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: -.{193 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 . Deja Vu . tanelornpete . cuteIShot . Gustav Kamfer .

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) .

The Power of a Praying Wife

Chapter Thirteen - His Trials

Everyone goes through hard times. It?s nothing to be ashamed of. Sometimes our prayers help us to avoid them. Sometimes not. It?s the attitude we have when we go through them that matters most. If we are filled with anger and bitterness, or insist on complaining and blaming God, things tend to turn out badly. If we go through them with thankfulness and praise to God, He promises to bring good things despite them. He says to ?count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience? (James 1:2,3).

A wife?s prayers for her husband during these times may not change some of the things he must go through. After all, if we never suffered anything, what kind of shallow compassionless, impatient people would we be? But prayer can help him maintain a positive outlook of gratitude, hope, patience and peace in the midst of it, and keep him from reaping the penalty of wrong response.

Whether it feels like it or not, when we serve God, His love attends every moment of our lives ? even the toughest, loneliest, most painful and desperate. He is always there in our midst, working things out for good when we pray and look to Him to do so. ?We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose? (Romans 8:28). His purpose for our trials is often to bring us humbly before Him to experience a breaking in our inner, independent, self-sufficient selves and grow us up into compassionate, patient, spiritually strong, God-glorifying people. He uses these situations to teach us how to trust that He loves and cares for us enough to get us through the tough times.

If your husband is going through a difficult time, carry it in prayer, but don?t try to take away his load and make it yours. That will ultimately leave him feeling weak or like a failure.

Pray that your husband will be able to press in closer to God until he knows that nothing can separate him from his love ? not what he is going through now and not what will happen in the future.

Trials can be a purifying fire and a cleansing water. You don?t want your husband to get burned or drowned; you want him to get refined and renewed. God has promised that ?in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us? (Romans 8:37). ?He who endures to the end shall be saved? (Matthew 24:13).

PRAYER

Lord, You alone know the depth of the burden my husband carries. I may understand the specifics, but You have measure the weight of it on his shoulders. I?ve not come to minimize what You are doing in his life, for I know You work great things in the midst of trials. Nor am I trying to protect him from what he must face. I only want to support him so that he will get through this battle as the winner.

God, you are our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble (Psalm 46:11). You have invited us to ?come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need? (Hebrews 4:16). I come before your throne and ask for grace for my husband. Strengthen his heart for this battle and give him patience to wait on You (Psalm 27:1-4). Build him up so that no matter what happens he will be able to stand strong through it. Help him to be always ?rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer? (Romans 12:12). Give him endurance to run the race and not give up, for You have said that ?a righteous man may fall seven times and rise again? (Proverbs 24:16). Help him to remember that ?the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in his ways. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for the Lord upholds him with His hand? (Psalm 37:23,24).

I pray he will look to You to be his ?refuge until these calamities have passed by? (Psalm 57:1). May he learn to wait on You because ?those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint? (Isaiah 40:31). I pray the he will find his strength in You and as he cries out to You, You will hear him and save him out of all his troubles (Psalm 34:6). AMEN!

The Power of a Praying Husband (copied from an old post by TTSMM)

Chapter 13 - HER PURPOSE

Everyone has gifts and talents. Your wife needs to understand what hers are. That's because she will be fulfilled only when she is using the Gifts God gave her, for the purpose for which God called her.

Wives want to be the crown that our husbands wear proudly. But too often the woman they are called to be and want to be-and know they can and should be- and the person they are, don't match up.

None of us can be who we need to be without the power of God transforming us and enabling us to change. Miraculous things can happen. But often they don't because we try to make things happen in our mates instead of asking God to do it. But praying for your mate to become all she was created to be invites God to make changes that last.

Your wife wants to be the wife God created her to be and you need her to be. She wants to know how to best honor you and be a true helpmate.

Another reason your wife needs to recognize her gifts and calling is so that she will not be seeking after something God is not calling her to be or do. It must be God who does it all. Declaring her complete dependence on Him is the first step toward realizing His call on her life. Your prayers can help her to understand that.

PRAYER

LORD, I know that You have placed within (wifes name) special gifts and talents that are to be used for Your plurpose and Your glory. Show her what they are, and show me too, Lord, that I may encourage her. Help her to know that You have something in particular for her to do and have given her a ministry that only she can fulfill. Give her a sense of Your call on her life, and open doors of opportunity for her to develop and use her gifts in that calling.

I pray that Your would give my wife understanding that Your plan for her life has a specific and perfect timing. Even though she may not know the details of that plan, help her to rest in the confidence of knowing that You will bring it to pass as she seeks You in the details of her life.

LORD, I pray that (wifes name) will be the wife You have called her to be and the wife I need her to be. What I need most from my wife right now is (name the need most pressing on your heart). Show me what my wife needs from me. Help us to fulfill one another in these areas without requiring of each other more than we can be. Keep us from having unrealistic expectations of each other when our expectations should be in You. Help us to recognize the gifts You have placed in each of us and to encourage one another in their developement and nurture.

Thank You, LORD, for the wife You have given me (Proverbs 19:14). Release her into Your perfect plan for her life so that she will fulfill the destiny You've given her. Use her gifts and talents to bless others.Bring her into alignment with Your ultimate purpose for her life, and may she be fulfilled in it. I say to her, you are "like a fruitful vine in the very heart of your house" (Psalm 128:3). "Many daughters have done well, but you excel them all"(Proverbs 31:29). "Let your light so shine befroe men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven" ( Mattehew 5:16). Lord, grant my wife according to her heart's desire, and fulfill all her purpose(Psalm 20:4).
Amen.

Amen.

I've been having a tough time recently, your continued prayers are much appreciated. I am still finding it hard to meet my W's EN's without sacrificing my own. She is still unable (or chooses not) to meet mine. I'm also finding it difficult on the SA front. I really want to go back to the meetings, but fear my W's reaction if she thinks I need to go back (which in all honesty, I do).

Lord,

Help me to live as you want me to live. Help me to grow in your love, and to love others as Jesus commanded us.

Amen

Amen

I was full of hope because my wife indicated that she need to talk to someone from her church. She has been avoiding him since then and ignored his phone calls.

Monday I averted her filing for divorce but now she tells me she will do it in January 2005.

Lord, help me to be the husband I'm supposeed to be in the following month. Please let my wifes fear and hurt leave her so that she can start building our life together again. Please lord help with the pain and suffering of everybody who is in the same situation as us.

Amen


Gustav

Gustav,

I wouldn't put too much stock into the D filing. My H kept telling me he'd file for D after this or after that & it never happened. First he told me that he was getting a D right away in October when he first left. Then it turned into, "after he got his settlement from his work accident". Then he wanted to file for custody of our oldest S13 in January. Well, his settlement got splurged & the last thing on his mind was a D. He didn't have his own place so he couldn't file for custody. By February, he moved back home & tried to restart our M. Your W may be thinking one way, but God may be thinking a whole different way.

Trust in Him. He's the only One who won't let you down! Put ALL your trust in Him. It might help to pray the hedge of thorns around your W. I prayed it & it confused my H so he wouldn't have anywhere to turn except back home. I've seen a lot of miracles be performed thanks to trusting God fully and completely.

Love in Christ,
Y

Father, I ask that you will draw our spouses to Jesus today. We know that the flesh accomplishes nothing, that it is the spirit that changes our hearts, and I ask that today you will give me a heart of gentleness and compassion toward my husband.

Help me to meet him where he is, adn give me words to encourage him . Help me to speak healing into our relationship, and to know where he needs to hear remorse from me.

Help me to know when to speak and when to be silent.

I place a hedge of protection aorund this place, that no evil will enter in when he is here, and that you will be present with me. Help me to build a bridge to him, that he will feel safe to cross.

Let me be a light of love today.

I am willing to do my part, to love him expecting nothing in return, and I am trusting You to do your part. Thak you for giving me freedom to love with out fear.

Gustav, it took my H about 8 mths after he left to file the D papers. He had told me a week after he left he was going to file. Yes, I was devastated, but you know what? It's been a year already that he filed and nothing has happened yet (and it takes 6 mths here in CA). I KNOW God is in control. If it does go thru one of these days, I'll still know that God is in control and will allow it for a reason. Trust God and no matter what happens, know that He is ALWAYS there for you. He will NEVER let you down.

Praying for you all today!! God Bless!!

Please pray for me and my husband.

Thanx for your prayers everybody.

It has been a good and a bad week. My wife agreed to go and see a psychologist with me-That's the good news.
A day later we had a big fight when I found some intimate Text Messages on her phone to the OM.
She denied having an affair and later told me that she had considered suicide. We sorted that out after she kissed and made up with one of her good friends at work who she had pushed away also. It's been a very bad wek with me feeling that my faith is not strong enough.

Standingtogether, what is the hedge of thorns?

Love you all and most of all I love GOD !!

Gustav

Hi Gustav!

The hedge of thorns is a prayer based out of the book Hosea, Chapter 6, that places a hedge of thorns around your S so it will create confusion & the only way out of the hedge is the path back home. It also places a hedge of protection around your family so no evil can get in.

I'm taking this from the book How God Can & Will Restore Your Marriage by Erin Thiele. It goes:

I ask you, Father, to rebuke & bind satan in the name & through the blood of Lord Jesus Christ. I ask you to build a Hedge of Thorns around my husband so that anyone who is interested in him will lose interest & leave. I base my prayer on the command of your Word which says, What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate. I thank you, Father, for hearing & answering my prayer. Amen.

I would pray this daily for my H & it worked wonders. I could see the effects taking hold on my H throughout our separation. His life started to have chaos. He went from FT to PT at his job, his R w/the OW began to sour, and a host of other things. Although I was very upset for him that he was having all these problems, I knew that God was allowing all these things to happen to him to show him the path he had previously was better than the one he was currently taking but it still was hard to watch him suffer.

Love in Christ,
Y