![]() Find healing and find true peace in Christ. Memorize these two scriptures and believe Jesus when He says to you that He has given you His peace. ![]() Talking about anxiety is the first step to facing it and addressing it at the core.ĭon’t let war rage in your mind or in your heart or in your marriage because of anxiety. It requires vulnerability, but the impact is much greater in a positive way than the destruction anxiety can lead to.īe willing to let your husband and God see you at your worst and communicate to them what you are going through. I learned that even though my husband has seen me at my worst, when I am honest and open with him about what I am struggling with, he comes along side me to support me and point my heart toward Christ. We can experience freedom from anxiety because He gives us peace. John 14:27Īlthough anxiety can be so strong that you start to believe you are breaking down or full of doubt and inability.the truth is that we have Christ inside of us! We can overcome because He has overcome. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. Peace I leave with you my peace I give to you. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” - Matthew 11:28-30 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. When my soul is wrestling with trust and my mind is being tormented by what-if’s, I go to God and I consider what He has told me through His Word.Ĭome to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. The only healing I have found in times where anxiety springs up is when I pray and ask God to help me, to heal me, to remove the anxiety far from me. ![]() I can’t just make anxiety go away because I don’t want it, and my husband can’t fix it with a word of affirmation. That friction, if the anxiety is not addressed, leads to emotional conflict in our relationship. The times that I have experienced anxiety, I would say it cripples our marriage. It is worth the read: How Motherhood Has Changed My Body And My Marriage I don’t have anxiety all the time, but I did share about the anxiety that came after having my son. And my sweet husband does his best to be patient and encourage me to get to a better place of mind, but his kindness can’t fix me and I think that frustrates him. Anxiety motivates me to snap at my husband, not trust him, fear everything and believe the worst about him or any situation I encounter.Īnxiety paralyzes me. anxiety.īecause anxiety blinds me and keeps me from operating in strength, logic, and self-control. Mind racing, shallow breathing, lack of concentration and yet an ability to maintain obsessive attention toward the negative things in life, nervousness, depression, fear. I am talking about the times that I have allowed anxiety to rule in my heart. Please do not let another day go by without praying for your life, your marriage, and your family. 31 Prayers For My Wife and 31 Prayers For My Husband are great books to commit to reading or you can do a 31 day prayer challenge with your spouse and use them to guide you! Click HERE to get a discount on them as a book bundle. My husband and I saw the positive impact prayer can have in a marriage so we felt called to equip husbands and wives with a tool that would help them pray for one another. I also want to share with you two resources that can help you pray for your spouse. This movie will inspire the way you pray and how often you pray. If you haven’t yet seen War Room, I urge you to go and see it. The enemy and our flesh will attempt to sabotage and destroy love in marriage. ![]() Prayer is the battlefield and we need to be prepared to fight for our marriages. When we give God room in our lives, He doesn’t hesitate to move in and help! Prayer is how we communicate with our Creator, our Lord. Immediately peace would fill both of our hearts, giving us a clear mind to move forward as we respected each other. One of us would stop the chaos to initiate a prayer. Prayer also saved our marriage in those moments of vulnerability when my husband and I were arguing about something. I don’t know what we need to fix our relationship, but I ask for Your guidance. Eventually, I lay down my pride and I began to pray for us too. I believe my husband’s willingness and dedication to pray for us and our marriage, held us together. He prayed for us and he prayed that God would help us. I lay in bed next to him eager to roll over and fall asleep. Despite my tantrum, my husband prayed every night for us. In my stubbornness, I rejected my husband and I rejected intimacy with God. I wanted things done my way and on my time. I was angry at God for not helping us and for not giving us the perfect life together. We didn’t understand how we had let our relationship fall apart, but it was unraveling and seemed impossible to save. Prayer saved my marriage when my husband and I had no hope.
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