Daily prayer for OUR HUSBANDS

I'm praying for husbands today. God endow our husbands with wisdom, knowledge and understanding of your Word. Mend their broken hearts, where there is confusion bring clarity, if there be any conflict God bring peace. Convict, convert, and sanctify their hearts! Teach them to Love us as you have commanded in your Word. Don't let them be to prideful to seek guidance and direction from you. Lord bless, touch and anoint our husbands from the crown of their heads to the soul of their feet in Jesus name.

Daily Prayer for DECISION MAKING

Today I am praying for husbands and wives that are in the valley of decision. Whether you are deciding to stay or end your marriage, or deciding on a home, job, or a place to relocate, perhaps you're deciding on a new church home or whether or not it's time to start a family. I'm praying for you that whatever you decide you first acknowledge God and discover what His will is for your life! I pray that you are lead, guided and directed by the Holy Spirit before you take one step. I rebuke satan and cancel the attack of the enemy on your life and your marriage, in the name of Jesus! Count it done!

Daily Prayer for CLOSENESS

My prayer today is that husbands draw closer to wives and wives draw closer to husbands and together marriages draw closer to God! God let us be so close that no air can come between us! Let us be so close that satan has no room to put any wedges between us! Do not let us be deceived by friends of the opposite sex, single friends, family, loved ones, work, children, money, secrets or other priorities that purposely or unintentionally try to come between us! Bind us together in your Love and strengthen us as never before as you said in your Word in Ephesians 4:12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. In Jesus name, Amen! 

A Christmas Prayer

The holidays are a wonderful time that is specifically set aside to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Many of us are spending time with our families, eating, talking, laughing, shopping and worshiping together. The Christmas season is supposed to be a time of love, joy and peace. But I cannot help but to think about the multitude of people that are without. So many marriages and relationships ending, homes broken, children split between parents, family deaths, sick loved ones, homeless and impoverished families that don't have the luxury of enjoying the holidays the way that we do. The murders of Sandy Hook are still fresh in my heart and mind. It keeps me forever grateful and full of humility because I certainly realize that I could be out on the street with no food, no home and no one to care for me. I could be grieving the loss of my child or loved one. I just want to offer this prayer for those who may feel forsaken in some way.

Most kind gracious God, my Heavenly Father I come on behalf of your children; families, marriages and individuals. So many are hurting, abused, bereaved, sick, broken hearted, hungry, thirsty, homeless, depressed, confused, lonely, addicted, not in their right mind, and out of fellowship with you. God I ask that you comfort, heal, restore, revive, bring together, break addictions, feed, clothe, shelter and wrap your loving arms around each and every one of them right now in the name of Jesus. Please bing peace where there is confusion and chaos. Where there is hate replace it with your Love, Where there is depression God, elevate minds. Where there is sadness oh God, restore your joy! Mend broken hearts God, dispatch your angels to bring food, clothes, shelter and water to those in need. Most of all Lord turn stoney hearts to hearts of flesh and let the true reason of the season resonate in the hearts and minds of those that have broken fellowship with you. Those that are confused and don't understand what's going on in their lives bring revelation and calm. God I thank you for all that you have done and for all that you are doing! Thank you for placing your son Jesus in the womb of the Virgin Mary just so that a little nothing like me could have a chance. You are an awesome and mighty God, and I bless your name for truly you are worthy of all the praise, glory and honor! I know that your able to touch, heal, deliver and restore and I count it all done in the mighty name of Jesus. I rebuke every act of the enemy and cast him back into the pit of hell never to return! I speak it and believe it in the power and authority of Jesus Christ!

It is my hope that each person reading this is blessed, highly favored and walking in the authority of The Lord. In case you are hurting, struggling or going through, I hope this prayer reaches you and you are blessed, encouraged, lifted and your faith is restored. GOD LOVES YOU MORE THAN YOU' LL EVER KNOW! And so do I!

Peace, Love, and many blessings to each of you! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

A Guide for the Single and the Divorced- My Story!

After 15 years of marriage I found myself divorced, and the last thing I wanted was to be married again. Married for the first time at age 18, I was 33 when I got divorced, and I needed time (I felt) to figure out who I was. After all that I had been through I wanted time to heal, learn to Love myself and time to focus on my children. However there are two scriptures that stand out in my mind: (Isaiah 55:8 KJV) For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. And (Jeremiah 29:11 NIV) 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. If those scriptures are any indication you'll know that God had a completely different plan for me than the one I had for myself!

Although separated for quite sometime I was only officially divorced for one month before being re-introduced to the man God had for me. In our very first conversation we both established that we only wanted friendship and whenever I visited Tennessee we could hang out. As you might have guessed already, things very quickly changed from friendship to relationship! From October to January of the following year we became very close and were dating exclusively. I was terrified on the inside because I did not want to be married again! And marrying him meant moving to another state, leaving my job and not having full assurance that my sons were going to want to go with me. My husband had a 4 year old daughter and the whole concept of being a step mom, being remarried and moving away from all of my friends and family was much too overwhelming. But I loved him and I didn't want to be with out him either!

After giving things ALOT of thought, and talking to my parents and talking to my children I was still torn, there was only one thing left to do; FAST AND PRAY! Now when my dad and mom were dating and my dad wanted to know if my mom was his wife or not he asked God to show him through sickness and sickness only, so I decided to do the same!  I was sitting on my bed one day in early January and I said ok God here is what I'm going to do. I'm going to fast and pray for 21 days (to show my sincerity) and I want you to show me IN SICKNESS ONLY if this is my husband or not.

21 days passed, then 30, then somewhere around 45 days I was going up the stairs to my apartment and by the time I reached the top of the stairs I couldn't breath, I experienced numbness in my left hand, and pain in my chest and left arm. After the doctors ran several tests they discovered that I had a large fluid filled cyst surrounding my heart. If you have ever seen or drank a liter bottle of water that's how much fluid filled my chest. The doctor told me they had never seen anything like it before. All could I think was here is the answer to my prayer!

You see marriage is not a joke! It isn't something that should be taken lightly. And I couldn't afford to waste any more time outside of God's will for my life. Now certainly everyone does not have to go through the extreme measures that I went through, I had to have a rather painful and intricate surgery, it took me well over 30 days to recover and I have scars on my body that will never go away. But regardless to the consequences I HAD TO BE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT I WAS IN LINE WITH GOD's PLANS FOR MY LIFE!

If you are divorced or if you are single desiring to be married the importance of seeking God first is one that cannot be stressed enough. Don't waste your time, don't waste your life, don't cause your self unnecessary hurt, heartache, drama and pain trying to play matchmaker on your own. I knew my husband for 6 years before we ever dated. The first time we met he was married and so was I, and we never really had much of a conversation outside of me buying a DVD from him to teach my son how to play piano. Never in my wildest dreams did I think we would be married! But God new the plan that he had for my life a plan to prosper me and not to harm me, a plan to give me hope and a future!

The past is gone, place your present and your future in God's hands. Let Him orchestrate your life! He can do it so much better than we can because He really does know what is best for us! He knows more about what we need than we do, because He knows us better than we know ourselves and He knows what and who we need in our life to help us do what He has called us to do. His thoughts really are not your thoughts, neither are His ways your ways!

Love you always,

Charity