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When Faith Feels Like Pressure Instead of Freedom | Episode 38

When Faith Feels Like Pressure Instead of Freedom | Episode 38

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What if the version of faith you learned… isn’t the one Jesus intended?

In this episode, Sherri sits down with Damaris to unpack a deeply personal and often unspoken struggle: living as the “put-together Christian” while quietly feeling angry, pressured, and disconnected from the grace of God.

As part of the Letters to Me series, Damaris reflects on a season of legalism, judgment, and performance—and the moment everything began to shift.

This conversation is for anyone who has:

  • Felt like their relationship with God was based on getting everything right
  • Struggled with church hurt or disappointment
  • Found themselves caught between grace and judgment
  • Wondered why faith felt heavy instead of freeing

Because sometimes the issue isn’t your faith…
it’s the version of God you’ve been carrying.

✨ In this episode, we talk about:

  • The trap of performance-based Christianity
  • How legalism affects both how we live and how we treat others
  • The difference between knowing about grace and experiencing it
  • Healing from church hurt and finding safe community
  • What it looks like to actually live from grace

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