S2E02 Rebecca Bender: You Should Love Like Jesus

Rebecca Bender escaped human trafficking and has become a force to be reckoned with. She’s an award-winning social entrepreneur, CEO + Founder of the Rebecca Bender Initiative, a non-profit that works with law enforcement, FBI, Homeland Security and aftercare programs to provide expert testimony, trainings + consultation across the globe. Her memoir, IN PURSUIT OF LOVE recently released and she joins Candace + Jenny today to tell her story and help us shut up the shoulds that keep us from loving more like Jesus.

What are we shutting up? How and who we should love.

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SHOW SUMMARY:

• In We Said What? Rebecca shares how her story helps people breakthrough from imprisonment to empowerment.
• Candace gives us the “here’s the deal” on how we miss out on freedom when we choose not to dive into deep places.
• Rebecca starts the conversation: How should we handle hyper sexuality in our culture?
• Rebecca shares how God used another prostitute as his mouthpiece to rescue her.
• Jenny + Candace are overwhelmed by God’s pursuit of Rebecca + His love for us all.
• In You Said What? Rebecca answers listener’s questions and encourages parents to get smart about internet safety + tells us The Human Trafficking Hotline (see number below) you can call to help victims. A neighbor’s call to the cops sparked a raid that led to her freedom. She also shares how you should take her Find Your Lane Quiz (linked below) to identify your place in the anti-trafficking movement.
• In He Said What? Rebecca shares through 1 Corinthians 13 that when she thought she needed more kindness and patience, God taught her she just needed more love. She encourages us that to keep growing in love, our hearts need constant maintenance.
• In Hey, Let’s Pray! Rebecca prays a powerful prayer over listeners.
  

MENTIONED LINKS OR RESOURCES:

• Human trafficking hotline > 1-888-373-7888
• How to find your lane quiz > https://rebeccabender.org/quiz

ABOUT REBECCA BENDER:

• In Pursuit of Love > https://amzn.to/384NPd4
• Web > https://rebeccabender.org/
• Instagram > http://instagram.com/imrebeccabender
  

LEARN MORE ABOUT OPEN ARMS INTERNATIONAL: This season of Shut the Should Up is sponsored by Open Arms International. Open Arms is an organization in Eldoret, Kenya that provides vulnerable children with the hope of the Gospel and the love of a family.

• Web > http://bit.ly/open-arms-international
• Instagram > http://bit.ly/open-arms-instagram
• Facebook > http://bit.ly/open-arms-facebook
  

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