Please leave some encouragement for this bride who filled out an MEQ "Marriage Encouragement Questionnaire." Before commenting, please remember to:
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- Speak to your Husband, your Maker, to know what He wants to say to this brokenhearted bride.
- Keep it SHORT.
- Encourage sharing 1-2 Promises.
- Bridge to the course He used to lead you along your Restoration Journey.
- After 3 MM Comments and the comments are CLOSED for this session, please continue to encourage by confirming what the ministers are saying by replying beneath their MM Comments.
“Every fact is to be confirmed by the testimony of two or three witnesses.” 2 Corinthians 13:1 - When YOU are the final 3 Cord of comments supporting o/o/o/ this bride, please CLOSE this session and paste this at the end: "Thank you, we have a 3 Cord of comments supporting \o/\o/\o/ this bride. This session is now CLOSED."
Please Note: We ask that you reply to this post ONLY if you are an IOU Student working towards qualifying for your Marriage Minister Certificate.
Next to your name, we must see your IOU Level, for example:
| Country: |
| United States |
| What language do you speak? |
| English |
| I'm here: |
| Seeking restoration for my marriage. |
| What is your current marital status? Please be sure to choose the one that BEST describes your situation. |
| Married and my husband lives with me. |
| Have you read the book "How God Can and Will Restore Your Marriage?" |
| No |
| How did you find our ministry? |
| I reached out to Marriage Ignite and they replied back that they couldn’t help me. They included a link to you in that email for me. |
| Now, please tell us about your situation and why you have come to us for help and what has your husband/partner said are the main issues or problems he has with you and your relationship? |
| He said I’m no fun anymore and that he only has about 15 years left to live and he wants to have fun. He was referring to the fact that I wouldn’t get drunk with him while we were in Nashville. He said I don’t initiate sex. And he recently told me he agreed to stop drinking as much and promised to cut back and to not drive with our kids in the car and he broke that promise. So I mentioned it to him the next day and now he thinks I’m nagging him.
This started last August in Nashville. He later agreed to go to counseling and it seemed to calm things down a bit. But then we lost our family business and quit going and his drinking started getting worse. I can’t take his drinking around the kids and his rude short temper and disrespect anymore. |
| Please use the space below to simply speak to God, in your own words, pouring your heart out to Him. |
| God I know you can do a miracle with our marriage and I pray that you speak to our hearts and give me wisdom to know how to handle this. It’s feeling so incredibly overwhelming to me and I don’t want to keep enabling him and putting up with the disrespect. I want our marriage to be healed and thriving like I know you want for us and for the kids. Amen. |
| In order for us to minister more effectively to you, please check what concerns apply to you: |
| Thankfully I have no other concerns other than my relationship at this time. |
| Posting your questionnaire Privately to an assigned IOU Marriage Ministry Student. Sample |
Dear Bride, I am so sorry to hear what you are going through. Although my earthly husband didn’t drink, I grew up with alcoholic parents, and I know nothing you say or do will change their minds, as a matter of fact, the more you say, the more you push them away and built a hate wall between the two of you. I know it is difficult not to say anything, but this is a battle that only the Lord can fight and win.
I would like to encourage you to surrender your situation to the Lord and embrace this season for the Lord to work in both your hearts, because only He can:
‘The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the L ord ; He turns it wherever He wishes. ‘
Proverbs 21:1
https://www.bible.com/af/bible/100/PRO.21.1
Since you haven’t read the Restore Your Marriage book yet, I would like to encourage you to start by reading the book (https://encouragingbookstore.com/women-resources/wrym/) or do Course 1 (https://hopeatlast.com/c1) that is based on the RYM book. Read through each lesson and then pour out your heart to the Lord in your journal form (https://hopeatlast.com/my-restoration-journey-notes/).
‘For nothing will be impossible with God.” ‘
Luke 1:37
https://www.bible.com/bible/100/LUK.1.37
Dear Bride, I am sorry you had to go through this difficult situation but I am glad you found your way here. Many of us went through difficult situations though all different but we made a choice to grow in the Lord during this time.
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.“ Proverbs 3:5
I remember not knowing what to do in certain situations but I learned to seek the Lord in prayer and stay in the words daily. If you don’t know where to start, please follow the link-
https://encouragingwomen.org/psalms-proverbs/
One of the things I love to do is to meditate on certain verses. When I realized I had a wrong understanding of what love truly is, I started meditating on 1 Corinthians 13. Let His words wash over you and through your prayers, submit your requests to God and wait patiently in Him.
Dear Precious Sister, like Adina said I would encourage you to read the RYM “How God Can and Will Restore Your Marriage” book. If you have been searching for answers and crying out to the Lord I am sure that He led you here and to read the book.
In seeking the Lord about what He would like me to share with you it’s just a chapter which you will also find in the book, here is the link to read it https://hopeatlast.com/c1/d10-chapter-8-won-without-a-word/
Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. Ps 34:5 https://biblehub.com/psalms/34-5.htm
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