Please pray for the healing of my marriage. My husband and I are separated for almost a month now. We are on the road to recovery but still struggling. My faith is what is holding me together right now. I know that my Lord is just and true and can work wonders with even the most conflict-ridden marriage. I remember every day the vow I made to my husband to be faithful and true, forsaking all others. I will not forsake him, just as Jesus will never forsake me. My husband does not seem to be strong in faith, though it is not for me to judge him. I hope you will pray for our marriage & family and for my H to draw closer to Jesus. My name is Cindy, H is Glenn, our 1 year old son is Cade. Thank you and God be with you all.

Cindy, I saw that you live in Tomball. I am about 30 minutes away from you! I am sorry for your pain and will pray for you. I have two small children and a marriage hanging by a thread too, so I know how you feel. <P>Dear Heavenly Father,<BR>I lift up Cindy to you God. Thank you so much for her faith and thank you for showing her your love. I pray that you will continue to make her aware of your presence and your hand working in her life. You have promised never to leave us and never to forsake us God, and I pray that you will remind Cindy constantly of your promise. Help her to remember that nothing can separate her from the love of Christ. <BR>God, I pray for Glenn. I pray right now that you will work in his life God and soften his heart. I pray that you will draw him to you. I pray that you will use the people around him to show him your everlasting love and that he will respond to your calling in his life. Make him continually aware of his need for you. <BR>God, I pray for their marriage. I don't know why it is in trouble Lord, but you know everything, and you know their situation. I pray that you will bring healing to their family and restore love. I pray that their marriage will become yours God and that it will be a marriage to glorify you. You are in the business of miracles and we know you can heal this marriage. Please, God, we ask for that. <BR>Lord, I pray for little Cade. Please keep him safe and healthy. Keep the pain that his parents are experiencing away from him God. Give Cindy the strength to be a loving, devoted mother in spite of her pain. Use Cade to show his parents the miracles you are capable of. Let them look in his face and see your love for them in giving them such a precious gift. <P>In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

Dear Dead Inside Thank you so much for your prayer. It really made me feel blessed to be touched by someone who is feeling the same pain and yet can reach out to someone else who is hurting. My story was written in my profile but it's missing for some reason. You can read it by using the search buttonand using my user name. I posted under the getting divorced forum. I looked for yours but couldn't find it. I too am trying to forgive my husband for past hurts. I've also really looked closely at myself and taken responsibility for my part in the whole mess. I still hope that we will be a family again.. My husband does have a weakness when it comes to other women. He tends to derive approval and affirmation from friendships that he says are strictly friends only. He knows he has a problem and I guess that is a start. We need to rebuild a new relationship and leave the past in the past. That is so difficult to do. He is still wanting to come home but he is scared that we will go back to the same old fighting and distrust, etc. etc. I know that he is feeling lost. If I didn't know Jesus. I would be completely broken. I am leaving it in His hands and know that he wants our marriage to succeed. We are taking it slowly but I am really prone to Love Busting. I pray that God will guard my words and actions and show my H that I can be a Godly wife. I want that so much. I pray that your marriage will also survive this trial. I know how hard this must be for you. My prayers are with you always. Hang in there. All things do work for the good for those that love the Lord. Sometimes we have to be patient and wait. I am very new to this site and your's was my first response. I cannot express enough what your response meant to me. Your compassion brought tears to my eyes. Sorry this is so long. It just really helps me to write my feelings here. I hope to hear from you again. Cindy

Cindy,<BR>I'm glad I could help you in some small way. Your situation brought tears to my eyes too and I cried as I typed my prayer for you. I really mean it and I will continue to pray for you. <BR>Thank you for your prayer on my thread. I need God so much and there is this wedge there that I know Satan is delighting over. I need all the prayers I can get. Especially when I can be too stubborn and unfaithful to pray myself. It was beneficial for me too to pray for you and I am thankful that God has laid it on my heart to pray for you and be concerned about someone other than myself. That is a miracle in itself for all the self pity I have had around here! <BR>I will be happy to write to you and pray for you anytime. I'm really too nervous to put my name in here because I am so ashamed of my situation. <BR>I hope you have a happy Easter and that God will bless you with peace as we remember His ultimate gift of salvation through Christ. <BR>By the way, pregnancy caused many intimacy/self-esteem issues with me too. We have much in common, my friend.

Dear Holding On and Dead Inside,<BR>I will be praying for you both today, as well as your husbands. Our God is an awesome God, He will be victorious over the enemy. Keep believing in Him ladies. I was also separated, nearing divorce, and God stepped in and started the restoration process. My H had been saying he couldn't stand to be near me, did not love me, didn't want me, etc. The Lord spoke to his heart, He will speak to your husbands' hearts too. He is speaking to them right now. Through our Faith in God your marriages will be healed. <P>The ladies on the Women's Bible Study forum pray together on Tuesday nights for each other, and our situations. If you would like to be included in our Tues. night prayer time, please let us know. You are welcome to join us in our Bible Study, using the Power of A Praying Wife book, by Stormie O'Martian. This inspiring book has changed my life and my marriage. We have a long way to go, but with God, nothing is impossible.<P>We will be starting over with Chapter One using the POPW Study Guide soon. Please feel free to join us. The fellowship with these wonderful Christian ladies has been such a tremendous help to me.

Here's a link for the Women's Bible Study Agenda <A HREF="http://www.marriagebuilders.com/forum/Forum25/HTML/000325.html" TARGET=_blank>http://www.marriagebuilders.com/forum/Forum25/HTML/000325.html</A>

AW,<BR>Thank you. Your prayer on my thread meant a lot to me too. <BR>How do you get involved in the Bible Study? I don't understand all there is to know about using this site. You all just log on at the same time? Let me know. I am interested. I will be praying for you too.

The Women's Bible Study forum is down the list aways, towards the bottom, on the list of available forums. Just start posting and you'll be a part of the bible study, its open to anyone (men too if they want to). The Power of a Praying Wife book is available at most Christian bookstores, as well as at Amazon.com. I think it is $7.99, and the Study guide was only $4.99 I think. If you want to participate in the POPW Study and can't afford the books, let SueB or I know. We can help. <P>The prayers in this book POPW dramatically changed my life. Especially Chapter One, His Wife. <P>Prayers,<BR>AW

Here's a link to the post that has the prayer from Chapter One, His Wife:<BR> <A HREF="http://www.marriagebuilders.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/009312.html" TARGET=_blank>http://www.marriagebuilders.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/009312.html</A> <P>Scroll down through this post, it is towards the end.<P>Love and prayers,<BR>AW

Dear Alcoholics's Wife and Dead Inside<BR>I would love to join the Bible Study on Tues. nights but my H has packed up the computer at home. It is still sitting there in the boxes in our spare bedroom. I would like to at least get the book re raying wife. Thank you Alcoholic's Wife for your prayer. I have read many of your posts and you seem like a very smart lady. I hope like in your case God does reach my husband. I hope He uses this really bad situation and turns it into a rebirth if you will of my marriage. I truly love my husband and hope that God uses this to change our lives and make us better partners and parents. You are right, Our God is an Awesome God. I've been singing that song all day. I only know the first couple of lines, but it still inspires me. I feel for my H, he does not have strong convictions regarding God's influence in his life. Unlike me, who clings to my faith, when I feel my life is falling apart. I have tended to do that in the past. When life gets me down I turn to God. I should do that every day, but I know God loves me and forgives me. I intend to devote myself to God on a day to day basis from now on. My husband doesn't have that to turn to, I feel compassion for him even though it is he that has hurt me so. My favorite saying from the Bible is <BR>"All things work together for the good for those that love the Lord" I may not have it perfectly right but you know what I'm saying. I know that is true, but it is hard waiting for the good outcome to show up. I hope you all have a wonderful Easter! God Bless You and Keep You Safe From Harm. Cheer up -Dead Inside. Just look at the sweet little faces of your children and find some happiness there. I know my little one brings a smile to my face no matter what I may be feeling. <BR>My prayer for you is that God gives you peace and takes that heavy load off your heart. I gave mine to Him and have felt much better. Remember the hard part, once you give your burdens to Jesus, don't take them back. He is capable and true to carry you through any thing if you (and I) only let him. Cindy