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God Can Heal Your Marriage

by Audrey Lamb

This article speaks of God's goodness and His faithfulness to answer prayers where marriage and fami If you are experiencing a marital crisis and everything around you looks messy and seems to indicate "God cannot move in this situation", I want to encourage your heart by saying , God does His very best work in the midst of what "looks like" total defeat and devastation. God loves to "show off". Yes He does. The scripture says His eyes roam throughout the whole earth looking for those who's hearts are pure before Him that He might show Himself mighty on their behalf. This indicates that it is not the magnitude of the problem that matters, it's the magnitude of our God. He is mighty. Correction, He is Almighty!
Do you recall Genesis 1? In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth, And the earth was void and without form and darkness was upon the face of the deep, And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters, And God said let there be light and there was light, And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness . What could look more hopeless than a situation that is void (empty), without form (can't even be recognized as a marriage) with darkness covering it (you can't see your way, confusion is all around, and there are no answers or help in sight? Yet we find that God doesn't even seem to be disturbed. We don't have any indication that when God came on the scene, He had to deliberate as to whether He had the power to bring order and establish His creation. He didn't have to call a meeting. He didn't have to ask for any help, whatsoever. The bible says, HE SAID, Let there be. Oh how God is looking for people who will believe in His power to deliver. His power to resurrect. His power to overcome every destructive force and make something beautiful that glorifies HIM! But let's examine this a little further. What was required? It says, the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. What ever your marriage may look like now— even if it doesn't resemble a marriage, the Spirit of God can move upon the face of that thing and cause it come into His perfect divine order. It further indicates that God began to speak. He spoke. Everything God does, He does by calling those things that be not as though they were. The scripture says, all the world is held together by the Word of His power. It is the spoken word. It is speaking words that agree with His plan and pattern.
If you extend your faith toward the Father, He will begin to give you words. He will use scriptures and speak to you in that still, small-quiet voice. He will cause you to begin to speak words that bring life and not death into your situation. He will give you wisdom as to how to conduct your affairs. He will bring correction to you to keep you on the path of righteousness. When you need guidance, He will be your light in the midst of darkness. He is working in the midst of darkness. John 1 says that darkness has never been able to overcome the light. He will give you the light of revelation, the light of divine guidance and wisdom when you ask Him. He will separate the light from the darkness in your situation. Be patient with Him. Cooperate with Him and don't be discouraged. I believe He works in darkness because He does not always want to reveal the extent of what He is doing before the proper time. He doesn't want the enemy or the world to see what He is doing in your life. He needs time to prepare you to receive the blessings He has in store for you. Remember, He will not pour new wine into an old wine skin. But He does promise that He is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all you dare ask, or think. He will examine the light in your life just as He did in Genesis. He will test whether or not you are applying the light that He gives to you day by day. Oh yes, He will. Trust me on that one. Overall, His goal is to teach you to trust Him because He is trustworthy. He wants that close personal relationship with you. He wants you to look to Him for everything, even in the midst of your crises. I am a firm believer that the very things that come into our lives as trials are actually the instruments that God is using to save our very souls. When we hit situations like this we are forced to hold on to Him for dear life. I can testify that I would not be here today had I not learned to run to Him and hold on for dear life. Some of the things that I have experienced seemed so devastating that it was hard to breathe. I had to learn how to take one breath at a time by using His strength. But it is through these things that I have learned my greatest lessons. It is through these experiences that I found out that the scripture, Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world, is more than just a nice thing to say, or cute scripture to quote. The bible says, "...and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith."
Beloved, be encouraged. Be of good cheer, and remember that you and God are the majority. If God be for you, who can be against you!!!!
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About the Author
Audrey is a wife and mother of four children. She has served as an Elder with He's Alive Ministries for 5 years. Then, left that role in order to spend more time with her family and to devote to prayer and the ministry that she believes the Lord has called her to. She is the author of "God's Blueprint for a Healed and Restored Marriage" and the creator of a line of inspirational gifts and bath and body products called My Beautiful Ones.