[Wed2Him?Whatever.]

Ooh Mitzpah I love it when God confirms His promises by cross-referencing Scripture and using different sources.  That way you know His Spirit's speaking to you in personal way.

[Still]

Rejoice Marriage Ministries:

Friday, October 21, 2011


Do You Know Saul’s Testimony?

Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord's disciples. He went to the high priest and asked him for letters to  the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.   Acts 9:1-2

   A very common question that many standers ask is: How can I believe that God can change my spouse when my spouse says, "I will never, never come back. I never really loved you? You need to get on with your life as I am with mine as I am now happy." I cannot possibly write all the words that prodigal spouses say to their one-flesh mates to destroy any and all of your hope or belief that they would ever change their mind or have a heart transplant to return home. Don't listen to their words; listen to your Lord's Words that He speaks to your heart and He will speak through His Word!

   We understand why you doubt, question or have unbelief due to your own personal circumstances, and think you should just give up. But, you must continue to believe and never give up on your marriage.

   When Bob came home over 20 years ago, we often recalled the circumstances when we were living divorced, with him having another person, planning a wedding, and working two hours away from our home. Things looked impossible. Bob was running from God and he often revealed to me how far he was from the Lord.

"But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him."  Jeremiah 17:7

   I had to choose after our divorce, as you have to choose today, who I was going to serve and trust. After realizing my sin in divorcing Bob, I repented and turned my entire life over to my Lord and said, "You are going to have to unscramble my own life as I have made a terrible mess of it." I surrendered everything to my Lord and asked Him to put my "Humpty Dumpty" back together again. My Lord was my only hope and I knew He was the only one who could help me through the largest crisis in my entire life.

"Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?"  Hebrews 13:5b, 6

   Our Lord God is in the heart changing business every day. He can and does change men's and women's hearts all the time. God created His children and sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross for all sinners. Your Lord God does not give up on His children.

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.  Hebrews 11:1

   If you ever get discouraged or depressed, never forget Saul in the New Testament!  Every day pray for your beloved spouse to have a Damascus Road experience. As part of your devotions today, read Acts, Chapter 9. Saul was becoming the chief persecutor of the early church. Saul was the government's hit man assigned to get rid of Christ's followers. But God, had other plans for his life. There was not an early church Christian that thought Saul would be touched and transformed by Jesus. How many family members, your church family and co-workers say the exact same thing about your husband or wife?  Anytime you start to be confronted with negative words, ask them to please go read Acts 9 first and see how the Lord used Saul/Paul to write so many books in the New Testament. Your spouse will not know in advance what the Lord is going to do to their life now or in the future. You only are to pray and believe with your Lord God. Bob and I had no idea what God was going to do, but God did!  PTL!

   Saul was chosen by God to become an ambassador for the Gentiles. It did not matter what Saul had done or what he was doing to the Christians at that time. God had a bigger and a more powerful plan for his life. It does not matter what your spouse has said or has done or is still saying and doing. God has a plan for them and for your marriage, if you will stand firm, waiting on your Lord to touch your spouse.

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD.  Isaiah 55:8

   Believe God has a plan for you, for your spouse and for your family's future. Bob and I have been living examples of what God can do. When I was standing for my marriage, I did not expect or know in the future that Bob and I would be writing a daily devotional, writing books and making CDs as we helped standers around the world encouraging hurting, rejected, abandoned spouses to never to give up on what God can do in your marriage.

As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" Acts 9:3-4

Jesus said to Saul, "Now get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen of me and what I will show you. I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles."   Acts 26:16

   Our Lord God uses the most unlikely people to confuse the wise. Nothing is too hard for the Lord. There is not one person who is too difficult for the Lord to change their heart of stone. You must continue to pray fervently for your spouse and all prodigals that they will come to their senses. You need to pray that they will have their own personal Damascus Road experience with their Lord God. We all need to pray that every prodigal will be obedient to the Lord's voice and fearful of God if they continue living in their disobedience. There are severe consequences to living in sin and in disobedience. Are you praying daily for your spouse's eyes and ears to be opened to the Lord's light revealing the need for a Savior and Lord in their life? Why not?

   One powerful scripture that you can pray daily is:

"Lord, open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me."  Acts 26:18

"Lord, we pray for every prodigal husband or wife who is away from you. Lord, we pray this for every spouse, rebellious teenager or lost loved one who is in the pigpen of life. Lord nothing is too hard for You. Only You touched and changed Saul into a Paul; now may You go after my husband or wife and all spouses who are living in the far country of their sinful lifestyle. Lord, reveal Yourself to them as You did to Saul by the power of Your Name and Your Blood that was shed at Calvary, bringing them home quickly, suddenly, repenting and wanting to rebuild their marriage on the solid rock of Jesus Christ. Thank You, Lord, that nothing is too hard for You to accomplish and we believe in Your mighty power. Amen."

   Don't ever give up on your spouse! If you have, repent and start standing again. God is right there urging you to start believing again! Never forget, always remember Saul turning into a Paul!

Be blessed,

Charlyne Steinkamp
Rejoice Marriage Ministries, Inc.
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[Mitzpah]

Still,
I was also impacted by today's message So much so, that I sent to my parents.
I have a little notecard that I keep in my appointment book for convenience with this verse on, with my husband's name in it

"Lord, open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me."  Acts 26:18

I pray it daily, sometimes more than once a day.

love and hugs

[Still]

Mitzpah,

One day at a time.....one foot in front of the other. Keep turning to God with our needs. We will all get through this.

Hugs to you!

[Trustandlove]

Still,

I needed this today.  Thank you.   I hope you are doing OK. 

x

[Still]

From Rejoice Marriage Ministries:

Sunday, November 6, 2011


Expect A Miracle In Your Marriage!

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.  Galatians 6:9

As you go to worship and praise the Lord today, are you standing strong? Are you tired of waiting? Have you started believing and listening to what your spouse is saying and doing? Do you realize that is the enemy attacking you when you start wavering in your fighting for your marriage? Your Lord NEVER wants you to give up on your marriage, as you are married for life! Now get ready and go to church, even if you have to go alone!

Has not the LORD made them one? In flesh and spirit they are his. And why one? Because he was seeking godly offspring. So guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith with the wife of your youth. "I hate divorce," says the LORD God of Israel..."  Malachi 2:15-16a

Friday night we had a special time at our office with our local prayer intercessors praying for November and December to have a mighty harvest of souls being touched, transformed and surrendering their hearts to the Lord and then back to their husbands or wives and families. We prayed for our local Rejoice Pompano Bible study for Monday evening. We prayed for all our Chapel Page requests and list upon list of standers and their special needs. We prayed for standers, prodigals and children of all ages who are being wounded and affected by separation and divorce. We prayed that thousands of prodigals will come home every week with godly sorrow. We prayed that the Lord will stop divorce and separation forever, but especially right now in November and December.

   I hate divorce! This Lord's Day will you cry out for all the hurting, separated and divorced families who are trying to live each day as if it is normal? Will you pray for the Holy Spirit to touch their hearts to fight and never give up on their marriage? Will you walk in faith and believe in God's mighty power for Him to resurrect dead marriages every day?

So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. For in just a very little while, "He who is coming will come and will not delay. But my righteous one will live by faith. And if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him." But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved." Hebrews 10:35-39

   Are you believing and expecting a miracle or an answer to your prayers about your marriage? Dear stander, you must stay connected to the Lord. Don't wander off because of doubt or unbelief. Are you reading your Bible at least fifteen minutes a day? Yes, you must spend quality time with the Lord daily in reading His Word and praying. You are in a spiritual battle. The enemy has been shooting big guns at your spouse, your children and at you. You have been chosen to stand in the gap. Do not expect a blessing from the Lord if you do not put the Lord first in your life.

   Imagine how many prayer warriors, intercessors, pastors and leaders of churches around the world are praying for a mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit to touch their people this weekend and the Lord's Day. Have you been praying for a revival in churches around the world? We need to pray that there will be the presence of the Lord giving lukewarm Christians, sinners, and backslidden Christians Holy Spirit conviction to repent and turn from the sins in their life that very hour. As you listen to sermons, do you not have the Holy Spirit encourage, correct or rebuke you in your own heart? That is just one more reason that we need to go to church to be in the presence of the Lord.

I give you this charge: Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.  2 Timothy 4:1b, 2-3

   Every day I listen to Christian music. On Stop Divorce Radio we play special songs that often bring tears to my eyes and touches my heart. I love songs such as, It Is Finished, He Believes In Lost Causes, and We Will Stand. Today I went to the Christian book store and picked up the newest CD from Casting Crowns, Come To The Well with the theme song titled Courageous that they sing from the movie, Courageous. Do you know the words? You will love them. Christian music will minister to your spirit as if you were in a church service.

That is what happens when you go to church each Lord's Day, you sacrifice your time and put the Lord first, worshiping and praising His name, crying out to the Lord for your needs, hearing and lifting up other people's prayer requests and being in the house of the Lord with fellow brothers and sisters in the Lord. If you have not found a church you feel comfortable or accepted, then pray to ask the Lord for His divine direction of which church you should go to. The Lord may want you go visit a different denomination than you have attended for you to grow in the Lord. Seek the Lord, as He knows where you need to be, and He will show you where He wants you to worship Him.

Now let's go worship our Lord Jesus Christ this Lord's Day. Expect a blessing while you worship the Lord. Let us pray in agreement that your husband or wife, wherever they may be will be touched by the power of the Holy Spirit and they will hear His voice of correction and love this very day as we believe in the power of God and we believe in miracles. Jesus did miracles with the disciples every day. This weekend may there be thousands of husbands, wives and children who will confess their sins, turning their hearts to repentance, their hearts of stone will turn to hearts of flesh and their minds will be renewed by the power of the Holy Spirit. Never forget that there will be rejoicing this Lord's Day in the Heavenlies for all the sinners repenting as their turn their lives around to follow their Lord Jesus Christ. Today expect a blessing from the Lord as you go to church to worship the King of Kings!

Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and he healed them. Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judeaand the region across the Jordanfollowed him.  Matthew 4:23-25

Be blessed,

[Still]

From Rejoice Marriage Ministries:

Written by Bob Steinkamp, prodigal spouse returned.

SOME STANDERS

If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.  2 Corinthians 1:6-7

      Charlyne and I returned less than 24 hours ago from spending 13 days on the road, meeting with standers and ministering to them. In addition to announced meetings, we enjoyed meal after meal around restaurant tables with people praying for marriage restoration God’s way. This trip has re-opened our eyes to not only the pain in standing, but also to the hope in restoration.

      As often happens, I measured what we saw and what we heard against one standard: If I were still a prodigal spouse, and this was my spouse, what would I think? Here are a few trip thoughts from the prodigal’s perspective:

Some standers are serious. We met a woman who had every scripture from one phone call with Charlyne years ago written out and highlighted in a notebook. Another person had small tabs in her Bible marking every scripture my wife has used in her devotionals. Another had devised a unique system of file cards bound on rings to record scriptures God had given her.

Some standers say, "At any cost." In Virginia we had people from six states attending. In another state, people from five states had driven in. It was not uncommon to meet people who had taken off from work to drive a few hundred miles to attend Rejoice On The Road.

Some standers are sharing their vision. Many people brought friends with them. One woman brought four friends.

Some standers are givers. We were shocked to have hotel charges paid for us in advance by anonymous standers in three cities.

Some standers are hungry for God’s Word on marriage restoration. In one city, people arrived, and were seated so early that Charlyne invited a Q&A session.

Some standers are helpers. They sacrificed time to arrive early to help us unload and set up, and then stayed late to help us re-pack material.

Some standers get it. I was seated behind a woman during one meeting. When a man took the seat next to her, she deliberately moved her chair away from the man. After we ended, I brought Charlyne to the woman to commend her. She said that she did not want anyone thinking that was her husband. That, my friend, is the attitude and the action that prodigals seek.

Some standers don’t understand. Charlyne had to explain to standers why they should not date, nor have phone relationships with opposite sex standers. Again, from the prodigal’s perspective, those are the actions that say "not serious" to prodigals.

Some standers are extremely thoughtful. In city after city, standers had gifts for us. (Don’t you suppose their prodigal spouses would also receive gifts?)

Some standers are still taking surveys. "I know what the Bible says, but I am going to ask my friends what they think."

Some standers are hungry for God’s Word. As soon as Charlyne gave her first scripture, Bibles were opened, and notes were being taken.

Some standers are working on getting better. Other standers have chosen to stay bitter.

Some standers are just plain fun to be around. We sat in restaurants for hours, and double-tipped servers for use of the table, but if time permitted, we could have stayed twice as long. (One day their prodigals will wake up and realize what they are missing at home.)

Some standers are getting hung up on one aspect of standing, to the extent it is hindering what God wants to do in their lives.

Some standers have impossible circumstances, but can still look to God with full confidence in what He has promised them. (That touches prodigals.)

Some standers put their prodigal’s salvation ahead of their own happiness. (Amen!)

Some standers are active and happy in their local church.

Some standers have parents, who are standing with them, praise God.

Some standers have children who are standing with them. (It would melt the hardest prodigal heart if they could hear an eight year old praying, with a group of men, for his Daddy.)

Some standers hurt deeply. We have seen a lot of tears in the past two weeks, but so has God.

Some standers are not ready to live with a returned prodigal spouse.

Some standers are excited that today could be their day of restoration.

All standers are special people, both to God and to us.

We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well, because you had become so dear to us. Surely you remember, brothers, our toil and hardship; we worked night and day in order not to be a burden to anyone while we preached the gospel of God to you. You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous and blameless we were among you who believed.  1 Thessalonians 2:8-10

Because He lives,



Bob Steinkamp

Rejoice Marriage Ministries, Inc.
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[Still]

From Rejoice Marriage Ministries:

Wednesday, November 23, 2011



"Come Home Now!"

"'Your brother has come,' he replied, 'and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound ...But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.'"  Luke 15:27, 32

      Is that not your heart's cry and prayer to the Lord today? "Honey, I love you, just come home now or let me come back home now!" Never doubt that this is your Lord's heart desire also. Thanksgiving is tomorrow. I am challenging you to pray and fast, as the Lord leads, for thousands of spouses to come back home every day from now straight through December, January and forever!

      I would like thousands of our standers, family and friends to pray together in agreement around the world in the morning and as you lay your head on your pillow at bedtime a prayer:

"Lord, speak to my spouse and all prodigals to repent in godly sorrow which brings them to repentance and deliverance from their sinful lifestyle. You only can return them back to our marriage. Lord You can touch the heart of stone and turn it to a heart of flesh. Lord, You can break the strongholds over my beloved husband/wife and all prodigals. Lord, renew their minds and may they take captive every thought to the obedience of Jesus Christ. Lord, You can set them free from the lying spirit, all lustful thoughts, all anger and unforgiveness as they continue to hold grudges or blame me or others for things in the past. You only, Lord, can set them free from all addictions and believing lies from the enemy. Lord, I pray that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will this very day.

I believe that nothing is too hard for You to do, Lord, and I believe that You are able to do this right now for You to get all the glory and honor the day before Thanksgiving, the rest of November and December, restoring and healing thousands of marriages each and every week. Yes, You can go and set the captives free quickly, now in the Name of Jesus. Lord, You can open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in you. Lord, I praise and thank You in advance for all that You are going to be doing in touching hearts, lives, and restoring so many families around the world for the next several weeks. Lord, I pray that You will give both me and my spouse Your divine wisdom, knowledge, discernment and understanding of how to live a Christ-like life forever. I pray this in the mighty Name of our Lord Jesus. Amen."

"Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you."  Jeremiah 32:17

Your Lord wants marriages healthy and strong around the world. Our Lord wants our churches to be the lighthouses for every community. Our Lord wants to send all His hurting children with all their problems to His churches to hear that "Jesus saves and our Lord God has all the answers for all your life problems and marriage problems."

      I know the Holy Spirit will be working and speaking loudly to the prodigal spouses and children who are not home with their families. Our Lord will use this Thanksgiving and Christmas time to bring glory and honor to our Lord healing and restoring relationships. May we give our Lord all the praise.

"Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples. For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods."  Psalm 96:3-4

Our Lord God wants more than anything for ALL His children to repent and live righteously.  I do not want you to be dreading the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays. I know your pain that you are going through this very week. May I challenge you to seek the Lord for a new, deeper walk with Him. Your marriage problems, separation or divorce has been a wake-up call for you spiritually. Your Lord wants you to  praise Him first, then listen to Him. He wants you to humble yourselves before Him, seeking His face, and His plan for your future. God hates divorce. He wants you to surrender your life to Him, so that He may rebuild, restore and reconcile your marriage. That is God's perfect plan. He wants you to build an ark for your family as Noah did. He wants you to stand for your marriage forever!

Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD. "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts."   Isaiah 55:6-9

Your Lord God is asking you to sacrifice your life to serve Him. Walk with the Lord and Savior daily. You may be thinking or your family may be pushing you to "Get on with your life, or quit, nothing is happening. They are never going to change." Your friends and Pastor may tell you what to do, but I ask you what has the Lord asked or told you to do? I know that I was wrong by divorcing Bob. Due to my own sinfulness, my disobedience complicated my marriage being restored. Many of you were like me at that time; self-righteous, stubborn, defiant, unsubmissive, unloving to your spouse and even rebellious with pride wrapped all around you. You may even have other broken or unhealthy relationships with your other family members. Please pray that the Lord will help restore those relationships through the Holidays this year.

Let’s pray this Thanksgiving and Christmas time that ALL prodigals will be obedient to the Lord's wooing. God is talking to each of us all the time. Let us pray that your husband or wife will listen and obey the Lord through the next six weeks

May you be like the prodigal son's father who prayed, waiting and watching for his son to return home to their family. Now may you accept the challenge and start praying for your beloved husband or wife and ALL prodigals around the world the rest of November and December. Pray that your prodigal's heart will be touched by your Lord and they will "Come home to the Lord and to you for the holidays."

Be blessed,


Charlyne Steinkamp
Rejoice Marriage Ministries, Inc.

[Mitzpah]

Still,

I printed the prayer out on a 4x6 card and am praying it as suggested (and I will probably do it at lunchtime too as it is in my wallet!). Praying for all prodigals...
Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayers

[Still]

From Rejoice Marriage Ministries:

Thursday, January 5, 2012


Against All Hope!

Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, "So shall your offspring be." Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah's womb was also dead. Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.  Romans 4:18-21

Do you feel today that your marriage being restored is "against all hope?" I know you may be battling your emotions and feelings since Christmas and the New Year holidays, but never forget how you started standing and praying for your marriage. Do you remember how the Lord spoke to your heart "hope for marriage restoration?" Never forget all those nuggets of gold! Now pray and tell the Lord all your heartfelt feelings, fears and worries. Then leave all those emotions and all your problems at the Lord’s feet. I did a teaching that may help you, "Stop Looking At Your Circumstances - There's Victory In Jesus!"

Do you know one of the secrets to marriage restoration? It is God's divine plan and purpose for your and your husband's/wife's life and marriage. It is believing in the power of God, Jesus is interceding for us and the Holy Spirit is your Counselor with you 24/7. I gave up on God. I pray that I teach this principle enough that you will never forget it.

...Christ Jesus, who died — more than that, who was raised to life  - is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?  Romans 8:34-35

"It is against all hope!" That is what most of your family and friends would say about you, the wife or husband who is waiting for their prodigal spouse to return. It looks hopeless in everyone else's eyes regarding your spouse ever coming home, or changing their addictions or wrong behavior patterns. But God, has spoken to you! God hates divorce. Your Lord God can heal and restore your hopeless marriage. Believe in what the Lord is speaking to your heart and through His Holy Word.

"For nothing is impossible with God."  Luke 1:37

There is a difference between family and friends compared to you, the one praying for a miracle from your Lord God. As it says in the Bible, "Abraham in hope believed." That is where I have been many, many times in my life and I am still doing that for my children, their spouses and grandchildren, plus all standers and their spouses and families. That is where you need to be now, every day, waiting and expecting your prodigal to turn their heart toward your Lord and home. You must believe in hope of what the Lord has told you to do regarding your spouse and marriage!

"'To open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'"  Acts 26:18

Think of how the Holy Spirit has spoken to your heart many times about not giving up on your one-flesh spouse regardless of the present circumstances. How many scriptures have leaped off the page you were reading in the Bible? How many sermons have you heard that were just for you to increase your faith to believe in God's power? How many songs or signs has the Lord given you throughout your waiting? Why would you ever consider giving up on God and disobeying God? What would the consequences be in your spiritual life?

Many standers have written to us that the Holy Spirit spoke to their heart the night or week after their spouse left, "Your marriage will be restored. Don't give up." Other standers can share how the Holy Spirit has shown them in numerous ways that the Lord keeps telling and showing them to never give up on their spouse. That is the same way the Lord is speaking to your spouse to come home! Are you being obedient to the Lord's instructions? Never forget the lessons that you and I are to learn from Abraham and Sarah which are in the Old Testament and in the New Testament.

Then the LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Will I really have a child, now that I am old?' Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will return to you at the appointed time next year and Sarah will have a son."  Genesis 18:13-14

Are you divorced? Is your spouse in a non-covenant marriage? Yet Abraham, without weakening in his faith and not wavering through unbelief, believed in the power and promises of God. Do you believe? Do you really believe in the power of your awesome mighty God? Dear stander, never, never give up on your Lord God! May I suggest you go to a mountain, a lake, a river, or an ocean and this next weekend, cry out to the Lord this new year. Think of how these were all created. Nothing is impossible with God. Cry out to the Lord to speak to your heart and show you His will for your marriage again. He is your Father, He understands your doubt and unbelief right now.

Read in Psalm 139 of how God created you and knows everything about you. He is sovereign and nothing is too hard for the Lord to intervene in, repair and rebuild in His timetable. By the way, He will always start working on you first. Are you willing to change to be more like your Savior and Lord? Then surrender your own will and way and your life to the Lord tonight starting your new year off right.

"Abraham was fully persuaded, convinced, and knew that God had power to do what He had promised." Isn't that awesome! Then why are you going through all these circumstances? The answers are in the Bible. Were you as close to the Lord prior to your marriage problems as you are now? If not, praise the Lord that He has touched and changed your heart. Did the enemy come in and tempt you or your spouse as the serpent did Eve and then Adam?

Your spouse can and will come home in God's timing. His timing will be perfect for you and your family. Against all hope, you must not waver, but stand firm in total trust and being fully persuaded that God can and will heal your marriage. Remember, you are to seek the Lord for His instructions and directions for your own marriage. God does speak to His children.

For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.  Romans 15:4

We can get rid of divorce in our churches if we will believe in God's Word. God hates divorce. We have divorce due to our hardness of our hearts. Apply God's principles to your life, loving your spouse unconditionally, forgiving others and loving your enemies as Jesus taught us. God can move your mountain of circumstances.

Praise the Lord for all that He is doing in your life every day instead of complaining every day. Trust Him. Believe in Him and do not fall into the devil's lies that your marriage is hopeless.

...being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. This is why "it was credited to him as righteousness."  Romans 4:21-22

What a powerful scripture. Will you meditate on it? Ask the Lord to speak to your heart regarding this scripture. Ask Him to remove all your doubt and unbelief. Read Romans Chapters 4 and 5. Ask the Lord to increase your faith and hope to believe in the power of what God has promised to do in your marriage.

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.  Romans 15:13
Believe in the Lord's power,


Charlyne Steinkamp
Rejoice Marriage Ministries, Inc.
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