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    Behind Closed Doors: God Brings Life After Abuse
    Behind Closed Doors: God Brings Life After Abuse
    Behind Closed Doors: God Brings Life After Abuse
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    Behind Closed Doors: God Brings Life After Abuse

    By Freddie Power

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    Throughout 17 years of teaching inner-city children Bible through Keeping Hope Alive, I have prayed for the mothers of many children.
    Looking into the face of a mom whose eyes were black as night, I could feel the trauma she had gone through. Even so, this mom lacked the confidence to say no, and to get out of the abusive situation.
    Another mom we prayed for had been beaten by her boyfriend many times, even hospitalized. However, she always went back to him.
    One other mom had been beaten repeatedly by her boyfriend. Some days her arms would be covered with bruises, and she always had a hollow look on her face. I would come in each week to teach Bible for the kids who stayed in this hotel. Over time I noticed small changes, gradually she wanted to read Christian books, and study the Bible more. Soon she was setting boundaries and telling her boyfriend no to things that were not appropriate. Even though her life started changing for the better, she still lacked confidence to move completely forward and out of the grip of the abusive boyfriend.
    After seeing abuse in the lives of mothers over and over again, lacking the confidence to get out of the dangerous situations in which they found themselves, I decided to write this book. Behind Closed Doors shares stories of women who lived in abusive situations, and how God brought them through it to the other side. It is intended to bring hope to them through the realization that God can and will help them through the circumstances they face. He will give them the confidence to keep walking, to keep saying no, and to keep trusting Him to bring them through to a new life on the other side of abuse.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateAug 17, 2010
    ISBN9781456720711
    Behind Closed Doors: God Brings Life After Abuse
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    Freddie Power

    Freddie Power Freddie is the President of Keeping Hope Alive Ministries. She pastors two churches for the homeless and is a missionary to orphans in foreign nations. She has a passion to see children ignited and released into ministry. She enjoys taking teams of young people with her to the missions field, on the streets and in foreign nations. Sharon Rowland With an incredible heart for children, Sharon Rowland has been a dedicated 5th grade teacher for 12 years. She has a heart for missions and she imparts that same compassion to the students she teaches. She is the President of Hear His Heart Ministries, and is continually inspiring more and more children to take their gifts to the streets.

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