Helping your congregation to practice forgiveness on a daily basis...
Helping Christians to Forgive Easily and Forgive Frequently
WHY IS IT SOMETIMES HARD FOR YOUR CONGREGATION TO PRACTICE FORGIVENESS....EVERY NOW AND THEN...MONTHLY...DAILY AS A GODLY HABIT?
Dear leaders in Christ -
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As a preacher in your church, how many times have you preached on forgiveness every year? Do you sometimes wish that you would be able to gauge the impact on your congregation? Are they able to forgive easily and forgive frequently?
Why is is sometimes so hard for your congregation to practice forgiveness on a regular basis?
It boils down to the soil type in their hearts and a spiritual tool to spur them on...
Matthew 13.18
Is the soil of your congregation’s heart the right type of soil to receive the message of forgiveness...understand its wider Kingdom implication for their lives and the lives of their families ...and put it to practice regularly in their lives?
CAN WE TAKE A MINUTE TO WALK IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF YOUR CONGREGATION TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW TO HELP THEM?
As a member of the congregation within my church, even with the right soil in my heart, I was struggling with the ability to forgive. I went through a deeper journey of understanding with Christ to uncover the spiritual truth behind my inability to forgive...
So, how do we FLIP THE SWITCH?
Power of Storytelling to describe your identity powerfully , convincingly, and memorably
When you describe your identity through a story (words) and combine that with a picture/pictures, it is 22 times more effective in terms of helping you to remember the story in rich detail and for a long period of time
(Paul J Zak, Harvard Business Review, Oct’2014 /Dr.J Aaker, Stanford Business School, Nov 2023).
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The master storyteller, Jesus Christ, uses the power of stories (Parables - e.g. Parable of the Sower) to illustrate Kingdom truths and to hide several layers of meaning within His parables.
The storytelling (words + pictures) framework is incredibly powerful in connecting your HEART and MIND.
Cultures around the world pass on important lessons through storytelling...
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Power of Christ + Framework of Storytelling = Your Identity in Christ that deeply touches your
heart and mind!
Power of Christ + Framework of Storytelling = Your Identity in Christ that deeply touches your
heart and mind!
CLARITY OVER YOUR IDENTITY IN CHRIST AS IT PERTAINS TO FORGIVENESS...
Imagine a wall in your heart and mind that is labelled “Forgiveness”...​
In this wall, there are several stories captured as picture frames. The story (words) and the picture in the frame represents instances in your life when you forgave others (family, friends, colleagues, other people)...
CONFUSION OVER YOUR IDENTITY IN CHRIST AS IT PERTAINS TO UN-FORGIVENESS
Imagine a wall in your heart and mind that is labelled “Unforgiveness”...
In this wall, there are several stories captured as picture frames. The story (words) and the picture in the frame represents instances in your life when you did not easily forgive/ are unable to forgive others (family, friends, colleagues, other people).
DEEP CLARITY REGARDING YOUR IDENTITY IN CHRIST - FROM UNFORGIVENESS TO FORGIVENESS
Power of Christ + Framework of Storytelling = Your Identity in Christ that deeply touches your
heart and mind = Starts to help you to forgive...forgive more frequently...forgive more easily
Through Christ Centred Story Healing,
1. we start with a story of un-forgiveness (coupled with a photo) and then,
2. focus on forgiveness (coupled with a photo) and the specific steps and Bible verses that led you to forgive.
3. we then rewrite the story in a specific format to capture how you forgave and the words from scripture/prayers that helped you to forgive that person.
4. Your Christ-centred forgiveness story (words and images) reinforces your true identity in Christ as it pertains to forgiveness.
THE MORE YOU PRACTICE CHRIST CENTRED STORY HEALING@FORGIVENESS...
The more you get to intentionally remove frames of un-forgiveness and replace them with frames of forgiveness in your heart and mind...
POTENTIAL WAYS TO MEASURE THE IMPACT OF FORGIVENESS IN A PERSON's LIFE...
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Prior to individuals going ahead with the Christ Centred StoryHealing journey, we could ask the following questions and have them answer it to the best of their knowledge:-
1. How often do you think you would forgive someone?
2. How often do you think you would ask for forgiveness from someone?
3. What aspects can you forgive easily vs. which aspects are still hard to forgive?
4. Is it easy for you to forgive people this year vs. last year?
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Once they go through Christ Centred StoryHealing, we ask the same questions mentioned above and measure the progress (Delta between the 2 sets of scores)...
The more they practice, they more the progress in an individuals's ability to forgive through the power of Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit.
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BONUS BENEFIT OF A CHRIST CENTRED STORY HEALING MESSAGE
HOW DO WE RUN THE CHRIST CENTRED STORY HEALING TOOL AMONGST THE CONGREGATION?
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In a seminar setting, groups of attendees will be able to bring their stories and pictures and go through the Christ Centred StoryHealing framework to connect with their identity in Christ and learn to forgive people easily and frequently.​
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LET’s ENABLE YOUR CONGREGATION TO FORGIVE EASILY AND FREQUENTLY...
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ABOUT YOUR STORY HEALING COACH
GEORGE EAPEN
Hi! George Eapen here.
I have been a Christian for over 30 years. Over the last 10 years, I have been walking even more closely with Christ as I have come to a deeper understanding of my insufficiency and my need for Christ on a daily basis.
I have worked for global companies and startups as a storyteller, marketer, and communication coach for over 20+ years. You can read more about my storytelling coaching company (Next Dimension Story) here. From a professional point of view, I have seen the power of storytelling to touch hearts and minds and convince customers to purchase a product or service. Brand association is closely tied to storytelling and if you think about a certain brand of product that you use, there is a story about that product that is unique to you.
Having gone through multiple challenges across every dimension (family, finances, career, business, children's health, marriage etc.) of my life, I have learnt to lean on Christ more and more and extensively catalogue my victory moments in Christ through my own Story Healing experiences.
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I have taken the time to journal and mentally store my victory moments in Christ. I then use these victory moment stories to craft my personal testimonials of God's goodness and grace across every aspect of my life, thereby actively sharing the Good News to everyone I interact with. I have also started to use my personal victory moment stories within the sermons I preach at my local church. Check out one of my sermons here. Just search for my name and I hope and pray that you are encouraged by the Word of God.
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I am passionate about sharing the Story Healing framework with you to equip you to add this powerful framework to your spiritual armour as you run the race that is set before you (Hebrews12.1 - And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us).​
