Salvation Press News (SPN), HARARE. – From afar, many regarded Benny Hinn as a fighter and able to cope with divorce after 30 years of undisrupted marriage to Suzanne. But deep inside him, he was grieving. He dearly missed his past.
The finer details of his unceremonious divorce are known, however his reconciliation has been revealed. After enduring three years in separation, the servant of God decided to bare all in a recent interview regarding his private life. He dwelt on what couples experiencing marriage trouble should do.
“Number one is invite Jesus back into your marriage. You've got to bring Him back, and that's one thing I resisted. Because [Reinhard] Bonnke told me two years before I was healed, “You must get back to your wife, Benny." I said, "No!" Because, I said, "I don't want to go back to the madness,” said Hinn in an interview with Charisma News.
He continued, “And I knew the minute I would say, "Lord, come back into my marriage," He would heal it because that's just the Lord. But I did not want to do it. Number two is to spend time together. Sue and I had lost our friendship. This is funny, but I took her to one movie in all the 30 years we were married. I took her to one movie, The Raiders of the Lost Ark, and that was, like, in the '80s.”
His third piece of advice is what many take for granted, praying as a family.
“Third is to pray with each other. Sue and I do that every day. Even when she's not with me, I call her and we pray on the phone. That really has brought peace into our life, which is precious. And then you don't want to lose it because you cherish that.”
The magazine enquired how his life had changed after the restoration of their marriage.
“We have lot of peace and joy. Suzanne just talked to me this morning, and she never ever says hello to me anymore. She says, "Hello, my love!" I like that. She used to say, "Hey, Benny!" Now she says, "Hello, my love," and she did that this morning. And I say, "Hey, my baby, my darling!" We are calling each other names, sweet names, like "baby," "darling," "honey," "sweetheart,"
Their sudden bliss in their renewed marriage has left their children surprised.
“They're wondering, like, "Are you guys all right?" We were married for 30 years, and we didn't have time for each other most of those 30. I think during the three years, we both woke up to the reality of life without each other, the horrible things you go through when you're divorced—the anger, the pain, the bitterness, all that crazy stuff that happens to you. And then you say, it's a much happier life going back to the person you really care for."
Hinn during the interview stressed the significance of forgiveness in order for marriages to work.
“Suzanne has forgiven me, and I have forgiven her, too, for some of the things that happened during our divorce, because we were nasty to each other. It was not a nice time for us. It was one of the worst experiences of my life because there was just a lot of anger that was coming out, and it was not nice. And that's why I say to people, “If you think your problem is big, you don't know what we've gone through."
From experience, he says there is close link between love and hate.
“You know, what's amazing is how close love and hate are. That's what I've learned going through this—that love and hate have a very thin line. A very thin line. You can slip into one so quick, it's almost scary. Love and hate have a very thin border, so we have to protect our love because we can easily, easily slip back into hating that same person.” – Salvation Press News (SPN).
The finer details of his unceremonious divorce are known, however his reconciliation has been revealed. After enduring three years in separation, the servant of God decided to bare all in a recent interview regarding his private life. He dwelt on what couples experiencing marriage trouble should do.
“Number one is invite Jesus back into your marriage. You've got to bring Him back, and that's one thing I resisted. Because [Reinhard] Bonnke told me two years before I was healed, “You must get back to your wife, Benny." I said, "No!" Because, I said, "I don't want to go back to the madness,” said Hinn in an interview with Charisma News.
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His third piece of advice is what many take for granted, praying as a family.
“Third is to pray with each other. Sue and I do that every day. Even when she's not with me, I call her and we pray on the phone. That really has brought peace into our life, which is precious. And then you don't want to lose it because you cherish that.”
The magazine enquired how his life had changed after the restoration of their marriage.
“We have lot of peace and joy. Suzanne just talked to me this morning, and she never ever says hello to me anymore. She says, "Hello, my love!" I like that. She used to say, "Hey, Benny!" Now she says, "Hello, my love," and she did that this morning. And I say, "Hey, my baby, my darling!" We are calling each other names, sweet names, like "baby," "darling," "honey," "sweetheart,"
Their sudden bliss in their renewed marriage has left their children surprised.
“They're wondering, like, "Are you guys all right?" We were married for 30 years, and we didn't have time for each other most of those 30. I think during the three years, we both woke up to the reality of life without each other, the horrible things you go through when you're divorced—the anger, the pain, the bitterness, all that crazy stuff that happens to you. And then you say, it's a much happier life going back to the person you really care for."
Hinn during the interview stressed the significance of forgiveness in order for marriages to work.
“Suzanne has forgiven me, and I have forgiven her, too, for some of the things that happened during our divorce, because we were nasty to each other. It was not a nice time for us. It was one of the worst experiences of my life because there was just a lot of anger that was coming out, and it was not nice. And that's why I say to people, “If you think your problem is big, you don't know what we've gone through."
From experience, he says there is close link between love and hate.
“You know, what's amazing is how close love and hate are. That's what I've learned going through this—that love and hate have a very thin line. A very thin line. You can slip into one so quick, it's almost scary. Love and hate have a very thin border, so we have to protect our love because we can easily, easily slip back into hating that same person.” – Salvation Press News (SPN).
