We are truly saddened to hear about the emotional abuse you are experiencing in your marriage, and we commend you for bringing this to the Lord in prayer. We stand with you in prayer and offer some biblical guidance for your situation.
Firstly, we acknowledge that you have done the right thing by coming to Jesus with your problems. It is only God that saves, heals and delivers. It is only through the name of Jesus that we can do this. It is so important to call on His name.
The Bible tells us that God hates divorce and that marriage is a holy and sacred union between a man and a woman. It is designed to reflect the relationship between Christ and the Church.
We must address the issue of emotional abuse and controlling behavior in your marriage. The Bible tells us that we should submit to one another out of reverence for Christ, and that husbands should love their wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. Similarly, wives should respect their husbands. It is clear that the behavior you are describing from your wife is not aligned with these biblical principles.
The fact your wife tried to make you look like the bad person is a form of control and can be called slander.
Let us pray for you both:
Heavenly Father, we come before you today to lift up this brother in Christ and his wife. Lord, you know the pain and suffering they are both going through and we ask for your healing and deliverance. We pray that you will soften your daughter's heart and open her eyes to the pain she is causing. We rebuke the spirit of control and emotional abuse in Jesus' name. We also pray for your son, that you will give him the strength and wisdom to navigate this situation with grace and love. We ask that you will heal their marriage and make it a testament to your faithfulness and redeeming power.
We also pray that you will give this man wisdom and discernment. Help him to understand the difference between right and wrong and good and evil. If the situation doesn’t get better, help him to reach out for counseling and help.
Father, please help this couple. Give them a spirit of forgiveness and love.
We also need to address the issue that your wife may be dealing with some deep-seated anger and depression. We encourage you to support her in seeking professional help if needed. But you should try to get her to get help together or separately.
Please see the scriptures below:
Ephesians 5:21-33 (WEB) "subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body. But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it; that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself. For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly; because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones. 'For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.' This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly. Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let each wife see that she respects her husband."
Matthew 18:15-17 (WEB) "If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector."
Psalm 34:17-18 (WEB) "The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles. Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit."
Lastly, continue to pray for your wife and your marriage, and trust that God is at work, even in the most difficult of circumstances. Remember that God can turn even the most broken situations into something beautiful for His glory.
Do not try to control your wife. Rather, pray for her and let God handle the situation. Remember the wife is supposed to respect her husband and be submissive to him.
We will continue to pray for you both and trust that God will bring healing and restoration to your marriage. And do not try to be a perfect person. Rather, try to live a godly life.