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,Terrified, BeeLee,idostylin, Resilient, thiscantbehappening, day by day, Jloves, broken x3, Sue with Hope, sunrise1, shepette, Malc, Faithfulwife, timbo-e

Prayers Answered: Lupolady(air conditioner),Steadfast(first string again),cry2much(sucessful surgery), Movingonwithlife(Wife coming home),WGTT(accepted into mentor program), betrayed and desparate (sucessful cancer surgery),Againstthewind(Got job), Free ( Marriage Restoration begun ), cajunky (wife not engaged & did something with family)

Love in Christ
Cajunky

<small>[ January 08, 2003, 05:39 AM: Message edited by: cajunky ]</small>

This was posted by Willgetthruthis late last week and I thought it would be good to start this week off with it.

Thanks WGTT!!!

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Here's a prayer from the book "Miracle Moments" by Linda Schubert

[QUOTE]

Lord Jesus, we come to You in humble trust. Thank You for pouring Your love and healing into our damaged relationships. Thank you for enabling us to reconize our weaknesses and repent of sinfull behavior. Thank You for releasing Your anointing of repentance, forgiveness and reconciliation. We take authority over any evil influences, everything destructive in these relationships, and command them to be gone. Holy Spirit, thank You for filling those areas with a fresh experience of Your presence. Thank You for encircling all of our relationships and drawing them into Your active care. Thank You for untangling our mess! Thank You for being our peace that destroys the barrier and brings down the dividing walls (Eph 2:14) Thank You for giving us wisdom and understanding. Thank You for enabling us to see from Your point of view and through Your eyes of love. Thank You for being our bridge of understanding so we can connect with each other again. Thank You for enabling us to see that only in You can true peace be established. Only in You can a foundation of trust be established. Holy Spirit, thank You for enabling us to speak to each other in healing ways. Thank You for the spirit of unity. Thank You for the grace to let go and forget. Thank You for doing what we are not able to do, so that our Father will be glorified in this situation. In these circumstances, we are growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Thank You for releasing an anointing of healing relationships."

God Bless,

D.
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Love in Christ
Cajunky

I just got this in my E-mail and I had to share it. It shows how God does things his way and in his timing.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> Praise Report: God Bless you All!!

As I sit here typing this our 11 year old daughter has hidden herself
in her room wrapping a Christmas gift that her daddy and her went out
and picked for me. What a blessing. It has been 2 months since the man
made
dissolution of our marriage. Lots has happened. I want to share with
you
how the Lord has been working in our lives. First I got our home in the
settlement. Since then I have been trying to sell it, for no other
reason
than it's hard to be here without hubby. Well God had other plans and
after
two months I have not had an offer. This is a very nice house and the
realtor is so surprised that it hasn't sold. I have never had peace
about
selling it and have had bouts of peace about staying put. Well another
open
house came and went and nothing. I had prayed up front that if I am
suppose
to stay then Lord please stop the sell and save me from myself. I
believe
He is doing just that. In the process I am falling in love with my home
all over again and can't think about leaving. God has spoken and I am
taking the house off the market. Second, Hubby's Gram passed away this
past Thursday. He was there taking care of her till the end as he was
all
she had. Well he called us right after it happened and I told him that
he
is not alone and that no matter what he wants he will always be family
to
me and he cried and said he felt the same. He showed up the next night
and
we talked for a long while. He is still with the ow. He never spent
anytime
with me or our daughter when we were together and by God's grace he has
Hannah everyday after school. His Idea!! He has also respected us by
not
allowing our daughter to be around the ow; in fact they have never met.
Praise God. Well when he was here Friday he told me how much he missed
out on time with Hannah when he was here and how he thought he was a
good
dad by just providing and being here every night. He cried and said he
now
knows how much more she needed and he is giving her just that. What a
huge
step for him. Well he wants me to be at the visitation for his Gram and
I
told him it would be to hard with the ow there. He said it would be
wonderful if I could come with Hannah and he would make it so that ow
would not be there when we are. Well today he took Hannah shopping for
me.
He did not do this last year. I gave him a ham for after the service
for
gram and we talked again today for a long while. Praise God!! I just
want
to be Jesus to him and its been very hard at times and Yet Jesus is who
is
making it all possible. Thank you Lord for the healing that is going on
and Thank for this family that you Lord are restoring in Your way and
your
time. People LET GO AND LET GOD. Be Jesus to your spouse and in due
time
you will reap the harvest.

In Gods time!!!!

Normie
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Love in Christ
cajunky

Cajunky,

Sorry, I did not know how to email you privately, so I'm posting this here. Please add me to the prayer list. I do not want to pray specifically that my wife and I can reconcile (though that is what I want), but rather pray that I will be able to learn God's plan for my wife and I.

I guess you guys and girls knew that I would have a prayer request since the latest developments with my wife. I pray that God will put in my wifes heart a deep desire to restore our marriage and to put our family back together again. I pray that she will have the power from God to work through the tough times so we can enjoy the good times again. Please pray that she will see the family we could have again and want to put it back together know matter how much work or how much time.

I pray she will look at me and love me once again and smile when she sees me.

Love in Christ
cajunky

Please pray that I will heal totally from my car accident and my husband and I will work our marriage out and be a family again and he will stop drinking and seeing his girlfriend. And give me strength for my children.

Caj, check out the New Years Day prayer thread, I've got a message there for you.
I'm praying for you and rejoicing!

Timbo_e and goldilocks, my prayers are with you!

Please add my friends Barb and Ken to your prayers, he left two months ago, 3 kids, I had a real good time with Barb today, hopefully encouraged her some.

God Bless, SW

Cajunky,
Wow, what can I say. I read your post about your wife. OK, this is the third time this has surfaced, but a long time back, you asked me what it would take for me to give my H another chance, hoping for another chance with your wife. I think I told you it would take an act of God, because I had had it. I felt in my heart of hearts God was telling me to get out and that was what I wanted to do. It never came to that, but I did tell H I was finished and filing for D. I believe the reason I felt like God was telling me to leave the relationship, was because this was the ONLY thing that would reach H and get him to turn around. I also left room for God to change my heart about the situation, if it was His will. He did. If your wife had never left, would you be the man of God you are today? The way I see it, if you're for real, and I believe you are, God has no choice but to bless you, according to his word.

I stand with you, believing your marriage will be fully restored as I believe mine will. I had my mind made up and a plan for my life without H, believing this was what I was supposed to do. I had peace about it. I just went a few steps ahead of God's plan. I can see that now. I think sometimes when we are trying to be obedient, we go a little too far and leave God behind.

In all of our anguish and pain, God is perfecting us. Look what you have to offer your W when she returns. In this respect, we can all be thankful for the fire we've been through.
Keep believing and standing strong,
Free

<small>[ January 04, 2003, 07:22 AM: Message edited by: Free ]</small>

please add son & my name to your prayer list. We both are praying that X & OW will become christians. Our son is going though a bad time, dad doesnt want anything to do with him. No contact. not sure what happen to change X mind about his only child, son was the love of his dad life till MOW came along. X family doesnt want anything to do with their grandchild now that we are D. Our son would not accept OW into his life, so they cut him out of theirs.

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His Reputation

A good reputation is a fragile thing, especially in this day of rapid communication, and mass media. Just being in the wrong place at the wrong time can ruin a person's life.

A reputation is not something to be taken lightly. A good name is to be chosen over great riches (Proverbs 22:1) and is better than the "precious ointment(Eccles. 7:1). It's something to value and protect. A person who doesn't value his repuation may someday desire credibility and not fine it. Our reputations can be ruined by wrong things we do, by the people with whom we are associated, or by disparaging words spoken about us. In all three cases, evil is involved. One unfortunate court case, a significant round of gossip, an evil influence, or unflattering newspaper article, or fifteen minutes of notoriety can destroy everything a man has worked for all his life. Prayer is our only defense.

A virtuous wife, the Bible says, has a husband who is respected, is "known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land" (Proverbs 31:23). Does that just happen? Is every virtuous wife guaranteed a husband with a good reputation? Or does she have something to do with
that? It's true that a man gets a certain amount of respect for having a good wife, but I believe one of the good things she does is pray for him and his reputation.

</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"><strong>
PRAYER:

Lord,
I pray that (H's name) will have a reputation that is untarnished. I know that a man is often valued "by what others say of him" (Proverbs 27:21), so I pray that he will be respected in our town and people will speak highly of him.

You've said in Your Word that "a curse without cause shall not alight" (Proverbs 26:2). I pray that there would never be any reason for bad things to be said of him. Keep him out of legal entanglements. Protect him from his enemies, O God. Defend him from those who rise up to do him harm (Psalm 59:1). Fight against those who fight against him (Psalm 35:1). In You, O Lord, we put our trust. Let us never be put to shame. If You are for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31)

Your Words says that "a good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire (Matt. 7:18, 19). I pray that my H will bear good fruit out of the goodness that is within him, and that he will be known by the good that he does. May the fruits of honesty, trustworthiness, and humility sweeten all his dealings so that his reputation will never be spoiled.

Preserve his life from the enemy, hide him from the secret counsel of the wicked. Pull him out of any net which has been laid for him (PSalm 31:4). Keep him safe from the evil of gossiping mouths. Where there has been ill spoken of him, touch the lips of those who speak it with Your refining fire.

May (H's name) trust in You and not be afraid of what man can do to him (Psalm 56:11). For You have said whoever believes in You wil not be put to shame (Romans 10:11). Lead him, guide him, and be his mighty fortess and hiding place. May his light so shine before men that they see his good works and glorify You. I pray (Matt. 5:16).
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SCRIPTURES:
Psalm 64:2,3
Psalm 31: 17, 18
Matthew 5:11,12
Proverbs 25:8-10

Free -
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> I felt in my heart of hearts God was telling me to get out and that was what I wanted to do. It never came to that, but I did tell H I was finished and filing for D. I believe the reason I felt like God was telling me to leave the relationship, was because this was the ONLY thing that would reach H and get him to turn around. I also left room for God to change my heart about the situation, if it was His will. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> had my mind made up and a plan for my life without H, believing this was what I was supposed to do. I had peace about it. I just went a few steps ahead of God's plan. I can see that now. I think sometimes when we are trying to be obedient, we go a little too far and leave God behind.

Could you expand on this a little more - what do you mean when you said that you got a few steps a head of God's plan. What were the steps ahead?

I also feel that God is telling me to "let go, there's more" That I have to get out of the way so God can deal with WH.

Just curious,

D.

Out of courtesy, my reply has been moved to your new thread.
Free

<small>[ January 05, 2003, 05:49 PM: Message edited by: Free ]</small>

I have a prayer request this week a specific one.
My next door neighbors, very Godly people, are going out to British Columbia this week. To the town where my WH is working. Please pray that if it is the Lords will, that my they,(D&D)will stop in to see him, and that they will have the boldness to let him know that I still am here for him. Please pray for my WH's heart to be prepared to accept the truth. May the Lord speak through D&D and may WH have the ears to hear!
Also please pray for their safety, they will be travelling through the mountains, the roads haven't been the best.
Thanks so much, I will keep you all in my prayers as well. Looking forward to seeing all these marriages restored! All in His time....
God Bless, Monika

HER WORK
JAN. 8

The perfect woman, according to the bible, is a hard worker. This woman creates, manages, and provides. She is a woman of strength, energy, and vision, who works into the night and knows that what she has to offer is good. In the midst of it all, she takes care of her family, gives to the poor, and makes her husband proud. He is blessed by the excellence of all she does. (Proverbs 31)

Every woman works. No matter the particulars of your wifes work, it gives her fullfillmant and the satisfaction of accomplishment if it makes life better for her, her family, or someone else. But she needs your prayers and support.

Don't be hesitant to encourage your wife to be all she can be in her work. If you support your woman in prayer, she will not get arrogant and cocky when the blessings roll in. She will not think "Look how great I am. I don't need him. Why, I can do better without him." That's what woman think who are married to men who don't encourage and support them in prayer. Your prayers will mean so much to her that she will become "addicted" to them. Remeber, the two of you are one and what happens to her happens to you.

Many women have phenomenal success. The couples who have been able to see this success as a blessing from God for them both have dealt with it best. The husbands who have resented their wife's success have destroyed the marriage. Limiting a womans potential will destroy her. That's whay her achievements must be covered in prayer.

A woman needs to have a sense of accompishment, just like a man does. If a woman doesn't have it, she experiences frustration and unfulfillment.

Pray for her to find that perfect balance of confidence in her abilities but total reliance upon the Lord to enable her to do what she needs to do.

PRAYER

Lord, I pray that You would help ( wifes name) to be successful in her work. no matter what her work is at any given time, establish it, and help her to find favor. Thank You for the abilities, gifts, and creativity You have placed in her. Continue to reveal, develop, and refine those gifts and talents, and use them for Your purposes. May her skills increase in value, and may she excel in each of them. Open doors for her that no man can shut, and bless her with successs.

Keep us from ever being in competition woth one another, and help us to always rejoice in each others accomplishments. Help us to build one another up and not forget that we are on the same team. If what she is doing is not You perfect will, show her what Your will is. Keep pride far from her so that the enemy will never be able to amke her fall. Show me how I can encourage her.

Lord. You word says when we commit our work to You, the financial blessing we recieve will not bring misery along with it (Proverbs 10:22). You have also said "the laborer is worthy of his wages"(1Timothy 5:18). I pray that (wifes name) will be rewarded well for her lafor and that it will bless us, aor family, and others. Give her the gift of work that she loves and establish the work of her hands (Psalm 90:17). Enable her to accomplish great things so that You are glorified.

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

Love in Christ
cajunky

<small>[ January 06, 2003, 02:57 PM: Message edited by: cajunky ]</small>

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CHECKLIST FOR PRODIGAL'S UNEXPECTED RETURN

"Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. "Quick, get up!"
he said, and the chains fell off Peter's wrists. Then the angel said to him, "Put on your clothes and sandals." And Peter did so.
"Wrap your cloak around you and follow me," the angel told him.
Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing
a vision. They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself, and
they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him." Acts 12:7-10

Peter was in prison. The Lord sent an angel to lead him out. Chains were miraculously falling off, and they were about to walk right past
guards, and see iron gates opened. This passage relates that, "Peter followed him out of the prison, but had no idea that what the angel
was doing was really happening,"

The description of Peter sounds like so many returning prodigals, including my husband; no idea what God is doing is really happening.
Over and over we have heard men and women relate of their journey home and tell us, in one way or another, "I don't know why, but I suddenly
felt I should..."

Are you ready for your mate's return? No, not, "I've had enough of this being alone and standing," but are you prepared for the restor-
ation process to start? If you are praying and standing with God for the return of your spouse, we want to give you a checklist that you
might need on that grand day:

A) What will be my first words? Will they build up or tear down?

B) Have I forgiven my spouse--for everything?

C) Will I have to secretly delete any of my email?

D) Whom will I call first to share my miracle?

E) How long will it take for me to remember to thank God?

F) Will my prodigal's closet be empty and ready?

G) Is there anyone that I will not want my spouse to meet by accident?

H) Will my wedding ring already be on my hand?

I) Have I said anything about my spouse that I will regret?

J) Will I have a time set aside daily to be alone with the Lord?

K) Will I remember to tell the marriage ministry that has helped me?

L) Will I allow my mate to heal before ministering to other couples?

M) Will I be thankful every day, regardless of the circumstances?

Throughout the Bible, God moved suddenly. Most prodigals return home suddenly. Our prayer is that you will always be ready. Our desire
is not to simply have your spouse home, but that your marriage will be restored. Plan today for tomorrow with the one you love.

"But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the
hope that you have." I Peter 3:15a

God bless,
Rejoice Marriage Ministries

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WHEN PEOPLE PRAY -

Before dawn Sunday morning Bob sent an email to our Pray24 around the clock prayer teams: Included was this request: "Each Sunday Charlyne
and I ask that you pray specifically for Prodigals. Today there will be prodigals across the land who will end up in church. Pray that many wayward spouses might be in church."

After we returned from church we found this message: "I was a prodigal who found themselves in church today at an altar before going to work,
so yes, prodigals do wind up in church without knowing how. It was laid on me last PM while driving home to go the little church across
the street from where I live. Never been in the building before, but as I left to come to my job this morning, I was going, to lay my marriage at the altar of God. As I was about to open the door, a man opened it for me, and asked if I had a Phillips head screwdriver. I said, 'Yes, can I pray at your altar?'

"He said, 'Forget the screwdriver and go pray.' Then we talked for few minutes and I asked for prayer for our marriage, and this man, who did not know me, prayed for my wife and me. Yes, prodigals do wind up in church for no apparent reason."
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">(I hope continually running these really good posts on MB is not too illegal!) I think they bless lots of good people.

As Gomer Pyle said on the Andy Griffith show "Citizens arrest, Citizens arrest". I won't tell because i was going to post the same thing but you beat me to it.

Love in Christ
cajunky

^

Caj,

I do not know if this is the place for this posting, but I feel it is the right one to receive godly advise form other believers.

My wife has left the marriage for over 4 months. This is the first time such thing ever happened. I am having a hard time with it. We are both believers, so I can't understand why my wife is not willing to work it out. God's words are very clear in the scriptures in regards to this issue.

She said she is done with me, she is moving forward with her life with out me. Ever since God has built me up even more. He has blessed me with patience, and many godly friends who provided me with the right advise along this tough road.

I am dealing with lots of tough emotions. I need all the prayers and support I can get.

I trust the Lord that my marriage will be restored. I pray that God will bring about healing to this relationship for the sake of our child.

Anyone out there who can share some words with me please do so.

Thanks, and God bless.

AA

Hi aa, first of all, you are certainly in our prayers!
You are doing the right thing, I know it is confusing to why she is acting as she is, but the Lord is in control, you must remember that no matter what the circumstances.
I often share the story of when Jesus walked on the water and Peter asked him if he could. When Peter walked toward Jesus on the water, he was doing fine. As soon as he took his eyes off of Jesus, he saw the storm around him, it frightened him, and he started to sink.
The reason I share this is that we need to keep focussed on Jesus, His Word, and allow Him to heal you and your marriage. Sounds like you are doing that, I just want to encourage you to hang in there.
There is a ministry that alot of us here are associated with, it is called Rejoice Ministries, it is a powerful ministry. The website address is, www.rejoiceministries.org ,you will be blessed! Please stay with us on this prayer link, that we may pray for you ongoing,
God Bless, Stillwaiting