Your Word Is Your Bond: The Cost of Broken Trust

In this 38th episode of Light For Your Path, we confront the weight of broken promises. Through a powerful, 34-year-old story of a debt left unpaid and the lasting sting of a forgotten box of cookies, we explore how broken trust damages relationships and how the gospel offers both forgiveness and a path to restoration. This is a call to integrity and urgent reconciliation.

What You'll Discover:

The 34-Year Debt: A personal story of a broken promise that haunted a friendship for decades.

The Divine Standard: What it means to "swear to your hurt and not change it" (Psalm 15:4).

The Gospel Exchange: How Jesus took our broken promises and gave us His perfect faithfulness (2 Corinthians 5:21).

Jesus' Radical Command: Why reconciliation is more urgent than worship (Matthew 5:23-24).

A Practical Path: What to do if you've broken a promise—even if it's been years.

3 Steps to Restoring Broken Trust:
1️⃣ ACKNOWLEDGE & CONFESS: Own the broken promise to God and to the person you wronged.
2️⃣ MAKE RESTITUTION: Do what you can to make it right, financially or relationally.
3️⃣ LEARN & WARN: Let your failure make you trustworthy and help others avoid your mistake.

Discussion Questions:

When has a broken promise affected you deeply? How did it change your view of trust?

Is there a promise you've broken that you need to make right? What's stopping you?

How does knowing Jesus as the ultimate promise-keeper change how you view your own commitments?

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"He who swears to his own hurt and does not change." - Psalm 15:4

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