Every Wed. we are to pray and fast for one another. Every Weds we can check in and let everyone know we have prayed for the group. Prayer does mighty things and group prayer is even better.

Right now we are doing "POWER of a Praying Husband" for the men and "Power of a Praying Wife" for the ladies. You can use this as your prayer or have your own or combine them.

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: cajunky,Ezra, Willgetthruthis, Godisincontrol, Natasha79, JohnC, c++_guy, Wallace, relady, steadfast and committed, morriggs,lupolady, stillwaiting, Broken Hearted, PasDeDeux, hopeful_person,GinnyF, Not peachy in Ga, cry2much,SNL,LostAgain(Dave&April), Dodger, gloriachu, LoveNcare,JMF,WEN, NiteHawk, Absurd, LetSTry,AgainsttheWind,cemmerson, getting better,kellidiane

Prayers Answered: Lupolady(air conditioner),Steadfast(first string again),cry2much(sucessful surgery), Movingonwithlife(Wife coming home)

Love in Christ
Cajunky

Man...All I can say is "What a week!"!!!!!! God is really moving. We must lift up MOVING ON WITH LIFE and WEN this week. God is moving mountains here and we need to pray that they listen to God during this because he is very much present in this situation.

God is moving in my life to. I met with the other leaders for this singles ministrie I am becoming involved in and the singles pastor has big plans for me in particular as to how we can reach the region through the singles dept. I am so excited about this opportunity that God is giving me.

Lets have a great prayer week and watch him work.

Love in Christ
cajunky

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Just wanted everyone to pray for someone on the GQII board who is thinking about having an abortion. She is a BS whose WH is leaving her with a small child and then she finds out she;s pregnant with his child. I've just been there - and with all those pregnancy hormones it's hard to think straight and she's in pain and needs lots of prayers in all areas of her life. Thanks. K

Something neat happened the other night, you know how I asked for prayer that I would hear from my WH or something? Well I got a something, I was driving home the other night and as clear and slow as you can imagine was a falling star! The signifigance is that one of the signs I asked the Lord for the year my husband left, was a shooting star, and although the Lord gave me His sign, not a shooting star, it has always been a reminder to me that He is working in my H's life. Praise the Lord and Haleluiah! God Bless, my prayers are with all!
PS anybody know what happend to MOWL and WEN's postings, they've all been edited out. More prayer needed there! God Bless, SW

Mowl posted something on prayer request that said he and wife were on the way. Then another post said he had a very bad nite. Just keep him in our prayers. Someone told him it would be rough for Wen to let go but I believe in the end they will make it. I am so confident God is going to see that situation through till the end.

Love in Christ
cajunky

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">His Mind

"If my H and I are one flesh, then an assault on his mind was an assault on me as well. I can stand with him in the battle by declaring "This is not God speaking into my H's life, it's the voice of the enemy. I'm not going to stand by and watch deadly games being played with his mind and our lives."

"I decided to try my own experiment and stand against the wiles of the devil on his behalf. (Eph. 6:11). After all, the Bible talks about praying "with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perserverance and supplication for all saints." (Eph. 6:18)

"The two most powerful weapons against the attacks of the enemy upon your H's mind are the Word of God and praise.

"The Word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Heb. 4:12)

"By speaking God's Wor, you can reveal wrong thinking, and it will lose its power. If your H won't do it for himself, you can speak the Word of God over him, either in his presence or alone in prayer.

"Praise is also a powerful tool, b/c God's presence comes to dwell in our midst when we worship Him. In His presence, we find healing and transformation for our lives." </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">PRAYER:
Lord, I pray Your protection on my H's mind. Shield him from the lies of the enemy. Help him to clearly discern between Your voice and any other, and show him how to take every thought captive as You have instructed us to do. May he thirst for Your Word, and hunger for Your truth so that he can recognize wrong thinking. Give him strength to resist lying thoughts. Remind him that he has the mind of Christ. Where the enemy's lies have already invaded his thoughts, I push them back by inviting the power of the Holy Spirit to cleanse his mind. Lord, You have given me authority "over all the power of the enemy." (Luke 10:19) By that authority given to me in Jesus Christ, I command all lying spirits away from my H's mind. I proclaim that God has given (H's name) a sound mind. He will not entertain confusion, but live in clarity.
Enable him to be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might." (Eph.6:10) Help him to be anzious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let his responses be made known to You, and may Your peace, wich passes all understanding, guard his heart and mind through Christ Jesus." (Phil. 4:6,7) And finally, whatever things are true, noble, just, pure, lovely, of good report, having virture, or anything praiseworthy, let him think on these things." (Phil. 4:8)

II Cor. 10:3-5
Rom. 8:6
Mmark 12:30

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For Nov. 13

HER PRIORITIES

Your wife is constantly on trial. Or at least she can often feel that way. She will be silently indicted if she is not active in the church, school, neighborhoof, and community.

If she is employed, this further complicates things because there is an unspoken ordinance that says she must serve notice to the rest of her life that her job takes precedence. Above all, she will be held accountable to be a great wife, daughter, friend, and neighbor. And if she fails at even one of the above, she will be put on trial and judged on circumstantial evidence by a not-so-impartial jury. During all the time she spends on any one of these priorities, she worries that she is recklessly endangering the others. She can sometimes feel she has to daily prove her innocence, or else she must plead guilty and suffer the consequences. She has the prosecutor of her soul forever providing expert witnesses of her failure.

No matter how much a wife contributes to the family income, she will still be held responsible if her children don't do well socially or academically.

Another great pressure on a woman is that of creating and maintaining a pleasant, inviting, clean, attractive, nurturing, safe, haven of a home for the family. A woman feels insecure about her ability to create a comfortable and inviting home, or she has limited time and finances to do it, the home then becomes a source of unending pressure.

The bible says it's futile to try to establich a home without asking GOD to build it. He will lighten our load if we yoke up with Him in all that we do.

YOUR WIFE DESPERATELY NEEDS YOUR PRAYERS.

PRAYER

Lord, I lift up (wifes name) to You today and ask that You would be in charge of her life. Show her how to seek You first in all things, and to make time with You her first priority every day. Give her the wisdom to know how to effectively divide her time, and then make the best use of it. Show her the way to prioritize her responsibilities and interest and still fulfill each role she has to her fullest. Show her how to find a good balance between being a wife, being a mother, running a home, working at a job, serving in the church and community, and finding the time for herself so that she can be rested and refreshed. Release her from the guilt that can weigh her down when these things get out of balance. In the midst of all that, I pray that she will take time for me without feeling she is neglecting other things. Give her the energy and the ability to accompish all she needs to do, and may she have joy in the process.

Lord, I pray that You would help (wifes name) to make our home a peaceful sanctuary. Regardless of our financial state, give her the wisdom, energy, strength, vision, and clarity of mind to transform our dwelling into a beautiful place of refuge that brings joy t o each of us. I ask You to lift from her the burden of caring for our home and give her peace about it. Show me how I can encourage and assist her in that.

Holy Spirit, I invite YOU to fill our home with Your peace ,truth,love, and unity. Keep it safe, and let no one enter our home who is not brought here by You. Through wisdom let our houde be built, and by understanding may it be established. By Knowledge may the rooms be filled with all precious and pleasnt riches(Proverbs 24:3,4). Reveal to us anything that is in our house that is not glorifying to You, Lord. I say that "as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD(Joshua 24:15).

Give (wifes name) the grace to handle the challenges she faces each day, and the wisdom to not try to do more than she can. Teach her to clearly recognize what her priorities should be, and enable her to balance them well.

Remember to pray for your marriage as well as everyone elses.

SCRIPTURES
Ecclesiastes 3:1 To everything there is a season,a time for every purpose under heaven.

Psalm 127:1 Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it.

Love in Christ
cajunky

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Our preacher made a statement this sunday that really hit home.
He said

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> "We are not here to be served but to serve. Jesus took the role of a servant and we should too". </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">He then asked if we expected our spouses to serve us or did we serve our spouses?

I can honestly say that this was an area that I was great in. I love doing things for my wife to make things easier and more comfortable for her. I cooked supper, I made her lay on couch when she had a hard day, I went to the store at midnite so she would have a coke for the morning( she is a big coke drinker and loved one in the morning), I ironed for her. I got the biggest thrill out of serving her. I excelled in this area but I failed in the one area that she needed me the most. I pray I can have it all back.

I think the one area I could serve her better in is to pray with her on a daily basis

I challenge each of us to have a servant attitude when our marriages are RESTORED . It will make our marriages stronger and relieve the pressures our spouses feel on a daily basis.

Love in Christ
cajunky

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by cajunky:
<strong>Our preacher made a statement this sunday that really hit home.
He said

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> "We are not here to be served but to serve. Jesus took the role of a servant and we should too". </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I challenge each of us to have a servant attitude when our marriages are RESTORED . It will make our marriages stronger and relieve the pressures our spouses feel on a daily basis.
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Good point, cajunky. I hope we all remember LOTS of important things about this Servant Attitude. First, it also means to "Die to Self" -
this makes the whole "servant" thing a lot easier to swallow. We do this Unto Christ.

Die to Self might also refer to wanting our M's more than we to want to follow Christ, where ever that may lead us - with or WITHOUT our spouses. Dying to self means (to me, anyway) to be willing to accept WHATEVER Christ leads me to, irrespective of my M. It means with respect to HIS WILL for the rest of my life.

After all, while it's true we are all believing God for restoration of our M's, it's entirely possible (due to their own free will) that our S's may refuse to follow Christ's Will for them, namely to come home and honor God by honoring their marriage vows.

Just throwing that out there.

A prayer request please:
A colleague of mine was just diagnosed with Ovarian cancer. Her name is CHarlotte. I am asking prayer for her, and her family. Healing, if it is God's will. Secondly, she and her H are estranged from their only son. Pray for reconciliation for this family. They are all christians. This has been a major heart-break for this mother for almost 2 years, as they had been quite close before he "fell in love" with a girl they disapproved of (Yes, he ended up marrying her).

Thank you all.

Not been on the board much, to much going on with my shoulder surgery. And my husband has been unthoughtful towards me on another board. So I defended myself once again, but now I am done. So I am praying that my husband will finally get out of denial, and see what he has become.

I pray for holidays of christ and the true meaning. I pray for all of us who are left to be single parents, to have a good time with our familiies and enjoy the true meaning of x-mas.

I pray for the young mother who is seeking abortion. Please, Lord, help her with her depression, and her little child. This woman is hurting and needs your touch. Please Lord, this child inside her womb is in need of desperate attention, please guide this woman and help her. Amen

Hello,

Here's a link to an email I got this morning about Friends :

Rejoice Ministeries

God Bless,

D.

Please pray for wisdom and guidance: That if it is God's will for me to be accepted into a mentor program.

Thanks!

D.

Cajunky,
Would appreciate prayer for my family, my wife and children, our marriage to be completely healing and restored.

wgtt....If God has that in his plans he will provide. What kind of mentor program is it?

jonah....you are on my list for tomorrow. I go through each request for the week and pray for each one then I pray for each individual person on our list. Then I pray for my marriage.

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I pray for wisdom and guidance for each one on this list. I pray for His love to permiate each heart and mind. I pray that the Lord will open the eyes of the WS's and that each one will turn to HIM! When we focus on Him, our lives are changed! I pray that each person reading this will focus on Christ before anything else. Realizing that He is the answer at all times. Whether in the dark or brighter times, He is there to guide and direct us. Through the storms he will bring us peace, peace that surpasses all understanding. Trust Him this day if you have never done so, He will prove Himself to you!
God Bless you all, and be encouraged the Lord is at work!
Love in Christ, Monika