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It has been almost 11 months since my wife moved out of home, and over two years since she told me she wanted a divorce. Today she told me she is going to set up her own bank account to separate our finances. I keep looking for hope in our situation and holding on for God but things keep slipping further and further. My wife’s father told my wife that marriage is for life and that we need to work on our marriage, and now she won’t talk to him.
I know I need to look at God and not the raging storm around our ‘boat’ but I also know God respects free will. Yet He is the God who can do all things, for whom nothing is impossible, who can do abundantly more than I can ever hope or imagine. Please pray God will work a marriage miracle for us. Please also pray for healing in the relationship between my wife and her dad. Please pray for me too as I am more and more overwhelmed with despair.
Praying that you continue to keep the faith no matter what, that Kate takes the necessary steps to repair her relationship with her dad. Also praying that you and the children do not suffer in silence, but turn your worries/anxieties over to God and experience more peace, love and joy.
Kate has told me she will divorce me in one month’s time, when the 12 month separation period is up. Our pastor says he will talk to her, but he also said that although divorce is against God’s will, there may be justification for it, which fills me with fear. Please Lord, save our marriage.
Praying with you and for Kate.
Kate’s grandfather passed away this morning. I am praying the Lord will comfort her as this is not something she will let me do for her. I am also praying for her family, and also still for reconciliation between us and the restoration of our marriage.
I am feeling my marriage is at a dead-end. My wife rejected my expressions of love or touch leaving me ‘high & dry’. She could go to the extend of kicking or hitting me with her hands or legs. I feel subjected to her as I totally lost control of our relationship. It is seemingly irreconcilable with her attitudes toward me for more than 3 years.
Praying that you both surrender to Christ and let Him control your relationship. Praying that your wife will not be violent towards you and that the two of you seek counseling to work through this dilemma. I pray that neither of you will continue to act as if this is normal and do all that you can to repair the underlying issues and come out of this experience with a stronger bond and more in love.
My wife left March 7, 2020, and filed for divorce March 24. I was served the papers May 4. I was a terrible husband. A hypocrite of a Christian, neglectful in my affection, selfish in my pursuits and passions, intimidating and manipulative in our arguments, and blind to the fact that she was never wanting to be “right”, but heard. There seems to be no hope.
Understandably, she doesn’t want reconciliation or to even try and pursue it, though I’m going to try and ask again before I file my legal answer. I can’t blame her. Please pray for my wifes precious heart to heal from the damage I’ve caused, and pray that she’ll seek God above ALL else. And yes, pray that if possible the divorce will stop, or the Lord will resurrect it from the dead in the months or years to come. I will wait for my beloved, and continue to seek to patiently reconcile, because that’s what Christ did with me.
I add my prayers to yours – that it is not too late and that your wife will let God have the final say. I pray that you have truly repented and do not give up showing your wife that you are a changed man and worth another chance. Praying against the divorce and that love, grace and forgiveness prevails.
Please pray that my husband’s heart will be softened and he will learn empathy. He seems to have a wall up and is not willing to deal with hard emotions or talk about emotions at all. I think he is insecure as well because he won’t give me compliments or ever apologize for anything. When I married him, I knew I would have to learn to love myself because he never gave me compliments while dating. I saw this as something good to force me to love myself, but now, I have withered. I feel like a dead flower dried up in the sun with no water.
When I try to talk to him if I am having a hard time with anything in life, he will brush it off. He will walk away if I cry. He won’t listen to my pain. When I am sick, he gets frustrated with me. My pastor’s wife told him to rub my feet while I was pregnant and he never did it even once. While I was in labor, he was watching TV and I was in pain alone. I try my hardest to care for the kids, cook and clean, thinking this will meet his demands and he will show me the affection I crave, but it changes nothing. I do also work outside of the home and he seems to only be focused on how much money I am bringing in and how much I clean and cook. I am depressed and anxious. I feel unheard and unloved.
I even feel scared of him, even though I know he would never hit me; I am afraid of his critical attitude or that I am not good enough. I am afraid he will get mad with the kids toys laying around and start throwing them away again. Please let him learn empathy and how to be a supportive spouse. Pay for humility. Pray for my mental health and that I get strength from somewhere. Help me be kind to my children, even though I am angry and suffering. Pray that he will be engaged with his family instead of on Facebook.
Praying that you will not allow your husband’s treatment of you to define who you are, but continue to seek your identity in Christ – knowing that you are His masterpiece (Eph. 2:10). Also praying that you and your husband will have an open and honest conversation that fully addresses your well-being, the state of your marriage and the treatment of your children. Praying that the two of you will seek counseling and begin to rebuild your marriage with love and positivity..
Please pray for my failing marriage of 27 years. My husband has told me to leave because I am no use to him now. Our intimate life has severely declined, due to my lack of interest. I feel lonely and scared because when I leave, I have to move out to a women’s shelter. I have one daughter near, but she too is single with three children. We are Christians, but no fellowship/church life. My husband is backsliding; gambling/unhealthy sites etc. I feel he has no right to tell me to leave after all these years; he is able to support himself, but I have no idea where to begin in life. No qualification, just a domestic cleaner in all my days. I am now over 50 and weak.
In the last few months, my soul has been seeking diligently of the Lord; praying for renewal and sanctification, receiving the love of Jesus. Also praying for my husband’s return to the Lord. But life in general is a disappointment to him because I have neglected his interest. Please pray for the Lord to guide me into the next charter of my life alone. I feel abandoned and ashamed.
Praying that peace and beauty can be found in this ugliness- it is not if God and the enemy is busy. Praying that you will not retreat, but dig deep and fight for what it is you want – your relationship with Christ, your husband to have a true relationship with Christ, your marriage, your home – that you realize you are of value and that you do not have to give up or leave. Of course if the situation is going to be abusive and/or violent- then yes, leave. But otherwise, you can stand your ground – with the full armor of God and by the Holy Spirit keep fighting!
Praise the Lord. Please pray for me and my wife, as there are fights at home. All the anger of my wife should go. Pray that we should come together with love, stay together in unity and serve the lord. Pray that all the devils plans should be destroyed. Pray that all debts should go.
Praying that the two of you will be able to communicate your thoughts, differences and concerns/issues in a loving and kind manner – that you realize you’re one and on the same team and not tear each other down, but build each other up. Praying that the anger dissipates and that as your wife seeks God, she is filled with more love, peace and joy and that you continue to love her as you love yourself.
Praying for restoration of my marriage, that God may soften my husband’s heart that he may communicate and be willing to work through our issues. Also praying for healing and forgiveness from the pile up of our issues and an end to the separation.
Praying that forgiveness, grace and mercy prevails as the two of you heal from past hurts and wrongs. Praying that you both completely surrender to God and find yourselves able to communicate in calm and respectful manner. Praying that you both are committed to working through your issues and find yourself growing stronger in your relationship with Christ and each other as you do so. May you both experience the goodness of God and not let setbacks deter you as you work to restore your marriage.
Please pray my husband will be able to forgive me. We had an argument and I said things I didn’t mean, and called him a horrible name. We have had some recent ups and downs (on both of our parts) and this was like a final blow for him. We are young and have young children. I want them to have a good childhood. I’m so lost. Please pray he will forgive me.
Praying that you and your husband will grow in maturity, grace and mercy and realize that you are one- that it is okay to disagree, but not okay to harm each other with your words, thoughts or actions. May you be blessed to find another couple with godly wisdom that can serve as mentors and/or participate in an active, but biblically based marriage ministry. Please do not try to walk the paths of marriage on your own, but trust God to help you persevere and triumph over every obstacle.
My wife, Mandy, left me last year for 6 months, and has had sex with two other men since we’ve been married. She is not a bad person, simply easily taken in by Satan due to her past and lack of Holy Spirit healing. Our marriage has been restored, even though she tried to leave again on April 1 and May 1, only to have God talk her out of it.
She isn’t getting the healing she needs, and has gone as far as not allowing me to see her nude anymore. Please pray in agreement with me that Mandy will press in to the healing she needs and into God, and will work on restoring and growing our intimate relationship, removing her stronghold of believing it can’t be good because it hasn’t been and has been a “chore” in the past. Thanks!
Praying that your wife will deal appropriately with her desire to go outside your marriage for sex and just your marriage is restored. Also praying that the two of you are able to continue to talk about your sexual needs and desires – hold on to the mental and emotional connection and work thorough this, seeking help when needed so that you both look forward to having sex and enjoy it even more.
Still trusting God for a wife and my own home. God is the greatest. Jesus never fails. Trust him. I have not given up on Him or people. Our great all-giving, wonderful God. I am a 71 year old man still trusting and thanking God for what he has done. This is still a good world with many good people, who have been very kind to me. God bless you all.
Praying for the desires of your heart to be granted and praising God for your faithfulness.
God Bless the marriage of each and every commentator and God bless all of my brothers and sisters in Christ. I’m not married to an unbeliever. He believes in God and he believes that Jesus is the Redeemer/Savior/Christ. My husband still has a desire for this world and can only see the negative in the church. He doesn’t oppose my faith in the Lord. His worldly views seeps into our relationship and causes tension because these views conflict with my Christian views. We view intimacy differently because he sees intimacy the way the world sees it and I see intimacy through Christ like behavior. Please pray for peace in our marriage. Please pray for my husband as the Lord leads you. Pray for me to truly be a 1 Peter wife with a gentle and kind spirit not matter the situation between my husband and I. God’s Blessings to each of you.
Praying that your husband will let go of his fleshly desires and let Jesus not only be his savior, but Lord over his life and that he fully embraces the call to discipleship. I have been in a similar position and I empathize with your struggle – but hang in there, you will see change because our God is faithful and the prayers of a righteous (wo)man availeth much!
Please pray for my husband to heal and to forgive me for all the pain I have caused him since our engagement, and for him to love me again. Most of it was due to the fact that I had high anxiety and was depressed and not taking medication and then after we got married and became pregnant immediately, my hormones on top of that. Some was due to my upbringing and cultural differences which I purposefully hid from him during our almost 4 year relationship before we got married. Please pray to save our marriage, and that I don’t lose faith in God although honestly I have started to.
I acted out very inappropriately, lashed out at him and said things that I can never take back. We’ve been in marriage counseling on and off since I was pregnant but our 1st counselor wasn’t a good fit and things got worse. Our 2nd one is better and although we’ve been seeing him more consistently for a year now, my husband has been unable to let go over the past and always says there’s been too much “trauma”, and that we have too many issues and are too different, and is unable to have an emotional connection to me and trust me anymore.
Our child is now 22 months and we haven’t been intimate since she was a few months old and we don’t sleep in the same bed.
I have been back on antidepressants and my hormones seem to be more “in check” now since I finally got my period back a few months ago and I realize that what I said and did in the past was wrong (whereas while it was happening, I thought I was right and he was a horrible person). Since then, I’ve apologized countlessly, said I love him and that I think we can work things out and we’re not that different.
We did a semi-separation for a few months (his stuff was at our apartment but he was sleeping a few blocks away) and he would come over every day to say Good Night to our daughter. Then the pandemic started and we both left our apartments to stay at his parents’ but our lease is ending so we have to make a decision about our relationship. He just told me yesterday that he wants to separate for real this time. I am heartbroken. I now have to figure out how to move all our furniture out to his parents’ (or 2 separate homes) and how our separation will work with a toddler and a dog amid the concerns of this pandemic.
Beloved Anne, there is so much in your heart and on your plate right now that the last thing you want to do is lose faith in God. No matter what, do not let go of His hand or you will not be able to make it through this without even more heartache and grief. Praying that you experience God in small and new ways so that you never forget His love for you, your husband or your child. God is faithful and while your relationship is built on lies (you admit that you purposely withheld information from him) and ugly words were exchanged – no situation is too great or too small for God. He can tear down and rebuild, but the two of you have to be willing participants.
My prayer is that both of you will leave your hearts open to Him and let Him rather than your emotions, the past or negative thoughts lead you in your decision process. I pray that you both seek to enjoy this time with his family (prayerfully, you are embracing them as family), lavish love upon your daughter and continue to communicate. May you both find that you can work past your issues as you make honoring God your focus.
I am 32 and a half years old now but still haven’t got the suitable partner for marriage. Though I am a very high spirited person and with the grace of Lord I have faced and overcome several health issues in my childhood. I also attained good success in my academic and professional life as well. But seeing my parents deeply worried about my future and family, makes me feel sad and helpless sometimes. Please pray to God for my early marriage and peaceful family life ahead.
Praying that the Lord will lead you to your wife soon and you will continue to receive favor from the Lord.
Please pray for my husband Hugh. I believe he has depression and anxiety (undiagnosed). He has an alcohol consumption disorder, which he is aware of, but has not admitted to. Our marriage is not a priority for him. He prioritises his work and social life over our marriage and family time. I have encouraged him to see our doctor and a Psychologist. He rarely confides in me. He does not seem interested in seeking help. Please pray that the Holy Spirit prompts him to make the much needed lifestyle changes for his personal well-being and that of our marriage. Please also pray for me to not lose hope in our marriage. I am struggling.
Praying that you husband not only continues to acknowledge his issues but that he surrenders then to Christ and gets the help he needs. Please continue to cry out to God and trust Him in all of this – you will be blessed for your faithfulness and be given the strength to persevere.
Please pray that my husband will stop yelling at me and berating me. He is so angry and vicious and has just gotten another DUI. Please pray that the Lord will open his heart. He is a Christian but blaming everyone for his actions. Our marriage is on the brink of divorce.
Praying that your husband will surrender to Christ and get help for his addiction. Praying that as he allows God to move in his heart and life, his heart is softened and he is loving and kind to you. Praying that you can find a place of safety and not put yourself in harm’s way until it is safe for the two of you to be together.