It Is Not The Fault Of Any Church Or The Leaders When Marriages

One of the substance abuse interventions I recently led, resulted in a very public miraculous healing. I was contacted by the McCracken family early in 2015 to lead a last chance intervention for their son Jeff. Jeff McCracken was barely alive when we got him to treatment. Once he arrived at the facility we had in place, they immediately sent Jeff to the hospital. His medical condition was dire, he was given two months to live and sent to Hospice. In Hospice, Jeff’s parents requested our team to pray over him. Within days of that event, Jeff had an incredible turn around and was released from Hospice and entered a program. I sponsored Jeff throughout the recovery process. God has utterly transformed his life. Dubbed a modern day “Lazarus,”

In the assigned writing, Stan Coppinger attempts to enlighten the reader about God’s character, based on his own personal experiences. I found it intriguing that Coppinger, who has been diagnosed with incurable cancer, claims his faith in God has grown following his diagnosis; in general, people tend to lose their faith when confronted with life altering obstacles. Although Coppinger’s story is inspiring, I am skeptical about the validity of his claim when it is expanded to incorporate the general population because much of his supporting evidence relies on his faith, which is entirely objective.

There are fundamental differences between a God-made marriage and a man-made marriage. Marriage is a reflection of God’s love and Christ’s relationship with the church is likened to a marriage. You cannot take God out of marriage because marriage was His idea. It is difficult to manage what you did not create. Just as a car cannot run without an engine, a marriage cannot work without God and His principles. He is the only One able to help you manage your life and your marriage effectively. God started by saying “It is not good for a man to be alone…” What God intends for every married couple is a marriage of unending love, joy, peace and fruitfulness. God never intended for marriages to fail. His plan is for marriages to last until death do us part. Marriage is God’s idea and divorce is man’s idea. Since marriage is God’s idea, He alone has the power and tools to keep it. God says He hates divorce, not the people getting the divorce. Why? Because Divorce is devastating for everyone involved, especially the children and the consequences often last a lifetime. God hates to see what Divorce does to lives and families which is the opposite of what He wants for every family. Let us take a look at some of the differences between a man-made marriage and a God-made marriage.

As I grew older, I knew something was missing in my life although I do attend the church but there was emptiness in my heart. Life started throwing a lot of challenges at me (Job loss financial difficulties, and broken relationship).I then realized I needed a

After years of not growing spiritually, I decided that I needed to give my life to the

Jeanne’s thirty year old son, my cousin, Walter, had a terrible accident and was in a coma for ten days on full life support. The doctors basically told her she needed to make the decision to take her only son off life support because they had never seen anybody recover from the excessive amount of brain damage he suffered from. Walter was not a Christian, but that did not stop my aunt from praying for him continuously. She informed the doctors that they were going to see something unbelievable and they did. As Walter deified all odds and began to recover my aunt transformed her life so she could transform his. She left her life in Maryland and moved to Denver to help Walter through his months of recovery, and she started a revival in his life. She showed him Jesus and preformed one selfless act after another all in obedience to God, where she truly displayed what it means to be a revivalist. This story is an example of opportunities everybody has in their lives to live out the meaning of being a

It all started in June of 2015. God had been bugging me with something for a long time. I had suddenly felt called to Woodcrest to have with their ministry. Flashback to March of 2015. I had found myself going to a conference at Woodcrest. When at the conference I began to realize that Woodcrest was full of people with faith, despite what I had thought. I thought the preacher was high and mighty but at the conference he was sitting among the people learning with us. I also was greeted with a smile by everyone. These people I had never seen before where so nice. Having trust with Woodcrest I showed up with my grandma, since my parents were out of town. I went in and the message was deep, what I didn’t know what God was going to do in the next

A lot of prayer…” The couples shared that their faith and belief that something or somebody greater than themselves is watching over them has been a sustaining force. It is an essential part of who they are and a historical, familial practice. Utilizing faith to cope in the face of disappointment, loss, and grief has helped the couples to persevere and work to overcome these obstacles.

They must not give up and let the devil have his way for the devil is always out to destroy families and marriages but God is always about building and strengthening them. Running from problems within a marriage is not an answer and neither is divorce. “Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.” (Hebrews 13:4) There are many options a couple has to save their vows, their marriage, there promise to God. Most couples seek marriage counseling either through the pastor whom married them, a pastor, or a licensed therapist. It is also through seeking marriage counseling that a couple can get down to the main issues within their marriage. When your marriage is in trouble you must do all you can to save it and fix it, it is just like when you are sick and need to go to the doctor and see what is wrong. We should do the same with our marriage we need to seek our doctor whom is God who can fix all things there is no problem too big for him The couple may be experiencing issues due to learned behaviors through previous relationships or from a parent from their

James Steward Colorado Christian University Application Essay 11 September 2015 Came to Believe in a Power Greater Than Myself January 5th the night that changed my families life. King of kings, God of gods, the creator decided to take the mother of my children to a place I know as paradise. A fatal car accident took an angel and I asked ,Why not me. Drugs, alcohol, counseling I tried them all but could never forget or deal with my feelings only tried to hide them. After being a marine in desert storm p.t.s.d. was all I knew until I realized the lord had purpose in all that happens and turned my will and life over to the care of GOD. If I can find one person like me struggling for happiness the lord could help their spirits too, that is why I

The next day my wife and I started a huge fight before church and I refused to go there anymore because I was tired of my counterfeit smiling and false faith in the atonement to forgive me, because I now hated myself. I went to pray and literally told God to leave me alone because He dared to send His Spirit to comfort me when I did not want it. I abandoned God just for a moment and planned to take my life after my wife went to church. I had hit rock bottom, finally! In hindsight, it was the best thing that could have happened to me. I lost my health, I lost my daughter, I

It is not the fault of any church or the leaders, when marriages collapse because the Word of God clearly states, who we are fighting against. The couple’s left themselves wide open to sin and the adversary came through the back door. Satan is always looking to destroy what God ordained. He wants the gifts. The gift of one unified, powerful house couple, flowing

In 1994, after twenty years of being in and out of relationship with God, I was ready to seriously turn towards Him and away from the orientation of my fallen will. Looking back at my mid-thirties, it is easy to see why I married a man that I could not withstand and sought approval through work. When that marriage dissolved, it did not matter all the wrong things I had done, I was willing to do whatever it took to regain a relationship with God. As I learned it was as simple as the Ent, Treebeard turning to head south in the Lord of the Rings.

One night at Hume Lake, I was listening to a speaker who’s words impacted me so much that I changed the way I lived. Satan was really good at getting into my head and whispering thoughts of doubt into my mind. I went from being a Christian who was confident to being a doubtful Christian who doubted her purpose in life. I debated whether or not my purpose had passed and if I should even continue to live if that purpose had already been fulfilled. This was heavy on my heart and I started to cause physical harm to my body. But that night at Hume Lake changed everything. The speaker asked if we had something we should give to God, we should do it right then. Obviously, I came to the camp still struggling with the darkness. I gave my self harm to God, trusting

Now that I have laid out what marriage should be in the Christian life let’s look at some of the aspects that have entered into our society and caused divorce rates to soar. There are many reasons for divorce in our society. The top three reasons for divorce in descending order are: 1) Ongoing infidelity, 2) lack of communication, and 3) drug or alcohol abuse. Looking at