1 John 5:21, Psalm 34:18
How can you stop going back to your ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend? If you are a Christian and you want to do what is right, how can you get over someone you are attached to? Perhaps your ex is someone who hurts your or is a cheater and you know you should stay away but for some reason you keep getting back together. What can be done?
Here are 5 Christian relationship tips if you want to know how to stop going back to your ex.
I’ve talked a lot about how to overcome sexual sin. In short, I believe the only way to truly overcome temptation is through being transformed by Jesus and by maturing as his disciple. The more we embrace our true identity in Christ, the more power we will have to resist all sins including sexual temptation.
The Bible states that premarital sex is sin. There are many justifications, however, people use to explain why they believe having premarital sex is okay.
(Warning: This article is a bit more graphic and blunt than most of the material on ApplyGodsWord.com. I wanted to speak candidly to help those who might be struggling in this area, but for some the bluntness of this content could be offensive. That is not my intention. If you are sensitive to sexual language I would recommend not reading further.)
How can you trust again after you have been betrayed, wounded, and heartbroken in the past? When you cannot trust someone in the present because you have been betrayed by someone else in the past, your current relationship will never be healthy until you deal with the betrayal that occurred.
It can be a real mental struggle to stop thinking about someone you like. When a relationship never occurred with someone that you really liked or a relationship ended that you really enjoyed, it is natural to grieve and think about it for a while.
31 And taking the twelve, he said to them, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished. 32 For he will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon.33 And after flogging him, they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise.” 34 But they understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said. – Luke 18:31-34
Does God give you more than you can handle? Some people say, “Nonsense, of course God gives you more than you can handle!” Others calmly point back to Bible verses like 1 Corinthians 10:13 and say, “No, God won’t give you more than you can handle.”
So which is it? Does God only give us what we can handle or does he give us more? And what does the Bible say about all this?
Sexual sin will keep you longer than you wanted to stay and take you to darker places than you ever wanted to go. Sexual sin is highly addictive, very common, and wildly destructive.
It should be no surprise that the Bible continually warns Christians about the dangers of sexual sin. Perhaps one of the best places to learn how to fight sexual sin is Proverbs 5.