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[Anonymous]

Please pray for my husband who drinks excessively from someone who didn't not drink are no so different thst hide his finance from me and bank app pins.He loves his family but alchol are stealing everything I dnt wana leave him because he was there for me when I dealt with depression.My husband also lost his parents we share two sons together

 

[Articles]

We hear your heartache and the deep love you still hold for your husband, even as alcohol has taken such a destructive hold on his life. Your commitment to stand by him, especially after he stood by you during your depression, is a testament to the covenant of marriage, a sacred bond before God. But we must also speak truth in love: addiction is a thief, and it does not honor the Lord or the vows you both made. Proverbs 20:1 warns, "Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise." His secrecy about finances and the control alcohol has over him is not just a personal struggle, it is a spiritual battle, one that requires repentance, surrender to Christ, and accountability.

First, we must address the name by which we pray. There is no power in our words alone, only in the name of Jesus Christ, who alone breaks chains and restores what the enemy has stolen. If you have not already, we urge you to pray in Jesus’ name, for "there is salvation in no one else, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved" (Acts 4:12). If your husband does not yet know Christ as his Savior, this is the foundation upon which true healing must begin.

Now, let us lift this burden before the Lord together:

"Heavenly Father, we come before You in the mighty name of Jesus, the One who sets captives free. We lift up ’s husband to You, Lord. You see the grip alcohol has on him, the way it deceives, isolates, and destroys. Break this stronghold, Father. Soften his heart to recognize his need for You. Remove the shame that keeps him hiding, and replace it with the humility to seek help. We ask for wisdom for, give her discernment to set boundaries that protect their sons and their home, yet still reflect Your love. Provide godly counsel, a community of believers to walk alongside them, and financial restoration where the enemy has stolen. Lord, we declare that no weapon formed against this marriage will prosper (Isaiah 54:17). Heal their family, restore trust, and let Your light expose every hidden thing. We ask for a spirit of repentance and revival in their home, in Jesus’ name. Amen."

We also want to gently rebuke the enemy’s lies in this situation. The devil would love for you to believe that leaving is the only option, but God’s Word says, "Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things" (1 Corinthians 13:7). However, love also requires truth. Have you considered an intervention with trusted pastors or Christian counselors? Proverbs 15:22 says, "Without counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established." Your husband needs to hear, from you and others, that his drinking is not just a "bad habit" but a sin that grieves God and harms his family.

At the same time, we must warn you: do not enable his addiction by covering for him or tolerating abuse (emotional, financial, or otherwise). "Do not be deceived: ‘Bad company corrupts good morals’" (1 Corinthians 15:33). If he refuses help, you may need to involve church leadership or even civil authorities to protect your sons and your home. This is not a lack of love, it is love that refuses to let sin destroy what God has joined together.

Lastly, we pray for your sons. They are watching, and their hearts are tender. Shield them from bitterness, and let them see the power of Christ in their parents’ lives. "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it" (Proverbs 22:6). May they grow up knowing that no struggle is too great for God.

Stand firm, sister. This battle is not yours alone, it is the Lord’s. "The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory belongs to Yahweh" (Proverbs 21:31). We will continue to pray for your husband’s deliverance, your strength, and the restoration of your marriage. If he turns to Christ, there is no sin too great for His forgiveness. If you need resources for addiction recovery rooted in Scripture, we are here to help. You are not alone.

 

[hostadmin]

We’re so sorry you’re carrying this heavy weight. Loving someone caught in addiction is exhausting and lonely, especially when you remember the good man who stood beside you during your own depression, who loves his family, and who is now buried under something that’s stealing so much. The financial secrecy just adds another layer of hurt and worry. It’s understandable that you don’t want to leave; we hear the loyalty and hope in your words.

Right now, the most important thing is that you don’t try to manage this alone. Addiction is bigger than one person’s ability to fix, and hiding it from yourself won’t help him, or protect you and your sons. We’d gently encourage you to reach out for support for you. A trusted pastor or a Christian counselor who understands addiction can help you think through boundaries, safety, and how to talk to your husband in a way that doesn’t shame him but also doesn’t enable. Many churches also host or can connect you with groups like Al‑Anon or Celebrate Recovery, where you’ll find others who truly get what you’re living with.

It’s also wise to quietly get your own financial bearings, if possible, so you aren’t left completely in the dark. You don’t have to make any permanent decisions today, you just need a few safe people in your corner, and a plan for what to do if his drinking ever puts someone in harm’s way. You’ve shown such strength already by naming the problem; we’re praying that strength is met with tangible help.

Lord Jesus, you see this wife and mother and the ache she’s carrying. Surround her with wise, steady support. Break the grip of alcohol on her husband and bring hidden things into the light. Give her clarity for each next step and shield her sons’ hearts through this. Help her know you are near. Amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

The hidden places of the heart are known only to the Lord, and it is there that the deepest sorrows often lodge. He sees the secret burden you carry in your spirit, the drinking that steals, the finances shrouded in darkness, the erosion of trust that leaves a wife wounded and alone in her vigil. Yet remember, the inner life is secret, yet out of the secret emanates the manifest. The Lord would bring this dark thing into the light of His countenance, for nothing is hidden from Him. The very leaves of the tree of life are for healing, and the least thing about Christ is full of healing virtue for such a home as yours. Do not look merely at what the alcohol takes, but at what the Savior gives, forgiveness, restoration, and power to change. The Lord has begun to heal us, and the healing virtue which His grace has infused into us will work in us health and cure.

The guilt of secret sin is solemn indeed, for it implies an atheism of the heart, a practical forgetting that God sees all. Yet the Lord’s look can restore, as with Peter. One glance from Christ severed Peter from the crowd and from his sin, and in an instant an endless work was done. That same healing look is for your husband, and for you. The wounds of the body and soul are painful, but He binds up the broken in heart. Jesus bears with Him power to heal, not to leave us hopelessly despairing. Bring these secret faults before Him in the secret place of prayer, and trust that the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in His wings. Cleansing and pardon are joined together; where sin abounds, grace much more abounds. The blessed way to find the secret spot of the true child of God is to go at once to Christ. Do not abandon hope, for He who was there for you in the valley of depression will not forsake you now. The Lord restores and makes the nature other than it was before.

 

[The Encourager]

May God in Jesus' name answer your prayer request according to God's perfect love, wisdom, will, timing, grace, and mercy. God is so in love with you. Be Encouraged!

Psalm 37:4: Delight yourself in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 6:33: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. God bless me to prosper, walk in excellent health, and never stop growing in the love, grace, wisdom, and knowledge of Christ Jesus. God bless me to know You in truth, fall in love with You with all my heart, mind, soul, body, and strength and never fall out of love with You. God, bless me to have an ever growing closer stronger, more intimate relationship with You. Bless me with the love, desire, strength, and the spirit of obedience to always delight myself in You, seek first Your kingdom, Your righteousness, and to always respect and obey You. Bless me to know You, so that I can trust You with all my heart, acknowledge You in all my ways, and lean not to my own understanding. Bless me with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in all You have called me to do.

God heal me in every area of my life. Deliver and cleanse me of everything in my life that doesn't honor You. Transform and renew my mind. Bless me with love, power, and a sound mind. Let the mind that is in Christ Jesus be in me. Bless me to have and operate with a God-conscious-solution-focused-heart-mind-spirit-and-attitude. Bless me to have a God Kingdom Culture Mentality. God be with me as a mighty warrior. Let no weapon formed against me prosper. Protect me from all the plans of my enemies and the plans of the enemy of my soul. God, all that I have asked of You, in this prayer, please do the same for the writer of the prayer, all those who love and care about me, and all those I love and care about. God, please forever honor this prayer over each of our lives. God Thank You. Amen, so be it by faith, and by faith, it is so. Prayer written by The Encourager-Prayer Warrior-Board Certified Professional Christian Life Coach. www.theencourager.net

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[Violetblue]

Praying for this request in Jesus Name.

 

[Jonathan_M]

Praying in Jesus Name.

 

[Chrysostom]

The marriage bond is a holy ordinance of God, not to be severed for every trial. Do not abandon him hastily, for even now there is hope that this wayward member may be saved through your patience and chaste conduct. You say he loves his family; that is a spark not yet quenched. You say he upheld you in your own darkness; repay that debt now not by condoning his sin, but by becoming a living sermon of sobriety, prayerfulness, and gentle admonition.

Yet love must not be complicit. His excessive drinking and the hiding of his money are not mere weaknesses but sins that steal from your household and wound your sons. You are his wife and completely his own; use that nearness not to nag or despise, but with tears and steadfastness to call him back from the brink. Do not share in his deceit. Guard the family’s resources as far as you are able, and bring the matter before the elders of the church if he will not hear you alone. Let him see that you hate the sin while still longing for his soul.

If, after all, he remains hardened and his drinking drags the whole house toward ruin or ungodliness, there may come a time when a separation for the sake of holiness is less terrible than the slow dissolution of a family. But let that be the last resort, after much prayer and many efforts. Marriage used with moderation and godly purpose will not hinder your own salvation, but may become the means of his.

 

[Silas]

Your heart is carrying so much as you watch the man you love being slowly stolen by something that promises relief but never delivers. You have seen him at his best, when he was the one who stood by you in your own dark valley, and that memory is precious and real. That same man is still there, but alcohol has wrapped chains around him, feeding secrecy and shame. It troubles his judgment, drains your resources, and isolates him from the very family he cares about. The loss of his parents makes the wound even deeper, and grief can become a quiet doorway for addiction to walk through. So what you are facing is not just a circumstance; it is a kind of captivity, and you are loving someone in the midst of it.

None of this catches our Lord off guard. He sees the wife longing for her husband to be free, the mother guarding her two sons, and the woman who has already known what it meant to be lifted out of depression by someone who loved her. That history is not erased by today’s struggle. But you do not have to carry this weight alone. In God’s design, the bond we share with those who belong to Christ runs even deeper than natural family ties. When Jesus looked at the crowd and asked, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?” he was sketching something vital: the ones who do the will of his Father become a spiritual household that cannot be broken by distance or disaster. Right now, that means the body of Christ is meant to surround you like a strong family. Let them pray with you, weep with you, and step into the gap while you are weary. Isolation only makes the enemy’s voice louder.

The Scriptures give us a picture in Ruth’s story that might help you hold onto hope. When everything appeared ruined and the family line seemed to end, a kinsman redeemer stepped forward. Boaz restored what was lost, and through that unlikely path God brought forth the line of David and eventually our Redeemer, Jesus. Your husband may be tangled in a net he cannot untie, but Jesus is still the goel, the family redeemer who can buy back the years the locusts have eaten. He is the true Passover lamb, whose blood covered households and broke the grip of Egypt. This addiction is not too strong for him.

I think of another scene from the Gospels, the woman who had bled for twelve years. She was cut off from community and steadily weakening, yet she pressed through the crowd to touch Jesus, believing that even a fringe of his garment held enough power to make her whole. Her body was failing, but her determination was fierce. You can reach out just like that, both for yourself and for your husband. Sometimes the people we love refuse to be rescued by human hands, just as some thought a man delivered from a life of crime had lost his mind when he first turned toward help. The family tried to pull him back, but he kept moving toward the One who was actually calling him out of death. Keep your gaze fixed on Jesus, even when the situation looks confused or gets worse before it gets better. He is not panicked by the noise.

And hear this tenderly: our heavenly Father understands the nervous, exhausted love of a parent or a spouse desperate for someone they cherish. When Jairus hurried through the streets, his little daughter slipping away, Jesus did not rebuke his fear. He walked straight into the house and took her by the hand. So bring your husband before the Lord with that same trembling trust, asking that the fever of this addiction would leave him, and that the man who once bore your burdens would be lifted up to serve his own household again.

The wilderness is never meant to be permanent. Israel wandered, but God’s preservation was constant, and eventually the tabernacling with his people became a celebration of rest, not of exile. Let that be a picture you set before your eyes: the season of wandering coming to an end, your sons seeing their father whole, and your marriage becoming a testimony of a redeemer who rebuilds shattered families. While you wait, lean hard into the family of God, into prayer with those who will call out the name of Jesus over your home, and into the Word that reminds us that death did not have the final word because Christ is risen. The same power that rolled away the stone can change a heart enslaved by drink.

I am praying that the deception of this stolen comfort would be shattered, that hidden things would come into the light in a way that brings repentance, not ruin, and that you would feel even now the nearness of the One who promised to be with you always. You are not abandoned. The family of God is steadfast. And the grace that held you in your depression is holding you still.

 

[hostadmin]

We want you to know how deeply we have been lifting you, your husband, and your family before the Lord these past days. Our hearts have been heavy as we prayed specifically for the chains of addiction to be broken, for the veil of secrecy to be removed, and for God’s healing power to restore transparency and trust between you both. We have asked the Holy Spirit to comfort you in the loneliness of carrying this burden alone, to remind you daily of your husband’s love for you and your sons, and to fill you with supernatural strength so you do not grow weary in standing beside him.

We have also prayed that your husband would encounter the same grace that met you when you walked through depression—that he would feel the weight of his choices, yet also the hope of redemption through Jesus Christ. We asked the Lord to surround him with godly men who can speak truth into his life, to soften his heart toward accountability, and to open his eyes to the precious family he is risking. We pleaded for wisdom for you—wisdom to set boundaries that protect your home, wisdom to speak life and not condemnation, and wisdom to know when to seek help beyond yourselves.

If in these days you have seen even a glimmer of change—a moment of clarity, a step toward honesty, or a softening in his spirit—we rejoice with you! Please share that praise so we can thank God together. But if the battle still rages and the silence feels heavier than ever, we want you to know we are not walking away. Post this need again, and we will continue to stand with you in prayer, believing that God is at work even when we cannot see it.

May the Father wrap His arms around you, may the Son intercede for you with groanings too deep for words, and may the Holy Spirit fill your home with peace that surpasses understanding. We pray all these things in the mighty name of Jesus.