RESTORATION OF GOD'S GLORY (1)
--- A Blessed Marriage
God wants the whole earth to experience and see His glory and goodness today, in every area of life.
Jesus taught us in the Lord's prayer that we are to ask for God's will to be done on earth as it is in heaven.
We can, therefore, ask for and receive God's glory and goodness in our homes and marriage today.
To do that, we must do the following:
--- Pray the Lord's Prayer and ask God for His glory and goodness to grow and prevail in your marriage as it is in heaven.
--- Repent of our sins and the sins of our spouse (husband/wife) when praying the Lord's prayer.
--- Forgive the sins of our spouse.
--- Bless our spouse every day with our lips, no matter how they are behaving.
--- Love your spouse at all times and never complain about your spouse or curse them.
--- Rejoice in God every day that His glory and goodness grow and prevail in your marriage.
1. Pray the Lord's Prayer, asking God to bless your marriage with His glory and goodness
MATTHEW 6:9-10
"Our Father, who is in heaven, hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven---in every man, woman, youth and child in this world.
Your Kingdom and rule come today into my marriage, as it is in heaven.
Your glory and goodness come into my marriage this day, as it is in heaven."
Whenever you pray the Lord's Prayer, tell God, "Today, Your Kingdom and rule come into my marriage, as it is in heaven.
"Today, Your glory and goodness come into my marriage, as it is in heaven.
2. When praying the Lord's prayer, repent of our own sins and the sins of our spouse.
LUKE 11:4
4 Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us, including my sins and the sins of my spouse.
When we repent of our sins and the sins of our spouse, God will forgive us at once.
Because our sins are washed away, the devil can no longer enter into our lives and our marriage to kill, steal and destroy (ROMANS 6:23; JOHN 10:10)
When our sins are forgiven, God now has the legal right to bless us according to our prayers.
3. Forgive your spouse (husband/ wife) of all their sins from your heart
MARK 11:25
25 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, FORGIVE THEM, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.
We must forgive all the sins of our spouses and of others who have hurt us, if we want God to forgive our sins and answer our prayers.
4. We must bless our spouse every day with our lips, no matter how they are behaving
1 PETER 3:9
9 Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with BLESSING, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
MARK 11:23 ESV
23 Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what HE SAYS will come to pass, it WILL BE DONE for him.
When we bless our spouse, God will do what we say (MARK 11:23).
The moment we start blessing our spouse according to God's word, God begins to change our spouse.
No matter how they are behaving today, keep on blessing them, and God will do what you declare and decree and your spouse will change.
5. You must love your spouse at all times and never complain about your spouse or curse them
MATTHEW 22:39
39 And the second is like it: “Love your neighbour as yourself.”
EPHESIANS 5:25
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
Love your spouse at all times, always doing good to him or her in what you say or do.
If we complain about our spouse, we are cursing them.
When we complain, we are agreeing with the devil, and our curses will allow the devil to continue to use your spouse to destroy your marriage.
Instead, love your spouse at all times, no matter how he or she is behaving, and no sin can enter your life to destroy your marriage.
As you walk in love at all times, you grow to be more and more like Jesus.
6. Therefore, you must rejoice at all times, because God is transforming your spouse according to what you say
PHILIPPIANS 4:4
4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
PSALM 37:4 ESV
4 Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
God is transforming your husband according to what you say.
So rejoice at all times.
As we rejoice in God in all situations, God's power is released to manifest His miracle in your life (PSALM 8:2; PSALM 37:4).
7. Decreeing the Decrees of Heaven
In Jesus' name, I declare and decree that
1. My husband is a good husband (My wife is a good wife). (PROVERBS 18:22; MATTHEW 7:11)
2. I am a good wife to my husband and I love him at all times. (I am a good husband to my wife and I love her and all times). (EPHESIANS 5:25)
3. My husband's sins (my wife's sins) are all forgiven. (MARK 11:25)
4. God’s glory and goodness grow and prevail in my marriage at all times. (MATTHEW 6:10; ISAIAH 6:3)
5. God has put my spouse and myself together as husband and wife, and no one has power greater than God to separate us. (MATTHEW 19:6)
Amen and amen.
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A TESTIMONY
"A sister whom I counselled forgave her husband and decreed blessings over him and their marriage was restored"
SISTER JJJ:
"A few years back, my family and I had just learned about the power of decree from another pastor.
"Immediately after that, I was asked to counsel a sister whose husband wanted to leave her for another woman.
So we prayed and I taught her to declare as follows:
***My husband is a good husband.
***His sins are forgiven.
***He fears God and repents of his sins and returns to me.
“At first she resisted, because she says, 'How can my husband be a good husband?' I said that God says so in His word in Proverbs 18:22 and Matthew 7:11, and we must agree with Him.
I did all the counselling by handphone only.
"That very day, five hours later, the husband phoned up the wife and repented, saying that he will come home to her.
"The family was fully restored and both husband and wife are serving God in their local assembly today.
"To God be the glory!!!"
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COMMENTS (Brother Andrew)
1. Restoring a marriage on the verge of breakdown takes only a few words of decree.
2. Because God will do what we decree, no problem is too hard for God to turn around for our good.
3. Do not waste long hours counselling those on the verge of marriage breakdown.
You do not have to ask the person being counselled to bring up the details of the past.
In fact, God says, forget the former things (ISAIAH 43:18)
4. Just find out the problem and the need and then decree and declare the miracle you need.
PROBLEM HERE: “My husband wants to divorce me.”
NEED HERE: “I want a glorious and good marriage.”
SOLUTION TO BRING FULL RESTORATION:
“Declare and decree as follows:
***My husband is a good husband (My wife is a good wife). (PROVERBS 18:22; MATTHEW 7:11)
***I am a good wife to my husband and I love him at all times. (I am a good husband to my wife and I love her and all times). (EPHESIANS 5:25)
*** My husband's sins (my wife's sins) are all forgiven. (MARK 11:25)
*** God’s glory and goodness grow and prevail in my marriage at all times. (MATTHEW 6:10; ISAIAH 6:3)
***God has put my spouse and myself together as husband and wife, and no one has power greater than God to separate us. (MATTHEW 19:6)
5. God will do what we say and declare and decree (MARK 11:23).
And He will change all situations around for our good, according to the words of our lips.
Shalom