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· 7 viewsSermon 2 in series on learning to care well for sexual abuse survivors. This one focuses on hope for survivors.
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They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness!
Lam 2.23
Definition of Sexual Abuse: [because I’ve been asked, because that confusion has been related in many child sexual abuse survivor (RD) stories]
Any circumstance in which a child is touched in an inappropriate way (most often on their private parts) or is asked to do or see something of a sexual nature, doing any of these things by being tricked into thinking it’s ok, or by being made to do it without permission. Also, it is sexual abuse/assault when sexual circumstances are coerced or manipulated between adults.
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“Great is Thy Faithfulness” — was written to affirm and celebrate the ever-present work of God in our daily lives…from the mundane to the overwhelming. It’s a beautiful song of our faith heritage. That second verse (Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth/Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide/Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow/Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside) is the important encouragement/reminder I want to bring to us today. In the context of being an abuse survivor, some of us need to know this to be true. As Christians, and a biblically faithful church, all of us need to know and believe this so we can be the “hands & feet” Jesus uses to help bring to our friend, family, a neighbor, brother/sister in Christ...
STRENGTH for Today. ()
But I will sing of your strength and will joyfully proclaim your faithful love in the morning. For you have been a stronghold for me, a refuge in my day of trouble. To you, my strength, I sing praises, because God is my stronghold— my faithful God.
Psalm 59.
but those who trust in the Lord will renew their strength; they will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not become weary, they will walk and not faint.
“strength”: power, ability, might []
He gives strength to the faint and strengthens the powerless.
When you think there is no justice…no one will believe me…no one cares. Your powerlessness can be overcome! Your strength, Jesus will renew. …& we as a church are here and will be here to be a part of that!
Bright HOPE for Tomorrow. ()
Sustain me as you promised, and I will live; do not let me be ashamed of my hope.
Out of the depths I call to you, Lord! Lord, listen to my voice; let your ears be attentive to my cry for help. Lord, if you kept an account of iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, so that you may be revered. I wait for the Lord; I wait and put my hope in his word. I wait for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning— more than watchmen for the morning. Israel, put your hope in the Lord. For there is faithful love with the Lord, and with him is redemption in abundance. And he will redeem Israel from all its iniquities.
psa 130.1-
“hope”: (as object) the one who is the focus of assurance; the ability to wait in place…and look forward to (joyfully/excitedly anticipate) the future
Gettys Video: “I Will Wait for You”
Psa 130
I wait for the Lord; I wait and put my hope in his word.
All of this is rooted in who God is…not in us, BUT we are called to trust these truths and to help one another and any others on the basis of them!
Carry one another’s burdens; in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
“Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow”…this is Gospel strength…this is Gospel hope!
…And is why we regularly observe the Lord’s Supper together.
THE LORD’S SUPPER
Don’t you have homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I do not praise you in this matter! For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, and said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sin against the body and blood of the Lord. Let a person examine himself; in this way let him eat the bread and drink from the cup.
For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, and said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
1 cor 11.