BY: Deana Bell, Director, Restored Marriage One of the most important things we can learn during our covenant-keeping days is how to separate the person from the demon that controls them.  A few weeks ago, we posted a blog about dealing and decreeing the Word over your husband or wife.  That necessity is born out of the reality that the enemy can destroy the image of what we once knew as our spous...  Read More

BY: Duke Rohe, Stander The good thing about a short memory is you forget who you are angry with.If you are slow to take offense, you probably won't become offended.Your offense is measured by your entitlement.To stay off the defensive, receive everything as input. When on the defensive, everything looks offensive.The opposite of love is not hate; it's offense. Offense grows a weight around the nec...  Read More

BY: Alicia Bradford, CK Stander Betrayal and abandonment are astoundingly painful places to be. In my own experience of betrayal and abandonment facing divorce, I felt raw, like something unreal was happening. It was tempting to let self-pity be my companion. But instead, I found that this time of intense pain became a profound time of growing close to Jesus. Jesus knows this pain of abandonment a...  Read More

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