Jentezen Franklin, the senior pastor of Free Chapel church in Gainesville, Georgia, shared tips for combating one of Satan’s most dangerous — yet subtle — tactics: Ripping families apart and destroying unity within the Church.
Franklin, a New York Times bestselling author who leads the multi-campus Free Chapel Church, told The Christian Post that the devil works tirelessly to sow seeds of discord both within the family and the Church in efforts to “divide and conquer” the body of Christ.
“In this life, everyone is going to get hurt, and Jesus tells us that no one is exempt,” Franklin told CP. “As a pastor, I see it all the time. People will tell me, ‘My family member and I had a conflict a decade ago so we no longer speak to each other.’ Well, as Christians, we’ve got to learn how to love others and forgive despite those wounds. Satan would love for those wounds to get infected; division is one of his strongest tactics.”
Franklin acknowledged that forgiving and recovering from pain isn’t always easy — and often, it’s the ones closest to us who inflict the deepest wounds. The pastor shared how, after going off to…
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