WOW! That’s just about all we can say in response to what the Lord did this past Saturday when four more prodigal spouses said they were coming home!!! God is really moving in our midst as we see Him work in the hearts and lives of men and women standing for the restoration of their marriages and families, and in the hearts of their wayward spouses! So keep your eyes and thoughts strongly focused on the power and promise of God and His wonderful, never changing, indisputable and unfailing Word…AND DO IT! That is the single most important key to seeing the full and complete restoration of your marriage and family, because the only things we do that have the power to effect the changes we want and need are those we do in accordance with the Word of God! So I hope and pray that every man and woman standing for marriage restoration will seriously consider, study, understand and PRACTICE what Jesus told us in Matthew 7:24-29 about how to make sure our homes withstand the weapons Satan brings to steal, kill and destroy our marriages as follows:

The Wise and Foolish Builders
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.
But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law.

So the most important decision and choice anyone standing for marriage restoration has to make is what to DO with the Word of God, and when we make the right decision and decide to put it into PRACTICE, we WILL see our marriages and families restored. The private pages of the FAM Fellowship websites are filled with proof of that as we see the God glorifying results in the lives of men and women who are committed to doing things God’s way. And when we decide to “DO” God’s Word, which means we have to read and understand it to know HOW to do it, we will indeed be VERY blessed and encouraged!

Dear Lord, we come to You with our hearts filled with praise and thanksgiving for Your glorious name! You are indeed so great and mighty and so worthy to be praised! We thank You for the awesome work of restoration we see You doing in so many marriages and families and take the time now to ask for a hedge of protection around every man and woman making decisions to come home, because we know the devil will do his wicked best to keep that from happening, and we know there are still complicated situations to be worked through. BUT we know You didn’t bring them this far to let them down now and that You will be faithful to complete the good work You have so obviously begun! And we pray for peace and patience in the hearts of those now eagerly awaiting the return of their beloved spouses, Lord. Guide and direct them and fill them with wisdom, grace and merciful attitudes as they await the fulfillment and physical manifestation of Your promises in their lives and marriages. We know the devil will attack them as well, Lord, so we pray for Your hedge of protection around them too. And we thank You, Lord, that Your Word promises that You will make a way where there seems to be no way and we ask that You will give them the wisdom now needed to resolve the issues that remain unresolved. Fill their hearts with unconditional and unfailing love for each other and bless them all with genuine and sincere admiration and respect for each other. Erase the pain of past wrongs and disappointment, Lord, and show them how to leave the past behind as they look forward to the wonderful futures and marriages You have planned for them. Be Thou glorified in each of these families, Lord, and use the power of their amazing testimonies to defeat the devil as he comes against other marriages and families in the future.

And, Lord, for those still awaiting the return of their husbands and wives; the softening of their hearts and to see them turn from everything that drew them away, we ask for the power of Your Holy Spirit to move in their hearts to give them the peace that comes only from truly having faith and confidence in You and the power and promise of Your Word, and Your absolute, never ending faithfulness to bring it all to pass as Your Word promises. Give them a hunger and passion to study and understand Your Word, Lord, so they will come to know and fully understand Your nature and character and be irrevocably changed and transformed by Your faithfulness, love and goodness through the power of Your Word and the Holy Spirit. And we ask for a move of the Holy Spirit in the hearts and lives of their beloved spouses, Lord, that will lead them back home where they belong. Bring them to their senses, just as the prodigal son was brought to his senses and realized that he was much better off at home. And lead them to conviction through the power of the Holy Spirit, Lord, and then bring them to a place of true repentance, which we know will bring the change You want. We know You hate divorce and adultery and that You were a witness to the covenant made by our marriage vows and that You will uphold that covenant when we are faithful to it ourselves. So we rely on YOUR power to bring our spouses home, Lord, as we focus on our walk and relationship with You. We thank You for the assurance we have in Your Word that when we delight in You, You will give us the desires of our hearts, and ask You to teach us to truly delight in You. Show us how to trust You and to commit to Your ways so that you can make our righteousness shine like the dawn, and the justice of our cause like the noon day sun!

We thank You and give You all praise, honor and glory, Lord Jesus, as we ask these things for Your glory and in Your name and authority. Amen!

Posted Monday, January 7th, 2008 at 11:39 am in Seeds Of Faith.