https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNfeb3t4OCU&t=324s

Forgiveness is a journey that can seem like it rips your heart to shreds. The chatter of voices with their many opinions demanding forced honour and forgiveness can tear at the very leaves of healing that have began to grow.

So how do you journey through healing and protect your eyes and ears from the mis use of biblical concepts or ignorant people?

I don’t know the answer to this yet as I am still suffering, but journey with me a while while I try to find the answers.

1. Spend time with the lord in the secret place of your heart
2. Seek his healing presence
3. Find activities that bring you peace amidst the turmoil
4. Find ways to express your grief that help you move forward
5. Only allow a select group of safe people to speak into your life
6. Find positive hopeful goals that turn the damage into purpose
   
   

So what is spiritual abuse and how do you know if that is what you are suffering from? Maybe these questions will help you identify if you have church hurt where you have been injured:

1. You have been injured by leaders in a church that have tried to control you and have not cared about your health but their agenda
2. You have been aware that something was not right in the spiritual atmosphere but could not seem to get the leadership to understand that damage was being caused to the sheep
3. There might be a focus on money generation instead of building up the ministries of the people to empower them
4. You might feel like you are a battery to be used up until you no longer serve a purpose rather then being refreshed and built up

So to take your power back how could you view your current reality?

1. What part of my personality allowed myself to be treated this way and what boundaries can I put in place to protect myself in the future? Write a list of your new boundaries and place it somewhere where you will be reminded to respect yourself.
2. Who do I need to cut out of my life that is not healthy for me to move forward with Gods plans for my life?
3. What is the Holy Spirit speaking to me about this situation?
4. What does the word say about this situation?
5. What prayers and declarations do I need to speak over my life to protect myself from wrong spiritual influences, curses, mind control etc?