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*clean42day* · 08-18-2006, 04:58 PM

NINE STEPS FOR SEXUAL ABUSE VICTIMS

Step 1: I recognize that I am powerless to heal the damaged emotions resulting from my sexual abuse, and I look to God for the power to
make me whole.

Step 2: I acknowledge that God's plan for my life includes victory over the experience of sexual abuse

Step 3: The person who abused me is responsible for the sexual acts committed against me. I will not accept the guilt and shame resulting from those sexual acts.

Step 4: I am looking to God and His Word to find my identity as a worthwhile and loved human being.

Step 5: I am honestly sharing my feelings with God and with at least one other person to help me identify those areas needing cleansing and healing.

Step 6: I am accepting responsibility for my responses to being sexually abused

Step 7: I am willing to accept God's help in the decision and the process of forgiving myself and those who have offended me

Step 8: I am willing to mature in my relationship with God and others.

Step 9: I am willing to be used by God as an instrument of healing and restoration in the lives of others.

and remember above everything that somebody cares

*janbear* · 08-19-2006, 07:07 AM

flickchic · 08-19-2006, 10:26 AM

Good post Gail, thank's.

Quote:

Step 6: I am accepting responsibility for my responses to being sexually abused

yes, big step that one!!!!! No more "blame game"....I used it openly for many years......

08-18-2006, 04:58 PM	#1
clean42day Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lancaster CA Posts: 1,770	9 steps towards healing NINE STEPS FOR SEXUAL ABUSE VICTIMS Step 1: I recognize that I am powerless to heal the damaged emotions resulting from my sexual abuse, and I look to God for the power to make me whole. Step 2: I acknowledge that God's plan for my life includes victory over the experience of sexual abuse Step 3: The person who abused me is responsible for the sexual acts committed against me. I will not accept the guilt and shame resulting from those sexual acts. Step 4: I am looking to God and His Word to find my identity as a worthwhile and loved human being. Step 5: I am honestly sharing my feelings with God and with at least one other person to help me identify those areas needing cleansing and healing. Step 6: I am accepting responsibility for my responses to being sexually abused Step 7: I am willing to accept God's help in the decision and the process of forgiving myself and those who have offended me Step 8: I am willing to mature in my relationship with God and others. Step 9: I am willing to be used by God as an instrument of healing and restoration in the lives of others. and remember above everything that somebody cares __________________ Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, we can all start from today and make a brand new ending. ~Carl Bard~ "Live today fully, expressing gratitude for all you have been, all you are right now, and all you are becoming." Melodie Beattie

08-19-2006, 07:07 AM	#2
janbear willing servant Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 14,184	__________________ And this above all, to thine own self be true. And it must follow as night the day, thou canst not be false to any man. -Shakespeare For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. Proverbs 23:7

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