THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN SUBMIT A PRAYER
REQUEST FOR YOUR MARRIAGE.
To do so, just:
POST YOUR PRAYER FOR YOUR MARRIAGE
IN THE “COMMENT” SPACE PROVIDED BELOW.
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Also:
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Keep in Mind:
“The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.” (Psalm 145:18)
“Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” (Hebrews 4:16)
“Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!” (1 Chronicles 16:11)
“Do not be anxious 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 understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:6)
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• Please join us in praying for other posted marriage requests. We all need prayer at different times in our marriages.
“…Pray for each other so that you may be healed.
The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.” (James 5:16)
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Please pray that God will strengthen me and be near to me. My husband’s in-laws lived with us for three months just weeks after we got married and I struggled with a lot of resentment toward them because it was just forced upon me. The only other option was that we would pay for them to rent an apartment, so either way I was forced to give out of obligation.
Today I just learned that they will be back in a few weeks to live with us for six months. We have a one-bedroom apartment with a tiny kitchen, so I just feel so resentful all over again that I have to give up my privacy in my first year of marriage to let me in-laws live with us, or the alternative is to spend thousands of dollars paying for an apartment for them. I resent them for not having their own savings to provide for themselves and being dependent on their kids even though they’re both able-bodied and functional, healthy adults. I resent that I don’t get to have the first year or so alone with my husband to build our intimacy as we await kids, knowing that once we have kids we’ll never have this privacy back and it’s a unique time that I feel is being stolen from me because of his parents.
My husband has no empathy for me and just gets angry if I express any feelings about this situation, and he believes I should feel indebted to them and that I have no right to have any negative feelings, sadness, anything. He has never spent more than a few minutes with my parents, makes no effort to know them, and yet can’t at the bare minimum simply empathize with me and relate to me by expressing that he can imagine if he were in my shoes he’d find it difficult, too. I feel twice as resentful because he has no empathy and speaks as if he can’t possibly imagine why I wouldn’t feel deep obligation toward his parents. I have tried to explain that while I recognize it is proper to be respectful and honor both sets of parents, these people have not made any sacrifices for me, have not sown into my life, do not have any shared history with me, so it should be at least relatable that I would not feel any obligation toward them the way I feel toward my own parents. He has no ability to put himself in my shoes, and any time I ask if he feels obligated to my parents in an effort to stimulate some mutual understanding, he will evade the question and get angry.
I told him that I am in a position of having to sacrifice my privacy and open up my home to people that are still new to me, and I need his support as I wrestle with my own heart to become more selfless and generous, however he simply invalidates everything I say. I need support so that I can cultivate a joyfully generous heart toward people who, again, I feel are more indebted to me than I am to them, but I only get condemnation.
40 yrs. He left 8 yrs ago. We’re not divorced. He just doesn’t want to be married or answer to anyone. He likes his freedom, likes living alone. Says there’s no one else…not sure. We have three adult children, and our first grandchild just born. I pray that God softens his heart, he loves me again & comes home. I pray for beautiful restoration of our marriage and family. Terry and Doreen…thank you.
My wife and I divorced a little over 3 months ago. I’m actively pursuing marriage restoration. We have 2 daughters, 7 and 4. We are both Christians and I do think she believes in restoration, but her heart is so hardened. She needs someone to break through her walls. I pray God does the impossible!!