IF THE CHURCH ADVISES YOU TO SUBMIT TO AN ABUSIVE SPOUSE ASK GOD WHAT HE ADVISES Many pastors and church leaders and church people use the “God hates divorce” partial verse to cause an abused spouse to feel that they must stay with their abuser at all costs but what would God advise? God would want the abuser to get their childhood wounds healed, have them forgive those who hurt them when they were young and then to have them repent for their pride and sin and pursue getting deliverance from their demons which caused them to emotionally abuse and worse which caused the victim to reach out for help. The simple truth is that God never wants anyone to be abused, nor tolerate it. And God is not pleased with anyone who abuses their spouse.  Malachi 2:14-16 NKJV “Yet you say, “For what reason?” Because the Lord has been witness Between you and the wife of your youth, With whom you have dealt treacherously; Yet she is your companion And your wife by covenant. But did He not make them one, Having a remnant of the Spirit? And why one? He seeks godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your…

WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO SPEAK THE TRUTH EXPECT TO BE LIED ABOUT It’s not easy to speak the truth today because most people live in darkness, deception and sin and hate it when anyone exposes the truth about them. Jesus came and exposed the sins and hearts of the Pharisees and they hated Him even to the point of killing Him. It’s much easier to go with the flow and look the other way when people are doing evil things instead of standing up for truth and righteousness.  Many in families have parents who are choosing to allow sin to dominate their lives. Some even may go to church but still aren’t living with love in their hearts or righteously because their appearance of good means more than actually walking in love like Jesus. They often have one child who sees the evil, lies and deception the parents are living in and then call it out because they actually have a moral compass. That child is then treated with disdain like a scapegoat and blamed for every thing that goes wrong in the family. They are lied about constantly because the demons in them are angry at the child for…