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Post by Eric W. on Mar 29, 2016 17:49:02 GMT -5
A lot of us have been burdened over the past bit. I want us to switch gears and come together tonight in a group prayer time. If you can, at 9pm EST let's make our prayer requests known and lift each other up together in prayer. “Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” Matthew 18:18-20 NIV bible.com/111/mat.18.18-20.NIV |
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Post by tkk2 on Mar 29, 2016 20:07:25 GMT -5
Our prodigals are lost and we are standing....called to do so by God. Every day is another day of challenges for each of us. Some days are rough and some days are rougher. I pray for our steadfastness and discernment. I pray for marriage restoration for each of us. I pray for our peace and joy in the storm. I love you guys....dont know where I'd be without each and every one of you. I praise God i found you. Amen
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Post by fordlindsey5314 on Mar 29, 2016 20:12:59 GMT -5
I'm so glad you're doing this group prayer Eric. I'm new here but it still saddens me to see everyone struggling so much with different things. Me personally, I'm struggling with continuing to stand... I'm looking at the circumstance instead of trusting in God to handle it. My husband has been so cruel and I constantly think of all the mean things he's said to me, and I fear that I will never get those horrible things out of my head. I also constantly fear that my husband could be interested in someone else, but I don't have any reason to suspect that, except that he doesn't wear his ring anymore. I also fear that he could be on drugs again (he was years ago, but quit them before we got together). I need to continue to be strong and trust in this process but it's so hard, I miss my husband so much but he will not talk to me and gets hateful every time I try. I know he's hurting too and I pray every day that he will forgive me and I also pray that I will be able to forgive him for all the hurt we've both been through. His name is Andy, by the way, I don't think I've ever said his name. I pray for peace and strength for us all, and restoration of our marriages. I also pray that we never lose touch with each other and that we'll all post testimonies here one day of our restored marriages. I pray our prodigals get hearts that are softened and full of love and forgiveness. I also pray that we all remain in good health during these hard times... stress can kill!!! I'm so glad God led me to this group!  |
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Post by Sharon on Mar 29, 2016 20:25:27 GMT -5
Lord please destroy the hold the enemy has on Chris. Please use this week to burden his heart for you. Help him to understand and gain a desire for you. Destroy any hold the enemy has on his mind and his heart and help him see clearly
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Post by Sharon on Mar 29, 2016 20:31:23 GMT -5
Thank you God for this group of believers. When I stumble, they pick me up. I pray that you would help me be strong and always be here to pick up my brother and sister too when they stumble. I pray for each one of these children of yours tonight Lord and for each of their wayward spouses. I pray that you would lead them back to the narrow path. Even if restoration isn't in your plan for us, please still lead our spouses back to you. Please don't let them stay lost in the world. Lord we each love our spouses as deeply as we can. We have found the ones our souls love. Even if we can never have them back, Lord do not abandon them. Bring them to your table Lord. Show them your glory. More then anything in the world, more even then our marriages, we want our spouses to know and love you as we know and love you. Please rescue them
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Post by Adrienne on Mar 29, 2016 21:16:08 GMT -5
Dear God, thank you for this community of believers and thank you for blessing us all with life. Thank you for always being there for us, always listening, always sustaining us and blessing us even when we rail against your plans. Thank you for your incredible mercy and grace. Thank you for forgiving our sins and giving us second, third, and fourth chances. Thank you for your abundant sacrifices of love. We adore you Lord and I today ask for forgiveness for not always demonstrating that through my actions. So often I turn away from you my God, and when I reflect on our spouses and how afraid and angry and defiant they are, I can understand why they may also turn away.. But every single time I turn away I can recognize that I must turn back to you Lord, because you are my everything, you are my creator and my provider! I pray that our prodigals' hearts would be opened to this truth also, please God. I pray Paul's prayer in Ephesians chapter 1 - that we alongside our spouses can grow in knowledge of you, of your goodness and how you bless us, of your power in our lives, of the reality of your great sacrifice, of the way you have given us a special identity and inheritance... I pray that we may embrace this knowledge and so choose with a whole heart to follow you always... As standers to stay strong in love and grace and faith in you and as prodigals to begin to see your workings and respect your ways.
I ask so much of you Lord, but it is because I want to live for you, and I don't want to see our spouses be lost. That is the most important thing, for your glory to be made so evident that no souls will perish. For that reason I beg on behalf of these lost souls, that you might use all your forces to rescue them please my God. That you might use us as your willing tools in your perfect plans. "I believe, Lord, help my disbelief..."
As such, dear Lord, I lift all these marriages and hurting hearts to you. I lift all marriages that are suffering and broken up to you and cry for your help in this broken world. And I declare that I have faith in you, I have faith in your power to move, I have faith in your perfect plan, and I never ever want to give that up.
In Jesus' name and in submission to your awesome will, amen.
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Post by Mary H on Mar 29, 2016 22:06:02 GMT -5
Amen!!
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Post by marissaa91 on Mar 30, 2016 2:09:05 GMT -5
Such amazing spirit filled prayers! I'm sorry I missed it but amen to all of them!
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Post by Sharon on Apr 1, 2016 10:09:34 GMT -5
I've started to realize more then burdening their hearts, I need to pray for God to "remove the wool from their eyes" as Adrienne has said before. Our spouses feel the burden - they are lost in the world with a hole in their hearts. They feel that deep longing in their souls for more then this. Chris specifically and I think many of your spouses too don't really see how to fix it though, because they are so blinded by the world. Lord I come to you today asking you to reveal the truth to our spouses. Whether it is swiftly or with much patience and time, we ask that you reveal your love to them and that the desire in their hearts be filled with you. They are burdened, but we ask that you would fill that for them with your love, so that they can love you as we love you.
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