If your life is out of control and you feel hopeless, you haven’t read this book yet. You hide in the shadows hoping you won’t be seen. Your life is consumed with shame, guilt, and fear. Maybe you have never told anyone you have been sexually abused. Is there any hope for breaking free?
Author Nancy Alcorn says yes, you can find hope and freedom if you apply the principles in this book. Nancy combines deep compassion with practical knowledge, insight, and guidance from God’s Word. The lives of thousands of young women who have experienced the life-changing program of Mercy Ministries, which Nancy founded, are proof that these principles work.
Violated will help you reach beyond your pain, so you can expose the truth about your past, find healing, and through God’s Word, understand your true value in Christ. You can move beyond simply surviving your circumstances to experiencing the incredible life God has for you. Read the stories of girls just like you, who once had no hope but now live with joy and freedom. A chapter full of guidance and encouragement for parents and others who care is also included. There is mercy for sexual abuse!
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: What Is Sexual Abuse?
Chapter 2: Breaking Free
Chapter 3: Staying Free
Chapter 4: Stories of Mercy
Chapter 5: For Parents and Others Who Care
Appendix: Changing Ungodly Beliefs to Godly Beliefs
Index to Prayers
Sources
About Mercy Ministries
About the Author
Endorsements:
As a father of two girls in their late teens, I certainly know what girls face today. I have watched Nancy Alcorn and Mercy Ministries bring hope and healing to struggling young women for many years – young women who are completely without hope. The Mercy for . . . series reveals the Mercy Ministries difference and offers great inspiration, hope, and a way to true healing for all who want to be free.
Dave Ramsey, Financial Expert
Mercy Ministries is not afraid to deal with the ugly, tough stuff – sexual abuse, cutting, addictions, eating disorders. Nany and her Merc Ministries team get to the core issues. If you have a daughter, work with girls, or are a young woman struggling with these issues . . . you want to hear what Nancy has to say. It is sure to change your life.
CeCe Winans, Grammy Award-Winning Recording Artist
About the Author:
Founder and president of Mercy Ministries, Nancy Alcorn began her career in corrections and social work. Realizing the inadequacy of secular programs to offer real transformation in the lives of troubled girls, she began Mercy Ministries in 1983, with residential programs in several US states and internationally. A frequent speaker at conferences around the world, Nancy resides in Nashville, Tennessee.
