IS DIVORCE EVER AN OPTION?

Interesting piece on God's stand about divorce and what the bible says about divorce. I have personally heard a lot of arguments and opinions and explanations on whether or not divorce is permitted for Believers.

As far as I am concerned, the bible remains our STANDARD. Please read and be blessed......

Is it ok to divorce?

And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?” He answered, “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” (Matthew 19:3–6)

God’s position on divorce

“For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the LORD, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the LORD of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless.” (Malachi 2:16)

To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife. (1 Corinthians 7:10–11)

Marriage covenant unto death (Adultery’s potential to end marriage)

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord. (1 Corinthians 7:39)

“But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.” (Matthew 5:32)

“And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.” (Matthew 19:9)

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HOW GRATITUDE CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE

Gratitude is more or less like the "most taken for granted" action in our days. I read this article on how gratitude can change your life and I decided to share. Be blessed as you read on.


If  the only prayer you say in your life is ‘thank you,’ that would suffice. – Meister Eckhar

Gratitude means thankfulness, counting your blessings, noticing simple pleasures, and acknowledging everything that you receive. It means learning to live your life as if everything were a miracle, and being aware on a continuous basis of how much you’ve been given. Gratitude shifts your focus from what your life lacks to the abundance that is already present. In addition, behavioral and psychological research has shown the surprising life improvements that can stem from the practice of gratitude. Giving thanks makes people happier and more resilient, it strengthens relationships, it improves health, and it reduces stress.

Research Shows Gratitude Heightens Quality of Life

Two psychologists, Michael McCollough of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and Robert Emmons of the University of California at Davis, wrote an article about an experiment they conducted on gratitude and its impact on well-being. The study split several hundred people into three different groups and all of the participants were asked to keep daily diaries. The first group kept a diary of the events that occurred during the day without being told specifically to write about either good or bad things; the second group was told to record their unpleasant experiences; and the last group was instructed to make a daily list of things for which they were grateful. The results of the study indicated that daily gratitude exercises resulted in higher reported levels of alertness, enthusiasm, determination, optimism, and energy. In addition, those in the gratitude group experienced less depression and stress, were more likely to help others, exercised more regularly, and made greater progress toward achieving personal goals.

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GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY!!!! LOL

Watch this video and search your self....Funny but true.

Sometimes, as worship ministers, and generally as beleivers, this is actually what we are singing. Self-worship. Self-exhortation. Self-centred praise. We worship with words and emotions, but our hearts are so so so faraway from the one who is really the CENTRE OF OUR WORSHIP. The one whom it is all about.  May God have mercy on us all. (AMEN).