't there? How do we silence the pain of what has been done to us and the shame of what we've allowed to be done through us?

In When You Don't Like Your Story, Bible teacher Sharon Jaynes shows us how God untangles our most painful emotions with the fingers of grace, putting his redemption on display. In the hardest parts of our narratives, we get to see God's greatest work—and this changes the ending of our stories. As we overcome shame, offer forgiveness, and use our stories to help others, we find freedom from the past and learn to live in the restoration of the present.

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When You Don't Like Your Story: What If Your Worst Chapters Could Become Your Greatest Victories?
Bestselling author, cofounder of Girlfriends in God, and writer for Proverbs 31 Ministries Sharon Jaynes reveals the secret to living a better story: understanding that the worst parts of our past are the very things God uses most.

Many people don't like the story God is writing in their lives. The mistakes, failures, tragedies, and circumstances outside of our control linger in our minds and hold us back. How do we come to grips with the pieces of our stories that we wish weren't there? How do we silence the pain of what has been done to us and the shame of what we've allowed to be done through us?

In When You Don't Like Your Story, Bible teacher Sharon Jaynes shows us how God untangles our most painful emotions with the fingers of grace, putting his redemption on display. In the hardest parts of our narratives, we get to see God's greatest work—and this changes the ending of our stories. As we overcome shame, offer forgiveness, and use our stories to help others, we find freedom from the past and learn to live in the restoration of the present.

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When You Don't Like Your Story: What If Your Worst Chapters Could Become Your Greatest Victories?

When You Don't Like Your Story: What If Your Worst Chapters Could Become Your Greatest Victories?

by Sharon Jaynes
When You Don't Like Your Story: What If Your Worst Chapters Could Become Your Greatest Victories?

When You Don't Like Your Story: What If Your Worst Chapters Could Become Your Greatest Victories?

by Sharon Jaynes

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Bestselling author, cofounder of Girlfriends in God, and writer for Proverbs 31 Ministries Sharon Jaynes reveals the secret to living a better story: understanding that the worst parts of our past are the very things God uses most.

Many people don't like the story God is writing in their lives. The mistakes, failures, tragedies, and circumstances outside of our control linger in our minds and hold us back. How do we come to grips with the pieces of our stories that we wish weren't there? How do we silence the pain of what has been done to us and the shame of what we've allowed to be done through us?

In When You Don't Like Your Story, Bible teacher Sharon Jaynes shows us how God untangles our most painful emotions with the fingers of grace, putting his redemption on display. In the hardest parts of our narratives, we get to see God's greatest work—and this changes the ending of our stories. As we overcome shame, offer forgiveness, and use our stories to help others, we find freedom from the past and learn to live in the restoration of the present.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781400209705
Publisher: Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
Publication date: 01/26/2021
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Sharon Jaynes is a conference speaker and the author of twenty-five books. She served as vice president and radio cohost of Proverbs 31 Ministries for ten years and currently writes for their online devotions. Sharon is cofounder of Girlfriends in God, which strives to cross generational, racial, and denominational boundaries to bring the body of Christ together as believers. She and her husband live in Weddington, North Carolina.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 May I Please Have a Different Story? 1

Chapter 2 Why Me? Why This? Why Now? 9

Chapter 3 There's Always a Meanwhile 29

Chapter 4 The Scab You Won't Stop Picking 47

Chapter 5 Changing the Ending to Your Story 65

Chapter 6 Leaving the Shame Place 83

Chapter 7 When Forgetting Is Not Enough 105

Chapter 8 Why Your Story Matters 119

Chapter 9 Speaking Up When You Tend to Clam Up 139

Chapter 10 Disqualified? Says Who? 157

Chapter 11 Lens One or Lens Two? Which Is Better? 177

Chapter 12 The Perfect Ending to an Imperfect Story 187

Acknowledgments 195

My True Identity in Christ 197

Prayer for Forgiving Others 200

Prayer for Receiving God's Forgiveness 201

Bible Study Guide 203

Notes 233

About the Author 239

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