Spouses’ Hearts Need To Repent!

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Spouses’ Hearts Need To Repent!

From that time on Jesus began to preach, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near."

Matthew 4:17

Resurrection Sunday will be here in three weeks! Will you start praying and planning that you and Christians around the world will start inviting many family members and friends to your church services? Let us be the lighthouses in this dark world as our Lord Jesus Christ is alive! Let us start planning on inviting others to church services on Palm Sunday, during Holy Week and then Easter Sunday. We need to remember that Jesus Christ paid the ultimate price of shedding His Blood on the Cross for all sinners.

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.” John 3:16-18

Will you start praying for your beloved spouse, lost loved ones, friends and co-workers whom you know personally who do not know the Lord Jesus Christ? Will you make a list of people you want to pray for daily and put it in your Bible to remind you to pray for them the next three weeks? Many peoples' hearts and lives are touched and transformed near or on Resurrection Sunday. Let us pray for a mighty harvest of souls to be changed forever!

We have been blessed for many years hearing from men, women and young adults who have shared with us how they came to know Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord of their lives. When you hear testimony after testimony of men and women who have seen the hand of God touching and delivering people from lives of sexual immorality, pornography, alcohol, drugs, and gambling, you will believe and know the power of the Lord Jesus Christ. Nothing is too hard for God. Let me share a testimony that we received on Friday:

“Give all honor to God. My spouse returned home last week. I have been asking God to return him home. I have been praying a Hedge of Protection and Thorns around him. I started to fast and pray in January but as my church went into our Corporate (Daniel) Fast in February, the Lord said to pray specifically for what you want from Me. I asked God to save my husband’s and the OW’s soul. I prayed that God would make me the woman/wife He desired me to be. It looked impossible in the natural, but it was possible in the Spiritual. In February my husband texted me saying he needed to be saved. My spouse said the OW suggested he go home. We are praying together every day as a family. We are seeking Godly counsel, attending a Bible study together and in church. I thank God for bringing my husband home and I will continue to serve and love the Lord regardless of my circumstances.” (Georgia)

Then Jesus told them this parable: “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety- nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.' I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.” Luke 15:3-7

God does speak to sinners which include your husband/wife or loved ones. Let me remind you of a man who went to work not expecting anything to be different, but that night God changed his life completely.

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everybody's chains came loose. The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped. But Paul shouted, "Don't harm yourself! We are all here!"

The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. He then brought them out and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household." Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his family were baptized. The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he and his whole family. Acts 16:25-34

God moves around the clock touching and speaking to His children who have wandered off onto a detour road of sin and disobedience. God is also speaking to sinners who do not believe in God or others who think that they do not need God. But God has a plan and purpose for their lives.

This Sunday we need to pray for prodigals to repent and turn from their sinful lifestyle and turn to the Lord Jesus Christ for their salvation. Pray the Holy Spirit will speak loudly in their ears to cause spouses, sons, daughters, all your loved ones, neighbors and friends to repent and turn from their wrongful ways. May they call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ today.

Let us remember to pray for all the men of God around the world who have the privilege to proclaim the Gospel as the Holy Spirit reveals His presence, touching and changing hardened hearts. Imagine how many men and women go to talk to their pastors regarding their marriage problems. Let us pray that these chosen pastors or counselors will only speak God's truths and the Word of God about marriage and divorce.

For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Hebrews 4:12

Are you depressed, weary, tired of hurting, feeling such pain of rejection and hopelessness this Lord's Day? Have you surrendered your heart to the Lord? Do you know Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord of your life? I pray that you will humble yourself today, crying out to the Lord for His healing touch of love, compassion, mercy and grace to heal your wounded bleeding heart. He will help you right now in your time of need. God knows your deepest needs and your heart’s desires, so trust Him in moving some mountains in your life, suddenly.

Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Hebrews 4:16

This Sunday let us praise and thank our Lord Jesus Christ that He is working in your life, your spouse's life, and in prodigal spouses’ and children's lives around the world. Let’s pray that many will repent and be saved today!

Be encouraged,



Charlyne Steinkamp