Restoring Hearts to Scripture · • The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse: Recognizing and Escaping...
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RestoringHeartstoScripture
ReconnectingwithGod's
wordsaftertheywereusedtohurt
DarbyStrickland,M.Div.LivingScriptureCCEFConference2018
Storiesofhurt Hefoundhim
inadesertland,andinthehowlingwasteofthewilderness;heencircledhim,hecaredforhim,hekepthimastheappleofhiseye.Likeaneaglethatstirsupitsnest,thatfluttersoveritsyoung,spreadingoutitswings,catchingthem,bearingthemonitspinions.Deut32:10
ItisimportantthatwegentlyreengagewoundedheartswithGod’sWordinwaysthathealandrestorehope.1.Givepeoplewords2.Honortheirwounds3.ShowcasethegentlenessofJesus
CapturingthestoryWhathappened?TalkedatEarnesterrorsCompoundingsufferingDispensingdetachedtruthOppressiveuseofScripture
He heals the
broken- hearted & binds up their wounds.
Psalm 147:3
Honoringwounds
WoundsaretenderLearn:size,depth&shape
Allowexpressionsofpain
TwelvetendenciesOppressionobscureswhoGodis
Jesus’invitation
Cometome,allyouwhoarewearyandburdened,andIwillgiveyourest.Takemyyokeuponyouandlearnfromme,forIamgentleandhumbleinheart,andyouwillfindrestforyoursouls.Formyyokeiseasyandmyburdenislight.
Matthew11:28-30
Gentle&
meek
Jesus’gentleness
JesuswithPeter(Luke22:32&Mark16:7)JesusontheCross(John19:25-27&Luke23:34)Samaritan,hemorrhaging&adulterouswomen
Outcasts,sinners,suffering
EmbodyScripture
Ourgentleness
Withalllowlinessandgentleness,with
longsuffering,bearingwithoneanotherinlove(Eph4:2)
Paul:BegentleinrepresentingJesus
(Gal4:1,1Cor4:21,2Cor10:1)
Resources
• Suffering and the Heart of God: How Trauma Destroys and Christ Restores by Diane Langberg.
• The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse: Recognizing and Escaping Spiritual Manipulation and False Spiritual Authority Within the Church by David Johnson and Jeff VanVonderen
• Shame Interrupted by Ed Welch
• Exposing Spiritual Abuse by Mike Fehlauer
• Spiritual Abuse: Religion at Its Worst by June Hunt• Spiritual Abuse Recovery: Dynamic Research on
Finding a Place of Wholeness by Barbara M. Orlowski
• Faith That Hurts, Faith That Heals/Understanding the Fine Line Between Healthy Faith and Spiritual Abuse by Stephen Arterburn and Jack Felton
• Reformed“Spotlight”:WhatisSpiritualAbuse?|HeadHeartHandBlogbyDavidMurray
• DomesticAbusebyDarbyStrickland