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God gave me this word for all of us today, concerning our marriages
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Posted by: Kristie
This morning I felt led to seek the Lord for a scriptural word after praying for my own marriage, those posted here, and those in my home church. This what the Lord said to me, the word He gave me for this day to guide all of us under marriage attack:
Mark 11:22-25
Have faith in God, Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, Go throw yourself into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore, I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins."
Ephesians 5:22-33
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands, in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church - for we are members of his body. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. This is a profound mystery - but I am talking about Christ and the church. However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Ephesians 6:10-18
Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devils schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore, put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done every thing, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all of this, take the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.
Matthew 10:26-32
So do not be afraid of them. There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. What I tell you in the dark, and speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs. Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered, So don,t be afraid; you are worth more then many sparrows. Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.
Posted by: Kristie
In case anyone needs any interpretation on this. God is saying to have faith, keep your eyes on Him and rest assured that your faith will bring your restoration, if you have sought Him with your situation, asked Him to restore your marriage, and believe He is able to do so and will do so, it shall be done. He is saying that you must forgive though, if you hold anything against anyone in this situation, such as the OW or OM, you must forgive them in order for Him to help you. (If you find this impossible to do, then tell Him so and ask Him to help you accomplish this, and He will do it!).
He is again confirming His word on marriage, clarifying that He is for marriage and totally against divorce, and that married couples need submit to one another, honor and respect one another, and stand strong. This is confirming that His will and desire for you is restoration of your marriage, and if He is for you, who can be against you?
He is saying that you need to understand that you are not in a battle with your spouse, but with the principalities and powers, satan and his dark angels, who have taken your spouse captive. So remember that fighting with your spouse, pleading with him or her or trying to deal with this on a physcial level with them is fruitless. That you are in a spiritual battle to rescue your spouse from captivity and your marriage, so therefore you have to use spiritual warfare to win. That you need to gird up in the word, seek His protection, and let Him march before you. Stay rooted in Christ in this battle, and you cannot lose. Believe in Him and not what you see or hear, for the enemy works in the physical as well and is the master of deception, a magician working great magic shows to mess with your mind...do not fall for his tricks, just heed the word of the Lord on the matter, which is above (He will rescue you and your marriage), and stand firm in the face of the enemy, confident of what you cannot see, but has been promised. Stay alert to the tricks of the enemy, do not let him catch you off God (I just caught this slip, it should be off guard, but leaving this because it seems more then just a slip or typo, it is truth) enabling him break your faith. Armor up so you are ready.
He is saying that you need not worry about what is going on with your spouse to the point of being helpless to Him in the battle for your marriage. He needs you strong and full of faith and trust in Him. Not fretting and whining, going this way and that way, tossed about, worrying about what ifs...is he cheating on me, is he doing this, or that. All those things the enemy attacks you mind with. God is saying that there is nothing that will not be disclosed to you, and that you need to instead concentrate on what He tells you, promises you, and you need to continually shout that from the roof tops, or in other words declare what will be..speak postive into your situation, speak blessings into it, not the lies and curses of the enemy. Proclaim His word on your situation because the enemy is helpless against His word and must flee, because it is truth. Instead of whining and fretting, start praising and worshipping Him and telling all what a wonderful thing He is doing for you, restoring your marriage. Praise Him, declare His power to save you!
He is saying that you have no need to be fearful of anyone earthly, the ones who can only kill the body, so those humans who come up against you in this, the OW or OM, people who say to give up, and anyone who is not standing on the word of God in this matter. Instead they need to be afraid of Him, and you need to be forgiving of them and pray for them to know the truth. You need to keep your eyes on Him because He is the way to victory, not any human. He is saying that nothing happens to those who trust in Him if it is not His will for it to be so. Your marriage will not be destroyed if it is not His will to be so, and He makes His will clear on marriage, it is for life and there really is no excuse for divorce (other then both spouses just becoming so hard hearted that He cannot get through to either one of you, then there is no one to work with for restoration). He is telling you that you are under His wing of protection and He will prevail against the enemy, that He even knows the number of hairs on your head, that is how much He covers you from the evil one if you seek Him. How much value you are to Him, you, your spouse, your family, your marriage, He will defend you and protect you and keep you from destruction, lean on Him and let Him take up the battle for you.
He is saying that if you seek Jesus, put all your faith in Him, declare your faith in Him, and speak before men that He is your hope, your protection, your rescuer, your redeemer and that you put all your faith in Him to take care of you and your situation, then He will indeed rescue you. Jesus will take your requests and needs straight to the Father in the throne room and intercede for you, and when Jesus intercedes to the Father for you, it is a done deal. When would our Lord God refuse His precious Son anything?
God gave me this. He speaks to me in rhema word, talks to me directly, but often I go to Him and ask Him to show me His written word of what He is imparting to me via that rhema word because everything of God is contained somewhere in the written word, God is a constant and never changes. So it is like a confirmment of what He is saying to me, but not left up to manipulation by anyone, if anyone questions what God is saying..they can refer strictly to the written word from Him and not just my word and interpretation of what God is telling us. And He has been saying a great deal to me this week, word that He has wanted me to impart to those of you here concerning your situations. How does He do this with me. As I pray asking for His word, with eyes closed, I let the Holy Spirit open the Bible and then open my eyes to let Him direct them to the passage being imparted. If there is more, He leads me to let the Spirit open the Bible again and direct my eyes to the passage, and so on until He clearly is done..no more direction to go further. Always, thus far, what He gives me is in direct line with what He has been giving me via rhema word and that is also confirmment of direction. God has been giving me word for some of you all week, and those of you who have been recieving His word, I am sure, can see His rhema word already recieved respoken here in His text word He has just given me. It is confirmment of what He is directing you to do to win this war on your marriage.
God bless and keep, and Praise God for being there with us, guiding and directing us, holding us up, lifting us up and coming to our rescue when in need. He gave us a Savior eternal, and He continually reaches down to save us from our circumstances in the world of the enemy. He loves us, and we owe Him our best, our all! Thank you Father God, Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit. Amen
Posted by: Copper
bumping,
i like this thread
Posted by: joy4
Kristi,
If your husband says one of your children couldnt come home (even for a short while ) and you are the only one who can offer him shelter and food,
What do you do ? The Lord blessed us with children, and gave us such great love for them. My 18yr old will be homeless when he flies in Sunday. He has no friends or family to help.
Now....what do you do ? Is it your son or your husband ?
IM TORN !
Posted by: Copper
i know this may sound hard,
but husband.
God says your husband is next after God,
i would take it to the Lord in prayer,
just tell your husband you will honor him in his decision,
and then leave it to God.
i think God will and would work it out.
trust me.
kimberly
Posted by: Kristie
Joy,
More info needed. Is your husband the real father or stepfather of the child? What is the situation of the child, is there something wrong, a problem or such with the child, that would be disruptive to the home? Why is your husband saying he cannot stay with you, his reasons? Also, how is the status of the relationship between you and your husband? There is just so many elements that could affect the consideration of such a thing. Example, if you and husband are in the midst of restoring your marriage or trying to keep it together, your son has problems such as drug addiction and a know history of disrupting the home, and this is why your husband says no,..a scenerio like that..your husband is probably right...it may be the factor that the devil is using to completely destroy your home and marriage. But another example would be, husband is the stepfather who is totally out of walk with God and possibly under demon influence even, and son has no problems, maybe he just got out of the service and needs a place to stay until he gets set up, and your husband is just being evil and doing it to be hurtful to both you and your son. Then it is wrong. You see, it would be hard to say with so little details of the situation. Kimberly is right about that you definitely regardless of what need to seek God in prayer over it, but if it is the second type scenerio where your husband is messed up and the devil is in your home at this time, then you really have to base your decision on what is right, what would be the Godly thing to do for your son, based on his status. If he is a good kid and just needs temp help to get set up because he is coming out of college or the service, etc..then I think God would frown on rejecting him because your demon influenced husband was forcing his evil personna into the matter. It may be that God is sending your son to help you in that situation and the devil is fighting hard to stop that. See what I mean? Much more to it that I would have to know before advicing my thoughts on it. Husbands are supposed to be heads of our households, the leaders of our families, but if the husband is walking with the enemy, then he cannot be a Godly leader, and during those times it is imperative that you step up to the plate and be the Godly leader in the home, you must, it is that or let the devil run your household. If it is the case of your son has serious problems and could be disruptive to what is now a Godly household, then I understand your feelings as a mom, we love our babies regardless of their conditions, and sometimes their wayward conditions make us love them all that much more...but you cannot let the devil come into your home via your kids even..you would be courting with disaster if you did, but you can do what you can to help him find placement elsewhere, even if it means helping him pay the rent the first month or something.
God bless...