IF my husband hasn't been physically unfaithful, would what he has done be considered grounds for divorce? Can you tell me why I am not being favored? Am I hindering my blessing?
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Well we want to bring it
on with some of the email
you've sent in.
This first one is from
Jessica Pat who says,
I've been married for six years.
During that time,
I've caught my husband
sexually conversing with other
women in three instances.
He says that he never actually
slept with anyone else,
it has always been just
sexually explicit conversations.
The last time I found explicit
text messages on his phone.
If my husband hasn't been
physically unfaithful,
would what he's done be
considered grounds for divorce?
I know God hates
divorce and I just
don't want to make
a decision that's
going to hurt my
relationship with God.
Oh, I'll tell you what
Jesus said about that.
He said if somebody looks
on a woman with lust
and conceives in his mind that
he is having sex with her,
then it's the same thing
as the physical act.
And I think what you're dealing
with is an unfaithful husband.
I think the fact that he's tied
in with these ladies-- I mean,
he's having mental sex with them
and he's giving himself away
to them.
And if he loves you, he
wouldn't be doing that.
If you love your
wife, you're not
going to be texting all
kinds of dirty stuff
with some other woman.
You're not going to do that.
So you're asking
me, is that grounds?
The answer, in my
opinion from the Bible,
is yes, that is grounds.
That constitutes
grounds for divorce.
And I think he's
broken the bonds.
Yeah, and then
excuses it with, it's
been just sexually
explicit conversations.
Yeah, we don't have
any further contact
and I haven't slept
with any of them.
Yeah, big deal.
All right.
This is Diana who
says I've recently
accepted the Lord as my Savior.
God has taken me out
of a very bad situation
and I'm thankful for that.
But I've been looking
for a job since October.
I go on many interviews,
but no one will hire me.
I pray every day,
but I feel he's not
listening to my prayers.
Can you tell me why
I'm not being favored?
Am I hindering my blessing?
I have an elderly father to
take care of and my teenage son.
You may be
projecting something.
You know, some people
project failure
They go into a conversation
and they project failure.
There was one man that
worked around here
and-- I know this sounds
crude-- but every time
I got around him, I had
the desire to kick him.
I mean, it was just that.
I mean, seriously.
It was just something-- he
projected something that says
I'm a loser, kick me, you know?
I mean, and so you
go into an interview
and you are projecting failure.
You need to project
positive thoughts.
But listen, you're
asking for a job.
You want them to pay
you for something.
What is it they're going
to pay you for doing?
What they want you to do is to
fill a slot in their enterprise
that will help
move them forward.
They're not interested in
helping you as much as they're
asking you helping them.
So you need to understand the
business you're going into,
what is it they want,
and then say look, I
am the answer to your prayer.
I'm here to help you
figure out your personnel
needs, your sales
needs, et cetera.
That's all the time we've got,
but that's my take on that one.
Well we leave you with today's
"Power Minute" from 1 Timothy.
Quote, "For bodily
exercise profits a little,
but godliness is profitable
for all things, having
promise of the life that now is
and of that which is to come."
That's all the time we've got.
Thanks so much
for being with us.
And we'll look forward
to seeing you again
at this same time for another
edition of "The 700 Club."
For Terry and all of us,
this is Pat Robertson.
Bye bye.