I have suffered deeply since I was born. I was sexually abused and neglected by my mum and dad. Later I got married and was raped by my husband and his friends, which resulted in me having a termination. I am 21 years of age and now left with anger in all aspects of my life. [...]

Rough estimates put one in three girls and one in six boys in the US at risk for being sexually abused. But exact figures are hard to assess because most children delay reporting their abuse until later in adulthood or never report it at all. Many of the women I’ve led through healing were not [...]

It hits you in the gut: Jerry Sandusky, former Penn State football coach, a convicted child molester. For Josh McDowell, it brings back agonizing memories. He knows how Sandusky’s victims must feel.  “You never get over it,” says the now septuagenarian. A male housekeeper sexually molested Josh from ages six to thirteen.  At age nine, [...]

The bonding of sex is not only physical, but also spiritual, emotional and mental which includes the chemical and hormonal bonding that happens. Although we’d like to believe that breaking up and moving on severs that bond, in truth, only God can sever the ‘one flesh’ bond He’s created through sex. 1.  Ask God to bring [...]

My husband is possessive about his parents and brothers. He beat and pushed me because I could not control my anger and said bad stuff about them. Now my right hand is fractured. He acts different when his folks are around and always wants to give them money, while ignoring me and the kids in front of them. I don’t [...]

Perhaps you’ve been struggling for years with feelings that you can’t understand or explain. Here are some of the ways sexual abuse affects a child, which can follow into adulthood. Maybe you’ll see some of yourself in the list below: Self-blame: When children experience trauma, their inherent egocentrism leads them to believe that they are [...]

I am 25 years old and have been in therapy for about four years now but I am still not feeling good about myself. I really don’t know how to make myself feel good for a long period of time. In fact, I can remember only feeling good about myself for no more than three [...]

“So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him” (Isaiah 59:19, KJV). A prominent secular columnist and a businessman were united in [...]

I feel emotionally abused by my husband who can be very loving, fun and attentive one day and because of “something I’ve done” he can suddenly shut down, not talk to me or touch me the next day. This happens more and more often and it is like being on a yo-yo. I have felt [...]

I’ve discovered after working with hundreds of women that regardless of the cause of their sexual wounding—whether from abuse, trauma as in rape, sex-trafficking or from their own choices, they all experience shame. They all believe that somehow they were to blame. They feel that they caused it, they allowed it, they wanted it, they [...]