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Left cuz of church hurt & burn out, and now live in sin

Q: I need some advice about my current situation. For three years, I was heavily involved in a church. Constantly serving, lived in a discipleship home, at every single service, etc… I don’t want to get into details, but I was very burnt out, and a lot of the people I looked to as leaders had hurt me deeply. I made the decision to leave & move across the country with the help of my (now) boyfriend, who I’ve known as a good friend for years.  I will admit, it hurt a lot to walk away from the life I had built there, but I was drowning. I was constantly told that if I left the church, I would be “leaving the covering”, and that I could die. The last person I talked to before I left, one of my leaders, had told me she hopes God convicts me, and that I repent before the enemy takes me. A lot of people that I considered extremely close friends in the church never reached out to me after I left, and it made me question if anyone ever really cared for me. I now live with my boyfriend i...