Need Prayer for Marriage

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Dear Mo,

Marriage is hard enough even when both are Christians. When one isn't, then it is almost impossible unless the believer is willing to do all they can on behalf of both partners. You see, you are in light and your husband is in darkness. It's two opposite worlds colliding. You cannot take a Bible and beat your husband over the head with it, but you can fall on your face before the Throne of God and ask for His wisdom, discernment and knowledge. You can not let the worst in your husband bring out the worst in you. Satan is alive and well and will do anything to ruin your marriage. You have got to decide this day who or what matters most to you. You are going to have to determine beforehand your strategy to fight this battle and commit to it. This will be hard because you are a female and we run with out emotions. This time you are going to have to run on your faith. You are going to have to ask God to be your husband for now until your husband is willing to change. Don't expect something from your husband that he is unable to give you while living in this darkness. The only hope you have is to win him to Christ by your love.

Right now you are in a tug of war and satan is winning. Give this to God, get in the psalms and pray for guidance everyday. Know your weapons in Ephesians 6 and use them every minute. Take each day one moment at a time and YOU bring the glory to God. Remember God is on your team but you have to die to self and be obedient. Love your husband as much as you can on your own strength. Ask God to help love your husband even though you are not feeling love. Try to remember his good points and why you fell in love with him to begin with. Dwell on his good points and pray for God to reveal his bad points to him so he can see for himself what he is doing.
I will be praying for you!

Your marriage is worth the fight but it will be a tough battle - you just have to determine to love your husband more than the world does so he will want to be with you instead of the world. If all your hard work doesn't work at least you have given it your best shot! From then on God knows the true story and knows you did your best.

In Him,

Sandy