About this episode

Eric Thomas discusses the importance of honesty in the healing process, emphasizing that one does not need to be whole to receive God's help.

You don't have to be whole to be healed. You've been waiting. Waiting to get your life together before you come to God. Waiting to fix yourself before you ask for help. Waiting to be perfect before you step into the pool. But God doesn't require wholeness to heal you. He requires honesty. In this message, Pastor Eric Thomas delivers one of the most transparent, grace-filled sermons of the year, using the story of the man at the pool of Bethesda to expose the real reason you're still stuck. It's not because God hasn't shown up. It's not because you're too broken. It's because you won't admit you're impotent. The pool was filled with impotent folk. Blind folk. Lame folk. Withered folk. Nobody at the pool was whole. And the angel didn't come for the whole. He came for the broken. The ones who were willing to say, I can't do this on my own. I need help. I'm ready to be made whole. God is stirring the water right now. This is the season. 52 days. Not 52 months. Not 52 years. God is inviting you to jump in. But you can't jump in when you're still blaming your mother, your father, your ex, your past. You can't be healed when you're still rehearsing the pain. God is asking you one…

People in this episode

Host: Eric Thomas

Topics covered

• healing
• wholeness
• faith
• self-acceptance
• spiritual growth
• overcoming blame

Keywords

• healing
• wholeness
• faith
• spirituality
• self-help
• God
• Bethesda
• ownership
• impotent

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