And if they get our prayers, they might one day listen to our sermons. Wow! (LogOut/ Father, I relinquish my spouse to you. We still have a long way to go, but I feel God working in us and guiding us in the right direction. Satan is defeated and overcome by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of our Restored Marriage Testimonies when we stand on the power and promise of Gods Word for the restoration of our marriages and families just as declared in Revelation 12:10-11. There is no peace, says my God, for the wicked. And when we finally realize that it doesnt matter what we see and hear about and from our spouses and their plans and lives because Gods Word and Will can NOT be thwarted, we can walk in the confidence declared in Isaiah 8:10, which says Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted; propose your plan, but it will not stand, for God is with us. Reflection for 29 June5 July 2020 The Atonement Rocks! 1 Corinthians 15:10. It is no accident that I am reading your post right now because these were words that I really needed. If he had been peaceful, okay with me leaving if thats what I chose to do, and confident, I wouldnt have known what to do with the situation. I met someone who understood mesomeone who sang my praises, complimented me, etc. Williams was one of the very few who managed to actually complete SEAL training on his first try. My name is Crystal and Im here to let you know that with man it may seem impossiblebut with Almighty God..NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE. I believe when God sees this kind of intense seeking activity, He is really moved, and sometimes that is what will get Him to move to answer the prayer. Why God! you shout in pain. Sometimes, when my own faith is flagging, it is encouraging to read stories about (and usually by) people who have struggled usually with tougher situations than mine and overcome. Finpecia Active ingredient: Finasteride $0.51 for pill Buy Now Dutas Active ingredient: Dutasteride $1.79 for pill Buy Now Finast Active ingredient: Finasteride $2.08 for pill Buy Now. And the prodigals instinctRUN!!! When God told him, Go to Nineveh, he said, I think Ill go to Tarshish instead., God said, Go east. I was deep in thought today and I want to share some of my experience as a prodigal. It makes us feel horrible because we KNOW what we are doing is wrong; you dont need to tell us. Pray for my husband Nick. In other words, dont befriend someone to convert them everyone can tell. My husband prayed for me and was the one standing for our marriage during that time. In my own journey, I hurt people before I knew the Lord. (LogOut/ They were hardened to the dangers of life at sea. At the End of the Year, Are You Just Trying to Get Attention? In spite of all this , I believed he loved me just as much as I loved himyou could imagine my surprise and heart break when one day after a short disagreementand I mean short.lasting no more that a few minutes..my beloved husband packed his clothes and walked out of my life. Let your prodigal GO!!! Yet deep in the mire, with sensual swine, We pray, and we fast until we have victory. This is where I am at now, my husband is cold and telling me that its never going to work out! God Bless you! Rosaria was an English professor at a small liberal arts college, who hated the way Christians spoke against her beliefs and community. My husband has cancer. And when our beloved prodigals share how they struggled with feelings of guilt and shame, even though they never let anyone else see that side of their prodigal lifestyle, its easy to understand why God instructs us in Proverbs 3:5-6 to Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. My husband and I were able to rebuild trust and heal together from our difficult past. We'd always been committed to our life together and to our children, family, and community. they struggled with feelings of guilt and shame, what REALLY happens on the other side of the mountain. In just a few sentences Prodigal Yet captures the plight of the straying child who isnt quite ready to give up the high life in the far country: Muck of the sty, reek of the trough, Thank you so much for this testimony. What I learned: Hospitality and respect for those who believe differently than you do are powerful forces for change. God will show us amazing and wonderful things when we follow what he says. When you are angry, love them (for they are angry too). He filled my body with meat and wine, (After the knowledge gained from his experiences debating Nabeel, David today continues to wrestle with Muslim ideology through his ministry, Acts 17 Apologetics). I keep pushing him farther and farther away. Thank You for Following the Lords leading to share your story. Praying Against Strongholds Over Your Marriage, How To Bring Blessings To Your Restoration. I have had to accept my spouse is a Prodigal, affairs are not a desired direction they want to go down but a by-product of a wounded heart and . But many times they themselves became standers because by that time, their spouses had moved on or were not interested in marriage restoration. I keep having one bad thing after another happening to me. Sometimes we just need to be encouraged. After reading your post, I am encouraged on a new level. Prodigals think CRAZY things. As we begin to think about those prodigal friends, prodigal parents, and prodigal sons and daughters, remember this one key point. For those of you who are still praying to the Lord for the restoration of your marriage, below is a powerful testimony we have just received from a woman by the name of Crystal. No chance to tread in the narrow path; But (as for me), I will sacrifice to You With the voice of thanksgiving; I shall pay that which I have vowed. I am putting it all in Gods hands! 1. Stephanie, thank you so much for sharing your testimony, which has encouraged me and has to have blessed many, many others too. Several years ago I ran across the work of a Canadian poet named Ethelwyn Wetherald who lived in the early part of the 20th century. Now my prodigal wife wants nothing to do with God, which is extremely frustrating and heart breaking. I have learned that when we finally surrender things to God, we have such peace! I know you think about giving up on me. Just another thing for God to Handle. Have you ever been touched, inspired, or challenged by someones personal history? Copyright by Michael Bradley and Chris Bradley, Prayer Secret #6 The Prayer of Agreement., When People Let You Down: Dealing with Disappointment. It gives me hope for the restoration of my marriage. God is so good and he guided me to this site so I could read this. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Thank you for this site and ministry. God bless all of our marriages and families. Your testimony was put in front of me at the most perfect time! Unlike most of the people on this list, Nabeel was not a prodigal in any outward way. I know youre praying for me. But I finally understand and it is only by Gods grace and lots of prayers that I still place my hope in the Lord and His promises and I believe deep down that it is not over even though it might seem that way. Thank you! James 1:8 says that a double minded man is unstable in all his ways, and unstable is exactly where your spouse is. God was, but I didnt know that!! My story has so many things in common with all here. Prodigals think CRAZY things. 2. Crystal had what she thought was the perfect marriage when all of a sudden her husband tells her one day he wants out of the marriage, as he had been having an affair with a woman online. Are you living married? The answer is simple. The devil can put us to sleep while the ship sinks or the house burns or the world falls apart around us. I know how hard this must be. (Note from Linda: Stephanie shared this powerful message on the private site last night and I have no doubt that it will be a blessing to everyone standing for marriage restoration, especially when another person is involved. And I stand on Gods word for restoration with my husband and thank and praise Him for who He is, all He has done and will do!! This is just what I needed to wake me up from this nightmare. We have 7 children who were blindsided as badly as I was. I wanted desperately to come home in one sense, because it was the only peace I could truly find. Writer, musician, reader, daughter. God will bring them home. Something that changed her life completely. Ashley, herself a drug addict who had lost custody of her daughter, had been reading the Bible and The Purpose Driven Lifeand when Brian Nichols captured her, she spoke to him and read to him from the book, resulting in Nichols eventually releasing her to go to her daughter. My heart has gone bitter. The world is waiting for the church to pray. 2 Timothy 2:26 Have compassion on me! Heres his response: What is his promise? However, when we are in the midst of the storm, filled with love for our spouse and the desire for restoration, we have a tendency to want to do something, say somethinganything to bring them back or keep them from leaving. God bless you and your family as well and thank you for joining my journey on Heart of a Wife. But they never gave up, and neither should we. We are two completely different people today then we were back then, so there is no reason to ever look back. This has given me so much encouragementthank you so much for posting it. Nice little deal he had going there. I thought it was the life that I no longer wanted. Stephanie. So began the arduous, years-long journey of one determined mother who prayed and trusted God to save her drug-hardened, cold-hearted son, even while Christopher ran further and further into sex, drugs, and illegal activities. 3. Either way, we cant undo the hurt; we can continue to pray for healing and show our loved ones we recognize our error and were not going to repeat it. I long-God help me!-to wallow to-night. The captain went to him and said, How can you sleep? Ill try to be as brief as possible but I really dont want to leave any detail out.no matter how small, because it may be the very thing God wants to use to inspire and encourage a stander or prodigal spouse. God bless you and your family. Thank you for your testimony. He wanted to give our marriage a chance and he loved me and wanted to be with ME. I have learned lots during my journey of learning how to be a stander. Our Testimony to Rejoice Marriage Ministries. By Stephanie. There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin. God will not let his straying children live in sin forever. If you come a day too soon, the prodigal will always think, With one more day, I would have figured out a way to solve my own problems. As long as the scheming and lying and deceiving continues, the best thing we can do is to pray for Gods Spirit to bring them to their senses and to wait patiently until that day comes. Just like The Parable of the Prodigal Son found in the Bible, God is waitin. He can send the storm of financial collapse. Even though I wrestled with what God wanted me to do because I thought I had many reasons not to go home, I was given a second chance to finally obey God and returned to my husband. It was hard to believe that he had once gone through such horrible experiences, and that they had twisted him into a hate-filled, bitter man for a period of time. The son of loving devout Muslim parents, Nabeel Qureshi was clean-cut, well-educated, kind, respectful, and . We know God is in control, and we are praying and waiting, but nothing seems to be happening. Thank you for the testimony and the encouragement. I am so grateful that my husband found inner strength from the Lord to be able to stand for our marriage, no matter what the circumstances were. Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you. There is nothing you can say or do, and everything you say or do in your will, will FAIL. And, as with Rosaria Butterfields story: God is worth the sacrifice. The Prodigal Wife. How much greater? Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. They stay home, stay in bed, wake up late, take a walk, read the paper, watch TV, and in general live as if the church doesnt exist. This is such an encouragement to me today! Your words really touched my heartyou were talking about me in so many ways and I pray for my happy ending. DO NOT GIVE IN AND DO NOT BE MOVED by what they say or do. I was deceived and left my husband for another man. Now I have laid everything at his feet while I work on myself and pray and praise the Lord for the restoration of my marriage. Our sin, our compromise, and our deceit always injures our spouse, our children, our friends, and our family. Change). My husband of 1 year and 5 months left me on November 30th, 2010 .BUT. Some of them grew up in Sunday School. And thats especially evident in the way God uses the encouragement and insight gained when our members share Their Prodigal Perspective. And I believe God! As we see how God deals with Jonah, well discover that God deals with us in the same way when we disobey. The enemy has me in bondage! And if they were able to survive, thrive, and encounter Gods goodness in their troubles, so can we. I felt like Jonah who ran from Gods assignment, and ended up in the belly of a giant fish. I just found this site and Ive been doing everything you said not to do! DONT STOP PRAYING AND FASTING! It doesnt matter what free will tells us because Proverbs tells us that we can choose our plans, but God directs our steps. We claim to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. In 2005, widowed single mother Ashley Smith was in the middle of moving when she was apprehended by an escaped murderer and held hostage in her apartment for seven hours. THE ANDERSONS: Forgiving the Prodigal Spouse THE SHRIVERS: After the Affair If God has given you a testimony one that could help and encourage others who are living with the horrible pain of infidelity, we would appreciate it if you would send it to us. Matthew 26, 27, 28 is where you can read and learn more about each stage of the process. I trust God will bring my husband back. Dear Spouse, Its me, your lost beloved. All of them, however, have lived powerful stories of transformation, hope, and faithfulness. At first, I was a little embarrassed to share it, but I realize that was the enemys condemnation and that I need to use my testimony as God has commanded, which I hope blesses you and will help overcome and hurl down the devil as you stand for the restoration of your marriage and family (Revelation 12:10-11). One of the more frequent type of emails we have received over the years since we have been online is from married couples, where one of the spouses has left the other one for another partner. Softly, he wept. Lauren Hillenbrand, Unbroken. Underlying all this are two bits of very important theology: 1. This is wonderful! God is faithfulwe know that, so now we just have to actually believe it. Thank you for sharing this. I was greatly deceived and believed that God was calling me to leave my family and pursue my "soul mate." I kept running in the opposite direction of where God was calling me back home. My husband has left again for the fifth time, claiming that hes not sure if he can love me the way I need. We even think our children will be just fineanother lie. My guess is the parents of these three prodigals felt the same way. I am just reading this post as I an gathering every resource I can find to help me restore my marriage. Gods got your number on Speed Dial. Seeing the danger, he wants Jonah to wake up and start praying. Its only later that your realize the storm was a severe mercy from the Lord. In a single, silent moment, his rage, his fear, his humilliation and helplessness, had fallen away. Everything we ever wanted is now within this other person and you are now the enemy; you want to rob us of our joy, you dont understand us, you dont love us; because if you did, we wouldnt have gone astray. I am just waiting for my husband to come back, because Satan is already defeated, but its our faith that moves mountains! 1 Corinthians 10:13 Then the Lord sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up. Every step we take out of the will of God hurts those around us. Lost and running in the wrong direction. I really dont blame her because we lived as strangers for many years, but there always seemed to be a bond that kept us together. This is the first site I have found that give me direction and guidance. It's really important when standing for a marriage to do everything you're able to build your faith. He flooded my heart with loves white light; As you will see when reviewing her testimony below, Crystal was determined she was not going to lose her good marriage over something like this, so she stormed the throne of God asking Him to move to bring her husband back. His marriage began falling apart and he nearly hurt his baby daughter and strangled his wife Cynthia. The thought of going home seemed like it would only be going backwards, and into a life that would not fulfill me. We think YOU have lost it; not us. For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. Im just seeking after the heart of God. The world knows this. During that process, Ashley Smith broke free of her own drug addiction and not long after, regained custody of her daughter. Thats so tough to do sometimes; yet it is very much what we have to come too. That he will never stop going after the strays. My Father ran with compassion for me. These stages will develop you to walk into the promise and help you to see the anointing Thank you once again. Ive created The Brilliant Writer Checklist to help you clarify your message, reach more readers, and change the world with your words. You cant give up even if you want to. Though Nabeel has graduated from this life, his ministry continues to live on in his wife, and his friends. God is doing Gods work in my husband. How could a man sleep during a terrible storm like this? Who was going to stop me? SEAL of God is the story of how Chad Williams came to find a mission even more meaningful than the initial dreams of revenge that drove him through the harshest military training for only the most elite soldiers. Yet she did it anyway. Thats always step one for the prodigal. Rosarias story is unusual in that it is one of the few in which a prodigal had everything to lose and nothing to gain by turning to God. Forgiveness is freedom. The storms come to get our attention. He has his narcotics. We are all prodigals, in some ways, and at some times. We hear the ENEMYS voice louder than Gods; we have put Gods voice on mute and the enemy tells us that we will be happy if we are divorced from youthen we could be free, happy and fulfilled. Our God is infinitely creative. I know from my own experience during my stand that I need to regularly set aside specific time to pray and allow the Holy Spirit to build my faith and speak to my heart. O church, why arent we praying? And sometimes we feel that our spouse is the enemy, so we have to love them; they need our love because they have been taken captive by the enemy. Wow!! He brought me home to a man I SWORE I didnt love, didnt want to be with, and didnt want to be in the same room with if it could be avoided. Luke 10:19 God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. It was a pretty picture of a self-satisfied man who seemed to have gotten away with disobedience. As He tells us, Come to me all you who are weary and heavy laden and you will find rest for your souls. Hes got our marriages in His hands, so we should be at peace. I have started to stay quiet and let go more and more every day and to put my trust in God and not man. But no more! I know because I cant quit thinking about you and what Ive done to you. You have been given the grace to stand. I could not understand why God was leading me to go home. What I learned: The most powerful friendships are those without ulterior motives. I had always attached it to a person who had left their faith. If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. My sense is that you knew Him when you went through your Jonah moments. I learned the first rule of repentance: that repentance requires greater intimacy with God than with our sin. Prodigal Spouse Testimonies Michael and Wanda, this book has really helped meI now feel I have the tools and encouragement to do what I have to do I am confident that even though my husband has moved out that God is not done with us! May I ask you a question? I am still shaking after reading your post. Today is March 16th 2011. We are running from God, and when you act like that, we run from you too. He filled my body with meat and wine, He flooded my heart with love's white light; Yet deep in the mire, with sensual swine, But Chad found that his victory was strangely empty. Yet at the same time, I thought I had "done too much" or "wandered too far," and I couldn't forgive myself. Maybe he can save us.. My heart was shattered, and life was never going to be the same. (Theres no escape from a ring, they say) Breaking the Generational curse of Divorce by Melissa, God CAN and WILL Turn a Prodigals Heart! He is a good, good God! I finally cried out to God for help and in response God gave me the same instructions that I had been avoiding to go home. But I simply could not imagine that I would end up back in the original place from where I tried to escape for so long! My passionate spirit from breaking away. God knows exactly how to get our attention. 2 Corinthians 12:9 Grace is Gods instruction for you to stand. So thank you for the reminder to stand back and let God do His work. This is my story exactly!! That moment of sheer surprise will be forever etched in my mind. I too prayed and prayed and felt so alone. I cant escape him. Music if Fun matt lanter political views . Learn more about a small group with opportunity to ask questions and get counseling from Dominic Herbst:https://www.walkingthroughcalvary.comRestoring Relati. If they were scared, it must have been a truly terrible storm. The enemy will do everything to destroy your stand and keep your loved one in bondage. 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