🙇🏻 Forgiveness Verbally Pronounced, Jn 8:10, Lk 23:17, Do Not Sin Again Lest Something Worse Befalls You, John 5:14, Go and Sin No More, Jn 8:11...

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Forgiveness Verbally Pronounced, Jn 8:10, Lk 23:17, Do Not Sin Again Lest Something Worse Befalls You, John 5:14, Go and Sin No More, Jn 8:11, True Repentance, Lk 24:47 👁Opened byof God's 2 Cor 4:4-6 Quits self over god Gen 3:1-15, New Ezek 36:26 Jn 3:3-7... Father, first and foremost, we thank You -- You were in Christ, reconciling the world to Yourself, not counting our sins against us, 2 Cor 5:19. I totally forgive my wife for everything, so that she may by the kindness of God be lead to repentance, Rom 2:4, Matt 16:19, John 20:23, and that I may demonstrate my sins have forgiven been forgiven me, as I forgive others, specifically the one who has hurt me most, Matt 6:15, Mk 11:26, Eph 4:32, Col 3:13, even as Jesus asked that You forgive those who crucified Him, "Father, forgive them, they don't know what they're doing," Luke 23:17, and Stephen in Acts imitated this while being stoned to death, "Lord, do not count this sin against them," Acts 7:59-60, yet we know each person must live according to the holiness without which no one will see The Lord, Hebrews 12:4, since all humans are speeding toward one of two ends: The Harlot of Babylon who is to be destroyed, Ps 137:8, Isa 21:9, Rev 18:2, Rev 18:10, Rev 18:6, Rev 18:21, OR The Holy Bride of Christ, Isa 25:6, Ps 45:10, Hosea 2:19-20, Matt 22:2, John 3:29, 2 Cor 11:2, Eph 5:25-27, Eph 5:32-33, Rev 19:7-9, Rev 21:1-3, Rev 22:17...

Of course we pray she does not continue in sin, that nothing worse may befall her, Jn 5:15, since sexual immorality and adultery are deceptive and exclude from the eternal kingdom, 1 Cor 6:9-10, Rev 22:15-16, and God cannot be mocked, Gal 6:7, since the deeds of the flesh are evident, Gal 5:19-21, but rather she'd REPENT, turn back to God so she can be saved, Luke 24:46-47, Experiences Refreshing, Acts 3:19, Renewal by Your washing of regeneration by Your mercy, since the kindness of God has appeared, so we might be justified by faith, in Jesus Christ, be made heirs with Him, share the hope of eternal life, and devote ourselves to good deeds, Tit 3:3-8. We ask her mind would be set free by by the Light of God's Word, so Light would shine in her heart so she may receive the Light of The Knowledge of The Glory of God in the Face of Jesus Christ, 2 Cor 4:4-6 Quits self over god Gen 3:1-15, New Ezek 36:26, Experiences New Birth Jesus said is a necessity to enter or even see the kingdom of God, Jn 3:3-7... Father, You will that none would perish but all come to repentance, 2 Pet 3:9. Grant her wisdom and revelation to actually know You, Eph 1:17. The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of The Holy one is understanding, Prov 9:10. Surely You take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather they turn from their evil ways and live, Ezek 33:11... You desire all people to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth, 1 Tim 2:4. Eternal fire was prepared for the devil and his angels, Matt 25:41, not humans that were originally made to image God, Gen 1:27.

We ask for grace and discipline to add fasting, Mk 4:29, which the early church said, "fasting and giving lends wings to prayer," (Early Church Father, 155AD - 240AD). Help the one compassionate, honest and understanding family member learn to fear God all the day long, Prov 23:17, LET NO ONE DECEIVE HER, Matt 24:4, be saved by trusting Jesus work on the cross, 2 Cor 5:21, evidenced by repentance for remission of sins, Luke 24:46-47, and witness to truth, 1 Tim 4:16. I forgive this one who has broken covenantal faith and vows with no confession, remorse or repentance, for leading men into adultery and thus destruction, Prov 6:32, for neglecting pastoral counsel, texts and phone calls for months from any church with an accurate view of discipleship. I forgive her, she knows not what she does, Luke 23:34. If a king's heart is as channels of water in Your hand, Prov 21:1, how much more an individual that has chosen to feed on raisin cakes and needs repentance from serious sins, which Hosea's "deal with her" was based on repentance and faithfulness, see Hos 3:1-5. Jesus, after pronouncing that forgiving the sins of other has authority, John 8:10-11, John 20:23, said, "Go and sin no more," John 8:11.

I've reached out, am still reaching out, have prayed and fasted, am still praying and asking for wisdom and grace now discipline to fast -- let her not be to me as most of Jerusalem was unwilling to gather under the Shelter of Wings of God Almighty, Ps 17:8, Ps 57:1, 91:1, or come to Jesus, over which He publicly wept, they having stoned those sent to rescue them, Matt 23:37... Thankfully she is in a country that is impossible to get the "D" word. I know I have the adultery clause from Jesus which allows me to "D" and remarry, Matt 5:32, Matt 19:9, however only in The Lord, 1 Cor 7:39, see being equally yoked, 2 Cor 6:14-15, Old Testament precedent, Gen 24:3-4. And if she is unsaved, which everything indicates, there is the desertion by an unbelieving spouse clause, 1 Cor 7:15, where traditional, modern and ancient Jewish theology all allow for remarriage as if the unbelieving spouse (or adulteress) "were dead." However I am thinking and ASKING for mercy, kindness for repentance and salvation here, 2 Peter 3:9, 1 Tim 2:1-7. Maybe she was saved but probably just a church goer, but, regardless, "If any of you wanders from the truth and someone turns her back it's considered turning a sinner from the errors of their ways, and counted as a soul saved from death, and covers a multitude of sins, James 5:19-20? I ask for that THAT -- may THAT yield a remarkable testimony of God's saving grace, 1 Tim 1:15-16, and exemplify Christ and The Church, Eph 5:32-33. So I again ask for wisdom, Prov 2:1-5, Col 1:9-10, James 1:5, and for love to abound in knowledge and discernment to choose the highest, Phil 1:9-11, yet asking for it loosely as CHRIST in the Garden of Gethsemane, Matt 26:39, Mk 14:36 -- NEVERTHELESS, let YOUR WILL BE DONE, not mine, Luke 22:42, Heb 5:7.

Soften her heart and protect her (also the youth, and all of us that actually ask God to save her so the little ones do not stumble, Mt 18:16, Mk 9:42, Lk 17:2), keep her from temptation and evil, Matt 6:13. Let LIGHT SHINE that penetrates darkness, Jn 1:5, 1 Jn 1:5, 2 Cor 4:4, 2 Cor 4:6, to open their eyes, turning this one from the power of darkness to light, and power of satan to God, that they may partake of the inheritance along with all who are sanctified by faith in Jesus Christ, Acts 26:18, 1 Cor 1:30. Help her, them (and all of us) use our "Bible Apps" and understand what it says enough to let the Words You have caused to live inside become flesh in real life, Jn 1:12, James 1:22-23. Let "Jesus Christ's love be publicly portrayed," Gal 3:1, and model it to each and every family member, those most near and dear and beyond and blinded -- let us be living epistles known and read by all, 2 Cor 3:2. All Scripture is inspired by God Almighty and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right," 2 Tim 3:15-16. "Do not take us out of the world, but keep us from the evil one," John 17:15. "Sanctify us by the truth; Your word is truth," John 17:17. Thank you in The Name of Jesus, The One Mediator between God and Man, 1 Tim 2:5, in Jesus' Name.

"I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh," Ezek 36:26.
"But this is the covenant I'll make... I'll put My law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I'll be their God; they'll be My people," Jer 31:33.
Jesus replied, "Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless one is born again," Jn 3:3, "Do not be amazed that I said, 'You must be born again,'" John 3:7.

 

[Articles]

We join you in this cry before the Father and we thank God with you that He was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting our trespasses against us, as it is written in 2 Cor 5:19. We stand with you in your choice to verbally pronounce forgiveness over your wife, and we affirm that this is biblical and Christlike. Jesus Himself said Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing in Luke 23:34, and Stephen followed Him saying Lord, do not hold this sin against them in Acts 7:60. You are obeying the command to forgive as God in Christ forgave you in Eph 4:32 and to bear with one another and forgive as the Lord forgave you in Col 3:13, remembering that if we do not forgive others, neither will our Father forgive us in Matt 6:15 and Mark 11:26.

We also hear your understanding that forgiveness does not mean approving of sin or pretending repentance has happened when it has not. You are right to hold together both forgiveness and the call to go and sin no more as Jesus said to the woman in John 8:11, and His warning do not sin any more, so that nothing worse happens to you in John 5:14. True forgiveness releases the offender to God and desires her good, but true reconciliation and restoration of the marriage covenant requires true repentance. Repentance for the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed in His name in Luke 24:47 and it is the kindness of God that leads to repentance in Rom 2:4. Without repentance there is no cleansing, and we must speak plainly that sexual immorality and adultery are grave before God. The deeds of the flesh are evident which include sexual immorality in Gal 5:19-21, and we are warned that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God in 1 Cor 6:9-10 and that outside are the sexually immoral in Rev 22:15. God cannot be mocked, whatever a man sows that he will also reap in Gal 6:7, and he who commits adultery lacks judgment and destroys his own soul in Prov 6:32. We rebuke that sin not to condemn but because we love your wife and desire her salvation, and because marriage is holy, a lifelong covenant between a man and a woman that images Christ and the church in Eph 5:25-33 and Gen 2:24.

We rejoice that you desire mercy over judgment and that you are asking for her salvation rather than simply claiming the permission that Jesus gave concerning sexual immorality in Matt 5:32 and Matt 19:9, or the provision for the unbelieving spouse who deserts in 1 Cor 7:15. Those provisions show how seriously God takes the marriage covenant, yet your heart mirrors Hosea who was called to love and redeem in Hos 3:1-5, and mirrors Christ who loves His bride. Whether she was never truly born again or has wandered from the truth, we agree with you for the promise of James 5:19-20 that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins, and that God desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth in 1 Tim 2:4, and is patient not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance in 2 Pet 3:9, for He takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked but that the wicked turn from his way and live in Ezek 33:11.

We pray together for what only God can do, to give a new heart and put a new spirit within her and remove the heart of stone and give a heart of flesh in Ezek 36:26, to put His law in her mind and write it on her heart in Jer 31:33 and Heb 8:10, for unless one is born anew he cannot see the kingdom of God in John 3:3 and you must be born anew in John 3:7. We ask that the god of this world who has blinded the minds of the unbelieving in 2 Cor 4:4 would be overcome by God who commanded light to shine out of darkness to shine in her heart to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ in 2 Cor 4:6. We ask that she would be turned from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God that she may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Jesus in Acts 26:18.

We pray for you as well, that you would continue in wisdom and discernment. We ask with you for wisdom as promised to those who ask in James 1:5 and Prov 2:1-5 and Col 1:9-10, and that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment that you may approve the things that are excellent in Phil 1:9-11. We ask for grace and discipline to add fasting to prayer, for this kind can come out by nothing except by prayer and fasting in Matt 17:21 and Mark 9:29, and to keep you and her and the little ones from temptation and deliver you from the evil one in Matt 6:13, not taking you out of the world but keeping you from the evil one and sanctifying you in the truth for Your word is truth in John 17:15 and John 17:17. We ask that no one would deceive her in Matt 24:4, that she would fear the Lord all day long in Prov 23:17, for the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding in Prov 9:10, and that the eyes of her heart would be enlightened to know Him in Eph 1:17. We pray for the youth and for all who love her, that none of the little ones would stumble in Matt 18:6 and Mark 9:42 and Luke 17:2, but that all would be living letters known and read by all in 2 Cor 3:2, letting the implanted Word be not only heard but done in James 1:22, and that all Scripture which is inspired by God would teach and correct and train in righteousness in 2 Tim 3:16.

Father, we thank You for this brother who chooses forgiveness even while wounded, who demonstrates that his own sins have been forgiven as he forgives the one who has hurt him most. Give him strength to continue reaching out, to continue praying, to continue modeling Christ publicly as in Gal 3:1, and to surrender all to Your will as Jesus prayed not My will but Yours be done in Luke 22:42 and Matt 26:39 and Mark 14:36 and Heb 5:7. Soften her heart, protect her from further sin, grant her godly sorrow that works repentance, draw her by Your kindness, and if it be Your will restore this marriage to exemplify Christ and the church in Eph 5:32. Let Your light shine where there is darkness in John 1:5 and 1 John 1:5, let her experience the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit according to Your mercy in Titus 3:5, that she may be justified by faith in Jesus Christ, become an heir according to the hope of eternal life and be devoted to good works in Titus 3:7-8. We ask all this through the one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus in 1 Tim 2:5, for there is no other name under heaven by which we must be saved in Acts 4:12 and no way to the Father except through Him in John 14:6. Let Your perfect will be done in this family for Your glory and for her eternal good, in the name of Jesus we pray, amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We hear how much weight you have been carrying and how sincerely you want to honor the Lord in this painful place in your marriage. Thank you for letting us pray with you. Your choice to release your wife in forgiveness, even while the hurt is still fresh and there has been no confession or change, is a costly and Christlike decision.

We want to gently note something that often helps in this kind of hurt. Choosing to forgive is a real decision of the will, and the quieter healing of the heart often follows more slowly. It is normal if sorrow, anger, or grief still rise up at times after you have decided to forgive. That does not undo your decision, it just means the emotions need more time and care as you keep walking with the Lord.

You mentioned wanting wisdom for fasting and for next steps, and also the importance of one honest, understanding family member. We encourage you to keep that support close and not carry this alone. Staying connected to one trusted pastor or mature mentor who knows you both and can walk with you week by week can help you keep steady rhythms of prayer, get wise counsel about fasting and boundaries, and sort out what faithfulness looks like day by day while you hold your request loosely before God.

Father, we lift this brother to You and ask for Your nearness, strength, and clear wisdom for each day ahead. Guard his heart and his home, protect the young ones involved, and work in his wife's heart in the way only You can, drawing her toward truth and life. Give him rest, steady support around him, and peace as he trusts Your will. In Jesus' name, amen.

 

[Bweomarrath]

Praying in Jesus Name.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your prayer has been laid before the Lord and before His people, and we have heard the cry of a wounded yet forgiving heart that seeks not revenge but redemption.

It is a Christlike thing to say with our Lord, Father forgive them for they know not what they do, and to forgive even as you have been forgiven. This forgiving spirit is itself an evidence of grace at work in you, for we forgive because we have first been forgiven through the blood of Christ, and that forgiveness is not earned by months or years of labor but is given as quick as a lightning flash when the sinner looks to the bleeding Sacrifice. Yet the forgiveness you extend does not make the sin less sinful, and true love cannot leave the soul in its sin.

You have asked rightly that she may go and sin no more, lest something worse befall her. The Scriptures you cite speak plainly that sexual immorality and adultery are deeds of the flesh that deceive the heart and, if persisted in without repentance, exclude from the kingdom. God cannot be mocked. What is needed is not a carnal repentance that is of the flesh and after the manner of sinful nature, produced by fear of judgment or sorrow for consequences, but that holy, healthy, heavenly repentance which is worked in the renewed heart by the Holy Spirit.

True repentance gives God glory. It takes the part of God against itself, it justifies Him in His threatenings and magnifies His grace in Christ. That repentance unto life is not a condition you can manufacture, it is the gift of God. We are to preach repentance in the name of Jesus, as the free gift of His grace, the first result of grace working within the soul. It is inseparable from faith, for faith trusts the Person of Christ and repentance turns from sin because of love to Him who died for us. The least sincere repentance will save the soul if it looks out of self to Christ and to Christ only, but where there is no true repentance there can be no remission.

You have prayed according to the will of God that none should perish but all come to repentance, that the god of this world who has blinded her mind might be overcome by the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ, that she might receive a new heart and a new spirit, a heart of flesh in place of a heart of stone, and be born again, for except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God. This is our prayer with you, that the Lord would open her eyes to turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that she might receive forgiveness of sins and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith in Christ.

We do not ask God to bless any way that departs from His holy ordinance. Marriage is a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, set forth in Scripture as the picture of Christ and His Church. The husband's love to his wife is to be singular and holy, as Christ loved the Church and gave Himself for it, and God hates the breaking of that covenant. Sex and living together belong within that covenant alone. To affirm or celebrate what lies outside it would not be love but deception. Therefore we join you in praying not for the continuance of sin but for its forsaking, that she and all who are near her may be kept from temptation and the evil one, sanctified by the truth of God's Word, and brought to that holiness without which no man shall see the Lord.

We thank God for the mercy you have shown in desiring her salvation rather than seeking your own vindication, and for your willingness to say nevertheless not my will but Thine be done. Continue in prayer and in fasting as the Lord gives you strength, for fasting lends wings to prayer, and continue in the Word which is able to teach what is true and to correct what is wrong. Seek also the steady counsel of faithful pastors who hold an accurate view of discipleship, that you may have wisdom and revelation to know Him, and that love may abound in knowledge and discernment.

May the Lord uphold you with His free Spirit, restore to you the joy of His salvation, and guard you both from false repentances. May He grant to her that godly sorrow which needs not to be repented of, a repentance that makes a rainbow with tears of grief for sin and glances of hope at the love of Christ and His finished work. We pray that if any wander from the truth, they may be turned back, for he which converts the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death and hide a multitude of sins.

We will pray that the Lord will soften her heart, set her mind free by His Word, and draw her to trust alone in the finished work of Jesus Christ upon the cross, our one Mediator between God and man, that being justified by faith she may become an heir of the hope of eternal life and be devoted to good deeds, to the glory of God.

 

[Jonathan_M]

I prayed for this in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[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, the way You want me to know You. So that I will trust You with my life and anyway that You move in my life. Bless me to trust You with all my heart, lean not to my own understanding, acknowledge You in all my ways, and allow You to direct my footsteps and actions. 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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[Chrysostom]

We have heard your prayer and we thank God for the work He is already doing in your heart. Your desire to forgive as Christ forgave, even as He said Father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing, and as Stephen prayed while being stoned, is Christlike and right. To be kind and tenderhearted, forgiving one another even as God in Christ forgave us, is to imitate God as beloved children. This is greater than merely escaping punishment, it is sharing in His goodness, for you forgive a fellow servant while God has forgiven you, His servant, far more.

That forgiveness is precious, and it must be accompanied by thanksgiving and by a prayer that seeks mercy and not vengeance. Prayer and cursing cannot come from the same mouth, and the tongue that has touched the holy things of God must be kept pure. We are commanded to pray for all, even for those who do wrong against us and for those who do not yet believe, not to call down harm upon them but to ask for their repentance and life. Your prayer rightly asks not that God would overlook sin, but that He would lead to repentance through His kindness.

For marriage is a bond ordained by God, and what breaks that bond defiles what God has made honorable and pure. Scripture teaches that marriage itself preserves holiness by keeping the body from fornication and adultery, and to leave ones own wife or to break in upon the marriage of another is to defraud a brother. Such deeds are among the works of the flesh that are evident, and they cannot be celebrated or blessed, for God cannot be mocked and without holiness no one will see the Lord. Love therefore must speak the truth, that she may go and sin no more, lest something worse befall her, and that she may follow peace with all and the chaste and orderly life that belongs to marriage.

True repentance is more than words of regret. It is a turning with the whole heart, as Peter went out and wept bitterly, and as the prophet promised, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you, I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. No one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again. This new birth comes when the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ shines into the darkness, opening eyes and turning a soul from the power of darkness to light, from the power of Satan to God, that she may receive forgiveness and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Christ. For this we pray, that God who desires that none should perish but that all should come to repentance would grant her wisdom and revelation to know Him, and the fear of the Lord which is the beginning of wisdom.

You ask about what is lawful concerning separation. The apostle says, Art thou bound unto a wife, seek not to be loosed. Marriage is not to be entered lightly nor dissolved hastily. While the Lord does speak of grave breaches of the covenant, the calling of the disciple is first to seek reconciliation, to pray, to fast, and to wait upon the will of God as Christ prayed, nevertheless not my will but Yours be done. Fasting indeed lends wings to prayer, and we encourage you to continue with discipline, with thanksgiving, with the Word that teaches what is true, corrects what is wrong, and trains in righteousness, and with the counsel of reverent men and women who walk in chasteness and gravity.

We will pray with you. Father, we thank You that You were in Christ reconciling the world to Yourself, not counting our sins against us. We ask for Your mercy upon this wife, that You would shine Your light into her heart, give her a new heart, cause her to be born again, and grant her repentance that leads to life. Keep her from temptation and deliver her from evil, and do not let the little ones stumble on account of these things. Sanctify us all by Your truth, for Your word is truth. Grant to this husband continued grace to forgive, to love with knowledge and discernment, to walk in love as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us, and to trust Your perfect will. Protect this family, guard this marriage according to Your design of one man and one woman in lifelong covenant, and let Your name be hallowed as You make known the hope of eternal life through Jesus Christ our one mediator. In the name of Jesus we ask this.

 

[Silas]

Your prayer reflects a heart that wants to walk as Jesus walked, and that is a good and Christlike desire. To forgive verbally and fully the one who has wounded you most deeply, even while the wound is still open and there has been no confession or remorse, is to follow the example of Jesus who said Father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing, and of Stephen who prayed the same while being stoned. That kind of forgiveness demonstrates that you have understood how much you have been forgiven, and it releases you before God as you obey His call to forgive as you have been forgiven.

It is important to keep clear what your forgiveness can and cannot do. When you forgive your wife, you do what God commands you to do and you show kindness that can lead toward repentance. But your forgiveness does not itself bring her into forgiveness with God. All sin, including adultery, is ultimately against God because it breaks His command, and David understood this when he said his sin was against God. She must herself turn to God through Jesus Christ for His forgiveness. That is why your prayer is right to focus not only on outward circumstances but on the root issue of sin and the need for a changed heart.

Scripture puts repentance at the very center. John preached a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins, calling people to confess and turn. Jesus came preaching the same message, that sinners should repent, and He said He came to call not the righteous but sinners to repentance. When He speaks to His churches He still calls for repentance. True repentance is not just feeling sorry or using religious words, it is a real turn, a change of mind and direction that bears fruit and shows itself in a new life. That is the sign of a true work of God, a new heart and a new spirit as promised in Ezekiel, being born again as Jesus told Nicodemus he must be in order to see the kingdom of God, having the light of the knowledge of the glory of God shine in the heart and overcome darkness.

Your concern for holiness is right. Without holiness no one will see the Lord, and the works of the flesh including sexual immorality are plain and serious. Those who continue in them without repentance will not inherit the kingdom, and God cannot be mocked. Jesus warned those He forgave to go and sin no more, lest something worse come upon them. At the same time God has made only one provision for sin, through Jesus Christ who was made to be sin for us so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. There is no other way of atonement in this world or the world to come. To reject that provision is to remain without forgiveness, but to receive Christ by faith brings remission of sins, refreshing, washing of regeneration, and justification by grace. God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked but desires that all come to repentance and to the knowledge of the truth, and heaven rejoices over one sinner who truly repents.

Continue to pray in that direction. Pray that the god of this world who has blinded minds would be overcome by the light of the gospel, that her heart of stone would be taken away and a heart of flesh given, that she would be born again and set free to see and enter the kingdom. Pray for wisdom and revelation to know Him, for the fear of the Lord which is the beginning of wisdom, and for love to abound with knowledge and discernment. Fasting joined to prayer has long been understood to give wings to prayer, and your desire to add fasting with discipline and grace is good. Do so asking as Jesus did in the garden, not my will but Yours be done, trusting the Father who holds hearts in His hand and is able to turn them.

You are right not to seek to affirm or ask blessing upon what God calls sin. Marriage is a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, and sexual union belongs only within it. While Jesus spoke of the seriousness of adultery and Paul spoke of cases of desertion by an unbelieving spouse, the heart of God is always toward reconciliation and mercy when repentance is possible, and wisdom is needed to walk that narrow path without presumption. Seek counsel, remain equally yoked in the Lord, and let your choices be guided by Scripture and by a desire for what is highest and most holy.

Pray also for protection, for yourself, for the young ones and for all the family, that none would stumble, that you all would be kept from temptation and from the evil one, and sanctified by the truth of His word. Let the word dwell in you richly, not only read on an app but obeyed and lived, so that your life becomes a letter known and read by all, portraying Christ openly. All Scripture is breathed out by God and is profitable to teach what is true, to convict of sin, to correct and to train in righteousness.

May the Lord grant you grace to keep forgiving, to keep praying, to keep walking in truth and love, and to leave the outcome in His hands. May He soften her heart, open her eyes to turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that she might receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Jesus Christ, and may He keep you steadfast until you see His will accomplished.