TABLE OF CONTENTS

1

REBUILDING A HEART THAT SEEKS GOD

  • Evaluating your true motives
  • Spending time daily in God's Word
  • Learning who God really is
  • Entering into the power of Christ
  • Being consistent when you don't feel like it
  • Honoring the Lord's Day

2

REBUILDING A COMMITMENT TO GOD'S DESIGN FOR MARRIAGE

  • How marriage illustrates God's relationship with Israel
  • How marriage illustrates redemption
  • How marriage illustrates Christ's relationship with the Church
  • How marriage illustrates a believer's relationship to law
  • Applying Scriptural principles to 22 marriage questions
  • Special research on the "exception clause"

3

REBUILDING A CLEAR CONSCIENCE AND A FORGIVING SPIRIT

  • Evidences of guilt
  • The causes of guilt
  • Steps to remove guilt
  • Evidences of bitterness
  • The causes of bitterness
  • Steps to overcome bitterness

4

REBUILDING YOUR MARRIAGE

  • The starting point for rebuilding
  • Basic steps of rebuilding
  • Learn how to free your partner from the power of sin
  • The Scriptural basis of praying a "hedge of thorns"
  • Six essential steps after praying for a "hedge of thorns"
  • Seven basic needs of a husband
  • Seven basic needs of a wife

5

REBUILDING A LEARNING RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR CHILDREN

  • See the vision
  • How to check your motives
  • Expect barriers
  • Identify" goals
  • Organize content
  • Establish accountability
  • Concentrate on character building

6

REBUILDING PAST FAILURES INTO A NEW LIFE MESSAGE

  • Basic chapters in a life message
  • Five basic parts of an effective "chapter"
  • The neglected truth of most life messages
  • How to transform painful memories
  • Basic guidelines in writing a life message
  • How a life message can be more fulfilling than remarriage
  • What if you are already remarried
  • Using the gift of singleness

7

REBUILDING THE DAMAGED MARRIAGES OF OTHERS

  • How to begin
  • Visualizing a rebuilder's ministry
  • Important church policies on marriages
  • Consequences when divorced people are remarried
  • Basic guidelines in talking to a friend who wants to get divorced or remarried
  • Learn how to ask precise questions
  • Consequences when a wife initiates a divorce
  • Consequences when a husband initiates a divorce