RestoringHeartstoScripture

ReconnectingwithGod's

wordsaftertheywereusedtohurt

DarbyStrickland,M.Div.LivingScriptureCCEFConference2018

Storiesofhurt Hefoundhim

inadesertland,andinthehowlingwasteofthewilderness;heencircledhim,hecaredforhim,hekepthimastheappleofhiseye.Likeaneaglethatstirsupitsnest,thatfluttersoveritsyoung,spreadingoutitswings,catchingthem,bearingthemonitspinions.Deut32:10

ItisimportantthatwegentlyreengagewoundedheartswithGod’sWordinwaysthathealandrestorehope.1.Givepeoplewords2.Honortheirwounds3.ShowcasethegentlenessofJesus

CapturingthestoryWhathappened?TalkedatEarnesterrorsCompoundingsufferingDispensingdetachedtruthOppressiveuseofScripture

He heals the

broken- hearted & binds up their wounds.

Psalm 147:3

Honoringwounds

WoundsaretenderLearn:size,depth&shape

Allowexpressionsofpain

TwelvetendenciesOppressionobscureswhoGodis

Jesus’invitation

Cometome,allyouwhoarewearyandburdened,andIwillgiveyourest.Takemyyokeuponyouandlearnfromme,forIamgentleandhumbleinheart,andyouwillfindrestforyoursouls.Formyyokeiseasyandmyburdenislight.

Matthew11:28-30

Gentle&

meek

Jesus’gentleness

JesuswithPeter(Luke22:32&Mark16:7)JesusontheCross(John19:25-27&Luke23:34)Samaritan,hemorrhaging&adulterouswomen

Outcasts,sinners,suffering

EmbodyScripture

Ourgentleness

Withalllowlinessandgentleness,with

longsuffering,bearingwithoneanotherinlove(Eph4:2)

Paul:BegentleinrepresentingJesus

(Gal4:1,1Cor4:21,2Cor10:1)

Resources

•  Suffering and the Heart of God: How Trauma Destroys and Christ Restores by Diane Langberg.

•  The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse: Recognizing and Escaping Spiritual Manipulation and False Spiritual Authority Within the Church by David Johnson and Jeff VanVonderen

•  Shame Interrupted by Ed Welch

•  Exposing Spiritual Abuse by Mike Fehlauer

•  Spiritual Abuse: Religion at Its Worst by June Hunt•  Spiritual Abuse Recovery: Dynamic Research on

Finding a Place of Wholeness by Barbara M. Orlowski

•  Faith That Hurts, Faith That Heals/Understanding the Fine Line Between Healthy Faith and Spiritual Abuse by Stephen Arterburn and Jack Felton

•  Reformed“Spotlight”:WhatisSpiritualAbuse?|HeadHeartHandBlogbyDavidMurray

•  DomesticAbusebyDarbyStrickland