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~ Still one of my favorite books, why? because it starts and ends w/ scriptural authority. In https://www.christianbook.com/strategic-pastoral-counseling-short-structured-model/david-benner/9780801026317/pd/26318? the author notes that the way to resolve conflict is to resolve sin issues. Hence, pastor meets w/ couple a couple sessions to identify what may be the sin issues, refers you to faith based counsel, who returns you to the pastor after working on the sin issues. In secular approaches, 'everyone is right in his own eyes', but not in a marriage initiated under God as head of home. It takes so much opinion out of the equation, replacing it with scripturally based focus.

~ A cord of 3 strands is not easily broken. Amen.

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~ Let HIM, and this is how God does it. Wonderful testimony, bless you folks for sharing God's hand at work.

👋 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲!

“July 2015, our marriage was as good as over. Years of struggle had taken its toll and we didn’t know what else to do but to get a divorce. Our boys were three and six at the time and we were already discussing custody, what to do with the house, and how to move forward. As a last ditch effort, if you will, Jenn asked if we could attend church that upcoming Sunday and, much to her surprise, I said yes.

July 5th, 2015 (the first sermon of the Fighting the Battles Within series) we walked into the church as a lost and broken family. Little did we know that the Lord had stepped in and was already at work. As the days, weeks and months passed we continued attending services, growing in our faith, and began working to save our marriage and our family.

We attended the Marriage Getaway that next February. Almost a year after coming to Cascade Hills, June 15th, 2016, my wife and I were baptized together. A few days later on June 19th, 2016 (Father’s Day), the church gave dads the opportunity to baptize their children and I was able to baptize our oldest son Owen, who had prayed to receive Jesus at Kids Week that summer. And just this past Saturday, August 28th, 2021 I was able to baptize our youngest son Evan, who is now nine, after he told us that he had prayed to accept Jesus into his heart and was now ready to be baptized.

Our marriage was saved, our souls were saved, and I know where my family will spend eternity all because God led us to Cascade Hills. Thank you to the pastors, the worship team, the staff, the volunteers, and the entire army that makes up Cascade Hills for working tirelessly to reach lost and broken souls, just like us, and lead them to Christ!

This verse is the anchor to our marriage and carried us through our hardest times:

“𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙤 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝.” - 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝟒:𝟏𝟑”

Whatever you’re facing, God is there for you! Join us this weekend for at one of our 4 services. We’ll be ready to greet you with a smile! 😊

~ What ministry purpose can you each do better as a couple than as separate individuals? Do you have similar 'stated' values? or have you found that you joyously serve with one other in 'working together' situations?

Getting to Know You Any couple thinking about remarriage should make time to know each other better, to learn how compatible they are and to find ways to make their second marriage a success.