Synopses & Reviews
Current statistics reveal that 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys are sexually abused before the age of 18. Jennifer Kostyal became one of those statistics. Jennifer’s story reads like a Hollywood movie. The blonde, blue-eyed beauty pageant winner was raised in a religious cult, molested for ten years by a family member and later became involved in abusive relationships as an adult. Finally, on the verge of mental collapse, she made the decision to end her own life and would have except for a miraculous intervention. It was the turning point to Jennifer’s eventual healing in every aspect of her life.
Finally Free is more than just a miraculous testimony of God’s grace as Kostyal shares teaching and insight that helped set her free from rejection, fear, anger, low self esteem, and the host of issues common to those who have experienced sexual, mental and physical abuse.
Finally Free: How to Live in the Present by Letting Go of the Past is more than a story of survival. It is your step-by step manual to walk out of the darkness of your pain and enter into the light of hope and healing that leads to your destiny. God wants you to realize that when you are Finally Free, you are no longer defined by your painful past, but rather, the peace and joy of your future.
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"... a testimony of grace and bondage-breaking healing ... the masses need not despair."-Jason Lanier, Pastor of Worship Ministries, Lee Park Baptist Church"I am blessed to use her material in my counseling practice."-Joanne G. Davenport, MA, CAS, NCC, LPC Licensed Professional Counselor"... a living testimony used to set others free."-Phil Ortego, Senior Pastor, Scotts Hill Baptist ChurchAre you being held prisoner by your past? Do fear, rejection, low self-esteem, anger, or anxiety seem bigger to you than your future? Jennifer Kostyal shares spiritual insight on how she overcame her past of sexual, mental, and physical abuse. Statistics reveal that one in four girls and one in six boys are sexually abused before the age of eighteen. Raised in a religious cult, molested for years by a family member, and lured into an abusive relationship as an adult, she contemplated suicide as her only choice to be free. Freedom from her past came through divine intervention that put her on the path to mental and spiritual wholeness.Finally Free: Living in Peace by Releasing Your Past is your step-by step guide to help you walk out of the darkness and pain you have endured so that you can enter into the light of hope and healing today. You, too, can be Finally Free, no longer being defined by your painful past but rather the peace and joy of your future. Your freedom and destiny await
Synopsis
Are you being held prisoner by your past? Do fear, rejection, low self-esteem, anger, or anxiety seem bigger to you than your future? Jennifer Kostyal shares spiritual insight on how she overcame her past of sexual, mental, and physical abuse. Statistics reveal that one in four girls and one in six boys are sexually abused before the age of eighteen. Raised in a religious cult, molested for years by a family member, and lured into an abusive relationship as an adult, she contemplated suicide as her only choice to be free. Freedom from her past came through divine intervention that put her on the path to mental and spiritual wholeness.
Finally Free: Living in Peace by Releasing Your Past is your step-by step guide to help you walk out of the darkness and pain you have endured so that you can enter into the light of hope and healing today. You, too, can be Finally Free, no longer being defined by your painful past but rather the peace and joy of your future. Your freedom and destiny await
"... a testimony of grace and bondage-breaking healing ... the masses need not despair."-Jason Lanier, Pastor of Worship Ministries, Lee Park Baptist Church
"I am blessed to use her material in my counseling practice."-Joanne G. Davenport, MA, CAS, NCC, LPC Licensed Professional Counselor
"... a living testimony used to set others free."-Phil Ortego, Senior Pastor, Scotts Hill Baptist Church
About the Author
Jennifer Kostyal is a dynamic speaker, teacher, evangelist and the founder and director of Transformed by the Word Ministries. Jennifer graduated from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education. Through her personal testimony and teaching of the Word of God she shares her belief in the power of Jesus to heal and make whole. As she shares of her healing from years of sexual abuse and mental illness it gives people hope to believe again. She was recently named the 2009 Volunteer of the Year by the North Carolina prison system for female inmates ministering to those who need to be free physically, emotionally and spiritually.
Jennifer and her husband—“one of the best presents Jesus has ever given her”--make their home in Wilmington, NC along with their two children, David and Rebekah who are both active in the ministry.