Prayer Requests

I received this request for a marriage yesterday, January 21, 2009 at about 3:26 p.m. by email.  Please pray for God to work in these lives and the home.

Hi my name is Barbara.  I am requesting prayer for my marriage to Mark.  Mark went to jail for a year and 2 months, while he was gone I felt that I was bombarded with thoughts of our past problems and him being in jail as a sign, I filed for divorce, but later came to realize that I do not want the divorce.  He is mad at me for filing, I have apologized to him but he says he can’t get it out of his mind.  I have had to forgive for several things, and when I have a weak moment he says he can’t forgive me.  He says friends and family are telling him not to come back to me.  We have been married for 9 ½ years, my prayer is that we will be reconciled together.  Feel free to contact me by email.  Thank you for your prayers, may God bless you!

My answer and prayer to her is below:

Barbara.
I appreciate your request and I ache for your pain in your marriage.  It is a sad thing for marriages to divorce, as you know. 
Yes!  I will pray for you, Mark, and your marriage. Let me ask you  this question:  Do you both know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior?  The greatest healing and forgiveness comes only through Him.
Jesus has died on the cross paying our sin debt to God, was buried carrying our guilt and shame away, and Jesus arose bodily from the grave that through faith in Him we might have everlasting life.
If you are trusting Jesus, then be faithful to Mark from now on.  Don’t listen to those who would tell you to leave him, but do the right thing, and that is wait.  Wait on the Lord and trust He will have His way in Mark.
 
Lord of Heaven and earth.  YOU have made all things for YOUR glory.  Even marriage was instituted by YOU to show YOUR glory upon the earth.  I pray for healing in Barbara, Mark, and their marriage.  Help them both Lord to wait on YOU, and YOUR good will, and good timing. 
Give Barbara and Mark the peace of “trusting in YOU with all their hearts and not leaning on their own understanding” (Proverbs 3:5), or the unwise advice of others who may not know YOU.
Blessed be the name of the Lord Jesus; in whose name I pray.  A-men.

Every marriage needs to be built  upon the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Biblical principals which every Christian should follow.  Let’s pray for one another.

T.A.