Pulling Back the Layers-: The Faces of Forgiveness

By Dr. Cynthia L. Henderson

The failure to forgive leads to a self-made prison that hinders the body of Christ, the movement of Christ, and your life’s purpose. The inability to forgive ties the hands of God and keeps him from moving on your behalf and in the lives of others.

In Pulling Back the Layers of Forgiveness, author Dr. Cynthia L. Henderson offers a curriculum that explores forgiveness from a Biblical aspect and exposes the white elephant that can be found in congregations throughout the world. She discusses the effects and consequences that come from the refusal to forgive, identifying the different faces and layers of forgiveness and the effect it has on relationships, prayer, and overall wholeness.

Pulling Back the Layers of Forgiveness shares Henderson’s journey with the Holy Spirit through the forgiveness process. It shows how unforgiveness, if left unresolved, affects every area of an individual’s life, building walls that shut people out and enclose you in a self-made prison.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Jun 23, 2021
• ISBN: 9781664227446

Dr. Cynthia L. Henderson

Dr. Cynthia L. Henderson, an Atlanta, Georgia, native, served twenty-one years in the US Navy, spent seventeen years overseas, and retired in 2002. Henderson earned a Doctor of Theology in 2016 and was ordained the same year. She holds certificates in lay counseling and family studies with a diploma in Biblical studies from the Christian Life School of Theology. Henderson is a support group facilitator for those experiencing divorce and also founded Rebirth DRRC Ministries.

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He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.

—Psalm 147:3 (NLT)

To all of those who have suffered brokenness or abuse at the expense of others or themselves. It’s also for those who are their own greatest saboteurs. May you find the peace and strength to forgive others and yourself.

There is no place of pain too deep for God to reach if he is allowed the space to work. Make room—and I promise that he will meet you there.

CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter 1   The Bible and Forgiveness

Chapter 2   Health and Forgiveness

Chapter 3   Debunking the Myths of Forgiveness

Chapter 4   Clean Hands and a Pure Heart

Chapter 5   A Battle in the Secret Place

Chapter 6   The Womb Experience

Chapter 7   Walking through the Forgiveness Process

Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION

If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly

Father will forgive you. But if you refuse to forgive

others, your Father will not forgive your sins.

—Matthew 6:14–15 (NLT)

The failure to forgive leads to a self-made prison. It hinders the body of Christ, the movement of Christ, and the individual life’s purpose. The inability to forgive ties the hands of God and keeps him from moving on your behalf and in the lives of others.

There are many books about forgiveness, but my prayer is that you will