{"id":2120,"date":"2023-12-19T05:14:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T05:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=2120"},"modified":"2023-12-19T05:20:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T05:20:38","slug":"gods-heart-for-the-spiritually-abused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=2120","title":{"rendered":"God&#8217;s heart for the spiritually abused"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2100\" src=\"http:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Advent3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"371\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Advent3.jpg 1554w, https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Advent3-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Advent3-862x1024.jpg 862w, https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Advent3-768x912.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Advent3-1293x1536.jpg 1293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"chapter-2\"><span class=\"text Isa-61-1\">The Spirit of the Lord\u00a0<span class=\"small-caps\">God<\/span>\u00a0is upon me,<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"text Isa-61-1\">because the\u00a0<span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>\u00a0has\u00a0anointed me<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"text Isa-61-1\">to <strong>bring<\/strong> <strong>good news<\/strong> to the poor [afflicted, humble, oppressed];<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"text Isa-61-1\">he has sent me to <strong>bind up<\/strong> the brokenhearted [whose heart is in pieces],<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"text Isa-61-1\">to <strong>proclaim<\/strong> <strong>liberty<\/strong> to the captives,\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"text Isa-61-1\">and the <strong>opening of the prison <\/strong>to those who are bound [by NDAs] <strong>;<\/strong><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"en-ESV-18846\" class=\"text Isa-61-2\"><sup class=\"versenum\">\u00a0<\/sup>to proclaim the year of the\u00a0<span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>&#8216;s favor,<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"text Isa-61-2\">and the day of vengeance of our God;<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"text Isa-61-2\">to <strong>comfort<\/strong> all who mourn [having lost so much.] Is. 61:1-2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you know someone who has been spiritually abused in a Christian setting, what would be good news to them? What actions can you take to help them heal, to secure their liberty, or to comfort them?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">December 19, 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spirit of the Lord\u00a0God\u00a0is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2120","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-thought-for-the-day"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2120"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2145,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120\/revisions\/2145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}