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\"01-26-15<\/a><\/p>\n

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Me:\u00a0 Prodigal, are you going to church?<\/p>\n

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Prodigal:\u00a0 Yes, but so many people have been hurt by the church and so they do not go back.<\/p>\n

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Me:\u00a0 That is true I was reading about that and I wanted to share.<\/p>\n

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Growing Deep In the Christian Life by Charles Swindoll<\/p>\n

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One of the interesting (albeit tragic) facts of child abuse in our day is the fact that most parents who abuse their children were abused themselves.\u00a0 I find the same is true of scriptural abuse.\u00a0 My warning?\u00a0 People who were abused biblically tend to abuse others bilbically.\u00a0 If you happened to have been abused, how about breaking the trend?\u00a0 Just face the fact that you were ripped off.\u00a0 And rather than sending hate mail to your teacher of yesteryear and wasting hours of valuable time resenting what you were taught, just commit yourself to change.\u00a0 Forgive him or her and pay no more attention to those old teachings.\u00a0 Get away from the former error and commit yourself to God’s Word afresh and anew.\u00a0 Set up a reading program so that you can begin to absorb the Scripture.\u00a0 Begin to build a new respect for the Bible.\u00a0 Use helpful tools as you seek a clear, careful understanding, ultimately living obediently in keeping with God’s Word.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Don’t confuse imperfect Christians with God.\u00a0 Yes we are God’s people and Yes He uses us but we are not perfect!\u00a0 I know there has been hurt from Christians in the past but do not give up on God’s church.\u00a0 You will find hurt there sometimes but you can also find healing and a peace that is worth it all!<\/p>\n

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Job 36:2<\/p>\n

Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.<\/p>\n

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Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n

www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n

www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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