This prayer request was sent by a friend - let's call him TJ. His marriage certainly needs prayer coverage but this is also an ongoing praise report.
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Dear Steve,

I have just found out that my wife of ten years had an affair at the beginning of the year. She had turned to drugs and the world because she did not want to be married anymore. The Lord gave me a dream a few months ago that this had happened and when i confronted her with it she denied it and told me there has been nothing going on. Last week the Lord showed me something else and so I confronted these two men and one admitted to having an online "thing" going on and the other, younger male, admitted to actually having sex with her. I consoled my pastor and then with his advice confronted my wife with the news. She, of course, admitted it and broke down. She told me back then she was a different person and that the drugs had taken over her life and did not want to be married. We both counseled with our pastor and his wife and she assured me that she is different now (and i can see that she has changed over the last 9 months or so) and fully committed to this marriage - once again I have seen this change and so has our friends - she is not the same person she was 10 months ago. With that been said, and even though I am free to leave her biblically (Note: we have 2 children - a 7 year old girl and a 4 year old boy), I am choosing restoration instead because I believe God is a God of restoration and I want glory brought to him with this.

Am I broken - yes - does it take every bit of energy and determination to live each day - yes - but I know i serve a faithful God and my prayer is that through this we can have a totally restored marriage and counsel others who go or are going through the same situation. I do love my wife even though she has broken our covenant and my heart but I must look at the big picture - JESUS!

I would appreciate it if you could pray for my family and that the pain would ease each and every day. My wife is now seeking the Lord like see has never before and it is amazing to see - she has truly been changed and said that a weight has been lifted off her shoulders and the reason she couldn't tell me is that she has afraid I would leave her.

I now know why God has given me a gift of endurance through my life. I used to compete in Ironman Triathlons etc. One Ironman I did back ten years ago I went out too fast in the run (the marathon) and at the 12 mile mark i "hit the wall" and as you know that is a bad place to be in, especially with 14 miles to go - and after 2.5 miles of swimming and a 112 mile bike ride - at that moment I had to make a choice, do I pull out and not finish this race that I have trained for so hard for 12 months or do i do the impossible and push through the physical limitations and risk my life? At that moment I said to my self - NO! and continued on to finish the race. Today I look back at the defining moment in my life and and so glad I made the right decision. Today I am at that same 12 mile mark and have decided to push on. I know there will be allot of pain along the way, but when I stand before God I can know I did the right thing and suffered for his name!

Please feel free to share this with your audience (just keep it anonymous) if you think it will bring glory to the living God - or you may know someone who is going through a similar situation and who is at that same cross road.

Sure, we have allot of work to do, but as I said to myself in that race - "just put one foot in front of the other". That's all we can do in life sometimes but we must keep going!

From TJ (Not his real name)
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Steve, let this individual know I am standing in agreement with him and his family. I post my emotions, about what happen to my wife & I and the challenging circumstances we went through last year. The Lord led me to take counsel from my Church leaders. To this day through prayer and major intercession, our relationship is stronger and more at peace than ever. I stand on God's word regarding his relation with Christ,and his convenant love he has for his wife. I completely understand his feelings. A scripture just came to my mind and I beleive it is effective to know, 3For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 2 cor 10: 3-4.

May the Lord continue to mold and shape your marriage. In Jesus Name! Amen!