63. The Truth About Church Hurt and Church Wounds with Pamela Mertz

What if you’ve played right into the enemy’s hands just so you will sit on the sidelines? Pamela experienced sexual abuse as a young girl and heard these words from her abuser: “God brought you into my life for me to teach you to be a wife.” This is a lie from the enemy. She also has experienced people in the church telling her hurtful comments about why her son died.  There was a lot of misinformation about who God truly is. There are many wounded and hurt people in the church AND Jesus loves the church. God calls all things to work together for good but God doesn’t call ALL things to happen. We have free will. And we have an evil world and an evil ruler in this world. When we experience church hurt, we often end up blaming God. We need to watch blaming God for things that He didn’t do. This blocks intimacy with our creator. We can’t have intimacy with God when we are blaming Him. Fear is ineffective. Those areas where you have received wounding, that is where your strength is and what is needed in the church. Many of us have taken out by woundedness in the church. Are you going to tolerate that? Or are you going to step back up and take your rightful place that God has called you to?

Pamela’s website: https://blueprintlife.com/

To purchase Pam’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Truth-about-Church-Wounds-God-Help/dp/B09VLCV24F

Heidi’s website: www.heidimortensonlmft.com

If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!