FROM THE ARCHIVES: In Ephesians 4:2, we read, “…With all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in love.” We need to remember that, especially when working with those who are not in agreement with what we’re doing (standing for the healing and restoration of our marriages and families). You know what God has shown you in His Word. However, many of God’s people, His pre...  Read More

BY: TIffany Bull, CK Group Leader Stephen and I got married six months after meeting each other.  A few days after the wedding, I remember asking my Heavenly Father, "God, why did I marry him?" I heard clearly, "Because You are going to bring him back to Me." Little did I know that the way I would do this with Jesus would be through standing in the gap for Stephen and our covenant marriage with Go...  Read More

BY: Deana Bell, Director, Restored Marriage Usually, when you are separated or divorced from your spouse, it is much easier to see the bad in your situation rather than the good. Even when you are restored, you will be tempted to see what the enemy wants you to see in your spouse instead of what the Lord sees. Some time ago, the Lord began convicting me that I need to change my prayers for my husb...  Read More

BY: Deana Bell, Director, Restored Marriage I didn't grow up in a Christian home. My parents taught me to obey them, but I had no idea, even well into my 30s, that I was supposed to obey the Lord. It wasn't until I began being discipled by another Christian friend that the word obedient took on new meaning for me. One day, when my friend was at my house with her girls, she said to one of them, "I ...  Read More

BY: Deana Bell, Director, Restored Marriage Although you all know me as Deana, I actually have another name. In fact, my other name was the first name ever given to me. You see, I was born to a 15-year-old girl who named me Victoria Ann. Moments later she gave me up for adoption, allowing my name to be changed by the couple who would eventually adopt me. When I was adopted six months later, my nam...  Read More

BY: Deana Bell, Director, Restored Marriage THIS BLOG WAS WRITTEN THREE MONTHS AFTER MY MARRIAGE RECONCILIATION. I THOUGHT THAT SHARING IT MIGHT SHED SOME LIGHT ON WHAT IT WAS LIKE DURING THOSE EARLY MONTHS OF LEARNING TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER AGAIN….. So today my husband and I had a discussion about LOVE. What is love? How do we need to be shown love? Is it still love if you express it and it is not r...  Read More