Every Wed. we pray and fast for one another for resolution to our marriages and our lives. Every Wed. we can check in and let our fellow prayer warriors know we have prayed for the group. Prayer does mighty things and group prayer is even better. "For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst." Matt 18:20.

I will be entering the prayer post on Sundays so everyone has an opportunity to check in and to add their own personal prayer request if they want to/need to. Then on Wed. we can check in, hit the "Post Reply" button, and enter "Amen".

I think it will be great to see how God works in our lives and heals our marriages and us. If you want to pray with us I will be more than happy to add your name to the list below.


Prayer Warriors who are praying and being prayed for: -.{189 Prayer Warriors and counting}
cajunky . Ezra . Willgetthruthis . Godisincontrol . Natasha79 . JohnC . NMWBTWBD (Not My Will, But Thy Will Be Done) . Wallace . relady . steadfast and committed . morriggs . lupolady . stillwaiting . Broken Hearted . PasDeDeux . hopeful_person . GinnyF . justpeachy . cry2much . SNL . LostAgain (Dave&April) . Dodger (Rtron) . gloriachu . LoveNcare . JMF . WEN . NiteHawk . Absurd . LetSTry . AgainsttheWind . cemmerson . getting better . kellidiane . Terrified . BeeLee . idostylin . Resilient . thiscantbehappening . day by day . Jloves . broken x3 . Sue with Hope . sunrise1 . shepette . Malc . Faithfulwife . timbo-e . Angelia . FeelingAllAlone . broken_joe .

dopey . awake . trulyafriend . Is it to late? . stilltryingtosaveit . landslide . GODBLESSU . vega . LoyalWarrior . janna-m-r . ferbie . EpiphOny . Simmy . cajeanie . d_rose . lost_lonely . briank4775 . mayflower . Caged_Bird . LunaDove . goldilocks109 . darwud . Mrs. Darwud . Zuzus_Petals . adamv . Army Hubby . Gail (mojodiva) & Shane . bonnie five & H . TryingToKeepHope . Hopeful98 . Ighoping . SoTired (Mike & Trish) . evega . Douglas and Kirsi Nielson . Jessicafl27 . kimmy2 . auntielala . weezy8550 . miserynmissouri .STBXWife . sealfan . Jen Brown . SMIAJ . Cinderella . GreggC . trying_to_accept . solon . serenitydipity . ilia . lonejrock .

anchorhugger . Prayer & Patience . Chikar . Alex6 . Hopeforamiracle . fishlady . rookie . Made A Mess of Things . *DeepSigh* . boden . new comittment . deeplyhurting . jeff15679 . Bob Castaldi . k57mo . skottyjay (Scott & Melody) . TROD (Tony and Julie) . thisso . ladysheep . hurtmorethanheknows . singleguy . tryingTOsaveMYmarriage . Keesley . recovering_dad . Terrianna . javaContour . BH . Cheryls . cherry log . AD. . Suebee . REJECTED . LoveMyEx . LostHusband . kings kid . kwhittle . vividwhisper . imready2try . staeryn . JoeCM . mike729 . Ridingtherollercoaster . DREslinger . ecpsap . Mr.Miew . StandingTogether . Alcoholic’s Wife . gentle . Stung by a Bee . maximus1 . Blended family girl . Diamonzzz . sctaylor . RichardF . bygraceamfree . butterflie . FinallyLearning . angielt . luke parrish . sadmama . Timeheals . OuchThisHurts . mojo95 . Cherylpa . nvrgvup . Titleist . auto009988 . Hope92 . JLight . Culprit007 and hubby . ddc03 . new_beginning . Waiting On My Change . allmyloveforever . jamesp . wontgiveupyet . gzangel . wahoodee . sad and tired . ruffled . Shul . Learning Lots . prayingforchange . ChangingMan . rosj . txsunnyblueskies . roughroad . sprezzatura . SurvivingInNC . angels9 .

Prayers Answered/God's Gifts to Us:

Hopeful98 (H went to church and was able to smile and say hello to him) . Shul (H wants to turn back to God) . RichardF (expecting a little blessing from God - baby!) . Shul (had opportunity to show love and friendship to H) . Lupolady (H continues to make contact each week) . StandingTogether (H has agreed to read The Five Love Languages together) . Titleist (W moved back home) . hopeful98 (H went to church again) . LunaDove (God kept her out of trouble) . hopeful98 (H commented to MIL's H that he was not interested in checking the D status - doesn't care about it anyways) . LunaDove (received a pay raise and is getting a good tax return - God is taking care of her and son) . Hopeful_person (remarried her H in Jan. PTL!) . ItsInHisHandsNow (had a 3 hr conversation with wife) . LunaDove (God answered her question) . hopeful98 (H went to church) . tryingTOsaveMYmarriage (made a promise to God to give me a headache when I am not living His Word – boy does my head hurt ;-) . lupolady ( was a Witness and Testimony to her faith to a woman in the vet’s office) . Steadfastandcommitted (W told OM she would soon be leaving her job, he replied that he guesses he’ll have to start dating) . RichardF (W and him went to a 'marriage weekend' together and have started communicating again) . TTSMM (stood by D in church when she did her first reading ever during her "First Penance" ceremony) . Standing_For_M (H is talking about MC; H is spending nights at the house; received $$ to payoff outstanding bills and bank the remainder) . adamv (talked and prayed the prayer of salvation with his 8yr old son) . finallylearning (has broken ties with the OM) . Steadfast and Committed (MIL left the hospital; his dog was found by the Humane Society) . Standing_For_M (H stayed over for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day; rec'd Christmas gifts for her and her kids and food/groceries from her mom and her job; had great talk with H on phone; H said he told a co-worker a story about when they first dated) . lupolady (broken arm is healed; bought herself a new car) . staeryn (H moving back temporarily to help with their new baby) . sadmama (H is ending A and coming home; her D's pray for the Prayer Warriors) . hopeful98 (R&R in Mexico) . tryingTOsaveMYmarriage (at Mass, a child was being baptized and my D said, "Look Daddy, another member has just joined God's family; D is doing a reading at her "First Sacrament of Reconciliation" service this Saturday) . Standing_For_M (her & H attended S' holiday concert and had a good time) . tryingTOsaveMYmarriage (kids were playing very loudly while W was baking and she didn't lose it, she let them have fun) . hopeful98 (had a nice conversation with her H) . Standing_for_M (had a five hour talk with H, some flirting with him as well) . tryingTOsaveMYmarriage (in my D's public school, they discussed things pertaining to the winter season, she said "God's Birthday") . tryingTOsaveMYmarriage (I struck up a conversation with a former Catholic-Christian and shared my life, experiences and "The Purpose Driven Life" with him. first time I ever shared my faith with a stranger) . Blended faily girl (found a job within a Christian environment and received a raise) . Blended faily girl (the Lord placed a strong Christian woman in her life for a "Purpose") . Blended faily girl (four hour Bible study with sister on phone) . Standing_for_M (her H stayed the night, on the sofa, after visiting her and the children) . tryingTOsaveMYmarriage (a wonderful Thanksgiving with my wife and children - no fighting or talk of divorce) . Standing_for_M (her H's heart is softening by his actions towards her and their children) . LoveNcare (her son returns to his wife after 14 months) . lupolady (hard cast taken off her arm) . kings kid (good news about her biopsy) . Terrianna (daughter not moving away) . Steadfastandcommitted (wife is back and we are planning to renew our wedding vows in our church) . tryingTOsaveMYmarraige (D is interested in the Christian music I am listening to and asks a lot about God) . hopeful_person (H seemed more willing to consider a reconciliation) . GreggC (wife's heart is softening a bit and son asking about things in the Bible and believes in it) . WGTT (WH coming home) . d_rose (got a ways to go but we are going there together.) . Faithfulwife (GOT A JOB, Found a house, D is final and got a puppy that “just LOVES me”) . tsc (marriage being restored) . janna-m-r (Husband came home and wants to try to restore marriage even though he is the BS) . Steadfastandcommitted (wife gave up other man) . Stillwaiting (Got to see her husband for 2 hours and his heart seems to have softened) . Stillwaiting (neice is o.k.) . cajunky (wife not engaged & did something with family, told me she loved me) . Free (Marriage Restoration begun ) . Againstthewind (Got job) . betrayed and desparate (sucessful cancer surgery) . WGTT (accepted into mentor program) . Movingonwithlife (Wife coming home) . cry2much(sucessful surgery) . Steadfastandcommitted (first string again) . Lupolady (air conditioner) .

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The Power of Praying Wife

Chapter Thirty – His Future

None of us can live without a vision for our future. If we don’t have one, we flounder aimlessly. Without it, life seems pointless and we die a little every day. “Where there is no vision, the people perish” (Proverbs 29:28 KJV).

Having a vision doesn’t necessarily mean knowing the specifics about what is going to happen next. It has to do with sensing the general direction you’re moving in and having hope that something good is on the horizon. It’s knowing that you do have a future and a purpose, and that it is bright.

Not every man has that certainty. When he doesn’t, you can almost see life draining from him. Even the ones who do, don’t necessarily have it all the time. Even the most spiritual man can get overtired, burned out, beaten down, distanced from God, confused about who he is and misplace his sense of purpose and become overwhelmed and hopeless because of it. If he loses sight of his dreams and forgets the truth about himself and his situation, he can end up believing destructive lies about his future “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6).

God says not to listen to voices that speak lies, for “they speak a vision of their own heard, not from the mouth of the LORED” (Jeremiah 23:16). Any vision for the future that is full of failure and empty of hope is not from God (Jeremiah 29:11). But God can restore vision where it has been lost. He can give hope to dream again. He can bring His truth to bear upon the lies of discouragement. He can give assurance of a promising future. Prayer is the avenue through which He can accomplish it.

We have to remember that our Father God has drawn up His will. His estate is divided equally among His children. All that He has, we will have. We are “heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ” (Romans 8:17). I’ve read my copy of the will and it says we don’t have any idea of all God has for us, because He has more for us than we ever imagined. “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him” (1 Corinthians 2:9). It promises that “the blameless will inherit good” (Proverbs 28:10). It says that not only will be have everything we need in this life, but the most significant portion of it will be ours after we die. Then we will be with Him and we will want nothing more.

If your husband’s eyes get so focused on the day-to-day details of living that he loses his vision for the future, your prayers can lift his sights. They can help him see that God is his future and he needs to run his life in a way that invests in that. “Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it” (1 Corinthians 9:24). You don’t want your husband to be a man who speaks a vision of his own heart and loses the prize. You want him to be able to see from God’s perspective.

God doesn’t want us to know the future, He wants us to know Him. He wants us to trust Him to guide us into the future one step at a time. In order to understand God’s leading, we must seek Him for every step. “Those who seek the Lord understand all” (Proverbs 28:5). We must also stay close enough to hear His answer. The Lord is the giver of vision; pray that your husband looks to Him for it. With God, his future is secure.

PRAYER

Lord, I pray that You would give (husband’s name) a vision for his future. Help him to understand that Your plans for him are for good and not evil – to give him a future and a hope (Jeremiah 29:11). Fill him with the knowledge of Your will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that he may have a walk worthy of You, fully pleasing You, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of You (Colossians 1:9,10). May he live with leading from the Holy Spirit and not walk in doubt and fear of what may happen. Help him to mature and grow in You daily, submitting to You all his dreams and desires, knowing that “the things which are impossible with men are possible with God” (Luke 18:27). Give him God-ordained goals and show him how to conduct himself in a way that always invests in his future.

I pray the he will be active in service for You all the days of his life. Keep him from losing his sense of purpose and fill him with hope for his future as an “anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast” (Hebrews 6:19). Give him “his heart’s desire” (Psalm 21:2) and “the heritage of those who fear You name” (Psalm 61:5). Plant him firmly in Your house and keep him fresh and flourishing and bearing fruit into old age (Psalm 92:13,14). And when it comes time for him to leave this earth and go to be with You, may he have such a strong vision for his eternal future that it makes his transition smooth, painless, and accompanied by peace and joy. Until that day, I pray he will find the vision for his future in You. AMEN!

This message speaks to my husbands condition right now.

He needs a vision from God of hope for the future, that Gods plans for him are for good and not for evil.

I was just praying this a few minutes ago when I thgouth to check the posts.

I pray God will give him a new dream tonight, and that his truth will dispel the lies and discouragement.

Thank you Father for what you are doing this very

Dear Lord, thank you for being w/the men and women here and for the comfort you give us and that as prayer warriors our prayers would be lifted up to you especially on this Wednesday. I have a special prayer request for our wednesday prayer(which is really for thursday).

Lord I please ask that this thursday (7/22/04) when my H comes up to drop off the dogs that even if he only stays 5 minutes that it might be an opportunity for me to be "salt and light" to him, that some fog would clear and that he may see things through your eyes, that his heart may be softened and receptive to me, that i would say and do what you would have me to do, keeping me close to you. in time that if it be your will Lord, that i would be given an opportunity to show my H that i can be the wife he needs, we can rebuild a marriage that is pleasing to you.

Lord please convict the OW to turn her life over to you, that she realize that H is not a free man, and that she needs to move on and find the person you would have her to be with. Please Lord, help her to lose interest and walk away, guide her hands Lord in that she will let go of H and walk away so that we can truly be able to work on our M.

Lord I pray that you will accept this on behalf of one of your children and that it be a prayer that is fervent and availeth much because you can do all things, you have the power to work miracles, for you have already worked a miracle in my heart by bringing me through this lesson in life and tribulation and bringing me close to you and helping me understand what it truly means to be the wife the Bible says i need to be and i know i can be that through your strength and mercy.

in Jesus name I pray, Amen.

Amen.

AMEN

AMEN!

Praying for you all today!

God Bless!!

H98

I'm praying for you all.

Please pray especially for my wife this week. She is still finding the situation extremely difficult, and does not believe that I am comitted to restoring our marriage.

The past couple of weeks have been leading me to ask if He does intend our marriage to be restored. I believe He does, but given my wife's curent actions/state of mind it is getting more and more difficult to see how that can possibly be. No doubt she feels the same way.

As of this instant, I believe my wife really wants us to separate, but she wants me to be the one to leave, and is trying to find a way to push me away. I judge that this is because she wants to see me as completely evil, and the one who gave up on the marriage, and does not want to listen to God's message that we can, should, and must forgive.

I have already forgiven her for any part she played in allowing our relationship to weaken to the point where I went to get one emotional need met elsewhere. I also forgive her daily for her continued failure (or possibly refusal) to acknowledge and (ideally) meet that need. Finally I forgive her for the fact that (so far) she has been unable to forgive me. I pray that I am strong enough to forgive the "seventy times seven" that Jesus requires of us [Matthew 18:22].

God Bless,
Richard

[Edited to correct a spelling mistake that crept through!]

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Just adding my Amen. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />

Richard, just as the courage and strength it took for you to come back to the marriage, it will too take for your W to "come back." don't sell her short, she may say things to you but think totally different and is probably having a battle of her own in her mind. be strong and lean on God to give you the continued strength to stand and stay in the M and that your W will come to truly believe that as well. continued prayers to you.

Thanks Roughroad.

As your signature says - I need to trust Him. It's just that some days are harder than others. This week has been harder than most. <img border="0" alt="[Teary]" title="" src="graemlins/teary.gif" />

Thank you again for your kind words (and prayers). May all our marriages be restored in His glorious name.

Amen

"I need to trust Him. It's just that some days are harder than others"

yes, we go through this all the time on this rollercoaster of emotions and on this "rough road."

it makes me think of saying that says "i know God will not give me anything i can't handle, i just wish he didn't trust me so much."

you have a lot of positives in your situation, i know like was said above, sometimes it's easier to see then others. really, check out Dr. Dobson's "Focus on the family" website family.org and go to the resources section. you will find many things that are applicable from your POV and from your W's in dealing w/the situation. There books, cassettes, and CD's. it's worth a shot. sometimes we just need to hear things over and over and over and most of the time from someone who is not so close to us.

God Bless, RR

AMEN!

Amen!