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Hello MBers,

God has worked some miracles in the heart of my F(?)WH and in mine in order to get us as far as we have come. Sadly, forces are pulling hard in the other direction, my H is drinking again and he says that he doesn't want to be M'd anymore. I am devastated, again.

Please, please pray that we would continue on the path of recovery and that H would be strengthened and encouraged to continue to keep his M vows. I am praying that God restores our M and allows me to be an instrument that leads my dear H back to God.

Thank you so much!

CNH

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Cuteishot,

I sense that this is not about you- it is about him searching for purpose and fullfillment that can only be met in relationship with God.

As much as you care about him...multiply that by infinity, and that is how much God cares and wants a relationship with him- to see him healed and walking in the light.

Father, you know cuteishots heart and you know she loves her husband. And we know that you love him so much that you gave up your only flesh and blood- the person most precious to you, so that he would be able to have peace with you and know your love, be a vessel of yoru love.

I pray for cuteishot that she will be so full of joy today that her joy will be contagious, and that everyone who is around her will be attracted to the light in her. I pray that her husband will look at her and see peace, and serenity and joy lighting her face- radiating from her. I pray that every word from her mouth will be with a smile, and that her words will be positive toward him if he does the slightest thing. I ask that you will show her if her husband is holding anything against her- , and he will tell her and that she will not react defensivly, but with quiet grace and a conciliatory spirit.

Father, I pray for her husband that he will have no peace about this- that he will know it is a mistake, and that he would have made a terrible mess of his life if he loses her. Let him be conscious of the consequences of his path- let him see where it would lead- to destruction and misery and guilt.

And that only by staying, and choosing to walk in integerity and honor his promises to his wife, will he find peace and success.


I come against the lies of the enemy that hae darkened his mind, and deceived him. I say that everything the enemy has done will backfire and lead him straight to his knees in repentance, adn that there he will find grace and mercy and courage and love to help him be the man that you intend him to be.

Today, let him be broken and contrite, and let his wife bear with him, forgive him, have compassion on him, and encourage him with the right words at the right time.

If there is any thoguht of the ow let him see her as grasping, manipulative, shallow and selfish- a person who has used him for her own purposes with no regard for him or the destruction she has caused, or the pain she has caused to his wife. Let him see her as a danger to him, and seek to avoid her as he would a deadly trap.

I also ask all these things for my own husband today, adn I thankyou Father that nothing is too hard for you.

These men are your own, redeemed by the blood of your own Son. He came that the bliind might have sight and that those who think they can see would know that they are blind. Show them that they are blind today. Show them that they are missing out on beauty and peace and purpose and love, and cause them to see those things in us, and be drawn to the light in us.

Put a hedge of protection around us, that the enemy cannot pass today, and give us your spirit to guide us in word and deed, as Jesus promised.

Give us courage to love in the face of rejection and to be kind and gentle to our husbands. Let them see you in us today, Father.

I ask these things in Jesus name, for his sake, and I thank you for the work you are doing and all you are going to do, and that love cannot fail, and that darkness cannot overcome light.

Shul


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Shul,

Thank you for the beautiful prayer! I am printing it out and I will pray these words until I know them by heart. I will also pray for you, your H and your marriage.

God Bless!


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