A detailed listing of the topics in this book is as follows:
1. Rebuilding a Heart That Seeks God
- Evaluating my true motives
- Spending time daily in God’s Word
- Learning who God really is
- Entering into the resurrection power of Christ
- Being consistent when we do not 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 rewards on the “exception clause”
3. Rebuilding a Clear Conscience and a Forgiving Spirit
- Evidences of guilt
- Causes of guilt
- Steps to remove guilt
- Evidences of bitterness
- Causes of bitterness
- Steps to overcome bitterness
4. Rebuilding Your Marriage
- The starting point for rebuilding
- Prerequisites for praying a “hedge of thorns”
- The prayer to bind Satan and build a “hedge of thorns”
- What will happen when you pray this prayer
- Six essential steps after praying for a “hedge of thorns”
- Seven basic principles to build into the life of your partner
- Steps to take if your partner continues to be rebellious
- When your partner returns
5. Rebuilding a Learning Relationship With Your Children
- See the vision
- Check your motives
- Expect barriers
- Identify goals
- Organize content
- Establish accountability
- Concentrate on building character
- Learning resources
6. Rebuilding Past Failures Into a New Life Message
- What is a life message?
- Basic chapters of my life message
- Five basic parts of an effective “chapter”
- The neglected truth of most life messages
- The wisdom of God’s limitation on a remarried person
- How to transform painful memories
- No matter how great you failure
- Basic guidelines in writing a life message
- How a life message can be more fulfilling than remarriage
- Important guidelines on using the gift of singleness
7. Rebuilding the Damaged Marriages of Others
- Begin through the church
- 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