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.
Lord, help us remember Your great deeds. You have shown Your love, and exhibited Your power and might as You work continually for the greater good and for Your glory. Our relationship to You and prayer in our need and in our abundance should be our first response. Help us to recognize that You stand…
Today is a beautiful day, because “Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven With the saving strength of His right hand. Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will remember the name of the LORD our God. They have bowed down and fallen; But we have…
Holy Spirit, help us be good stewards of all God has given us. May we make godly decisions with our finances and give generously as You lead. Guide us in our activities that we take nothing but the portion You provide for us, leaving an overflow from which we can give to the work of…
Today is a beautiful day, because Nehemiah chose to live modestly like God’s people, “Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the governor’s provisions. Remember me,…
El Gibor, You are the Great and Mighty One (Is 9:6). There is no other god like You. You hold us within Your powerful grip. You seal us with Your Holy Spirit. You go out for the salvation of Your beloved. You thwart the schemes of our adversaries. We prosper beneath the shadow of Your…
Today is a beautiful day, because Nehemiah planned the protection of the workers rebuilding the wall, “Therefore I positioned men behind the lower parts of the wall, at the openings; and I set the people according to their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows. And I looked, and arose and said to…
Father, it is beautiful that Solomon built and dedicated the temple with prayer. I thank You, Father, for the new covenant that makes believers a temple for Your Holy Spirit within which to dwell. I pray in the name and authority of the One who died to facilitate that, Jesus, according to Your good and…
Today is a beautiful day, because King Solomon prayed to dedicate the temple, “Now therefore, Arise, O LORD God, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength. Let Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, And let Your saints rejoice in goodness. ‘O LORD God, do not turn away the face of Your Anointed; Remember…
“Before You Kiss the Frog…Can We Talk? – 19 From the book: “Can we talk? Are you thinking these issues through with me? I know we are walking through the tough stuff in this study but stay with me because the benefit of making wise choices changes lives. It will change yours for the better….
Almighty Jehovah, You are the God of all ages. You speak and creation occurs. You whisper and the mountains tremble. You move and all know that You are the One True God. You are our strength. You are our wisdom and peace. Your works are marvelous and mighty. You turn darkness into light. You quiet…
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