My name is Crystal and Im here to let you know that with man it may seem impossiblebut with Almighty God..NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE. To make a long story shortSunday January 16th 2011.I got a text from my husband.who accidently had AGAIN on the 14th January 2011..told me he felt the same way and I should go on with my life. (Theres no escape from a ring, they say) I cant seem to get ahead; people are angry with me; my life is upside down. And this woman went into a very heavy seeking mode. So I leapt in and did the wrong thing; knowing what I was doing was wrong, and knowing I was sinning against God. I have never felt pain like I did then in my entire life..it is amazing when you are down on luck how quickly you remember that GOD does exists. Thank you for sharing.. Im praying for marriage restoration as my husband has moved out and is now living with the other woman, who is pregnant and about to give birth very soon. So thank you so very, very much! Prayer to Heal Broken Relationships. 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. God will bring them home. But I would have been drawn to that peace and it would have woken me up. He knows exactly how to get in touch with you. (THIS INCLUDES JUDGES IN A COURTROOM!) We all know that life can turn on a dime. The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. I got a bad report that rocked me and then felt horrible because I wondered if Id learned anything in all this time, so my faith needed strengthening. The bible says he himself (GOD) will bring them home!! My wounds stink and fester because of my foolishness. God is also working in ME as I wait, and I like who I am becoming in Him and understand that He has to complete His work in me before reconciliation occurs. He is truely my Savior and I thank him for bringing me out of the darkness. About two weeks ago, I decided to give it all to God and just as told would happen, a remarkable peace came over me since giving it to Him. You have to get to a point where you are okay either waywith restoration or without it because you are content with GOD and his love. Yet at the same time, I thought I had "done too much" or "wandered too far," and I couldn't forgive myself. Every step we take out of the will of God hurts those around us. Thankyou, thankyou. They were hardened to the dangers of life at sea. I persisted in calling him that same day and eventually he picked up the phonehe was as cold as iceI felt frightened even listening to himhe told me.I NEVER LOVED YOUI AM SORRY WE GOT MARRIED..I FELT TRAPPED IN THIS MARRIAGE..I DONT LOVE YOU LIKE A MAN SHOULD LOVE A WOMAN..THE FEELINGS I HAVE FOR YOU IS THAT OF A GOOD FRIENDI DONT WANT TO BE WITH YOU AND YOU SHOULD GET ON WITH YOUR LIFE..IM The devil has his sleeping pills too. So, you will keep fighting. The enemy has me in bondage! When you are angry, love them (for they are angry too). Yet while I was a great way off (LogOut/ Rogaine 5 $39.14 for pill Buy Now Abana $28.91 for pill Buy Now Allegra Active ingredient: Fexofenadine $0.28 for pill Buy Now. The next thing she did right was to enlist the aid of three powerful prayer warriors to help her with her prayers to the Lord. I enlisted the help of three persons.a Prophetess, an Apostle, and a church Pastor..these were all spiritual people I knewand strong men and women of GodI knew I wasnt strong in my spirit and my faith was way less than even that of a mustard seed. I have been standing for my marriage for six months now with no communication from my husband. Its good that our heavenly Father does not Give up on His children! It was also then that I started to pray for my husbands heart, and God has truly worked wonderful things to bring us to where we are today. He can send the storm of career implosion. 4-5). My husband has left again for the fifth time, claiming that hes not sure if he can love me the way I need. We can preach a thousand sermons and the world doesnt care. 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. Today Im 12 Years Sober and Still Starting Over, The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert, about to be re-released (preorder link, non-affiliate). *Book title/movie links are affiliate links unless otherwise noted. God brought me here for a reason. What I learned: Never give up on those you love keep praying. This is the first site I have found that give me direction and guidance. I cant seem to get away from God. I am a standing husband and working on myself and my walk with God. It must have been a bad storm because these men were professional sailors who had seen it all. When I feel discouraged because either I or other Christians have fallen short, I am reminded, through stories like the ones listed below, that it is not about me: Not I, but the grace of God. The problem is always on the inside. 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. 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. But when she wrote a scathing criticism of one of the local Christian gatherings, to her surprise, she received a thoughtful and kind reply from a pastor who invited her to call him. Unlike most of the people on this list, Nabeel was not a prodigal in any outward way. Some of them grew up in Sunday School. He has his narcotics. The hurt that I caused them was far beyond any words that I could use to describe. So Jonah paid his fare, boarded the ship, and as it left the harbor, he went down below to take a nap. Thats always step one for the prodigal. These stages will develop you to walk into the promise and help you to see the anointing One day the wife said to her husband, "Give me half of all we own.". As a preview to your own restoration, let me be a testimony that when God fully restores your marriage, your prodigal spouse will have . I thought it was the life that I no longer wanted. That morning, he believed, he was a new creation. It is no accident that I am reading your post right now because these were words that I really needed. I was deep in thought today and I want to share some of my experience as a prodigal. God will not let his straying children live in sin forever. On any given Sunday of the year, most people dont go to church anywhere. God indeed stopped me and now I am the one praying to God for my husbands heart and I am the one who wants restoration. I was an example of a prodigal wife, just like so many others, who had run from my husband and abandoned my family for months at a time, just to fulfill my selfish desires. He also says The truth is, Gods plan continues to chase us, and until we surrender our lives to Him we will be miserable. While Susan knows this deeply wounded her son, he never talked about it much or acknowledged it bothered him. I know that many who read my words have prodigals in your life. In it's narrowest definition, it doesn't. I started praying the way you suggested 48 hours ago and today he told me hes moving in with woman he left us for. The world wants our prayers. God will bring them home. Thank you so much! RUN as fast as we can!! AND DO NOT PICK IT BACK UP!! No matter what I do, it seems like everything goes wrong. No one gets a free ride on the Ship of Fools. He can send the storm of a desperately sick child. Now my prodigal wife wants nothing to do with God, which is extremely frustrating and heart breaking. Copyright 2005-2023 Faith And Marriage Ministries. The world generally doesnt care about what we say and do on Sunday morning. I could not understand why God was leading me to go home. And I never consulted God on anything; I was too angry and my heart was made of the hardest stone imaginable. Let your prodigal GO!!! God bless you and your family. There was a man who had a wife. Our relationship has grown in leaps and bounds since that dreadful time in our lives. all thanks and all praise be to Almighty God, he is now back home and we are rebuilding a marriage that from all counts and to the naked eye in the natural realm was dead. We still have a long way to go, but I feel God working in us and guiding us in the right direction. Thank you for your testimony, encouragement and hope. I'm fighting with God's help. Wow!! We dont stop standing until we see our promise come to pass. But within days of him leaving, I realized how wrong I was and how much I truly loved him. Thank you! My guess is the parents of these three prodigals felt the same way. Thank you for sharing; your story is my story. That scorches deeper than fires of wrath. Nichols later peacefully allowed himself to be re-arrested. 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. Blacken my soul where none may see. Thank you so much for responding to my blog in such a positive way. I have a real sense of His presence and am confident that our marriage will survive this crisis. I thought I was alone and I could find nothing to encourage me as I was the prodigal now praying for the restoration of my marriage. Besides being a fascinating autobiography about a powerful evangelist who sadly passed away last year, this book gives readers a helpful look into Christian apologetics, Islam, and evangelism. Grace is Gods instruction for you to stand. This post gives me so much more hope than I have ever had. I have read all of your post on here and some of them multiple times. It is so wonderful to know that sharing my story gives other people such hope. At this point the captain (who is no doubt a pagan) has more faith than Jonah does. Do you remember what happened to the prodigal son in Luke 15? Wow! Testimonies; General Resources; Prayer Resources; Questions and Answers; Podcast. The term "prodigal" is actually someone who "spends, or has spent, his or her money or substance with wasteful extravagance; a spendthrift." It's someone who "drives away or squanders" what they have. Lost and running in the wrong direction. You are hurting; you are broken. And it is an even more powerful message from Stephanie because the day before, she had been given a bad report and chose to stand on the power and promise of Gods Word instead of receiving that news and was then blessed with a wonderful praise instead of what would surely not have turned out well if she had acted on what she heard! This isnt every single detail of what happened there are parts missingbut my short journey has been nothing but incredible and miraculousbut I want you to know that with God ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. 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. Any amount will help! I have learned that when we finally surrender things to God, we have such peace! Why are we still sleeping? For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me. God, I am done standing in your way. But he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. He went down to Joppa (an ancient port city just south of modern-day Tel Aviv) where he found a boat bound for Tarshish. Faith is often fed through (true) stories. When last we left the reluctant prophet, he seemed to be on top of the world. We know God is in control, and we are praying and waiting, but nothing seems to be happening. This has been a three year battle, and I am going down the wrong path again by crying and screaming. How else you explain a mother who abandons her own children? He was so cheerful and sweet! God kept reminding me of my vows to my husband, and the choice I made to be married until death do us part that I made long ago I simply could not forget, no matter how hard I tried. I am writing this with Love, because I dont want you guys to make the same mistakes. I believe my story is a good example that proves running from Gods plan is never a good idea. It has become hard because the enemy deceived me, and the entire time I was running, I knew it was wrong. I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am the LORD; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart. It was all working out like he had planned. All Rights Reserved. You say you know God. Maybe he can save us.. He knows whats coming and doesnt want you to give up. 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. Yet at the same time, I thought I had done too much or wandered too far, and I couldnt forgive myself. 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! they struggled with feelings of guilt and shame, what REALLY happens on the other side of the mountain. My heart was shattered, and life was never going to be the same. Someone asked my husband about the double mindedness of a prodigal. Muck of the sty, reek of the trough, But, for some reason, you cant stop thinking of your prodigal. Though Nabeel has graduated from this life, his ministry continues to live on in his wife, and his friends. Because stories teach us far more effectively than any objective lessons. I read those words and think about how quickly we can fall, how far we can go, and how easy it is to deceive ourselves and others. But then Nabeel met David Wood, a staunch Christian who had once spent time in jail for attempting to kill his father, and who came to know the love of God through the challenge of a fellow inmate. Use this time to complete the work that needs to be done in yourself and let God work on your spouse. Not many days later, the wife gathered all she had and flew to the other side of the country. Copyright 2005-2023 Faith And Marriage Ministries. When you are done with your self-pity, you decide to pray and fast for your loved one. He can send the storm in so many different ways. I too thought I didnt want to be with my husband; I thought there was no way we could work through our issues, and that he just didnt understand and that it would be better and okay for us to part. So click here to Become A FAM Member, where you can read, respond to or share encouragement from The Prodigal Perspective! Dear Spouse, It's me, your lost beloved. The truth is that Gods plan continues to chase us, no matter how far we try to run, and the only way that we can be free is to stop trying to avoid Gods will and embrace it. For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. When good student and obedient son Christopher Yuan turned his back on his family and embraced drugs, homosexuality, promiscuity, and rebellion, his mother Angela (who was struggling through a failing marriage) decided to kill herself. We praise, worship, give thanks, and march our way to the battlefield, knowing all well that God will deliver his promise to us. Some of them are doing things that would shock us deeply if we knew about them. Please, pray that God will give me a new heart to know him. I am going through exactly same marriage problem like Crystal. There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin. (Ezekiel 34:11). I know how hard this must be. I long-God help me!-to wallow to-night. Stephanie, The enemy will do everything to destroy your stand and keep your loved one in bondage. The world doesnt want our sermons. One would think that I above all, should know this. He can and He will!!! And he divided everything between them. His decision was very shocking and hurtful. (LogOut/ I think I either bought or borrowed every book on marriagewarfare.prayeryou name it .every website I could think of.. And I just wrapped my husband up and prayed what ever pray I could even verbatim from some of those same books.I became like a one man army.. At times the devil whispered in my ears and unbelief and doubt settled in.I would call my prayer warriors for encouragement and go to God crying and in a few hours would be right as rain and ready again to go up against the gates of hell for my boo. Prodigals think CRAZY things. My heart has gone bitter. Also notice she went into a very heavy seeking mode by searching out every good book she could find on marriage, prayer, and spiritual warfare. The most difficult thing God has ever asked of me has been to trust in Him, to give my husband completely to Him and to love no matter what. Will you pray that God grants me a new heart, and I can come to know him again? Forgiveness is freedom. And for many of us, intimacy with anything is a terrifying prospect. Sign up to join over 20,000 subscribers receiving our weekly sermon email. Some were missionaries. Louis Zamperini was an Olympic runner and talented mischief-maker whose incredible survival story (30+ days floating in the open ocean after his plane crashed into the sea; then a year in a brutal Japanese POW camp being tormented by a sadistic guard) became a best-selling book, then a movie directed by Angelina Jolie. Just do your partLOVE, LOVE, LOVErespect, support, praise and help. Thank you so much for this testimony. marriage, I had released my husband and my marriage to God and I knew God was going to do something. Every prodigal is shown the way out, but chooses to turn their back on what is right. Why? 136 days of reeling and praying for a reconciliation. Mark 10:9 Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate. The title of this article is, Prayer Secret #6 The Prayer of Agreement.. It's really important when standing for a marriage to do everything you're able to build your faith. Here is the type of comment I might hear: "my prodigal spouse decided that he wanted a break from our family life. All Bible verses are from the New International Version 1984 unless otherwise indicated. He was tenderhearted and funny, and he loved his little sister. Thank you so much for your feedback. Why God! you shout in pain. Even if it takes many years, there is hope, and the final result may be more beautiful than you ever dreamed. God bless all of our marriages and families. It gives me hope for the restoration of my marriage. I wanted desperately to come home in one sense, because it was the only peace I could truly find. I have started to stay quiet and let go more and more every day and to put my trust in God and not man. So thank you for the reminder to stand back and let God do His work. It's all a LIE, but we don't know that. That wont change no matter how much we preach against it. 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