Abuse
Some topics carry over and have many things in common with another, but some topics are unique on their own.
I wanted to start this one out by explaining a few things in case you are coming from a standpoint of a new relationship with God and maybe even no relationship with Him at all, yet. Maybe you came across this page from an internet search.
First, let me say – GOD LOVES YOU!
Once sin entered the earth, by Adam’s free will, things began to happen that God never wanted to happen. God NEVER wanted you abused or hurt! It wasn’t His plan or His fault – and it wasn’t your fault!!
I don’t care what the abuser may have said, IT WAS NOT YOUR FAULT!
I don’t care what “well-meaning” friends or family may have told you – IT WAS NOT YOUR FAULT!
God wants to heal you of all your pain. He wants to heal you of all your trauma. He wants you to be able to get to the point where you can forgive your abuser – that doesn’t mean to be reconciled back with your abuser. It simply means God doesn’t want unforgiveness and bitterness holding you back from the amazing things He has for you.
For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. – Jeremiah 29:11 TLB
Husbands, go all out in your love for your wives, exactly as Christ did for the church—a love marked by giving, not getting. - Ephesians 5:25 MSG
Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you your heart’s desires. – Psalm 37:4 NLT
He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds. – Psalm 147:3 NLT
But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive you your sins too. – Mark 11:25 TLB
Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors and gain an overwhelming victory through Him who loved us [so much that He died for us]. – Romans 8:37 AMP
If you will only listen and obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I am giving you today, He will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall always have the upper hand. – Deuteronomy 28:13 TLB
Say this prayer aloud:
God, You see everything that happened to me. I was so angry – with You, with the abuser, with myself – and maybe I still am. Help me overcome my anger. Help me overcome my pain and hurt and torment. Help me overcome the fear that it will all happen again. Help me know and trust You, that You will take care of me as I follow You and follow Your guidance. Help me to breathe again. You say that the power of life and death is in my words. So, I speak now that I am free. I am free from my past. I am free from the fear of my past. I am free from all anger and guilt that has tormented me. I speak freedom to my mind. I receive Your healing. I declare my victory in overcoming my past just as You promise I will if I follow Your ways of living [Deuteronomy 28:13.] I love You and thank You for never giving up on me! In Jesus’ name, Amen!