Interceding for the Abused Children Among Us
I was snuggled deep in the covers when my eyes popped open and I heard the still, small voice of the Lord whisper to my heart. "It’s time to pray for the hurting children."
I was snuggled deep in the covers when my eyes popped open and I heard the still, small voice of the Lord whisper to my heart. "It’s time to pray for the hurting children."
Born in India, Sioni immigrated to Costa Rica when she was five years old. Raised in poverty by alcoholic parents, she suffered harsh and frequent physical abuse, but it didn’t compare to the horrors of the sexual abuse that started after toddlerhood.
Over the centuries, women have followed some rather unusual beauty regimens. The Bible reminds us that even Satan’s beauty led to his downfall. If beauty could corrupt an angel, how much more should we be on guard?
In a caregiving situation in marriage, your love can be nurtured—despite the added responsibility—if you each choose to extend God’s love and tender-loving care to each other.
Faith is a word often used in media, sports and everyday life. People say, “Yes, I did it because I had faith” or “We won the game because we had faith.” But what do they have faith in? It’s one thing to have faith that your chair will hold you when you sit or that your car will start when you turn the key. We need deeper faith.
How many of us are limping through life, nursing hidden wounds that we’re too afraid or too busy to address? We keep moving, convinced that our purpose lies ahead, all while a “soul wound” is silently sabotaging our progress.
Have you ever bruised your heart by tripping on a relationship? Maybe your best friend stopped speaking to you, your boss spewed his bad attitude all over your work, or the kids tried to wake you to ‘woke,’ and because you said, ‘no,’ in love, you must deal with the fallout. These things shouldn’t happen, not when you have God’s Holy Spirit inside of you, right?
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