Divorce: Through the Eyes of God's Love

By John Allen Jr.

Divorce: Through the Eyes of God's Love was written to help people who have been divorced and hurt not only from their painful broken marriages, but also hurt from church folk. I've seen and experienced the pain from a people who are supposed to comfort you, encourage you, motivate you, and embrace you but instead look down their holier-than-thou noses at you, attempting to make you feel worse than you already do, simply because you're divorced. God inspired me to write this book to let the divorced people in this world know that He loves you so much and He will never stop loving you and He will never leave you nor forsake you, even if you're divorced.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Jan 30, 2017
• ISBN: 9781635253498

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Divorce:

Through the Eyes of God’s Love

John Allen Jr.

ISBN 978-1-63525-348-1 (Paperback)

ISBN 978-1-63525-349-8 (Digital)

Copyright © 2016 by John Allen Jr.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Ordering Information

About the Author

Acknowledgments

A very special thanks and all praise, glory, honor, adoration, and admiration be to my God and Father, Jesus my Lord and Savior, and the Holy Spirit, whose temple I am, for calling me, equipping me, anointing me, directing me, and instructing me in the purpose for which I exist—to be God’s author.

Avery special thanks goes to my patient supportive, motivating, and loving wife Mrs. Erica Allen. Thanks also goes to my ever encouraging Mother, Bette Reeves, and everyone else who helped in the birth of this book, the first of many.

Introduction

In this book, we’re not focusing on the dos and don’ts of marriage, nor the shoulds and shouldn’ts. God has focused me on the fact that divorces are done and finalized and that I should minister to these divorced people where they currently are.

May all who read this book be blessed and know that God loves everyone, including divorced people.

Chapter 1

What Should I Do Now That I’m Divorced?

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

—Matthew 6:33

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.

—James 4:8a

Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

—Psalm 27:14

One of the first things we need to do is ask and accept God’s forgiveness for our divorce, whether we believe it’s our fault or not. Then, we need to forgive ourselves, which seems to be the area that’s preyed on the most, because when you refuse to forgive yourself, you open the door for guilt, condemnation, foolish accusations, assumptions, and a host of other things that will hinder your growth with God and yourself. Therefore, it’s imperative to forgive yourself and to pursue the act of forgetting, forgetting those things which are behind and continue to reach or strive forward, always pressing toward the goal that God has for you in Christ Jesus (Philippians 3:13-14). It’s enough to have others holding things against you, reminding you of your divorce at every opportunity they get and attempting to hinder you because of