Prayer

"Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and HE delivered them from their distress...Let them thank the Lord for His steadfast love, for His wondrous works to the children of man! For He satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul He fills with good things." PSALM 107:6, 8-9


Father,

Thank you Lord for your unfailing love. Thank you for your faithfulness. Thank you for your forgiveness. Please remove from our hearts anything that would hind our prayers. Today Lord I ask that You give the stander an added measure of faith. May they know in their hearts that You are working even when they cannot see it with their eyes. Continue to transform them from the inside out into the person You created them to be. Prepare them for the return of their prodigal. Fill their hearts with love, strength, grace, patience, and forgiveness. 

Today may ALL prodigals take 10 giant steps toward home. Bring them to their knees in sorrowful repentance. Give them each a Damascus road experience, revealing Your truth to their hearts and lives. Turn them from darkness to light and from deception to truth. Give them eyes to see Your Glory, ears to hear Your calling, and a heart to receive Your wisdom and guidance. Soften and fill their hearts with favor for their spouse above every other person. Destroy by fire all ungodly soul ties, in the name of Jesus. Tear down every wall that would keep them from You. Transform them from the inside out and may their life be a testimony to Your unfailing love and forgiveness. Remove the chains that bind them and loose the Holy Spirit within them to do a mighty work. Cover them with the blood of Jesus, place a Hedge of Protection upon them, and a Wall of Fire around them. Remove them from the hand of the enemy and draw them into Your presence. Bless their steps home Lord and remove the stumbling blocks that would delay them. Give them LIFE Father. 

Thank you for all the mighty works You are doing in the lives of standers and prodigals. May hope and faith abound today. Restore husbands and wives back to You and one another. Restore love and trust. Heal brokenness. Give back everything the locusts have eaten away and that the enemy has stolen. I give You all of the PRAISE, HONOR, and GLORY. I ask all things in the name of Jesus and by the power of His blood. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Lord. Hosanna.  Amen.

A prayer for the other woman

I've been searching and searching for prayers for the OW (other woman) but I can't seem to find anything. The prayers I do find are praying against her but not for her...

While I do believe that we should pray fervently against the Jezebel spirit and its destruction in our prodigal's life and our marriage but if we are truly forgiving as our Father in Heaven has called us to be we need to pray for the broken woman whose also been taken captive by the enemy.

No little girl grows up wanting to ruin marriages or have lust-filled relationships with men whose hearts can never truly belong to them or be so deep in sin they cannot feel the Father's love.

If any of you out there have prayers for the OW, please post.

Heavenly Father,
Thank you so much for being Lord, Savior, Counselor, and Comforter. Thank you for being above all things and before things. Thank you Lord for forgiveness. I give You all the praise, honor and glory. Father, I ask You purge from my heart anything that is unclean. Remove all bitterness, anger, and unforgiveness. I ask You to forgive the other woman in my husband's life. Help me to be forgiving daily and be Your vessel for Your glory Lord.

Father, Forgive her because I don't believe she truly knows what she is doing. Bind the spirit of the Jezebel working in her life and holding her captive. Loose within her Your Holy Spirit. Reveal to her Your truth, love, grace, mercy and forgiveness. Give her eyes to see Your truth, ears to hear Your calling, and a heart to receive Your guidance and instruction. Send Your ministering angels to meet her where she's at. Send godly women to speak Your truth directly to her heart. May Your truth and conviction be sharp, deep, and undeniable. Heal the broken little girl inside of her whose wounds gave the enemy a foothold in her life and heart. Heal her low esteem. Bind up her wounds. Allow her to be vulnerable with You.

Show her that You are who You say You are and that You are GOD. Help her to seek Your affections and not my husband's. Help her to find her identity and worth in You and not in my husband or any other man. Draw her out of the pit of sin and break the chains the enemy binds her with. Set her free Lord. Destroy the sinful strongholds in her life by fire. Hedge up her way Father. Take her into the wilderness and allure her with Your love, remove the names of other lovers from her mouth. Bring her to her knees in sorrowful repentance and full deliverance. Show her You are mighty to save and redeem. Give her a way out of the sin she is in.

May she flee the ungodly relationship she is in and from every temptation the enemy sends her way. Draw her into Your presence Lord and away from my spouse. Allow her to see that her sins do not have to define her. Give her an obedient and teachable spirit. Give her a heart of flesh and allow her to see and feel the pain her sin causes her, those she knows, and those she doesn't know. Give her life Father. Don't allow the enemy to use her any longer but raise her up in Your Glory. May her transformation be a testimony to You and Your faithfulness. Bless her steps home Lord. Bless her steps back into Your loving arms. I give this woman to you Lord: to heal, to save, to transform, and to redeem out of her sin. May no weapons formed against her prosper. I ask all things in the Mighty name of Jesus Christ and by the power of His blood. Hosanna.

In Jesus' name Amen.

Keep praying and always feel free to add prayers in the comment section. The Lord is working. May God bless you all with His presence, grace, truth, and love.

Praise Him in the pit

I would like to start out by giving all PRAISE, HONOR, and GLORY to my Heavenly Father who blessed me with LIFE and pulled me from the pit of sorrows. Not too long ago I was in a very dark place and did not see a way out. The despair was consuming and the defeat crushing but our Lord rescued me. His words of life and comfort saved me from the brink of a very dark path. Hosanna!!!

We need to learn to PRAISE HIM in the pit! I'm currently in Acts but time and again throughout the books God leads me to study in the Bible I see examples of God moving in the darkest of circumstances and when people are praising Him in the pit. Joseph was unjustly thrown into jail but rather than fall apart he trusted God and the Lord was with Him, so much so that pharaoh saw showed Joseph favor. Paul was constantly imprisoned and he praised God from his cell.

God has really allowed me to see that it is NOT about what is happening before us but within us. I can tell you that nothing but my heart has changed this week. From a perspective without God life still blows but my God is same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. He is MIGHTY TO SAVE, RESTORE, AND REDEEM!!!! That is a blessing in itself. The world can fall away or fall apart or be utterly destroyed before us but our Lord is who He says He is. He is FATHER, SAVIOR, COUNSELOR, PROVIDER, AUTHOR AND PERFECTER, HEALER, COMFORTER, and so much more. He longs for us to know that we know that. He longs for us to give Him our hearts and lives and trust Him completely to care for both. 

So please, even when it doesn't look like there is any reason to praise but every reason to give up, PRAISE the Lord. It may begin as a whisper but I promise God will move in you in mighty ways and it will end up as shout. May Hosanna and Selah be your battle cry in the pit.

Whether we are experiencing the biggest of blessings or the worst of trials the end result should be the same: Praise to our Beloved, Heavenly Father, Savior, Counselor. Every thing should bring us to our knees in Praise. This whole situation came about to get our attention. Does He have yours yet? It doesn't matter whether your prodigal just left, is being cruel, is on their way back, if life is falling apart or falling together. God is still with you. He is still fighting. And the best part is HE IS ALREADY VICTORIOUS. How cool is that?!

Remember this whole standing/restoration thing is bigger than our prodigals coming home. Its about Salvation. God is using this to RECONCILE & RESTORE us, standers and prodigals alike, back to Him; so all glory goes to our Lord. So PRAISE HIM in the pit!!!

Lord, 

Thank you so much for your presence. Thank you for your words. Thank you for blessings and trials. Thank you for the mighty work of reconciliation You are doing in our lives and the lives of our prodigals. Thank you for being so different from this world. Thank you for your beauty and strength. Thank you for my beloved. All praise, honor, and glory goes to You. Amen 

Hosanna! Selah!

small god or Big God

I've been thinking a lot about why people would ever oppose Marriage Restoration. After speaking with a couple people and thinking it through I've reached the conclusion that as a whole the church has lost its faith in God and don't believe He is able to do the impossible. As a whole we've succumbed to the ways of the world. How tragic! It all comes down to whether or not you believe in a small god or a Big God.

We serve a MIGHTY God, who is capable of ALL things. The problem, however, is that we don't believe anymore. Back in the biblical day people used to have so much Faith that touching the hem of His garment healed them of issues no amount of money or doctor could. People lowered themselves down through rooftops just have Jesus lay hands on them. They believed that He was capable of speaking healing into place. God hasn't changed, so why have we?

I find more and more that there aren't more testimonies because people could not surrender to our Lord and endure His tests. We don't trust in His will anymore. We've taken the reigns of our lives and secured our spot in Hell. At this rate there is only going to be standing room. 

How on earth could we ever give up on God, how could be stop believing in a Lord who spoke the heavens and earth into existence. Is it any wonder that the church is as fractured as the world and the divorce rate is higher among believers.

I urge you NOT to give up on God. He never gives up on you. If you have trouble with faith, our Lord is gracious enough to help with that. He bore our sins on the cross and asked the Father to forgive us even as we mocked and spat at Him. And trust me we are still mocking and spitting on Him today with our words and actions yet still He loves and pursues us and speaks to the Father on our behalf.

We truly have traded the beauty and glory of God for ashes. We don't dream dreams or have Faith in a big God. More people, more churches don't believe in or support marriage restoration because it exposes the truth about our hearts and lives. Our words speak God yet our hearts are far from Him. We don't believe in a BIG GOD anymore. We don't believe in miracles. We believe the lies the world tells us about God only desiring us to be happy and life is all about being happy and when you aren't you need to find something that will create that happiness. We believe the lie divorce is okay and marriage is only until we find better. I didn't recite any of that in my vows or read that in the Bible...did you?

Going through the Restoration process has transformed and blessed my life. My eyes are no longer focused on the sins of my prodigal but on my Lord. I'm in awe of His forgiveness and grace, mercy and truth. Our Lord has opened my eyes to His glory and my weakness. Through this process He blessed me with the opportunity to fall in love with my husband all over again. He's shown me true forgiveness which has enabled me to forgive things I never imagined. I now long for the day when my prodigal can forgive me rather than seek to point out any faults or hear an apology for wrongs. This process isn't just about God restoring our marriages but about our Perfect, Loving, Father Restoring His children (us) back to Him. This process while the most painful experience ever, also allows for those miracles no one believes in. It allows God to be GOD and us to find rest and comfort in His arms. Restoration blesses me daily because I get to pray for my beloved and petition God on His behalf. I also have the privilege of praying for others; another blessing. Its a beautiful thing to ask God to bless and heal others, to know and believe He WILL SAVE THEM.

Standing for your marriage is NOT for the faint of heart. You will be hurt repeatedly. The beauty and blessing lie in being able to see God move MIGHTILY in your life and the lives of your loved ones. God does HATE divorce and HE DOES RESTORE MARRIAGES. HE IS STILL A GOD OF MIRACLES. Can you take a stand and believe Him instead of the lies of the world? Can you take a stand against the enemy and tell him with your prayers to our Father, that he doesn't get to have one more of God's precious children? Can you take time out of your day and petition God on behalf of the soul of another? Restoration isn't about living happily ever after, its about our desperate need for SALVATION. 

So if you're Standing, don't waver. Trust God. If you're a prodigal look to Him and He WILL SAVE you. And oh yeah, GO HOME. Love like you've never known awaits you. If you think this is all crap I'll pray for you. 

May God Bless and keep you and may you see our Lord for who He truly is.

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Thank you

We serve an Awesome, Amazing, Powerful God. There aren't enough worthy adjectives to describe Him. The way He pursues His lost sheep is indescribably beautiful. Everyone in this world may abandon you but the Lord NEVER will. He will NEVER give up on you. He truly does rejoice when you come home.

The past couple weeks have been quite difficult, I found myself drowning in sorrow unable to keep my head above water but our Father, our Savior, our Counselor provided. He sent His ministering angels and prayer partners to me. The Lord, Himself, met me right where I was at and gave me His words. I now realize my great need for Him every moment of every day like never before. I need our Lord like I need the air I breath, more so in fact because breathing wouldn't be worth it if it were for the presence of God.

Do not be overwhelmed by this world, He has already overcome it! He gives Life to what's dead.

"For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed we felt that we had received the sentence of death. BUT that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead. He delivered us from such deadly peril and He will deliver us. On Him we have set our hope that He will deliver us again." 2 Corinthians 1:8-9

Do not lose heart. Our Lord is working and He will not stop until the battle is won. In fact the battle is already won, it just hasn't manifested before our earthly eyes. God will give LIFE to what's dead in our marriages, spouses, and lives. He is a God of restoration, and reconciliation. He DOES NOT lie. He ALWAYS keeps His promises. He will NEVER leave us or stop pursuing us when we stray. Have Faith and know that you know that He is a God worthy to be served and praised. He will RESTORE what's broken.

Father,
Thank you for mercy. Thank you grace. Thank you for forgiveness. Thank you for hope. Thank you for love. Thank you for the destruction of my marriage and how You have reconciled me back to You. Thank you for getting my attention and turning my heart back to You. Thank you for my husband and how You are working in his life. Thank you that You are restoring our marriage back to one another and back to You. Thank you for allowing me the blessing of falling in love with my husband all over again. Thank you for conviction and forgiveness of my sins. Thank you for providing. Thank you for trials and for giving life. Thank you for speaking to me through Your word. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Father. You are Good, Right, and Perfect. You are so Holy. Thank you for your blessings. Thank you for fighting on my behalf and never giving up. Thank you for not giving up on my marriage or my beloved and for fighting for us. Thank you for Your truth. I love you will all of my heart, all of my mind, and all of my strength. You deserve all praise, all honor and all glory. Hosanna. My life and heart are yours. I surrender everything to You. I trust You Lord. Take care of my beloved. Take care of all standers, prodigals, and hurting people. Thank you. In Jesus's Name. Amen

bearing love...

Sometimes the pain in these situations feels like too much to bear. I completely understand that we need to take up our cross and carry it for Christ's glory but sometimes its like I'm being crushed beneath its weight. It's in these times where my heart feels broken beyond repair that I take very deep breaths and pray and praise. I find rest in the only One who can truly provide it. The cross I carry is filled with my love for my husband and my Father's love is what helps me carry it. 

I know deep down, regardless of the circumstances, that my Father's will is Perfect and He will restore us all back to Him.

I love my husband so much, more than I ever imagined was possible, that's how big our Lord is. He not only allowed me the blessing of falling in love with my husband again during the most painful experience of my life but He grew that love beyond my wildest imagination. I love my husband more today than when we were married and he is still off in the far country. 

I think that's where the pain comes in. I don't just hurt for myself but for him as well. It kills me to see him struggle this way and not know the peace and joy that can only be found in our Lord Jesus. I long for him to stop running away from his problems and into more sin and pray every day he runs right into the Lord's waiting arms. I pray he comes back to my waiting arms.

I miss him so much some days its like I can't breath. It's only by God's grace I make it through each day, that I'm still able to bear any of this, that I find the strength to pray and believe for one more day.

Father in Heaven, 

Thank you so much for my beautiful husband. Thank you for allowing me the chance to fall in love with him all over again. Thank you for how you've changed my heart and forgiven me. Thank you for your strength, love, hope, mercy, grace, and direction. Please speak to my hurting husband and meet him right where he is at. Give him hope and comfort Lord. Show him how mighty You are to save, heal, and redeem. Remove all ungodly soul ties in the name of Jesus and by the power of His blood along with any other ungodly obstacle that keeps him from drawing closer to You. Remove all shame, guilt, confusion, and pride and fill my husband with humility, hope, direction, and freedom. Give my husband the eyes to see your glory, the heart to receive your love, the willing spirit to obey your will, and the ears to hear the call you have on his life. Restore my husband back to you Lord. Please bless me with the opportunity to love my husband the way You desire. I give You all the praise, honor, and glory and I ask all things in the mighty name of Jesus Christ and by the power of His blood. Amen.