Prayer Request for my parents and family

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[thecanuck]

I need all the prayer support I can muster and am reaching out to the Christians I know. My parents aged 59 and 60 seem headed for divorce. My father was caught cheating on my mother. While my mother wants to try and work to fix things, my dad seems to have given up. He had an affair nearly thirty years ago, and if there were others, I am not aware. He had a heart attack about 12 years ago and two years ago had to undergo by-pass surgery. Since then, along with the passing of his sister in her late 50's, and a number of his friends also in their fifties, he seems a changed, more distant man.

Besides the affair, he has been a recovering alcoholic, now over thirty years sober, so he does have his addictive side.

My desires are selfish but I believe properly centred. I want my parents to work this out. Divorce is not an option I can respect or accept. With his health concerns, I fear losing him too soon for my daughters, 2 and 4, to really know him. As difficult as things will be if he and my mother split, what time we have left with him will be shorter and certainly less enjoyable for us. I have not asked much of him throughout my life but this time I am asking him to stop being so self-centred and get this fixed. If he gives up now, I feel he is giving up on not only my mother but me and the rest of the family.

If possible, I would ask for a brief prayer for my parents and our family and that Jesus reach them now before circumstances turns their hearts cold. They are not strongly of faith but they do know Jesus. My dad used to keep he serenity prayer with him during his days in AA so I know he knows the power of faith.

Thank you and take care.

[alnick]

Prayers going up for your family. Hang in there.

[The Right Stuff]

Good luck, canuck and take care. I will definitely pray for you. I don't mean to sound like a wet blanket, but my parents divorced after 35 years of marriage - Dad started a foreign business and got the foreign girlfriend to boot - too much for Mom.

No pleas would make him stay, even those of his young grandkids.

Today, ironically, he is home alone a lot of the time while the "wife" is off visiting friends and family. We now have a fairly good relationship, but it has taken 10 years to rebuild. There are a lot of irreplacable years that are simply gone.

I hope you are successful in persuading your Dad to remain with his faith and his family.

[dandelion]

I will pray for you and for your dear parents. God made them, and He loves them; nothing they do will ever change that. And beyond that, He gave you to them as an everlasting reminder of His love...

Children will make mistakes, and so will parents. But God is God and He doesn't make mistakes. You are meant to be...

[caseinpoint]

I add my prayers for your family.

It sounds like your father may be going through a mid-life crisis, wondering if there is more to life than he feels he has accomplished. Do what you can to build him up as someone who has triumphed over a great deal of adversity and who is an example to you of perseverance. Praise him where you can honestly praise him. Gently remind him that as we grow older, one of the most important possessions we have is the shared good memories from younger years: the first kiss, the first child, the first house, the first grandchild, the other positive events that your parents shared. Remind him that no one but your mother can share those memories with him.

He might well be depressed and a visit to his doctor would probably help him decide if there is a clinical depression there.

I will pray for him and for you and your family. However it turns out, I know you will survive and take lessons from it to apply in your own life.

[Salvation]

Definitely prayers for your dad and your mom. Along the AA side too.

Also prayers for you -- I just sent you a FReepmail.

[Salvation]

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[franky]

Come Holy Spirit and fill the hearts of this family and kindle in them the fire of Your Love. Send forth Your Truth and You shall renew them.

[trussell]

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For your family...

 

For your father (and for you)...

thecanuck, My prayers go up for your family. Lord, please provide this family with comfort and peace. Surround them with your love. Give them strength to endure whatever trials you set before them. Soften the father's heart...give him a desire to save his family. In Jesus' precious name. Amen

Salvation-Thank you for the ping.

Blessings,
trussell

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[sockmonkey]

Prayers offered for God's grace and wisdom to touch your Father's heart, and to give strength to you, your family, and your Mom no matter what the outcome.

[uncleshag]

I will keep you and your family in my thoughts and prayers, thecanuck.
God is always with you.

There are some great links below for guidance, support and comfort.

The Serenity Prayer

God, grant me
The serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can, and
Wisdom to know the difference.

More Information?

WINE INTO WATER
Album: Wine Into Water
T. Graham Brown


You've heard a multitude of prayers on my behalf
I pray that one more is not too much to ask
I've tried to fight this battle by myself
But it's a war that I can't win without your help

Chorus:
To-night I'm as low as any man can go
I'm down and I can't fall much farther
And once upon a time you turned the water into wine
Now on my knees I'm turning to you Father
Could you help me turn the wine back into water

So many times I've hurt the ones I love
I pushed them to the edge of giving up
They've stood by me but how much can they stand
If I don't put this bottle in Your hands

Chorus:
To-night I'm as low as any man can go
I'm down and I can't fall much farther
And once upon a time you turned the water into wine
Now on my knees I'm turning to you Father
Could you help me turn the wine back into water

I shook my fist at heaven for all the hell that I've been through
Now I'm beggin' for forgiveness and a miracle from you, cause
To-night I'm as low as any man can go
I'm down and I can't fall much farther
And once upon a time you turned the water into wine
Now on my knees I'm turning to you Father
Could you help me turn the wine back into water
Could you help me turn the wine back into water

Yeah, yeah Wine Into Water
T. Graham Brown

[bad company]

Prayers up!

[annalex]

What God has united cannot be broken. It is possible that your parent's marriage has been a mockery of God, but it is not likely judging by your heartfelt post.

Let us pray that the reality of marriage before God becomes manifest to your father. Let us pray that if he denies the grace he received in his marriage, he will reach conversion before the hour of his death. Let us pray that your mother bears the pain nobly and that the pain purifies her.

Let us pray for all adulterers of the flesh and of the heart. Let us pray that God gives you strength in this.

[CDHart]

May God counsel your parents and give them the strength to work at reconciliation. May He heal their relationship and bring them peace, in Jesus' name.

Carolyn

[BlessedBeGod]

Prayers on the way for your family!

[no more apples]

Prayers for your family.

[GailA]

Father Lord we pray for this family that is in crisis, that they will work out their relationship. In the name of Jesus, amen.

[e5man_r_u?]

Prayers on the way.

[thecanuck]

Thank you everyone for your prayers and e-mails. All of them are greatly appreciated.

[Nataku X]

Prayers sent for your family. Divorce isn't easy at any age. :-(