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Why do moments from our childhood still affect us years later?

In this episode, Pastor Brandon Petty and Tyler talk about the memories, moments, and experiences that shape who we become and what happens when pain from our past continues showing up in our present.

Brandon shares a personal story about an unexpected trigger that revealed something deeper from his childhood and explains why triggers don't always have to be viewed as something negative. Sometimes they can reveal places in our lives that still need healing.

Together, they discuss how we can stop building monuments to our pain and instead recognize God's faithfulness through every season.

In this conversation:

• How childhood experiences can shape us as adults
• Why certain memories and triggers affect us so deeply
• How to ask, “Why is this making me feel this way?”
• The difference between remembering pain and living in it
• How to stop building monuments to painful moments
• Why your current circumstances aren't your final destination
• How gratitude changes our perspective
• Finding your identity in who God is forming you to become
• Moving beyond survival and toward freedom

Your past may be part of your story, but it doesn't have to become your destination.

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