Before I begin I just want to say to you, Harmonious Melody, that all prayers are welcome and that we all agree with all of them. The Lord shows each of us different things and together knowledge of Him and His ways are more fully understood. Thank You for praying for us all!<P>The Lord has pressed upon me through many means but finally through "Just enough Light for the Step I am On," that I need to surrender all my dreams, desires, hopes, career, future, children, husband, anything to Him. I have to be willing to let Him take them all. I am willing to let Him bury those things that are not from Him and to restore and give me only those things from Him. For me it has been easy to give up everything , but I have had such a hard time totally giving up my h and the marriage. To trust Him with it that I no longer worry about it, think about it, or even pray about it. So my prayer please is that the Lord would take this from me and bury it and restore it according to His will and timing. God calls us to give Him our best and He is faithful to take it from us and will often restore it when we have it in right relationship to Him. And if He doesn't restore it then I will not miss it from my life anyways.<P>Lord, Abba Father, we come to You this evening asking that You help us to put all things in our lives in perspective, proper perspective and respect to You. Lord let there be no desire left in our hearts that is not from You and given to us from You. Lord let our desires and dreams line up with Your desires and dreams for our lives. Let us seek You first and long to be with You in all things.<P>I praise You, Father for being such a God as this. That Lord You know the best for us and You will work with us until we accept Your best. That no matter how far off the path we get You are willing and able to bring us back to the path by Your grace. Lord we do not deserve, such love and grace, but You can be no other way.<P>Lord You made a way for us to come into Your presence through the death and resurrection of Jesus. He is seated at Your right hand because He completed His work and ever intercedes for us.<P>Lord many of us are in a wilderness. Lord, instruct our hearts to seek You and to rise up and obey so we do not wander endlessly in circles for many years. Let us surrender all to You and obey. Lord let us take the logs out of our own eyes. Let us read Your word and put it in out hearts and minds, let us love others better than we love our selves, let us serve You all the while that we wait on You to give us new direction for our lives.<P>Lord we know that You do not waste any experiences that we have. That You are able to work even our foolishness for good and for the purposes of Your kingdom.<P>Lord, teach us to listen. Teach us to quiet our hearts before You so that we may become ever more acutely aware of Your voice in our ears. That we will hear loud and clear "This is the way walk in it."<P>Lord, we plead the blood of Christ over our loved ones. We stand in the gap for them. They will be saved by our righteousness in Christ. Lord, many cannot come to You on their own accord at this time. So Lord we come and stand in for them and ask that You grant them sight. Remove the blinders and reveal the truth of Jesus Christ to them. Restore and give them life in Jesus Christ this day. Lord, our time on earth is short. So I am asking that You are able to do this for our loved ones today and if not today tomorrow. Lord, I know this is Your will for them.<P>Surround our loved ones with associates that will reveal truth to them. That they will reveal to our spouses the truth of the present circumstances that our spouses are living in. Lord, that You will provide Godly wisdom to those around them to guide them, instruct them, mentor them, and bring them to a knowledge of Jesus' birth, life, death and resurrection for them; to save them. To fully pardon them of their sin while they are still sinners because of Your great love for us.<P>Lord, take our spouses from where they are presently to the places that You have planned for them. Lord do the same for us. <P>Lord let us take the logs from our own eyes this day. Let us focus more on You and our walk with You and changes we need to make, rather than what we think our spouses need. Help us to love them and see through them to what You see in them. But let us love in truth and love. Let us not ignore or accept unaccetable treatment from them, but let us do it after praying to you for guidance.<P>Father let us express our need for complete dependency on You in every detail of our lives. Lord let us find our freedom in this. Lord let us know You in ways we never knew You before. Reveal to us Your truth , light amd love for us.<P>Thank You for being ever faithful when we are not. Thank You for Your grace that we cannot earn. Thank You for Your mercies that are new every morning. Thank You for giving us Your Son. Lord I know that we do not even begin to understand the depth of the love that brought You to earth as Christ. Lord I can only bow my head and say thank You from the deepest of deep within my heart.<P>Lord thank You for hearing all our prayers and our cries of anguish. Thank You for beinf such a great God that You invite us to struggle with You until we are refined. Thank You that You never give us more than we can handle.<P>Lord how majestic is Your name in all the Earth. How wonderful Your counsel. How mighty Your works in the world for us. How deep and great is the love You give. <P>Lord there are so many things that we come before You for in prayer. Lord we lift up our hands to You and we wait for Your answer to these prayers.<P>Lord for AW, we praise You for working out all the details for her trip to Florida. Lord we praise You for this time that AW had with her father and her family. Lord we lift up her husband to You. Lord You know where he is and You know what it will take to get him to where You want him to be. We pray a hedge of thorns around him and ask that You bring the Holy Spirit powerfully into his life that he canot turn awaay. Lord, we pray for AW to turn everything completely over to You aand that she has such a peace as she waits to see Your deliverance.<P>Lord for Scared and lonely we pray for her wayward husband. Lord he is caught up in the web of lies, secrets and deception that permeate his life of sin right now. Lord reveal to him his foolishness. Reveal to him truth and love in Jesus Christ. Lord we pray a hedge of thorns around him and we pray that all attempts by them to get together are confounded that they are chasing in circles never getting anywhere. Lord get a hold of this man's heart and bring him hime to You and his family.<P>For Sue B we lift up her son to You. Lord we know he is in Your care and that You are working in him. Lord allow Sue to continue to speak truth in love to her husband. Lord reveal to her what she is to say and when. Help her to walk and talk as You would. Lord strengthen her through this process and make her wholy dependent on You. Lord fight the fear in her that desires to bind her. Give her wisdom and steadfastness to stand firm for Your righteousness and glory. Continue to work and soften her heart and make it pliable to Your purposes.<P>For Lor, continue to sourround this recovering marriage with a thick hedge of thorns. Do not let the enemy get a foothold again in this marriage. Lord help them to move to real committment to You and their covenant made before You so that when the srguments, disagreements and storms of life cannot swamp them. That they work through the issues but that staying in relationship is never questioned. Lord lead them to understand forgiveness and to offer it freely to each other. We pray for her husband's safe return to his family. Let them draw closer to You in praying together and seeking You to be the focal point of their relationship.<P>For carol 14, we pray that You move in her husband to change his mind. If this is not Your timing then we pray that You move circumstances so that Your truth and love is revealed to her husband. Lord let carol run into Your arms and stay there in Your shelter content to be where You have her. Let her trust You completely with all her dreams, desires, hurts, love, direction, for a place to live, for healing, protection and understanding in her children, and restoration of relationship. Lord, help her to surrender her anger to You and put forgiveness and love in her heart for her h as she has never had before. Give her husband such a love for Jesus, his wife and children. Lord heal her wounda and hurts, hear the anguish of her cries. Lord thank You for Your love for her and her children.<P>Lord we pray for harmonious melody and we pray that her life will reflect Your love to such a degree that it sings her name to all who see her and reflects Your glory, Father. Lord work in her Your good and perfect will.<P>Lord for Karenna, Lord we pray for continued healing of her body and souls and her marriage. Lord continue to speak to her husband and draw him nearer to You. Continue to work in her children so they come to know You personally. Lord draw husband and wife together.<P>Lord, I surrender all my dreams and the desires of my heart. I ask You to take them from me and return only those that are of You. Let my dreams be Your dreams for me. Lord put a hedge of protection around my h and open the door for the Christian men he knows and those that live close to him to pray for him and to form a relationship with him. Lord he can not come to You right now, so I stand in the gap for Him and I pray Your mercies, grace and forgiveness. Restore him this day to life in Jesus Christ. Reveal Your Spirit to him in such a way that he can not ignore it and let him pick up his Bible and read the book of John. Let the words of scripture work in his heart Your perfect will for his life.<P>Lord for all the women and spouses we ask that You continue to move us all closer to You. Let us seek You and Your purposes only for our lives. There are many with many needs that visit here, let them trust You for all things. Lord reveal Yourself to each of us in new ways this week and let us be of service to You and Your kingdom in the week to come. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.<P><p>[This message has been edited by hw (edited January 23, 2001).]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Lord, teach us to listen. Teach us to quiet our hearts before You so that we may become ever more acutely aware of Your voice in our ears. That we will hear loud and clear "This is the way walk in it."<P>Lord, I surrender all my dreams and the desires of my heart. I ask You to take them from me and return only those that are of You. Let my dreams be Your dreams for me. <BR><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Thank you hw for needing the same prayer as I. I'm still waiting for directions, and I think if my heart gets any more still it'll stop beating. <P>I do have a praise though. My H attended marriage counselling for the first time today. We've committed to 8 weeks of counselling. A message finally penetrated his head, and I don't think it came from me.

lonesome, how wonderful and Amen. I think God is the best there is to reach our h's. I will keep your 8 sessions in payer. Just release them and yourselves to God. Tell Him His will be done and then do not worry (easier said than done, I know).<P>Praise the Lord for this marvelous break through. Lord let us leave it in Your hands to mold and work according to Your purposes and for Your glory! Amen