Will you be apart or a pair

The papers are on the table. All that's needed are two signatures. Will two lives once joined "till death do us apart" now be permanently split apart?

The BIBLE offers insight and answers, healing and hope.

Rejection and neglect can easily drive a couple into a ditch of divorce. But the light of God's Word can guide them back onto level ground.

So Many have failed to understand God's Heart on Divorce...

God hates divorce because it was not His original intention. Malachi 2:16

God doesn't consider divorce as dissolving the one-flesh bond in marriage (with 2 exceptions).

Most theologians today believe the Bible allows divorce in 2 situations:

Sexual infidelity:

"Anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness and marries another woman commits adultery Matthew 19:9. Unfaithfulness=Sexual immorality, any illicit sexual intercourse which automatically breaks the marital covenant.

Physical Abandonment:

I Cor, 7:15 "If the unbeliever leaves, let him do so. A believing man or woman is not bound in such circumstances"

God doesn't bless those who break their marriage covenant, regardless of their financial offerings (Malachi 2:13-14).

God also doesn't permit divorce just because a mate is unsaved: "The believing husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband...How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife"? (I Cor 7:14, 16)

God's heart is for reconciliation, if possible even after divorce. "A wife must not separate from her husband. But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife". (1 Cor 7:10-11).

God guards and protects the faithful spouse in a divorce. (Prov. 2:8)

God will accomplish His ultimate purpose for you. (Rom 8:28)

God promises to meet all your needs (Philippians 4:19)

God requires self-examination (Matthew 7:1-5)

God's heart is to bring "new life" out of the devastation of divorce (Jer 29:11)

Beginning again may mean rebuilding a marriage through the strength of Christ, or it may mean rebuilding hope in a life broken by sorrow. In either situation, God has wonderful new beginning for those whose hearts are given to Him. He promises to guide you on the path to recovery, and will travel with you on the Road to Transformation.

Your New Life in Christ

Your new identity is in the Lord, not in a position or in another person (Gal. 2:20)

You are complete in Christ, not an incomplete single if you don't remarry (Colossians 2:9-10)

Your purpose in life, regardless of marital status, is to glorify God. (1 Cor. 6:19-20)

You have have the resources to forgive your ex-spouse and others who have hurt you (Colossians 3:13)

You have the strength to overcome temptations when you are living in the power of Christ (1 Cor 10:13)