Hey everyone, we're so glad you're here with us today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope.

Rick is sharing biblical wisdom that we need to have great relationships.

And let's admit it, we can all use that.

And now, here's Pastor Rick with the final part of a message called Breaking Free from Abuse.

When you're in a relationship where you experience humiliation, that's abuse, friends.

That's emotional abuse.

I've been insulted, put to shame, and humiliated.

Shame is the favorite tool of abusers.

They demean you, they dishonor you, and they disgrace you. Denegration,

humiliation, intimidation, aggravation. Number five, manipulation. Manipulation is when

they're trying to control you and they're bullying you around in Psalm 73

verse 8. I love this in the message paraphrase. They jeer. They use words to kill. They bully their

way with words. You ever been bullied with words? They're trying to manipulate you by what they say.

You're verbally bullied.

That's manipulation.

And that's emotional abuse.

Number six, domination.

They push hard to make me fall.

They push hard.

What is domination?

They're trying to control you in every kind of way.

They're always pushing at you.

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