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HI! My name is Mark Ballenger. On this channel I share my biblical teachings and opinions. I mainly focus on helping Christian singles with relationships, but many of my videos apply to all Christians.
My content has been featured by Desiring God, Focus on the Family, Relevant Magazine, The Christian Post, Church Leaders, and more.
I have a master's degree in pastoral counseling from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.
My goal is to apply timeless truth to modern topics and questions. I believe the Bible has the answers our world needs because the Bible points us to Jesus Christ.
Please note, in regards to my books which I sell on Amazon, “As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.”
I also give away a lot of free eBooks on my main website, ApplyGodsWord.com.
My content has been featured by Desiring God, Focus on the Family, Relevant Magazine, The Christian Post, Church Leaders, and more.
I have a master's degree in pastoral counseling from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.
My goal is to apply timeless truth to modern topics and questions. I believe the Bible has the answers our world needs because the Bible points us to Jesus Christ.
Please note, in regards to my books which I sell on Amazon, “As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.”
I also give away a lot of free eBooks on my main website, ApplyGodsWord.com.
4 SURPRISING Signs from God that Mean a Man Is a Keeper
How will a Christian woman know when she has met a good man? Sometimes he will surprise her with qualities she didn't know she needed. Here are 4 surprising biblical signs that mean a man is a keeper.
(COURSES and EMAIL COACHING) AGW University: Relationship Training for Christian Singles: agwuniversity.teachable.com/p/total-access
MY BOOKS AND BIBLE STUDIES
(My New Book) Christ-Centered Dating: Pursuing a Relationship that Glorifies God: amzn.to/3j3XzyU (Available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook)
100 Relationship Signs: How to Know What God Is Saying to You in Singleness and Dating: amzn.to/2RIm02U
The One: How to Know and Trust God’s Sovereign Plan for Your Future Marriage: amzn.to/2HIbuXa
The Ultimate Guide to Christian Singleness: amzn.to/2OuIL8Q
Intertwined: Our Happiness Is Tied to God’s Glory: amzn.to/3kP7epZ
Redeemed Like David: How to Overcome Sexual Temptation: amzn.to/3vwctBT
Never Quit: A 5 Week Small Group Bible Study on the Power of Prayer: amzn.to/2UZP7PX
Basic Transformation: A Small Group Bible Study on the Basics of Christianity and Transformation: amzn.to/2WtsRyg
FREE EBOOKS
FREE eBook: 10 Powerful Tips to Prepare You for a Successful Christian Dating Relationship applygodsword.com/10-powerful-tips-to-prepare-you-for-a-successful-christian-dating-relationship/
FREE eBook: The Ultimate Guide to Christian Singleness: applygodsword.com/christian-singleness-bible-study-book/
CONTACT INFORMATION AND SOCIAL MEDIA
Instagram: markballengeragw
Email: markballenger@applyGodsword.com
Please note: Sadly, due to the large amount of emails I receive, I am unable to respond to everyone. I’m so sorry about that! I truly wish I could! The shorter your email is to me, the more likely I will be able to respond. Thank you so much for understanding!
In Christ and with love,
-Mark
“Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” -Ephesians 3:20-21
(COURSES and EMAIL COACHING) AGW University: Relationship Training for Christian Singles: agwuniversity.teachable.com/p/total-access
MY BOOKS AND BIBLE STUDIES
(My New Book) Christ-Centered Dating: Pursuing a Relationship that Glorifies God: amzn.to/3j3XzyU (Available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook)
100 Relationship Signs: How to Know What God Is Saying to You in Singleness and Dating: amzn.to/2RIm02U
The One: How to Know and Trust God’s Sovereign Plan for Your Future Marriage: amzn.to/2HIbuXa
The Ultimate Guide to Christian Singleness: amzn.to/2OuIL8Q
Intertwined: Our Happiness Is Tied to God’s Glory: amzn.to/3kP7epZ
Redeemed Like David: How to Overcome Sexual Temptation: amzn.to/3vwctBT
Never Quit: A 5 Week Small Group Bible Study on the Power of Prayer: amzn.to/2UZP7PX
Basic Transformation: A Small Group Bible Study on the Basics of Christianity and Transformation: amzn.to/2WtsRyg
FREE EBOOKS
FREE eBook: 10 Powerful Tips to Prepare You for a Successful Christian Dating Relationship applygodsword.com/10-powerful-tips-to-prepare-you-for-a-successful-christian-dating-relationship/
FREE eBook: The Ultimate Guide to Christian Singleness: applygodsword.com/christian-singleness-bible-study-book/
CONTACT INFORMATION AND SOCIAL MEDIA
Instagram: markballengeragw
Email: markballenger@applyGodsword.com
Please note: Sadly, due to the large amount of emails I receive, I am unable to respond to everyone. I’m so sorry about that! I truly wish I could! The shorter your email is to me, the more likely I will be able to respond. Thank you so much for understanding!
In Christ and with love,
-Mark
“Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” -Ephesians 3:20-21
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HELP ME LORD
Ooooooooooo wwwooooowww PRAISE GOD!!!!! WOOOWWWW. Thanl you Mark!!!
This is a great video! Thank you so much! 😊
This video was so good to my soul 🔥✨
Number 1 - I married a man I mistakenly thought was strong by worldly standards. Was I deceived! The only person he displayed any supposed strength was against me. We divorced.
and it is so in jesus christ name speak it bless our paths and our walk and talk as we decrease increase make us whole put every piece together do it for the none believers amen hallelujah glory yes lord thanks lord!
You just described my ex-husband! 😂 Notice...he is my "EX"-husband?
Is 37 years too long to seek someone's forgiveness?
Amen...I let God to show my future kingdom spouse to identify himself and pursue me ijn ,, patiently waiting 🙏❤️
God you are my help, i key in faith to this prayer,.
My mom and I were literally just talking about this topic. We were talking about the concept of positive masculinity. Just for context, I've always been a very voracious reader. There is a certain series of books that really resonates with my heart, and there are several male characters (one of whom I honestly don't like, but he's pivotal) who encapsulate the essence of "positive masculinity." There's one character in particular that is the epitome of this. There are only three prominent female characters, but the way that their story arcs enmesh with the guys throws into relief the fact that they embody positive masculinity. The women aren't damsels in distress, they are strong women who make their own choices and follow their hearts... the men respect their strength, but they also protect and fight for them in chivalry. The guys are strong enough to be vulnerable, to be kind, to have close bonds and be sensitive to people's feelings, but they also know how to fight and face battles bravely. Of course, I understand the difference between stories and our external world, but the guy who wrote this series was a devout Christian, and his characters reflect and embody Biblical ideals. That's why people derive comfort in reading... in stories, men know how to be brave, how to fight, how to be chivalrous, but they can be kind and loving. Women know how to be strong. There is hope in the ongoing strife between good and evil, and good guys win. Stories don't show us the ways things ARE... they represent the way things ought to be. We all long for something beyond the ordinary, beyond the status quo, don't we?
Oh, I love this. Do you mind me asking who the author is?
Thank you for this. I’ve been struggling but in God‘s name, I surrender everything to Him
One interpretation of 1 Corinthians, is not a matter that women can never say anything in the church, but that she was barred from discussing her home and personal life in the church. If she needed to know something or needed guidance, she was encouraged to ask her husband at home. By doing this, Paul put the man back in order as the head of the woman.
Thanks for sharing with us may God bless you abundantly
Amazing how this explanation helps us understand in a much deeper way what sin is and its relation to human beings as creatures made in the image of God. The explanation of the glory of God is also very useful! I hope to read one day your book about the glory of God! Thank you for this precious video.
Thank you for this message! You reminded me that my grandfather was gentle. He was a gentleman working in the HR department of a plant. And even though everyone knew he was married, the women were all over him! He fought them off gently for forty years at his job! That's just the way he was. He smoked, but also knitted. He liked to play the guitar at corporate picnics and gave a speech at gatherings, but he also cooked for the family and had a hobby of writing novellas with his wife Natalie as the main character. He published them, too! My mom didn't read them, but I got my interest in writing from him. He was the only gentleman I knew this well. God bless these gentle creatures!
Awesome vid
I'm Christian man and I can say that there are women who like gentle men. Even in gen z but it is getting rare these days because of social media.
I’m longing for a miracle from The Lord. I’ve never went on a mission trip nor could I ever afforded to help the poor, I do what I can when ever I can. However my heart is longing for something from The Lord more than what a standard income can provide. I wish to go on a mission trip and be with the least of these, and cover their sores and pray for them. Maybe I’m arrogant and prideful, but I am holding out for the blessing. I don’t want wealth or nicer things but I do badly need a place to live. So, this miracle, plus a wife and a ministry. All of what God has for me. I just want to obey Him. I need his help.
Great video! The saying, "if he wanted to, he would" is not always true. I met a guy who took things slow, and took a while to admit his feelings. He was reserved and gentle with me. My loved ones told me that he wasn't interested, or that he was playing me. It turned out that he just wasn't good at communication, which he apologized for and is now trying to get better at. We're going on a date soon, and I'm so incredibly grateful for this "gentle" man.
Thats wonderful....I'm so happy for you....I'm also looking for someone like this...my late husband who went to be with Jesus almost 11 years ago was like that! Kindly pray for me please?
@@annelienmoffat3844 I'm so sorry for your loss. I will certainly remember you in my prayers tonight. May God open up doors for you, and bring you into a new season. God Bless!
Mark you advised in this video not to go into marriage with a me centred attitude. But I have seen in real life that those who marry for their own personal happiness actually get what they want because they know what to get and how to get it. They are the happiest. As for honouring the Lord together as a couple in marriage .... Well. .... Personally I feel that is a great myth. I am yet to see even so called Spiritual Christians want to honour the Lord in marriage. People who want to honour the Lord in marriage actually are motivated to seek God 's worldly blessings. Nothing wrong with that. But people wanting to marry to honour the Lord is an idealistic perfectionist and an unrealistic perception of marriage. I am yet to come across even so called Spiritual Christians who are married with that kind of motivation.
Poor soul
Alot of women will be judgmental because my dad is supporting me financially while I get back on my feet. I don't want these women unless they genuinely repent.
A diary for my thoughts a woman to receive my love.
I needed this, without a doubt God is reminding me that I am his precious child wonderfully and fearfully made❤❤❤
Amen
To be honest as a single 28 yr old man I can truly say I possess these qualities and I recently ( 12 weeks ago ) gained a deeper understanding of the last point and I'm glad that I am being able to be humble and know where I'm at. That being said that doesn't mean as a man I can't keep maturing my character.
Mark is one of my favorite relationship coaches. Always on point. I wish he'd shave off the fangs. See a dentist. It would take 2 minutes.
God let my insecurities of being alone bring me closer to him.
This happened to me about a month ago. I wept and had enough and turned to God and after that it felt like ”something had died in me”, in a good way. I now see so clearly that what had been my issue - A Peter Pan syndrome, I have been a man-child, immature in many ways and now I can see and admit it without any kind of shame, regret or other blames. I don’t feel same anymore, I can easily just be without being overly talkative with others and just without going too emotional in situations. I feel like I am no more a slave of my emotions, I can just accept reality without blaming others when things don’t go as I hoped. Maybe I finally grew to be a man instead of a boy 🙏 I am now 39, almost 40 so sometimes it takes time but it is totally worth the pain of growing. Truth makes us free on this also.
Amen 🙏❤️🙏❤️😇✝️🕊
So every man that exists, got it!
Good, balanced teaching. ❤ Amen
So glad it was useful!
Amen. Jesus was gentle, strength under control, with the woman at the well, with Martha and Mary, with the woman who touched the hem of His garment.
God is good!
@@ApplyGodsWordcomMarkBallenger Amen! Contrasted with the plotters and schemers who were trying to set Him up for failure.
@@ApplyGodsWordcomMarkBallenger Brother, your explanation for #2 (especially pertaining to what the Lord Jesus Himself did) is so meaningful to me; I'm not connecting this with a man to date/marry but with bitterness/nastiness that I've seen/had to face in interactions in YTube comments sections (particularly what I faced yesterday--thanks be to God for making me do the right thing though yesterday I only thought of Matthew 7:6 & 10:14 and didn't remember Luke 23:8-10 at all).
Master I will be waiting for you still
All glory to God!
i like this saying
OmG! When im listening to you saying those things...there is a person in my head😁😌
God bless!
Yehowa I receive your calling . Amen Hosanna
1. A GENTLENESS THAT THE WORLD OFTEN MISTAKES FOR WEAKNESS IS A SIGN HE'S A KEEPER 2. NOT EXPRESSING HIS FEELINGS ALL THE TIME IS A SIGN HE'S A KEEPER 3. HEALTHY BOUNDARIES BETWEEN HIM AND HIS PARENTS IS A SIGN HE'S A KEEPER 4. IF HE IS NOT PURSUING YOU QUICKLY, THIS COULD BE A SIGN HE'S A KEEPER God bless ! ❤❤❤❤
So absolutely true!!!! Thank you, Mark! 🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽
I am sorry. This day in age, women wants whats is in men's pockets. I been poor all my life. When you do not have the money women are not that interested in you.
Not always true, friend…ask God to bring the partner to you. 🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽
saying all women are the same is a sign you don't interact with real women
@@ApplyGodsWordcomMarkBallenger Damn
there’s a reality to be prepared to support a family but that doesn’t mean u must have a lot of money- just wisdom about having enough for the day/week/month and a woman who’s willing to work with you on money matters
Amen 🙏🏽 ❤
God bless!
Thank you ❤
thank you for this video!!
Team jessus 👇🏻💯💯💯👍🤟😊
Excellent insight. I can 💯 speak from experience that this is true.
Think exactly that is where I find myself today
Believe Mark. My ex-husband was a Satanist and he tried to kill me. For REAL.
Amen 🙏🏻
So timely!! Wow ! Thankyou so much 😢