Monday, October 13, 2014

Pray for Marriages (Hearts Renewed)

Greetings Prayer Warriors,

Our hearts were made for Love.  Adam and Eve knew this and lived with hearts that burned with God’s all consuming love. But even though God gave them everything, they yearned for (and succumbed to) the one thing they were told they couldn’t have, fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Thus the first marital fight began and heartache was born.

My body! My body! How I writhe! The walls of my heart! My heart beats wildly, I cannot be still; Jeremiah 4:19

Marital conflict is but a spiritual battle.  Just as the Serpent lured Adam and Eve into thinking his plan would lead them to a better life, he too works his way into the cracks of marriages, trying to convince a struggling couple that greater happiness can be found by divorcing.  But hope lies in knowing that in Christ, the spiritual battle will never be lost. He will never abandon you.  Through Him, all can be strengthened and healed.  You only have to surrender your will to His.

Strengthen hands that are feeble, make firm knees that are weak, say to the fearful of heart: Be strong, do not fear! Here is your God, he comes with vindication; With divine recompense he comes to save you. Isaiah 35.3-4

When love has faded and one’s heart no longer is capable of loving, He is there.

And I will give them another heart and a new spirit I will put within them. From their bodies I will remove the hearts of stone, and give them hearts of flesh. Jeremiah 4:29

Why do we believe this?  Because “Love never fails”*.  Indeed He doesn’t!  Please continue to pray for those in weakened marriages and praise Him for all those marriages He has compassionately saved. 

Peace, Joy, and Love,
Janet

He can soften the hardest hearts.  Pass it on! 
 *1 Corinthians 13:8