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(This article was originally published on 16AUG)

ne of the hardest things for a Christian husband is how to deal with the wife that demands for a divorce. You agree to go to counseling and each session is an exercise in the counselor listening to her, while giving you the look like you evil man, how could you be so insensitive? Or perhaps, she just calls your family and friends and tells that you have abandoned her emotionally. Or maybe, as you lay in bed, she describes how one night while you are sleeping, she’ll put a gun to your had and off you. Perhaps, in your case, it is more subtle. But in any case, when she asks for a divorce, what are you to think? How do you act? What about the Biblical injunction against taking Believers to court?

t seems that the entire variety of advice is out there. She asked for it, now she’s going to get what she wants? seems to be a common response. Your friends tell you to let her go. Your pastors, well that’s another story. Your family, well, you will quickly find out what your status with them is. It is amazing how many men’s families side with the wife in divorces. Then there are the people who suggest that you should die in the process of pleasing your wife, after all, didn’t Our Lord die for the Church?

ltimately, the decision is yours in most cases (though in some states, either party can file) and whether you go along or fight it is your decision. I guess perhaps that best thing that I can write is that you cannot fight for what is not there. There seems to be a great deal of magical thinking that is imposed upon men in these situations, either by others or from themselves. Maybe this is one way of looking at it. Are we so powerful that in spite of another’s will, somehow through our actions we can change our wife? Just how egoistic is it for us to believe this? Are we magicians?

fter some honest, prayerful reflection, can you say that you did the best that you knew how to in order to modify your own actions and try to love your wife as you know that the Spirit leads you to? Did you really focus on your own issues and modify the associated behaviors that negatively effected your relationship with your wife? Did you fast and pray about the situation and ask the Lord for insight and wisdom? If you can truly say that you did this and that there was no change in your wife’s attitude and actions, perhaps the problem is not you but your wife’s.

bj

Father in heaven, give each of us insight, wisdom, and strength to do what is right in our marriages or divorce if that is necessary. You know our hearts and You knew us before we were made. Help us to show Your Love in our actions. Amen.

(This article was originally published on 25AUG)

Hi, bj,

I have been reading your web page as I want to understand a Christian man\’s perspective on divorced and ministry. I was married for 35 years and have been divorced for 2 years. I know your web site is devoted to men, this is what I believe the Lord gave to me, a Christian woman. This truth is for both genders. I, too, was questioning if I could ever be used by the Lord after I was divorced. I have been longing for the Lord to open a door of ministry to me. I want to do something, anything for Him.

I have been a Christian since the age of 5, my dad was a minister. I have always loved the Lord. When my ex said he never loved me even the day he married me, and wanted to move out to work on the marriage, I knew I needed God like I had never needed Him. I turned totally to Him and sought Him with every thing that I had—nothing was reserved. Of course, you know the rest of the story—He came to me in a way that I would have never known had I not gone through the pain of divorce. He took the pain and used it for my good and has given me an opportunity to minister healing to others. Here\’s one example of what the Lord showed me concerning ministry after divorce.

I have always wanted to go to Israel, and decided it was time to start living my dreams—live like I am dying. I went in April 2008. Every day I was there, the Lord revealed new truth to me. It was a \divine appointment\ in my life. He invited me and I am glad I responded to His invitation.

When we were in the garden in Jerusalem, my pastor\’s wife began to share how God makes people fit for service. When Peter pulled out his sword and cut off the High Priest\’s right ear that was very symbolic. (Luke 22:50) She said that the right ear was used for purification rights and if his ear was missing, he could not be a priest—he had become defective, blemished. (Exodus 29:20) Jesus immediately restored his ear. He made him fit again for service.

This is a great part the Lord showed me this morning. Before Jesus healed the servant\’s ear, He said to Peter, \Permit even this.\ According to the dictionary, a permit is a license or warrant to do something not forbidden by law. Jesus said to allow His capture, His death, as it was part of a plan, designed for a greater purpose. What a powerful picture of the purposes of God for our lives.

When we go through the pain of divorce, we may feel like we have become defective, blemished—our heart and ear may be missing. We may feel that we are no longer worthy of the calling the Lord has placed on our lives. This is not true. If we \permit\ God to have His way in our lives, He can heal our hearts and make us whole again. He does this through His healing touch. He has a greater purpose for our lives. The pain of divorce has been used for a greater purpose in my life.

We have what people need to see: an example of God\’s grace and direction through one of the hardest pains in life—divorce. Even though none of us would have chosen this ministry, no one else can minister to divorced people like we can. No one else could ever \understand\ this pain no matter how hard they tried. Then the Lord develops us to be able to help people who have been hurt in different ways. Our losses have great value to the Lord.

We can take the pain of divorce (the seed), place it in the ground (the dirt the Lord brushes off us), permit the seed to die (our earthly dreams and desires), water it (our tears), dig around it and keep it free of weeds (resist earthly thinking), fertilize it (apply the Word to our hearts on a daily basis), and God will bring the 100 fold increase (restore the years that the locust hath eaten). (Luke

For as the earth brings forth its bud, as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. Isaiah 61:11

Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, so that no one went through you, I will make you an eternal excellence, a joy of many generations. Isaiah 60:15

Those from among you shall build the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach, the Restorer of Streets to Dwell In. Isaiah 58:12

May God bless you abundantly,

A blessed sister in Christ

En el día de hoy y La edad, ya que las personas más contenido en la internet dejar jugar matchmaker, Christian de citas en línea continúa ganando popularidad y aceptación.Pero, ¿es bueno tratar?

La Internet es uno de los portales más seguros para atender a otras personas para que data o una relación seria.Y citas en línea con las tendencias gravitacional hacia la especialidad y de base comunitaria, que data, vemos un aumento en el número de sitios a la restauración cristiana de citas en línea.

Hay ventajas a este fenómeno.Algunas de las ventajas incluyen:

1.Amplia red: Usted puede buscar miles de perfiles de las personas que comparten la misma fe.Hay una vasta red de cristianos que ha variado intereses, aficiones, gustos y disgustos.El gran número le da una mejor oportunidad de encontrar una que le guste.

2.Christian de citas en línea, ofrece un ambiente cómodo y-aunque usted todavía debe actuar con cautela y sentido común-se considera segura.La comunidad de citas en línea es un lugar donde usted puede crear relaciones duraderas para el conocimiento, la amistad, el compañerismo, romance, y puede incluso llevar a un compromiso permanente.

3.En un sitio de citas online cristiana, el centro es la espiritualidad.Las personas aquí creen que han filtrado las fechas con la gente que no puede compartir el mismo conjunto de valores.Si usted es un cristiano unirse sitio de citas online, usted sabe lo que puede esperar.

4.A fin de acotar el campo de más abajo a una aún más específicos, como la fe católica, los Santos Últimos Días (mormones), los Adventistas del Séptimo Día, etc

5.Puede ser específico en cuanto al nivel de compromiso religioso, para que coincida con el suyo propio.Para algunas personas de ir a la iglesia todos los domingos puede ser considerado "cristiano" suficiente y para otros podría ser más o menos.

Un cristiano sitio web de citas en línea deben incluir salas de chat donde puede divertirse debates, tanto personales como Bíblico.En la mayoría de los sitios, también puede publicar memos y notas sobre tablones de mensajes y compartir imágenes con galerías de fotos.Y por supuesto, puede enviar mensajes personales de correo privado cajas.

Muchos sitios web de citas también característica de mensajería instantánea y voz de la introducción de un toque más personal.Algunos de los sitios web cristiana incluso ofrecen servicios de citas cristiana aparte de correspondencia en línea.

De hecho, que data un extraño compartir sus creencias sería más tranquilizador que comenzar con alguien que no comparte los mismos principios.

Y como se da a entender, la sociedad está en línea centradas en Cristo.Y por asociación, Cristo es todo puro amor y bondad.Si se inscribe en el grupo, esto indica que el apoyo de normas y valores cristianos.Reunión el amor de su vida podría ser una posibilidad!

La comunidad cristiana ahora utiliza esta tendencia actual de la comunicación para ampliar su alcance y de crear un ambiente alegre.Christian citas en línea ha resultado ser muy eficaz para la mayoría de las personas que participan con las amistades y, a menudo, florece en relaciones serias.



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