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In this world, we really don’t have to look very far to find someone who is hurting in some way. It isn’t too hard to find a human who has been hurt by another human, often in deep, disturbing and damaging ways.
This is a book about ministering to those people - the abused.
Stephanie Mayberry, author of "My Story is not Unique," writes with raw honesty and clarity about penetrating the world of the battered spirit. Through this spirit-filled journey, she outlines practical, real ways to reach the abused and lead them to Jesus.
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Stephanie A. Mayberry
Stephanie A. Mayberry is a freelance writer and author who has written several books on several modern day topics from a faith based perspective including Autism and Asperger's, Domestic Violence and Abuse, and Depression. She maintains the blog "The Christian Aspie" and has a Facebook group "Autism and the Holy Ghost."
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Why I Stayed - Stephanie A. Mayberry
WHY I STAYED: Ministering to the Battered Spirit
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Stephanie Mayberry
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Why I Stayed: Ministering to the Battered Spirit
Copyright © 2011 by Stephanie Mayberry
ISBN 978-1-4658-1271-1
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Table of Contents
The First Step of a Thousand Mile Journey
Introduction to the Spirit of Abuse
First Contact
Understanding
Be Sensitive
Words
Step Outside of Yourself (it isn’t all about you)
Seven Bridge Building Planks
Jesus Heals: Beyond the Chasm
About Stephanie Mayberry
Contents
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Before we begin this Journey
Before we begin this journey, I want you to understand that God reached through my years of pain from abuse and found the words I have laid here for you so you could better understand the battered spirit and know how to reach it. If anyone needs to know the love and healing of Jesus, it is those who have been abused! I have said again and again that God writes the words, I just hold the pen. That is true here as well. If you are reading this, God brought you here. It isn’t an accident
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