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, the more I know You, the humbler I become. You live up to the many variations of your name in Scripture. I have but one name this side of heaven, and it is a struggle to live up to it. Holy Spirit, help me to be the joy in someone’s day today….
Today is a beautiful day, because “Surely He scorns the scornful, But gives grace to the humble.” (Proverbs 3:34 NKJV.) Grace #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Holy Spirit, help me walk uprightly before the Lord. Don’t let me turn to the right, nor to the left. Keep me within the circle of His will. Father, thank You for making your grace and glory accessible through my walk with Jesus during life this side of heaven and then forever with Him in…
Today is a beautiful day, because “For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold From those who walk uprightly.” (Psalm 84:11 NKJV) Grace #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Continuing in the discussion of singleness, I remind you of the definition which entails the recognition of your unique qualities, the ability to live on your own, and the knowledge that you are whole and healed from any prior relationships or circumstances. Let’s move on to looking as separateness. Are you dependent on your parents…
Father, nothing is too hard for You. Your works are imprinted on the past. I come to your mercy seat to humbly ask that You repeat the rebuilding of your beloved. Instill a new desire in my community to seek You and know You. Revive my church body to a higher level of praise and…
Today is a beautiful day, because God prepared His people to rebuild, “And now for a little while grace has been shown from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a peg in His holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes and give us a…
Father, God of all, I bow my head to repent of my own stiff-necked responses to You. Renew my bond with You through your Holy Spirit. Remind me of the New Covenant and the eternal hope of the new thing You have planned for my generation and the generations after me. Draw us with your…
Today is a beautiful day, because Moses prayed for grace, and God answered, “So Moses made haste and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped. Then he said, ‘If now I have found grace in Your sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray, go among us, even though we are a stiff-necked people;…
Lord Jesus, You quiet me in the middle of my restless nights. Your Holy Spirit comforts me and reminds me that there is no anxiety in Christ. There is peace, a peace greater than my understanding. Just as God promised Moses of His constant presence, so You promised never to leave or forsake me. Because…
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