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EPISODE · Apr 15, 2025 · 36 MIN

Season 2 - Episode 4 Where Shame Meets Grace - For the Joy Set Before Us

from For The Joy · host Bethany Joy Ministry

In this heartfelt episode of For The Joy: The Tension and The Truth, Bethany revisits the deep ache of shame—not as a concept, but as a force that shaped her story and kept her silent for decades. With raw honesty and holy reverence, she invites us into the messy middle—that sacred space between the tension we feel and the truth we cling to.Building on Season 1, Episode 5, this conversation dives deeper into the experience of shame, how it shows up in our stories and our bodies, and the invitation Jesus offers us to scorn it just as He did—for the joy set before us.You’ll hear reflections from Genesis, Hebrews 12, 2 Corinthians 4, and Psalm 139 as Bethany names the pain and offers a path toward healing. Through personal testimony, scriptural truth, and the tender leading of the Holy Spirit, this episode reminds us that freedom is found not in bypassing the hard—but in walking with Jesus through it.✨ The tension is real, but the truth is greater. And the “but” in between? That’s where joy meets us.#womensministry #womenempowerment #christianwomen #forthejoy

In this heartfelt episode of For The Joy: The Tension and The Truth, Bethany revisits the deep ache of shame—not as a concept, but as a force that shaped her story and kept her silent for decades. With raw honesty and holy reverence, she invites us into the messy middle—that sacred space between the tension we feel and the truth we cling to.Building on Season 1, Episode 5, this conversation dives deeper into the experience of shame, how it shows up in our stories and our bodies, and the invitation Jesus offers us to scorn it just as He did—for the joy set before us.You’ll hear reflections from Genesis, Hebrews 12, 2 Corinthians 4, and Psalm 139 as Bethany names the pain and offers a path toward healing. Through personal testimony, scriptural truth, and the tender leading of the Holy Spirit, this episode reminds us that freedom is found not in bypassing the hard—but in walking with Jesus through it.✨ The tension is real, but the truth is greater. And the “but” in between? That’s where joy meets us.#womensministry #womenempowerment #christianwomen #forthejoy

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