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This book is about a spiritual journey that was taken from the lowest point in her life to where she is now.

Women in Abusive Relationships (WAR). This is the perfect name because women in abusive relationships are essentially in a WAR with the enemy every day. Just like any war there are good days and bad days, but it is a constant fight for survival. This is a battle women go through every morning when they wake up until the time they lay their heads down to sleep at night. Each WAR is different whether it is neglect (the spouse is not home much and leaves the woman open and vulnerable), physical (the spouse puts his hands on the woman, throws objects at or in the direction of the woman), emotional (the spouse constantly puts down the woman, spouse is very controlling) or a combination. All of them end up being a spiritual battle.

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Publié par	WestBow Press
Date de parution	03 mai 2022
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781664265431
Langue	English

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W.A.R. (WOMEN IN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS)

A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY

Dr. V. W. Taylor PhD

Copyright © 2022 Dr. V. W. Taylor PhD.

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This book is a work of non-fiction. Unless otherwise noted, the author and the publisher make no explicit guarantees as to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and in some cases, names of people and places have been altered to protect their privacy.

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ISBN: 978-1-6642-6544-8 (sc)
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2022908101

WestBow Press rev. date: 05/02/2022
Contents
Introduction
Chapter One
The Low Point in Life and the Beginning of the Spiritual Journey
Chapter Two
Surround Yourself with Godly People and His Word
Chapter Three
Prayers
Chapter Four
Your Escape
Chapter Five
Follow Through
References
Introduction
W omen in A busive R elationships (WAR). This is the perfect name because women in abusive relationships are essentially in a war with the enemy every day. Just like any war, there are good days and bad days, but it is a constant fight for survival. This is a battle women go through every morning when they wake up until the time they lay their heads down to sleep at night. Each WAR is different, whether it is neglectful (the spouse is not home much and leaves the woman open and vulnerable), physical (the spouse puts his hands on the woman, throws objects at or in the direction of the woman), emotional (the spouse constantly puts down the woman, spouse is very controlling), or a combination. All of them end up being spiritual battles. It is a spiritual journey down a long, broken, and beaten road.
It is one thing to be unequally yoked in a marriage to a decent man, but it is an entirely different story if the man is an abuser. There may be some men who try to use religion against you or throw it in your face. “Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to their husbands in everything” (Ephesians 5:22–24 NIV). Some men take this scripture out of context. This does not mean that the husband is the authoritarian in the relationship, and you must obey his orders. The Lord made Eve for Adam as a companion for the man so he would not be alone in his daily life; she was not made to be his slave. For women of God, this really puts us in an awkward position because we are being pulled in two different directions.
The first rule of thumb is that if you recognize signs of abuse prior to getting married, most likely it will not change once you get married. It may possibly get worse because he will think he owns you. Sometimes, the abusive behaviors may not be apparent until after the marriage. This is where women begin to feel pulled in different directions. Your heart is with your husband, and you want to be a good, godly, submissive wife, but your morals and beliefs pull you in the opposite direction, when you feel like your husband should be showing you love and respect also. “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her” (Ephesians 5:25). When a husband and wife come together, they are to become as one. This means working together to help and support each other in every way possible: physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. I don’t think some people actually absorb and take in the vows they say to one another in marriage: “to love and to cherish.” Nowhere in the vows does it say anything about the man treating the woman badly and disrespectfully. Women’s ways of expressing love and an abusive man’s way of expressing love are two totally opposite ways. If the two ways are not working together, something is wrong. What will you choose?
The second rule of thumb is that you will have to make a choice: either continue to live with the abuse or make a change. The change will first have to happen within yourself prior to anything else happening. Once you have made that change inside, then you will be able to handle and decide about the changes that will happen around you. That final decision will be between you and the Lord. You will also need to decide what you will do with your life after your transformation takes place inside.
Keep this in mind: every relationship is different, and every outcome will be different. Some relationships may last while others don’t, but either way if you allow the transformation to take place in you, the Lord will guide you in the right direction. I hope that this book puts you on the right path to a more intimate relationship with God because He is your true guide to having inner peace in whatever you decide.
So often we spend time trying to either overcome or hide our weaknesses. But in our weaknesses are the very places God wants to display His power in our lives. In scriptures, we are encouraged to embrace our weaknesses and through them experience a power that we could never know otherwise. In 2 Chronicles 20, we acknowledge weakness in order to experience God’s strength. It is when we are in our weakness that we find ourselves and find the strength in the Lord. In Jeremiah 18:3, the Lord is the potter, and we are the clay. The Lord will spin the wheel as slowly or as quickly as He wants. The Lord is in control of the circumstances and, depending on how the Lord plans on using us, determines the circumstances we will encounter.
In the Book of Daniel, Meshach, Shadrach, and Abednego were thrown into the fiery furnace for not following the king’s orders and bowing down to the statue. But in the story, the Lord did not keep them out of the furnace; instead, the Lord led them through it without harm.

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