Forgiving What You Can't Forget by Lysa TerKeurst
Week 6: Chapter 5 — "The Trigger Points of Forgiveness"
Read Chapter 5 of Forgiving What You Can't Forget. Key Scripture: Psalm 139:23–24; Romans 8:26–27.
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Even after we've decided to forgive, certain moments, songs, smells, words, or silences can send us right back to the wound — and this chapter helps us understand why, and what to do about it.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Lysa describes the experience of emotional triggers — moments when something in the present suddenly activates pain from the past with surprising intensity. Can you think of a recent trigger in your own life? What was happening on the surface, and what did it actually connect to?
2.She explains the neurological and psychological reality of how trauma stores itself in the body and the memory — and why a triggered reaction is not the same as failing to forgive. How does understanding this science change the way you talk to yourself (or to God) when you're triggered?
3.Lysa introduces the idea of "disempowering" a trigger — not by pretending it doesn't exist, but by examining it, naming it, and refusing to let it make decisions for you. What is the difference between *feeling* triggered and *acting out* of that trigger? Why does that gap matter?
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