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My name is Joshua and I am a member of the Anointed Youth Advice Team. I do not believe that you should get to concerned about her threats, until you see legal documentation that she is indeed suing you. If you have received such documentaion, then you need to seek professional legal counsel right away. The fact that she is threating to take your house shows me that she probably has not spoken with a lawyer and is just trying to terrorize you.

What should you do Biblically? The Bible does not say that you are not entitled to a fair trial. However, it does say that if you have received a fair trial and are indeed found guilty then you should pay every penny. Matthew 5:25-26, "Agree with thine adversary(an opponent in a suit of law ) quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing." The Bible say here to try and work something out with them before it reaches a court trail. I do not believe it means to pay when you are not yet proven guilty, but it does mean that you should try and work the situation out and prevent it from reaching the court system. Once it has reached the court system and you have been proven to be guilty, then you are to pay ever dime that is owed.

If you find that you are still concerned about her threats, even when legal documentaions of her threats have not been submitted, then you should speak to a profession just to clear of your concerns. Many law firms offer free counsel where they answer your questions and clear up your concerns about a matter. You need to be praying about this whole matter and submitting into the Lords hands.

Read this Psalm and think on it. Psalm 35:1-10
1 ¶ <> Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?