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"The Cost of Holding On: Why Forgiveness Sets You Free" With Yana Jenay Conner

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Forgiveness is defined as the merciful decision to release an offender of their debt and to not retaliate against them in anger.
Bible teacher Yana Janae Connor discusses her book 'Living Beyond Offense' and shares her personal story of forgiving an alcoholic father who was in and out of her life. The conversation explores a biblical definition of forgiveness as releasing debt and not retaliating in anger, distinguishes forgiveness from trust and reconciliation, and addresses how unforgiveness imprisons the one who holds onto it.

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A warm, practical case for forgiveness that ties Scripture, testimony, and daily trust together.

Yana Janae Connor's story presents forgiveness as a practiced Christian duty, not a feeling left to drift. The strongest stretch comes when parental abandonment and friendship betrayal sit beside the distinctions between forgiveness, trust, and reconciliation, which gives the…

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You want a Scripture-rooted conversation about forgiveness from Bible teacher Yana Janae Connor, author of Living Beyond Offense.

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