“Come on let’s kill him & throw him into one of these cisterns. We can tell our father, ‘A wild animal has eaten him.’ Then we’ll see what becomes of his dreams!“ -Joseph’s brothers plotting to destroy his dreams while simultaneously initiating the very path to their fulfillment.
Just a friendly reminder to those who may need it: God sees and knows ALL things. He isn’t dissuaded from truth at any point, He hasn’t loss sight of what’s right, of what’s happened, of what’s happening and that which will be. He isn’t confused in the slightest.
#TakeHeart
There’s NO room in the Church to ignore, silence or punish abuse disclosures. If you condone these response tactics, you have become an abuser yourself. Your name belongs in this report of the SBC’s miserable failings toward abuse survivors.
Full Report: https://t.co/hmQYioHz0J
Wonder if theses abusers / abuser-supporters used the age old “do you really want to ruin a man’s life?”
Or maybe, “If you would ________, this wouldn’t happen.”
I’m reading through the SBC report from Guidepost. I expected it to be bad, but I’m stunned at the sheer scale of the evil it exposed. It’s staggering. Read every word of this, from @drmoore: https://t.co/LGy0SlmoXQ
And ask yourself if you’re just like these people . . . silencing victims, slandering victims, ignoring abuse disclosures/allegations, shaming victims for seeking help & speaking up or turning your back on those who needed you.
Gorgeous renderings coming out for the new development in #GatlinburgTN, The Highlands of the Smokies.
Stay tuned for more in this incredible rebuild & transformation coming our way.
Buckingham Palace's announcement about Prince Andrew came after extensive discussions within the royal family, according to people with ties to the palace. It was designed to head off an effort by Andrew to rehabilitate himself, according to one person. https://t.co/RzCXFW5diw
Brian Houston, the co-founder and senior pastor of the global megachurch Hillsong, was charged by the Australian police with concealing child sexual abuse carried out by his father in the 1970s. https://t.co/pedNDqSDD8
Every human has the ability to deceive, manipulate and hide in darkness. We were born with a propensity for these very things. But does man have the power to speak truth, help and stand in the Light? THIS and this only marks his strength. Indeed his salvation.
Psa 28:7-8 🕊
The antidote to anxiety about the future
is not to discern the future,
but to remember the past.
Instead of straining your gaze forward,
look over your shoulder
and rehearse God’s faithfulness to you,
and to all generations.
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