“She called me,” said Bure, “and I was like, ‘Great, let’s do the Bible study together.’ And we are, you know, and that’s just how it works. The accountability is incredible. It means everything.”
Troutt pointed out that Romans 8:1 says, “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” There is a difference, she said, between shame and conviction. Shame drives people away from God, while conviction moves us toward him.
Bure noted that it is important to actually believe that God means it when he says he forgives us. She has struggled with repeatedly confessing her sin and realizing that she was not taking God at his word.
“And now it’s our mission when you’ve been forgiven and set free to go and set other people free and share your story in a way of, you know, you’re not above or susceptible to not fall into those things again,” said Troutt. “And so you still stay in the Word of God. You stay in godly community. You repent…continuously and confess at the thought level, but you don’t beat yourself up over it because Jesus has set you free from it.”
