Greetings Prayer Warriors,
While away on vacation, I have been reflecting on the fact that I have been sending out these reminders encouraging prayer for marriage and family, for over 10 years. I was never very clear as to why I felt called to ask people to pray for marriage and family, but somehow knew I was supposed to. Little did I know that in less than 10 years, traditional marriage and family would be under such attack! But of course, the Lord knew.
Satan attacks marriages as an indirect attack on Christ’s church. Attacks are becoming less indirect and more direct, with a focus on the Church, since marriages are dissolving or often not occurring at all. As you pray for marriages today, also pray for the preservation of the institution of marriage, which represents the union of Christ and His Church*.
Then he told them a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He said, “There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected any human being. And a widow in that town used to come to him and say, ‘Render a just decision for me against my adversary.’ For a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought, ‘While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being, because this widow keeps bothering me I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and strike me.’” The Lord said, “Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says. Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night? Will he be slow to answer them? I tell you, he will see to it that justice is done for them speedily. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?” Luke 18:1-8
My message remains simple. Pray without ceasing for marriages!
Peace, Joy, and Love,
Janet
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*CCC 1661
