Many guys think the Bible is there to ruin their fun. They look at other men in the world who are living in sexual sin with women, and they say to themselves, “They don’t seem to be suffering because of these sins. So why shouldn’t I enjoy myself and have some fun with promiscuous women?”
The person God actually has for us never matches the exact image of the person we imagined them to be.
When you’ve deeply hurt your spouse, one of the hardest places to be is wanting forgiveness but being powerless to receive it.
When you need to make a decision, the last thing you would want to do is miss God’s warning. However, sometimes the Lord’s voice sounds muffled. The signs seem cloudy. We’re anxious, so we lack peace, which could mean we aren’t trusting God. Or maybe our lack of peace is from God because he’s saying no, but we don’t want to hear it.
Is this confusion just a normal part of getting to know someone before you two become an official couple? Or is this person playing games with you? Are you expecting too much clarity too soon? Or is this person wasting your time?
By studying and applying Judges 16:1-22, which is the story of how Delilah ruined Samson, we can identify 5 types of phrases women use when they are sent by Satan and secretly want to control a man.
In most cases, a woman doesn’t end up in a terrible marriage by accident. Yes, there are certainly situations where a woman was genuinely deceived by a highly manipulative man. But more often than not, when a woman looks back and wonders, “How did I end up in this terrible marriage?” the warning signs were there all along.
The devil can’t force his way into our lives and control us through force. Rather, the devil gains a foothold when we walk away from God and give in to temptation. The same is true when it comes to marriage.
How can you really know when a desire is from God or if it’s just from yourself? There are many places in Scripture that can help us answer that question. Today, I’ll be highlighting 4 key passages.
