Today is a beautiful day, because God promised to gather His people from the nations and coastlands far away, “With weeping they shall come, and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back, I will make them walk by brooks of water, in a straight path in which they shall not stumble, for I … Read more
Chapter 7 discusses four categories of damaged souls that I saw in analyzing the situation at FCCF: the elders, the church, the whistleblowers and most of all the victims. I found an excellent description of the manipulative personality in Martha Stout’s book, The Sociopath Next Door. Are you doubting your sense of reality? Can you … Read more
Father in Heaven, give me grace for this day and strength for the tasks at hand. May I continue what you set out for me from early morning through the day. Honor my prayers at night and when I rise for your glory and praise. I ask in the name and authority of Jesus, according … Read more
Today is a beautiful day, because the LORD is a fountain of living water, “O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you shall be put to shame; those who turn away from you shall be written in the earth, for they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living water.” (Jeremiah 17:13 ESV) … Read more
Cannot churches learn from this advice? Oh, that they would all be willing to submit to a third-party review of policies and practices as outlined in this article: https://tcpca.org/rice-report. There is hope and healing for the wounded church and for the abused victims. Abuse cannot be shrugged off. “Pastor Jimmy turned this information into a … Read more
Lord Jesus, strengthen my resolve and faith to follow you with a commitment as solid as Ruth’s to Naomi. May others see you in me as I go about my daily walk. Forgive me where I fail you, Lord. Put my feet on the way you want me to go. Your Holy Spirit is my … Read more
Today is a beautiful day, because “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year … Read more
I come to your mercy seat humbly and with reverence for who you are, Father, to ask that you keep my feet from stumbling. I can’t quite wrap my head around the profound joy I will know when I am presented blameless before the presence of your glory and seeing the joy of the Lord … Read more
Today is a beautiful day, because God explains His issue with His people turning to other gods, “Be appalled, O heavens, at this; be shocked, be utterly desolate, declares the Lord, for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns … Read more
Jimmy Hinton turned my head to another way of thinking with his perspective. He wrote about how his father chose victims in the book, The Devil Inside. I thought the grooming activities were the red flags of a pedophile’s technique, but abuse could have already begun by the time those become evident. The church body … Read more
