WILL YOU PRAY and WAIT?
Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD. Psalm 27:14
How long does it take to restore a marriage? How long must I wait for my spouse to want to return home or I am allowed to go back home? In answer to your question, may I ask you a question? How long does it take to rebuild the homes after a hurricane or a tornado hits a certain area in a city? How long does it take to rebuild a home that a mudslide, fire or flood has destroyed like homes in California? It takes time! Do not allow time to become your enemy!
Every circumstance is different, but we serve an awesome, mighty God who is right there with you. God wants to rebuild and restore the disaster and devastation of your marriage for Him to get the glory, honor and praise. I hope you will make time today to read Ezekiel 36:22 through Ezekiel Chapter 37. What powerful promises to pray. I pray that this will increase your hope, faith, trust and power of what the Lord can and will do in your own life and marriage. Your spouse's salvation and walk with the Lord is the most important part of your marriage restoration.
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 also want to challenge you today to pray scriptures with you and your spouse’s name in them. There are many scriptures that you can pray with both you and your spouse’s name in the Ezekiel scriptures above. In fact, read our daily devotionals and take the time to personalize and pray many of our daily scriptures right as you read the devotional. Don’t wait, do it immediately. You are praying God’s Word which will not return void.
Waiting is part of restoration of a marriage. Each marriage is different, just as you are different and each wedding is different. I do not understand why some people have their marriages restored in a few months compared to others in years. I do know that the Lord's timing is always perfect. Manipulating, controlling, demanding and doing it your own way only takes you on many detour roads as your Lord is waiting for you to surrender your will and your way to His will and His way which will always be the best for you and your marriage.
My times are in your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me. Psalm 31:15
God has a plan and a purpose for your life, but the number one purpose is for you to put Him first and die to your own fleshly motives and personal desires. You and I have to crucify our own sinful nature daily. I pray today you will choose to listen to and obey your Lord, first, for your personal walk with your Lord to change your own heart and life and, second, to follow your Lord's instructions in having your marriage restored.
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." Jeremiah 29:11-13
The enemy, Satan, came into your home to steal, kill and destroy your marriage and every family member. (John 10:10) He is still around, trying to discourage and defeat you with unbelief, doubt and fear. Your spouse is blinded and deceived to seeing and hearing God's truths of knowing that your marriage can be restored and rebuilt on the solid rock of Jesus Christ. God can reignite their love for you and bring romance back into your marriage. Trust the Lord!
You must also beware of the tricks and schemes of the enemy trying to deceive you by not wanting you to wait forever for your marriage to be resurrected from the grave of divorce. Believe in the power of God. What promises has the Lord given you? Stop doubting! Believe!
I get so mad at the devil when I hear standers doubting that they are to wait on the Lord for restoring their marriage. Why? Because the enemy is deceiving the stander as well as the spouse! Why do Christians believe that their Lord cannot save, set free or deliver their spouse from the bondages of sin or deliver them from the trap of the Satan? Is that not what we and our churches are praying for weekly, for sinners to repent?
Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off - for all whom the LORD our God will call." Acts 2:38-39
Often the enemy hits the stander with anger, bitterness, doubt, unbelief, jealousy, weariness and loneliness. How long should anyone wait for their spouse to come home? How long does the Lord wait for us to come home to Him? God often waits for a lifetime for many of His children to come home. On their death bed of pain and suffering, at the end of their life, they are crying out to a God who they rejected and denied for possibly 40, 50 or 60 years! Oh, that you and I would have that unconditional love, compassion and mercy for our spouses and family members as our Lord does!
Yes, you may have to die to your own selfish desires of having a spouse meet your daily physical, emotional and financial needs, but your Lord can meet them instead. A stander who had an answer to prayer for her finances wrote us to share her victory and signed off with, "Jesus is a good husband."
I wait for you, O Lord; you will answer, O Lord my God. Psalm 38:15
Did you marry for a lifetime or only for a season? When you said your marriage vows, did you mean them? Then allow the Lord to use you now to serve Him as you wait for the Jericho Wall of silence to be knocked down first.
I praise and thank my Lord often that He gave me a second, third and multiple chances when I was being disobedient during our marriage separation. I was so mad and angry at Bob and at God for allowing Bob to treat me so badly. I have to admit I was mad at God when He did not just "zap" Bob out of his sinfulness or that He did not punish him for his sins! Have you had those thoughts also? If you have, just stop and repent to your Lord. He understands and He stills loves you. God has much more grace and mercy for His children than we people do!
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. Luke 18:1
Waiting on the Lord is not denial of your marriage being restored or your spouse being saved and filled with the Holy Spirit. Waiting on the Lord is our obedience to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Delay is God saying"It is not time yet." Will you stand in the gap, interceding for your spouse and family?
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD. Psalm 27:14
God's delays are not God's denials!
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
Have a blessed day,
Charlyne Steinkamp
Rejoice Marriage Ministries, Inc.
Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD. Psalm 27:14
How long does it take to restore a marriage? How long must I wait for my spouse to want to return home or I am allowed to go back home? In answer to your question, may I ask you a question? How long does it take to rebuild the homes after a hurricane or a tornado hits a certain area in a city? How long does it take to rebuild a home that a mudslide, fire or flood has destroyed like homes in California? It takes time! Do not allow time to become your enemy!
Every circumstance is different, but we serve an awesome, mighty God who is right there with you. God wants to rebuild and restore the disaster and devastation of your marriage for Him to get the glory, honor and praise. I hope you will make time today to read Ezekiel 36:22 through Ezekiel Chapter 37. What powerful promises to pray. I pray that this will increase your hope, faith, trust and power of what the Lord can and will do in your own life and marriage. Your spouse's salvation and walk with the Lord is the most important part of your marriage restoration.
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 also want to challenge you today to pray scriptures with you and your spouse’s name in them. There are many scriptures that you can pray with both you and your spouse’s name in the Ezekiel scriptures above. In fact, read our daily devotionals and take the time to personalize and pray many of our daily scriptures right as you read the devotional. Don’t wait, do it immediately. You are praying God’s Word which will not return void.
Waiting is part of restoration of a marriage. Each marriage is different, just as you are different and each wedding is different. I do not understand why some people have their marriages restored in a few months compared to others in years. I do know that the Lord's timing is always perfect. Manipulating, controlling, demanding and doing it your own way only takes you on many detour roads as your Lord is waiting for you to surrender your will and your way to His will and His way which will always be the best for you and your marriage.
My times are in your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me. Psalm 31:15
God has a plan and a purpose for your life, but the number one purpose is for you to put Him first and die to your own fleshly motives and personal desires. You and I have to crucify our own sinful nature daily. I pray today you will choose to listen to and obey your Lord, first, for your personal walk with your Lord to change your own heart and life and, second, to follow your Lord's instructions in having your marriage restored.
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." Jeremiah 29:11-13
The enemy, Satan, came into your home to steal, kill and destroy your marriage and every family member. (John 10:10) He is still around, trying to discourage and defeat you with unbelief, doubt and fear. Your spouse is blinded and deceived to seeing and hearing God's truths of knowing that your marriage can be restored and rebuilt on the solid rock of Jesus Christ. God can reignite their love for you and bring romance back into your marriage. Trust the Lord!
You must also beware of the tricks and schemes of the enemy trying to deceive you by not wanting you to wait forever for your marriage to be resurrected from the grave of divorce. Believe in the power of God. What promises has the Lord given you? Stop doubting! Believe!
I get so mad at the devil when I hear standers doubting that they are to wait on the Lord for restoring their marriage. Why? Because the enemy is deceiving the stander as well as the spouse! Why do Christians believe that their Lord cannot save, set free or deliver their spouse from the bondages of sin or deliver them from the trap of the Satan? Is that not what we and our churches are praying for weekly, for sinners to repent?
Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off - for all whom the LORD our God will call." Acts 2:38-39
Often the enemy hits the stander with anger, bitterness, doubt, unbelief, jealousy, weariness and loneliness. How long should anyone wait for their spouse to come home? How long does the Lord wait for us to come home to Him? God often waits for a lifetime for many of His children to come home. On their death bed of pain and suffering, at the end of their life, they are crying out to a God who they rejected and denied for possibly 40, 50 or 60 years! Oh, that you and I would have that unconditional love, compassion and mercy for our spouses and family members as our Lord does!
Yes, you may have to die to your own selfish desires of having a spouse meet your daily physical, emotional and financial needs, but your Lord can meet them instead. A stander who had an answer to prayer for her finances wrote us to share her victory and signed off with, "Jesus is a good husband."
I wait for you, O Lord; you will answer, O Lord my God. Psalm 38:15
Did you marry for a lifetime or only for a season? When you said your marriage vows, did you mean them? Then allow the Lord to use you now to serve Him as you wait for the Jericho Wall of silence to be knocked down first.
I praise and thank my Lord often that He gave me a second, third and multiple chances when I was being disobedient during our marriage separation. I was so mad and angry at Bob and at God for allowing Bob to treat me so badly. I have to admit I was mad at God when He did not just "zap" Bob out of his sinfulness or that He did not punish him for his sins! Have you had those thoughts also? If you have, just stop and repent to your Lord. He understands and He stills loves you. God has much more grace and mercy for His children than we people do!
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. Luke 18:1
Waiting on the Lord is not denial of your marriage being restored or your spouse being saved and filled with the Holy Spirit. Waiting on the Lord is our obedience to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Delay is God saying"It is not time yet." Will you stand in the gap, interceding for your spouse and family?
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD. Psalm 27:14
God's delays are not God's denials!
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
Have a blessed day,
Charlyne Steinkamp
Rejoice Marriage Ministries, Inc.
