For This Reason Marriage Ministries - Genesis 2:24

We are so glad you have joined us for an insightful, Holy Spirit inspired latest teaching from Pastor Fred Aguilar on marriage. Here you will find the 'Message of the Week' archive with all the posted message s in full to review at your convenience. 2010 Message Archives Here 2011 Archive Links: -1/05 -1/12 -1/19 -1/26 -2/02 -2/09 -3/09 -3/14 -3/21 -4/11 -4/18 -4/25 -5/02 -5/10 -5/16 -5/23 -6/27 -7/20 -7/27 Standing On Gods Word.....1/05/2011 Are You Still Waiting? "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." Galatians 6:9 "I cannot wait any longer for my marriage to be restored. I hurt too much. My sp ouse has chosen their plight and they want nothing to do with me or our family. Why should I keep waiting for my marriage to be restored when my spouse says tha t they are never coming back home or that they will never love me again? Everyon e keeps telling me to 'get on with my life!'" Our generation is a microwave and Internet society, so we have lost the gift of patience and of thinking that waiting for something is worth it, because we have lost relationship with one another! We can buy anything on credit and not even start paying for it until a couple years later! There are not many things that w e have to wait or dream for in our lives, so why invest in relationship? Young people now often plan the due date of their newborn baby to be born, to th e convenience of the family or the doctor, so you may not even wait nine months as did their grandmother or great- grandmother! We just do not want to wait for the Lord's perfect timing in so many important events in our lives. We just want

it our way and on our time... I pray that this New Year the Holy Spirit has spoken or will speak to your heart , showing you His will for your marriage. Are you learning and understanding abo ut the covenant of marriage and about you and your spouse being one-flesh? That is why your pain is so intense. Your spouse is trying to rip apart something tha t was put together by God. Norma and I can share from ministry experience that " getting on with your life," with a second or third marriage is not all that you think it will be. Please look at the statistics and know that God hates divorce for a reason. And besides divorce was never in His plans, for this was not so fr om the beginning, man's ways are not God's ways. "'But at the beginning of creation God 'made them male and female.' 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." Mark 10:6-9 Are you willing to stand in the gap interceding for your spouse who has been dec eived, blinded, fallen into sin and taken captive by the enemy, Satan? Remember, delay in the timing of your marriage being restored is not a denial in answers to your prayers from the Lord. The Lord wants to work on both of your hearts and it may have to be separately for a period of time. He wants you to become a str ong Christian and a prayer warrior in His mighty army. "To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife." I Corinthians 7:10-11 Norma and I have seen so many miracles in marriages not to mention our very own marriage, that we know because we have seen the mightily hand of God so many tim es when at least one spouse stands and waits to see God's work. Many have chosen to obey God's way and say, "I am married for life, regardless of my marriage st atus, which could include divorce. Make sure you have not only given up on your spouse but on God also...let the Lord reveal to you where your heart is at... Yes, there are many who are not seeking or listening to God's will or way in the ir life or in their marriage. Instead many seek people who will agree with them and tell them that they do not need to live this kind of life. Yes, there are ma ny who will say the same thing to you, "Your marriage is hopeless. It is dead. _ ____ doesn't love you. They are happy in their sin. They were probably never a C hristian. Get on with your life, as God has someone better!" Will you listen to this type of lies or will you chose to wait and trust in the Lord??? Know that just maybe just like Daniel please study Daniel Chapters 9 to 10. Let the Lord reveal to you that your prayers have been heard, but are being delayed by the enemy. You chose to be a person of hope and encouragement and allow God to do the work. Remember there is a spiritual battle going on in the heavenlies over your marriage and over your spouse. What scriptures, promises or truths has the Lord revealed to you during your standing and praying? God does not speak f aith, hope and encouragement to change His mind later, He will do it. My question to you is are you the one standing in the gap...or are you the one i n the sin... Never forget your God's awesome mighty power or His faithful love for His childr en and His mercy to those who love and obey Him.

Daniel was interceding and asking for restoration of Jerusalem, not because of t he righteousness of them, but for the Lord's sake and for His glory. Daniel chos e to earnestly pray, plead, fast and travail before the Lord for the fulfillment of God's Word for the people of Israel. That is what you are doing in waiting, praying, fasting and interceding for your spouse and for the future generations of your family to be used by God and for His glory. "I looked up and there before me was a man dressed in linen, with a belt of the finest gold around his waist. His body was like chrysolite, his face like lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude...A hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees. He said, "Daniel, you who are highly esteemed, consider carefully the words I am about to speak to you, and stand up, for I have now been sent to you." And when he said this to me, I stood up trembling. Then he continued, "Do not be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them. But the prince of the Persian kingdom resisted me twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, because I was detained there with the king of Persia. Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the future, for the vision concerns a time yet to come." Daniel 10:5-6,10-14 Have you been chosen by the Lord to intercede for your spouse and your marriage. You may not know or understand God's calling on your life and your marriage and how many will be touched because of your obedience. That is how God works and H is future plans are far greater than you or I could ever begin to imagine. "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us." Ephesians 3:20 What will you leave your family regarding a legacy? I pray that you will never l ook back and be tempted by the enemy to give up on God, give up on your spouse a nd your marriage because of words, actions, lifestyle or God's time table. Our g eneration may not talk about heritage as much as we should, but you are making a heritage and legacy of becoming a mighty man or woman of God and a prayer warri or for future generations. You are praying and standing in the gap for the Lord to bless your children, future grandchildren and great-grandchildren to become b old men and women of God to be used mightily by the Lord. All because you choose to wait on the Lord for restoration of your marriage, it will all be worth it! If you will humble yourself, cry out and seek the Lord with ALL your heart, the Lord is right there beside you, listening to your heart cries. You will learn an d personally experience that God does speak to His children. Now open your ears to hear what He is saying. A delay in waiting for marriage restoration is NOT Go d's denial. If you want to be blessed today, read the parable Jesus told his dis ciples in Luke 18:1-8 about the persistent widow. "Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up." Luke 18:1 My Brother My Sister, have faith in the Lord. Keep your eyes looking up and on your circumstances that can change daily. God wants the best for you and marriage! The Lord is right there beside you. Will you trust Him with your , with your marriage and with your spouse? Start today interceding for your not your life marr

iage! Become a prayer warrior fighting for the sanctity of marriage. The enemy i s deceiving the world and our churches that marriages are disposable. Will you s tand up for the righteousness and holiness of God? Will you hate sin, but love t he sinner, your spouse and pray for them to repent and turn from their sinful na ture? The Lord can restore and rebuild your marriage in His perfect timing! "Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord." Psalm 27:14 I must remind you...HOW BIG IS YOUR GOD... Now just keep praying and keep working on your marriage never stop investing tim e, effort and pray into your marriage! Come, my lover, let us go to the countryside, and let us spend the night in the villages... There I will give you my love" (Song of Songs 7:11-12). That's a pretty romantic statement, but maybe it's more than just romantic... ma ybe it's also a practical method of KEEPING their love alive. In our married liv es, there are so many things to draw us apart from one another that sometimes we have to MAKE a concerted effort to remember to play together. As we PLAY togeth er and PRAY together, we'll find these actions will help us to STAY together.

Standing On Gods Word.....1/12/2011 Transformation Needs To Start With You Like most of you probably, many find themselves crying out to God that He heal t heir broken hurting marriage. Or at least move it in the right direction, or jus t move up to the next level. What are they what are you really praying for, are you asking the Lord to move you to a place in your life where your marriage will be healed, restored or be used to touch others for Him? However God just does n ot want to move you He wants to see Transformation take place in your heart, bec ause that will change the course of your life and your marriage and will have an effect in others lives. After all, if nothing was transformed everything would just fall to pieces again! You see we all change for a season and there may even be a reason for that seaso n. (Remember the Christmas season and how many acted differently, maybe even you .) However once Transformed there is NO going back to the old way! This transfor mation will never be of our own doing either, rather it comes from the power of the cross and His Holy Spirit. "Then Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became sweet." Exodus 16:25 The Israelites grumbled because the waters t God would apply the cross of Christ (the riages or life in general, that they would the cross, and it was here that God first s - Jehovah-rapha. at Marah were bitter. Let us pray tha wood) to the bitter waters of our mar become sweet again. There is power in revealed Himself as the LORD who heal

"If you listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who heals you. Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve

springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there near the water." Exodus 16: 26-27 This is a powerful promise from our LORD. Notice that it was not until after the bitter waters were made sweet that they enjoyed rest at the oasis of Elim. God's desire is to transform us and our spouses so that our marriage will find i ts Elim oasis. I think we can be guaranteed that when our LORD says "I hate divo rce"(Malachi 2:16) and "...what God has joined together, let man not separate" ( Matthew 19:6) that God's desire is to restore broken and dead marriages. It is n ot a matter of "if" but "when." God will restore your marriage if you trust and believe in Him. Do not trust in yourself to bring needed change to or your spouse. Be ready to be used when you feel you are being used... Another transformation worth studying is that of Nebuchadnezzar, who was transfo rmed from prideful to humble by being stripped of his kingdom for a time. Danie l 4:28-37 "At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was restored." Daniel 4:34 I love that image. When was it that Nebuchadnezzar regained his senses? When his eyes looked up to Heaven! Please pray if your spouse has been confused and capt ivated by the enemy, or maybe it is you who the enemy has confused? Well its tim e that both of you suddenly looks up to Heaven in your hearts and cry out to God . I believe we have special authority to pray for our spouses given that we are no longer two but one flesh. Pray on behalf of your spouses and cry out that God may answer your prayers by s peaking great and mighty things to their hearts. "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know." Jeremiah 33:3 "'Oh house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter does.' Declares the LORD. 'Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.'" Jeremiah 18:6 All marriages can be restored, healed and moved to the next level, if your trust , hope, and belief are in our mighty God, but we all must be restored His way. H e simply does not move us instantly to that place of restoration, but there is t ransformation that must take place. It's about "transformation", not simply "mov ing." I pray that you would allow the Potter to shape you and your spouse as needed to remove the rough edges in your lives. He is mighty to transform and save, and w e can take comfort in knowing that it is not by our efforts that our spouses wil l be touched. Yes, God calls us to obey His will in standing for our marriages, but it is God who moves hearts. Our obedience is part of our own transformation process. "Do not conform any longer to the patterns of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is-his good, pleasing and perfect will." Romans 12:2 So now, have you been transformed? Then how do you expect for your spouse to see anything different in you and want to start on their own transformation?

As I like saying, ask yourself, are you being part of the solution or part of th e problem, DO NOT sit there and say, "He/She never wants to pray with me" or "We never pray", well today is the day to start. I have given you some examples tha t you can use. PLEASE do not put it off!!! NO be part of the solution not part o f the problem, ask Him to help you He will, Jesus is there for He is the Solution! It might surprise you to know that many of the problems married couples face wo uld end if they would reinstate a 'dating attitude' into their relationships. It takes work and planning, but the rewards are well worth it. Don't mess with suc cess. If your spouse thought you would stop doing the things that won them over in the beginning, do you think he or she would have agreed to marry you? As you invest time with the Lord invest time with your spouse, don't look for ways to g et away (men's meetings, women's meetings) look for ways to get away together!

Standing On Gods Word.....1/19/2011 How Great Is Your God?"For you are great and do marvelous deeds; you alone are God." Psalm 86:10 Today as you start your day I pray that you will worship the Lord I pray that yo u will worship and praise the Lord for who He is to you today. Who is He to you today? Yes your heart may be wounded and may even be hurting today, but choose to raise up and worship the Lord who will never leave you nor forsake you. When you sta rt singing praises, your problems will all seem to shrink in size. Think of the greatness of God and all that He can accomplish when you say, "Lord, I want to do Your will, Your Word and Your way for my life and marriage. Teach me Your wa y and give me an undivided heart that I will obey Your Word and precepts, Your w ill is what I want in my life. I will never give up on You nor my beloved husba nd or wife." Can you just repeat those words, yes NOW "Teach me your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. I will praise you, O LORD my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever. For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths of the grave." Psalm 86:11-13 Please remember what can wash away your sins or your husband's or wife's sins? N othing but the Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. He came to earth to die on the c ross at Calvary for all who will accept Him as Savior and Lord of their lives. C an you walk in that victory today? "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8 I pray that those that are nearby would consider going to a Bible study on Thurs days, I believe this will help you grow in the Lord and in the Word. This Bible study again has its focus on the Lord and on building your marriage so God can find a place in your home. It will also help prepare you to help the restoration of other marriages. You can make a difference right now every day, by praying for a revival for our Nation and for a revival within the Church to realize the consequences of divorc e that affects the church, the family and the children for their entire lives.

Let us pray that our Lord will stomp out divorce first, in our churches. Then th e world can come to the church to be the Lighthouse for them to see the differen ce between darkness and light: "'To open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.'" Acts 26:18 (NKJV) May you and I never forget David who committed adultery and murder. The Lord th en in His timing had Nathan confront and rebuke David of all that he had done. The praise is that David cried out in repentance and his prayer is Psalm 51. I pray that you have learned to personalize Psalm 51 with your spouse's name in it and also mention all other spouses and marriages that need help. We must pray God's Word in agreement for spiritual breakthroughs. Don't be pass ive; be aggressive in your prayer closet. May hundreds of sinning spouses cry o ut to the Lord today confessing, repenting and asking for God's mercy and grace as David did. "Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight...Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow...Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me." Psalm 51:1-4,7,9-10 What a day of celebration it will be when you see your husband or wife worshipin g the Lord, in spirit and in truth, knowing how great God truly is in their own life. They will know the transformation that the Lord has done in their heart a s they have received God's grace and mercy for the forgiveness of their own sins . Never stop praying for that to happen, even if your beloved is home, and you feel that all is well, keep praying. And please never forget to pray for yoursel f! "Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and turn back to you...O LORD, open my lips, and my declare your praise...The sacrifices of God are spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you despise." Psalm 51:13,15,17 How Great Thou Art O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder, Consider all the worlds Thy Hands have made; I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, Thy power throughout the univ erse displayed. Then sings my soul, My Savior God, to Thee, How great Thou art, How great Thou a rt. Then sings my soul, My Savior God, to Thee, How great Thou art, How great Thou a rt! And when I think, that God, His Son not sparing; Sent Him to die, I scarce can t ake it in; That on the Cross, my burden gladly bearing, He bled and died to take away my sin. sinners will mouth will a broken will not

When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation, and take me home, what joy sh all fill my heart. Then I shall bow, in humble adoration, And then proclaim: "My God, how great Thou art!" Then sings my soul, My Savior God, to Thee, How great Thou art, How great Thou a rt. Then sings my soul, My Savior God, to Thee, How great Thou art, how great Thou a rt! So how great is your God I know how GREAT my GOD is and I know that nothing is too b ig for HIM, nothing is impossible for HIM! We believe one of the tragedies in marriages today is that many couples talk "a t" each other without listening to what the other person is truly saying. Invest time together, talk about your relationship with the Lord pray for one another, encourage one another and yes love one another. That means allow the Peace of G od to dwell in your home, you be the one who quickly as for forgiveness even if you feel you have done nothing wrong. Remember how Great is your God, know that He is watching and His grace is more than sufficient. Start to live this out in your home TODAY!

Standing On Gods Word.....1/26/2011 What Are You Fully Persuaded Of "Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, "So shall your offspring be. Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead-since he was about a hundred years old-and that Sarah's womb was also dead. Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised." Romans 4:18-21 "Against all hope!" I am sure many of you have heard or been part of a great wor k of God, a miracle as it is called. What is it that you have seen or heard that only God could have done? Are you fully persuaded that against all hope God can still move and do what is needed? "For nothing is impossible with God." Luke 1:37 Do you feel today that your marriage being restored healed or moved up to the ne xt level is "against all hope?" What impossible circumstances are you looking at today that requires you to look to God, allow Him to do what is needed in your life your marriage your health, your finances? Stop Looking At Your Circumstance s - There's Victory In Jesus! Do you understand the secret to marriage restoration? It is God's divine plan an d purpose for you and your husband/wife life and marriage. It is believing in th e power of God, Jesus is interceding for us and the Holy Spirit is your Counselo r with you 24/7. Don't ever give up on God. I pray that I teach this principle e nough that you will never forget it. Be obedient to the Lord and His Word and t hen just believe! "...With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God." Mark 10:27

"...Christ Jesus, who died - more than that, who was raised to life --is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?" Romans 8:34-35 "It is against all hope!" That is what most of your family and friends would say about you, the wife or husband who is waiting for their sinning spouse to chang e or even return home. It looks hopeless in everyone else's eyes regarding your spouse ever changing ever coming home, or changing their addictions or wrong beh avior patterns. But God has spoken to you! God hates divorce. The Lord God can h eal and restore your hopeless marriage. Believe in what God is speaking to your heart and through His Holy Word. There is a difference between family and friends compared to you, the one prayin g for a miracle from the Lord God. As it says in the Bible, "Abraham in hope bel ieved." That is where I have been many, many times in my life and I am still doi ng that for Norma, our children, their spouses and grandchildren, great grandchi ldren, plus all those that we work with and their families. That is where you ne ed to be now, every day, waiting and expecting your sinning spouse to turn their heart toward the Lord and you. You must believe in hope of what the Lord has to ld you to do regarding your spouse and marriage! "'To open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'" Acts 26:18 Think of how the Holy Spirit has spoken to your heart many times about not givin g up on your one-flesh spouse regardless of the present circumstances. How many scriptures have leaped off the page to you as you were studying in the Bible? Ho w many sermons have you heard, how many of my weekly messages that were just for you to increase your faith to believe in God's power? How many songs or signs h as the Lord given you throughout your waiting? Why would you ever consider givin g up on God and disobeying God? What would the consequences be in your spiritual life? Norma and I can sit and tell you of many marriages that would not be together if it wasn't for the Holy Spirit's great work in their life and the life of their spouse. Listen to the Holy Spirit telling you "Your marriage will be restored. D on't give up." My question to you is are you being obedient to the Lord's instru ctions? Never forget the lessons that you and I are to learn from Abraham and Sarah whic h are in the Old Testament and in the New Testament. "Then the LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Will I really have a child, now that I am old?' Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will return to you at the appointed time next year and Sarah will have a son." Genesis 18:13-14 Yet Abraham, without elieved in the power in the power of your give up on the Lord May I suggest you go bout a manmade lake) with God. Cry out to will and His way for weakening in his faith and not wavering through unbelief, b and promises of God. Do you believe? Do you really believe awesome mighty God? Dear brother, dear sister, never, never God! to a mountain, a lake, a river, or an ocean. (Not talking a Think of how these were all created. Nothing is impossible the Lord to speak to your heart and show you His Word, His your marriage again. He is your Father; He understands your

doubt and unbelief right now. Study in Psalm 139 of how God created you and knows everything about you. He is sovereign and nothing is too hard for the Lord to intervene in, repair and rebui ld in His timetable. By the way, He will always start working on you first. Are you willing to change to be more like your Savior and Lord? Then surrender your own will and way of your life to the Lord today. "Abraham was fully persuaded, convinced, and knew that God had power to do what He had promised." Isn't that awesome! Then why are you going through all these c ircumstances? The answers are in the Bible. Were you as close to the Lord prior to your marriage problems as you are now? If not, praise the Lord that He has to uched and has changed your heart. Did the enemy come in and tempt you or your sp ouse as the serpent did Eve and then Adam? Your spouse can and will come to the place that God wants in God's timing. His t iming will be perfect for you and your family. Against all hope, you must not wa ver, but stand firm in total trust and being fully persuaded that God can and wi ll heal, restore and move it up to the next level, yes your marriage. Remember, you are to seek the Lord for His instructions and directions for your own marri age. God does speak to His children. We can get rid of divorce in our churches hates divorce. We have divorce due to our inciples to your life, loving your spouse love your enemies as Jesus taught us. God s. if we will believe in God's Word. God hardness of our hearts. Apply God's pr unconditionally, forgiving others and can move your mountain of circumstance

Praise the Lord for all that He is doing in your life every day instead of compl aining. Trust Him. Believe in Him and do not fall into the devil's lies that you r marriage is hopeless. "...being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. This is why "it was credited to him as righteousness." Romans 4:21-22 What a powerful scripture. Will you meditate on it? Ask the Lord to speak to you r heart regarding this scripture. Ask Him to remove all doubt and unbelief. Stud y Romans Chapters 4 and 5. Ask the Lord to increase your faith and hope to belie ve in the power of what God has promised to do in your marriage, in your life. You may be thinking, "I do not have a promise." Then today ask the Lord what He wants you to do regarding your marriage. How did you find me and Norma? Has the Lord been giving you signs to believe for marriage restoration? Then stop doubti ng and walk in faith. Do not waver; just wait for his perfect timing for your sp ouse to come to that place that the Lord has desired for both of you, and that i s together and in love forever! TOP TEN REASONS TO DATE YOUR SPOUSE FREQUENTLY 1. Marriage relationships are dynamic. They're alive and always changing. They n eed to be fed and stimulated to stay alive. 2. There's always something new about your spouse. Dating is a good way to creat e a safe environment. Your spouse is more likely to let you know "what's new!" 3. Invest in the future. Just like a savings account -- it's easier to add a lit tle to an existing account and watch it grow than to start a new one from scratc h. That's because the interest grows exponentially over time.

4. You got married because you dated! It only stands to reason that a good way t o stay married is to keep dating. 5. Marriage can be compared to a set of tires. During the course of driving, the re's normal wear and tear. In marriage, dating serves to maintain alignment, bal ance and pressure. When done well, your marriage will last a lifetime. 6. Dating is an opportunity to focus. Day in and day out, various distractions, pull your attention away from your spouse. Dating each other helps you to refocu s on the person at the top of your priority list. 7. Remember the good times! A good date will often bring up pre-marriage memorie s. Recalling memories can generate anticipation for your next meeting. 8. Create your future. Dating lays the framework for future family gatherings. G reat dates attract your spouse and family to want to invest time with you. 9. Laughter's the best medicine. Laughing together makes it possible to hurt tog ether when you must. 10. Remind your spouse, "I love you!" There are many ways to say, "I love you!" A date is one of the special ways to do that and to honor your spouse. Please remember to ask yourself, are you being part of the solution or part of the problem, DO NOT sit there and say, "He/She needs to make the first move then I'll" or "Why do I always have to be the one", well today is the day for you to take action, call your spouse right now and tell them that you love them and wa nt to start anew. Yes it may all need to start with you. PLEASE do not put it of f!!! NO be part of the solution not part of the problem, ask Him to help you He will, Jesus is there... for He is the Solution!

Standing On Gods Word.....2/02/2011 Do You Believe God Knows Everything? "The king asked Daniel (also called Belteshazzar), "Are you able to tell me what I saw in my dream and interpret it?" Daniel replied, "No wise man, enchanter, magician or diviner can explain to the king the mystery he has asked about, but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries.." Daniel 2:26-28a Do you know the story of Daniel and King Nebuchadnezzar's? The King ordered his court officials to get some of the best, good- looking, educated men from the I sraelites who were going to be very special and serve in the king's palace. Dan iel and his three friends were chosen among the group. The chief official even gave them new names. But Daniel did not want to sin against God or compromise h is beliefs. Instead he challenged the chief official: "Please test your servants for ten days: Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink. Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who eat the royal food, and treat your servants in accordance with what you see." So he agreed to this and tested them for ten days. At the end of the ten days they looked healthier and better nourished than any of the young men who ate the royal food. So the guard took away their choice food and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables instead. To these four young men God gave knowledge

and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning. And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds. At the end of the time set by the king to bring them in, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar. The king talked with them, and he found none equal to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah; so they entered the king's service. In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king questioned them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom." Daniel 1:12-20 Imagine King Nebuchadnezzar found these four Israelites ten times better than al l his wise men in his whole kingdom! God was faithful to Daniel's obedience in not sinning against God. Do you need wisdom, knowledge and understanding of all the many decisions that you need to make for your life and as you stand and pra y for your marriage? I know I did, and still do every day. I know that we coul d have never accomplished all that we did for the Lord in our early days in mini stry both of us working full-time, raising seven children and paying all our bil ls without God's divine wisdom, knowledge and understanding. May I challenge yo u when you face large circumstances, trials of any kind or financial pressure, g o to the Lord, seek His answers and ask Him to reveal His divine wisdom and know ledge regarding your problems. God does speak to His children. He will give yo u thoughts or show you in a different way what will be the answer for your speci fic problem. What do you do next? Praise Him for His love, mercy and grace in helping you in your time of need. "And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:19 You part is to just remain faithful, keep your eyes on Him! Nebuchadnezzar had a dream and he summoned the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers and astrologers to tell them what he had dreamed, and he wanted to know what it meant. They told the king that there was not a man on earth who could do what t he king asked. The king became so angry that he ordered the execution of all th e wise man of Babylon which included Daniel and his friends. Daniel heard about the problem and went to the king and asked for time, so that he could interpret the dream for him. Then he went to his three friends and explained the matter to them: "He urged them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that he and his friends might not be executed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. During the night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven and said: "Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are his. He changes times and seasons; he sets up kings and deposes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him. I thank and praise you, O God of my fathers: You have given me wisdom and power, you have made known to me what we asked of you, you have made known to us the dream of the king." Daniel 2:18-23 Daniel was in a life or death situation, but He knew His God could do anything. Do you? How big is your God? You see when I was in the world I did not know G od so therefore I did not know how BIG He was! I did not know my Lord to believe in His mighty power. That is often why standers give up, because they believe the enemy and their spouse's circumstances are greater than the God who created the Universe!

Let me share one of the names of God: Jehovah-El Elyon: The God Most High. El E lyon is the name that designates God as the sovereign ruler of the entire univer se. He is the One who rules today over the affairs of all men. Throughout the Bible we have stories about our Lord God speaking to His children showing them t hings that only the Lord could know. That is why Daniel cried out seeking Jehov ah-El Elyon to interpret Nebuchadnezzar's dream. God was faithful to His Name a nd revealed the mysteries of King Nebuchadnezzar dream and visions to Daniel. How did the Lord speak to you regarding marriage restoration? Did you have a crisis in your marriage as you were crying out to God? Did the L ord speak to your heart? Did the Lord send someone to talk to you about marriag e restoration? We have heard from standers for years of the many different powe rful ways that the Lord directed their footsteps for them to know and to believe that their Lord God wanted them to pray and believe God was going to bring thei r husband or wife back to a place where they would once again or for the first t ime truly serve the Lord and learn how to love according to God's Word, Will and Way, yes He is able. He can raise and resurrect a dead marriage; He can heal a hurting marriage and even move it to a place that God can use it for His glory! When the Lord starts showing you His way, when He starts touching your heart, an d giving you signs that you never thought would happen...God is speaking to you. Do not take this lightly. God is speaking and showing you His will for your l ife. He wants to give you wisdom, knowledge and understanding regarding your ma rriage and any problems that might exist. He will give you discernment and wisd om regarding rebuilding your marriage, employment, court proceedings or financia l problems. The Lord God knows all and created all. Never limit the sovereignty of God, Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spiri t. As part of your time with the Lord today, study Daniel Chapters 1 and 2 show ing the powerful impact Daniel had as God used Daniel to reveal the dream and it s interpretation to King Nebuchadnezzar. The Bible shows us again that the Lord God is all-powerful and can do anything. God does speaks to all His children H e created. And yes God does speak to sinning spouses and rebellious children. God gives them warnings to turn from their prideful, sinful lifestyles and is te lling them that there are consequences to their sins and disobedience. Has the Lord God spoken to you? How many times has the Lord told you to do diff erent things to become the Christ-like Christian, the husband or wife or parent that you need to be? I know that when the Lord was dealing with me and my sins, errors and disobedience in not obeying my Lord, He knew how to get my attention ! You must keep praising and thanking the Lord that He is speaking to your spou se and your children and to you. God can touch and change their hardened hearts . Nothing is too hard for God. You and I must learn to trust God for everything in our lives. We need to face all circumstances, storms, tests and trials calmly with faith, k nowing that "My Jehovah-Elyon has everything under control!" He will give you p ower to resist every temptation the devil throws at you. There are no accidents in our lives. Our every step is ordered by the Lord. Never forget a promise t hat the Lord has given you and me: "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28 Will you seek the Lord for His divine wisdom, knowledge and understanding regard

ing any complicated marriage problems? Never doubt that Jehovah-Elyon is in cont rol of your life, regardless of your present marriage problems. This week seek, ask, and wait for Jehovah-Elyon to speak to your heart to show you His plan, Hi s purpose and His will for your life and marriage. Jesus has done it all for us now it is time for us to do for our spouse. "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness." Philippians 2:4-7 Many of you will say, "But what about my wife or husband? What good does it do i f I make an attitude adjustment and she or he doesn't?" My answer: "What do you think Jesus would say to your question?" He would tell you that you're accountab le for YOUR part of the equation. You are to do your part faithfully even if no one else but God notices or responds as they should. Please remember to ask yourself, are you being part of the solution or part of t he problem, who are you being used by, the Lord or the enemy? DO NOT sit there a nd say, "I have given Him/Her many chances and will try no more" or "I feel tota lly free from all pain and pressure now that I have made mine mind up to get a d ivorce", first you know this is a lie and you know where this lie comes from. So today is the day to except what God has said and not what you want, or may thin k is the right thing to do. It may all need to start with you. Give your life yo ur mind and your will to Jesus TODAY! PLEASE do not put it off!!! NO be part of the solution not part of the problem, ask Him to help you He will, Jesus is ther e for He is the Solution!

Standing On Gods Word.....2/09/2011 Do You Have A Spouse That Needs To Fear The Lord, How About You? "Come and listen, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done for me. I cried out to him with my mouth; his praise was on my tongue. If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened; but God has surely listened and heard my voice in prayer. Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love from me!" Psalm 66:16-20 Do you right I pray l way, know that the Lord loves you so much today, yes this very morning? He is there with you in the midst of any or all your marriage problems today. that you daily will seek the Lord to know Him in a newer and more persona give Him your first minutes of your day!

Know that Norma and I understand all the many things that couples go through and most often without needs met with so much pain brought to each other. Maybe tod ay you are feeling rejection, or in a state of abandonment or abuse because of a ll the hurtful things your spouse has said and is still saying and doing to you. The Lord God is right there beside you, holding you up, saying, "Do not be afr aid. I will never leave you or forsake you. Trust in me and I will straighten t hese marriage problems out for you. Wait on My timing!" "The Lord is far from the wicked but he hears the prayer of the righteous." Proverbs 15:29

I know that you may have caused some of your marriage problems and you may have the enemy giving you a lot of guilt, shame and condemnation. I believe that bot h a husband and wife may fail each other and until the marriage is falling apart , as they do not often realize the consequences of their behaviors and actions t o a marriage. If you have confessed your sins, may you remember that your sins are forgiven and have been washed by the Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. And now it is time for you to show that you have changed. "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." I John 1:9 "You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea." Micah 7:19 May you remember, in spite of all your circumstances that you are going through today, to always pray continually and praise the Lord for His love and protectio n. Do not allow the enemy to tempt you to fall into sin, and make things worse because of your spouse's actions or behavior, you just keeps standing and the Lo rd will stand with you. The enemy will try this, so beware of his tricks and schemes. May you always ha ve godly fear of the Lord. I am talking about having a reverential awe of our G od who is omnipotence and omniscience. Yes He sees and hears everything, so trus t Him! What is godly reverential fear? It hates what is evil which is the beginning of wisdom. My prayer is that you will hunger and thirst to study the Bible daily. I hope you have already started personalizing different scriptures with your h usband's or wife's name in them. If your spouse knew the Lord pray that they wi ll start remembering specific scriptures that they knew as a child, or from scho ol, or if they were leaders in some form in the body of Christ, that the Lord wi ll start speaking and bringing scriptures to their remembrance. If your husband or wife has never given their life to the Lord, pray that the Lord will send so meone to pray and minister the love of Jesus to them wherever they may work or b e at today. Remember to show what a life that has surrendered to Jesus looks like, talks lik e and walks like. Start with showing them the Love of Christ. Now read the scripture below several times for you and your husband or wife. To day, know that God's laws and His Word will revive your soul, give joy to your h eart and give light to your eyes. You are going to be transformed into the imag e of your Lord as you draw closer and closer to Him! "The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple. The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes. The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of the LORD are sure and altogether righteous. They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb." Psalm 19:7-10 If you have not been studying the Word every day, make a new commitment to the L ord dying to your own possibly selfish desires or habits and choosing to read an d study the Word of the Lord. You can do it just like your children do their ho mework.

You will be amazed in how the Lord will speak to your heart and the Word will he lp you learn to live a Christ-like life daily. The Lord will begin the process o f changing you, your countenance, your character, and your heart to become the s pouse, the parent and the son/daughter that you need to be to your family. Now personalize these scriptures for both you and your husband or wife. You will re ap eternal rewards for your tenacity and your faithfulness. "By them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward. Who can discern his errors? Forgive my hidden faults. Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then will I be blameless, innocent of great transgression. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer." Psalm 19:11-14 What more could you pray for your spouse than to have their soul revived, have j oy in their heart and giving light to their blinded eyes! That is why I urge yo u to study your Bible daily with a notebook to write notes and prayers to your L ord. May you always remember that your spouse is not sinning against you only, but si nning against the Lord God who created them. The Lord wants a personal relations hip with your spouse and with you. He wants to be at the very center of your ma rriage, invite Him to that position and keep Him there. He is grieving more over your spouse's sinfulness than you are. God sent His only Son to die on the Cro ss for all sinners to turn them from their sinful ways. Regardless of what your spouse says or does, allow the Lord to become your Defen der, your Protector, your Advocate and your Restorer. Impossible situations is where the Lord God gets all the glory and honor to His Holy Name! Are you tryin g to control and manipulate your circumstances to get what you want and not allo w the Holy Spirit to rebuild and restore your marriage the Lord's way? "Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD. Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies. Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their cry; the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth." Psalm 34:11-16 I believe that if every sinning spouse or teenager would fear God who created th e Heavens and the Earth and everything in the world, they would not keep sinning . How many sinning spouses or rebellious teenagers or young adults live as if t here are no consequences to their sins? They live as is there is no God. Throughout the Bible, the Lord says and teaches us that there are consequences t o our sins. As you stand in the gap for your marriage or maybe your sinning spo use and your loved ones, may you never allow pride or self-righteousness to come into your own heart. It is only by God's grace and mercy that you and I are wh ere we are. Let us start praying daily for a mighty harvest of sinning spouses to repent, removing their hearts of stone, obeying the Lord as they turn their h earts and lives back to home to live a life that brings all the Glory to the Lor d, do it today Lord. What a day that will be! Most people start at the wrong place - trying to force their spouse to change. W e have said that the place to begin is by changing your own behavior. Confess yo ur past failures, ask forgiveness, and then change the way you think and act tow

ard your spouse. Your behavior will positively affect your spouse. Don't expect an immediate turn-around. Especially if you have neglected your ma rriage for a long time. Hurt and pain take time to heal. But the place to star t is by saying, "I was wrong and I am sorry. I want to give you the love you de serve in the future." Then think about those things your spouse has complained about in the past. Wri te them down and begin to work them into your schedule. Invest more time playing with the children, paint the bedroom, and iron the shirt - whatever they have c omplained about. It is this kind of positive change that will influence your spo use. Talk is cheap, but actions speak loudly. Don't demand that they reciprocate, but love them unconditionally. Take positive action today. Make a decision to be patient, persevering, and gentle in the face of wrong. The fact of the matter is that change is most often a process and seldom an event. Change happens chaotically. It comes unannounced, in fits and starts. We don' t wake up and say, "Hey, I think I'll create all kinds of change today." Change is pushed upon us by a persevering Redeemer, who will not walk away from the work he has begun in both husband and wife. He will put the need of change b efore us in the most inopportune moments. He will not submit to our schedule or agenda for our day. He has not promised that change will be enjoyable each time or a comfortable process over the long haul. He has promised to stay near us, giving us everything we need, and he has guaranteed that we will be more than we ever thought we could be. (He will not cease working until we are like Jesus. Now, how's that for a goal!) So, he calls us to be patient. He calls us to be willing to wait. He calls us to continue when continuing is hard, and as we are continuing, to look for any way we can to incarnate his transforming love. Please remember to ask yourself, are you being part of the solution or part of t he problem, are you showing the Love of the Lord or your anger and fear? DO NOT sit there and say, "If only he/she would then I could___________" or "Why does G od allow her/him to get away with this", first you know where this line of quest ioning comes from and it is not from above. So today is the day to except God's word and live by it. Remember it may all need to start with you. Give your life your mind and your will to Jesus TODAY! PLEASE do not put it off!!! NO be part o f the solution not part of the problem, ask Him to help you He will, Jesus is th ere... for He is the Solution!

Standing On Gods Word.....3/9/2011 What Do You Have In Your Eye? "Do you have something in your eye? Your eye is red, I can see it from here! I will get it out for you!" "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye." Matthew 7:1-5

Are you burdened about your spouse's lifestyle, or how they treat you, maybe the things you believe they should be doing and are not, or are you mad and angry f or what they have done to you and to your family? In the flesh, you can get ver y upset about all that your husband or wife have done or is still doing to you, to your marriage, to your finances and to your children. You can tell anyone ab out your circumstances and they would give you some very quick advice, "Get rid of that bum or she did what? Get on with your life without them!""If I were you I would put up with NO more, the time is right this is your time!" My question is what does the Bible say? Does it say we are to love our enemies? I know what you are thinking, "I can't. You are right, but the Holy Spirit in you can empower you to be able to as He pours unconditional love into your hear t for your spouse. And remember your spouse is not your enemy! Let me share a v ery powerful scripture that you need to read, study and think about for a while. "But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic. Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. Do to others as you would have them do to you. "If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' love those who love them. And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' do that. And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' lend to 'sinners,' expecting to be repaid in full. But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful." Luke 6:27-36 What rent oing own has the Lord been speaking to your heart or showing you in many other diffe ways? Norma and I understand and in many ways know the pain that you are g through each day, but today be careful that you do not have a plank in your eye! Your own eye may have a beam in it.

Once you can see properly, you will see the small speck in your spouse's eye. I understand that I am probably speaking to the innocent victim, but may we all s hare the responsibility of our marriages falling apart. What part are you playin g in the whole situation; remember no one is totally innocent... The Lord sometimes has to reveal to us all that we do wrong in our marriage. So metimes we are so blinded by the huge beam in our own eye during problems that w e go through, it is easy to see all that our spouse is doing wrong and put the w hole blame on them for everything. Our Lord God is faithful, and a just judge a nd He will expose the truth for both sides as we continue to seek His face. "You, then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before God's judgment seat." Romans 14:10 The Lord does not want you to condemn or criticize your husband or wife while ig noring your own faults. Be careful that you do not judge your spouse's behavior before you examine and judge your own personal behavior, actions and words in y our marriage. Ask the Lord to reveal to you the areas that you failing in your m arriage. I said that YOU are failing in!

"Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me." Psalm 51:9-10 We receive emails and calls from women who say that the Lord has revealed their own bad behavior and actions as a wife. They had been controlling, manipulating and always causing strife in their marriage. Many have called, or written, or sent a card or email their husband repenting, asking for forgiveness for all tha t they had done or doing wrong in their marriage. Now their hearts' desire is f or their husband to be able to see what the Lord has done to their own heart fir st. When we hear from male standers, they often will be the first one to admit that they failed their wife 110% by not encouraging her, listening to her, helping he r with the children, being controlling or not being the spiritual leader in thei r home. Yes, many times just not leading by example. They were selfish and self - centered. But now, they are waiting for God to touch and soften their wife's hardened heart, so that they can show their wife how the Lord has transformed th eir own heart. Have you asked the Lord to show you and expose all the faults and mistakes that you committed or are committing in your marriage? Do so today and then start pr aying that you can share at the right time with your spouse, all that the Lord h as revealed and done for you. The scripture in Matthew should be important to all of us, as we judge our spous es, blaming them completely for all our marriage problems and for them, failing to be what they have been called to be or falling into temptation. We need to e xamine our own heart and actions. We find ourselves pointing our fingers accusi ng them, but we often need the Lord to point His fingers back to us revealing ou r own sins and failures as a spouse. You must stop blaming your spouse for all the problems that you are having or ha ve had in your marriage, as you may have put your career or your children before your beloved spouse, maybe your children, maybe someone else. Each of us needs to take responsibility for our own mistakes and then have a desire and the init iative to change areas in our lives by the power of the Holy Spirit. How is your eye doing? Does it feel better now that the large beam is out of it ? "Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." Psalm 139:23-24 Someone out there may be saying, "but you don't understand my situation, it is h opeless, my spouse never sees anything wrong with what they do." The Truth: With God no situation is hopeless. He is the God of miracles. Focus your eyes on Him rather than your situation. Go to the Lord for an eye check up and allow Him to remove what is in the way for good eye sight! Please remember to ask yourself, are you being part of the solution or part of t he problem, Will you seek the Lord and ask Him to show you what you have in your eyes and ask Him to remove it? He wants to help you remove what is in your eye, so you can be a help to your spouse! Remember forgive and you will be forgiven, do not hold on to anything, give it to the Lord! Ask and the Lord will show you ! So now will you agree with the Word and walk in forgiveness and in victory? R emember OBEDIENCE! Just do it... So today is the day to except what God has said and not what you want, or may think is the right thing to do, or what you see i n your spouse's eye. It may all need to start with you. Give your life your mind

and your will to Jesus TODAY! PLEASE do not put it off!!! NO be part of the sol ution not part of the problem, ask Him to help you He will, Jesus is there... fo r He is the Solution!

Standing On Gods Word.....3/14/2011 Good Morning and Blessings Upon You This Morning What Do You Have In Your Eye? "Do you have something in your eye? Your eye is red, I can see it from here! I will get it out for you!" "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye." Matthew 7:1-5 Are you burdened about your spouse's lifestyle, or how they treat you, maybe the things you believe they should be doing and are not, or are you mad and angry f or what they have done to you and to your family? In the flesh, you can get ver y upset about all that your husband or wife have done or is still doing to you, to your marriage, to your finances and to your children. You can tell anyone ab out your circumstances and they would give you some very quick advice, "Get rid of that bum or she did what? Get on with your life without them!" , "If I were y ou I would put up with NO more, the time is right this is your time!" My question is what does the Bible say? Does it say we are to love our enemies? I know what you are thinking, "I can't. You are right, but the Holy Spirit in you can empower you to be able to as He pours unconditional love into your hear t for your spouse. And remember your spouse is not your enemy! Let me share a v ery powerful scripture that you need to read, study and think about for a while. "But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic. Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. Do to others as you would have them do to you. "If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' love those who love them. And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' do that. And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' lend to 'sinners,' expecting to be repaid in full. But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful." Luke 6:27-36 What has the Lord been speaking to your heart or showing you in many other diffe rent ways? Norma and I understand and in many ways know the pain that you are g

oing through each day, but today be careful that you do not have a plank in your own eye! Your own eye may have a beam in it. Once you can see properly, you will see the small speck in your spouse's eye. I understand that I am probably speaking to the innocent victim, but may we all s hare the responsibility of our marriages falling apart. What part are you playin g in the whole situation; remember no one is totally innocent... The Lord sometimes has to reveal to us all that we do wrong in our marriage. So metimes we are so blinded by the huge beam in our own eye during problems that w e go through, it is easy to see all that our spouse is doing wrong and put the w hole blame on them for everything. Our Lord God is faithful, and a just judge a nd He will expose the truth for both sides as we continue to seek His face. "You, then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before God's judgment seat." Romans 14:10 The Lord does not want you to condemn or criticize your husband or wife while ig noring your own faults. Be careful that you do not judge your spouse's behavior before you examine and judge your own personal behavior, actions and words in y our marriage. Ask the Lord to reveal to you the areas that you failing in your m arriage. I said that YOU are failing in! "Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me." Psalm 51:9-10 We receive emails and calls from women who say that the Lord has revealed their own bad behavior and actions as a wife. They had been controlling, manipulating and always causing strife in their marriage. Many have called, or written, or sent a card or email their husband repenting, asking for forgiveness for all tha t they had done or doing wrong in their marriage. Now their hearts' desire is f or their husband to be able to see what the Lord has done to their own heart fir st. When we hear from male standers, they often will be the first one to admit that they failed their wife 110% by not encouraging her, listening to her, helping he r with the children, being controlling or not being the spiritual leader in thei r home. Yes, many times just not leading by example. They were selfish and self - centered. But now, they are waiting for God to touch and soften their wife's hardened heart, so that they can show their wife how the Lord has transformed th eir own heart. Have you asked the Lord to show you and expose all the faults and mistakes that you committed or are committing in your marriage? Do so today and then start pr aying that you can share at the right time with your spouse, all that the Lord h as revealed and done for you. The scripture in Matthew should be important to all of us, as we judge our spous es, blaming them completely for all our marriage problems and for them, failing to be what they have been called to be or falling into temptation. We need to e xamine our own heart and actions. We find ourselves pointing our fingers accusi ng them, but we often need the Lord to point His fingers back to us revealing ou r own sins and failures as a spouse. You must stop blaming your spouse for all the problems that you are having or ha ve had in your marriage, as you may have put your career or your children before your beloved spouse, maybe your children, maybe someone else. Each of us needs to take responsibility for our own mistakes and then have a desire and the init

iative to change areas in our lives by the power of the Holy Spirit. How is your eye doing? Does it feel better now that the large beam is out of it ? "Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." Psalm 139:23-24 Someone out there may be saying, "but you don't understand my situation, it is h opeless, my spouse never sees anything wrong with what they do." The Truth: With God no situation is hopeless. He is the God of miracles. Focus your eyes on Him rather than your situation. Go to the Lord for an eye check up and allow Him to remove what is in the way for good eye sight! Please remember to ask yourself, are you being part of the solution or part of the problem, Will you seek the Lord and ask Him to show you what you have in you r eyes and ask Him to remove it? He wants to help you remove what is in your eye , so you can be a help to your spouse! Remember forgive and you will be forgiven , do not hold on to anything, give it to the Lord! Ask and the Lord will show yo u! So now will you agree with the Word and walk in forgiveness and in victory? Remember OBEDIENCE! Just do it... So today is the day to except what God has sai d and not what you want, or may think is the right thing to do, or what you see in your spouse's eye. It may all need to start with you. Give your life your min d and your will to Jesus TODAY! PLEASE do not put it off!!! NO be part of the so lution not part of the problem, ask Him to help you He will, Jesus is there for He is the Solution!

Standing On Gods Word.....3/21/2011 Good Morning and Blessings Upon You This Morning Are You Listening To Instructions: "One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, with the people crowding around him and listening to the word of God, he saw at the water's edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat." Luke 5:1-3 Do you believe that God can go and catch your spouse, touching, cleaning and cha nging their life completely; do you believe He can do for you? I do. I believe t hat nothing is too hard for the Lord God to accomplish in healing marriages or i n changing your family member's lives. You and I must stand in the gap and seek the Lord praying for hearts to be transformed! "For nothing is impossible with God." Luke 1:7 Do you know that God sent His only Son down to earth to save the world? Every da y we hear from people, family members or friends telling us about the horrible c ircumstances that are going on with their marriage. We have the solution! Jesus Christ died on the Cross for you and your spouse's sins. If your family and frie nds are concerned about you, ask them to fast and pray one meal a week for your spouse's salvation, for changes needed in your marriage, for sin not to be the c ontrolling factor in your home. You also decide that you will stand and also fas

t for your marriage and your home! Imagine what could be accomplished in the Hea venlies! "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him." John 3:16-17 Please do not forget to invest time with the Lord and bringing all your marriage problems to Him. Invest time in worship and at times just sitting there quietly to hear from the Lord, He wants to speak to you. Have a time when you and the w hole family honor the Lord with worship and prayer together. Read and study the Word of God together. Watch and see what this invest will do for you, your marri age and your family! There is power in praising the Lord and there is power, healing and deliverance in hearing God's Word. Are you listening to the Lord's instructions for you? Wha t is He saying to you? Does it sound crazy to do? Simon Peter had a similar situ ation. "When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch." Simon answered, "Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets." When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink." Luke 5:4-7 Do you see Simon Peter's obedience to when the Lord spoke instructions to him? A re you willing to obey the Lord as Simon Peter did? Peter knew he had been fishi ng all night and there had been no fish. He also knew that you catch fish at nig ht, but He listened and obeyed the Master. Though I did not know the Lord I am s o blessed that I decided to obey the call of God to go and also invite Norma to go with me to Church On The Way, back in May of 1984. The two people who went in to that church that day where not the same two people that walked out. We both s urrendered our lives to Jesus and stood for our marriage and believed for God's healing and restoration of our marriage, and as they say the rest is history! Pr aise the Lord for His goodness what a mighty awesome God we serve! There is a time in your life when you must surrender your will and way to God's will and way forever. Stop debating with the Lord all you're reasoning and excus es, but choose to sit at the Lord's feet listening to His teachings and to His i nstructions for your life and marriage. "When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus' knees and said, "Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!" For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon's partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, "Don't be afraid; from now on you will catch men." So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him." Luke 5:8-11 What did Simon Peter see when he obeyed Jesus' instructions? He saw the power of Jesus Christ and his own sinfulness. May you and I repent daily of our own sins . This is something I have been doing now for over 23 years, everyday my first w ords to the Lord is "I surrender my life to You today, Help me to be all You hav e called me to be." Then Peter, Andrew, James and John pulled their boats up on shore leaving the fish for Zebedee and his servants to clean. These men chose at

that very moment to surrender their lives to following Jesus Christ and become "Fishers of Men." There are marriages out there that need your help, be ready to help those to Christ so their marriage can be that reflection of the Church and Christ! Now may you know that the Lord Jesus Christ wants your spouse your marriage to c ome to Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord of all your life. The Lord wants to save multitudes every day, but especially to help marriages be what He has called the m to be and this can ONLY be with the Lord in our marriages. Has your spouse kno wn Jesus Christ, but has fallen into a trap of sin? Jesus Christ cares about the m. You continue to stand in the gap for them and believe the Lord will do what n eeds to be done. God has written their name in the palm of His hand. So do not give up, but keep praying for your spouse to repent just as David did after he committed adultery and murder. The Lord will not stop looking for His l ost sheep. For now if you have to be the one who is bringing the light and love of Christ into your home do not stop. Just remember to be Christ like in your co nversations with your spouse and allow them to see, hear and feel Jesus in your life! "Jesus answered them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." Luke 5:31-32 Confession requires honesty. It requires a willingness to approach the other wh en he or she has acted or spoken in a way that God says is wrong. We must be com mitted to deal with such issues in a way that is driven by Christlike love. Thi s means that before we can speak to the other's heart issues, we first need to d eal with any hurt, anger, and bitterness of our own heart. Remember, truth not s poken in love ceases to be helpful because the message gets twisted and distorte d by other human emotions and agendas. When we approach our spouse, we are seeki ng to help him or her see what God wants them to see not always what you want th em to see. Remember, we cannot confess to that which we do not see, be there to help your spouse not to make things worse. Please remember to ask yourself, are you being part of the solution or part of t he problem, Make sure to be the one who is reflecting the light and love of Chri st in your home. Could you imagine if both spouses were trying to be that person in their marriage what we would have in each home...! Remember forgive and you will be forgiven, do not hold on to anything, give it to the Lord! Do not wait a nother minute it's time to give it to the LORD; the blood has taken care of it! So now will you agree with the Word and walk in forgiveness and in victory? Rem ember OBEDIENCE! Just do it... So today is the day to except what God has said a nd not what you want, or may think is the right thing to do. It may all need to start with you. Give your life your mind and your will to Jesus TODAY! PLEASE do not put it off!!! NO be part of the solution not part of the problem, ask Him t o help you He will, Jesus is there... for He is the Solution!

Standing On Gods Word.....4/11/2011 How Do Couples Get To This Point? "We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all." Isaiah 53:6

We have many couples that ask, "How did we get to this point?" No man or woman suddenly wakes up and states, "Good morning. This might be a great day to dump my family, along with my faith." No, Satan is far more subtle than that. The e vil one planted a seed of temptation, watered it with opportunity, and fertilize d it with selfishness. That thing continued to grow until it took over a family , and has someone asking, "How did we get to this point?" What has happened to society, much less to the church, that we joke about what i s sacred, and gloss over family tragedy? How did we get to this point? You don't know how many times I am awoken at night asking that question How Do C ouples Get To This Point? The point that I am talking about is, the lack of comm unication, the lack of intimacy, the lack of love How Do Couples Get To This Point? How did society get to the point that we can't even decide what is right and wha t is wrong? How did we get to the point that "men of God" are suggesting divorc e to hurting couples? How did we get to the point that serial marriages are acc eptable, being married to several people, but only one at a time? How did we ge t to the point that the child abuse called divorce is being inflicted on childre n by the courts? Giving thought to the question, I discovered the answer to how we got to this po int. It was because we the Church have not done our job, our mission, our calli ng, our testimony We all need to take responsibility for things being in the shape they are in today. Every time a husband a wife decides to stop talking, stop caring, stop listening , when a husband a wife walk out on their family, they damage far more than just their family. First of all they hurt themselves. One link in a local church a community was taken out by a divorce. That weakened church also weakens societ y. Sadly, things are like they are today because of many selfish decisions. Te levision networks can make a mockery of virginity, marriage, Christmas, Christia ns and so much more because of what many so called "Christians" as an individual , as a group have allowed, by example, to be set into place. When a sinning uncaring spouse asks their spouse, "How did we get to this point? " they already know the answer. They are really asking, "How do we get back to where we should be?" And even if you have never had a marriage according to the Lord's way, today is the day to start. Once individuals become what we should be, with Jesus Christ central, our famili es can become what they should be. When our families are all they should be, ca n't you see how our churches will be strengthened? Strong churches have always been the basis of a strong society. However you will not have strong churches if you do not have strong marriages, strong families! "But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:22-23 "How do we get back to where we should be?" It matters not if it is an individu al, a family, a church or a society posing the question, the answer remains the same; by turning back to the Lord God, our Creator. If we continue on the slide of self- destruction, family destruction and church destruction, we will witnes s society's destruction. Someone needs to put on the brakes, and that someone i s you and me and it needs to start TODAY! What is the starting point of restoration of families, of churches, and of socie

ty? By each of us turning to our Lord God, and allowing Him to make us personal ly to be all He wants us to be. Once we learn how to listen and to follow Him, in every way, the dominos we have knocked down will start to stand up, in succes sion, once again. May I ask you a hard question? Where are you today? Are you sold out to Jesus Christ, ready to serve Him and to follow Him, at any cost, or are you just along for the ride? Too often our "This is too hard so I quit" calls and statements comes from people who are misusing the term "stander," and possibly even the nam e "Christian." A real stander is never a quitter, because they realize the eter nal destiny (Heaven or Hell) of a sinning spouse could be at stake. It could be you who are facing hell unless you change your course. May you make this a time to get serious about standing so much that your sinning spouse will discover the answer to their "How do we get back to where we should be?" question by looking at you. Norma and I have never been the same after we both surrendered our lives to Jesu s Christ and made Him Lord of our lives, never been the same! I know that when I ask "How did we get to this point?" My answer over 27 years ago was about the same as my answer today. We got there because I had a wife who loved me enough to surrender her life and I also had gotten to the point where I knew I needed a Savior and a Lord and needed the gift He had given me for life! That is how we got to where we are today; we were both serious about standing and willing to f ollow Jesus at any cost, until He healed our marriage. There is a lot at stake. May you and I follow Jesus as He rebuilds people, fami lies, churches and society according to His master plan, it has not changed. "Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ." I Corinthians 11:1 Paul reveals to us in Ephesians 5 the divine intention for marriage. It's to be an echo or reflection of the relationship that exists between Christ and the Chu rch - always a very imperfect reflection, but a reflection nonetheless. Please d on't think of this as merely a helpful illustration or an interesting perspectiv e. It's much more than that. This is the essence of marriage. This is the divi ne purpose for your marriage. This means that your marriage is meant to be, by the grace of God, the best echo , the most faithful reflection, of that relationship that you can possibly be. It's not about impressing people or drawing attention to ourselves. It's about being genuinely united in a strong, godly, intimate relationship that echoes the one between Christ and the Church. Has your marriage primarily been centered on you? On your wife? On your kids? On your responsibilities? On your goals? On your comforts? On your stuff? If so, you've been trying to live in a way you were never intend ed to. The biblical purpose for marriage, you see, is not man-centered or needscentered. It's God-centered. It's profoundly mysterious and profoundly signifi cant. Your marriage is meant to point to the truth of the crucified and risen S avior who will return for His Bride. Unless we grasp this - unless there's a con viction that marriage is ultimately meant to bring glory to God by echoing the r elationship between Christ and the Church we will miss it and just be another in stitution of man, Lord forgive us! Please remember to ask yourself, are you being part of the solution or part of t he problem, Will you turn to your wife your husband today and tell them that you have surrendered your life to Jesus, and that you believe He will see you both to a healed victorious marriage! Start by asking each other for forgiveness and

tell each other you love each other. Let the things of the past go and work on t oday and believe the LORD when He says He LOVES you and your marriage! Do not wa it another minute it's time to give it to the LORD; the blood has taken care of it! So now will you agree with His Word, His Will and His Way, walk in forgiven ess and in victory? Remember OBEDIENCE! Just do it! So today is the day to except what God has said and not what you want, or may th ink is the right thing to do. It may all need to start with you. Give your life your mind and your will to Jesus TODAY! PLEASE do not put it off!!! NO be part o f the solution not part of the problem, ask Him to help you He will, Jesus is th ere! For He is the Solution! Jesus loves you so much! Standing On Gods Word.....4/18/2011 Did You Put On Jesus Christ This Morning? "Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature." Romans 13:14 Are you getting dressed spiritually every day? In Romans 13:14, Paul urges his new Christians to "put on" Christian virtues as they would "put on" their clothe s. Are you getting dressed every morning with the Lord Jesus Christ? Some of y ou remember my teaching on the Armor of God. Have you started being faithful an d putting on the Armor of God on you and your family? Now let's study about what Colossians teaches us about clothing ourselves daily: "Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity." Colossians 3:12-14 This scripture is a powerful scripture for men and women who are praying for res toration, healing or strengthening of their marriage. Here is how you and I sho uld live with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Do you s ee the sentence "bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may ha ve against one another?" It is teaching us and all Christians to bear (one Dictionary meaning is: to supp ort or hold up), to forgive and to put on love, clothe yourself with Jesus Chris t who is love and loves unity. How would you grade yourself with these virtues? If you did not do well, get on your knees and ask the Lord to remove all that is ungodly and to clothe yoursel f with Jesus Christ, regardless of how your spouse, loved ones or co-workers are acting or treating you. Putting on Jesus Christ means to allow Him to cover us, so that when others see us they see only His righteousness. Jesus Christ not only lives in us, through us, but on us as well. When we choose to live like this, we will not feed our f leshly sinful nature, but will feed a soul who is striving to be more like Jesus Christ every day. What does your spouse see, hear and feel from you? If I was t o ask them what would they tell me?

I would ask today as you consider this message that you would invest some time i n the book of Romans. As you study the book of Romans allow the Holy Spirit to c hange your life forever. I pray that you will take this challenge to study the book of Romans again and maybe again understand the keys to a life of righteousn ess. As you study Romans you will recognize many well-known scriptures in this powerful book in the Bible. "The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature." Romans 12:12-14 As I studied this scripture above, I thought of the many sinning spouses who are living in darkness, blinded, deceived, living as if there is no consequences to all that they are doing in their sinful lifestyle. If that is your spouse toda y you need to continue to pray for your husband or wife that they will crucify t heir sinful nature. Each of us will be tempted throughout our life to yield and surrender our lives to the Holy Spirit or surrender to the sinful nature tempta tions or habits and again submitting to sin's control, the choice is always ours , the Holy Spirit will never force anyone to do what not in their heart to do, y es we all must surrender daily to the Holy Spirit. "Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires." Galatians 5:24 As you study your Bible daily, may I challenge you to pray several scriptures wi th you and your spouse's name in them. Ask the Lord to reveal verses that you c an pray for yourself or for your husband, wife or children. Jesus defeated Sata n by speaking the Word of God out loud. "Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. "All this I will give you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me." Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.' " Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him." Matthew 4:8-11 Will you stand firm in your faith? I believe that the Lord God is moving mighti ly in marriages. We hear from many spouses how the Lord is changing them and sp eaking instructions to their heart. We are even hearing from some spouses who were deep in sin and rebellion who are repenting some even going back home after some time away, others making changes on how they treat their spouse. Yes, we also hear of those who have chosen to follow the flesh. For those who may be going through a season where your spouse has spoken words o f hate and are saying they no longer want to be married to you please today make sure and study Ezekiel 37 about the valley of dry bones. Is anything too hard for the Lord? "This is what the Sovereign LORD says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life. I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then

you will know that I am the LORD.'"..'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: O my people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel. Then you, my people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the LORD have spoken, and I have done it, declares the LORD.'" Ezekiel 37:5-6,12-14 Please be reassured if Norma and I are aware or involved with you during this se ason of your life you have our prayers going up to the Lord for healing in your marriage and strengthen for you! Please you also MUST do your part, stand and pr ay daily for whatever your circumstances may be in this season, do not stop pray ing and believing! Pray two or three specific scriptures daily for those sinning spouses who need to hear from the Lord! Will you pray for all those lost to be obedient to the Holy Spirit's conviction, repenting and turning from their live s of sin as they surrender their lives to Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord? Then they will return to being all that the Lord has called them to be, many of these in sin believe that God understands why they are mad at their spouse and b elieve that their relationship with the Lord has not been hindered by their word s and treatment to their spouse. Again this is what happens when the liar is spe aking to them and they are listening to the wrong voices! Pray that these spouses will hear the Holy Ghost "Repent" and turn from their si nning! Now please do not forget to be praying together. Couples who do not pray togethe r are as badly off as those who stop sleeping together. Like lovemaking, prayer requires, in a sense, taking off the clothes, removing the shoes to touch holy g round. Such acts of deep communion, beyond mere communication, carry tremendous power for healing and renewal and restoration. To pray together is to draw water from the same well. The experience of unity ar ises from many, many prayers spoken and felt together over years. There's only o ne Holy Spirit, and to pray well is to hear Him, sense Him, give voice to His th oughts and moods. When couples do this honestly, how can they help but enter in to the place of unity? As you do not give up praying for your spouse DO NOT give up praying together. Both of you put on Christ together and you will start to s ee the change in your life and marriage! Standing On Gods Word.....4/25/2011 Just a little early this morning, did not run this morning am on my way to CFNI, I have been asked to speak at one of their classes this morning, please keep me in your prayers that the Word is heard and received! Ask the Lord to Help Bring Those Loving Feelings Back...Love is a decision... "The LORD God said, 'It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.' ...But for Adam no suitable helper was found. So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and closed up the place with flesh. Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman,' for she was taken out of man." For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will

become one flesh. The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame." Genesis 2:18,20-25 On your wedding day, did you ever think you or your spouse would divorce in the future if things did not work out in your marriage? Did you and your spouse eve r discuss how you would work out different problems, issues, children, in-laws o r finances in the future? Did you agree that you would not allow anyone or anyt hing to destroy your marriage? What others things did you take into considerati on before you got marriage? Did you take what God's plan for your marriage was t o mean to you, your family, your church, your community? Has there been anything that has come in that you agreed would not come into you r marriage? What happened? The enemy came in to steal, kill and destroy your ma rriage. You may not have been a Christian when you were married, but you loved each other. Will you go down memory lane and remember all the wonderful memorie s that you have had with your beloved husband or wife? Will you be the first in your marriage to choose to love your husband or wife unconditionally, until the Lord speaks the truth to their heart about just how important your marriage is to Him? "Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins." I Peter 4:8 Norma and I pray, and yes for you and your marriage that you will learn the sanc tity and the covenant of marriage. Will you choose to forget your wedding vows that you made to your husband or wife which says, "for better or worse, in sickn ess and in health, till death us to do part?" Do you know the importance of rai sing your children with a mother and father there all the time? Your children n eed you both and statistics are confirming that more now than ever before. Marriage was God's plan. Will you seek to follow the Lord's plans, His purpose and His special blueprints for your marriage to be resurrected and restored by y our awesome mighty God? Many of you that get this email are couples that I marr ied and if you remember when I had you repeat your vows to one another I had you say, "in the name of Jesus Christ I........" Remember? The Holy Spirit can solve each and every problem that you may be facing. Will y ou give up listening to everyone else, wanting your own way and freedom, and cho ose to seek God's perfect will and way for your life and marriage? God needs on ly one person to stand in the gap to start working on your marriage. Will you be that one in your marriage that will stand and take God's side in the marriage.. .? "I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none." Ezekiel 22:30 Will you ask the Holy Spirit to reignite and rekindle your love in both you and your spouse's hearts by the power of the Holy Spirit? Will you choose to start walking in love, in spite of all that your husband or wife has done, are doing o r are saying? They may be speaking, "I never loved you. I should have never ma rried you. I will never be happy in this marriage. I have never been happy in t his marriage. You should have married someone else, like ________. Maybe I am ne ver coming home. Get on with your life." Don't panic, all spouses who have lef t or filed for divorce have said similar words. You may be the spouse that does not hear from your husband or wife from one month to one year, you have dead si lence. Yet you must stand if you believe... How are you dealing with your emotions and feelings? You may be getting weary a nd tired because you have such a heavy responsibility at this moment. Ask the L

ord, your husband for this season to help meet all your needs. Never stop prayi ng and talking to the Lord daily. Are you studying your Bible, are you investin g time with the Lord? God wants a personal relationship with you first. Ask Hi m questions. Write them down and then wait for His wisdom and knowledge. Never forget that nothing is too hard for God to do, including resurrecting a dead ma rriage, or moving your marriage up to the next level! Your God is an architect and a builder so He can "repair" and "reconcile" your m arriage to be rebuilt on a strong foundation by the Lord Jesus Christ. Will you start the process of restoring and rebuilding your marriage by listening and ob eying the Holy Spirit's instructions to start working on you first and then your spouse? Will you examine your heart today by grading your love for your husband or wife as described in I Corinthians 13 which describes love as an activity and a behav ior, not just an inner feeling? Are you prepared to be the one who brings the l ove back to your marriage according to the Words of God...? "If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails." I Corinthians 13:2-8 How much do you really love your spouse? I know that one moment you could be ha ting them and the next moment grieving and crying out to the Lord to have them c all you. Norma and I know the hurt and pain you are going through. However the Lord knows your hurt and pain and He will move on your behalf just stand and bel ieve on Him! Norma and I pray that you will fight for your marriage as if they were taken hos tage as a prisoner of war. That is where they are now spiritually. The enemy, Satan, has them blinded, deceived and deaf to God's truths about love, marriage and their responsibilities as a husband or wife and as a father or mother. Or j ust on how they should be caring and loving you. Don't give up on your beloved spouse! And most of all DO NOT give up on the Lord ! Are you now tired of waiting and you do not know if you should stand or doubt th at you even heard from the Lord God that He would restore your marriage? One re ason may be that you have allowed the voices that don't know the will of God for marriage because they too have been either deceived or given bad counsel. Are y ou battling thoughts about giving up all the time? In fact, have you lost all y our feelings of love for them? Beware! The enemy is coming after your emotions and feelings and is tormenting your mind, by doubt, unbelief and fear of the un known future. May the Lord have mercy and grace on you, your spouse and your children. Let us pray daily that all sinning spouses will hear and see the truth about the sever e consequences due to the sins in their life and the consequences of divorce. N orma and I can tell you with over 25 years of experience and we can tell you tha t the 2nd or 3rd marriages are not any better or any last longer. That same sin nature that caused the first or second or third marriage will still be there an

d it could be in you! We need to stop thinking that the grass is greener on the other side, because it is not! And the main reason is because divorce is not Go d's will, God's way or supported by God's Word anywhere, not in your marriage NO T in any marriage! Today ask the Lord to rekindle and to reignite the love in both you and in your spouse's hearts so that you both will feel that spark and the tingles that you h ad for each other, again. I know it can happen, we have seen spouses who hated their spouse, but the Lord touched and changed their heart first and then God st arted working on their spouse's heart. May I urge you to keep asking, keep seek ing and keep knocking on the Lord's heart door until you see your spouse's heart change toward you and your marriage? Remember, this is going to be God's true love-not a lust of the eyes or the flesh which is a counterfeit that they are in now! Don't give up! "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 5:28-33 Married life obviously brings stresses that dating life does not. You might even say that dating life is more like a dream and married life is the real deal and it is the real deal. It's true we can't keep everything that we liked about dat ing in a marriage. There are children and other responsibilities. But we can kee p many of the things that led us to marriage in the first place. ...Like love an d caring for one other! Therefore, as much as is realistic, you should do the th ings you did in the early days of your relationship. After all, that's what won the heart of your spouse. And that's what will probably continue to win their he art today. Remember LOVE is sacrificial so do your part and let the Lord do His! Please remember to ask yourself, are you being part of the solution or part of t he problem; will you take the needed steps to love your spouse so they in turn c an love you back? Will you love even if you feel you are not being loved back? W ill you show your love even if it hurts and you see no results? So now will you agree with the Word and walk in forgiveness and in victory? Remember OBEDIENCE! Just do it... So today is the day to except what God has said and not what you want, or may think is the right thing to do. It may all need to start with you. Give your life your mind and your will to Jesus TODAY! PLEASE do not put it off! !! NO be part of the solution not part of the problem, ask Him to help you He wi ll, Jesus is there... for He is the Solution! Standing On Gods Word.....5/02/2011 Are You Fighting For Your Marriage? "Haven't you read, He replied, "that at the beginning the Creator made them male and female, and said, For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife and the two will become one flesh? So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." Matthew 19:4-6 Are you willing to "fight for your marriage and beloved husband or wife" forever ? Are you getting tired and weary of waiting for your husband or wife to "come

to their senses" as the prodigal son did? How often do you think about giving u p or stop fighting and praying for your marriage? Stop! Did you not marry for life? So why are you giving up because your spouse became deceived, blinded, an d attacked by the enemy, Satan, and is being used to speak lies into your marria ge. That is what Satan wants you to do. He wants to destroy every marriage the very first institution God created and is the most important institution in thi s world! The Lord wants every marriage to turn from darkness to light and accep t Him as Savior and Lord of their lives and their marriage. He wants to use you r marriage to show the world what love looks like and His relationship to the Ch urch. He wants us to live in the fullness of His plan. "I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." John 10:9-10 Are you willing to sacrifice your life to follow the Lord Jesus Christ? You mar ried for life, so why should you consider looking for someone else or even waste moments thinking of such a thing? Our military fights the enemy every day in s o many countries. They have a commission, orders and a war to win. When a sold ier becomes a prisoner of war, they do not give up as a POW, so why should we? I pray that you will be willing to fight and pray forever for your spouse no mat ter what you may be feeling about them. These feelings will change as you go to the Lord in prayer. Do you see how important your prayers are? "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13 God has chosen you to be the intercessor, the prayer warrior for your marriage d uring this season, and if you are both praying together as you should be, then e xpect the Lord to do Great things in your marriage and around you. God wants yo u to pray for your marriage and other marriages that you may know that need pray er. God hates divorce! I hate divorce! You should hate divorce too! You may be telling the Lord, "It's too hard," or "I can't do it anymore," "I hur t too much," "My spouse says they will never change," "' My spouse says they wil l never come home," "My spouse says the will never change, they love the life th ey are living", My spouse says they are living the dream"." They are doing thing s that are hurting and devastating our family." Let me share one more trick fro m the enemy, "Now I am now being tempted to fall into sin." That is the enemy w ho is now attacking you. Will you stand up, be strong in the Lord, and persever e to win the war against the enemy who is attacking your marriage? Everyone is t empted by the enemy, however if we are in Christ then we can do all things! Do not be like your spouse may be who is presently being selfish, self- centered , living a sinful lifestyle, rejecting, abandoning, rebelling and running from t heir family and God. You need to become a doer of the Word and put action into what the Word says by doing and being more like your Lord every day. "Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it he will be blessed in what he does." James 1:22-25 I am asking you to seek the Lord and allow Him to show you the big picture and t he final outcome, if you will never stop praying for your husband or wife and be

lieve in the Lord. There is a Heaven and a Hell and I personally want all of my loved ones with me in Heaven! There are consequences to sin! May you and I al ways remember who we were before we were saved, sinners, and we are now saved by God's amazing grace. "Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God." I Corinthians 6:9-11 "My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins." James 5:19-20 I looked up the word "fight" in the American College Dictionary. It reads: "a ba ttle or combat; any contest or struggle; ability or inclination to fight; to eng age in battle or in single combat; attempt to defeat, subdue or destroy an adver sary; to contend in any manner; strive vigorously for or against something. A p hysical struggle for victory; a battle; an effort to overcome something; to cont end with or against in any manner." Wow! Praise the Lord! I like that! That is what I am trying to say! I want yo u to fight and become a fighter for your husband, your wife, fighting against di vorce that is attacking over 50% of all our marriages. Remember the battle begin s in your home win there and then be prepared to take the fight out to the world ! Will you join Norma and me to fight against divorce and all the tricks of Satan and his schemes to destroy families? We have joined God's army and we may lose s ome battles, but we know our Lord paid the price on the cross and He has won the war against Satan! I want to the time a willing l and way share some scriptures to show you that God is going to be with you all while you are fighting the fight in the prayer closet. He just needs vessel. Are you willing to surrender your own will and way to His wil for your marriage?

Around the world today, there are many soldiers fighting for our freedom, for ot her nation's freedom, for all our rights, and for all of us to have safety and l iberty. Should we do any different for our own flesh and blood? Yes, the battl es may seem to get worse at times, but you are praying for the Lord to win the w ar. Do not allow the enemy to attack your mind, but keep your eyes on the Lord. Do not allow the enemy to play mind games with you. What has the Lord been saying? Then stand on the promises of God. I pray that you will join Norma and I in God's army. Remember, let's fight to w in! "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 devil's 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." Ephesians 6:10-12 "For though we live in the world, we do no wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 "Then I said to you, "Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of them. The Lord your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes." Deuteronomy 1:29-30 "This is what the Lord says to you: 'Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours; but God's...You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the Lord will give you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the Lord will be with you." 2 Chronicles 20:15,17 "Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, join us there. Our God will fight for us!" So we continued the work with half the men holding spears." Nehemiah 4:20-21 "Contend, O Lord, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me. Take up shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid. Brandish spear and javelin against those who pursue me. Say to my soul, "I am your salvation." May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plot my ruin be turned back in dismay." Psalm 35:1-4 I pray these scriptures have encouraged you, given you hope, increased your fait h and trust in the King of Kings and Lords of Lords. For He is still seated on the Throne! "For nothing is impossible with God." Luke 1:37 If yours spouse has been taken captive by the enemy, Satan. They were tempted, became brainwashed, deceived, blinded and deaf. They cannot see or hear the trut h at this time. Seek the Lord today, for a new "rhema" word. May you never sto p praying (fighting) in your prayer closet for your husband or wife. Every sinn ing spouse who are walking in angry, talking about leaving home or have left you r home are on the road headed to destruction. Let me add one very important com ment, please pray for the wives and husbands who will not forgive the spouse who was tempted, fell into sin and has repented. We have so many standers who were once the sinner, the sinner who the Lord has touched and changed their hearts. Lord, teach spouses to forgive each other forever! Now let us never stop fighting (praying) for our families! Let God use you to f ight against divorce and for God to start a revival of marriage restoration in y our home, church, your city, state and around the world. "The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective." James 5:16 Remember take your burdens to the Lord and unload them at the foot of the cross, don't try to carry them give them to Him for He is able to do more then we can

imagine or ask. "Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fail." Psalm 55:22. Stop yourself when you find you are falling into the trap of doing too much hori zontal talking or yelling, that is your flesh nature. Instead discipline yoursel f to do more vertical talking to God in prayer, asking for His wisdom. And then follow His leading, that is the spiritual way to do it. Stop trying to change yo ur spouse especially with your words! "A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver." Proverbs 25: 11 Make sure your words are seasoned with love! Jesus loves you so much! Standing On Gods Word.....5/10/2011 Does The Enemy Have You Fleeing? "Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up." James 4:7-8,10 Will you pray today that your husband or wife will flee from the enemy that may have them so entangled in their sins and for them to submit to God? How about y ou how is your walk with the Lord. I mean really pray, which includes tears and pain that comes from the depth of your heart and spirit? If you are the stander, you must first submit to God to have your marriage restored, healed and used of God, have you done this already, have you surrendered your life to the Lord? I mean really surrendered everything? You need to purify your own heart and call on the Lord as you ask for forgivenes s for your part of your marriage problems of maybe even falling apart. Yes, you r part, you know you play a part in your marriage problems and now you must play a very important part in restoring, healing and allowing God to use your marria ge. After 26 years of working with couples it has NEVER been just one of the spouse" s fault! So you need to ask the Lord to show you your own failures as a spouse. When you pray asking for God to show you what you need to know He will, what yo u need to do He will and what you need to say He will. Then with God's divine he lp and forgiveness, you will sense God's presence, His grace, His peace, His lov e and His blessings. You then will be really to stop fleeing from the Enemy and be able to take your stand with the Lord and for your marriage, are you really t o do that? In the Bible, it says to resist the devil and He will flee from you. The script ures continue to say to you and to your husband or wife that you both need to ru n from the temptations of sin in both of your lives. Humble yourselves and the Lord will lift you up from your own circumstances! "But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you

made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses." I Timothy 6:11-12 Are you studying and listening to the Word of God and choosing to be obedient, I cannot begin to tell you just how important obedient is to your walk with the L ord and your marriage! We need to teach our children, as well and our churches need to teach their sheep to stand against the devil. We need to flee from all temptation however we need to stand against the devil. Husbands and wives need to run away from any temptation to sin. You and your spo use need to avoid being at the wrong place at the wrong time and allowing the en emy to tempt you. You are thinking, "My spouse needs to read this." I pray tha t many sinning spouses will! I pray you will share this message with someone wh o has not been fleeing from the Enemy and standing on God"s Word about their mar riage. Will you pray that your spouse will also read or hear God's Word teachin g them to run to God and start standing also for their marriage according to the Word of God. That they sever all ungodly soul ties, turn from their selfishness , their pride and any sexual immorality? Never forget who your enemy is, Satan. Your struggle is not against flesh or bl ood. Your enemy is not your spouse. If you can remember this one truth, you wi ll be able to defeat the enemy quicker, as you are learning some of Satan"s tric ks and schemes. God created marriage. God created a husband and wife to desire each other, but the enemy wants to turn sex into sexual immorality. May I suggest you study this next scripture with both you and your husband's or wife's name in it? "Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body." I Corinthians 6:18-20 Your husband or wife may not have known these scriptures before they fell into t he devil's trap and if they did they allowed Satan to deceive them. Many men of God have been deceived and fallen into sexual temptation and they do not know w hat to do or believe that they cannot go back to the way things were before they fell into sin. They don"t believe they can ever love their spouse or be loved b y their spouse again. They are wearing a mask, not allowing anyone to see their heart or their true feelings. God does. There is a way out for every sinner. You need to recognize the attacks of the enemy as his goal is to tempt everyone to fall into sin, yes big sin little sin it is all sin. Remember the story of Joseph and Potiphar's wife. Joseph, both out of faithfuln ess to his God and loyalty to Potiphar, his master, resisted temptation to sexua l sin. He was victorious over the temptation because he had previously made up his mind to remain obedient to his Lord and not to sin. You and your spouse nee d to do that every day. Never compromise! As long as you have air in your lungs and the dream (vision) in your heart remain faithful to the Lord and to your dr eam for your spouse. "Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart...Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will." 2 Timothy 2:22,25-26

Today as you have air in your lungs may you pursue righteousness, faith, love an d peace. Will you strive to seek the Lord daily with a pure heart? Yes, confes s your sins every day and ask the Lord to change your heart to become more like Him. He will answer your prayers. Start your day with getting born again and su rrendering your life afresh and new to Jesus first thing as you open your eyes! Talking about eyes, make sure you protect your eyes from not seeing or allowing your eyes to focus on things that the Lord has already spoken to you to stop loo king at, don"t think about it just do it! STOP! Today, pray that thousands of sinning spouses will open their spiritual eyes, ea rs and heart to be obedient to the Lord's voice regardless of where they are. W ill you pray that they may they have their own Damascus Road experience with the Lord repenting, turning completely from their sinful lifestyle as Paul did? Wh en this happens, God orchestrates them wanting to, go home and be the different type of spouse the type that shows what God has done in their life. Will you start fasting and praying for the many different strongholds to be brok en and severed forever in your spouse's life and maybe even in your life? Today is one day closer to your husband or wife surrendering to the Lord in obed ience to His correction as they flee from the enemy and stand on God"s Word for your marriage! Will you start with you surrendering anything that is still hold ing you back from all the Lord has for you? Train yourself to be godly, yes train, we seem to spend a lot of time training f or many things in this world how about be godly! "Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives tales; rather, train yourse lf to be godly." 1 Timothy 4:7. Don't look to the "modern" philosophy of love and marriage. It can be a quick ro ad to disunity, separation and even the divorce courts as is evidenced by the so aring divorce rates in the church. The principles for a good marriage are all co ntained within the Bible. Study it! Meditate on it! Be obedience! And just keep standing on God Word!

Standing On Gods Word.....5/16/2011 The Lord Can Heal A Lost and Sinful Spouse "I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them." Hosea 14:4 I love studying God's Holy Word. Here the above scripture should give you hope if your spouse is lost or is sinning against you and God. I pray that you will reread and invest some time on above scripture, which I feel is a very powerful promise for your own spouse. Go back and study it again and again and pray it w ith your husband's or wife's name in it. Does not matter how small or big the si n is pray it over them! Let me share what "wayward" means from the American College Dictionary: turned o r turning away from what is right or proper; perverse; a wayward son; swayed or prompted by caprice, or capricious. Now what does "caprice" mean? It means: a sudden change of mind without apparent or adequate motive; whim.

"Woe to the obstinate children," declares the Lord, "to those who carry out plans that are not mine, forming an alliance, but not by my Spirit, heaping sin upon sin." Isaiah 30:1 Do you know a wayward spouse or loved ones who are living blatantly in sin and l augh about it? I do I know many who chose everyday to test God. So then all I can do is continue to encourage spouses to stand, pray and fast for their spouse , we will stand with them. Why would you not pray for your spouse, children or your Mom, Dad, sisters or brothers for them to get gloriously saved, filled with the Holy Spirit and then to serve the Lord? "Those who are wayward in spirit will gain understanding; those who complain will accept instruction." Isaiah 29:24 "And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what he had done. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire." Revelation 20:12-15 Do you know how many people go to church, wear a mask to church, but never make the decision to accept Jesus Christ as Savior until they realize the truth? I mean are really saved, have surrendered all! There is a Heaven and a Hell. Do you know how many couples show up at church on Sunday or Wednesday and have jus t had a BIG fight with their spouse or a long awful night at home with their spo use. Yes they show up all made up, yet the Lord knows the truth, are they testing God . Who are they testing or trying to fool? The Lord knows and sees the heart! Or are they just trying to fool the people around them. Again the Lord knows the truth, yet many may go to the altar and then return back home as if nothing hap pen, yet before the end of the week is over, they are back to the save o save o. Never give up on your sinful, deceived spouse. One very important prayer that w e must pray regularly is that your spouse and all sinners will not harden their hearts. There are consequences to their disobedience and the sins of unforgiven ess, bitterness, anger, alcohol, drugs, pornography, or adultery. How about runn ing from what God's has called you too! "See to it, brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness. We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end the confidence we had at first. As has just been said: "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion." Hebrews 3:12-15 Be alert that you as a stander do not allow your own heart to become hardened by thinking that your spouse will never change and that your circumstances are imp ossible. You have just believed a lie from the enemy. Nothing is impossible wi th God. How big is your God? Never doubt the power in the Name of Jesus or the Blood that our Lord Jesus Chri

st shed on Calvary or God's promises in His Word. Jesus Christ paid the price f or us to be able to walk in victory. Are you still a baby in standing, or are you growing in the Lord? You may alrea dy be more mature than many of your Christians friends, because you have become a man or woman of faith, being sure of what you hope for and certain of what you do not see. (Hebrews 11:1) Do not allow doubt and unbelief steal your faith, h ope and trust in your Lord Jesus Christ's power in restoring, healing and using your marriage because of the your many different circumstances. Yes I know you may have been a strong believer. The Bible gives us warning throu ghout its pages of abandoning our faith. We must follow the Lord commands and l ive in obedience to our Lord Jesus Christ. Apostasy is a Christian severing the ir relationship with Jesus Christ or withdrawing their true faith in Him. Moral apostasy is when a Christian becomes enslaved again to sin and immorality just as before when they were an unbeliever. That is why you MUST continue in prayer for your spouse so their heart will not become hard as they chose to be tempted , blinded and deceived. What did the Lord call you too? The Lord loves your spouse and all sinning spouses so very much, He does not lov e their sin. Our Heavenly Father is going to keep speaking to your beloved spou se over and over again, softly at first and then more loudly to get your spouse' s attention. And He just may have to allow something to come into their life to get their attention, God does speak. He speaks to His children twenty-four hou rs a day. Don't give up! Listen for your instructions and know God's timing is always perfect. "But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life. Be merciful to those who doubt; snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh. To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen." Jude 20-25 Do you have a personal relationship with the Lord; are you about the Father's bu siness, look at your time, your money and your love, where are you investing the se things in? This may show us that you can believe in the power of God, that Je sus Christ is the Son of God, that the Bible is God's Word, that Jesus is coming again, and can even be baptized, yet not really know God in a personal way. So what does it mean to believe? The word believe is made up of two words: be an d live. Faith helps us to "be" spiritually. But then it is expressed in Christia n works and deeds. "Be" and "live." I put my faith in Christ, but then I live it out. People including your spouse just need to look at where your time, money a nd love is being invested and you will know and they too what you believe. Some might argue there is a conflict between faith and works, even pitting the t eachings of Paul against the teachings of James. But that is not the case. James was addressing those who claimed to be believers, but didn't show any real evid ence of it in their lives. He was saying that if it is real faith, then there wi ll be evidence of the faith by what they do, are doing and going to do. Don't st op now!

Standing On Gods Word.....5/23/2011 A Fresh Touch From The Lord! "They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man's eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, "Do you see anything?" He looked up and said, "I see people; they look like trees walking around." Once more Jesus put his hands on the man's eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly." Mark 8:22-25 What is the significance of this blind man needing to be touched "once more" by the Lord Jesus? Do you believe that every Word in the Scriptures is God-breathe d, inspired by the Holy Spirit? Not only has God made no mistakes in His Word, but every word is also purposeful. When was the last time the Lord touched you a fresh? For me it was just a short time ago in my time with the Lord this morning ! "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." II Timothy 3:16-17 Is it possible that some of us need the Lord's touch more than once? Is your sp ouse a Christian, yet has maybe turned away from you and his or her vows? Have t hey stopped loving you the way you need or want? Cry out to the Lord to touch your spouse again as Jesus touched the blind man tw o times. After the Lord's first touch, the blind man could see a little. "I se e people; they look like trees walking around," he said. But when Jesus touched him again, what happened? His eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and He saw everything clearly! Isn't that the cry for many beloved spouses - that the ir eyes would be opened and they would see everything clearly? Let us pray in a greement that our Lord would touch those spouses again that need a fresh touch t oday, opening their eyes and our eyes and hearts to see him and never be the sam e! Then we can all see everything clearly. What about us? As we stand, does our strength fail? Let us cry out to our Lord for strength. He knows our weaknesses, and desires to strengthen us when our st rength is failing. Even the Lord's greatest servants faced times when their stre ngth failed, as we see in the following remarkable passage from Daniel 10. "While he was saying this to me, I bowed with my face toward the ground and was speechless. Then one who looked like a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and began to speak. I said to the one standing before me, "I am overcome with anguish because of the vision, my lord, and I am helpless. How can I, your servant, talk with you, my lord? My strength is gone and I can hardly breathe." Again the one who looked like a man touched me and gave me strength. "Do not be afraid, O man highly esteemed," he said. "Peace! Be strong now; be strong." When he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, "Speak, my lord, since you have given me strength." Daniel 10:15-19 Here the Lord sent one who looked like a man to provide understanding to Daniel. And when Daniel confessed his need to be strengthened, the one sent from the L ord touched him again (that is, a second time), and Daniel was strengthened. You

can't stop at one or even two; ask that the Lord touch you afresh today and nev er stop asking for His touch. He is Holy and wants to touch us with the fullness of all His power! Ask and you will receive. Let's not be ashamed to ask the Lord to touch us again. He wants us to be strong , to be unafraid. He is aware of our needs and He longs to be gracious to us. Let us never hesitate to call out to Him for His help. Never matter your need to day He is there, have you called out to Him, I mean really called out to Him? "As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust." Psalm 103:13-14 "Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!" Isaiah 30:18 "Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are - yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need." Hebrews 4:14-16 Be always willing to enter into His chamber and receive a fresh touch from Him, He is willing and able and longs to touch you. You must be the one who is willin g to enter His chamber and know that He is available for you, yes for you! Yes t oday! Lay your needs before Him and ask Him for a touch no matter what it is tak e it to His chamber, He will meet you there! All day today turn your thoughts Heavenward remember this life is short however eternity is forever. Allow your actions toward your spouse today to be a blessin g! "Since you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on earthl y things" Colossians 3:1-2. When you spend time o have and minimize to water. God will resh touch today so . Remember let them looking at what you don't have, you lose sight of what you d God's blessings. Even small blessings can be viewed as seeds do the growing as you strive to live His way. Ask for that f you can be a blessing to your spouse and to those around you see, feel and hear Jesus through you!

Please remember to ask yourself, have you stop asking for a fresh touch in your life and your marriage? Will you make time today just to enter His chamber and a sk for a fresh touch today? Yes He is waiting for you...Then you will be able to stand in faith knowing and believing that nothing is impossible for the LORD? W ith this fresh touch your spouse will see the change in you and will also want t o change. So now will you agree with the Word and say, "I can do all things thro ugh Christ who strengthens me." Remember OBEDIENCE! Just do it...So today is the day to except what God has said and not what you want, or may think is the righ t thing to do. Let Him touch you, you need to ask for His touch and don't stop a sking and getting a fresh touch from Him. It may all need to start with you, jus t think how God can use you to touch others who don't have the faith you have. G ive your life your mind and your will to Jesus TODAY! PLEASE do not put it off!!

! NO today choose to be part of the solution and not part of the problem, be rea dy to help others, ask Him to help you He will, Jesus is there...for He is the S olution!

Standing On Gods Word.....6/27/2011 What Are You Teaching? "Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when yo u walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up." Deuteronomy 6:7 This past Saturday on our way back from Colorado I got an email message from a S ister that Norma and I had worked together with her and her husband on their mar riage many years ago. She was writing to thank me for all the prayer, work and t ime I had invested in her husband and her. She wanted to say thanks for helping her husband be the man of God that she need ed in her life. I called and left a message because I want her permission to cop y her email and share it with everyone, however as of yet I have not gotten a re turn call, so I will just use excerpts from her message to me. "Pastor I wanted to thank you for teaching me that the primary influencer of how our children would see dad would be through me! You and Norma taught me that th e way I viewed my husband, and the manner in which I treated him, would be mirro red by my children. Oh I don't remember how many times you and Norma told me tha t a woman is counted wise if she carefully builds her house --and this includes her husband's reputation. However, she is counted a fool if she tears it down wi th her own hands." "A wise woman builds her house. But with her own hands the foolish one tears it down." Proverbs 14:1 "Pastor I want to thank you for also teaching my husband to be strong in prayer and in action. You taught my husband not to give me everything I wanted, however to give me all the love and attention I needed. You taught him to be the head a nd the leader of our home. Our children have seen this and they have great respe ct and honor for their Dad. Yes you taught him how to be gentle yet strong and n ot to be moved by my every wish, THANK YOU!" "You kept reminding me that if I wanted my children to respect and honor my husb and as a Dad, I would have to show them the example by respecting him and honori ng him again THANK YOU! "You not only taught but you showed us by example what a Godly marriage looks li ke, acts like and lives like THANK YOU!" "Yes I remember how my husband used to say yes to all my requests, and then as h e started to grow in the Lord he learned that he did not have to say yes to all my requests. I never knew just how important that was to me till he started to t ake the lead. Yes how secure that made me feel that my husband was now leading a nd taking charge as God had originally planned it to be!". "Although the way things were before worked for a time, it wasn't in line with G od's plan for marriage. It also had serious implications for our children. I did n't realize it, but they saw my take charge attitude and the one who would make all the decisions for the family and then the one who would always get her way, this shows them how to disrespect him instead of respect him and honor him the w

ay God wanted it to be. If I wasn't treating their dad in a respectful way, why should they?" "Something had to be done, but I wasn't sure what. I turned to God. My prayer wa s something like, 'God please help.' No, not profound --but you don't have to be profound to talk to God! And then He sent Norma and you into our lives, what a God sent and I thank you both for being obedient to God's calling Thank You!" "The process began with me learning not to say everything that came into my head and the desire to get my way no matter what. God gave me that tiny fraction of time after a thought came into my head to decide if I wanted to say it. I'd like to say that I always made the right choice, but old habits die hard. Then both you and Norma were always there to help me and my husband learn how to walk this out correctly, Thank You!" "Yes, you both taught me how to ask, what do you want to do honey, that was not easy. I was so used to just saying what we were going to do and how we were goin g to do it, Thank You! I remember at times how hard it was for my husband not to say, well what do you want to do, no instead he just made the decision that was best for the family, which I praise the Lord that even today, he is so willing and able to take the lead as it should be!" "As a result, the tension level in our household decreased. How this has impacte d our children's lives and how they see their dad? They are grateful for a more peaceful home and have come to appreciate their dad's strengths. Respect is no l onger a stranger; whenever I treat my husband with regard, my children do well." Thank you Pastor for allowing the Lord to use you in my husband's life and mine life, what a difference!" "I remember at first how I grieved the lost years! But I'm thankful for the fres h start the Lord provided --and continues to provide --day after day. When you c hoose to respect your husband, you'll discover he is blessed, you are blessed, a nd your children are blessed as well." "I remember so clearly you saying, your decisions will influence future generati ons because your kids will take with them what they saw lived out at home. This trickle-down effect --whether good or bad --will filter through countless genera tions. Why not do all you can to make sure what trickles down isn't just good, b ut great." "So on this day before Father's Day I just want to say Thank You and I pray that you have a Great day tomorrow, I pray that you and Norma are surrounded by peop le who love you both and are caring for you both, I love you and THANKS!" Happy Father's Day!" Most of us today would agree that yes, men and women are different, and move on. But without a clear biblical definition of manhood and womanhood, without a cle ar vision of how they are different and why, both men and women have trouble sep arating life-giving pursuits from mistakes and mirages. "Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rul e over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." 27 So God created man in his own image, in the imag e of God he created him; male and female he created them." Genesis 1:26-27 We learn in Genesis that of all the things God created, none is more meaningful than humanity. Men and women stand as equals at the apex of God's created order, and yes though equals there is an order. Here we learn that women and men were

designed to reflect God's image over the rest of creation. But just as important is what lies at the heart of this design. Of all things it is gender: male and female, this has not changed and will never change. And yes each have a calling in their relationship with God and with each other. Obedience is the response of faith to any instruction from God. Jesus taught tha t true faith will always be manifested in obedience to God's revealed Will, Way and Word. Successful Christian living results from seeking and knowing God's Wil l, Way and Word and then doing it in faith! A real man rejects passivity, accepts responsibility, leads courageously, and ex pects God's greater reward. No matter what! Women were created by God, made in His image yet distinctively female. Woman wa s created from man for man and given a role highly valued by God. She is to be man's completer, not his competitor.br /> Not only is the woman physically different from a man, she's not wired the same emotionally. For this reason and many others, God has given wives a role that i s different from their husbands' yet equally important. If we want to build marriages that really work, we need to embrace the truth of our gender differences and all they imply. What a difference it would make in s o many marriages if we submitted to God's design and order. If you want to have the best marriage possible, then you must honor His plan. If you fight it, you will be fighting God. The consequences of such rebellion are continuing dissat isfaction, dissension, and eventually disaster. What a privilege women have to reflect to the world the character and work of Je sus Christ in their roles as wives. Wives, what can you do this week to offer y our husband respect and to more effectively fulfill your role as his completer? It is always so good to get good reports from people we have worked with in the past, this couple are now in full time ministry with a very large ministry and s ome of you know who they are. You saw the hand of God working in this couple; ye s this was back when we were in California. Thank You Jesus for the work You did in this family and thank You Lord that You love us so much that You allow peopl e to come into our lives to be a Blessing!

Standing On Gods Word.....7/20/2011 Good Morning and Blessings Upon You You Don't Need Anything Else Besides God! "They came out with all their troops and a large number of horses and chariots-a huge army, as numerous as the sand on the seashore. All these kings joined forces and made camp together at the Waters of Merom, to fight against Israel. The LORD said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid of them, because by this time tomorrow I will hand all of them over to Israel, slain. You are to hamstring their horses and burn their chariots." So Joshua and his whole army came against them suddenly at the Waters of Merom and attacked them, and the LORD gave them into the hand of Israel. They defeated them and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon, to Misrephoth Maim, and to the Valley of Mizpah on the east, until no survivors were left. Joshua did to them as the LORD had directed: He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots." Joshua 11:4-9

God is all you need for your life and for your marriage to be restored, to be he aled and moved to the next level! Do you believe that statement? When you study the Old Testament you will read about the men of God, but you will also read ab out the many different battles they were in. I love to study the Old Testament, because God always protected His children IF they listened and followed His com mands. God's people, the Israelites were God's chosen people. In Joshua Chapte r 11, Joshua was in another battle, and in the natural eye the enemy outnumbered the Israelites with a huge army, horses and chariots, "as numerous as the sand on the seashore." That is a lot of people! But please study what the Lord said to Joshua. "Do not be afraid of them, because by this time tomorrow I will han d all of them over to Israel, slain." May you take that word today for you, regardless of what the enemy is attacking you with. Do not be afraid of the circumstances, because God is all you need! G od is able to do anything! You may be a new Christian and do not know the Bible well, but if you will discipline yourself by praying and studying the Word dail y, God will teach you how powerful He is all the time. You must believe and be faithful to your Lord and Savior. In Genesis, Chapter 22, study how Abraham was being tested in being obedient to what the Lord was telling him to do by sacrificing his only son, Isaac. Abraham had to reason that God could do anything and he obeyed his God. I pray that yo u will begin the process, to begin to know God's mighty power as your Lord God c reated the Heavens and the earth, the stars and all the sand at the seashore. "Ah, Sovereign LORD , you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you." Jeremiah 32:17 When you start thinking about the magnitude of what these scriptures are meaning , you need to start praising the Lord that He is on your side because God is God ! Abraham was willing to sacrifice his only son, Isaac, to God. He obeyed God and had faith in God's awesome mighty power that his God could bring Isaac back to life! Today I pray that you will totally surrender your life to the God of A braham, Isaac and Jacob, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, believing in the Word of God, and knowing that our God can restore and bring back to life your dead o r hurting marriage. Whatever it is your life that needs restoring know that God can restore and make it even better! Obedience is so important in standing for your marriage, as you must obey the Lo rd moment by moment, day by day. The same is true for your life whatever it is t hat you are believing the Lord for and it is according to His Will it will be do ne, however in His time. "The angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time and said, "I swear by myself, declares the LORD , that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me." Genesis 22:15-18 What a promise for us today as we are his descendants! God loves and cares abou t you. He created and knew you before you were born. He will never leave you o r forsake you. His Love you can count on! "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and

wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with you." Psalm 139:13-18 Today, know for certain that God created you, loves you and has a plan and purpo se for your life. He is right there with you now, so do not be afraid of what i s happening. Call on your Heavenly Father to defend and protect you from the en emy who is trying to destroy you or your marriage. Learn to walk in faith and i n victory. Be comforted that the Lord knows all of your needs, your pain, your problems and fears. Believe in His mighty power that created the heavens and th e earth including all the sand on the seashore. The Lord God is all you need! "By faith Abraham, even though he was past age-and Sarah herself was barren-was enabled to become a father because he considered him faithful who had made the promise. And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." Hebrews 11:11-12 Yes, Sarah gave birth to Isaac when she was 90 years of age because she did not look at her physical inability but choose to look at Gods greatness and faithfu lness to keep His Word. So you too today no matter the mountain before you keep your eyes on the Lord, be obedient to His Word, pray to Him, keep the Faith, wal k in His ways, do His will and know that He is all you need!

Standing On Gods Word.....7/27/2011 Don't Lose Your Hope! "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 15:13 Are you being tempted to lose your hope? Are you ready to give up, choosing to believe all Satan's lies and his circumstances and not believe in God's truths a nd in the promises of God? Have you lost your hope in the Lord God today? Have you lost your hope in your life or marriage today? Have you started losing you r hope believing that your spouse will listen and obey God's voice to change and maybe even return home? I know you may be battling the feelings and emotions o f hopelessness, but don't give up! Instead, ask the Holy Spirit to touch your h eart, your mind and your emotions right now to receive God's truth and promises just for you or your marriage! Our Lord God is a God of "hope"! And He is Great ! Are you tired or weary? Are you tired of all the battles that you are having wi th your spouse, how about life and there just "never" seems to be any peace in y our life or at home, or at least when your spouse is at home? Do you need more strength to get through your daily hildren and all that they are involved in plus your e Lord for His strength which only He can give you. our hope in the Lord? He will renew your strength! responsibilities with your c job and commitments? Ask th Will you chose to put all y Let me share a powerful scr

ipture for you today: "Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:28-31 If you put all your hope in the Lord, you are going to trust Him completely with your marriage, life and children. Yes the Lord is the source of your help. He is your refuge, your fortress. You will be able to raise above all your proble ms like an eagle that soars into the sky. This is our prayer everyday for those who are in a battle no matter the size of that battle, "May the God of hope fil l each of you with His hope, joy and peace as nothing is too hard for God. Amen. " God is a God of hope! "Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress, I not be shaken. My salvation and my honor depend on God; my mighty rock, my refuge. Trust in Him at all times, O pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge." Psalm 62:5-8 Him. He will He is people;

What is "Hope?" In the Bible dictionary it says: the confident expectancy. In the Bible, the word "hope" stands for both the act of hoping and the things hope d for in the future. Webster's Dictionary meaning says: a feeling that what is wanted will happen; desire accompanied by expectation. The things that one has a hope for. A reason for hope. A person or thing on which one may base some h ope. Trust, Reliance. In the Nelson's Three- In-One Bible Reference Companion the meaning of hope is: reliance on God's blessing and provision; the expectati on of future good. Wow, give me hope! My prayer is that you will have "confident expectancy" which is putting all your confidence in the Lord who will give you hope! Genuine hop e is not wishful thinking, but a firm assurance about things that are unseen and still in the future to come! It does not matter what you are facing today, plac e your hope on the Lord, He will not only see you through He will be and bring t he Victory! "We continually remember before our God and Father our work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ." I Thessalonians 1:3 "Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." Hebrew 11:1 Praise the Lord for God's Word. There is power in God's Word. Are you studying God's Word daily? Make time to meditate on God's Word, by studying God's Word a nd then start picking some powerful scriptures to memorize. You will then be le arning more each day and also growing in the Lord. What are you hoping for? Is your hope for your spouse or your rebellious teenag er to know the Lord? Is it just life and all the things that it brings? Are you hoping, trusting and believing that the Lord will bring your spouse to a place where they will understand and know your love and the love of the Lord. Are you

hoping, trusting and believing that the Lord will rebuild your marriage or your life on the solid rock of Jesus Christ and move it up to the next level? Do not give up on God. Do not look at your present circumstances. Put your hope in t he Lord and in the Word of God. "I have put my hope in your word." Psalm 119:74 Ask Him to fill you with all joy and peace so that you may overflow with "hope" by the power of the Holy Spirit. Now, believe, and He will resurrect and rebuil d your life, your marriage in His perfect timing! Remember, stand firm with con fident expectancy of your life your marriage being restored suddenly! "We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield. In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD, even as we put our hope in you." Psalm 33:20-22 His name is Jesus and there is hope and power in His name! Jesus loves you so much!

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