Unholy Matrimony: Healing For The Abused Woman 2nd Ed

By Rev. Dr. Dorothy E. Hooks

In this book, Dr. Dorothy E. Hooks talks about the consequences of marrying out of God’s will. Dr. Hooks state: “We form ungodly soul ties and get involved with ungodly people when we don’t acknowledge God in all our ways. This can and most likely will cause us to become victims of domestic violence.” The book is dedicated to all the women who have been abused in their relationships and to those who have not been abused; to those who have not been abused, this is a preventive manual, to help you not be abused – to those who have been abused and are not free from soul ties, this book can give you hope and show you how to heal. Through Dr. Hooks’ experiences, you will see how God brought her out of bondage, healed her, restored her, and today, she is allowing Him to have total control of her life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rev. Dr. Dorothy E. Hooks
• Release date: Aug 2, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301860708

Rev. Dr. Dorothy E. Hooks

Dr. Dorothy E. Hooks is the driving force behind her organizations and fills the Chief Executive Director role. Dr. Hooks is an Author, CEO/Founder and qualified Christian Counselor who specializes in abuse recovery for battered/abused women and their children in Lake County FL. She is also an overcomer by the grace of God from the bondage of domestic violence/abuse herself; so she can identify with abused women. Not only did God deliver Dr. Hooks from the bondage of domestic abuse but from childhood issues (abandonment, rejection, sexual assault, etc.) which caused her to become a co-dependent and allow herself to become a victim of domestic violence. Now, Dr. Hooks has been blessed by God with two organizations (The Lula McGrady Foundation, Inc. - a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit & Abused Woman Ministries, Inc.) which help abused women and their children recover from the bondage of domestic abuse.Dr. Hooks was recognized by the State of Florida’s Attorney General’s Office as a Designated Victim’s Advocate, has completed the State of Florida’s Foster Parent Training, is a Radio Personality, and Speaker. Dr. Hooks also conduct training workshops, group trainings, individual training sessions and counsel women via telephone/email domestically and internationally, to educate women on abuse and how to recover from it using her program, “Abused Woman Recovery Program” (AWRP).Dr. Hooks formed The Lula McGrady Foundation, Inc. and Abused Woman Ministries, Inc. in Lake County because of her goal to see people set free from bondage; especially, the bondage of domestic violence. She is passionate about helping the homeless, women of domestic violence and their children, divorced women, unwed teenage mothers, and teenage high school dropout girls.

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About the Book

Dedication

I thank God for allowing me to go through the trials and tribulations to obtain the wisdom and experience to write this book; to make me who He called me to be and to fulfill my destiny.

This book is dedicated to, Apostle Marcia Carter, Household of Faith Ministries, for her prayers and support, and Pastor Ver- nell Carter, Prayer, Preach, Praise and Deliverance, for her sup- port and prayers, both of Americus, GA., to Elder Sue Graham, and Pastors Haywood & Joy Richardson, thanks for being there for me when I needed you all the most, to my daughter, Chandra Garry for her support and help to me, of Lady Lake, FL., to my Mommie, Helen Nesbitt and my sister, Deborah Nesbitt, of Nassau Bahamas, I love you, and everyone else who was involved in helping me through the difficult times of the past whose name I did not mention; I love you all.

This book is also dedicated to all the women who have been abused in their relationships and to those who have not been abused. To those who have been abused and are not free from soul ties, this book can give you hope and show you how God can bring you out too.

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Through my experiences, you will see how God brought me out of bondage, healed me, restored me, and today I am allowing Him to have total control of my life.

To the ones who has not been abused, this book will teach you how not to be abused. God wants us women to arise and know the tactics of the devil. The devil wants to make us think we have no self-worth, but he is a liar. God loves us and we are worth something to Him. If we think we are not worth anything, we will accept any treatment from a man (abuse, un- faithfulness, lying, etc.) to keep him. It is time to rise, shine, and give God the glory.

Preface

I thank God for giving me the wisdom, strength, and courage to write this book. In this book, I am speaking from experience not from what I heard. I know first-hand what will happen if you do not wait on God to send you a mate; the mate God knows is compatible to you. God does not force us to marry anyone, He presents the person to us and it is our choice to accept or deny that person. I did not seek God first before I got married and that caused my relationship with Him to be up and down like a roller coastal. It was a long cycle of abuse that took me on a 25-year downward spiral until God, through His true love for me, delivered me from the hurts of my childhood and the old soul ties that I had formed through unholy relationships and marriages.

This book is titled Unholy Matrimony because when you marry out of the will of God, you enter something that is unholy. It is unholy because God’s blessing is not upon it. In Deuteronomy 7:3, God warns the Israelites not to marry the Canaanites. This was because the Canaanites did not serve God; they worshipped false gods. God did not want His people to be corrupted by them.

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In the same way, God does not want us to be corrupted by an unholy person.

Amos 3:3 say, Can two walk together, unless they are agreed? The answer is no, they cannot. How can God and the devil agree? God stands for holiness and the devil for unholiness. This is broken down for us in 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 (NKJV) which states:

"¹⁴Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? ¹⁵ And what accord has Christ with