While studying and preparing for marriage restoration ministry, one of the most influential passages of scripture the Lord used to guide me concerning what He wanted FAMM to do and how to do it was Revelation 12, especially verses 9-11, which say:
The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down. They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.
So when we read Revelation 12, there’s little doubt that we will continue to do battle with the devil, but we also see that we WILL be victorious, because he is defeated by the blood of the Lamb AND by the word of our testimony!

As men and women who have seen our marriages and families torn apart by Satan’s wicked influence and intervention, we understand the devil’s destructive power and the importance of learning to use the weapons of our warfare to overcome him. But 1 Peter 5:8 warns that Satan is just waiting in the wings to pounce and makes it very clear that he will not miss ANY opportunity he gets to do so, because it says Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. That’s why it’s so important to use the powerful testimonies of marriage restoration the Lord provides to overcome the work of the devil as he comes to steal, kill and destroy other marriages and families. Therefore, understanding the power of our testimonies as we do, it’s always very exciting when we are blessed to see another marriage and family restored. But even more important and more exciting is knowing that those blessed with marriage restoration truly understand God’s purpose and how He wants them to use their testimony to help save so many other marriages and families and to bring praise, honor and glory to His name!

The FAM Fellowship has been extremely blessed by the continued and active participation of numerous fellowship members with restored marriages, and we thank the Lord for each of them and how He continually uses the word of their testimonies to defeat the devil an encourage other FAM members now standing for their marriages. But for the first time, we are now blessed by the desire and willingness of our latest restored couple to respond to the call God has placed on their hearts and lives to use their powerful testimony of marriage restoration to help bring hope and encouragement to others standing for the restoration of their marriages and to defeat the devil as God uses the word of their testimony to overcome him!

Regular visitors to the site know that I’m pretty strong in the faith department, but I have to admit that when I first read Danny’s testimony, I had at least a moment of doubt, but I did take that thought captive and just told the Lord “This is a tough one, but I know NOTHING is impossible with You.” And Danny and Yolanda’s powerful testimony certainly proves that when we HUMBLE ourselves and surrender our lives and circumstances to Him as we put our hope and confidence in the power and promise of His Word and learn to walk it out in our lives as we trust and obey Him, we will be blessed and see God’s glory manifested in our lives and marriages! Danny and Yolanda will be sharing more of their testimony in the future, but I thank them for their permission to share a bit of it here now.

After losing a job Danny had for a long time, he got caught up in providing for his family and allowed his priorities to get out of order, and as often happens with one spouse or the other, Yolanda felt neglected and unloved. Then one night after confronting her with his suspicions that she was involved with someone else, Yolanda confessed that she had been involved with someone at work for the previous six months and that she was very serious about the other man and planning to leave Danny; at which time she intended to tell him. But as Danny would say, he “lost it” and he tried to kill her by choking her. But when he realized he couldn’t do that, he wanted to kill himself instead. But Yolanda wouldn’t leave him alone and called men from the church to stay with him as she moved out. When Danny came to the ministry, they hadn’t seen each other since that night, even though they were talking on the phone. But when the Lord spoke restoration and healing to Danny’s heart, things began to change very quickly and we were all in total awe and amazement to see how quickly and miraculously the Lord restored their marriage! And now He has put it in both of their hearts to use the word of their testimony to help others with troubled marriages; not only walking out the power and promise found in Revelation 12:11, but also in 2 Corinthians 1:3-5, which says Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. So I know everyone will want to join us as we congratulate Danny and Yolanda and support them with our prayers as they seek the Lord’s will for the ministry of marriage restoration He has called them to. And we all look forward to seeing how the Lord will use them and the powerful word of their testimony and bless their obedience! So as you read the following post from Danny from the private site and responses from some of the other FAM members, be blessed and encouraged by the knowledge that what God has done for them and others, He will do for you!

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Hi Everyone,
Yolanda and I are continuing to seek Godly counsel and are thankful to God regarding our marriage restoration. We both have a strong desire to bring hope and faith to those who are standing for marriage restoration, or those who are going through difficulties in their marriages. We believe that one of the ways to allow God to continue to work in our marriage is to give to others. So with this in mind, we desire your prayers so that God can guide us into his will for us in regard to sharing our testimony. Yolanda will be home tomorrow and is looking forward to getting to know everyone in this fellowship, especially the ladies; she wants to share our story from her perspective.

On a personal note, I just want to say that from the first time I contacted FAMM, I knew that I had found a place that would help me during my trial. It was something that God orchestrated and I am forever in His debt. Thank you, Linda, and everyone else who shared with me words of faith and hope. I love you all; and know that you are in my prayers.

P.S. Dan, thanks for being there for me and all the other guys. God has something special for you. Stay faithful.

Love, Danny

Response by Joe on January 25th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Wow, Danny and Yolanda, that is great. I have been so blessed by so much, and your testimonies and restored marriage are an encouragement to all of us. Let God lead you guys, and wait for His timing, He will direct you, and my prayers are for you both!

Response by Dan on January 25th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
God is good!! What a blessing to join in the celebration of your restored marriage and your faithfulness and obedience in God. You guys have a powerful testimony which I am sure God will use to touch many. Thank you both for being honest and open about your problems. It is important for us to have situations to relate to so we understand that nothing is hopeless when we have a God like ours! Thanks, Danny, for your support and encouragement and I know you will be so helpful to many as you share your strong faith and wisdom from your knowledge of the Word.

God, we thank You! You truly are an amazing God and show Your power and might in doing what in our eyes seems impossible. We know that You are no respector of persons, so what You have completed in Danny and Yolanda, You are willing and able to do for the rest of us. Lord, guide, direct and bless these two as they dedicate their lives to You and continue in obedience to glorify an honor You. Amen WOOOOHOOOOO, God!!

Response by Linda Wattu on January 25th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Danny, you know I’m just totally thrilled to see how the Lord has worked in the restoration of your relationship with Him and with Yolanda! It’s so wonderful to know that she will be home tomorrow and that you are both so committed to using what the devil meant for evil to glorify God and to help others. You have been blessed with a very powerful testimony and the Lord does expect you to use it to bring hope, comfort and encouragement to others just as you said, and I know from personal experience that when you surrender to His plan, you will know joy and blessings beyond anything you can even begin to understand or imagine right now. And all of us at FAMM are just honored and blessed to be a part of what God has done and will continue to do for you and Yolanda. And it’s ALL going to be so very exciting, because I know you won’t let what God has entrusted to you be wasted; He didn’t do it for the two of you and your little one alone; He did it for the glory of His beloved Son. And through your faithfulness and obedience, I have no doubt that many will be blessed and see the love and goodness of God. So we rejoice with you and look forward to the great things we know the Lord will do! And I’m with Dan; WOOOOHOOOOO, GOD!!!

Response by Diane on January 26th, 2008 at 10:44 am
I say another WOOOOHOOO God, it is just an amazing feeling to be apart of all this; to watch God bring us to a place that just seems impossible and for HIM to turn it all around and create a miracle. I rejoice with you and I wait with anticipation to get to know Yolanda. Welcome to our FAMM family, Yolanda; you are a blessing. Hang on everyone, I have been feeling that feeling of many amazing things about to happen. God is amazing and He just keeps showing us. BELIEVE and hold tight to HIM and He will not disappoint us.

Thanks for this, God, and thanks for this family. Keep them safe and show them how You want them to share this amazing testimony about YOU. We thank you and wait to be amazed once again. Diane

Response by Maria on January 26th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
This is great news, Danny. Thanks for posting. I can’t wait for your testimony to be published as an example of what God can do and is doing. This is such a great praise. May He continue to bless your family as you are embarking on a completely new path with Him in charge.

Response by Paula on January 27th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Amen Danny! That’s what it is all about! Being used for God’s glory. Your testimony and witness will be used to restore many other marriages and to bring the lost to Christ! Welcome Yolanda! We love you and thank you both for your willingness to be used of God! I look forward to learning from you both!

Response by Janet in Virginia on January 27th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
I’m so happy for you and Yolanda and can’t wait to “meet” Yolanda when she joins us. Congratulations! Woo-Hoo! And Praise the Lord!

Response by Sharon on January 29th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Congratulations Danny! This is so awesome. God is making a new creation out of you and Yolanda. The best is yet to come. Thanks for allowing us to be a part of your restoration, for the praise and glory of God.

Response by Lori on January 29th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Praise God! Congratulations and many blessings to you and Yolanda! God is great and he will continue to bless your family.

Sometimes the most powerful messages are also the shortest, and the message below from Glenn Jackson certainly falls into that category; especially for everyone standing against the wisdom and counsel of the world for marriage restoration! Unfortunately, the truth and reality of his message is something experienced over and over again in the lives of countless men and women standing for the restoration of their marriages and families. Hearing all of the ‘ungodly counsel” so many Christian men and women have received from pastors and “Christian counselors” breaks my heart, especially when I see the terrible harm it has done and is doing in their lives and the lives of their beloved spouses and children. I actually know of marriages that were literally put asunder on account of horrible counsel provided totally contrary to what the Bible teaches; yet the people receiving the counsel had honestly attempted to seek what they had every right to expect to be Godly counsel from either their pastors or Christian counselors. Surely we should be able to rely on our pastors and those calling themselves “Christian counselors” for counsel that lines up with the Word of God? Well, I’m here to tell you that the sad truth is that we can not! That’s why it is SO important for us to seek God’s counsel ourselves through reading and studying His Word and letting the Holy Spirit speak to us directly, especially since that’s the only way we’ll have the grace and anointing necessary to walk out the counsel we receive. And the Bible very clearly warns us against the danger of ungodly and unscriptural counsel from those we should be able to expect more of in both 2 Timothy 4:2-4 and 2 Peter 2 So I hope and pray that everyone will read Glenn’s message and make a commitment to listen to and act on ONLY the counsel that lines up with the written Word of God (as it is written in the Bible), because I know we will then indeed be blessed and encouraged just as Psalm 1 promises!

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EXHORTATIONS FROM THE FATHER
“Reflections” Of The Father’s Heart - February 6th 2008

All “ungodly counsel” has but one purpose in the mind of Satan, and that is to “stifle” revelation knowledge in the heart of those who are truly seeking first My Kingdom
- those who seek with ALL of their heart to be righteously motivated in ALL things [Psalm 1:1-6].

“stifle” - to keep back; suppress or repress; to suffocate or choke

Glenn H. Jackson
P.O. Box 1032
Kremmling, CO 80459

Visit Glenn’s website, where you can read this and other messages and sign up to receive them by email each day.

This is such an important message for everyone who may really be struggling while standing for marriage restoration and may be feeling forgotten not only by their beloved spouses, but by God as well. So I hope and pray everyone feeling abandoned or forgotten by God will take this beautiful message to heart and be blessed and encouraged!

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“The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.” Psalm 33:13

Let me give you a very literal translation of this verse: “The Lord sits high, but He looks low!” He is God, He is highly exalted, He is above all, He is to be worshipped, revered and adored. He is great beyond description. It’s not in our vocabulary to be able to tell of His greatness. We are unable to articulate His majesty, His complexity and power. He is more than we can even imagine or ever know short of eternity. Yet in His greatness, He takes note of us. He looks through the portals of heaven to the deepest recesses of earth and sees you and me. Though He is high and mighty, yet He has loving-kindness, tender mercy and compassion on us. Though He sits high above the earth, He cares so deeply about us that His eyes go to and fro throughout the whole earth looking for those He can show Himself strong on behalf of.

This morning if you think that God has forgotten you, I am here to tell you that He has not. He knows exactly where you are and what you are going through. He sees everything; nothing is hid from Him. He may seem a million miles away, but His eyes are looking at you right now. He may seem untouchable, but He’s near enough to touch. He sees the “low” places in your heart- the places of pain, hurt, abuse, betrayal. He sees the tears that have fallen “low” to the ground. He hears the cry that you have “lowered” so that no one else would know that you are crying.
He may sit high, but He’s not so high that He doesn’t care about you. He’s not so high that He doesn’t know what’s going on. He may be high, but His heart leans low to embrace you. He isn’t as far away as you have felt like He was. Reach out and reach up and you will find that He is nearer than you knew.

Have a great day. He may sit high, but He is looking low… and He sees you.

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Hopefully the things I’ve observed in the past week or so are not unique to me or FAMM; hopefully there is a real trend in the churches and ministries of America to finally start taking a stand for God’s Holy covenant of marriage! Last week, I was contacted by Grove Baptist Church in Portsmouth, VA to ask for permission to reprint one of the prayers from our site in their upcoming newsletter, which goes out to over 4,000 households! Of course, that’s a great honor; so I naturally gave permission and just requested that a link to the site be included. And I expressed my appreciation to know that a church was so interested in promoting marriage restoration instead of condoning or even encouraging divorce! What a difference it would make in so many lives if more churches would be so bold in taking a stand for the covenant of marriage! Then in addition to that, a lot of prophetic messages started coming out about honoring the covenant relationship of marriage and proclaiming the long awaited restoration of families. So it seems that God is telling those who have been waiting for the restoration of their marriages and families for a long time to GET READY! Seeing the very same message come from so many unrelated sources (of course, that’s if we don’t count the Holy Spirit!) can not possibly be insignificant. So I want to share just two of the latest messages I’ve received in the past two days. The first is a link I received today from a FAM member to The Fuzzy-Wuzzy World of Charismatic Morality by J. Lee Grady, editor of Charisma Magazine. The article in the upcoming issue promises to be a very good one, so I look forward to reading it! It’s long past high time we start standing up to the wishy-washy morality that now seems totally acceptable in mega churches and ministries today! And just read 2 Peter 2 if you doubt why we have to do that!

And the second message I want to share is from Glenn Jackson, who has written some very good messages about marriage and restoration in the past week or so. The following one was from yesterday, and anyone reading it and standing for marriage restoration is bound to be blessed and encouraged!

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EXHORTATIONS FROM THE FATHER
“Reflections” Of The Father’s Heart - February 3rd, 2008

Marriage was ordained by Me for a man and a woman to fulfil My destiny and calling upon their lives, and to be a continual sign and wonder to all those who cross their path of the superabundant blessings [fruit] of true Covenant-relationship.

One must always “pray” before they “say” [speak into a situation] [1 Thessalonians 5:17].

Many still base their “views” of “marriage” on an idealistic and moralistic idea that “society” has produced over the years. But truly I say to you, as the world [the earth] has gotten farther and farther away from “contact” with My Word the true view of marriage has been “diluted” to the point that it is considered “optional” by the vast majority of young people. And, therefore, they remain in “relationships” apart from covenant with Me and, thus, Satan has “free reign” in their lives, and in the lives of all those with whom they have to do [children]. Truly I say to you, there shall be a great revival in family and relationships in this final hour, and through My holy apostles and prophets I shall produce a “flaming” and “fiery” revelation of the true thoughts and intents of My heart concerning marriage and, because of these things, a great “revival” shall break forth in this area and many families shall be “supernaturally” restored and many relationships healed and, thus, “all” those who will partake of this blessing shall enter into ALL that which I had originally intended and “ordained” through the “marriage covenant” [with Me].

Glenn H. Jackson
P.O. Box 1032
Kremmling, CO 80459

You can visit Glenn’s website, where you can read this message and all the others he’s written concerning marriage recently; and you can listen to his online messages an sign up to receive numerous daily email messages as well.

One of the most consistently difficult challenges when standing for marriage restoration is understanding and putting into practice the instructions in 1 Corinthians 7:15, which says But if the unbeliever leaves, let him do so. A believing man or woman is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace.

There’s no point in addressing how the above verse is distorted by most of today’s Christian leaders who use it to condone divorce and remarriage, because that’s not the point of today’s message; and most people reading this have already gotten beyond the deception of such teaching, which is discussed in great detail elsewhere on the site. But we do need to understand what it means, and why the Lord asks us to do it in the first place. So I was really excited when the Lord gave me new insight about that last year.

I’ve recently had a lot of conversation with FAM Fellowship members, especially some of our newest members, about the difficulties of letting go, and how important it is to totally and completely trust God. And since many of the visitors to the public site struggle with the same questions, I hope this will help explain it in more detail.

When one of our FAM members who now has an incredible restoration testimony was going through the process of a divorce last year, she set a great example for all of us. Instead of fighting the divorce and hiring an attorney (as her husband had) to help work out their settlement agreement, she simply asked to meet with her husband privately to discuss the division of their property, because she said she would rather they work that out between themselves instead of going through the lawyers. I was so glad to hear she had done that, because I had a very protracted and messy divorce, which did absolutely NOTHING to glorify Jesus Christ, and only served to make marriage restoration more unlikely in the earthly realm. In addition to 1 Corinthians 7:15 saying we are called to live in peace, there are so many verses in the Bible that tell us to seek peace, pursue peace and be peace makers. So maintaining and seeking peace in our relationships with our spouses, even when they want to leave us and do a lot to hurt and disappoint us, is obviously very important to God. But any time we find ourselves in the midst of the legal system and in court, by their very adversarial nature, they do little to promote peace. In fact, they almost ALWAYS make bad situations a LOT worse. So I always suggest doing everything possible to avoid relying on the courts and very flawed legal system to help in matters of divorce, and even child support. And there are a ton of scriptures indicating that doing so directly opposes the will and ways of God; like casting all of our anxieties on God because He cares for us (1 Peter 5:7), leaning not to our own understanding and trusting God with ALL of our hearts and acknowledging Him in ALL of our ways so He will direct our paths(Proverbs 3:5-6), not causing God to oppose us because of our pride and humbling ourselves under the mighty hand of God because HE WILL lift us up in DUE time (1 Peter 5:5-6), seeking first the kingdom of God and his righteousness because we know He will give us everything else we need (Matthew 6:32-33), and letting our gentleness be apparent because the Lord is near, and taking all of our request to GOD in prayer with thanksgiving, without being anxious about ANYTHING (Philippians 4:5-6). And how interesting it is that after that last passage, Philippians 4:7 says And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. So that, along with the other verses, is a pretty good indication of HOW we let our spouses go and manage to live in peace as we’re called to do in 1 Corinthians 7:15! And the praise report from the above mentioned woman the morning after she first met with her husband certainly proved ALL of the above verses! She was surprised by the peace she had during their meeting and since she was not so overwrought, she was able to see how terribly unhappy he was, and have genuine compassion for him. And her faith and confidence in the Lord to meet her needs and restore their marriage was greatly increased! But it’s important to note that everything she did was in complete agreement with the above verses and many others, and our God and Father is ALWAYS faithful to reward and bless our faith and obedience when we do that!

It’s not uncommon to have lengthy conversations with men and women who understand in their heads that they need to let go, but they just don’t seem to be able to DO it. So I am always trying to better understand and explain the difference between those who struggle so much and those who find the grace and strength I’ve witnessed as they face similar circumstances with such a calm and confident attitude.

And the new insight about why letting go is so important came when I was really trying to better understand WHY it’s so important to God. I mean I understood that it’s important, because He made us and He knows how we’re wired. And for some reason, releasing our spouses is important in that respect, because as long as we’re holding onto them they will just try harder to get farther and farther away from us. But it kept going around and around in my head that there had to be more, and I couldn’t believe it when the Lord reminded me of something He had shown me earlier about WHY Jesus wept when Lazarus died. And that gave me the answer; it’s ALL about FAITH, and demonstrating in meaningful and measurable ways that we trust God to fulfill His Word in every respect. We have to show God that we believe, expect and rely on HIM to do exactly what His Word tells us He will do, and that we know that His Word will NEVER return void, that it will ALWAYS accomplish what He desires and sent it to accomplish (Isaiah 55:10-11).

He made that point to me one Sunday morning as I was getting ready for church; I heard a preacher on TV teaching out of John 11 about the death of Lazarus and how Jesus cried when he died. Even though I’ve heard that same message over and over again so many times in my life, I never had the reaction I had that morning! He said Jesus cried because he loved Lazarus so much that He was grieved by his death. And I yelled at the TV “That’s not true! He wouldn’t cry because he was dead, because He knew He was going to raise him up for the glory of God and Himself, so that can’t possibly be why he cried!” I was so surprised, but I knew without a doubt that was true, so I started thinking about why He WAS crying, and the insight that flooded my mind was almost overwhelming, because there was so much that it really did come like a flood. The main thing I remembered at that time was that Jesus even told the disciples that Lazarus was asleep, which they thought He meant literally, but Jesus explained that He was in fact dead and that He was going to raise him up. And when He had been told that Lazarus was sick in the first place, He even said that it was for the glory of God. I didn’t have time to read about it then, but I asked my pastor about it later that day, and he thought I was wrong, that Jesus cried because He loved Lazarus and it showed His human emotion! Well, I love and respect my pastor, but I knew in my spirit that was not true and couldn’t wait to read it again to see for myself. He even said something about Jesus was a man at that time and didn’t have all the knowledge of God, and I knew he was straying way off from my thinking on that one! Now with that in mind, read John 11, VERY carefully and thoughtfully. I have no doubt I could write a book about this passage and everything the Lord revealed to me about it, but I hope and pray that as you read it, you’ll see all of the amazing significance it has for us as we stand for the restoration of our marriages. But the main point I want to make here is that Jesus was not crying because Lazarus was dead. I believe He was crying because Mary, who had earlier demonstrated such great love for Him, had lost faith and confidence in Him. That’s why seeing her tears and despair grieved Him so much and moved Him to cry Himself. Why didn’t Mary come with Martha in the first place when she knew Jesus was there? Why did Jesus specifically send for her? Why did He wait for her before going to the place where Lazarus was buried? And why did John think it was necessary to remind us that Mary had poured out the perfume on Jesus’ feet and dried them with her hair? Those are just some of the reasons I believe Mary’s lack of faith is what caused Jesus’ troubled spirit and tears. And we know Jesus was troubled by people’s lack of faith, based on what He said about not being able to perform miracles in his own home town. And I don’t believe His grief is just because we don’t believe in Him; it’s because He knows what our lack of faith will cost us, because it is the one thing that can and will keep us from receiving all of the best He died to give us. And we can see how important that is, because ALL through this passage, Jesus repeatedly ask everyone if they believed in Him.

Then when we read the rest of the chapter and realize that it was that very act, that very miraculous, public and sacrificial act, that eventually led to His death; it’s reasonable to believe that added yet another dimension to His pain and grief. And yet, we do the same thing to the Lord all the time, because all He wanted then and all He wants now is for us to believe in Him and to believe that NOTHING is impossible with Him, that He has the power to bring that which is dead and buried back to life…and that He WILL do it all for the glory of God and Himself. And the very last verse in the passage about Lazarus proves how and why that happens, because John 11:45 says Therefore many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, put their faith in him. And when the people around us, all of the nay sayers, see the Lord restore our hopeless, dead marriages, they will put their faith in Jesus too! And the word of our restored testimonies will be used to keep Satan from destroying many more marriages and families and Jesus will certainly be glorified!

And one other interesting observation I made is that it’s not very likely the Jews came just to see Mary, and not Martha. Personally, I think that’s just God’s way of making it easier to better understand the true significance of this passage, because it’s a lot less about God’s power to perform miracles than it is about how absolutely essential it is for us to BELIEVE THAT HE CAN AND WILL PERFORM THEM!!! And when we don’t believe that, we literally grieve our Lord and Savior, because we are in effect saying that we don’t accept and appreciate the precious price He paid to earn our faith and trust. And if we’re unable to let our spouses go when they want to leave in obedience to God’s Word, with confidence in His promises, we are in effect calling Him a liar. So God asks us to let our spouses go, and to continue to live in peace with them and ourselves, simply as an act of sacrificial, faith filled trust. And when we take that step of faith in obedience to His Word, HE WILL BE FAITHFUL TO DO ALL THAT HIS WORD PROMISES SO JESUS WILL BE GLORIFIED AND THE DEVIL WILL BE DEFEATED! And when we don’t have the faith needed to do that, God will be faithful to give it to us when we ask for it, and when we get SERIOUS about reading and studying HIS word (and that’s not reading what someone else writes ABOUT it; it’s reading the Bible for ourselves), which we know because Romans 10:17 (NKJV) says So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. So I pray for all of us to have the faith and confidence we need in Jesus to LET GO, so we will have peace that surpasses understanding and be supernaturally blessed and encouraged!