{"id":20670,"date":"2018-12-09T16:57:58","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T16:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/?p=20670"},"modified":"2019-02-04T12:25:44","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T12:25:44","slug":"how-to-forgive-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/?p=20670","title":{"rendered":"How To Forgive Yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-20691\" src=\"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/the-major-obstacle-in-forgiving-others-bc7ded3dd376e708a5dd1a0c0acfeeb5-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/the-major-obstacle-in-forgiving-others-bc7ded3dd376e708a5dd1a0c0acfeeb5-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/the-major-obstacle-in-forgiving-others-bc7ded3dd376e708a5dd1a0c0acfeeb5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/the-major-obstacle-in-forgiving-others-bc7ded3dd376e708a5dd1a0c0acfeeb5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/the-major-obstacle-in-forgiving-others-bc7ded3dd376e708a5dd1a0c0acfeeb5.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DYB1F93tvy4\" width=\"900\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lisa Luby Ryan wanted the perfect life: children, who adored her and a husband that would protect, guide and love her. But things didn&#8217;t turn out that way. She had been sexually abused at a young age, lived in a chaotic home and wasn\u2019t loved by her parents.<\/p>\n<p>Honesty, trust and a wholesome relationship between a man and a woman simply wasn&#8217;t Lisa\u2019s reality. As she went through life, through relationships and men and a broken family of her own, she knew in her mind that \u201cAll I wanted was to be loved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But God asked her the question, \u201cHow can I heal you when you\u2019re not willing to heal yourself? Are you willing confront your secrets and give it all up to me?\u201d Are you willing to give it all up?<\/p>\n<p>Are you willing to be healed? Lisa had to confess her past; a life of affairs, abortion, divorce, and neglect. She freed herself by facing the truth and God was faithful to restore the broken pieces.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-bottom-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F20670&print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"View PDF\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F20670&print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lisa Luby Ryan wanted the perfect life: children, who adored her and a husband that would protect, guide and love her. 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