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Please help heal a broken family Prayer Answered

Since 2002 I have been in love with a wonderful man. We have had a lot of challenges over the years but made a commitment to each other and out children in July 06. We moved, got married and began to blend our family. It has been very hard to be a step-parent to children that think I am mean and hateful. I have tried so hard to do what I can but it seems that I continue to fail. Yesterday my husband told me that we would need to split up so his son would stay with him and he could get his daughter back. I think I understand, but my heart is so broken. I prayed for years that God would find favor in our relationship and bless us, and it seemed like it worked. Now I am praying again that God will heal my family and help my step-children forgive me so that we can remain a family. Please help me save my family.

Update - about 1 year ago:

My husband and I spoke today and it is definite we will start the new year apart. I feel like I have lost everything, I am holding on to my faith and have been praying all day that I find peace and that he also finds the peace that he needs. I see the struggle in his eye and that he is not sure that he is doing the right thing. All I can do is reassure him that I love him no matter what and that just does not go away and that I will continue to pray for us to be a family again and that his children and I find peace. I ask for help with this, I don't know if my prayers are enough.

Update - about 1 year ago:

I want to thank each of you for you prayers and words of comfort. When I made this request I had not eaten or slept for 2 days, since I have read the response, I have begun to eat and sleep more peacefuly, so I believe that the prayers for my family are helping. We are still in the same position, but I am finding peace, I have turned this over to God and have peace that he will do what is right and just for my family. I love all my children and my husband, I will do anything to make them happy but I also know that they must accept our Savior into their lives in order for us to heal. So I have added to my prayers that the Lord bless them with his mercy, that they come to know him as their Savior and that the evil that is shadowing God's love and mercy be lifted and God's ray of light shine upon our family. We were brought together by God's will and he continues to work in our family everyday. Please continue to pray for our salvation and our reconciliation.

Update - about 1 year ago:

I am so amazed at the kindness of everyone who has prayed for my family and with me over the last few days. My husband and I spoke again yesterday and we will be trying over the next few months to work on healing our family! He opened up and told me how I am the strength of the family and how I keep us together and that yes there is no doubt of his love for me. We agreed that our priorities have become misguided and that as a husband he has let me down and as a wife I have also let him down. We have committed to trying to reconcile with the children and to bring order and love back into our home, to be more faithful to the Word and to pray as a family should. He has always struggled with his relationship with God or maybe I should say lack of relationship, but I continue to pray for his salvation and for that of my step-children. I know in the next few months that for me I will need to walk in the path of a true Christian and forgive others and show my family that to love and respect others is the right thing to do. I will continue to pray for the healing of my family in the trials we will be facing over the next few months. My faith in Our Father is stronger than ever. He has blessed my family. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.....

Update - 11 months ago:

While I feel that may first prayer was answered I am continuing to struggle with the situation. There continues to be a tension between my husband and myself, I am not sure if it is because of the things that were said or something else. So I continue to Pray that the lord heals my husband and family. That we remain faithful to the committment we made when we married, that we continue to receive the Lord's blessings on our family. I ask continue to ask for support in this and pray for all who have prayed with me.

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cju
cju New Jersey, USA

thank you Lord that they have been talking and are working towards healing. Please bless them both and heal the pain and dissention. Please move in the children and heal the rifts here. Please Lord as the season of love and miracles approaches, please let that message fill their household. Please Lord move in all of them to be where you need them to be and let forgiveness and reconciliation take place. Please st jude st anne st anthony st michael st rita and mother mary pray unceasingly for them all. God Bless you all amen

Michaelanthony
Michaelanthony New Braunfels, TX

Lord Father, you alone have taken me from the firey trials of my life...lol...I also know that you tossed me into a few of them yourself...That is Okay Father, because you did so out of Love. My Sister has moments of struggle in the blending of her family and her relationship with her husband...however, I keep noting that she keep saying that things are good with momentary intrusions of trials...is that the devil, or is that you??? Father, reveal to her that you have never said that things are always going to be easy...no, in fact, you have been bold in letting us know that the path of Your Son Jesus, is not a path for the weak. We will have trials, we will have set backs, we will have those times when we cry out...JUST as did your Son. Lord, we love you because even in those moments, we know by our Faith that you will not put us in situations that are beyond our capacity to work through. Thank you Lord for my Sister, thank you Lord that there is improvement in her relatioship with her husband, thank youj Lord that the relatioship with this Godly Woman and her Step Children is growing stronger with each passing day. I claim this victory in the Name of Jesus Christ...Praise you Lord and thank you. Amen.

andrea77
andrea77 Fairfield, CT

Praying for you!

sponsaechristae
sponsaechristae mt.hope,wa

I would earnestly recommend you post a petition in the guestbook on www.seelos.org. Fr. Seelos is a great wonderworker, and he can bring peace back into your life. If your relationship is meant to be, he can fix it in a twinkling of an eye. Hang on to your faith, God knows, loves, and cares.

amessageofhope

Keep the switch of faith turned on. Jesus loves you and wants this for you also.

Thankfultoo
Thankfultoo Killeen, TX

My Heavenly Father I come to ask for the healing for this family, I pray for the children that are having a hard time with a having a new mom and a new dad, Lord I pray for both the husband and the wife that they may come to You in prayer and ask for Your Holy Will, Lord please bless this family in Jesus Name I pray. Amen.

Clydean
Clydean san bernardino ca

I will continue to keep you and your family in Prayer as a step parent I know there can be challenges I will pray for healing and love and that the Lord will bring a stronger and happier life for all of you God Bless you and your family just keep your faith God is always there for us no matter what Clydean

Michanu
Michanu Hilo, Hawaii

Thank you for your kind words and prayers. They mean so much. I am so sorry you're hurting so much and I really do wish the best for you and your family.

Our Father In Heaven,
We thank You for leading us here where we may seek comfort and also reach out to others. We thank You for the love we receive from our families and friends. We thank You for this wonderful woman who has so much love to give. We thank You for the many blessings and beauty You have bestowed upon us. We ask You to please bless this family with Your love and warmth. We ask You to bless this wonderful woman with peace and serenity, to know that she has loved and that is the greatest gift anyone can give. We ask You to please bless her with the strength and courage to overcome all obstacles for a full and happy life. We ask You to please bless this family with Your guidance and wisdom.
We ask these things in the name of Jesus Christ,
Amen

Michaelanthony
Michaelanthony New Braunfels, TX

My Sister in Christ...Praise God for the wisdom that he has poured out on you. I am so joyed to read that you are not tring to fix things youself. The architect to this entire Univers is our Most Precious Father and by the Body and Blood of His Son, whom He sent for our Salvation, we are saved. Not by any measure of what we can do, our good works, nothing at all can make us worthy...No, we are saved by virtue of our Faith and Belief that Jesus Christ is the son of God and that He gave His ver life for us. You marriage is indeed saved and resotred to a place that is better than it was before...just claim it in the name of Jesus. I am not going to get into the conflicts between you and your stepchildren, even that has been solved by Him. Remember, they are not your children, they are your Stepchildren and you happen to be the woman that God designed to be their father's wife. He is to tend to the discipline, the correction, and the lives of his children and you wit yours. I ask that you endulge me a moment here. I sent an email to my daughers this morning and I think that it is appropriate that I share it with you...I am going to paste it here for you: Hi Baby Girls,

I want to share a story with you that recently happened. What I am about to say is true and the reason I know it is true is because it happened to me.

Look, you two know that my marriage is in a place where the only hope of salavtion is through the Mercy and Grace of God. For several months now, I have been coming to an understanding of just how much God does influence and just how much of our lives are a direct result of God's love for us. Well, God lead me to a place one day where I met a man and we were sitting at a table and enjoying a cup of coffee. This man listened to what was in my heart and he listened very attetively. A prayer that I had been lifting to our Lord was for Him to give me guidance on what I am to do. Am I to just close the door on my marriage? Am I to just turn my back on my commitment to Brenda? Am I to just accept that she no longer has love in her heart for me? As I was speaking to him I notice tears were forming in his eyes and I asked if he was okay? This man that I had never seen before, this man that I have not seen since said to me:

Michael, I know exactly what is in your heart. You see, my wife and I were in a situation much as yours is. I too was so confused and I wanted very much to do what God wants me to do. I turned to Him in prayer and asked Him "How long Lord and I to keep on loving her?" "Lord, why should I continue to hold her in my heart when she is so fearful of even speaking to me?" Michael, this went on for well over a year. God put the question back on me. He asked me if I love her? I said "Yes". He asked me if I truly love her? To which I responded..."Yes". He then said to me...Are you absolutely certain that you love her? "Yes, Yes, Yes, Lord." He explained to me that the reason things were going the way they were going was because He had a work to do in me. He told me that I had wandered so far from doing His word that He had to do something to get my attention. He asked me, if my wife were to be incapacitated and could only stay in bed...would I take care of her...if she could not speak to me...would I continue to love her...if she were so sick that she required around the clock attention...would I provide for her...and I told him I would

He looked me in the eyes and I could see the tears rolling down his face and he said that he loves his wife so very much. He told me that God has reconciled his marriage with his wife. He told me that his wife is with him 24 hours a day in his heart. He told me that the last time he saw his wife, he kissed her with a love he had never known before and he looked into her face, reached up and closed the lid to her coffin. His wife had cancer. Her life was taken from her. God had told this man that he will have his wife forever in his heart and in his spirit. He was looking into my eyes and with conviction, he said that he loves his wife more than ever and he has never been closer to her than he is right now. So, Michael...how long are you to love her??? The answer to that my Brother is simple, love her the way Jesus loves you...with no limitation, no exception, and no conditions.

Girls, I love Brenda today more than I ever have, but what this email to you is for, is not to let Brenda know how I feel about her...No, God is working on that...No, the reason for this email is to let you two know that I love each of you in the same way...You two are forever in my heart and I love each of you so very much.

Dad/Papah
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Love him...love your husband...Give all Glory to God for the healing in your marriage. God Bless you. Father God, I thank you right now and I stand with my sister in her call to you to be the provider in this family. Thank you Lord for the healing of this family and may they be blended with your Son at the center that this marriage and this family can be lifted as a model to what life as a Christian Family is to be. Thank you Lord,and I claim this for them in the Name above all Names, that of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

losing_faith - about 1 year ago: Your words are so true....I will always love my husband, over the years, while we were dating at times he was horrible to me...but I could always see that beneath that harsh exterior was a man crying out for love....so I did, I loved him patiently for years, I kept faith as he found his path back into my life time after time. The last 2 years have been a miracle to me. He has been the best husband I could have ever asked for...on some level I feel that I may have let him down, but on another, I feel he has lost faith in the gift we were given, each other. When my step-son returns from his mother's at the end of the week, I plan on telling him how much I love him and that I am sorry for any and all wrongs...I will ask for his forgiveness and remind him that our family is important to me but that I understand...I will tell him that I will continue to pray for our family to heal, that we are able to live together as we should, but that I have also turned it over to our Lord for direction. I don't know that he will be accepting or even forgiving...but I know I must say the words to him so that I have peace. In his forgiveness I may find the answer to my prayers, so I will continue to pray everyday, every hour for guidance, patience, the blessing of our Lord, for healing for those I love and for the salvation of our marriage and family.
Mary_Shea
Mary_Shea Atlanta, GA (USA)

Please keep your focus on Jesus Christ. God hates divorce! He created marriage and the family! But God wants to be first in your life! Remember this...all things work together for good, to those who love God and are called according to His purpose! I will pray for you and your situation! God bless you ..

baz101
baz101 Nigeria

My dear,continue to pray,prayer is the key,what goes up must surely come down.I wish you all the best

memo
memo Los Angeles, CA.

May the Lord hear your prayers and may you be blessed in more ways than one.........Be patient, have faith and hopefully all will be well. Do not lose faith my sister....................

God Bless You......................
AMEN

Calista
Calista Quebec, Canada

Almighty Father, please be with this family during these very difficult times. Bless them with love, comfort, union, peace, communication, and guidance. Accompany them on their journey through life. Amen.

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Angee161
Angee161 New York

Lord
I pray for reconciliation of this marriage, and healing upon this family...Please intervene and reunite this couple..Please shower them with love, patience and understanding. Please place forgiveness in all of their hearts, and help them to start over again...Please show them the way to family counseling so that this family can heal and be happy...amen

PLS
PLS SA

May GOD be with you and help you during this difficult your time.May he bring healing to you and your family and may bind the spirit of unforgiveness and command it to leave.We pray this through CHRIST OUR LORD . AMEN