Abuse - Pastor Micah Harp

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[@claytonshankle4427]

Thank youPastor Micah for being courageous enough to speak out and talk about the crucial issues that face the church, that very few pastors will preach about from the Pulpit, because they are afraid to loose money in the offering plate. Keep up the good work of being truthful even when it's NOT POPULAR.

[@lavondashears2859]

I stumbled across this, by accident. I am a domestic violence survivor. I genuinely loved my abuser, still do, but that man was killing me and the violence was escalating. After 15 plus years, with this man, I was lost. I wanted out, but he wouldn't let me go, and I wanted in, but he didn't want the commitment. It was horrible. I was to the point I wanted to end it all. I was walking on egg shells, glass and lego's 😂 Afraid to even say good morning, what's going on? Etc. It was hell on earth. It was after the last slap down from him, that I ended up on my kitchen floor, bawling, and I prayed a very powerful prayer. I told God, if this man isn't supposed to be in my life, close this door God. Close it, shut it down, bolt it and don't let either one of us open it up again. I am so weak, I don't know what to do. But, God, if this man is supposed to be mine, change him. Help him to find you, he doesn't know you. And I told God exactly what was in my heart, all the hate, all the ugliness, all the love, confusion, and bitterness. I held nothing back, and when I got off my kitchen floor, I cleaned up and went to bed. My prayer brought this peace, I hadn't felt in a long time. My abuser had left after the slap down, and I didn't reach out, I just went to bed. I had a dream that night, God told me he was going to shut the door. In this dream, He ran my ex off, and his sister. I wasn't close to her, but God, in my dream ran her off too. He had his reasons, it wasn't for me to know. And God told me not to open the door after it was closed. I told God, but, I love him, and he told me he did too, but He knew more, heard more, and saw more, than I knew about. That Monday, I ended up going down and getting a restaining order. Let me tell you, it's been hard starting over at 54. But, no more abuse. He's not slapping me, punching me, withholding money from me, screaming at me, or cussing me. God, told me it would be hard, but you know what else God did in this dream? He opened the Heavens, and let me hear the Angels singing. They only sang 2 words, "Emanuel, Emanuel. " and he shut the heavens up. He told me I would never want to leave if I heard more. It was so beautiful, I called my mother in the middle of the night crying. I wrote this whole dream down in my Bible,. When things get really tough, I remember the singing, because I'm telling you right now, God is with us! (Thats what Emanuel means, God is with us.) And I keep going forward. He drives by once in a while, I just pretend I don't see him, and I go on. One thing I've held steadfastly with, is God telling me not to open that door back up. It was very clear. God put things in place. He left me with massive debt, it's almost gone now, he left me destitute, but God puts these little blessings in place. God keeps me under his wing. All I do is walk in faith, stay in my Bible, pray, and worship. Plus, go on with life.😊 Don't go back to something God has delivered you from, and only God could deliver me from this nightmare, the glory is all his. Men, step up. Don't fall for what the world is pushing. We need our men to be Godly men. We need it desperately. Women, we need you also to take your Godly place. Thank you for this service. I live in Oklahoma. ♡

[@jodycurtis1678]

I hear you and feel for you. This story is so similar to mine. Sending you blessings 🙏🏼🌺

[@lavondashears2859]

@@jodycurtis1678 thank you, sending prayers to you!

[@DodgeSystems]

Shout out to all the men going through abuse, Micah harped on men the whole time but forgets what modern society is like, it's not just physical abuse out there, it's mental and emotional too. This includes men having their children held against them, men who are trying to do things right for their spouse but it's never enough, and the list goes on.. We see you and we're praying for you. You don't have to fight it alone, and remember you are never alone.

[@kimray1404]

I love to see that pastor finally preaching about something about abuse because my entire life that’s what I’ve been through. I actually try to do everything that I can to be able to help others out of it.

[@debbieburrow729]

Thank you, I’ve been waiting to hear this message for 40 years. You have no idea how you have touched my life tonight. Thank you so much.

[@frankieblakely6717]

Praise God! Open the eyes of the blind.🙏🏼⚔️

[@luanahaigood278]

I’ve been abused for 3 years (8yrs to 11yrs) and my mother turned her back on me. I’m 59 yrs old now and the pain is still there. I wish I could come to your church. Your an amazing pastor. I’m in Missouri now and love your videos.

[@paulasilvachristlike]

I thank for your life and for He is doing through you. But what happens when it's parents abusing their child emotionally or physically. Children cannot defend themselves, they don't even know they are being abused emotionally not until later but by then they have been destroyed inside 😥 it is my case. I wish I had a church and a pastor like you in my life. I have Jesus and will always put Jesus first, He leads the way😊🙏🤗

[@debwakeland7680]

I wish my church would have protected me and my kids. I need to find a pastor/church like this in my area. Thank you for the amazing sermon. God needed me to hear this message.

[@speedskater5613]

me too. i am just now trying to escape 25 years of hell me and my kids loved thru. i filed 2 yrs ago, my kids are grown but i stayed and stayed attempting to leave many times but was manipulated back under his control. i am trying to get the divorce finalized, i can’t work because of chronic back issues. he has been stalking me, he is dangerous, so i filed stalking charges. please pray for me to get the finances i need and to survive this divorce

[@dyanajones3298]

Psychological and emotional abuse needs covered. Covert abusers torment, abuse without laying a hand. They are passive-aggressive, and mean as sin. Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde.

[@bmcrybaby68]

Me too😢 I've been waiting for someone to speak on this.

[@jodycurtis1678]

Thank you SO much for speaking up about this! I have been raped by a man, yelled at, hit, intimidated, left stranded, had money and food kept from me and my children, and more. My first pastors told me to just be a better wife and my husband wouldn’t have to act that way. Second church gave me support but never addressed his issues (he was even having an affair with someone in the church!). So it continued. Third church came alongside me and told me to leave him. And again - never did anything to help him. He still goes to that church and my daughters (whom he also abused), still have to face him there 💔🥺 It took me 30 years and 7 attempts to finally break free. And now, sadly (and embarrassingly), I have ended up in another marriage that a man abuses me. I reached out to his mom - WHO IS A PASTOR! - for help and she just kept enabling him and didn’t do anything to help me. So very sad. This is a huge problem in our churches and I am so very grateful that you are taking a stand for something God hates! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@sdp2233]

Thank you for these messages on abuse and divorce. Pastor your boldness and display of the heart of God is what I dearly wish I could see in other churches and it set me free. I will send the link to all the other women that went through a divorce because of abuse or unfaithfulness, who are still judged by Christians who don't understand.

[@syannswihart492]

Thank you for preaching on this.

[@SBrown1023]

Thank you. I was a victim of abuse in a marriage and my then church and family turned a blind eye, if not outright told me it was his right to “discipline me” as he saw fit because i was his property.

[@theresaobrien747]

Amen! Thank you for being truthful, teaching biblical truth ❤

[@SageDigitalProject]

I know a man who has gone through an abusive situation throughout out his short marriage and whose church did not handle it well. Because people often assume that the abuser is the male, when he finally defended himself against his wife and left obvious evidence on her body, he was disciplined. He loved his wife and voluntarily left the church before they could ask him to because he wanted her to heal. But the church never investigated the situation fully. I pray that church leaders take the stance you've have while continuing to understand that mental and emotional abuse, and yes spiritual abuse, occurs at the hands of women far more frequently than we think and it's unjust to simply side with with either party until all things are investigated. When you went down your list of things that qualify as abuse, I think I counted where the woman had accomplished every last one of them except the scriptural justification/control one. He had only one time slammed a door in anger.

[@lydiaafandi2970]

Thank you. I relate with the message. I have been abusing a loved one. I repent and seek God's intervention. I have already talked to a counsellor. I believe I will be able to overcome my destructive anger

[@tinareyes9773]

I have been waiting for years for confirmation to leave my marriage. I have asked others and i keep being told stay because God is against divorce. I hope send me a word through this video.I am just starting it but NEVER hear this subject. Thank you for this.

[@diamond6256]

FINALLY. Someone willing to talk about the harder subjects. Physical, Emotional or sexual abuse by an employer it hard. I thought it was me for a long time, now I don't. 67 in Texas.💜💜 BY-THE=WAY. I am proud of your change, you MADE a choice to make that change, some men don't. Your wife is awesome.

[@miamaddux5483]

Please remember that many abusers were once themselves abused.

[@lynnethemomandwidow6063]

That is really a question I never thought of! Could my husband have had abuse? He was a reformed alcoholic. He could not break his way of cursing and put downs and screaming when things did not go his way. I left him 3 times. I stayed with him when he got cancer. I loved him and tried to find a way to help him. God took him, and now he is with Jesus. His healing was not to be in the physical life.

[@MarcusCaudle]

1 peter 2:21-3:7 tells a different perspective

[@Errorloadingvideo]

The covenant is broken when a person abuses their spouse. His Grace and Forgiveness allows a person that has been abused, whose marriage covenant was broken by their spouse, to find happiness with another spouse. If it’s a sin to marry again after your spouse has broken their marriage covenant to you, then that is also covered by the Blood of Jesus. He longs for His children to live a happy and fulfilled life in EVERY way. No human was meant to be alone. That’s why He made woman for man.

[@NEWLILLYHOT]

Thank you

[@MarcusCaudle]

1 Peter 2:21-3:6 tells us a different view than what’s being taught here.

[@lynnethemomandwidow6063]

And.....how does that apply to abusing your spouse? Those who think abuse of women is ok, quote these verses like she should call him "Lord" and be "submissive" to his abuse.

[@kristafrasier5130]

1 Peter 3:1-6 is how a woman can change the heart of their non-Godly husbands- like the preacher said as his personal testimony. Then if you continue to read 1 Peter 3:7-17, paraphrased, is how the husband should reply in return. If that is not happening, then that is when the church should step in. This is what this preacher preached through out his sermon. The Word is not a different view, the different view is the reader’s to be had. Would God, who loves all His children, really condemn the innocent to torture if he would not deliver the innocent from it? And how would God deliver the innocent if not from whom He calls upon from His church to correct the wrong doers?

[@cupcake8509]

I love your boldness. Please, though, with serious topics such as this, do not let the temptation to joke creep in. Your church needs to feel the heat of the seriousness of such as this. Let the Holy Spirit do his work without that distraction. I understand how it feels to want to lighten the heaviness a little. The heaviness is appropriate and it is ok. Well done to meet this topic head on. Well done . I have been abused so know.

[@JordanPasma]

I have been molested by my own dad at the age of four and agian when I was 22 years old by my dad agian and this has only been 3 weeks since he went back to prison and I still blame myself to this day

[@bonniebrown6960]

If you don't mind, can someone tell me where this church is located? I have enjoyed listening to him preach.

[@lucinda1884]

Texarkana Texas

[@teresagailey8924]

Do u have a private in box I don't feel comfortable sharing on here

[@lucinda1884]

Thank you for Preaching the truth, but I have a question My husband yells at me when I don’t do things his way, such as wiping down our counter tops with Clorox wipes, if I forget to put a fabric softener in the dryer, or if I forget the cloths in the dryer and so much more , I do walk on egg shells. Then he buys me things , he is in charge of the money, his money is his money and so when I started receiving my SS he wants to know how much I get so I can help him pay the rent. Plus I work with him with construction jobs so I can’t find another job. He controls everything and he doesn’t miss anything. We had his mom live with us until she passed not to long ago, his neice comes to visit and they talk Spanish so I don’t understand. I told him I want to move to Texas so I can be near my children and grandchildren and be a grandmother, he said no but he would move 8 hours away so he is not bothered with them coming to visit us. I told him its not far to me, he knew I had children when he married me, he said he’s not a family man and he also has no relationship with his 2 daughters, he said because it was something I said on fb, I always quote scripture and things God lays on my heart, not meaning to harm anyone. But I am to blame for everything , I guess I am conditioned to this kinda of treatment, I’ve had it all my life. I guess my question is , is this abuse ? I only get to visit my children once a year and so I try to stay two weeks with each of my 3 sons, but he complains about that. I dont know what to do anymore and I am so frustrated I feel like a prisoner in my own home

[@miamaddux5483]

I am praying for you. Don’t miss time with your children and grandchildren.

[@lucinda1884]

@@miamaddux5483 Thank you, It’s a fight every time but I won’t , I just want so bad to be closer to my family so bad

[@barbaramoore1999]

Whetescthis churxh located?

[@MarcusCaudle]

What about 1:Peter 2:21-3:7

[@rachelpaul9477]

I appreciate you addressing this but I strongly disagree with your definition of abuse. It is much much more encompassing that that. It is NOT just physical. The emotional & spiritual abuse was far worse than the physical abuse. And 8 pastors did turn a blind eye. Maybe for the same reason you didn’t state it as abuse. I don’t think they felt it was abuse. But it is. 1,Cor 5 names a verbal abuser in the list of believers not to associate with. If I shouldn’t eat a meal with me I should probably not be sharing a bed with him either.

[@MarcusCaudle]

1 Peter 2:21-3:7 ??

[@MistyStar83]

My husband and I both abuse each other , the fear and bad choices due to ptsd and child trauma and abuse done to us etc. so we abuse without intent to harm, now I know it’s deep and not right but what do we do? Remain married but work on oneself? Or call it quits? I believe we’re meant to be together forever we carry what the other lacks. ? Please answer :)

[@escalus84]

25:47 - She left him? Was she married to him? And then she married a great guy. If they were just fiances or whatever, they break it apart she marries and no sweat. But if she was married to the abuser, she can't remarry. I Cor 7:10-11 states a woman is not to depart from her husband, BUT if she does depart to remain single or be reunited with the husband. Toward the end of the sermon it speaks about ministering to the abusive. Now if it shown through counseling that his life did take the turn it needed and stability is achieved, if the abused married another, she would be committing adultery against this repentant man.

[@photokimasl]

I have a question about emotional abuse laced with criticism 😔 and passive aggressive comments. My husband punches walls, closets, etc. He breaks my heart everyday. I havent felt loved in so long. I'm only used for sex. A couple weeks ago he dropped a bottle of bleach on my head and didn't even care to say sorry. Hes grabbed me by the arm before to put me in a specific place during a live video. That hurt...

[@yadiralarroyo1]

What if God created you violent?

[@thirtythr33z]

He created all of us with the capacity for violence. The lord tells not to give in to violence but to give in to him and his love

[@mustardseedist]

Let God be true but this man a LIAR!!! 1 Cor. 7:10-16,39 CLEARLY says to remain single (still married in Gods eyes) or be reconciled. God allows separation. Verse 15 is a favorite twisted loophole. Making Paul a double minded liar. Read the verses around verse 15.

[@MarcusCaudle]

1 Peter 2:21-3:6 tells us a different view than what’s being taught here.

[@MarcusCaudle]

What about 1:Peter 2:21-3:7

[@MarcusCaudle]

1 Peter 2:21-3:6 tells us a different view than what’s being taught here.