Amen, Smilee! "For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them" (Matt 18:20). Trusting Jesus for your healing and strength. "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you" (1 Peter 5:7). We're believing with you! 
Let's lift up 
Let's lift up 
MelissaRae
Prayer Warrior
Heavenly Father,
I truly come before you with peace in my heart after a long conversation I had with my aunt last night. Jesus, I also come before your throne with great concern for the extended family. This couple is in their elder years and has been taught inconsistencies regarding marriage, what you will and won't forgive, and I'm afraid to say, their support for remarriage while the other spouse is living according to scripture. In the two years I haven't been around while living in the same small city, their only daughter remarried for the third time. The last time I saw her she was living with another man and it wasn't that long ago. They say they are Christians but are not in a lawful marriage according to God's will regarding covenant marriage. Both of their first spouses are still alive.
Then more news came. One of her granddaughters had a fourth child while unmarried. She has a set of twins with another man and one other child with another man. When I asked if her granddaughter was married after the news of another child, she of course said no and grew a little defensive. My aunt still does not agree with the word of God regarding the meaning of adultery, and she said a few times that we cannot judge. She said many times she feels God doesn't want us to be alone. I spoke to her with compassion, sound love, and a stern voice at the moment and told her, "Aunt Allie, if we study the word of God, we are to minister when we can to their hearts to bring them into reconciliation with God. If we do not share the word in love and truth that God gave to us to protect us and share with others, then we can lose our voice, their blood could be on our hands, and I do not want to be seen on the Great White Throne of Judgment." When she told me some other things pastoral men have been saying to her, I told her they were lying to her. I showed her some documents of bible history, and a couple of videos, expounded on differences between Judaism and the tribe of Judah, and recalled important verses and men from scripture who taught the implicity of marriage. I mentioned John the Baptist calling out Herod by saying it was unlawful for him to be married to his brother's wife, and Herod was not a believer. Though Herod enjoyed listening to John, it was the woman who brought murder upon John because she knew she was caught in adultery. She didn't want to repent, confess it, and be healed. She wanted Herod and for things to stay as they were.
She did say she heard what I was saying about the importance of marriage vows. I didn't know her daughter recently remarried. Two or three weeks ago I sent a message to Allie via text with a video about remarriage and adultery and specifically mentioned her daughter's name in the message. I don't know if it was still her and her husband's phone number as I haven't contacted them that way in a long time. What some people don't seem to appreciate about God is His love, reconciliation, and forgiveness. What they seem to ignore is that He is coming with a sword (she shook her head a little in disbelief when I told her that Jesus is the fulfillment of the Old and New Testament. He will use His authority and judgment on all and it's not always going to be in kind) and like I told her, God has a list of many sins He will not allow into His kingdom. She forgets that repentance is needed before God to be forgiven. It is through this action before Him that our hearts can be softened and changed. Who knows what blessings may come from it? I mentioned God chastising those whom He loves. This is not what I am seeing in some of the girls in her family.
I'm pleading my case before you God. I was an infant in that home for a time. A lot of children have passed through there. I spent a lot of time with her and my grandma in my youth. They can be some of the kindest, down-to-earth, country folk I have ever known. They also lost a son to suicide approximately 15 years ago and still contend that he is going to heaven with less reward. He was also remarried to someone who was married before. Both of them were. I truly acknowledge why you hate divorce. Just look at the mess in this world because of it.
I was as honest as I could be in your love because I believe you are reaching, and I think many are contending for the faith to win souls to you. I cannot undo much of the false teaching that has entered their ears. She wanted to defend Michelle's unlawful marriage in God's sight by reiterating the thief on the cross, the woman at the well, and the woman caught in adultery. I told her God said to them not to sin anymore. The thief knew he had sinned and believed in God at that moment. Most of the people from the Pharisees, Sanhedrin, the Jews, Pontius Pilate, and the Roman Soldiers mocked him until he died. When that thief acknowledged Christ, that He is Christ, and that Jesus should not be where he was, I believe it was in faith that Jesus promised to take him to paradise.
Lord Jesus, the salvific work is in your will. I pray there will be many souls who come to believe in you for salvation before they perish.
"Hosea attacked priests, leaders, and people who refused Yahweh as God and as King. Hosea 2:18 Covenant; the divine marriage will bring harmony into the natural and social world. Abolish; literally 'break'. The test of real peace and protection is unbroken sleep, to lie down in safety (cf. Ps. 4:8; Proverbs 16:7)"- Guthrie, Motyer, Stibbs, Wiseman, The New Bible Commentary Revised (WM. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 703, 707.
I truly come before you with peace in my heart after a long conversation I had with my aunt last night. Jesus, I also come before your throne with great concern for the extended family. This couple is in their elder years and has been taught inconsistencies regarding marriage, what you will and won't forgive, and I'm afraid to say, their support for remarriage while the other spouse is living according to scripture. In the two years I haven't been around while living in the same small city, their only daughter remarried for the third time. The last time I saw her she was living with another man and it wasn't that long ago. They say they are Christians but are not in a lawful marriage according to God's will regarding covenant marriage. Both of their first spouses are still alive.
Then more news came. One of her granddaughters had a fourth child while unmarried. She has a set of twins with another man and one other child with another man. When I asked if her granddaughter was married after the news of another child, she of course said no and grew a little defensive. My aunt still does not agree with the word of God regarding the meaning of adultery, and she said a few times that we cannot judge. She said many times she feels God doesn't want us to be alone. I spoke to her with compassion, sound love, and a stern voice at the moment and told her, "Aunt Allie, if we study the word of God, we are to minister when we can to their hearts to bring them into reconciliation with God. If we do not share the word in love and truth that God gave to us to protect us and share with others, then we can lose our voice, their blood could be on our hands, and I do not want to be seen on the Great White Throne of Judgment." When she told me some other things pastoral men have been saying to her, I told her they were lying to her. I showed her some documents of bible history, and a couple of videos, expounded on differences between Judaism and the tribe of Judah, and recalled important verses and men from scripture who taught the implicity of marriage. I mentioned John the Baptist calling out Herod by saying it was unlawful for him to be married to his brother's wife, and Herod was not a believer. Though Herod enjoyed listening to John, it was the woman who brought murder upon John because she knew she was caught in adultery. She didn't want to repent, confess it, and be healed. She wanted Herod and for things to stay as they were.
She did say she heard what I was saying about the importance of marriage vows. I didn't know her daughter recently remarried. Two or three weeks ago I sent a message to Allie via text with a video about remarriage and adultery and specifically mentioned her daughter's name in the message. I don't know if it was still her and her husband's phone number as I haven't contacted them that way in a long time. What some people don't seem to appreciate about God is His love, reconciliation, and forgiveness. What they seem to ignore is that He is coming with a sword (she shook her head a little in disbelief when I told her that Jesus is the fulfillment of the Old and New Testament. He will use His authority and judgment on all and it's not always going to be in kind) and like I told her, God has a list of many sins He will not allow into His kingdom. She forgets that repentance is needed before God to be forgiven. It is through this action before Him that our hearts can be softened and changed. Who knows what blessings may come from it? I mentioned God chastising those whom He loves. This is not what I am seeing in some of the girls in her family.
I'm pleading my case before you God. I was an infant in that home for a time. A lot of children have passed through there. I spent a lot of time with her and my grandma in my youth. They can be some of the kindest, down-to-earth, country folk I have ever known. They also lost a son to suicide approximately 15 years ago and still contend that he is going to heaven with less reward. He was also remarried to someone who was married before. Both of them were. I truly acknowledge why you hate divorce. Just look at the mess in this world because of it.
I was as honest as I could be in your love because I believe you are reaching, and I think many are contending for the faith to win souls to you. I cannot undo much of the false teaching that has entered their ears. She wanted to defend Michelle's unlawful marriage in God's sight by reiterating the thief on the cross, the woman at the well, and the woman caught in adultery. I told her God said to them not to sin anymore. The thief knew he had sinned and believed in God at that moment. Most of the people from the Pharisees, Sanhedrin, the Jews, Pontius Pilate, and the Roman Soldiers mocked him until he died. When that thief acknowledged Christ, that He is Christ, and that Jesus should not be where he was, I believe it was in faith that Jesus promised to take him to paradise.
Lord Jesus, the salvific work is in your will. I pray there will be many souls who come to believe in you for salvation before they perish.
"Hosea attacked priests, leaders, and people who refused Yahweh as God and as King. Hosea 2:18 Covenant; the divine marriage will bring harmony into the natural and social world. Abolish; literally 'break'. The test of real peace and protection is unbroken sleep, to lie down in safety (cf. Ps. 4:8; Proverbs 16:7)"- Guthrie, Motyer, Stibbs, Wiseman, The New Bible Commentary Revised (WM. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 703, 707.
