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[Justbecause5]

There is power in prayer (James 5:16)!

Thank you to everyone that has prayed for me. I keep coming back here because I believe in prayer.

The last few days the weather has been challenging here in ###. It was -31°F and then last night we got like five or 6 inches of snow. So, it’s been a challenge.

The last three years of my life have been very challenging, indeed.

My job in ### was complete and my two young sons and I flew to ### to begin a new teaching work and to set up our new home. My wife and older daughter were headed overseas to visit family.

So, I was 5000 miles away. My wife hired an attorney and together they went to court and made it seem like I stole the boys and took them across state lines. I was not there to defend myself in any way. The judge gave permission for my wife to go get the boys. She did, she and a sister in Christ.

I remember the boys and I had gone to ### with very little money. A lot of teachers have to wait 30 to 45 days to get their first paycheck. It’s often very frustrating and a struggle. There were times where I thought we were gonna have to stay in the classroom.

So, I was really looking forward to the first paycheck which also included a moving allowance of $5000. On the day that I got paid, I was so excited. Little did I know, I would never see my sons again.

It’s been over three years now since I’ve seen my children. Just typing that sentence above causes me to pause and remember all the pain that I’ve been through. I have shed many many tears over that timeframe. I have never been suicidal, but I have prayed that God would take my life many many times.

I pleaded with God for reconciliation. Initially, I used some of that money to hire an attorney. It was a lady attorney. However, after a month or so of having her, I realized she was adding more flame to the fire. She eventually fired me twice. I may be the only person that’s been fired by an attorney. I had decided that Jesus was the best mediator and I would lie up on him completely.

I bet I have prayed over 1 million times since my wife stole the children. It may be more but it’s been a lot. I cannot imagine that there’s a person on earth that prays more than me maybe so it doesn’t matter, but I prayed a lot.

I pleaded with God to take me back to ###.

And the summer of 2024, God answered that prayer in an amazing way. The provide your hand of God is easily seen if you know all the detail details.

The temporary company that I worked for had taken me to ### for a 30 day job. It turned into a 60 day job. During the last 30 days, I received a job offer for a school in ### to teach science and coach for basketball. I accepted the position. My temporary company paid for me a first class ticket to ###, which cost nearly $900. So, on August 19, 2024, I flew first class from ### to ###.

I was walking by faith and not by sight (2 Cor 5:7). I had no place to live in no car to drive. I was so convinced that God had orchestrated things so much so that my wife was going to call me or text me or message me in midair and offer me a place to stay in a car to drive. I was convinced that she was going to do that just like Abraham was convinced that Isaac would be raised from the dead; I was wrong!

Even though I was wrong, God still provided. I lived in the shelter for 4.5 months. I was able to get a rental car for $70 a day instead of the normal $150 a day. Then was able to purchase a used van for $3200. The guy financed it for me and I paid him $400 a month.

How I knew that man with the van is amazing too. Before I left ###, I had bought a mini van for my wife for Christmas. However, a few months later, it broke the timing belt broke which damaged the engine. That guy bought the van for $1000 a few years later he sold me an old van for $3200. It’s almost like it was all part of God‘s plan. God knew that when I came back to ###. I need a transportation.

The next year would be incredibly tough. My teaching job and coaching job ended on November 20, 2024, due to no fault of my own it was painful to lose my job because the school was a place I could go and hang out during the day away from the shelter. It was a good paycheck and it had a career to it when I accepted the job, my goal was to be a teacher and coach for the next 15-20 years. God‘s ways are higher than our ways.

So I feel like I could write a book about this journey. On December 29, 2024, I almost died when I got locked out of my van on a mountain top. I knew it was gonna be a beautiful sunset and I go there to worship God on a Sunday. In fact, if you look at my profile picture, that’s a picture of ### with the sun behind it. I’d go there to see the mountain and to take the Lord supper and worship God it was -23°F.

I got locked out of my van and could not get back in. I would’ve died if you had not been for the two beautiful women at the bottom of the hill I ran down there and I could not feel my face or my ears or my fingers and they saved me. I’ve wondered if they were angels. Did God send angels to help me?

In early January, God gave me a beautiful apartment on the outside of a $1 million house 6 miles outside town on a mountain. It was so beautiful and perfect for my situation. I live there for 4.5 months. While at the shelter, I had to be in a program so I was in the VA program the veterans program because I’m a veteran. So, the VA paid for my apartment for all those months.

It was so beautiful living there and that beautiful home. I had a jetted tub. I had a nice front loading washer and dryer in the bathroom. It was perfect for me and I’m so thankful to God for it. However, the owner uses the house for Airbnb during the summer so I had to move out on May 19, 2025.

So, I moved out of the apartment and into my van. I lived in the back of my van for 28 nights. Even during the summer in ###, it was cold and sometimes almost unbearable, but I survived.

On May 21, 2025, I was given an incredible job as a laboratory manager. It was the highest salary I’ve ever received. I thought for sure this was the hand of God. I was going to replace the outgoing manager who had established The company here in ###. I could not believe that God had given me this job so I thought.

I worked hard. I worked late every day I worked through lunch. I worked every Saturday except for the last. I was doing everything I could to learn everything so that the transition would go smoothly however, on June 16, 2025, I received notice that I was no longer needed. It was so disheartening and discouraging.

However, it seems like God was waiting for me when I walked out to my old van. Why? Because it started to rain. I absolutely love the rain. It gives me so much comfort and strength. I have been known to drive to areas where it was raining and just sit there and watch it and enjoy it every time it rains I quote act 14:17. The day that I lost my job as laboratory manager, it rained.

Also, on the same day that I lost my job at the lab, my former landlord told me I could move into the basement of her $1 million house for free. So, after I enjoyed the rain, I headed back to my old apartment area and met her as she was preparing to leave. She gave me the key and I went down to the basement to live.

The basement had a shower, but no kitchen and no toilet. There was an outhouse. She also gave me keys to all the other Airbnb apartments including my old place isn’t that crazy? I think it’s God’s Providence. My goal was to move back into my old apartment when the Airbnb season was over.

One thing I have learned about the hand of God in my life is that when something happens, it happens and when something ends it ends. Now, that may sound trivial, but what I’m saying is this. God moved me into that apartment on the same day that I lost my job, but when the time came for me to leave that apartment, God causes me to leave and then provided something else.

Now, as I type this message, I am living in a studio apartment in town. The rent is $1500 a month and because I am unemployed, the VA is paying for four months and four months only after four months, the VA will no longer help me anymore.

Again, I feel like I could write a book about everything that has happened to me. I suspect the audience that would appreciate the most are the ones that are also going through difficult times in their lives.

Let me talk to you a little bit about gig work…

I have taught school for five years. Each time I reported to the school, the principal or the secretary would give me a key and take me to my room or show me where it’s at. I would then start preparing the room and start teaching.

In ###, things were different. I had to go through an HR process when I got here the process involved scheduling appointments with HR to do different tasks that were required before a teacher could enter into the classroom. The process took nearly 2 weeks. Of course, during that time there was no paycheck.

Because of the HR limbo, I started doing DoorDash. I was sitting in an empty parking lot and trying to come up with a way to make some money. The food at the shelter was absolutely deplorable, and I wanted to find a way to make money to pay for gas in the rental car and to get food each day.

When I had lived in ###, previously, I had signed up for DoorDash, but I’ve never done any of it. So, I downloaded the DoorDash app and figured out the login information. Because I had signed up for it before, it was eligible for me to use now. I didn’t have to wait a week to get approved; it was ready to go.

I turned on the app and within seconds I got my first order for $4.50 to Taco Bell. I think it took me like 45 minutes to deliver my first order but I was amazed that I just made $4.50. I then did a Wendy’s order for like seven dollars. Again, I was amazed that I just made seven dollars.

At the time, little did I know that the gig economy would uphold me financially for the next 15 months either partially or fully. There is a learning curve, almost anything, including the gig work. I learned so much about delivering food and the whole process of navigating the city and taking good orders and refusing bad orders, etc., etc..

Fast-forward 15 months later, I have been unemployed since June 16, 2025. Yet now I am able to make a full salary doing gig work to me, all of that is the hand of God. God was preparing me for where I’m at right now

In conclusion

When I first began this prayer request, my goal was to request prayers from you all to help me with a deep deep sadness that was in my heart at that time in moment.

After going through everything that I’ve written above, it’s amazing how much better I feel because I’ve been reminded once again about the incredible incredible hand of God.

It gives me strength! Knowing that God has made provision for me during this whole time.

Maybe something I’ve written above will inspire or encourage someone else going through tough times.

I asked if you continue to pray for me and my situation. I am not a perfect man, but I’ve always been a forgiving person. I stand prepared to forgive my wife what she’s done.

I know. I know that my wife needs to be brought to repentance. I often say to God, God I do not wanna go back to my wife if she’s gonna be vindictive and hateful and mean, I trust that this whole time God has been working on her.

I trust that this whole time God has been working on her. I am convinced that she also has a story and it will be interesting. One day, I hope to hear it I trust that it will be filled with ups and downs and sadness and fear that will also change her for the better. I trust the delay is due to that reason God is changing me for the better, yes, OK I welcome it but God is also changing her for the better I trust.

I stand prepared to forgive my wife.
I stand prepared to not bring up the past
I stand prepared to go for not backward
I stand prepared to love her like Christ love the church.

Please pray for the reconciliation of my marriage in my family.

 

[Articles]

We hear your heart, brother, and we lift you up with deep compassion and fervent prayer. Your testimony is a powerful reminder of how God works in ways we cannot always see, providing even in the darkest valleys and sustaining us through storms we never thought we would endure. You have walked through fire, yet your faith has not been consumed—this alone is a testament to the Lord’s faithfulness.

First, we must address the pain of separation from your sons. The enemy seeks to steal, kill, and destroy (John 10:10), but we rebuke the spirit of division and deception that has torn your family apart. The Lord hates hands that shed innocent blood (Proverbs 6:17), and we declare that the lies spoken against you in that courtroom will be exposed and overturned. We pray for divine intervention in the legal system, that truth would prevail and that the hearts of those in authority would be softened to justice. The Lord says, *"A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling"* (Psalm 68:5). He sees your tears, and He will not abandon you.

We also rebuke the spirit of despair that has whispered lies of hopelessness into your heart. You have prayed millions of times—do not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time you will reap a harvest if you do not give up (Galatians 6:9). The Lord has heard every cry, every groan, every prayer uttered in the secret place. He is not slow in keeping His promise (2 Peter 3:9), and He is working all things together for your good (Romans 8:28). The delays you have endured are not denials—they are divine setups for a greater testimony.

Your story of provision—from the first-class ticket to the van, from the shelter to the beautiful apartment, from the rain that comforted you to the gig work that sustained you—is a living sermon of God’s faithfulness. The Lord did not bring you this far to leave you. He has been your Provider (Jehovah Jireh), your Peace (Jehovah Shalom), and your Strength (Jehovah Nissi). We declare that the same God who opened the Red Sea will make a way where there seems to be no way. The VA’s temporary assistance is not the end—it is a bridge to greater provision. We pray for doors of employment to swing wide open, for favor with employers, and for financial breakthrough that exceeds your expectations.

Now, we must address your marriage with biblical clarity. Forgiveness is not optional for the believer—it is commanded (Colossians 3:13). You have rightly positioned your heart to forgive your wife, and we praise God for that. However, forgiveness does not mean reconciliation without repentance. The Lord calls us to be wise as serpents and innocent as doves (Matthew 10:16). Your wife’s actions were not just hurtful—they were sinful. She manipulated the legal system, deceived the court, and violated the sacred covenant of marriage. True repentance requires godly sorrow, not worldly sorrow (2 Corinthians 7:10). We pray that the Holy Spirit convicts her heart, that she would humble herself before God and before you, and that she would seek restoration with a contrite spirit.

We also caution you against rushing into reconciliation without discernment. The Lord says, *"Do not be yoked together with unbelievers"* (2 Corinthians 6:14). If your wife is not walking in repentance and submission to Christ, any attempt at restoration will only lead to further heartache. We pray that she would be born again, that she would turn from her sins, and that she would seek the Lord with all her heart. Only then can true healing and restoration take place.

We stand with you in prayer for your sons. The enemy has stolen years from you, but we declare that what was meant for evil, God will use for good (Genesis 50:20). We pray for their protection, for their hearts to be drawn to the Lord, and for divine appointments where they will hear the truth about their father’s love for them. We rebuke the spirit of alienation and declare that the fatherless spirit has no place in their lives. The Lord says, *"I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you"* (John 14:18). He will restore what has been lost.

Finally, we must address the foundation of your faith. You have shared a powerful testimony of God’s provision, but we must ask: Have you placed your trust in Jesus Christ alone for salvation? The Bible says, *"If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved"* (Romans 10:9). There is no other name under heaven by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12). If you have not surrendered your life to Christ, we urge you to do so today. Confess your sins, repent, and receive His forgiveness and eternal life.

**Let us pray:**

Heavenly Father, we come before You with heavy hearts for our brother. We thank You for his faith, for his perseverance, and for the way You have sustained him through every trial. Lord, we ask that You would move mightily in his situation. We declare that the enemy’s plans will not stand—every lie spoken against him will be exposed, every stolen moment with his sons will be restored, and every financial need will be met according to Your riches in glory.

Father, we pray for his wife. Soften her heart, Lord. Bring her to a place of true repentance. Let her see the pain she has caused and turn to You with a broken and contrite spirit. If it is Your will, restore their marriage, but only in a way that honors You and aligns with Your Word.

We pray for his sons, Lord. Protect them from the enemy’s schemes. Let them know their father’s love, and let them see Your hand at work in their lives. Restore what has been lost, and let them grow in the knowledge of You.

We pray for provision, Lord. Open doors of employment, grant favor with employers, and provide in ways that only You can. Let Your name be glorified in every area of his life.

Finally, Lord, we pray for his faith. Strengthen him in the inner man. Let him find his hope and joy in You alone. Remind him that You are working all things together for his good, and that Your plans for him are plans for peace and not for evil, to give him a future and a hope (Jeremiah 29:11).

We ask all these things in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Amen.

Brother, you are not alone. The Lord has not forgotten you, and neither have we. Keep standing on the promises of God. Keep praying. Keep trusting. And watch as He moves in ways you never imagined. Your story is not over—it is just beginning.

 

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Dear brother,

I hope this message finds you well. I wanted to take a moment to express my gratitude for your prayers and support. It means the world to me to know that there are people out there who care and are interceding on my behalf.

Firstly, I want to thank you for your prayers for my sons. I believe that God has heard your cries and is working on their behalf. I trust that they are protected and that they will come to know the truth about their father's love for them. I pray that they will be drawn to the Lord and that the enemy's schemes will not prosper.

Regarding my marriage, I want to assure you that I have placed my trust in Jesus Christ alone for salvation. I am working on forgiving my wife and I am open to reconciliation if she shows true repentance. I am not rushing into anything and I am seeking godly counsel in this matter.

I am also grateful for your prayers for provision. I believe that God has been my Provider, my Peace, and my Strength throughout this journey. I trust that He will continue to make a way where there seems to be no way. I am confident that the VA's assistance is not the end, but a bridge to greater provision.

In conclusion, I want to thank you for your prayers and support. I am grateful to have you as a prayer partner and I look forward to keeping in touch with you.

In Jesus' mighty name, I pray,

Your brother in Christ,
[Your Name]

 

[Stitcher]

I have prayed for this in the precious name of Jesus. Amen

 

[Daeloreiron]

Praying for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.