~VERBAL ABUSE HURTS TOO~

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Have you been hurt by a friend?
Have you been betrayed?
Talked about?
Slandered?


Has someone you trusted caused you so much pain
that it brings you to tears
and makes your stomach hurt?


Have you been laughed at?
Mocked?
Made fun of?
Misunderstood?
Scoffed?
Belittled?
Hurt?


Are you hurt?


Are you upset and angry?


Mad, BECAUSE after all, YOU don't deserve this?


Someone talking about you,
or betraying you
can cause some bitter feelings in your heart..


What if your best friend took your husband
or your boyfriend?


What if your husband threw away his vows and left you?


What if your mother-in-law speaks against you?


What if women in your church
talk about you behind your back?


What if your friends use you?


What if your children disrespect you?


WHAT DO WE DO?


The pain is real.
The sorrow is real.
The grief is evident..


IT HURTS TO BE BETRAYED


It hurts to have someone you thought you could trust
stick a knife in your back..


Your friend..
Your husband,
Your children..
Your family..


IT HURTS!!


Admit that their words hurt.


They cause you to cry.
To doubt your position in Christ..
They cause you to be broken..
~IT HURTS~


And yet.......
Yet....
Yet....


How many times have we turned our back on God?
How many times have we denied His power?


Have you mistaken your loyalty to Him?


How many times have you heard His name mocked
and have not defended Him?


How many times has He wanted to talk to you,
yet you have turned away?


How many times have you broken a vow?


Said something mean in His presence?


How many times have you called Him a liar BY saying,
"NO YOU CANNOT HELP ME"!


Have you ever ignored His urging to go to Church?
Have you ever ignored His Plea to help someone out?


Have you ever turned away the needy,
the poor, the destitute?


Have you ever hidden that He dwells in you
because you were ashamed of His Gospel?


If you have done any of these things,
you have betrayed Him.


You have been a backstabber.


You have been a false friend.


I know that it hurts to have people betray us.


But how many times have we hurt the heart of God?


How many times have we chosen not to forgive,
when we know that God requires us to forgive?


Disobedience.


Disobedience hurts God..


Instead of running from God
when someone hurts us,
we have to run to Him!!
DON'T TALK ABOUT THE ONE WHO HURT YOU!!


Talk about the One who saved you..
Jesus.

Jesus said that "they" hated Him..
Surely they will hate us.


"They" will cause us pain and hurt..


BUT that is "Satan's" plan..


To destroy us by the words of "they"..


But is not this a fact?


GREATER IS HE WHO IS IN ME
THAN HE WHO IS IN THE WORLD?


Fact or fiction?


Fact.
Absolute fact...


If you allow their bitter words
to hurt your heart,
then you are a slave to them.


If you allow them to alter your direction,
YOU are a slave to them...


NO ONE CAN HURT YOU
UNLESS YOU FEEL LIKE
WHAT THEY SAY MATTERS!!


Let God show you that it does not matter...


~HE IS ALL THAT MATTERS~


~He is all that is GOOD~


MAN will always harm us.
He will always try to destroy us...


~BUT WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER~
~~CHRIST JESUS~~


Interceding on behalf of our pain...


Run to Him when "they" hurt you...
Run to Him when "THEY" cause you pain...


Let Him restore to you,
and let Him make recompense...


Don't run to a gossip session.
Don't run to the phone...


Don't run to self defense...


Run to The Shelter of the Almighty God...


Don't allow what "they" say,
blow you off of the course God put you on...


YOU PLACE TO MUCH VALUE IN WHAT MAN SAYS!!


If we would place half of that value in what GOD says,
we could change the world!!


"They say" is now naysay...


It does not matter...


It makes no difference...


Admit to God that "they" hurt you.
Admit that you want to seek vengeance...


THEN LET THEM GO...


No weapon formed against you shall be able to prosper...
And every LYING tongue that rises against you,
YOU shall condemn.
THIS IS YOUR HERITAGE!!!!


Let them Go.


Let them out of the archives of your unforgivenss...
Let them Go..
You are allowing unforgiveness to seep into your heart
and cause you greater trouble...


YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE TO BE FORGIVEN!!


Let them Go...


Get it out of you.
It poisons your prayer life.
It destroys your witness.
It gets in your mind.
You feed it and allow it to fester...


LET THEM GO!!


God is your Avenger!!


God is your Defense!!


As long as you continue to defend yourselves,
HE CANNOT JUSTIFY YOU!!

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