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Janeen Michael broke free from an abusive relationship with her ex-husband, a senior pastor

Gifted, beautiful and God-fearing, Janeen Michael would have never imagined in her wildest dreams that she would become the victim of domestic violence.

And yet, for 15 years, she stayed in a marriage to a senior pastor who was brutalizing her behind closed doors.

So why did the singer, who is currently promoting her new CD Press On, stay so long?

“Pride, fear and shame were the bars of my prison,” the Journey to Love author and worship leader explains of what she calls the “toxic relationship.”

For all those years, sitting beneath a big hat, she knew the man who preached the gospel to the congregation was ignoring the Ephesians 5:25 mandate to love his wife as Christ loves the church. But she didn’t know what to do about the abuse or how to get break free of the volatile union.

“I tried to handle the monster myself, but instead, wound up inflicting a great deal of self-abuse.  As an example, one method I resorted to is what I call, performing the role of ‘do-bot,’” Michael explains.  “Simply defined, I would ‘do just ‘bout anything I was told,’ often marring what God made me to be.”

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source: EEWMagazine.com

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