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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 13:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven’t disregarded You purposefully, But I don’t make You a priority either. Then, when everything in my life unravels, When nothing works and everything That can go wrong does go wrong, My focus upon You becomes instantaneous, And I immediately regret my capriciousness. Question: Has this been your experience? Have you disregarded God, except [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pushingjesus.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2855141&#038;post=6515&#038;subd=pushingjesus&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>There’s No Other Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 12:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Refer to Step 10: I choose to believe God still has a purpose for my life—a purpose for good and not evil. What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pushingjesus.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2855141&#038;post=6507&#038;subd=pushingjesus&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Back in the Game</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 12:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Refer to STEP 2: I refuse to continue living my life pursuing self-defeating behavior. Religion is for people who are afraid they&#8217;ll go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there. —Anonymous One of the characteristics of someone who has experienced religious abuse is a blithe, disconnected attitude, making him or her unwilling [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pushingjesus.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2855141&#038;post=6505&#038;subd=pushingjesus&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Embracing Your Brokenness</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 12:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Refer to STEP 3: I accept that the responsibility for getting back on track is mine and no one else’s. Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves. —Emily Bronte In recovery—any kind of recovery—people learn to embrace their brokenness rather than resent it. If they don’t, they develop an attitude of self-pity, which nearly always leads to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pushingjesus.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2855141&#038;post=6503&#038;subd=pushingjesus&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>God Is Always There for You—Even When You Wish He Would Go Away</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Refer to STEP 3: I accept that the responsibility for getting back on track is mine and no one else’s. Through the clouds of midnight, This bright promise shone, I will never leave thee, Never leave thee alone. —Anonymous It’s comforting to know God is always with you—no matter what. When you’re wounded, however, especially [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pushingjesus.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2855141&#038;post=6500&#038;subd=pushingjesus&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Prayer: Be Still and Know That I Am God</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 16:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Father, It so easy to live my life each day, Never taking the time to pay attention To all that You have done for me. I haven’t disregarded You purposefully, But I don’t make You a priority either. Then, when everything unravels, when nothing works And everything that can go wrong consistently does, My focus [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pushingjesus.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2855141&#038;post=6497&#038;subd=pushingjesus&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Susie’s Story: A Narcissistic Christian Leader</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 13:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey Jack, This was an excellent read and very helpful. Having lived as a pastor’s daughter my 23 years I’ve known quite a few leaders which exhibit these EXACT behaviours. Being taught to love, sympathise, and sacrifice for others, my character is, consequently, a gentle one and it has been a source of deep guilt [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pushingjesus.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2855141&#038;post=6495&#038;subd=pushingjesus&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Questions to Answer about Your Recovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 13:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I feel so helpless. I’m afraid of so many things. I’m afraid of people and of being alone, Of never experiencing happiness again, Of not having enough money, and of the unknown. Father, it seems like the list never ends, And I lack the strength to help myself. Question: What frightens you the most? Name [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pushingjesus.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2855141&#038;post=6492&#038;subd=pushingjesus&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Come to God as Almighty</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Refer to STEP 11: I make a commitment to nurture my relationship with God, asking Him to reveal His will to me as well as the power to carry it out. Christianity at any given time is strong or weak depending upon your concept of God.  —A.W. Tozer For any type of recovery program to be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pushingjesus.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2855141&#038;post=6489&#038;subd=pushingjesus&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Be Willing to Trust Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Refer to Step 10: I believe that God still has a purpose for my life—a purpose for good and not evil. If a man is going to do anything worthwhile, there are times when he has to risk everything on his leap, and in the spiritual domain, Jesus Christ demands that you risk everything you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pushingjesus.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2855141&#038;post=6486&#038;subd=pushingjesus&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>God Has Not Abandoned You</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Refer to STEP 4: I choose to believe what God says about Himself: that He is good and can be trusted. I recognize that God is not the abuser; rather, people who misuse their authority are the abusers. Adversity is the mint in which God stamps upon man his image and superscription. —Henry Ward Beecher When spiritual [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pushingjesus.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2855141&#038;post=6483&#038;subd=pushingjesus&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Being Gentle with Yourself</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Refer to STEP 4: I came to believe that God understood my wounded-ness. Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them—every day, begin the task anew. —Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva When a person’s abuse [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pushingjesus.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2855141&#038;post=6479&#038;subd=pushingjesus&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Facing Your Inner Fears</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Father, You are aware of my troubles like no other, And You understand my adversities completely. Sometimes, I become so fearful my skin grows cold, And it feels like I can hardly breathe. I feel helpless, paralyzed with trepidation. My heart is gripped by panic and an Alarming apprehension of the future. I’m afraid of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pushingjesus.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2855141&#038;post=6475&#038;subd=pushingjesus&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Acknowledging Your Situation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 13:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Father, The wounds from my abuse run deep, Creating shame, anger, and An Overwhelming sense of worthlessness That enervates every area of my life. With my mouth, I deny this is how I see myself, But in the recesses of my mind, I wonder if my abusers are correct about me.   Question: What are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pushingjesus.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2855141&#038;post=6472&#038;subd=pushingjesus&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Count It All Joy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Refer to Step 10: I choose to believe God still has a purpose for my life—a purpose for good and not evil. I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. &#8216;Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pushingjesus.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2855141&#038;post=6469&#038;subd=pushingjesus&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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