Heavenly Father, I add my faith to these prayers and ask that You will continue to mend the broken hearted.....Father, where marriages need to be restored, do so in Jesus Name. Remove all those things in us that are unlike You....Help us Father to continue to pray for one another feverently as the enemy is working overtime...as usual...Encamp angels about these prayer warriors and friends, and let no weapon formed prosper....

Bless all those not as fortunate as us Father. Hold us up in times of tribulation and reveal to us Your plan for our lives....Thank you Father for the many blessings bestowed on us, those seen and unseen, known and unknown. In Jesus Holy and precious name, Amen.

I have to agree with TET and Dana...it seems we have all begun to lose hope at the same time...and right after we all "met" and started praying for each other. I have no doubt in my mind now that you two have spoken about it too...that this is the work of the enemy. It seems just a short while ago we were seeing such positive changes and so full of hope...and now well...not so much. It's become so hard to stand as strong as we once did. But, as the others have said...we must not lose hope. We must not give up...because that's exactly what the enemy wants. He has set out to destroy us...and will win if we let him. We must not let him win. We must continue to support each other, lift each other up in prayer, and try to be strong against all of these forces against us. It's not easy by any means. But, we are all here to support each other, and lift each other up.

Father, You know the concerns of our hearts right now. You know the battles we are facing. You know the hopelessness we are feeling. Please forgive us for our lack of trust...for our anger...for our hopelessness. Please draw us back to You and strengthen us, and give us courage to continue. Please remind us that the battle is already won, and You have already claimed the victory. The enemy will NOT win...for You have already won. May Your good and perfect will be done in each of our lives, and may You give us the wisdom and the strength to accept it.

In Jesus Name.
Amen.

Thanks Dave for the update on you. Well, I guess all of us are either busy with work or just depressed with what is going on with our marriage. I guess we all have our moments. Funny thing though, we are all loosing hope. I guess, Satan is really working on us. Maybe our prayers for each other bother's satan so much that he really is working on us to really loose the faith and be discouraged. But we are all standers here no matter what satan does. Yes, it's hard to really be strong and to hold on. But we musn't give up.We really need to fight a good fight. As for my case, the divorce is still going through. Though I don't still have a court date yet (thank God for this!!) But just like the others, my husband Jim doesn't want to do anything with me anymore. He really is firm that this marriage will not be saved (well, that's waht he told our family counselor whom we are seeing; not to save the marriage, but to help our young kids ages 8 and 6 with this ordeal) I still thank God that we still live in the same house with our children and my mother-in-law (it's me against two!!) but it's really hard going to a home without the love and peace with each other. Even if he is as cold as ice, i still do my responsibilty and duties as his wife and mother to our children. He said that he's not having an affair (who knows!!!) that he just fall out of love. I pray for him everyday that he will repent. I always pray for you guys too everyday. There was one time that I dreamn't of all of us meeting with each other (ofcourse, I didn't get to see your faces, but heard your names) and it was a wonderful meeting. Who knows, maybe in God's time---this would truly happen!!! I still get depressed sometimes and just like I always say, when I feel that way, I check this site and look for you guys and for other people who are standing in their marriage. Reading your replies, prayers, testimonies, helps me recover from the state of sadness. It enlightens me and brighten my day.

Dave, sorry to say that I'm not from Texas. I'm from Northern California, by the way. A co-worker and a christian friend of mine recommended me to register to Joel Osteen's website. And I'm glad that I did. Because everytime I have questions for the Lord, Joel Osteen's Today's word gives me the answer and this really helps me go on with my day.

Dana,
Thank you for the prayers for the loved ones you posted. I printed it out and have been including it to my daily prayers.

So to all our friends and other new comers, let us join together in prayer that all of us standers, will remain standers in victory for the healing and restoration of our marriage. Sorry for the long post. Just keeping intouch with you guys.

I continue to pray for you all and feel in my heart what all of you that are in broken marriages are going through.
Sheree, the book you suggested by Dr. James Dobson, was a real eye opener for me also years ago. The spouse that desires to leave is usually being "mean spirited", as they are feeling guilty on usually having an affair. You can not put up with a spouse that is not being faithful. When this happened to me, I took the chance to "release" my husband. Oh this was hard, but all the pleading, crying, and yes even praying was not working. I needed peace in our home and peace in my heart. I couldn't have a conversation with my husband, so I wrote him a letter. I released him from the marriage and really released him then to God. I know this does not work for everyone (as Dr. Dobson says, however it did work for me). Within 5 days he admitted he was having a affair (which I knew), and said he would seek counseling and wanted to restore our marriage. It was easy for me to forgive ... however not so easy to forget this betrayal. However with God's help I did. By the way this was on our 25th wedding anniversary so there was no celebration! However months later we did renew our vows. The scripture also says "if an "unsaved" spouse wants to leave, we can not force them to stay", ...releasing brings peace to all. God will guide and provide.
Father God, I pray for those who are going through the difficulty of a spouse wanting to leave the marriage. I pray for hearts to be mended. In Jesus name ... amen

JM my heart goes out to you! I wish we were all in the same group where we could forma support group and just Praise and worship God and be a physical support to each other! JM I want you to keep praying even when you dont feel like it. This is a spiritual battle that you will win! if you can play gospel music and just have that message in your soul at all times! I know exactly how you feel! last night when I got home there was no child no husband and I was alone and I just broke down and I cried out to GOD and he gave me rest! I sang and prayed and cried and then slept. dont give up JM. I want to be a support to you so.....email me and if you want to we can exchange #s shereefergie@hotmail.com

Joy cometh in the morning...... just hold on and be strong