Childhood Sexual Abuse: How the past affects the present
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 believed when they did... >Read More
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Simple Faith
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“I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it" (Mark 10:15).
We stepped onto the dirt floor of her tiny home. Darkness had come... >Read More
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Safe Sex: Do You Feel Safe in Your Marriage?
Today I am going to take a different approach to the term safe sex. I want to look at the safety of sex in a monogamous marriage. Due to responses I have received from my blog on unmet expectations, I wanted to address safety in the marriage bed.
Here is a quote from one of the responses, “I cried myself... >Read More
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We’re Adopted!
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“Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ” (Ephesians 1:5, The Message)
When he arrived in his new home in North America, he weighed far less than the average...... >Read More
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A Bruised Reed He Will Not Break
Donned in her favorite nightgown Kimberly* slips under the covers anticipating a good night’s sleep. Patting her husband’s shoulder she says, Goodnight honey… Tentatively Ron reaches out for Kimberly and nuzzles her check giving her a tender kiss. With a familiar sick sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach, Kimberly wriggles away from Ron,...... >Read More
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From Victim to Victory
[flv:http://media.truthmedianetwork.com/media/ast.flv http://media.truthmedianetwork.com/media/ast.jpg 300 234] With a gun in one hand and a Bible in the other, Sharon Ast knelt beside her bed and asked God’s permission to take her own life.
It wasn’t the first time her fate was about to be decided at gunpoint. Growing up, her alcoholic father...... >Read More
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A Fresh Focus
This is a story of a changed life, as told to Power to Change Ministries.
Yulia Kolodotchka lived much of her life fearing she'd go blind. Then she discovered a vision of a higher power.
My only chance of success in any profession, I thought, was to study English. Because of my vision problems, high school teachers called me lazy and... >Read More
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Why Do I Struggle with Sexual Intimacy?
There’s another way your abuse could be impacting you and that’s in... >more
Past Abuse: Why do I feel this way?
Perhaps you’ve been struggling for years with feelings that you can’t understand... >more
What Do You Fear?
