Before you kiss the frog, let’s talk. Let’s talk about choices that make your future healthier. Walk with me through a biblically based decision tree and not rely on aroused feelings and sensations that can lead us astray.
Come along with me through discussion of characteristics of churches and pastors that tend to operate this way under the threat of misconduct exposure. Let’s look at common techniques of leadership during the cover-up process.
This is the true story of a church in America's Bible Belt, the First Christian Church in Florissant, Missouri--a church with a meager beginning and record of steady growth for forty-nine years until the weight of sexual abuse charges against a youth minister left it, and its congregation, broken. This is a case history and analysis of those events. This is for the victims.
Father in Heaven, thank you for calling me out of the darkness and into your marvelous light to be of your household. I am a child of God by the blood of Jesus, according to your good and perfect will. Amen. “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him….
Today is a beautiful day, because “I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.” (Psalm 40:8 ESV) Delight #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Today is a beautiful day, because the LORD laughs at the wicked for he sees that his day is coming, “In just a little while, the wicked will be no more; though you look carefully at his place, he will not be there. But the meek shall inherit the land and delight themselves in abundant…
Lord Jesus, your love sustains me. Your Word feeds my soul. Your presence quenches my thirst like streams in the desert. There is no one like you. I will never be cast out. You are my solid foundation and the position of strength from which I contend. I thank you in your name above all…
Today is a beautiful day, because “Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” (Psalm 37:4 ESV) Delight #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Lord Jesus, your message is so simple. The crowd asked what deeds constitute the work of God. You told them to keep the main thing the main thing. It’s not works that lead to salvation. Only belief in you leads to salvation. There is one work of God that we must do, believe on the…
Today is a beautiful day, because David deflected self praise to glorify God, “Let those who delight in my righteousness shout for joy and be glad and say evermore, ‘Great is the LORD, who delights in the welfare of his servant!’” (Psalm 35:27 ESV) Delight #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Some of the darkest and loneliest times are in the evenings, Lord. I thank you for when you come to say, “It is I; do not be afraid.” You remind me that I am never alone. Whether I walk in the brightness that illuminates the mountain top where elation and exuberance abounds or whether I…
Today is a beautiful day, because we take refuge in God first, then delight in our fellow saints in Christ, “Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the Lord, ‘You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.’ As for the saints in the land, they are…
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