Efesus 4:26-27

Just as a physically unhealthy heart can destroy your body, an emotionally and spiritually unhealthy heart can destroy you and your relationships. For the next five days, let Andy Stanley help you look within yourself for four common enemies of the heart — guilt, anger, greed, and jealousy — and teach you how to remove them.

We all have rough edges.  We struggle daily with unforgiveness, anger, pride, tactlessness, judging others too easily.  A Better Me is a five-day plan from the video devotional series Faith Matters, too!  It provides practical insights, tips and Questions for Reflection that can help us be better persons each day.  For more resources, please visit https://www.facebook.com/faithmatterstoo/

Whether we suffer emotional or physical wounds, forgiveness is the cornerstone of the Christian life. Jesus Christ experience all kinds of unfair and unjust treatment, even to the point of a wrongful death. Yet in his final hour, he forgave the mocking thief on the other cross and his executioners.

Everyone suffers disappointment, rejection, injustices, and losses, perhaps even traumatic ones. The spiritual pain born of such suffering can paralyze us, leaving us broken inside and barely getting by with the motions of life. Whether we remain stuck or move forward is determined in large part by our resilience. Concise and compassionate, Becoming Resilient takes our most common question when tragedy strikes—why?—and replaces it with the healthier, more productive question, what next?