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.
Today is a beautiful day, because David gave tribute to God, “Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face evermore! Remember His marvelous works which He has done, His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth, O seed of Israel His servant, You children of Jacob, His chosen ones!” (1 Chronicles 16: 11-13 NKJV) Remember …
Lord, thank You for hearing our prayers and answering them. You have shown us the power in prayer. Holy Spirit, build our prayer life to what it should be. Remind us to pray immediately when the opportunity presents. Don’t allow us to brush it off or be too busy. Lord, let our prayers be sincere…
Today is a beautiful day, because King Hezekiah prayed and God answered, “‘Remember now, O LORD, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what was good in Your sight.’ And Hezekiah wept bitterly. And it happened, before Isaiah had gone out into the middle…
Today is a beautiful day, because Hannah prayed for a son, and when Samuel was of age, she remembered and kept her vow, “Then she made a vow and said, ‘O LORD of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, but will…
Yahweh Shammah, You are the God who is always there. As Psalm 139 states, there is no place we can go to which You cannot reach. Where can we go from Your Spirit? How precious are Your thoughts toward us. Father, I pray for those who are entering new arenas in their lives. Maybe, it’s…
Today is a beautiful day, because Joshua encouraged God’s people, “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go. Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, ‘The LORD your…
Father, I think about how You cared for Your people, whether stiff-necked or obedient, I think of how You care for me now. You go out for the salvation of Your beloved, of which I am one. You have ushered me out of a personal wilderness, encircled me with Your love, and now You keep…
Today is a beautiful day, because, Moses wrote: “7 Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; Your elders, and they will tell you: 8 When the Most High divided their inheritance to the nations, When He separated the sons of Adam, He set the…
Before You Kiss the Frog…Can We Talk? – 18 A relationship without truth at its base topples easily. The aftermath exposes broken hearts and creates feelings of betrayal. Please, take the time to observe truth and non-truth in action within your relationships before you allow them to get serious. In the process, make sure you…
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