And oh what a past he has...
I know all of our husbands enough to know that this is an important area to pray about. We have our own pasts too, and we must remember that the way God deals with our past isn't necessarily the way He is going to deal with our husbands. For me, God healed me of all my long time hurts in a moment. He gave me a new heart and from that moment on I knew that I was forgiven. There have been very few moments I have dwelt on the things of my past. But for me, all my past sin and hurt had been revealed to me prior to my healing. That is not always the case. I have an unconfirmed feeling that God will reveal some areas of hurt from the past to my husband that he has yet to see or deal with.
Lord I pray for my husbands past. First Lord I ask that you would help him to see his past as something to learn from and teach from. I pray that he would not live in the past or assume that everyone will make the same mistakes he did. Renew his mind and help him to recognize any bad habits that need to be changed. Help him see the negative things that have happened as you see them now. Help him to feel completely forgiven and healed. I pray that he would be able to clearly discern Your voice from all others. Let him not get caught up in the past, but let him be continually looking forward. Help him to always remember that he is a new creation in Christ and that the old things of his past are not an issue anymore. Especially guide him in areas where there may still be consequences for past sin. Help him to see Your purpose in all things. I pray that he would truly believe that you work all things together for his good, even accounting for his past sin and hurt. Help him to continually put off the old man and put on the new man daily. Thank you Lord for making my husband the man he is today. Thank you for using his past for good, even where it seems the darkest. Help me to put his past behind him also. Help me to remember to be merciful and forgiving in regards to his past. Use me to show him that he is a new man, a godly man, seeking after righteousness and purity.
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Nickole, I totally agree with you about how God deals with our pasts differently. Tony and I are opposite, I tend to dwell and he is able to move forward knowing that the past is the past and he is a different person now. And I think that is what God wants...Also, I think that no matter how bad our pasts are, God can ALWAYS bring good out of it!
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