We carry the weight of past hurts—things said, things done, things never acknowledged. Forgiveness is not forgetting, but it is choosing freedom over resentment. Forgiveness is not about excusing the past—it’s about freeing your future. What would it look like to let go and move forward?
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Generational Curse
What we don’t address, we pass down. Generational sin isn’t about punishment—it’s about patterns. You just said that annoying thing your mom used to say. You struggle with marriage because of what you saw growing up. The echoes of past words and wounds still shape you. Are we doomed to repeat what we were handed, or can we break free?
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A Drastic Change
We’re going to look at somebody who experienced a drastic change for the better, a complete transformation. We will look at what caused that change and discover how the same thing has the power and potential to change our lives for the better.
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Having Hope
David moves from feeling abandoned to feeling confident that God will turn things around. Jesus, too, felt abandoned at the cross, crying out in pain, yet His final words were not of defeat but of victory: “It is finished.” In that moment, what seemed like abandonment was actually the fulfillment of God’s greatest promise. When we wrestle with doubt, will we stay stuck in it, or will we let it lead us into declaring who God truly is?
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Remembering To Move Forward
When doubt clouds our vision, remembering God’s faithfulness in the past helps us trust Him for the future. When David felt abandoned, he reminded himself of God’s past faithfulness, but when Jesus endured the cross, He didn’t just look back—He looked forward, knowing resurrection was coming. When we face doubt, we can look back at God’s faithfulness and forward to His promises. Are you stuck in your doubt, or is it moving you toward greater faith?
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In 2016, Jeff and Jenny Geyer dreamed of starting a different kind of church for their community. A church where people can belong before believing. A church where people cannot wait to bring their friends. A church where next steps are clear and simple. A church where people willingly invest their money to make that type of church happen.
What began with two adults grew to sixteen adults in a Chick-fil-A. Together and committed, God began to shape and grow their dream into South Ridge, a church in southern Stafford County with the mission to lead people in a growing relationship with Jesus.
We want each community beyond the greater Fredericksburg area to experience what we are experiencing: a family of individuals that have found hope in Jesus, and simply want as many people as possible to experience that exact same hope.
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