Divorce Happened to Me: A Biblical Guide to Divorce Recovery

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Dr. Scott Wilson. Divorce Happened to Me: A Biblical Guide to Divorce Recovery

Preface

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When Thou Vowest a Vow

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The Greatest of All

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There Was a Day

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Among the Ashes

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Pour Out Your Heart Before Him

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Arrows of the Almighty

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Miserable Comforters

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He Holdeth Fast His Integrity

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He Hideth Himself

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He Knoweth the Way

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Though he Slay Me

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Accepted

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Turned Captivity

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The Latter End

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Give Not Thy Strength unto Women

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Your Reasonable Service

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I can say with all honesty that never in my wildest dreams would I have ever thought I’d be the author of a book on divorce. Like every other man or woman that entered into holy matrimony, I thought my marriage would be the exception to the rule, but sadly it was not, and divorce happened to me!

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Yet, like any other gift, you must receive it. How do you receive the gift of salvation? Romans 10:9 teaches us that you simply ask the Lord to forgive your sins: “If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” Have you received the gift of salvation? If not, I invite you to cry out to the Lord and ask Him to forgive you of your sins and accept Him as your Lord and Savior. The first step to our recovery is to continue to follow Christ, and in order to rely on Him, you must first possess Him. I hope, if you’ve never trusted Christ, you’ll trust Him today. So the first thing you do is continue to follow Christ, but what else do we do?

Fortunately for us, our God is omniscient, simply meaning He's all knowing, and knowing what was in man's heart, He gave instruction to help us in the instance we are faced with divorce. According to the Word of God, there are two acceptable reasons for divorce: adultery and abandonment. In essence, God says that if your spouse committed adultery or abandoned you because they were an unbeliever, then you have scriptural grounds for divorce. That doesn’t mean you have to get a divorce, but it means that if there can be no reconciliation, then a divorce is permitted in the sight of God. Let us look at these two clauses in more depth.

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