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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">My story is about total deliverance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>To make a long story short, my Christian boyfriend and I became sexually active in college.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I was a very new Christian when I found out I was pregnant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I was overwhelmed and marriage wasn’t going to happen, so when I was 3 months pregnant I had an abortion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I was 19 years old and had minimal coping skills needed to deal with the after-effects of having an abortion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>It truly took years to recover from it emotionally.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">I was the only girl of 5 children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>My parents never had “the talk” with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Later when I learned that my oldest brother was conceived out of wedlock, I wondered if “the talk” never took place due to hypocrisy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Since my parents didn’t know the Lord, they had never experienced total forgiveness from the Lord.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">I’ve rejoiced often when I have read in scripture special versus that helped me with recovery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The one that has helped the most is Psalm 103:12 which says, “As far as the East is from the West, so far has He removed our transgressions from us”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">    </span>Keep in mind that the East and the West never meet!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">Over the past 35 years Satan has tried to pull me back into shame and quilt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The weapons of warfare that the Lord has given us to defect the enemy (Satan) are so powerful!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I have to yield to any and all provisions the Lord has established to keep me <span style="text-decoration: underline;">free</span>, spiritually and emotionally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Needless to say, I look forward to meeting my child in heaven one fine day.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Over the years God has put me in powerful places to minister to others who have had devastating abortions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>He has allowed my experience to be used to help others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Romans 8:28 says, “All things work together for good to them that love God”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">When something very detrimental happens and it happens to you personally, there’s nothing better than the Lord’s forgiveness next to being saved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>No sin is too great for God to forgive!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Amen</span></p>
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