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.

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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.

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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. —Joy S. Taylor, Author

Prayer for Today

Heavenly Father, you are the author of the peace that passes anything I can understand. I will have peace in the knowledge of who God is. I will have peace in the truth of His Word. I will have peace in His loving kindness. I will have peace in His faithfulness. I will have peace…

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Prayer for Today

Dear Lord, we are one in the Spirit and one in you. Bind our hearts and hopes together as we seek to know you more and work to spread your Gospel. Grow us together under your headship and strengthen the Body of Christ, the church. Keep us well-oiled with your Word and equipped in every…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20180205

Today is a beautiful day, because Jeremiah wrote, “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.” (Lamentations 3:24 ESV) Hope in the Lord. #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Prayer for Today

Heavenly Father, you are the God of provision. You are Jehovah Jireh. I ask today that you fill the place to which you call us with energy, wisdom and unlimited joy. Let us love the work we do in your name. Let us rise every morning in expectation of what great deeds we will see…

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Prayer for Today

Almighty God, you are the author of adoption and redemption. I once was lost in a pit of my own making, yet you called me to come out of the pit and into your marvelous light. I am of your household, living in the victory Christ affords. I am God’s kid! I pray others will…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20180203

Today is a beautiful day, because “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!” (Revelation 4: 8b ESV) Attributes of God #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Prayer for Today

Elohim, Creator, Mighty God, you transform our ashes into your works of art. You saw the fall and set your plan of redemption into motion. You snatched us from the fires of our own making and set our feet on the path to practicing justice and righteousness. You paid our ransom in full by putting…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20180202

Today is a beautiful day, because John wrote, “This is the message we have heard from him to declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.” (1 John 1: 5 NIV) Attributes of God #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Prayer for Today

Heavenly Father, my prayer today is for those battling viruses and illness. Show them how to rest between your shoulders through the discomfort and pain, as they recuperate. Holy Spirit, please strengthen their immune systems and quash the attempts of the enemy to keep our brothers and sisters down. Let them feel the uplifting power…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20180201

Today is a beautiful day, because “Since ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.” ( Isaiah 64:4 NIV) Attributes of God #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday