Marriage

When a Demotion Saved my Life…

August 22, 2017 By Eva Conner 2 Comments

A demotion in the world brought me a promotion in God’s kingdom.

Only God.

I’ve never felt led to share my full testimony until now. But this week, God is clearly telling me to “share it now.” I have learned over the years to simply be obedient. So here’s my story starting with a short video.

Since 1990, I’ve worked for a large law firm. I was 21 years old when I started as a legal secretary. I was also a full time student in college and was ready to take on the world. I have always loved clothes and shoes and I could not wait until I was out of college to get a full time job so I could afford the things I wanted. So I burned the candle at both ends.

Not long after I was hired in 1990, the firm hired a new executive director. He took me under his wing and off we went. Within a year, I received my first promotion. The next couple promotions came just as quickly. I had earned the favor of many because I was a hard worker and I went over and above what I was asked to do.

In 1992, I got married to my very best friend. In 1993, we had our first child. In 1995, our second child came along and in 1998 our third child was born.

Let me add another dimension to this story.

In 1995, we bought our first home. It was a small 2 bedroom home and we immediately went about remodeling it. We removed a wall with a full brick fireplace. My husband removed brick by brick of that fireplace including the chimney. CRAZY! As soon as we finished making that house beautiful, we sold it and bought an old farmhouse that had been built in the late 1800’s. We immediately set about remodeling this house as well.

Over the next few years, we ripped out just about everything we could in that house. We stripped it right down to the studs and re-wired, re-plumbed, hung drywall, and anything else you can think of. In the middle of this, we were both working full time with 3 babies. But I was determined to have a beautiful home. You know, a house that would be worthy of the magazine covers! So I kept pushing. We pulled many all-nighters to finish up last minute things to stay on schedule.

We came very close to losing our marriage because of this frantic pace that we set for ourselves.

But I still didn’t stop pressing forward in this big world.

In 2002, I had 3 children ages 3 to 8 and I was promoted once again. In 2002, we also decided to sell our farmhouse so we could build a new home. And that’s what we did. We rented for a couple years while we built our dream home which we moved in November of 2004.

Our kids were getting a little older and were very active in many sports so our “crazy” just shifted from home remodel to multiple ballfields every night. We did baseball, softball, football and basketball. We did travelling leagues and all-star leagues. Every evening and every weekend were packed full.

Through all of this, God is not part of our lives other than maybe on Easter and Christmas.

In 2008, I was promoted once again to the highest level within my department.

I was now the Director. We have offices in many different states so this position required lots of travel and long hours.

Ironically, 2008 is also when God started speaking to me and calling me towards Him.

Prior to 2008, I was aware of God but I had never accepted Him into my heart. From a young age, I remember being pulled toward Him. I would attempt to read the Bible but would get no further than Genesis chapter 1 (yes, that’s where I started each time because I didn’t know any better).

Even though I had an awareness of God at a young age, I never gave Him too much of my time and certainly not my heart until 2008.

In February of 2008, I had a routine surgery and was supposed to be back to work within a week or less. Something happened during the surgery and my body did not recover as quickly as most so I was laid out on my couch for 3 weeks.

But God. During this time He gripped my heart.

Clicking through the TV on a weekday morning, I found an older gentleman who taught the Bible verse by verse. He was in Second Corinthians and he was explaining law and grace. God used his words to change my heart forever.

God made Romans 8:28 come alive in my life. You know, the part that reads “God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God.” He used a botched surgery to save my soul.

Why do I share all of this with you? Our testimony is what overcomes the enemy.

When we share our testimony with transparency and truth, God will use our words to set another free!

Don’t ever underestimate the power of your testimony.

And they have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony.
Revelation 12:11

Since that time, I continue to learn more and more about the Word. I pray and ask God to guide me and lead me as I learn. If you don’t already have a hunger for the Word, ask God and He will give you a hunger that you can spend a lifetime trying to satisfy.

Getting back to my story, in late 2011 and into 2012, I grew dissatisfied in my job. Working long hours and carrying stress from the position weighed me down. That is when I knew I needed to make a change. God was gradually showing me that I needed to hop off the world-track.

In my heart, I knew I needed to be demoted.

It took me a couple of months to work up the courage to speak to my boss. The executive director who joined the firm at the same time that I did retired a few years before this. We had a new executive director who I liked and respected very much. One day, I had that discussion with him. I explained that I was in over my head and I needed relief that I felt would only come in the form of me stepping out of the lead role. At first, he told me he had confidence in me being able to continue doing the job.

I had to convince him I no longer wanted the job. This was scary because I could have been shown the door. But again, I work at a wonderful firm with wonderful leaders.

I received my demotion. And it saved my life.

Don’t ever be afraid to follow God’s lead. I could not afford to worry about what others would think if I got demoted. I couldn’t afford to be embarassed. My walk with God was too important to me. I knew I would be well when I obeyed His command. Little did I know how very well I would be!

I now report to the person who replaced me and I have a great relationship with him. The stress is gone and I can focus on the calling God has on my life – to teach and encourage other believers so they can rise up to their own calling. I’m also called to reach out to those who do not yet know Jesus.

By me sharing my story and sharing how Jesus works in my own life, I’m providing a way for God to transform lives.

It is through the sharing of our stories when God can work wonders.

Another thing happened in 2012. In addition to knowing God was leading me toward a job change, I also knew He wanted us to make a physical move. So we sold our dream home. God brought us to a nice home but it is not something that I ever would have chosen on my own. In fact, when we first bought our home, I wasn’t crazy about the design. But God. Over the last few years, He has given me a fondness for our house and it is now our home. We are settled and very thankful.

I put homes, possessions and positions above God.

This is nothing more than idolatry. Anything that comes before God is an idol in our lives. It’s not that He doesn’t want us to have nice things. It’s when these “things” are more important than Him in our lives that He gives us a choice.

Choose Him today over whatever He may be calling you away from in your life. You won’t regret it:).

Don’t allow the enemy to convince you that people do not want to hear your story.

That’s simply a lie from the master liar. God tells us just the opposite. Share your story. Be open and transparent. The things that you’ve walked through and the lessons you’ve learned along the way can be just what another person desperately needs to hear.

The verse below speaks about my life before Jesus. Before my demotion, I loved the world.

15 Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. 16 For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. 17 And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.
1 John 2:15-17

Below, the Scripture speaks of where my life is today. I am humbled by how far God has brought me in a short while. I stand in awe of His great love for me. I vow to spend the rest of my life sharing my story as He directs.

Friends, I encourage you to share your story as well.

⁷I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done. ⁸Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ ⁹and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ. For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith. ¹⁰I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death, ¹¹so that one way or another I will experience the resurrection from the dead!

¹²I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. ¹³No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, ¹⁴I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.

Philippians 3:13-14

Stay in the Light and the Love Always,

Eva

Marriage – The Roads We Travel

June 23, 2017 By Eva Conner Leave a Comment

Don't let Satan in your marriage

God desires to work through each of us.

When we allow God to work in us and through us, He uses us to lift and encourage others. Fellowship and sharing are very important to God and should be to us as well. It’s when we share a word we’re given with others that we encourage and build one another up.

In the wee hours of the night I was thinking about marriage and images of roads kept popping in my head. Marriage, done God’s way, is wonderful. God wants us to put our spouse before ourselves, even before our children.

This is a tough one for moms. Especially today’s moms!

In my lifetime, I’ve seen a shift in who controls the family unit. When I was young, parents did not live their lives for their children. But now I see the complete opposite. Children rule the house. Children dictate what the parents are going to do and when they are going to do it.

Children are involved in so many activities, they need a personal assistant (MOM!) to manage their schedule. You know what happens to Dad… he takes a backseat to the children in Mom’s life. This happened in my own life. I can attest to the hurt and damage that spouses can inflict on each other because of neglect – whether it is intentional or unintentional. Thankfully this was many years ago in our marriage and we’ve done a lot of healing and growing since those years. But we are called to share our experience and our past heartache to help others avoid the same. We are all called to share our testimony and it is Biblical:

Through Christ, God has given us the privilege and authority as apostles to tell Gentiles everywhere what God has done for them, so that they will believe and obey him, bringing glory to his name.

Romans 1:5

I’m sharing this word that God gave me to encourage you.

If your life is a little crazy and hectic because of your children’s activities, maybe you need to cut back so that you have more family time. More time with your spouse. More time around the dinner table without having to eat in the car on your way to the next activity. More time to just sit on the porch and listen to the rain with your spouse.

Your marriage is worth a thorough evaluation of your priorities. Marriages are being attacked by Satan more now than ever. Satan knows if he can attack a marriage, he can keep a powerful duo from charging after the lost and sharing Christ. When we’re caught in his snare, we are useless in avancing God’s kingdom.

What is the answer? Bring Jesus into your marriage and keep Him there.

Easier said than done, right? To have a marriage the way that God intended, we need to be intentional. We can’t take our eyes off of Jesus for one second. He needs to be involved in our marriage – and in every aspect. When both husband and wife are focused on Jesus, He ties our hearts together. Did you catch these words? Keep your gaze on Jesus – not on each other.

When our gaze is on one another instead of Jesus, we put our spouse above where God should be in our lives. This is not fair to anyone – us, our spouse and especially not our children. No one, not even our spouse, can take the place of God in our lives. God and God alone is to be above all others.

What road is your marriage on?

I mentioned earlier that I saw roads reflecting where we are in our marriage. The first vision was two people – husband and wife – standing back to back walking away from each other as in a duel. The only time they turned around to see each other was when they were taking a shot at one another. They were going opposite ways on the road.

The second vision was two roads that ran parallel to each other but they never intersected. The husband was on one road and the wife on the other. This reflects a husband and wife (or maybe it’s better to say a man and a woman) living two separate lives.

The last vision was two people on the same road, going in the same direction and travelling at the same speed. This is the Godly marriage. It’s not always easy to keep in sync but if you have a prayerful life, it is possible. Will you have the occasional bumps causing you to get out of sync? Absolutely! But when you pray regularly for your spouse and with your spouse, God will see that you get back in sync.

If your marriage is on the first or second road, don’t despair.

Get quiet before God and ask Him to change your hearts. Ask Him to put you on the same road as your spouse, going the same direction at the same speed.

Without God, a good marriage is impossible.

But with God’s presence and His love and grace, a good marriage is possible.

He replied, “What is impossible for people is possible with God.”

Luke 18:27

If you don’t already pray for your spouse, start doing so today. Pray for your spouse often. Pray with your spouse every day. It’s amazing how God will work in a person’s life through another person’s prayer and even more amazing how God will work in a marriage through united prayer.

Here’s a prayer for each of our marriages:

Dear Father,

Thank You for Your Word. You are so faithful to show us how to live every area of our lives if we will just take a minute to look in Your Word. Help each of us get more intentional about praying for our marriage and our spouses. Father, we ask that You create in each of us pure hearts and renew steadfast spirits. We ask that You turn our vision toward Jesus. Each day, Father, we commit our love and our marriage to You. Lord, protect our eyes from looking at anything that would detract our attention from our spouse. Help us to be pleasing and honoring to You.

Fill our hearts with Your love so that we can love one another as You do. Keep the enemy from our homes, from our marriage and from our children. We plead the blood of Jesus over our homes, our our relationships, over each of our lives and over the covenant of marriage that we made as one with You.

We ask that You guide our prayers. And we thank You and give You all the honor, praise and glory.

In Jesus name we pray.

Amen♥

Stay in the Light and the Love Always,

Eva

10 Marriage Prayers for Each of Us

May 24, 2017 By Eva Conner Leave a Comment

Marriage Prayers – Let’s pray together for our marriages.

10 prayers for our marriage Today is December 31 – the last day of the year. As we end our year, let’s pray together for our marriages. Here are ten marriage prayers to strengthen our relationships and make them one in Christ Jesus.

1. We are created in God’s image.

So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.” Genesis 2:18

Dear Father, Thank You for making each of us – man and woman – for each other – and for making us so perfectly and beautifully in Your image. When we look at our spouses, let us see You. Let us see past the flaws and brokenness to see Your perfect love and grace.♥

2. God saw that man needs a help mate.

Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man. “At last!” the man exclaimed. “This one is bone from my bone, and flesh from my flesh! She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken from ‘man.’” This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one. Genesis 2:22-24

Dear Father, Thank You for the gift of our spouses. We see in Your Word that they are truly a gift from You. Please help each of us, man and woman, accept each other as a gift from You. Give us eyes to see that we are married as One in covenant and that covenant does not just mean as man and woman, husband and wife. That covenant means that we are husband and wife and Jesus Christ. Help us to receive our mates as if they are directly from Your Hand.♥

3. We need to seek God first for fulfillment and joy.

Then he said to the woman, “I will sharpen the pain of your pregnancy, and in pain you will give birth. And you will desire to control your husband, but he will rule over you.” Genesis 3:16

NOTE: “And you will desire to control your husband” can be interpreted a couple different ways. It can mean exactly what it says that wives will seek to dominate their husbands. Or it can mean that wives will have desire for your husband. While this in itself is not bad, it can become a thorn in your marriage if the wife desires her husband in a way that she should desire God.

We are to seek God and only God to be our Lord and our Master. We should not look to our husband for that inner fulfillment and joy that only a relationship with God can provide. When wives seek from their husbands what they should be seeking from God, there is too much pressure on the husbands and they are setting their husbands up for failure. No human man can satisfy that deep need that we each have within for fulfillment. Only God can satisfy.

Dear Father, Thank You for showing us in scripture that from the very moment after the fall of mankind into sin, wives were given a desire to control their husbands. And thank You for opening our eyes to this truth. Help each of us who are wives strive to not control our husbands and help us all love our spouses more than we love ourselves. We will strive to surround ourselves with Your Word – from the inside out.

Help us to get Your Word in our very souls so that we can truly honor You in our marriage. And Father, we also ask that You be the ultimate Lord and Master in each of our lives individually and as one in marriage. We ask that You show us if we are seeking this fulfillment from our mate instead of from You. Search our hearts and show us our anxious thoughts. We put our hope in You and You alone.♥

4. All that we have is Yours – not ours.

The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to Him. Psalm 24:1

Dear Father, Thank You for our very lives. Thank You for the air that we breathe. Help us to not treat one another as possessions. You’ve shown us in Your Word that we all belong to You. Because we are Yours, we should revere one another as children of the Most High God. We should love one another as Your precious loved ones. Help us to love, honor and respect one another. Thank You for reminding us that everything in this earth is Yours. All of our possessions and money are Yours – not ours. Help us to honor You with our possessions. Keep us from putting possessions ahead of each other or ahead of You.♥

5. We must trust in God for protection of our loved ones!

The Lord keeps you from all harm and watches over your life. The Lord keeps watch over you as you come and go, both now and forevermore. Psalm 121:7-8

Dear Father, Thank You for this reminder that You watch over us at all times, that our protection and safety come from You. Help each of us hand over our worries for our spouses to You. You do not want us to bear unnecessary burdens. You desire for us to hand those over. Today, we hand over the unnatural worry that plagues us for the protection and the safety of our spouse. Thank You for taking this burden from us and for the freedom that You continually give us in all areas of our lives.♥

6. Two are better than one and three are even better.

Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone? A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Dear Father, Thank You that two are better than one. And even more that three are better than two. Father, we, as husband and wife with Jesus Christ, are the triple-braided cord that cannot be easily broken. Help us to strengthen one another to succeed. We vow to encourage, comfort and lift up each other and not tear each other down.♥

7. Help us honor You with the money You give us.

“Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the Lord of Heavenly’s Armies, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test!” Malachi 3:10

Dear Father, Work in both of our hearts so that we are on the same page with our giving. Help us to desire to give more than we keep. Give each of us, husband and wife, a deep desire to give to Your Kingdom, to do Your work on earth and to share Your Son Jesus.♥

8. We will strive to agree together in all things.

I also tell you this: if two of you agree here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you. For where two or three gather together as my followers, I am here among them. Matthew 18:19-20

Dear Father, We, as husband and wife, stand before You in agreement that our marriage will be kept holy and pure. Help us to come to You for advice in all of our decisions. We vow mutually to live our lives to serve You. Give us Your wisdom and understanding in all matters. We need Jesus in our marriage.♥

9. Let no one split apart what God has joined together.

“Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together.” Matthew 19:6

Dear Father, Thank You for joining us together in marriage as one with You. Help each of us take our vows seriously. We ask that You give us Your strength to resist the temptations of the world. Turn our hearts toward one another each and every day. Let us see our spouse in a new way. Help us never lose the love and compassion we have for one another. Grow that love and compassion more and more each day. Give us discernment to see the attempts of the enemy to come between us. When we see these attempts, strengthen us in prayer together. Help us to be honest in all areas. Let nothing stay in the darkness. Bring Light into our marriage and our home.♥

10. Show us true love for You and for one another.

This is real love – not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. 1 John 4:10-11

Dear Father, Thank You for saving us by grace. When we mess up, give us grace to forgive one another as you forgive us. Help us to realize our identity and authority in Christ Jesus. Let us walk in that full authority. We are loved by the Most High God and because we are loved, we are able to love others. Help us to remember this love always.♥

Let God strengthen you.

Dear Father God,
Thank You for my spouse. Thank You for blessing our marriage. Let us find honor and favor with You and with men. Let us find favor in our jobs, favor in our neighborhoods, and favor in all that we set our hands to do. Let us always glorify Jesus in everything that we set our hands to do. And let us always give as You direct us to give of our time, our talents, our money, our resources. Thank You for giving us Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. Let Jesus become the very cornerstone of our marriage.
All this we ask and pray in the name of Jesus Christ.
Amen♥

A Now Word for Your Marriage

January 19, 2017 By Eva Conner Leave a Comment

Turn to Jesus and let Him turn all things to you.

Are you in a difficult valley right now in your marriage?

As I was in prayer for a few of my friends’ marriages last night, I received this word from God in my spirit. I am sharing in obedience.

“I am doing open heart surgery in hearts. I am turning hearts toward one another – husband to wife and wife to husband – in all marriages. I have joined them together and I said what I join together no man can separate. I am turning even the hardest of hearts toward me. When both husband and wife are turned toward me, that is when they will have full restoration in their homes and their relationships. I judge the hearts of men. I see their tears and I hear their cries. But I want ALL of them. I am greedy and jealous and my way is the only way. I will not relent. Turn to me and you gain freedom and life. Keep away from me and you have death and destruction. It’s so easy yet you complicate it. TURN TO ME AND I TURN YOU TO ONE ANOTHER.

A heart right with me is a heart right with all.”

I hope these words find the right home. Share with friends who may be going through the valley right now. Let’s each be encouragers lifting one another up in love.

Stay in the Light and the Love always,

Eva

Marriage – Are You Living in Darkness?

December 26, 2016 By Eva Conner 2 Comments

Marriage – praying for your marriage is vital for survival.

Recently God laid on my heart a burden to pray for marriages. My marriage, your marriage, all marriages.

He taught me the true meaning of marriage. When we are married to one another in the presence of God, we not only become one with our spouse but we also become one with Christ in our marriage. For far too many years in my own marriage, we did not have Christ as the center of our marriage. I now have 20/20 vision in hindsight:-) and can see the tremendous difference having Christ in our marriage and not having Him there makes. I must share what God taught me. I sincerely hope that you feel compelled to not only read these words but to also share these words with your spouse, your family and your friends.

It is a life-changer that we cannot miss.

Today, if you are reading this message, do not be dismayed if your marriage is not where you want it to be. Do not fear. For God is there. He is strengthening you and helping you. He is upholding you with His righteous right hand.

These words in Isaiah need to be written down and carried with us. They need to be written and taped all over our house. On our refrigerators, our mirrors, our desks.

Literally surround yourself with the Word of God.

Marriage is wonderful at times. Marriage is hell at times. Marriage is indifferent at times. Marriage is hopeless at times. But there is always hope in Christ. And hope in Christ does not disappoint. When we bring Jesus into the forefront of our lives, the very core of our existence, things shift and change.

How do you get there?

The change needs to happen in your own heart first before you can see the manifestation of Jesus in your marriage. Get before God and be absolutely honest. Pour out your hurts, your failures, your guilt, your shame. Pour it all out to Him. He knows it all anyway and He so desperately wants to take it from you. He did not make us to bear the weight of the world. As a matter of fact, He doesn’t want us to bear ANY of the weight. He wants to take it all. Jesus tells us that His yoke is easy and light.

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
Matthew 11:28-30

Get before Him and be raw. Get before Him and show Him your heart. Give Him your heart. He will perform open-heart surgery on you. Let Him. It will be the most wonderful change in your life. It will hurt at times but the pain is so worth it. He creates in us pure hearts and renews steadfast spirits within us. He does all the work when we give Him access and when we get before Him in true humility.

You’ll notice things that were once acceptable to you are no longer acceptable. You’ll notice you feel bad about doing or saying things that at one time didn’t bother you. It is the Holy Spirit inside of you convicting you of your former life. He will purge and burn away your former person.

He will make you a new creation in Christ.

Not only will you notice but everyone around you will notice the change as well. Some who notice the change in you will pull away. Others who notice the change in you will draw nearer. Even though it’s painful to lose some friends, it’s necessary to grow in who Christ created you to be. It’s necessary for you to grow and be spiritually healthy.

It may take time but your spouse will also notice a difference. It might not be well received at first but trust in God. He has it. He has it all in His righteous right hand.

Pray for your spouse. Pray for your marriage.

Pray earnestly and pray often. Pray for God to show Himself to your spouse every day. Pray for God to reveal Himself in your marriage. He will do so. He is so good and loving. He wants us to walk in the power and authority that Jesus died to give to us. He wants us to walk as spiritually healthy children. We are heirs to the kingdom. We are children of the Most High God. We are in Him and He is in us. We are protected from the inside out. He wants our marriages to reflect who we are in Him.

Get the words of Isaiah 41:10 in your heart. Stand in faith on these words.

He will always make a way – even when there seems to be no way.

He conquered the grave. He conquered death.

Do you think that your marriage is too big for Him?

Nothing is too big for our God. He is the great I AM. He will never lead us wrong. He will never set us up for failure. Never.

Stay humble. Stay before Him on your knees. Lean into Him for your strength. Let Him bear the weight of the burdens you carry. Let Him fix your marriage. Simply rest in His presence and pray.

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 6:33

Seek Him first and all else will follow.

Seek Him and let Him handle the rest.

Recently, in prayer, I felt the Lord speak these words to me – storms, rib cage and gold – which is what led me to write this post.

We all go through storms in our marriages. But we need to know that God works good in all situations ~ even the storms. I know from personal experience. My husband and I have been through some fierce storms in our 24 year marriage. There were some very dark times.

We turned to God to fix our marriage.

We eventually turned to God and it was the most freeing thing we ever did to strengthen our marriage. My husband and I now have Jesus Christ at the very center of our marriage and there is an abundance of light in our home.

This doesn’t mean that we still don’t experience storms. We do. But because Jesus is there with us we deal better with the storms that life throws at us. And because Jesus is there, we are stronger DESPITE the storms. If I had the power to do so, I’m not sure that I would remove the storms in our past. These storms made us who we are in Christ. It is very tough when you are walking through that darkness but TRUST IN GOD to see you through.

He made woman for man out of man’s rib cage.

Women were created because God said that it was not good for man to be alone. This is still true. We need one another as much as we need Christ. When we are humble and acknowledge this need in one another and in God, we can experience the gold in our marriage. Gold is pure. Gold is not subject to corrosion. Gold is precious. This is what God wants for our marriages. With God, all things are possible. Even the most dire of situations can be turned around.

What’s stopping you from getting on your knees right now?

Here is my prayer for our marriages.

Dear Father,
Thank You for Jesus Christ, our all-in-all. Father, we ask that You make Jesus the very core of our foundation individually and as a married man and wife in Your presence. We ask that Jesus become the Rock in our marriage. We ask that He help us weather all storms. Help us to be respectful of one another and to put one another first before ourselves. Help us to lower ourselves in humility to not think more highly of ourselves than we should. Help us to remember Your Son Jesus at all times and to glorify Jesus in our marriage. Let us lay down all personal agendas we may have.

Holy Spirit, quickly convict us when we do wrong against one another and against Jesus. Holy Spirit, comfort us in love and perform open-heart surgery on our hearts to remove all the impurities of the world – all the offenses, hurts, unforgiveness, guilt, shame that we’ve allowed to accumulate over the years. Create in each of us pure hearts and renew steadfast spirits within us. Help us to see Jesus in one another and to share Jesus with everyone. In His holy and precious name we pray.
Amen♥

Stay in the Light and the Love always,

Eva