And I need something to do in the evening other than dwell on my and my problems, so please post here!!! I'll print them out and cover them as often as I start to dwell inward... This will be both benificial and theriputic to me and will be good for you too <P>I want to cover each one as agreeing together, so be specific! I'll pray word for word with you!!!<P>For me, I need peace and a quiet mind, for my H I wish the Lord to convict him in such a way that TOTAL repentance is the result. I want the affair to have a . (period) instead of .... (ongoing dot dot dots)<P>Thanks to you all!<P>------------------<BR>Jesus is the only answer!<BR>His blessings, Cozy

I agree cozy. I too dwell on me and my situation far more than is healthy. I do find that outside of reading my bible I come here for comfort, encouragement, and understanding. When we pray for others, our own problems dont always seem so big in the end.<BR>I am praying that my fiance' would be healed from his depression and that he will learn to love himself and me, and to give his heart to the Lord.<BR>Thank you ....<BR>Chrissie

Thank you,and Blessings to you Cozy.<BR>Please pray that the Lord (1)Keep changing me,(2)H to continue to feel safest with me,(3)God keeps instructing H in his sleep of the right things to do<BR>(4)H desires to save marriage.<BR>Even though they are numbered,they are all equal in my heart.<BR> <BR>In Jesus'name,we all say AMEN! <P>Love,<BR>Jn

Oh my goodness,I almost forgot....(5)to place believing Christians in husband's path!<BR>Thanks!

P.S. What I meant by my husband to feel safest with me(after Jesus)over the "new age"enemy influences that have been entering his life as of late.<BR>Prayers IJN,<BR>Joynicole

Thank you, as always, for posting this for us all. First, I want to express my thanks to the Lord for all he has done. Things are great at home with our family. My H and I continue to grow closer with each other and the Lord. I am doing much better. I have beat satan in the mind battle he has had with me in the past. I am rejoicing. My prayers are for my H this week. That he will continue to seek and respond to the Lord. Let him be careful not to take these good things for granted and slip away from our Father. I would also love to see other Christians put in his path that we may develop a friendship with. And I pray that I may stay faithful and believe in our God who can do all things. Thanks, cozy, for taking your time to do this. You're an angel! Blessings, J

I'll be happy to give you some more "therapy"! <P>First, I praise God for all the blessings He has given me, and my family, as well as the answered prayers. Please pray that the Lord will instill a kind, peaceful, loving, clean heart within me, and for the spirit of meekness. Pray that the He fills every empty space in my heart with the Holy Spirit, and will go before me in all contact I have with my husband. I pray for softening of my husband David's heart towards me, and the Lord prepare his heart to accept Him as his Savior. I pray that the Holy Spirit convicts David of his sins, and brings him to repentance before the Lord, and will turn his life over to God. <P>Thank you Cozy!!! I'll be praying right along with you. Are you going to do this at a specific time? Thank you so very very much. I know it is the prayers that everyone is sending up in this group that is causing the positive things in our lives!!! Praise God!<P>MTAW

Thanks Cozy, here's mine: <P>First a praise for the changes I am seeing in my H. He has surprised me this week with two things he hasn't done before. The first one may sound funny but he "clapped" his hands while singing at worship on Sunday! <BR>He has never done that to my knowledge and it showed me he was really into it, so to speak! Then he spoke out at a church business meeting on Monday night. He has been staying in the shadows for so long and all of a sudden he "TALKS". I see the answer to my prayer that he would begin to forgive himself as God has forgiven him.<P>My prayer request is that he would begin to read the word of God for himself. I also pray that God would lead him in regards to giving. My prayer for myself is that I keep a submissive spirit and remain focused on Jesus.<P>Isn't God good!!!!!<P>Taj<BR>

I've seen a lawyer, somewhat to clarify visitation & finances, but also to find out exactly how to set divorce into motion. The lawyer has all the information she needs to draw up and file the papers.<P>I think that my H's recent change to being a good guy is so that he doesn't get the "blame" for the divorce. He's made my life so painful that I can't imagine being married/living with him again.<P>My prayer: God, I want to do your will. You know the outcome of my situation I pray that my husband and I will move only in the direction that you have set for us. I pray you direct our steps and order our days. And protect our children from pain, hurt and turmoil, teach them to love as you love us.<P>

Cozy,<BR>I will try this again, I got kicked off line.<P>I too believe in praying specifically. I also believe we have to believe that he answers prayers and pray as if the answer is a given within his will of course.<P>I praise God for calling me closer to Himself and making all the changes in me. I praise God for His son who is His marvelous gift to us all. I praise God for the changes I see Him making in my daughters.<P>I praise God for calling Jack to seek Him with all his heart, mind, soul and body. For calling Jack to read God's truth. For placing Godly men in his path who will lead him to return to Jesus. FGor instructing him while he walks, flies and even sleeps. For increasing Jack's discomfort level of his guilt and sin so he is seeing that his marriage is where he wants to be.<BR>I praise God for confounding and exposing the other woman (letting her true colors show). For continuing to sow the seeds of discord between them so what first drew them together now repels them. For placing Godly woman to bring the ow to Jesus and for providing a single man to draw her attention away from Jack<BR>I praise God for changing Jack's perception of his wife so he sees the good and positive rather than any negative. For creating in Jack a desire for the wife of his youth and the children of their union. For creating the desire in Jack to want to work on and restore his marriage and to really become a dad to both children. I praise God that when we are restored that our newly created marriage have God in the middle and that the family will pray and love each other together.<BR>I'm sorry this is long. I fasted and prayed for you all today and it gives me great joy to pray for you all. You have been such an encouragement and I praise God for this fellowship we share. Amen.

I also have an appointment to talk to a lawyer. It's next Tuesday. <P>For those of you who don't know, I have been a victim of physical abuse for 10 yrs. I can't go back to living with him if he doesn't get help for his problems. For now this is what I feel I need to do. Maybe it's God's way of getting me out of the picture so he can work on Bob.<P>I would like to praise God for the newfound strength I have, and for my peace of mind. I would also like for God to still work in Bob's heart. Make him into a man who will treat me well and desire his children in his life. <BR>Thanks!<P>

I praise God for my husband telling me he's coming home in March. I pray that my husband turns to and seeks God in his life, that all ties with his girlfriend are broken, that they never have contact, husband leaves all drinking behind and has no contact with drinking. I pray when he gets home I will be the kind of wife he needs and their will be no more adultress affairs in our marriage till death do us part. I pray their will be no drinking involved with or around us, that my husband has no ties or desires for this kind of conduct. IJN amen

HW,<BR>I can't even begin to tell you what a blessing your above post has been to me.So I will just say thanks be to God.<BR>Joynicole

Joynicole,<P>I'm glad it was a blessing. God blesses us through many people and in many ways. God has just been tugging at my heart to seek Him more and more. It has taken Him a long time to get me there, but He is faithful to keep tugging at us. We all seem to have such a special bond on this particular forum. I'd love to invite each and everyone of you over for tea and a spirit filled prayer time. Can you have cyber tea and prayer? I wonder.<P>Mitzie, I know how hard this decision has been for you. I pray you continue to feel peace and that God will use this for good and to motivate your husband to do some serious searching. Today in our case conference (I work in a substance abuse clinic) They discussed a 60 year old man who has finally been abstinate for three years after being a serious alcoholic since his early teen years. It wasn't until his daughter told him that he could no longer see her or his grandchild for as long as he continued drinking that he finally stopped. Again I pray that God will use this for good, Mitzie.

Hw - cyber-tea and prayer together sounds like a wonderful idea! You know, we could set a time, and each log on, and pray all together while sipping our tea! It would be almost as good as if we were able to all get together for tea & prayer.<P>Yes, we do all have a bond together on this forum. That's what makes it so special to me, and why I keep coming back. I feel so comforted when I am in the companionship of you all. I thank God each and every day for all of you. I never dreamed I would be able to live with my H's drinking problem, and not react negatively to him. Through this prayer group things are changing. <P>It's 11:00 PM here in Texas. My H just got home about 30 minutes ago, he had been drinking with his co-workers again. I honestly don't know how he manages to drive home in the condition he is in. He could hardly stand up. I said a prayer when he called to say he was on his way home for the Lord to be with me when he walked in the door. I was calm, didn't mention his drunkeness, gave him his dinner, then helped him to bed. It just saddens me that he is doing this to himself. I pray that the Lord will deliver him soon from his addiction to alcohol. I think he is damaging his health, his eyes are always bloodshot and the whites are no longer white, they are yellow. It is so sad, he used to have such beautiful blue eyes.<P>Love to you all,<P>MTAW<P>

yes, this was the hardest decision I've ever had to make. I thought nothing of staying with him every time he hit me. The abuse, the anger, and the affair I guess finally pushed me to my limit. I did not choose for him to leave. I wanted him to stay. I have been miserable for the 2+ months he's been gone, but I have a feeling that this is where God is leading me. And that maybe by leading me away from Bob for now, it will bring us back together when Bob is ready to be a loving husband and father. <BR>Thanks,and prayers to all,<BR>Mitzi

Wow, Im excited with all the praise!!! I think its great to see what God has already done... Someone asked what time I'll be praying, well, PST about 10pm... You are all probably all sleeping <P>I started my new job today, only 30 hours a week. and enough $ to get us by... So I get home about 9:30 and settle in first, snuggle and nurse my wee one, then pray before bed... <P>I pray in the am too, at about 9:00 PST.. These two times seem to work well for me. It would be sweet if we could either have a prayer partner to pray each hour durng the day, or all at one certain time, but we seem to be spread around in different time zones, so I'm wondering if that could even work? <P>Well, Im off to sleep, I'll check out this thread and pray again in the morning... God Bless you all with a restful refreshing nights sleep!<P><P>------------------<BR>Jesus is the only answer!<BR>His blessings, Cozy

Cozy, I can pray with you at 9:00 PM PST, I believe that would be 11:00 PM CST, right? I'm always still up then, since I generally do housework after H goes to bed (and I'm always on the MB forum after he goes to bed too!!). What do you think? I'm excited about us praying in unison at the same time!! God is going to work miracles in each of our lives. Thank you Cozy, for being here, and praying for all of us.

AW...... do you ever icq or mIRC chat? I could help ya set up mirc, and then we could do more of a ongoing chat instead of this thread type of chat... and 9:30 works best, as I get here and need a few minutes to unwind after an hour drive... I can nurse and type though, hehee, after 11 months of practice!<P>Ill be on tonight at 9:30 and see whats up..<BR>catch ya L8r,<P>------------------<BR>Jesus is the only answer!<BR>His blessings, Cozy

My H is struggling against an infatuation with a co-worker, which makes it very hard for him to work with me in improving our marriage. He is also depressed, not sleeping well. I pray for God to lead him and comfort him, and for him to be able to see clearly the right path.<BR>Kathi