GOD DOES RESTORE DEAD MARRIAGES!
“Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished!†Luke 1:45
Are you standing firm, believing in God’s mighty power to resurrect, restore, and rebuild your marriage? Never doubt the power of God in moving your mountain of circumstances! I know that God created the institution of marriage and hates divorce, so I believe with all my heart that He is wanting to bring new life back into your dead marriage. The Lord wants to rekindle and reignite the eros and agape love into both you and your spouse’s hearts and marriage to be better than your first marriage.
The LORD is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has made. The LORD upholds all those who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down. Psalm 145:13-14
Last year we were in Cincinnati, Ohio doing a Rejoice on the Road There’s Hope conference on our remarriage anniversary, July 7th. This year I will be celebrating our remarriage anniversary in Pompano Beach with a large group of standers at Rejoice Pompano Bible Study tonight. To God be the glory!
Bob and I always celebrated both our anniversaries. We actually celebrated our remarriage anniversary, July 7, 1987, with a little more excitement because we both knew what the Lord had done in accomplishing His miracle of marriage restoration for us.
Are you expecting your husband or wife to come home at any time? Yes! is the correct answer. If you have been reading our Saturday Testimonies you will notice that spouses come home suddenly, when you least expect it. I had celebrated July 4, 1987, alone with no sign or communication from Bob. I did not have any idea what the Lord was planning for me and our family only three days later. Will you pray and live your life expecting the Lord to move your mountain of circumstances at any time?
On July 7, 1987, Bob drove two hours from where he lived, came to my office and knocked on my window. I was shocked to see him there. I went to the back door and he asked if I could go out to lunch with him. I could see he was distressed. I went back inside and quickly arranged to take an extended lunch time. I left not knowing what was going on in Bob’s heart or mind.
Bob was under Holy Spirit conviction. He had a battle raging within between the Holy Spirit and Satan. There was a battle between doing what was fun, wild, living in a world of sin or coming back home to a wife and children who had been praying for him. The Lord had clarified that fact so clearly by speaking to me one night when I was crying and praying for the Lord to touch and change Bob’s heart.
The Lord said, “It is finished.†I will never forget those words that were so loud in my ears. I went dashing for Bill Gaither’s popular song, It Is Finished and played it over and over again. That song explained to me exactly what was happening to Bob. The Lord revealed more truths to me of the spiritual battle that Bob was in.
While we were still in the parking lot, sitting in his car, Bob asked me to stop praying for him. He said I had to leave him alone, and that he could not handle the stress. The funny part of that was I was not communicating with him unless he called the children or me. I assured Bob that I loved him, but I would never stop praying for him. I continued to listen to him talking and zipped my lips.
All of a sudden Bob said, “To keep you happy and for you to leave me alone, I will go to the courthouse with you right now and get a marriage license that you can keep in your Bible to know that someday in the future, I may come home.†Doesn’t that sound like so many double-minded prodigal spouses?
Wow! I could not believe Bob suggested such an idea, as he and the other person were talking about their wedding. Bob was just wanting and seeking peace from all the turmoil that he was feeling deep within. God was putting Bob in a corner to hear the Holy Spirit’s voice and plans for his future.
We went to the courthouse and I prayed continuously, asking the Lord to help me to speak and say just the right words.
We did not have cell phones. As we teach, you must be self-sufficient when your spouse comes home so you can talk and listen to the Lord personally. I had no idea what was going to happen.
We got the marriage license and Bob said, “Now you should be satisfied, so stop praying for me and leave me alone. Some day we may get remarried, but not now.â€
Then Bob took me to his new favorite restaurant, which I learned was the other woman’s favorite place, in an expensive area of Ft. Lauderdale. As I left the table for a few minutes, the Holy Spirit spoke to my husband like never before and said, “You have made the biggest mistake in your life by leaving your wife. You need to marry her now and go home.â€
When I returned to the table, Bob said he was sorry for all that he had done and that God had just spoken to him. Bob was shook up. He told me he needed to come home now and how he had made a mess out of his life and also for our family. Would I marry him?
Would I? I could not believe my ears! I had been praying and fasting for this moment. I felt like the angels in Heaven were singing the Hallelujah Chorus and in my mind I was visualizing July 4th firecrackers going off around us! I can’t explain the emotions that were going off in my heart and mind. My husband was coming home!!
Bob told me to call our Pastor (who had encouraged me to divorce Bob due to his unfaithfulness) and ask him if we could be remarried in the Pastor’s office that very afternoon. I remember mentioning ever so briefly if he would not mind, I had dreamed of wearing my wedding dress (which was hanging in our closet) as I had lost weight wanting to have a wedding celebration one day. Bob said, “No, I can’t do that.†I immediately dropped the church wedding subject.
The church secretary said our Pastor was at lunch. I asked her to tell him that, “My miracle is happening!†I then called my office to let them know that I was not returning to work that afternoon. Everyone, both at church and at work, knew what was happening as I had been speaking for more than two years that Bob was coming home, someday, somehow, as God had told me He would restore our marriage.
What are you speaking to others? Are you speaking faith, trust and hope in your Lord regardless of your circumstances? You need to live your life expecting your marriage to be restored at any time. You want your children and family to accept your beloved spouse.
Bob had me call our three children and I was able to arrange for two of them to meet us at the church, without telling them what was happening suddenly on that special afternoon. Both Lori and Tom were very surprised to see their father sitting in the Pastor’s office. We explained what happened and that their dad wanted to come back home. Our Pastor then married us.
After our remarriage, we went to Bob’s parent’s home and walked in, asking them to guess what we did that afternoon. His mother’s response was, “You got married!†She had believed what I had been saying, but she had never told me.
I had called my doctors’ office at Bob’s parent’s house and told them what had happened that afternoon. The doctor asked me to stop by as they had a cake waiting for us. The doctors and staff celebrated our wedding late that afternoon. God even gave us a wedding reception! That evening Bob’s parents and our whole family went out to dinner and we celebrated that Bob, my dear husband, a prodigal, had come back home suddenly! Praise the Lord!
The next day Bob made plans for us to go on a cruise to the Bahamas for our first real honeymoon! Our first wedding on October 1, 1966, we had a hurricane hit South Florida two days after our wedding so our honeymoon was canceled!
Never doubt that the Lord will do the same for you and your husband or wife in His perfect timing. You will have a day that you will never forget when you get remarried or when your husband or wife returns home, suddenly! Yes, I will always celebrate July 7, 1987, every year until Bob and I are reunited in Heaven.
God bless,
Charlyne Steinkamp
Rejoice Marriage Ministries, Inc.
“Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished!†Luke 1:45
Are you standing firm, believing in God’s mighty power to resurrect, restore, and rebuild your marriage? Never doubt the power of God in moving your mountain of circumstances! I know that God created the institution of marriage and hates divorce, so I believe with all my heart that He is wanting to bring new life back into your dead marriage. The Lord wants to rekindle and reignite the eros and agape love into both you and your spouse’s hearts and marriage to be better than your first marriage.
The LORD is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has made. The LORD upholds all those who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down. Psalm 145:13-14
Last year we were in Cincinnati, Ohio doing a Rejoice on the Road There’s Hope conference on our remarriage anniversary, July 7th. This year I will be celebrating our remarriage anniversary in Pompano Beach with a large group of standers at Rejoice Pompano Bible Study tonight. To God be the glory!
Bob and I always celebrated both our anniversaries. We actually celebrated our remarriage anniversary, July 7, 1987, with a little more excitement because we both knew what the Lord had done in accomplishing His miracle of marriage restoration for us.
Are you expecting your husband or wife to come home at any time? Yes! is the correct answer. If you have been reading our Saturday Testimonies you will notice that spouses come home suddenly, when you least expect it. I had celebrated July 4, 1987, alone with no sign or communication from Bob. I did not have any idea what the Lord was planning for me and our family only three days later. Will you pray and live your life expecting the Lord to move your mountain of circumstances at any time?
On July 7, 1987, Bob drove two hours from where he lived, came to my office and knocked on my window. I was shocked to see him there. I went to the back door and he asked if I could go out to lunch with him. I could see he was distressed. I went back inside and quickly arranged to take an extended lunch time. I left not knowing what was going on in Bob’s heart or mind.
Bob was under Holy Spirit conviction. He had a battle raging within between the Holy Spirit and Satan. There was a battle between doing what was fun, wild, living in a world of sin or coming back home to a wife and children who had been praying for him. The Lord had clarified that fact so clearly by speaking to me one night when I was crying and praying for the Lord to touch and change Bob’s heart.
The Lord said, “It is finished.†I will never forget those words that were so loud in my ears. I went dashing for Bill Gaither’s popular song, It Is Finished and played it over and over again. That song explained to me exactly what was happening to Bob. The Lord revealed more truths to me of the spiritual battle that Bob was in.
While we were still in the parking lot, sitting in his car, Bob asked me to stop praying for him. He said I had to leave him alone, and that he could not handle the stress. The funny part of that was I was not communicating with him unless he called the children or me. I assured Bob that I loved him, but I would never stop praying for him. I continued to listen to him talking and zipped my lips.
All of a sudden Bob said, “To keep you happy and for you to leave me alone, I will go to the courthouse with you right now and get a marriage license that you can keep in your Bible to know that someday in the future, I may come home.†Doesn’t that sound like so many double-minded prodigal spouses?
Wow! I could not believe Bob suggested such an idea, as he and the other person were talking about their wedding. Bob was just wanting and seeking peace from all the turmoil that he was feeling deep within. God was putting Bob in a corner to hear the Holy Spirit’s voice and plans for his future.
We went to the courthouse and I prayed continuously, asking the Lord to help me to speak and say just the right words.
We did not have cell phones. As we teach, you must be self-sufficient when your spouse comes home so you can talk and listen to the Lord personally. I had no idea what was going to happen.
We got the marriage license and Bob said, “Now you should be satisfied, so stop praying for me and leave me alone. Some day we may get remarried, but not now.â€
Then Bob took me to his new favorite restaurant, which I learned was the other woman’s favorite place, in an expensive area of Ft. Lauderdale. As I left the table for a few minutes, the Holy Spirit spoke to my husband like never before and said, “You have made the biggest mistake in your life by leaving your wife. You need to marry her now and go home.â€
When I returned to the table, Bob said he was sorry for all that he had done and that God had just spoken to him. Bob was shook up. He told me he needed to come home now and how he had made a mess out of his life and also for our family. Would I marry him?
Would I? I could not believe my ears! I had been praying and fasting for this moment. I felt like the angels in Heaven were singing the Hallelujah Chorus and in my mind I was visualizing July 4th firecrackers going off around us! I can’t explain the emotions that were going off in my heart and mind. My husband was coming home!!
Bob told me to call our Pastor (who had encouraged me to divorce Bob due to his unfaithfulness) and ask him if we could be remarried in the Pastor’s office that very afternoon. I remember mentioning ever so briefly if he would not mind, I had dreamed of wearing my wedding dress (which was hanging in our closet) as I had lost weight wanting to have a wedding celebration one day. Bob said, “No, I can’t do that.†I immediately dropped the church wedding subject.
The church secretary said our Pastor was at lunch. I asked her to tell him that, “My miracle is happening!†I then called my office to let them know that I was not returning to work that afternoon. Everyone, both at church and at work, knew what was happening as I had been speaking for more than two years that Bob was coming home, someday, somehow, as God had told me He would restore our marriage.
What are you speaking to others? Are you speaking faith, trust and hope in your Lord regardless of your circumstances? You need to live your life expecting your marriage to be restored at any time. You want your children and family to accept your beloved spouse.
Bob had me call our three children and I was able to arrange for two of them to meet us at the church, without telling them what was happening suddenly on that special afternoon. Both Lori and Tom were very surprised to see their father sitting in the Pastor’s office. We explained what happened and that their dad wanted to come back home. Our Pastor then married us.
After our remarriage, we went to Bob’s parent’s home and walked in, asking them to guess what we did that afternoon. His mother’s response was, “You got married!†She had believed what I had been saying, but she had never told me.
I had called my doctors’ office at Bob’s parent’s house and told them what had happened that afternoon. The doctor asked me to stop by as they had a cake waiting for us. The doctors and staff celebrated our wedding late that afternoon. God even gave us a wedding reception! That evening Bob’s parents and our whole family went out to dinner and we celebrated that Bob, my dear husband, a prodigal, had come back home suddenly! Praise the Lord!
The next day Bob made plans for us to go on a cruise to the Bahamas for our first real honeymoon! Our first wedding on October 1, 1966, we had a hurricane hit South Florida two days after our wedding so our honeymoon was canceled!
Never doubt that the Lord will do the same for you and your husband or wife in His perfect timing. You will have a day that you will never forget when you get remarried or when your husband or wife returns home, suddenly! Yes, I will always celebrate July 7, 1987, every year until Bob and I are reunited in Heaven.
God bless,
Charlyne Steinkamp
Rejoice Marriage Ministries, Inc.
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