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GoogleSurveyAbuse

Info Topical Survey of internet qoutes gathered from top 75 Bible related pages.
Info kjv@Note: Quotes are often from non-authoritative sources and should be considered for their thought provoking nature only.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Yet in settings of marital abuse, the words, "I was wrong.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ The result is that a return to business as usual allows for the predictable cycle of abuse to continue.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ But when faced with issues of marital abuse, and a wife's conclusion that she must leave for the sake of her own safety and sanity, many elders and church leaders have used the leverage of church membership to try and keep a marriage together.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ The result is that many victims of abuse lose not only their marriage but their church fellowship.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ God hates divorce- God's strong disapproval of divorce as expressed by the prophet Malachi (2:14-16) is often used as a reason to believe that the termination of a marriage is not an option for the people of God- even in situations of marital abuse.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ When we do this we fail to see what all too many victims realize- that as regrettable as any divorce is, forced subjection to continued abuse can be far worse.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ In the case of spouses with hardened hearts, reinforced by compounded issues such as unhealed childhood pain, current pride, ongoing viewing of pornography, deception, substance abuse, unbridled anger and/or financial unreliability, such outreach falls on deaf ears and heart.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ I was never hit, so in many minds there was no abuse.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ kjv@Revile: to subject another to verbal abuse.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ I have a question: at what stage do you define abuse.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ When speaking of marital abuse a common definition would be "A pattern of behavior whereby married persons use power and authority over their mates to get their needs met through (1) physical or sexual assault or by (2) creating an environment of fear by threats of violence, sexual coercion, deprivation, isolation, or shame.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Patterns of emotional abuse include but are not limited to: name calling, ridicule, humiliation, isolation, control of finances, destruction of property, threats to harm, sexual coercion, withholding of appreciation, or locking a mate in or out of the home.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Sometimes pastors and other Christians can make the situation even worse when they won't validate that abuse is taking place, and don't refer the couple to a counselor who specializes in abuse.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ For so many of us it is just getting away from the abuse that is the important part.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ I hold such love and sadness for my husband as I know that he is struggling to break out of his own cycle of abuse that began as a child from the hands of his own parents, but I can no longer allow that to be his excuse for continuing to abuse the members of OUR family.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ I recently read a book that is helping me tremendously to heal from the wounds that were caused by the abuse, and to understand how to help my children heal as well.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ I wan't to be forgiving, but usually saying "I'm sorry" seems to give him a clean slate for dishing out more abuse.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ My struggle was on the fact that "God hates divorce" & that abuse wasn't one of the `exception clauses' in the Bible for divorce.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Maybe if more churches read this article & used some of its content in premarital counseling, it may save some marriages, by communicating that although God DOES hate divorce, that's not an excuse to minimize the sin of abuse in a marriage,
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Spiritual abuse is when religious beliefs or practices are removed from the context they were intended for and used as tools of discrimination or oppression of others.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ It is safe to say that we live in a culture which frequently (and ironically) abuses the word "abuse." One of the most common ways that this has been done has been by incorrectly locating the meaning of the word "abuse" in "the perception of mistreatment," rather than mistreatment itself.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ It also trivialized the real incidents of abuse, and made it less likely that they would be taken seriously in the long run.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ It causes real abuse victims to remain isolated, confused and afraid for long periods of time, and this is often aggravated when well-meaning but uninformed people mistakenly accuse victims of "wallowing in self-pity" -- when all the victims really want to do is get help in recovering from their trauma and move on with their lives.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Too many children are the victims of angry beatings and other physical abuse as their parents take out their own anger and frustration on their children.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Anger should be confessed to God long before it comes to the point of physical abuse against a child or anyone else.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ The author is a Christian survivor of domestic abuse who is concerned about how false teaching on domestic abuse in churches may be damaging victims of domestic abuse and their children, as well as neglecting the biblical directive to make perpetrators properly accountable.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ The Bible actually has much to say in regard to animal abuse.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Verbal abuse is a kind of battering which doesn't leave evidence comparable to the bruises of physical battering.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Since the abuser is usually in denial, the responsibility for recognizing verbal abuse often rests with the partner.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Overt verbal abuse is usually blaming and accusatory, and consequently confusing to the partner.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ In fact, unpredictability is one of the most significant characteristics of verbal abuse.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ The verbal abuse may begin with put-downs disguised as jokes.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ The first category of verbal abuse is withholding.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ A third category of verbal abuse is discounting.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ A fifth form of verbal abuse is blocking and diverting.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Another form of verbal abuse is judging and criticizing.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Trivializing can also be a form of verbal abuse.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Undermining is also verbal abuse.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Threatening is a classic form of verbal abuse.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Name-calling can also be verbal abuse.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Verbal abuse may also involve forgetting.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Ordering is another classic form of verbal abuse.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Denial is the last category of verbal abuse.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Although all forms of verbal abuse have serious consequences, denial can be very insidious because it denies the reality of the partner.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ A key element in this area of verbal abuse will no doubt be confrontation of the abuser.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ But the paradigm has now changed and "beating with a rod" is now considered "child abuse." This leads to another question, but I digress.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Firstly, the Church - and each individual follower of Christ - has a responsibility to offer comfort and help to those who are oppressed (by their partner), needy (of reassurance and protection), weak (due to the constant onslaught of abuse) and in distress.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ I started to believe that God saw me this way and that I must deserve his (my husband) abuse since I'm a "bad person".
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Hearing stories of people who have overcome their substance abuse and addictions can encourage us to believe we can have victory over this bondage.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ With that foundation and the strength that comes from God, plus professional advice and counseling, you can win the victory over substance abuse!
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Substance abuse is a broad term for addiction or inappropriate use of a chemical substance to alter one's mental, emotional or physical state, whether the substance is ingested orally, injected intravenously or inhaled.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Abuse doesn't always involve or lead to addiction, while dependence is the therapeutic term that defines addiction.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Substance abuse generally damages one's health, because the substances are often extremely toxic and dangerous.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ If you continue to abuse the substance until you are caught or hit bottom, you have resumed an addicted lifestyle.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ A major key to overcoming substance abuse or addiction is to keep your eyes on that goal of recovery!
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ DuPont, then Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, pointed out that various surveys clearly demonstrated that 'marijuana is the gateway into illicit drug use in America today.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ People involved in drug abuse lose interest in spiritual things because they feel guilty and because they are more interested in getting high.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Most importantly, if there is physical abuse, get help from a competent source.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Spousal abuse includes physical assaults, sexual rape and molestation, psychological threats, stalking, and economic coercion to terrorize the other.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ The heart of abuse is to gain and/or maintain power and control over the other spouse.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ The home is the safest place for abusers to abuse, because the privacy of the home can keep the violence secret.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Though anger and alcohol may be involved, neither are necessary causes of spousal abuse.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Spiritual abuse, as we are addressing it here, could be defined as the injury of a person's spiritual health.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Spiritual abuse is one of the defining characteristics of all cults, and because it is a human failing, it can occur anywhere there are people gathered around a religious purpose.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Abuse comes from lacking the character of God Almighty, and also from the belief that God gave "authority" to human rulers to rule over you.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ God is not a male chauvinist, who gives earthly men the green light to dominate, control, abuse, violate and destroy the souls of their mates.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Better yet, show me where the Word says, "Lock her in the closet all day if she doesn't obey you." Still yet, "Strip her of her self-esteem, take away her money, and all of her support." Where in scripture does it say, "Teach your sons how to hit and abuse women?" Does the bible teach that raising up your son includes, "Beat your woman to keep her in check?" Or how about this, "Shoot her in the head if she keeps on mouthing off."
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Nor will you find scriptures that give a woman the right to verbally abuse her husband, and physically harm her children.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ Control is a huge part of emotional abuse and involves chronic anger, jealousy, accusations, and distrust.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ The main symptoms that you maybe experiencing emotional abuse include feeling depressed, anxious, and unhappy in your relationship, that you feel isolated and that you're down on yourself, or even hate yourself, especially when you're together.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ I loved my wife and she called abuse and threw me in jail over an accident.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ The sin and abuse taken out on children leaves such effects.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ My wife could not admit that she had any problems (control freak, emotional and physical abuse, adult child of alcoholics, anger and rage at her father directed at me.) In spite of my heroic efforts to change, please her, do whatever she demanded, and have peace, it was never good
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyAbuse @ I want to encourage both men and women dealing with the abuse issue - Don't give up, because there is hope for you for a peaceful and better life in the Lord.