Forgiveness is more than a work to do… It is the power to change the world! Altogether Forgiven takes us into a world that too few believers ever discover. “Forgiveness is a work, yes. But it is not a work in the sheer grit of determination to forgive. To forgive is this alone: Seeking God until you come to intimate fellowship with His heart about the issue and the person. “Someone asked me with real sincerity, “How do I know if I have forgiven?” My answer was brief. “When you love your enemy.” “Forgiveness is a choice, yes. But after the will to forgive, it is not a mental matter. As the scriptures make clear, forgive…“from your heart.” When you are hurt, the pain goes to your heart first, then your mind. “A broken heart is a heart wounded and wronged. Its healing comes only through God’s loving grace and His own forgiveness of your persecutor.” Martha Kilpatrick, Altogether Forgiven The impact of forgiveness is so much greater than most of us know. Martha Kilpatrick takes her readers into a whole world of forgiving and living forgiven that too few believers ever discover. Altogether Forgiven will challenge what you think you know about this vital subject and open your heart to the oft-hidden riches you have but to receive. Do you want to experience an open heaven? Do you desire for your prayers to be answered? Do you wish to end the sin cycle that plagues your family? Do you long to live free of guilt and shame? Do you hunger to see Christ? Every aspect of your life is either flourishing or withering away based on the issue of forgiveness. You will leave these pages with a knowledge of not just how to forgive or how to live forgiven, but the eternal purpose of forgiveness itself.
My life has been an adventure of God's dream, beyond any fantasy I could have imagined. My calling is to write and publish the wonders He unfolds, down to the bones of reality in poetic prose. Something I could not do, didn't want to do, and never imagined being called to do!
A writer is an explorer, an inquisitive soul and a pondering heart. Writing comes from living and watching. Expression doesn't come out of a vacuum but from bold curiosity and intense listening. Suffering alongside wonder. Writing is merely the archeological report of treasure dug out by sweat and dirt. This is who I am...and was formed to be.
Martha Kilpatrick is an author and speaker who has been teaching on the deeper Christian life for over four decades now. Shulamite Ministries was formed with the publication of her first book, All and Only. Along with her books, booklets and audio teachings, Kilpatrick's many teachings go out through Shulamite.com and evoke spiritual hunger in believers around the world. Her ministry to Jesus Christ has challenged and drawn many others to seek this Awesome Captor of Whom she speaks.
