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Tag Archive for: childhood sexual abuse

Moving on

Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: Moving On

SURVIVORS, Blog Blog - Dear Fellow Survivor
What we can do is cling to God's truths and promises.
October 1, 2025
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Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: Talking with the Person Who Abused Me

SURVIVORS, Blog Blog - Dear Fellow Survivor
What we can do is cling to God's truths and promises.
September 3, 2025
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Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: Here is what I know

SURVIVORS, Blog Blog - Dear Fellow Survivor
What we can do is cling to God's truths and promises.
December 31, 2024
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Dear Fellow Survivor - Feeling Safe in Unsafe Places

Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: Feeling Safe in Unsafe Places

SURVIVORS, Blog Blog - Dear Fellow Survivor
Words can hurt. God’s words heal.
November 4, 2024
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Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: Healing from Hateful Words

SURVIVORS, Blog Blog - Dear Fellow Survivor
Words can hurt. God’s words heal.
September 3, 2024
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Dear Fellow Survivor: Becoming Friends with Traumatized Me

Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: Becoming Friends with Traumatized Me

SURVIVORS, Blog Blog - Dear Fellow Survivor
If we want to find healing and wholeness, we need to become friends with Traumatized Me.
July 23, 2024
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Dear Fellow Survivor - Choose Joy

Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: Choose Joy

SURVIVORS, Blog Blog - Dear Fellow Survivor
I am not alone in struggling with unwanted and intrusive thoughts and feelings.
June 21, 2024
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Dear Fellow Survivor - Not Powerless

Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: Not Powerless

SURVIVORS, Blog Blog - Dear Fellow Survivor
You are not powerless anymore. You have permission and the ability to stand up for yourself.
June 4, 2024
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Dear Fellow Survivor Blog - Coming Out into the Real World by Freedom for Captives

Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: Coming Out into the Real World

SURVIVORS, Blog Blog - Dear Fellow Survivor
Here’s the specific lie that has imprisoned my mind ever since I experienced sexual abuse...
April 20, 2024
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There’s No Google Maps for This

Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: There’s No Google Maps for This

SURVIVORS, Blog Blog - Dear Fellow Survivor
Here’s the specific lie that has imprisoned my mind ever since I experienced sexual abuse...
March 18, 2024
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Dear Fellow Survivor - Living with a co-existing condition

Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: Living with a co-existing condition

SURVIVORS, Blog Blog - Dear Fellow Survivor
Here’s the specific lie that has imprisoned my mind ever since I experienced sexual abuse...
February 14, 2024
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Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: The Gift of Vulnerability

SURVIVORS, Blog Blog - Dear Fellow Survivor
Here’s the specific lie that has imprisoned my mind ever since I experienced sexual abuse...
February 6, 2024
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Blog: Dear Fellow Survivor - Painful Puzzle Pieces

Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: Painful Puzzle Pieces

SURVIVORS, Blog Blog - Dear Fellow Survivor
Here’s the specific lie that has imprisoned my mind ever since I experienced sexual abuse...
January 30, 2024
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Dear Fellow Survivor Series - Leaning on My Brothers - freedomforcaptives.com/

Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: Leaning on my brothers

SURVIVORS, Blog Blog - Dear Fellow Survivor
My dear fellow survivor, my mind is moving into new and unfamiliar territory.
January 23, 2024
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Dear Fellow Survivor Series - Sharing My Burden - freedomforcaptives.com/

Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: Sharing My Burden

SURVIVORS, Blog Blog - Dear Fellow Survivor
My dear fellow survivor, you may feel as if you must carry your burden all by yourself. You may think that no one else could possibly want to get close enough to you to help you carry your burden.
January 16, 2024
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Dear Fellow Survivor Series - About Me - freedomforcaptives.com/

Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: About Me

SURVIVORS, Blog Blog - Dear Fellow Survivor
I am a child of God. I am a husband. I am a father. I am a pastor. And I am a survivor of childhood sexual abuse.
January 9, 2024
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Responding to the spiritual impact

Responding to the Spiritual Impact of Child Abuse

MINISTRY LEADERS, Blog
Although most people are aware of the physical and emotional toll of child abuse, many do not appreciate the spiritual impact of abusing children. According to 34 major studies involving more than 19,000 abused children, a majority of them…
July 5, 2021
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100 Percent of People are Affected by Abuse

100 Percent of People are Affected by Abuse

Blog
How you can help protect children and support survivors. Some statistics are so staggering you just can’t un-see them. That’s how I felt at a conference two years ago on child protection. The main speaker revealed two facts that were…
April 29, 2020
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  • Moving on
    Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: Moving OnOctober 1, 2025 - 9:11 am
  • Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: Talking with the Person Who Abused MeSeptember 3, 2025 - 1:45 pm
  • Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: Here is what I knowDecember 31, 2024 - 9:50 am
  • Dear Fellow Survivor - Feeling Safe in Unsafe Places
    Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: Feeling Safe in Unsafe PlacesNovember 4, 2024 - 9:38 am
  • Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: Healing from Hateful WordsSeptember 3, 2024 - 2:29 pm
  • Dear Fellow Survivor: Becoming Friends with Traumatized Me
    Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: Becoming Friends with Traumatized MeJuly 23, 2024 - 12:36 pm
  • Dear Fellow Survivor - Choose Joy
    Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: Choose JoyJune 21, 2024 - 11:38 am
  • Dear Fellow Survivor - Not Powerless
    Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: Not PowerlessJune 4, 2024 - 8:22 am
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    Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: Coming Out into the Real WorldApril 20, 2024 - 7:19 am
  • There’s No Google Maps for This
    Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: There’s No Google Maps for ThisMarch 18, 2024 - 10:03 am
  • Dear Fellow Survivor - Living with a co-existing condition
    Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: Living with a co-existing conditionFebruary 14, 2024 - 8:41 am
  • Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: The Gift of VulnerabilityFebruary 6, 2024 - 1:06 pm
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    Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: Painful Puzzle PiecesJanuary 30, 2024 - 1:10 pm
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    Dear Fellow Survivor Blog: Leaning on my brothersJanuary 23, 2024 - 9:58 am
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