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Why Are Women Afraid to Share Their Abortion Secret
Why are we fearful to share our abortion secret? John 10:8-11 What is holding Christian women back from admitting this sin and coming forward to ask for healing? Why do women in leadership feel they cannot share they had an abortion? Will their ministries be less...
Focusing on the One Thing I Don’t Have
Focusing on the One thing I don’t have, Eve. Genesis 2:15-3:9, and Isaiah 61:1-3 How does the enemy torment a believer? It’s very simple actually, by getting us to focus on the one thing we don’t have: it can be financial security, a relationship, good health, a...
Has Your Life Been Resurrected?
John 1:1,14, Titus 3:5, Luke 1:28, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Matthew 27:3-4, 1 Corinthians 15:3-4, and Colossians 3:1 For those of us who have suffered the trauma of abortion, can agree that every part of our being, physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional, has been...
When I Finally Received the Love of Jesus in My Heart
From the time I was a small child, I did not use my voice and hid in the background to keep under the radar. As a result, I became what people wanted me to be. I was labeled, “The good, quiet one.” I was fearful of rejection, so I became a people pleaser. I...
MY Wall—My Prison (Part Two)
My Wall—My Prison (Part Two) When Is it Safe to Let the Wall Down? In Part 1, My Wall—My Prison, we talked about the walls we built around ourselves as children to protect us from others and how these walls became our prisons. We found ourselves cut off from...
My Wall—My Prison (Part One)
My Wall—My Prison (Part One) Genesis 1:27, Genesis 2:7, John 8:44, and Luke 15:10 When I look back on my past and try to put all the pieces together, I remember being a very young child, hiding from my father’s anger. He was unpredictable, and I was frightened by him....
The Memorial Stones: Remembering What God Has Done
We see several times in Scripture that God commanded the children of Israel to set up a memorial of remembrance for what He had done for them. These memorials were to be shared with future generations so they could see what God had done for them. I believe it is...
It Takes Courage to Be Healed
John 8:1-11, Romans 3:23, John 13:34-35, and Joshua 1:9 Why do only a few women come forward for abortion recovery healing? The statistics tell us 4 out of 10 women sitting in our churches have had at least one abortion between the ages of 18-45? What is keeping them...
Thank You Lord, for the Gift of Forgiveness
Forgiveness Titus 1:2, Psalm 103:12, John 3:16 For almost a year after my salvation in February 1994, I struggled to believe that God would forgive my sin of abortion. The enemy lied to me and whispered in my ear, “God is not going to forgive you for this horrible...
Why Is Forgiveness so Important to Our Well-Being
Matthew 6:14-15, Hebrews 12:14-15, Proverbs 16:24 and 17:22 God commands us to forgive others. In Matthew 6:14-15 Jesus says, “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will...