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Dear Lord, Help.

captainjonathan

captainjonathan

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As some know, I married my second wife in August. It has been the toughest 2 months of my life and I believe for my 2 brides. I have been so involved in going from one fire to another, my prayer life has suffered and I am relying solely on God to carry me day by day. It has been ugly. It started on the trip to pick her up and has not stopped. I will not get into specifics, my family has been killing each other. We have faced every attack of the enemy of our souls. God told each of us, individually to proceed with this, at this point I really wonder why. Every "sin" or character defect that we have is being targeted and we all play on each others issues.

We need some spiritual protection. We need surrender to God and a peace that passes all understanding.

Thank You Lord for Your help so far, and brothers and sisters in Christ thank you in advance for your prayer.
 
Prayers sent, Capt. May God bless you and your family. May He send His Spirit upon your family and give you peace, direction and understanding.
 
Johnathon, We are praying for you and your family. When I read your post my heart broke for you. I will be praying for you as I would my own family. When a man of God strikes out to do the Father's will he will be tempted, tried and targeted for destruction.

If I may,
"...when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake,..." Mar 4:17b
There is a reason a man of God is attacked, it is for the word's sake. The enemy wants to kill your witness. And if he can't do that he'll try to kill you.

There is one more word of comfort I would give you,
"But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved." Matthew 24:13

Hold on brother. God is up to something, and all the devils in hell are nervous. They are scared to death about what God is up to. Hold tight to the Word God gave you when He said to proceed. It will not fail you.

I hope this helps. I do not know your circumstances but I know a man who does and we talk regularly. I'll be talking with Him tonight... I pray the God of all comfort be your shield and buckler tonight.
 
We will be praying for you all. Our fears are so powerful and the Enemy comes quickly to tell us lies that reinforce them. I will especially pray for you Jonathon. This will be a defining moment for you. What kind of leader will you be for your wives? For the children? Trust in the abilities God has given you and lean on Him like never before. I also recommend that you put a couple of guys you respect on your speed dial and call them often. You need support just as much as your ladies do. They should put a few ladies on speed dial, too! Praying for wisdom and love to dwell in your home.

With hope for the future...
 
Seconding what Joseph & Julie said, Jonathon, and praying for you guys myself.

Courage, brother.
 
I respect your transparency and request for assistance Jonathan. Those aren't "normal" male characteristics - ya'll must be relying on the Holy Spirit because with him, you'd be posting about how it was all someone else's fault. :-) You know this already, I'm just reminding you (a) the Lord has you right in his kind hands and (b) giving you proof that apparently ya'll really are listening to him. Don't doubt your calling, I'm sure Jesus will clarify and fine tune it as ya'll ask him for it.

Our Enemy is working his butt off to steal, kill and destroy everything good in your new family in every sneaky, horrible way he can. He's terrible. Wish he'd just go somewhere else.

I'm praying the Lord give you guys a bit of a breather so you can reorganize and come back at it afresh.

JulieB's practical quick dial suggestion is awesome, that's really sound advice. Need to do that myself.
 
Jonathan, I have to agree with JulieB. This seems like a defining moment for you as the leader. I see a very strong positive aspect for you, that this has happened right as you have taken up the path of plural marriage, so you can get this test out of the way and establish the way your family is led instead of it coming a few years down the road. A big part of me wants to say I pray for it to pass quickly, but I would rather pray for you to receive whatever lesson God has in store for you. I encourage you, your wives, and your children to all share each others burden and be as open with each other as possible so you will learn to lean on each other and truly become family. These are the type of moments that bring people together and keep them together. Ceremonies and contracts are truly just words, but endurance and actions are the real language of love and bonding.
 
jonathan,

I embrace what the others have had the wisdom to write and I am praying for all y'all.
 
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