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#346631 07/04/04 12:01 PM
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Dear Lord help me and all of my friends here to have the strength of Moses and when our arms are tired from lifting them up to you, let us surround each other and hold each other up. I pray in the name of your Son who you sent to us, to give up his very life for us, spilled his earthly blood for us to be forgiven our sins. Please Jesus accept my repentence for everything I have done to lead my family and I into this situation. Lord touch my husband with your pure love and Light, remind him of the vows he took with me, and the covenant he made with You, to honor his wife, be honored by his wife and create a family under your law. Everyday Jesus, remind my husband of the years of memories and joys and how we held each other up during sorrow and hardship for so many years. Convict him. Wrap a hedge of thorns around any sin that might further touch my husband. Jesus please lead the ow to her own sin free path, give her the heart to restore her own family and let us restore ours. I BELIEVE you gave my husband and I to each other and I BELIEVE you also pray for our restitution and our new life , lived in your spirit more fully than ever before as we learn these hard lessons and come closer to You. Lord I pray for my sons, they know not how to wait like you have taught me so well. help me to instill Your gifts to them and guard their hearts against anger and pain. Humble us all to your will, accept the burdens we lay on your altar and bring us the Peace that passeth understanding. Restore to us the fruits of the Spirit as we struggle against the flesh and strive to walk in your Spirit. Remind us to guard our tongues and stand beside us as we work through these hard times. Guard us from behind. lead us from the front- watch over us from above. Let us earn our hearts desire according to your will and bless our every step. in Jesus name I submit this prayer. alleluia amen.

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Amen.

Father, I lift up everyone on these boards today who is hurting. Let their love be stronger than their fear of rejection. Let us all find our strength, our security, our acceptance in You.

Meet our needs today so that we can love freely, without fear.

Show us what we need to do differently. Speak to us by your Spirit, help us to put ourselves in our spouses shoes, show us where we have lovebusted, and forgive us, as we forgive our spouses.

I lift up my husband. Thank you for the work you are doing in his heart, that your love is softening him, and healing him.

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Father,

Thank you that my husband phoned tonight. I know that he is coming to his senses finally. He is realising that he is alone, and getting scared that he might have gone too far.

But like the prodigal son he also knows that he was better off with you. That his way is not working.

Father, I know that you are watching for him. Let him feel your love and concern, your grace and forgiveness in a special way.

Remind him of what Jesus said about how the father was so happy that he had a party to celebrate the return of his son.

Let my husband know that no matter what he has done or how far he has gone that you still love him, and that you want to make all things new.

That he has only to ask and you can restore the years that the locusts have taken, and he can have a new life, a new start.

Thank you Father, that you never give up on us.

We know that the darkness can't overcome the light, and my husband has heard your word , he knows the truth. Help him now to feel it in his heart, and be healed.

Thank you Father, for what you are doing right at this moment.


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Lord, as often happens, i don't have the words to say, but you know my heart. i know that my needs are not any less or more than others Lord and I do pray that everyone here seeks first your guidance and that you will give them strength, patience and discernment for what you would have them do in their lives and especially in their marriages. Lord please be w/those who are so faithfully coming here and coming to you Lord, these are you children and they are hurting. Please lift them up and and answer the prayers according to your perfect will.

Lord, please be w/my dear sweet H who is so lost on many different counts. Lord i don't know if when he came forward several years ago that he was truly saved, only you and he knows that but Lord regardless, he is not doing your will. Lord you are helping me to do your will and please please just surround him in your love and touch and turn his heart the only way that you can Lord. Please forgive him and please convict him to end his A. Lord, i know you know that the recent news that i have received that he will be going on a trip w/the OW to meet some of his family next week and how much that hurts me and makes me sad. Lord, i plead w/you that you will give me the words to say each time i talk w/my H that it would be what you would have me to say. that he would be able to see things through your eyes and turn his life to you.

i know Lord that you are working in his life, i know this because he is reading "the case for creation" and that can only lead to other truths about you. Lord, i know that he will be taking a class in the fall in school that is on new testament studies and even though this is probably a secular class and i'm not sure who will be teaching this and how that somehow and in someway Lord that he may come to serve and obey you Lord.

i really felt you were w/me Lord this past weekend when i saw and spoke w/him Lord but i'm afraid this morning when i talked w/my H that i let you down and that maybe i said some things that maybe you thought i shouldn't. Lord the thoughts came into my head and as i prayed i thought maybe it was what you would have me say but i'm unsure if maybe it was satan trying to cause me to not lift my H up. although i don't necessarily think what was said was bad, Lord satan likes to have his way and i'm afraid i could have something diferrently or better and i didn't.

but i know God that you are more powerful then satan and that you will WILL be done. please just guide my words and actions and help me not to feel so sorry for myself and that others are praying for me and you are providing for me as you said you would. Lord, i humbly ask for you to forgive me if i have said, thought, or did anything that was displeasing to you today or if i have caused offense to anyone. please for give me for any bitterness, resentment, or irrationality that i have and for any doubts that have in what your plan is for me.

Again Lord please be w/my H Lord please help turn his heart and life to you and that his heart will be softened to me again Lord and that we can rebuild a M that's pleasing to you. Lord please be w/this OW and convict her as well and help her to see things through your eyes because if she were to follow you then she would see that she needs to end the A and that their R has no future. Lord please help her to let go of my H and walk away Lord, please help her to find someone else that would be pleasing to you. please help her to lose interest and loose her grips on my H so that we can truly have a chance to work on our M.

Lord please help me to have the opportunity to be the W that you would have me be, to be the W that my needs, and to be the W that i know that i can be thanks to what you have changed into my heart. please Lord accept this as a fervent prayer on behalf of me and my H and that if needed that I can interceed for my H and ask that your will be done in his life. Lord, only you have the power to make these happen and in you only i place my trust and prayer Lord. please continue to be w/me and help me to be who you would have me be in all areas of my life but especially my M right now.

thank you again Lord for everything you have done and haven't done in my life Lord and i pray w/confidence that my M will be restored. in Jesus name I pray, Amen.

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roughroad. reading. crying. agreeing in prayer. alleluia AMEN

PEACE OUT and IN

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asking you guys to pray specifically for me as I pray to God.

Dear Lord, I know that H will be going on a trip monday w/OW to meet some of his family. Lord this hurts, i know you know that. But i pray that you use this opportunity to help some of the fog lift or that H will be able to peak through some of the fog and see things through your eyes. please touch and turn H's heart as only you can because only you have the power. Lord, please convict H's family to not support him in his behvior but to support him in ending the A. I pray that you would protect H from life-long consequences and build a wall around him and keep him from temptation and from his vulnerabilities. that maybe during this time which also happens to be his b-day next week that he might think of me and his heart will be softened.

Lord, please also be w/this OW in convicting her to end the A. Lord help her to realize during this time that their R cannot go forward and does not have a future. please help her to do your will in her life and in that process she may also lose interest and walk away. Lord help her and guide her hand in letting go of H so that we can rebuild our marriage and that she may be able to find someone that you would have her be with. help her to let go and walk away.

thank you Lord for everything you have done and for listening to the prayer of one of your children, one of your lambs who strayed but came back because of what you have done in my life. so many of your children are hurting Lord and have needs just as great as mine. please hear and answer our prayers according to your will. in Jesus name I pray, Amen.

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Father,

I know that You are at work in my husbands life right now, bringing him to his senses.

Please help me to be patient for one more day.

I am very depressed right now thinking about all the years that have been so hard, and now we are apart after all that. It seems to have been for nothing, but I know you are not giving up on him. Help me not to give up.

I pray that wherever he is right now, he would be thinking about his life, and that you would give him a desire to be with us.

Shul

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Hi, All:

Feeling directionless and scared tonight. Wondering how I am going to make a go of my business and feeling as if it will not happen. I have lost a lot of hope and feel the Devil at my door and I want to open that door, because I am tired of fighting him.
I need God, not in ten minutes, but now. Bills are coming in, and I am working 2 jobs and it is still not enough. If I had not been a good man in my divorce, I would have many fewer worries. Lesson learned, at least for tonight: Do not be generous, you will be sorry! I know that I am!

Please pray for me. The thoughts going through my mind are scaring me. Thannk God that my dogs and cats need me or I might not be around!!!

I am tired of feeling this way and my counseling is not helping...........

Help, I need prayers.

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#346639 07/12/04 08:26 AM
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I'm sorry to hear that you are havng a bad time.

God knows what to do, and he will help.

Matthew 6:31-33

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Heavenly Father,

Thank you for taking care of us today.

I am feeling impatient with this situation, and someone spoke evil today concerning it.

I thank you that you know what to do with my husband. You know his ways and you will heal him. thank you that you are bringing circumstances to pass that are working to bring about your will in his life.

He is feeling very frustrated with things right now. Nothing seems to be working out for him ad he is unhappy where he is.

He is starting to resent and dislike her, and he doesn't like himself for the way he is using her and hurting himself and us.

Father, I pray that he will have a strong desire to be with me, adn to be with his daughter.

I think he feels that he is doing this for us, but I pray that he will understand that he doesn't have to do anything to earn my love. That I love him no matter if we live in a tar paper shack.

That I don't want him for what he earns or can give me, but just because he is .

Father, I know he isn't calling me because he is doing wrong and he knows it. He thought it would be over and done with by now, and he would have his van and be able to be free of her, but he is trapped. Lord I pray that he would not have a moments peace while he is there and he would hate it and want to be here with me.

Let him not be swayed by her in any way. Let him be repulsed by her looks and her character.Let him see her at her worst, and let her see him at his worst.

Let this be the end of them. I ask you to break any bond beween them.

I pray that he would repent and make up his mind never to be unfaithful again.

I pray that he would be thinking about me , that you would let him hear music or see things on tv that will give him love for me.

Let him panic to realise what his life would be without me, and let him see what you have given him-someone to love him and never leave him.

Father, thank you for making me strong today. thankyou for showing me the things you are showing me about myself.

That I need to recieve from you to be whole. That I can't give to him or love him unless I am whole and complete in you.

That I can trust you not to let anything go wrong.

You have given me a revelation of your love by showing me that way that I love my husband is the way you love me.

Help me tonight to be still so that I can hear from you.

Be with everyone here who is hurting and let it draw them to you who heals.

Thankyou for all the marriages that have been healed already and those that will be healed.


Shul

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Dear Heavenly Father,
I am having a rough night tonight. I know that You are working on my husband, but I am feeling very low today. I trust You to stop the divorce and return my husband's love back to me. I pray You watch over him as he continues to hit rock bottom. I feel alone even though I have You watching over and protecting me. I pray my situation changes for the better.

Amen.
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Father,

Please let your spirit speak to Lunadove tonight, to help her go on. Let her hear from you clearly tonight.

Shul

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Lord ,

I have just sent the email to my husband. I pray that if you want him to see it he will see it and think about what I said, and not do anything with the van until he is legal to drive.


I pray your will be done in this, either way.

Lord, please , if he reads it, let him at least understand that I don't want him to end up in worse trouble because I care about him, and not be angry. It is his decision. Help him make the right one.

Shul

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Dear God,

This will be short.

Please hl[ Luna and Shul. They need it very much.

GB

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Please pray for me! The enemy has been tempting me in many ways, and I haven't been too strong to resist some. Please just keep me in your prayers. I need lots of strength to keep standing for my marriage. I don't even know if I truly love my H anymore, but I know that's what the enemy wants me to feel. I KNOW God is working in his life and perhaps is close to coming home. I can't give up now....or EVER! Thank you!!

God Bless!!

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Father,

Tonight I ask you to help me see my husband with your eyes , with compassion.

I know that he isn't doing these things to hurt me. He is a mess, and he needs healing.

Make my heart soft so that I can love him freely without any expectations.

Help me know what he needs, how I can reach him.

Shul

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Father,

Thank you for giving me insight.

Thank you that he called today and is thinkning about us with love.

I know that in his mind our circumstances seem impossible to overcome .

But this is nothing for you to fix.

I pray that you will give him a vision of hope for the future with us, for healing and reconciliation with our daughter, for our daily needs, a place to live, work, everything.

I come against this discouragment that the enemy has put in his mind. I command it to flee and I ask Father God that you would let him see that there is love and forgiveness and that you will make a way if he is willing to ask for help.

I pray that he will give up his own path and let you guide him.

Please tell me if there is anything I can say to him to encourage him.

Father, I also ask that he would see that we can be friends. Help me know how to be a friend to him.

Father, sever any feelings or friendship between him and any other woman, I pray.

Thank you.
In Jesus name I pray.

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Dear Lord, thank you for being w/the men and women here and for the comfort you give us. 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.

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Father,

Thank you for yesterday, for the time I spent with my husband.

Thank you for the conversation he had wit our daughter, that it was natural and relaxed.

Thank you that we got together and that it went ok. I had a chance to be with him in a friendly way, no LB's.

Now he can see that there is hope for us to be friends, and that he can be with his daughter in a new way, relate to her.

I pray that he will have a good day thinking about us, and see posssibilities for the future.

I kow we are on his mind because he already called this morning.

Help me to take this slow. Thank you for the healing you are doing in his life , in mine, in our relationship.

Thank you that every day can be a fresh start!

Shul

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Dear Heavenly Father,

Thank you for the strength you have given me in the past year to deal with this situation.
Thank you, too, for answering my prayer this morning, giving us the time we needed to talk to each other.
Please open his heart to realize all the good in our marriage and the positives we have. Give him the strength and courage to make the "leap of faith" and cut off the relationship with her. Let him find the words needed to break it off that have not been easy for him to find. Please be with him and support him as you have supported me. Help him to emerge from the FOG and see the error of his ways. Lead him back to a relationship with You and his family.
And Lord, help me to give him the support he needs, the courage to change the part of me responsible for this situation, and the words to say to him that will make a difference.
In Jesus's name I pray......Amen

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