| Overcoming Lust Series
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| Sexually Abused
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Symptoms:
- Authority principle ruptured, distrust and fear of all authorities.
Ps. 130:7
; Isa. 51:3
- Because authority figure cannot now be
accepted as a sanctuary or hope for reliable direction, there
are no eternal truths to rest in. Thus, abused person is left
with nothing but the 'idol of feelings'. Her mind works frantically
to justify those feelings,
Deut.
29:17-19.
ROOT: Fear and inability to trust any authority figure.
- Confusion of identity:
Abused by father-role reversal-replaced mother's functions: female,
daughter, wife or mother, thus, tattered and torn.
Sense of glory, dignity and worth destroyed instead of celebrating
her femaleship.
Remedy: Heb. 7:25
; Matt. 18:4
-God forever cleanses us even
the past we can't remember. Seek hidden memories of being abused
and statement and vows made to defend and protect self,
l Cor.
12:8;
l Cor. 4:5
.
John 20:23
-wash away the filth of the past, and the memories of
the spirit of the person,
Phil. 3:13-14
; Lu. 11:46 ,
6:45
; Eph. 5:13, expose to light.
Rom. 6:10-14
-Allow the Lord to expose our hearts, to the light
of His grace, compassion and forgiveness, and apply the cross
to our practical responses and reckon them as dead. Isa. 51:3
;
Prov. 20:5
; 1 Cor. 13:11-12
;
Eph. 1:18
; l Cor. 4:15-16
; Eph. 5:8
; Isa. 61:1-3
.
Calling to life:
Lu. 4:18
; Jn. 11:44
-We, ourselves, are called by God and commanded
to 'unbind them, and let them go!. Don't resort to gimmicks,
techniques, or methods, abide in the Presence of the Lord, grow
daily in skills of listening and the gifts of discernment.
Suggested formulas, use only as a guide:
Isa. 30:18
-Intercessory prayer is the most powerful tool.
Eph. 1:18-19
, 3:16
; Eze. 36:26
.
Prepare the heart of the wounded, Ps. 139:8-10
; Prov. 1:29-33
;
Ps. 112:7
; Phil. 1:6
.
Prayers of intercession are not to be manipulative, but only to
help others to restore their will to be free from captivity and
to equip her to make her own choices.
Heb. 12:14-15
-Regardless of horrors, we must forgive the offender.
Lu. 6:45
-Since we see and hear and speak from that which fills
our hearts, unforgiveness, hatred, lodged in the treasures of
our heart perverts all perceptions and adversely affects our relationships.