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Hii all,<P>Hope all are depending on the Lord, and I feel the need to pray again with you all, so post your requests and then let's all gather for prayer om Tuesday evening or whenever you can.<P>Please pray:<BR> -re: husbands desire to meet with mediator on June 6th to begin divorce process [Linked Image from marriagebuilders.com]<BR> -job interview on Thursday May 17th <BR> -CSW exam on June 4th<BR> -job hunting, moving, and finding a new place to live<P>Thanks everyone. You are in my prayers.

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please pray for me to have strength and perserverance. H moved out yesterday. comming back today to say bye to the boys, and pick up some more things. I'm going to my dads with the boys tonight to stay for a few days. my oldest is heart broken and it will be very hard on him today. my 5 year old doesn't understand it yet, he just follows his brothers moods. Thats all for now, gotta go. bye.<BR><P>------------------<BR>Irene

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First I'd like to offer thanks. I had been very worried about a lump on my breast, and it turned out to be a cyst. What a relief. I feared something worse. For many months I have prayed, sensing nothing in response. I've been at a crossroads for a long time, praying for guidance in which way to turn. At long last, I have a sense of peace. The financial front is as disastrous as ever, but I have faith that it will turn around. Many times I've handed my burdens to God, only to snatch them back and fret over them. They were sticking to me like glue. For a long time I have been lost in a wilderness of confusion, disappointment and despair. <P>I request prayers today that will make me ready and worthy to come out of that wilderness so that I may live a life of faith, peace, and happiness.

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Please pray that I am able to truly forgive the OW and let go of all of this. It is not easy, my H has not said he loves me in over 3 years. We get along as "friends". This is not what I want from my marriage. I feel so inadequate both as a "wife" and a "Christian". I just pray that I will once and for all turn it over to God and not take it back.<P>I pray that we all find our peace.

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Wow, Lonesome! I am in awe of how God is growing you! It is so incredible! And Scared, I had no idea that your H was planning to leave...I must have missed a posting or something...my heart holds yours.<P>I as for prayers for wisdom in regards to issues of surrendering and being firm in boundary areas. It seems as long as I am detached, meaning I feel like I have one foot out the door, I am be verbally straight up and matter of fact about things, affirming our relationship and stating what it is that I want, etc. more able to be lovingly asertive and yet, when I seem to take the guard down, I seem to lose that middle ground and emeshment issues seem to cloud the what is of the relationship. Mostly the need is for tenderness in light of the honesty which can be tough sometimes.<P>Any way, I still praise God for the growth and for the opportunity to see things differently. Hugs to you all.

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Hi Ladies! Hw, I'm so glad you're back on here and ready to pray!!! I'm looking forward to a great prayer session tonight.<P>My prayer request is first of all to praise Him and give Him all the glory for the things He is doing in our lives and marriages. And then that the Lord grows the seeds that have been planted in my husband's heart, that ministering angels are placed in his path every way he turns, for the Lord to continue to grow my faith and help me become the meek and gentle spirit He wants me to be, for the Lord to place a guard over my tongue so that I do not say the wrong things. Also, please pray for healing for my dh's shoulder. Thanks so very much ladies!

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Abba Father,<P>We come humbly before you and ask your presence in our lives. We hear you knocking and we ask You to enter our lives and lift the burdens from our hearts. Oh Lord, so much destructive behavior from those we love. How, why? But Lord You are sovereign and still in control. Lord some just have to take the tough route before they look up.<BR> <BR>Oh Lord we pray that each h represented here looks up to You. Oh, Lord reach down and draw them to You. Pursue them and please Lord don't let them go. They need You more than they can say. Please Father have mercy on them and lead them to Godly sorrow to repentence and grant them Your grace. Put in our hearts such a love for them and forgive them because You are forgiving of us.<P>Oh, Lord so much pain, so much burden. Lord we praise You for meeting our needs, especially our emotional needs. Lord, I am guilty of hiding from love. Lord are there others here? Maybe they do not even know it. Lord, it is protective and sometimes necessary but am I pushing You away also? Am I preventing You from healing my heart? Oh, Lord, come into our hearts and help us to let go of our pain and cry out to you. Help us to be vulnerable and struggle with this with You. Only then Lord can You heal us and touch our hearts keeping them soft preventing them from hardening.<P>Lord there are financial needs also here. Lord, provide and rain blessing upon those in need. Lord provide the money to keep homes. Provide jobs for those in need. <P>Lord speak to us and help us to know what you want us to do. Oh, Lord help me to know whether I should try to delay the process of divorce or just proceed and let You work.<P>Lord, help us each to forgive where forgiveness is needed. Help us to let go of resentment, bitterness, and anger, let the pain come out.<P>Father heal those that are wounded emotionally and heal depression. <P>Father, what would we do without You. Thank You for always being there. Lord help us to receive and feel Your love. Help us to love our h's despite their decisions. Lord protect our children from such pain. Lord let us as mother's be there for them in spite of our own pain. It is not their fault and they need us so much. Lord help them to understand.<P>Lord, I pray that You heal each and every marriage here. Lord, remove all ow's from these covenant relationships. Lord, remove all addictions and emotional woundedness. Lord bring these h's home as new creatures in You. Lord, let these men become Godly men and husbands. <P>Lord provide Godly men to come into our h's lives. Provide Nathan's and role models where needed. Lord, send Your angels to the tough cases. Lord stop separation and divorce. Lord work Your love into these men's hearts.<P>Lord strengthen each woman with your love. Lord, provide Godly women to minister to each of us. Lord, if it is necessary to remove our h's from our lives for a season, provide Christian women friends. <P>Lord we lift Your name on High. We praise Your Holy name and thank You for Your grace and love. Lord, increase our thirst to know You. Lord help our unbelief. Lord, increase our territory and send blessings down upoin us all.<P>We praise You and worship You. We give all honor and glory to You. Lord, as these prayers are answered let Your name be on our tongues to all and give You the glory. Thank you, Lord.<P>We pray in Jesus name, Amen

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Father, I pray that Your hand is on hw's husband, use his desire to meet with mediator to begin divorce process for Your glory. Turn his heart Lord, first back to You then to his wife, hw. Cause him to have a Damascus road experience Lord. Bring him to his knees in repentance. Make the mere thought of the OW cause him to have a bitter taste in his mouth to remind him that she is as bitter wormwood, her paths lead straight to destruction. Thank You Lord for comforting hw, I praise You Lord. Lord, I ask that Your hand is on hw as goes to her job interview and takes her exam. Father, I thank You that You are in control, that all events in her life are being orchestrated by You.<BR> <BR>Lord, I pray for Scared and Lonely, asking that the Holy Spirit cover her in Your peace and comfort. Lord, You are her refuge, her comfort in time of need. Lord, I thank You and praise You Lord, that You will send to her and her children Your peace that passes all understanding. Let her husband have no peace and no rest until he turns his life completely over to you and repents of his sins. <P>Thank You Lord for taking care of Lonesome heart, for filling her with Your peace. Thank You Father, for hearing her prayers, for healing her, for strengthening her faith. Father, I pray for a complete healing of her marriage, in Jesus' name.<P>Lord, for JudyJ, I pray that You will instill in her the spirit of forgiveness, helping her to forgive the OW. Lord, bring peace to her heart, bind up her wounds and heal her heart. Father, I ask in Jesus' name that JudyJ's husband will love her as Christ loves the church and gave himself for it. Lord, I believe Your Word, and know that You are a miracle working God. Nothing is impossible for You. Please, dear Father, turn JudyJ's husband's heart to You. Show him Lord, the way in which You want him to love her. Let him know Your truth. <P>Thank You Lord for the growth in You SueB is experiencing, for helping her see things differently. Father, I pray for wisdom for SueB in regards to issues of surrendering and being firm in boundary areas. Guide her Lord, lead her in the way in which You want her to go. Thank You Lord that You are working in her husband's life, drawing him unto You.<P>Lord, I praise You and worship You, giving You all the glory for the things You is doing in our lives and marriages. Our love for You grows, and I thank You for helping us have a deeper faith in You. Thank You Lord for giving us glimpses of what You are planning and working out in our marriages. Father, I thank You that YOu are growing the seeds that have been planted in my husband's heart, Father, I ask in Jesus' name that ministering angels are placed in my husband's path every way he turns, whether to the right or to the left, Lord please continue to grow my faith and help me become the meek and gentle spirit You want me to be, Father I ask that You would place a guard over my tongue so that I do not say the wrong things. Father, I ask in Jesus' name for healing in my husband's shoulder, please touch him Lord. Thank You Lord that by Your stripes my husband is healed!<P>Thank You Lord that we have You to turn to, thank You for loving us so much. And Father, I thank You and praise You for the marriages that have been restored, and know that You are working on each on of our marriages, for Your Glory. Thank You Lord that You will restore to us the years that the swarming locust has eaten, in Jesus' name I pray and ask these things, AMEN


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