YOU HAVE A MORAL COMPASS SO HAVE BEEN LABELED THE SCAPEGOAT / BLACK SHEEP  Today there are many people in the world who have been unknowingly selected to be the scapegoat in their family and in other relationships in life such as work, marriages, ministry, church, etc. In a family situation the scapegoat carries the sins of their own family (which typically have many members in the family who are unhealthy, toxic and/or dysfunctional). For instance, Dad is an alcoholic, sex addict, aggressor, prideful while Mom is his enabler. Or Mom is angry, controlling, belittling, prideful, demanding and Dad is her enabler. The family is expected to deny the truth of their parent’s dysfunction and hide it from the public (keep their dirty laundry buried in the backyard). So what the toxic family members will do is to label one of their children the “problem child” and blame everything that is wrong with their family on that child. This scapegoated child can do no right in their eyes.  The scapegoated child typically has a moral compass and is a truth teller that won’t look the other way and ignore sin, but have a very good heart. The parent who is…

IF THE CHURCH ADVISES YOU TO SUBMIT TO AN ABUSIVE SPOUSE ASK GOD WHAT HE ADVISES Many pastors and church leaders and church people use the “God hates divorce” partial verse to cause an abused spouse to feel that they must stay with their abuser at all costs but what would God advise? God would want the abuser to get their childhood wounds healed, have them forgive those who hurt them when they were young and then to have them repent for their pride and sin and pursue getting deliverance from their demons which caused them to emotionally abuse and worse which caused the victim to reach out for help. The simple truth is that God never wants anyone to be abused, nor tolerate it. And God is not pleased with anyone who abuses their spouse.  Malachi 2:14-16 NKJV “Yet you say, “For what reason?” Because the Lord has been witness Between you and the wife of your youth, With whom you have dealt treacherously; Yet she is your companion And your wife by covenant. But did He not make them one, Having a remnant of the Spirit? And why one? He seeks godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your…