Abuse

Abuse
See also Trials, Past Memories
Help for the Abused
1. God is our refuge.

Psalm 17:8-9 Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the
shadow of your wings from the wicked who assail me, from my
mortal enemies who surround me.
Isaiah 25:4 You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the
needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the
heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like a storm driving against
a wall.
Jeremiah 17:17 Do not be a terror to me; you are my refuge in

the day of disaster.
2. The LordJesus, himself, was to experience great abuse.

Isaiah 53:5-6 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was
crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace
was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all,like sheep,
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have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the
c:I LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
3. When we feel alone, God is there, and we can call on him.
:t Psalm 142:1-7 I cry aloud to the LoRD; I lift up my voice to the

LORDfor mercy.I pour out my complaint before him; before him
I tell my trouble. When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you
== who know my way. In the path where I walk men have hidden a
snare for me. Look to my right and see; no one is concerned for
me. I haveno refuge;no one caresfor my life.I cry to you, 0 LoRD;
~ I say, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living."
Listen to my cry,for I am in desperate need; rescueme from those
who pursue me, for they are too strong for me. Set me free from
~ my prison, that I may praise your name. Then the righteous will
gather about me because of your goodness to me.
~ 4. Although we do not know when or how God will rescue, in some

way he will provide the strength.
Psalm 72:12 For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the
~ afflictedwho have no one to help.
Psalm 107:19-20 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
~ and he saved them from their distress. He sent forth his word and
healed them; he rescued them from the grave.
Psalm 144:7 Reach down your hand from on high; deliver me
;;; and rescue me from the mighty waters, from the hands of foreigners.
5. David prayed for safety from evil men-we can do the same.
~ Psalm 140:1-13 Rescue me, 0 LORD,from evilmen; protect me
from men of violence, who deviseevilplans in their hearts and stir
up war every day.They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's;
~ the poison of vipers is on their lips. Keep me, 0 LORD,from the
hands of the wicked;protect me from men of violencewho plan to
trip my feet. Proud men have hidden a snare for me; they have
~ spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along
my path. 0 LORD,I sayto you, "Youare my God." Hear, 0 LORD,
my cry for mercy. 0 Sovereign LORD,my strong deliverer,who
shields my head in the dayof battle-do not grant the wicked their
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desires, 0 LORD;do not let their plans succeed, or they will become
proud. Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with
the trouble their lips have caused. Let burning coals fall upon them;
may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise. Let
slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down
men of violence. I know that the LoRD secures justice for the poor
and upholds the cause of the needy. Surely the righteous will praise
your name and the upright will live before you.
6. Do not allow past fears to control present life-when there is noth-

ingwe can do to correct the past we must trust it to God's future care.
Isaiah 43:18-19 Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive
it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.
Philippians 3:13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have

taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and
straining toward what is ahead. . .
Matthew 10:26 So do not be afraid of them. There is nothing

concealedthat will not be disclosed,or hidden that willnot be made
known.
Comfort for the Abused
1. Our God who is sovereign over our past can help us today.
Psalm 103:3-11 Who forgives all your sins and heals all your
diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with
love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. The LORD works
righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. He made known
his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people ofIsrad: The LORD is
compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. He
will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; he does
not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our
iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great
is his love for those who fear him.
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2. Although the Thessalonian Christians were suffering, they had

::I joy in spite of suffering and were examples as believers.
1 Thessalonians 1:6-7 You became imitators of us and of the
Lord; in spite of severe suffering, you welcomed the message with
~ the joy given by the Holy Spirit. And so you became a model to all
the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.
~ 3. We can always talk to God about the problem.

Hebrews 4:16 Let us then approach the throne of grace with
confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us
~ in our time of need.
4. God is sufficient to give us strength through trials.

:J 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 But he said to me, "My graceis sufficient
for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I
will boast all the more gladlyabout myweaknesses,so that Christ's
~ power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in
weaknesses,in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties.
For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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See also Trials, Past Memories

Help for the Abused

1. God is our refuge.

Jeremiah 17:17 Do not be a terror to me; you are my refuge in

2. The LordJesus, himself, was to experience great abuse.

3. When we feel alone, God is there, and we can call on him.

:t Psalm 142:1-7 I cry aloud to the LoRD; I lift up my voice to the

~ 4. Although we do not know when or how God will rescue, in some

6. Do not allow past fears to control present life-when there is noth-

Philippians 3:13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have

Matthew 10:26 So do not be afraid of them. There is nothing

Comfort for the Abused

2. Although the Thessalonian Christians were suffering, they had

~ 3. We can always talk to God about the problem.

4. God is sufficient to give us strength through trials.

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