Prayer Circle

[Jefe]

Thank you, Fundad. This is the true spirit of what we're supposed to be doing.

[Nitty]

Thank you, Fundad, I felt like I was praying with you.

[Wet]

Here is a prayer I like to pray for the "not yet saved" from Acts 28:25-27:

Dear God,
Open their eyes so they can see you;
Open their ears so they can hear you;
Soften their hearts in understanding, so that they can turn that they be healed.

and if you like add (from 1 Thess. 5:7-8), awaken them from their slumber, so that they are no longer people of the night. Amen.

[wmwb123]

Dear God,

I pray that you will touch the hearts of Wet's, Jefe's, FunDad's, igit's, CaliGuy's, Shodan's and my wives, because we know that you can melt the heart of stone. Please heal their minds and bring them to their senses so that they are no longer ensnared by the evil one who is lying to them and telling them that their happiness will be found in adulterous relationships. We know that you hate divorce and that it was you that brought us together, so we should not tear these relationships asunder. We ask that you cause the adulterous relationships to implode and help our wives realize as Hosea's wife did that they were better off with their husbands.

I also pray that you will be with Nitty and her husband as they begin piecing their relationship back together. Please help her husband's desire to be only for her.

In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.

[Wet]

Thanks CC, I agree ^^^ (or Amen if you like). Peace and more of God's Grace, and favor to all of us.

[Jefe]

Awesome, CC

[Wet]

I hope you will allow me to ask another question about prayer for our WAS. Do you think we should ask God to forgive our spouse's sins?

Now this is different than giving our spouse's forgiveness. This is using our authority as a spouse to ask God's grace and forgiveness for our spouse's actions, as they may not be in a spiritual position to do so themselves. Here's a few things from the Bible to support the idea that perhaps we should:

Job Offers Sacrifices to Forgive His Children's Sins:
Job Chapter 1, Job is a man of integrity (Job 1:1). The children are apparently adults as at least one of them owned their own house. (Job 1:13). Job prays and offers a sacrifice for the forgiveness of his children’s sins (but not his wife?), (Job 1:5). He would get up early in the morning and offer a burnt offering for each of them. For Job said to himself, “Perhaps my children have sinned and have cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.

For Our Friends:
Also the Bible story of friends bringing a lame man and lowering him through the thatched roof to see Jesus. And Jesus remarked in Mark 2:5 that it was his friend’s faith that forgave this man’s sins.

Mark 2:1-5 And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. 2 And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them. 3 And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. 4 And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. 5 And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” (ESV.) (parallel in Luke 5:17-29).

One more verse - 1 Peter 4:8 Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.

Let me know your thoughts. Thanks.

[Jefe]

...and as the spiritual leader of our house that God expects us to be, I think it is sound advice to ask God to do that. Jesus even prayed for the forgiveness of other's sins as he hung on the cross. "Forgive them Father for they know not what they do."

[wmwb123]

I think we should and should ask for God to have mercy on them. Another thing I noticed is that when the centurion asked Jesus to heal his servant, Jesus never went to the centurion's house. So the servant didn't ask Jesus for healing. Jesus healed the servant on the centurion's behalf. So I believe we can pray for our spouses' minds to be healed from their affair fog.

[Jefe]

Lord, I pray that You would set (wife’s name) free from anything that holds her other than You. Deliver her from any memory of the past that has the power to control her or keep her trapped in its grip. Help her to forgive any person who has hurt her so that unforgiveness will not be able to hold her captive. Set her free from everything that keeps her from being all You created her to be. Keep her protected from the plans of the enemy so that he cannot thwart the deliverance and healing You want to bring about in her life.
“Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” –Isaiah 43:18-19