How to Trust Again in a Christian Relationship After Betrayal and Heartbreak

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Romans 3:2-4

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.

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Does God Care About Your Relationships?

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Matthew 22:35-40

Does God really care about your human relationships? Does he care about what’s going on between two friends? Does God care about who you like or don’t like romantically? Does God just shrug his shoulders when you ask him about that person you had extra-long eye contact with? Does God care what methods you are using in your dating life? Does he care about who you decide to marry?

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Redeemed Like David: How to Overcome Sexual Temptation (Paperback)

Click here to purchase Redeemed Like David: How to Overcome Sexual Temptation .

Official Book Description: Do you desire to overcome all forms of sexual temptation? Do you value the power of God’s Word? Redeemed Like David offers a Christ-centered blueprint for overcoming all forms of sexual sin.

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What Is the Difference Between Condemnation and Conviction?

 

What Is the Difference Between Condemnation and Conviction_Is there a healthy guilt and an unhealthy guilt according to the Bible? Is there a biblical difference between condemnation and conviction? Does the Bible say Christians should still experience condemnation, conviction, both, or neither?

In short, there are many differences between condemnation and conviction. When the two are confused, great harm can occur in the Christian soul.

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Intertwined (2 Free Sample Chapters)

Read two free sample chapters from my newest book, Intertwined: Our Happiness Is Tied to God’s Glory (Two Free Sample Chapters PDF)

Intertwined by Mark Ballenger
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As children we imagined we would find the perfect spouse, the perfect job, buy the perfect house, go on perfect adventures, and well . . . have the perfect life. Somewhere along the way, however, we quickly realized we will experience many things on this earth, but perfection is certainly not one of them.

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What Should You Do When You Are Angry at God?

What Should You Do When You Are Angry at God?
Psalm 42:9-11

What should you do when you are angry at God? This is a question we wish never had to be asked. We all want to be content and fully in love with God all the time.

But things happen in life. Problems arise. Jobs are lost. Singleness lingers. Marriages disintegrate. People who we love die. And for some Christians, this results in anger towards God.

So is it ever right to be angry at him? Or is it a sin to be mad at God? And if it is a sin, how are you to deal with that anger towards God?

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What Should You Do When You Feel Defeated?

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What is the most important thing you can tell a Christian who feels defeated? Although “we have the victory in Christ,” many times throughout our journeys we will feel defeated. Whether it’s because we are dealing with repetitive sin, spiritual warfare, hormonal imbalance, a relational conflict, or even a if you are dealing with physical pain, the most important thing to remember when you feel defeated is that you must never give up.   

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How to Deal With Repetitive Sin

how to deal with repetitive sin
Jeremiah 3:22

As a Christian, there is nothing more despairing and hopeless that repetitive sin. How easy it is for doubts and confusion regarding our own salvation to begin to creep into our minds when we continue to sin over and over again. Overwhelming feelings of God’s anger and disappointment with our repeated rebellious behavior can crush us so completely we eventually do not want to come to him at all.

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