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By Rick Warren — Nov 10, 2016
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One of the reasons why we have to deal with abuse is because of this: It is contagious. It gets passed on from generation to generation... 
“Don’t repay evil
for evil. Don’t retaliate with insults when people insult you. Instead, pay
them back with a blessing. That is what God has called you to do, and he will
grant you his blessing” (1
Peter 3:9 NLT, second edition).
Nothing crushes the spirit more than abuse — to feel devalued,
unimportant, and misused. Jesus knows that. And he says, “I will care for
you.”
The starting point in your healing is to get to
know your Healer. You need to say, “Jesus Christ, I don’t know how you did
this, but you took the guilt for every sin in the world — the ones done to me and
the ones done by me. I want to learn to love you. And I want you to come in
and heal my heart and my mind and my body.”
And he will. He will!
When Jesus was abused, did he retaliate? Absolutely
not! The Bible says, “Christ never verbally abused those who verbally abused him. When he
suffered, he didn’t make any threats but left everything to the one who
judges fairly” (1
Peter 2:23 GW).
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Saturday, 12 November 2016
Get to Know Your Healer - By Pastor Rick Warren
How To Get Past Regrets -By Pastor Rick Warren
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By Rick Warren — Nov 11, 2016
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God is waiting to clean your slate. Ask him to clear your conscience.  “Forget about what’s happened; don’t keep going over old history. Be alert, be present. I’m about to do something brand-new. It’s bursting out! Don’t you see it? There it is! I’m making a road through the desert, rivers in the badlands” (Isaiah 43:18-19 MSG).
How often do you play the “If only” game?
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Wednesday, 9 November 2016
God Wants to Give You Freedom
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By Rick Warren — Nov 9, 2016
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Real freedom is freedom from fear, guilt, worry, bitterness, and death. You’re free to quit pretending because you’re free to be yourself. 
“If the Son sets
you free, then you will be really free” (John 8:36 GNT).
The world defines freedom as a life without any
restraint — “I
can do anything I want to do and say anything I want to say without anybody
telling me what to do.” You may burn everybody else, but you get to do it
your own way. The world says you can have your freedom, but
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God's Grace in Full Force
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By Rick Warren — Nov 6, 2016
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Raymond Edman, one of Billy Graham’s mentors, once said, “Never doubt in the dark what God told you in the light.”
“Now that the
worst is over, we're pleased we can report that we’ve come out of this with
conscience and faith intact, and can face the world — and even more importantly, face you with our heads held high. But it
wasn’t by any fancy footwork on our part. It was God who kept us focused on
him, uncompromised” (2 Corinthians 1:12 MSG).
Regardless of your circumstances and how you feel,
hang on to God’s unchanging character.
The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 1:12, “Now that the
worst is over, we’re pleased we can report that we’ve come out of this with
conscience and faith intact, and can face the world — and even
more importantly, face you with our heads held high. But it wasn’t by any
fancy footwork on our part. It was God who kept us focused on him,
uncompromised” (MSG). Your circumstances cannot
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Tuesday, 8 November 2016
The Abuse Epidemic: Silent No More
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You Make Me Crazy
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By Rick Warren — Nov 8, 2016
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The first step in breaking free from abuse, whether it’s sexual or physical or verbal or emotional, is sharing with someone who can help you break free. 
I said . . . ‘I
will not say anything while evil people are near.’ I kept quiet, not saying a word . . . But my suffering only
grew worse, and I was overcome with anxiety. The more I thought, the more
troubled I became; I could not keep from asking: ‘Lord, how long will I live? When will I die? Tell me how
soon my life will end’” (Psalm
39:1-4 GNT).
The first step in breaking free from abuse, whether
it’s sexual or physical or verbal or emotional, is sharing with someone who
can help you break free.
Jesus said in John 8:32, “The truth will set you free” (NLT, second edition). Freedom comes when you
open up and admit your pain to someone else.
In a study of 10 nations, it was discovered that
between 55 to 95 percent of women who have been abused by their partners have
never told anybody, and men are even less likely to talk about it or get
help.
Abuse is often called the silent epidemic because
it’s the big, pink elephant in many marriages that nobody wants to talk
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