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Originally Posted by Scott Hutchinson
Sadly there are sick people in this troubled world of ours.
When people come into the church who are victims of Incest, how can we effectively minister healing and wholeness to them ?
How can we compassinately reach out to these battered and wounded people whom Christ died for ?
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Whatever you do,
DO NOT personally mention that God is like a Heavenly Father to them. They can't relate to that. You have to be very very gentle to them. It's almost as though they need a Mentor so that they can learn things that others who were not in that type of situation take for granted. They have to learn how to be accepted and they have to learn to
trust others. The person who should have been their protector was their violator. The scars from those wounds will always be there for them to see, but the wound itself can be healed. Most of all, be gentle. Gentleness is a fruit of the spirit and should be used often with these people. We have worked with children who were abused by their own fathers, step-fathers, other relatives, mom's boyfriends and even moms themselves. This is a sad, sad situation. Most of all do something in your church to make them feel needed and important. Show them love and never condemn them, for often they blame themselves.
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