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You Can Be Happy Again

Divorce is one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. It destroys dreams. It breaks hearts. It affects children. It creates shame.It leaves people wondering: “Did I miss God’s will?” “Can God still use me?” “Can I ever be happy again?” “Can I ever love again?” “Does God still have a future for me?”

Today's message will help you understand God's heart about divorce & remarriage.

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-Marriage is a spiritual and legal COVENANT!
- God hates divorce! But at times he will permit it, why?

These aren't primarily laws about ending marriages. They are laws about protecting after a marriage has already been broken

- God didn't allow divorce because He stopped caring about marriage. He allowed regulations for divorce because He cared about the people trapped in the wreckage of broken marriages.

- God takes covenant seriously. But He also takes wounded people seriously.

- God allowed divorce because the marriage covenant can be broken.

- The marriage covenant can be broken by adultery, long term neglect, abandonment & abuse.

- The New Testament does not replace covenant obligations with endless obligation; it applies the law of love to covenant relationships, recognizing that when one party persistently destroys the covenant through adultery, abandonment, or serious covenant neglect, the innocent party was not called to slavery but to peace.

- This isn't about happiness (although peace is a part of it), it's about covenant. God values covenant, but God never intended covenant to become captivity.

- The issue God has with these men isn't divorce, it's breaking covenant.

- God cares about the injured party and wants them to have peace.

- Those that break the marriage covenant expose themselves to judgment.

- Once a person has been freed from a marriage covenant, they are FREE to remarry, it is not a sin.

- God still has a great future for you >> you can still experience heaven at home!

- Ultimately, the only law that governs us as Christians is the law of love >> if you are facing a decision, ask yourself what would love do (ex: 1 Cor. 7:15 - love would let them go).

- Also, lean on the leading of the Holy Spirit and godly counsel from your church and faith family as you make your decision.

- If you have caused your divorce or chosen to divorce for reasons outside of scripture, God can still forgive you & God can still have a future for you >> but you need to make it right with Him (& maybe with them).

- God hates divorce, but God hasn’t given up on divorced people.

- A broken marriage does not mean a broken future.

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