Foreseen.Forgiven.Free.: Freedom Is Waiting …

By Michele Coomer

In foreseen.forgiven.FREE, author and speaker Michele Coomer recounts the tragic story of her painful past and her journey to freedom. This book serves as an interactive study. As Michele shares the biblical truths that God revealed to her on her journey and relates her own personal story, she will also guide you on your own journey to freedom. This book takes a look at some of the many places in Scripture where God shows us He is the one who breaks our chains and grants us freedom to live the life He intended for us to live. The events in our lives were foreseen by the Creator of the universe. In all things we are forgiven, and Christ is the only way to that forgiveness. It is in Christ alone that freedom can be obtained. Don't delay any longer. Freedom is waiting.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Aug 10, 2015
• ISBN: 9781490886671

Michele Coomer

Michele Coomer is a fresh and freed-up author and speaker intent on forging freedom for women living in the chains that keep them from living the life God intended. Michele's story is filled with tragedy, courage, and triumph, and she uses her life story to show women that the freedom Christ died for is real, available, and attainable. Michele uses stories from her own experiences to teach women that the Word of God is living and active in our lives today—that God really does speak to us. Through her authentic and transparent message, she points to the truths found in Scripture and proves how they are relevant today. Whether it is speaking or writing, Michele’s message is clear: freedom is waiting. After ten years in the business world and several years as a stay-at-home mom, Michele received her call to ministry and spent eleven years on staff at her local church. God called her away from her role at the church to launch a new ministry, CHOSEN4Freedom Ministry, a speaking and writing ministry whose purpose is to bring awareness to the world and hope and healing to hurting women. Find out more about CHOSEN4Freedom at www.chosen4freedom.com. Michele is a wife, mother, marathoner, and triathlete. She resides in Hendersonville, Tennessee, with her family.

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Contents

Introduction

About this Book

part one. foreseen.

chapter 1.  freedom is for everyone.

God knows our pain.

God calls us to himself.

God sends us on a life-journey.

God shows up. big.

God triumphs over fear.

chapter 2. hope for freedom.

God takes us by the hand.

God breathes new life.

God makes us one.

part two. forgiven.

chapter 3. freedom opens our eyes.

God does not leave us alone.

God gives us eyes to see.

God hears us when we call.

chapter 4. freedom in forgiveness.

God’s love is not conditional.

part three. FREE.

chapter 5. the price of FREEDOM.

God chooses each of us.

God’s will is worth it.

chapter 6. FREEDOM is a choice.

God loves each of us.

God desires our trust.

God invites us to change clothes.

Acknowledgements

for Mark, who introduced me to Jesus,

the One who set me free

Introduction

Whether we admit it or not, most of us have or have had something in our lives that put us in chains and kept us from walking in freedom. As a child I was held in physical and emotional bondage. As an adult, I no longer experienced that form of bondage, but I was still not walking in freedom. I was bound by chains of fear, shame, and perfectionism. I did everything I could to make my life look perfect so that no one would suspect the story I was hiding.

Maybe you don’t call it bondage, and so you don’t recognize it. Try framing it like this: What do you have in your life that is keeping you from living it to the fullest? What demands of your time? Your energy? Your finances?

This book is unique in that it serves as an interactive study. As I share the Biblical truths that God revealed to me on my journey and relate my own personal story, I will also guide you on your own journey to freedom. In this study we will take a look at some of the many places in scripture where God shows us that He is the One who breaks our chains and grants us freedom to live the life He intended for us to live. We will learn that the events in our lives were foreseen by the