Walkin' Towards The Blessing!

[4kids]

Added to my list, CM.

Philemon 1:3-4
"Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the
Lord Jesus Christ. I always thank my God as I
remember you in my prayers."

N.

[FaithfulH]

CM,

Likewise, you have been added to mine....and I will ask our circle of 10 men standing to pray for you as well.

[Lissie]

You are some very special men.

[FaithfulH]

Hugs, sweet Lissie! I was just thinking the same thing about the awesome women on this board...too numerous to name!

[I_Wanna_Make_It_Work]

Confident_Me
I'm going over to post on your thread ... don't want to hijack FaithfulH's thread. Just know this ...

Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of the Lord which He will accomplish for you today . . . . EXODUS 14.13a

'Do not fear them, for the Lord your God is the one fighting for you.' DEUTERONOMY 3.22

. . . Do not be fainthearted. Do not be afraid, or panic, or tremble before them, for the Lord your God is the one who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. DEUTERONOMY 20.3b,4

Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble at them, for the Lord your God is the one who goes with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. DEUTERONOMY 31.6

And the Lord is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear, or be dismayed. DEUTERONOMY 31.8

Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. JOSHUA 1.9

Though a host encamp against me, my heart will not fear; though war arise against me, in spite of this I shall be confident. PSALMS 27.3

. . . God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea; Though its waters roar and foam, Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. . . . PSALMS 46.1b−3a

Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken. PSALMS 55.22

In God I have put my trust, I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me? PSALMS 56.11

Through God we will do valiantly, And it is He who shall tread down our adversaries. PSALMS 108.13

The Lord is for me; I will not fear; What can man do to me? PSALMS 118.6

Do not be afraid of sudden fear Nor of the onslaught of the wicked when it comes; For the Lord will be your confidence And will keep your foot from being caught. PROVERBS 3.25,26

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. ISAIAH 41.10

For I am the Lord your God, who upholds your right hand, Who says to you, 'Do not fear, I will help you.' ISAIAH 41.13

In righteousness you will be established; You will be far from oppression, for you will not fear; and from terror, for it will not come near you. ISAIAH 54.14

Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and whose trust is the Lord. For he will be like a tree planted by the water, That extends its roots by a stream And will not fear when the heat comes; But its leaves will be green, And it will not be anxious in a year of drought Nor cease to yield fruit. JEREMIAH 17.7,8

Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. "But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore stop being afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows. MATTHEW 10.29−31

Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful. JOHN 14.27

. . . If God is for us, who is against us? ROMANS 8.31b

Stop worrying about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. PHILIPPIANS 4.6,7

. . . The Lord is my Helper, I will not be afraid. What shall man do to me? HEBREWS 13.6b

But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. And do not fear their intimidation, and do not be troubled, but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence. 1 PETER 3.14,15

Casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. 1 PETER 5.7

We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. Because of this, virtue love has been brought to completion with us, that we may have confidence in the day of evaluation; because just as He is, so also are we in this world. There is no fear in virtue love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. We love, because He first loved us. 1 JOHN 4.16−19

And He shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there shall no longer be any death; there shall no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away. REVELATION 21.4

[cagzmom]

I am jumping in and asking for prayer.

my story is nothing not known. i see the Time and faith...and also know that the only way that my marriage will be healed is a true miracle.

h is entangled by the devil for real. he is surrounded by the world and by their pat answers that everyone can be better because of divorce bla bla bla.

i believe that GOD can do GREAT things...and I also know that He will not force someone to do something htat their will wont allow.

i dont have much faith right now but wuold sure love to have peace...peace that passes understanding and the faith to believe that GOD can do a miracle..

it is hard for me to have faith that my marriage could ever be saved as i know that it takes the change of a heart of a man who doesn't want to repent...
what

[4kids]

I am jumping in and asking for prayer.

Done.

Cmom,

Peace will come through the Word. Get into your Bible DAILY. The Lord will speak through his word. It will comfort you and give you the peace you search for. Try a Psalm a day. Proverbs has 31 chapters - perfect for one every day of the month.

Another great resource is http://www.backtothebible.com . They have a bible study every day that you can watch the video of or sign up and have it delivered to your Email. I spend a portion of my lunch hour at work each day reading these studies. A great blessing.

If you haven't been to http://www.rejoiceministries.org/ don't read another letter of this post until you do. Go there and sign up for Charlyne Cares daily Email. This woman will light a fire in you!

As far as your marriage being saved - Read the amazing stories in the bible - Abraham, Joseph, Moses, Job, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, Saul who was killing Christians before he was chosen by God to preach the Gospel. Read these and the many more. If God can do these things, what will keep him from changing the heart of your H?

Understand that this will be a process though. That's the hardest part for the newest members here. God can choose to change things in an instant, but frequently he prolongs things so that they may show forth HIS glory, not our DBing ;).

Read the story of the raising of Lazarus. Jesus prolonged raising him for many days so that he had a whole crowd of people around and was sure Lazarus was dead and rotting in the grave. Nobody there could argue it was a fluke! Had Jesus healed him from afar(which he certainly could have done) hardly anyone would have noticed. They could of assumed he got over it on his own. Through God's perfect timing, many witnessed the glory of God.

So take heart dear sister, God has great plans for you and your family through this trial.

Psalm 37:
7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him;
do not fret when men succeed in their ways,
when they carry out their wicked schemes.

8 Refrain from anger and turn from wrath;
do not fret-it leads only to evil.

Read Psalm 27 - Great encouragement there too!

Jeremiah 29:
12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

A great resource for looking up scripture or just reading is http://www.biblegateway.com/

Phillipians 4:
6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things.

Finally, find someone else hurting on this site and give them encouragement. Many times it is when we are giving to others that we are most blessed ourselves!

Yours in Christ,

N.

FH, I'm not even going to apologize for the hijack - I know you welcome it!

[Sara]

Here is a Jewish prayer of healing. The link gives you the words, and at the bottom is a link to hear the prayer sung. Say the name of the person you want to bless before you listen to it.

http://www.ritualwell.org/lifecycles/sitefolder.2006-03-23.3610986751/SongMiShebeirach.xml

[wbfnm]

I feel like Cagzmom. I read the rejoice ministries but I feel so beat the last couple of days. I have been standing since June '06.
AmyC thank you for your post I know it is true. At times I'm just so overwhelmed because I'm holding on by myself, surrounded by prodigals, and at times I so want to 'go home' and be loved and talked to.

I read last week that the past weekend was prayer weekend for prodigals to return home. I signed up for the prayer circle at the rejoice ministry and prayed with more conviction and also the hedge of thorn prayer. Last Sunday my DH was over and picked up his phone (which is very rare when he is at home) and talked to this person about how he was dumped by the OW (she actually tried to convince my DH to make up woth OW). I do sense they 'made up again' because my DH old behaviours surviced again but keep praying for strength and return for my DH.

FH. May I ask you about the group of ten men? Did you form this group for your wife to return? I read on a website about a prodigal return prayergroup which you can form yourself. They have had amazing reconcilitations. They started with a group and everyone wrote the name of their Prodigal on a piece of paper. Then they decided to come pray on a regular basis. The names of the prodigals were written with black ink. When a prodigal showed signs of being touched by the light their name was written in blue. After being touched more by the light they wrote the name in red and when the prodigal returned their name was written in (I'm not sure anymore but I believe)white. The power of prayer touched many prodigals.

Well I am very happy for you! THank you very much for sharing your succes. I admit that reading many posts filled with misery and heartache and anger make me feel like there is no use. Thanks everyone for your posts even though we hijacked yours FH!! Your thread encourages me to take another step.

[FaithfulH]

babybliss,

I am so glad you found encouragement here.....I don't regard any of this discussion as a "highjack". I am happy to see this thread take this turn...

Regarding our 10 men standing (and it is actually growing almost daily)....I believe God brought us together....using the Rejoice Ministries founders Bob and Charlyne Steinkamp. But here's the whole short story....back on March 13th 4Kids posted this to me:

4Kids "admonition"

He basically told me to lean on God, ramp up my prayer and quit relying on my fellow man for support. Following this post, another stander (now dear friend) I_Wanna_Make_It_Work dropped in and one of us suggested that we have a 3-way cellphone prayer time. This was an amazing time....we prayed for each other for several hours one Sunday afternoon. Even though there were already lots of positive signs in my sitch...I saw God moving mightily...really in all of our lives. Shortly thereafter, IWMIW and I went to Pompano Beach for the Monday night prayer meeting with the Steinkamp's (actually my 2nd trip there). That too was amazing....but, right after that Bob Steinkamp connected us with a stander in the NJ area (not a DB'er) who wanted to pray with somebody. This small group grew rapidly to 10 men (roughly half DBers...half not) from CT, NY, NJ and PA who have met once a month since April for a dinner and prayer time. We meet at a "central" restaraunt in Long Island or Paramus NJ. In between, we share our prayer requests and praise reports mostly via e-mail...and occasionally via phone. Several of us also meet for dinner in smaller groups of 2 or 3 when the circumstances permit...and it has been an amazing source of strength for all of us. The accountability to each other has been key to keeping our path "straight" when our faith waivers (inevitably). Hope that helps!

BTW, ironically, I have never met my dear friend 4Kids face-to-face (he lives out West)...but, he is really the "founder" of this "Metro NY Stander's" group!...although I also know that he (and I) will be quick to give God the glory!