Every Wed. we pray and fast for one another. Every Weds we can check in and let everyone know we have prayed for the group. Prayer does mighty things and group prayer is even better.

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: 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, 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, truly a friend, 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, goldielocks109, darwud, Mrs. darwud, Zuzus Petals, adamv, Army Hubby, Gail (mojodiva)& Shane, bonnie five & H, TryingToKeepHope, Hopeful98, lghoping, SoTired (Mike & Trish), evega, Douglas and Kirsi Nielson, Jessicafl27, kimmy2, auntielala, weezy8550, miserynmissouri, STBXWife, sealfan, Jen Brown, LunaDove, SMIAJ, cinderella, day by day, 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 and Melody), TROD (Tony and Julie), thisso, ladysheep, hurtmorethanheknows, singleguy, tryingTOsaveMYmarriage, Keesley, recovering_dad, terrianna,

Prayers Answered: Lupolady(air conditioner), Steadfastandcommitted (first string again), cry2much(sucessful surgery), Movingonwithlife(Wife coming home), WGTT(accepted into mentor program), betrayed and desparate (sucessful cancer surgery), Againstthewind (Got job), Free (Marriage Restoration begun ), cajunky (wife not engaged & did something with family, told me she loved me), Stillwaiting (neice is o.k.), Stillwaiting(Got to see her husband for 2 hours and his heart seems to have softened), Steadfastandcommitted (wife gave up other man), janna-m-r (Husband came home and wants to try to restore marriage even though he is the BS), tsc (marriage being restored), Faithfulwife (GOT A JOB, Found a house, D is final and got a puppy that “just LOVES me”), d_rose (got a ways to go but we are going there together.), WGTT (WH coming home), GreggC (wife's heart is softening a bit and son asking about things in the Bible and believes in it), hopeful_person (H seemed more willing to consider a reconciliation),

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">From Power of a Praying Wife:
Chapter 2: "His Work"

There are extremes that all men must be wary of: laziness or overworking.

On the one hand is laziness, or avoiding work out of selfishness, fear, lack of confidence, depression or apprehension about the future. Of the lazy, God says, "As a door turns on its hinges, so does the lazy man on his bed." (Proverbs 26:14) Also Proverbs 23:21, 15:19, and 21:25.

In other words, a lazy man will never get anywhere. He will have a rough road ahead, and it will ultimately destroy him.

The opposite of laziness is workaholism - obsessing over work to the exclusion of all else, and losing one's life in the process. Of the workaholic, God says, "So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; for it takes away the life of its owners." (Proverbs 1:19)

Neither extreme promotes happiness and fulfillment. Only a perfect balance between the two, which God can help a man find, will ever bring quality to one's life.

God recognizes that a man's work is a source of fulfillment to him. He says there is a nothing better than for a man to "enjoy the good of all his labor - it is the gift of God." (Eccl. 3:13) But a man that doesn't have a purpose to his work will not have a sense of fulfillment, he will see no reward, or future for himself, at least not one worth living. If there's also the spector of age creeping up on him, he may hear words in his head like, "You're not valuable to anyone. You're replaceable. You can't do what you used to." That's a dangerous place for a man to be.

Even if your H didn't have parents praying for him to find fullfilling life's work, or has already had a successful career, its' still good to pray that he is where God wants him to be and that everything will continue to go smoothly.

If your H is a hard worker, make sure he has times of rest and enjoyment - to do things that entertain him and give him a reprieve from the weight of a lifetime of supporting a family. Men need periods of refreshing. If they don't have them, they are prone to burnout and temptations of all kinds.
quote:

Prayer:
Lord, I pray that you would bless the work of my H's hands. May his labor bring not only favor, success, and good prosperity, but great fulfillment as well. If the work he is doing is not in line with Your perfect will for his life, reveal it to him. Show him what he should do differently and guide him down the right path. Give him strength, faith, and a vision for the future. May he never run from work out of fear, selfishness, or a desire to avoid responsibility. On the other hand, help him to see that he doesn't have to work himself to death for man's approval, or grasp for gain beyond what it is a gift from You. Give him the ability to excel, but free him from the pressure to do so.

I pray that you will be Lord over his work, and may he bring You into every aspect of it. Give him enough confidence in the gifts You've placed in him to be able to seek, find and do good work. Open up doors of oportunity for him that no man can close. Develop his skills so that they grow more valuable with each passing year. Show me whatI can do to encourage him.

I pray that his work will be established, secure, successful, satisfying, and financially rewarding. May he not be "lagging in lifigence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord" (Romans 12:11). Let him be like a tree planted by the stream of Your living water, which brings forth fruit in due season. May he never wither under pressure, but grow strong and prosper. (Psalm 1:3)
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Scriptures:
Proverbs 22:29
Proverbs 23: 4,5
Matthew 16:26


<small>[ September 23, 2003, 05:50 PM: Message edited by: lupolady ]</small>

Well, while I was typing, I realized tomorrow is my younger step-son's b/day. I'm sure H will be spending the day with him (actually, they work together at SS's business, but I mean afterward, in a social setting, dinner, etc. - prolly WITH ow). I not only lost H in this mess, but now have no "children" - and am not welcome to be in contact with my only "near children." <img border="0" alt="[Teary]" title="" src="graemlins/teary.gif" />

Please ask the Good Lord to reconcile my family, and bring us back together again soon. I miss my family.......and have missed many (almost 3 yrs' worth) holidays and b/days.

<img border="0" alt="[Teary]" title="" src="graemlins/teary.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[Teary]" title="" src="graemlins/teary.gif" />

Thanks, all

Dear Heavenly Father,
We come to You and ask that You would do a new work in the marriage of lupolady. Lord, we bind the works of the devil off of this marriage. We lose all the forces in heaven to soften hearts, to bring repentence, and to bring restoration to her and her husband. Father, You know just what needs to be done and we ask that You would move swiftly to break the bonds of the wrong relationship and that You would restore the love that he once had for lupolady. Father, You can hear the pain and hurt in her heart. Lord, we ask as her brothers and sisters that You will pour out your unending love and peace upon her until this marriage is restored. Until then, we will stand in faith that Your perfect will WILL be done. In Jesus name. Amen

PLEASE pray for me today!

My H is not being very nice right now. (see my update thread on here).

I just need all the prayers I can get.

I will be praying for all of you too today and fasting. Thank you!

Lupolady,

First, thanks for keeping us going here.

Second, I am sorry to hear about your SS's - my WH has 2 beautiful SC that he help to raise for 18 years, and now refuses to talk to them or see them - he has a new family and they aren't "his".

I know it breaks their hearts, so I will pray for you and your SS's and your WH today, and ask everyone to pray for my WH, Dan, my 2 C, and all others out there who are hurt when adultery breaks up our families.

Singleguy,

Thanks for that great prayer for Lupolady. I prayed it for her as well. Keep us all in your prayers.

Hopeful,

Haven't read your latest thread, but just know that we are praying for you.

I am praying for all of you today, please keep me and my family in your prayers and ask God to break the unholy bond between my WH, Dan and the OW and remove him physically from her house, and that God will reveal His will to my WH.

Thanks everyone.

Cajeanie

Hi lupolady,

Thank you for continuing this thread. I'm hoping that the Lord will lead one of the male posters to give more input for the guy's here.

Could you please add my praise to the answered prayer section. My W and I will be renewing our vows. We don't have the date yet but we do know it will be in front of our church body.

You will always be in my prayers my Sister. Thank you for all you wise counsel (even if you didn't know you were talking to me sometimes).

If you didn't get a chance to read my update here it is God's touch in S&C's recovery.

Love in Christ.

S&C <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="images/icons/cool.gif" />

To all of Us Prayer Warriors,
I prayed and fasted for our marriages to be healed and restored, if that be God's will. I took a walk around my office building and enjoyed the beauty God had created, Nature, and asked for His blessings to come to us.

Please pray for me today that my W will see the peace and changes in me and that God will soften her heart and she will let me back in. I am the WS and a believer, she is the BS and does not believe. So it has been difficult to share with her know that my rediscovering God and putting Him back in life has changed me.

Since coming back to God, He has shown me some interesting things, i.e., the spider web in last week's Restoration post.
Now again, He shows me His love and care for me and my F.
This past Monday evening, I finished reading His Word, and was going to bed on the sofa. I said a prayer to God to help me with my M. While I was praying adn telling Him that I can not do this on my own, I noticed a blue light flicking behind me from the fireplace. We have a gas fireplace, so it wasn't the color that was unusual. What was unusual, was the fact that the fireplace was on. Since it was not a chilly night, I had not turned it on. And having been reading on the sofa for over an hour, did not see anyone else turn it on. When I checked the gas controls beneath the fireplace, the door was jammed, so I had to pull hard on it to open. When I opened it I turned off the two knobs (gas and pilot). The strange thing was these knobs were covered with cob webs (again spiders <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> ) so they could not have been turned recently. I took this as a sign to completely let God take control of the situ with my W, and pay attention to my being a good Christian and showing that to her and our children. Not begging for mercy from my W, but from God.
<img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

lupolady,
I was out the house for only three months on a TRO, but I missed several special occassions, including my S 3rd b'day and my 10th wedding anniversary. I can hardly imagine missing 3 years of holidays with my family. My heart goes out to you.

God show your mercy on lupolady, that she will know that you love her and are watching over her. Give her the strength to endure this time as you work your perfect plan for her and her family. Amen.

God Bless all us Warriors as we strive to save our marriages.
TTSMM

I would appreciate your continued prayers. I have mailed my response today to me W' divorce petition. I feel confident the judge will see the need for her to return home for counseling and support. If not I will go to the adjoining state where she lives. I am praying specifically that the Lord would soften the judge's heart, my W's heart, and remove all her "enablers" who would counsel her to stay away from me. It's been nearly 6 months. I love you all and God bless!

Hey S&C,
What are you wanting a male poster to do? I didn't understand what you were looking for?
Still tickled pink over your covenant victory. Go get um brother!!!!
God Bless
singleguy

<small>[ September 24, 2003, 04:32 PM: Message edited by: singleguy ]</small>

singleguy,

What I did when cajunky went into lurkdom (I say that cause I still think he's out there), I made sure that the Restoration thread was up every week and any names of people that wanted to be included was added. I also added any praise reports to the list. Actually anyone male or female can do that if they want to step up and commit a little time. lupolady has done the last two weeks (maybe because she didn't think anyone else would). I don't know if she would like to continue or not.

The reason I asked for a male poster is because, I believe it is important for a man to post stuff from a male's perspective.

I have posted on a weekly basis, prayers from Power of a Praying Husband. If I had found anything else that was useful to men somewhere else on the internet I'd post it (sometimes) in place of the weekly prayer.

If you are interested (even remotely) shoot me an e-mail. sandc_mb@hotmail.com

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Still tickled pink over your covenant victory. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">You're tickled pink? All I did was suggest dinner at our favorite restaurant. She suggested including our friends and then came up with the idea of signing the covenent, having them witness it and having our son sign it too.

Still have a lot of work to do. Trying to introduce her to MB concepts.

Gotta go hope to hear from ou soon. God bless.

S&C

Lupolady, I pray with you for God to reconcile your marriage and family. God bless you!

Please see this wonderful testimony of a restored marriage below!

http://www.grace4u.org/newsletter/QOG_Dec_01.htm

(it is a church newsletter so scroll down to the article that is called "My Husand, My Hero")

<small>[ June 12, 2004, 05:41 AM: Message edited by: LoveMyEx ]</small>

S & C......You bet I am still here. I lurk and pray every week. You have done a great job in keeping the thread up.

Just a quick update on me......I am not dating anymore because I really have a strong feeling about my wife for some reason. She e-mailed my mom the other day and told her she missed her "weight watcher diet partner". Then I went to drop kids off one day and when she came to the door I knew something was wrong with her. When I left god laid it on my heart to call herI did and asked if sshe was OK and of course she said yes. I told her "I know it isn't ut you won't talk to me about it. My phone is open to you 24/7 if you want to talk". She never called but I have had a strong sense everything isn't as peachy as she thought it would be.

I am sooo happy for you (and at the same time real jealous) and pray that one day soon more of us can report such good news.

I will try and post some things but I am so involved with church right now I can't commit to keeping the thread up full time again.

Love in Christ
cajunky

Hey, Cajunk, Good to "hear" from you! Also, listening to God's still, small voice in order to hear something He is communicating to us is important. I believe God is giving you growing evidence that He's now working in your W's heart! PTL!!

S&C, we are ALL doing the "happy dance" for ya, bro!!!

single guy, Thank you sooooo much for your most beautiful prayer. I cried when I read it. Unfortunately, I haven't been on the boards as much lately. Actually, I'm not sure it's so unfortunate. I find that spending too much time on the boards can be counter-productive for me. It's like a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it's somewhat comforting to see that everyone here is in agreement in prayer for each other and our situations. On the other hand, it takes time away from my own prayer closet, my "alone" time with God, etc. and sometimes satan also uses it ( <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="images/icons/shocked.gif" /> ) to confuse me and make me feel hopeless about my situation, especially when I hear of other M's being restored.....sorry, S&C, not meaning to make you feel badly or anything, but that's the truth of it.

Cajeanie & LoveMyEx, thanks for letting me know that you know about this sad, sad feeling, too. <img border="0" alt="[Teary]" title="" src="graemlins/teary.gif" /> It helps to know others know exactly how I feel.

I still try to Praise God, cause I KNOW He knows what He's doing!! This is all just so hard.....especially on "trigger" days (like b/days and Holidays). BTW, H's b/day is in just 3 weeks. I'm praying he will miss ME on that day! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" />

Thanks for all your prayers. I certainly didn't intend to make this thread all about me. I love all you guys!

God Bless,

<small>[ September 27, 2003, 07:50 PM: Message edited by: lupolady ]</small>

lupolady,
I fully understand about time on the boards. God tells us there is a time for everything and balance is soooo important. I urge you to spend more time in prayer alone by yourself. My goal was to be a brother to a sister when she was hurting. I want to see the perfect will of God performed in your life. I understand what you are going thru because I've been there myself.If you have questions or want prayer, just ask.
May God Bless You Richly
singleguy

Hello lupolady!
I only want you to know how sad your situtation makes me. I have also been there and it tears your heart out. I also have kids but all are in drugs so I do not hear from them either. My WH turned his back on his children awhile after we got together - after letting them into my heart. Every Birthday and Holiday I asked him to send them something, he would tell me to mind my own business. I still have a mother's ring I wear with those two boy's birthstones in with my three kids.
One day months after WH left his oldest son now 16 called here looking for his Dad! I always asked God to take care of these boys, well now I got my answer and they have had a good life no problems! Praise God. Your SC will not forget you, mine did not! Someday out of the blue you will get a call or a card. Be prepared as you will cry like never before. I will pray that it happens soon for you as it did me. God Love and protect you and let great things happen in your life! God Bless you!

Hey LMX and lupolady,
Just wanted to let you know I was thinking about you two this morning. May God bless you both today.
singleguy

singleguy:

Thanks so much for the thoughts!!!!

Tough day at work, so I sure appreciate the prayers!

God Bless,