{"id":431,"date":"2017-01-31T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T09:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vision.edu\/iaccp\/?p=431"},"modified":"2017-02-01T23:16:41","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T23:16:41","slug":"abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vision.edu\/iaccp\/abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Definition:<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">To use wrongly or improperly; misuse: <em>abuse alcohol; abuse a privilege.<\/em> Also, to hurt or injure by maltreatment; ill-use. Another definition would be to force sexual activity on; rape or molest; to assail with contemptuous, coarse, or insulting words; revile.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Brief Explanation:<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sadly, abuse is often found in families in the church, and the church is a microcosm of the world, though forgiven. Many patterns of family life, previous abuse or neglect, occurring before salvation are brought with the believer into the church, and can be acted on. When physical, sexual or emotional abuse occurs, whether towards child or spouse, safety must be considered first. God\u2019s word speaks to the harm of abuse, and God\u2019s ability to forgive and heal. For more, see Family Violence: Patterns of Destruction by Dr. DeKoven.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Word of God:<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Psalm 34:4,5<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI sought the Lord, and He answered me, And delivered me from all my fears. They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces shall never be ashamed.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">1 Peter 5:7<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2026casting all your anxiety upon Him, because He cares for you.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Psalm 42:11<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhy are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become\u00a0 disturbed\u00a0 within\u00a0 me?\u00a0 Hope\u00a0 in\u00a0 God, for I shall yet praise Him, the help of my countenance, and my God.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Genesis 6:11<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHow the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Luke 3:14<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAnd some soldiers were questioning him, saying, \u201cAnd what about us, what shall we do?\u201d And he said to them \u201cDo not take money from anyone by force, or accuse anyone falsely, and be content with your wages.\u201d<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Definition: To use wrongly or improperly; misuse: abuse alcohol; abuse a privilege. Also, to hurt or injure by maltreatment; ill-use. Another definition would be to force sexual activity on; rape or molest; to assail with contemptuous, coarse, or insulting words; revile. Brief Explanation: Sadly, abuse is often found in families in the church, and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":457,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-counseling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vision.edu\/iaccp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vision.edu\/iaccp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vision.edu\/iaccp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vision.edu\/iaccp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vision.edu\/iaccp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.vision.edu\/iaccp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":492,"href":"https:\/\/www.vision.edu\/iaccp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions\/492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vision.edu\/iaccp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vision.edu\/iaccp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vision.edu\/iaccp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vision.edu\/iaccp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}