Yesterday, I had lunch with a friend from church that has been a Christian for most of her live. This lady has the faith of a rock; as a matter of fact she even worked with people that were possessed or obsessed with different demons. Hence you get the point, this person is has seen evil face to face. And I know is not politically correct to talk about God, but I hope you don’t mind if I stand outside protocol for a minute. So I told her my story about the multiple infidelities, the lying, the Internet chat rooms and the porn. Six years of this crap, all the time we were married. And then she asked me a huge question; do you still love him? And before I could even answer she asked a second question; do you want him to be saved. My answers were, yes and yes. This doesn’t mean I want to go back to the horrible marriage I had. But it means that I would like for him to change and to feel in peace with himself. I don’t want revenge. I want a happy ending, but how? Her answer was to pray, but I have been doing that! She then said to pray for him because he is facing an obsession of the devil in him. Now I know that most of us have only heard of this in movies like the Exorcist and so on, but and obsession is more common that a possession of the devil. An obsession is when the devil controls the individual’s mind is and makes him or her act in sinful ways. These folks are not spitting green pea soup from their mouth but they are slaved by satan. Now I sat there and listened carefully because the truth is that I had wondered about that myself because I have witness the dreadful changes of my H between being good and evil. No I am not making excuses for him and saying that he is not at fault. Because he is defiantly responsible for not seeking help being this the case, but sometimes is hard on your own. So today I am fasting and praying for my H so he can be liberated from the bondage that the enemy has held him with for so long. And guess what? I feel pretty good about doing so and I believe that soon I will be writing a happy ending in God’s name.

I recommend reading the entire book of Ephesians.

Ephesians 6:12 “for we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places”.

Irene

Howdy Irene,

This is our policy regarding unacceptable religous postings:

" proselytizing or lengthy quotations from scripture (although we welcome posts about how faiths of all kinds have influenced your personal recovery)." I hope that helps clarify things for you.

I say while in recovery use all positive methods that are helpful to you whatever they may be.

I hope you are doing well.

Regards,

Tex

I'll underline what Tex wrote. Your post is perfectly acceptable by the policy of the board: it is personal testimony to your own faith, and you steered people toward scripture that helps you without quoting or evangelizing.

I interpreted some of what you wrote above to mean that you have decided that your marriage is over. Is that the case? I'm not real clear on whether you're praying for him because you still love him, but separating yourself from him as long as his bad behaviors continue?

Chris.

edited for clarity

Hi Irene! That's good that you are praying for your H. Just remember to put you & your daughter first. I don't personally believe in the devil but that's just me. I believe in god & I believe that sin is just wrong thinking.Anyway, I wish the best for you & your daughter. How is she doing thru all of this?