Satan has my wife!

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Mammachickadee

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Wow, 'woka', your life makes mine look like a walk in the park :/
Well things here have taken a different turn, and I set myself up for something that i don't know if I'm capable of doing. I started asking God for guidance and hopefully He'll give it through CC.
Its a huge story, but I'll try to narrow it down. So, 2 nights ago she walks into the house at 1 o'clock in the morning, barely able to hold herself up.
Now cutting through the whole introduction, we ended up in the garage yelling at each other, then talking, then yelling and then talking some more..etc. She accused me of her own fabricated ideas, she punched me in the face (if she were a man, she would be dangerous). A few times I turned my back to her and looked up at God, pleading him to intervene. She grabbed the cross around my neck, mocked it and nearly ripped it off. If not for the strength of God, I would not have been able to remain under control.
Going on...during the talk times, I spoke to her about forgiveness, I got her to watch a Charles Stanley sermon about forgiveness.(she kept criticizing it and only paid attention for about fifteen minutes).
I told her that I don't have the training to deal with her problems, all I can do is help her to get to God.
Oh ya...she told me that she was dying..some sort of terminal illness that she won't tell me about.
I asked her to give me a week of her full cooperation and obedience so that i could plant a spiritual seed in her...SHE AGREED.
I thought that if she would give me that week, I would try to put her life on a routine, but I need to start feeding her some Holy Spirit also.
Are there any passages in the bible that are hard hitters? Passages that are easy to understand for her that can maybe help that seed grow?
I don't think she's gonna keep her word, but I am gonna try to hold her to it. I told her to make an imaginary box in her head and put all her unforgiveness in there for a week, I said I wouldn't take that box from her, she can open it back up at the end of the week.
I know it's tempting to want to throw "hard hitters" at her... and there's no doubt that God speaks through Scripture. However, spiritual things are spiritually discerned... and what doesn't go over her head may fall on deaf ears because she's so hardened at this time. I would encourage you to love her back into the family. Woo your wife in a clear way that says "I love you, I value you, You are valuable to God as well, Surrender to such love." It's wonderful and beautiful that she seems to be opening up little by little, and I encourage you to show Scriptures rather than quote them at her in hopes that they hit home. One great way to combine the two is to openly study the Bible or devotionals in her presence. When she sees you are committed, she will probably soften more than ever. Maybe even watch Fireproof with her.
 
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lcerveny

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Don't give up on her. I acted the same way at one point of my life towards my husband. I went to treatment and gave my life to Christ. We continue to work on our marriage and are making great progress. God is working in our life but it doesn't happen over night. Your story gave me a flash back to how I use to be...........Praise God I am a different person through Jesus Christ. God bless you and your family. Get her to treatment. But stay away from AA. In my opinion it is putting your trust in other people when you should be putting your trust in Jesus. Find a bible based church and get involved. Good luck.
 
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lcerveny

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daszed..The thing you are missing is that she doesn't appear to want the help. I have dealt with addiction all my life and finally at age 42 I gave up and turned my life over to Christ. Some people have to lose something in order to get help. Otherwise, you are enabling her to continue bad behavior(drinking). Plus, your children are being harmed by watching her in her addiction. It is very scary for kids...I know I grew up that way which is probably why I had so much trouble with addiction.
Good luck, prayers:)
 
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"Ladylynn ", thank you for the straight forward advice, you made me reassess how I've been dealing with her. Probably getting angry when I should have been comforting and maybe even vice versa. I guess i shouldn't throw a bird with a broken wing into the air and expect it to fly. :/

"Mommachickadee ", its funny you should mention 'Fireproof'. That movie actually got the wheels turning on the ride that I am on now. I looked up "The Love Dare", its 40 days of complete unconditional love, asking God for strength and guidance. To my friends amazement, I followed it right through, didn't miss a beat, didn't miss a day and it didn't change a thing :(. Weeks after i completed it, while in another phase of her insecurity where she was questioning my love for her, I confessed how I had done the love dare for her...for us. She cried for a bit and soon after, it got buried inside her mind under her dark past.
"Icerveny"... thank you so much for proving that there is hope. You have lifted a dark patch in my vision of the future. You have allowed me to take another breath of patience because you have proven that it is not impossible.
I am glad to have my first online friends that are walking down this path with me, and if no one minds, I hope to keep updating how things are unfolding on this side.
Thank you my Christian brothers and sisters,God bless you all!!

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Proverbs 15:22..Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisors they succeed :)
 

eddie1801

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I will be praying for you and your wife daszed. James 5:16.."The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much" I want to encourage you that with all these Christians, on here, praying for you..the devil has to flee. See, the devil meant it for bad, but God is going to turn it around for you & your wife's good. Praying today for our brother daszed, God give him strength, endurance, understanding, and wisdom in dealing with his wife in Jesus name. Feel free to continue to update us on this situation..God will turn this around.
 

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Yes first thing is you need Jesus. God doesn't promise to remove us from our situations but once you're a child of God everything works for good in some way, and the situations are "trials" that test our faith and make us seek Him more. God does promise that He'll be with you through all of this.

There is no guarantee that you're wife will change, but there is certainly hope. Apparently you haven't lived for God until now, so the reality is that you haven't been a spiritual leader of this family until now. I'm not saying all her sin is justified -- it's not. But now that you're following Christ then there's more hope that you can lead the rest of the family in doing so.

Find good local fellowship at a good church and take your kids. Try to bring your wife but if she won't go, you still go and you make sure the kids go with you. And I don't just mean become a church-goer, I mean seek out good real fellowship along with good Bible teaching.

Read Ephesians 5, the part about marriage. If you're wife ever gets saved, hopefully she'll eventually be what you see in the first part. But in any case you have to be what it says in the second part. You don't have control over her free will, but you do have control over your own choices. You can choose to obey God in your role even if she's not obeying God in her role. It will be hard in your situation.

You may hear preaching that puts all the blame on you as the man for anything and everything that goes wrong in your marriage. This is not biblical preaching, as each spouse has a free will and is accountable to God. At the same time, you should acknowledge that you didn't lead your family in following God before.

1 Cor 7 makes it clear that the husband should not divorce the wife. It's pretty absolute, though there are one or two exceptions. Jesus was asked if it's okay to divorce your wife for any reason, and he basically said no, except for sexual immorality. There is another issue though here in your case. You're a new believer and her life is totally different. She could get saved under your godly leadership and example. But it's also possible that she could leave because she doesn't want God. 1 Cor 7 also makes this clear, that this does happen: an unbeliever leaves a believer, just because they're a believer. If she leaves you let it be for being a believer, not for any wrong on your part. Let your prayer be for her salvation and having God in your marriage.

God also sometimes gives us relief, in his timing. I predict that your wife will either get saved or she'll leave. And if she leaves she'll probably have another man pretty quick, if not before. Then it will all be her doing, not yours, and God doesn't require you to go on being bound to a woman who is with another man. I certainly don't mean try to make all that happen -- quite the contrary. But my point is simply, obey God and if there's any divorce or unfaithfulness let it not be from you.

The one thing you have control over is this: you can have a clear conscience before God in obeying Him from here on out as a husband, father, etc. Also it will be difficult in your situation (to love her, and stay with her), so you will need to seek God's help daily, and constant encouragement, and fellowship.

I think eventually something's gonna give. With such a contrast of light and darkness now in your house, she'll either start to come into the light or will run away from it. Either outcome can be somewhat of a relief for you, though you should desire the former, and I pray for the former.

Glad God brought you to our site. Maybe get your children to join too. You know many, maybe most? kids nowadays are into online porn. Have your kids into the things of God, in church and whatever, and also at home if they're online much expose them to online fellowship such as this and make sure they don't get into online porn, cyber sex, and all that kind of stuff.

As one person in the Bible said: "Choose this day whom you shall serve. As for me and my house, we shall serve the Lord."

God bless you
I can't say it any better then this...As long as the door to reconciliation is open, God would have you pursue this rather then divorce. I'll be praying for you. God bless.
 

Bookends

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Its easy to say " don't let her stop you from taking the kids to church". She will literally lock the kids in the bedroom with her! And even if i could get my hands on my kids, it would be a tug of war, and I'm not about to that with my kids. My seven year old daughter has gone to church twice with me and absolutely loved it. Daily she asks me when can she go to church again and we try to agree on who is gonna ask mom, cause we both know that the answer will be 'no'. My heart is bleeding for my kids. I never wanted a life like this for them
Hmm, try to out smart, out wit her...I don't know if that's a good answer or not... Is there any place you can take them the night before? friend or family? Perhaps a temporary separation (not sure if I like that idea, but your situation seems desperate. I still would not seek a divorce on your part...a separation is not a divorce and it might give a taste of what it would be like with you and the kids).
 
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Mammachickadee

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Any change?
 
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Well, Saturday night, she slept at some woman's house that she knows from the local pub...( I'm surprised she told me about it). So Sunday morning, I got the kids ready and took them to church because mom wasn't home yet.
These past few days I am happy to say that at least there has been no arguing, and there has been civil small talk. :) And considering she has a court date for the DUI in two days, she's actually pretty pleasant.
One step at a time...
 

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My apologies, I didn't realize this tread was already 2 weeks old. Praying for the best for you daszed.
 
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Daszed, telling someone scripture who doesn't want to hear it will only make them angry. It is for the Christian. My suggestion to you is demonstrate the Gospel by your actions not your words. Might I suggest the love dare. Look it up if you don't know what I'm talking about.
 

Lucy68

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Wow, dazed, you are definitely going through a hard thing. The Holy Spirit answered your call for self-control and forgiveness....I think seeing you act this way gave your wife the ability to agree to doing things your way for awhile.

I've found that Jesus' words are the most powerful. They have a way of cutting right to the spiritual bone. Especially the Sermon on the Mount. The book of Matthew has a lot of Jesus' teachings. All the gospels are powerful.

Praying for you both...for you- wisdom, patience, guidance, endurance;for your wife-that the demons tormenting her will be bound and thrown into the pit forever, calmness, peace, and open ears. May the Holy Spirit be strong in your household!
 
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God is watching me... I was just stopped in a parking lot earlier speaking to a friend, when a gentleman parks a few spaces away, gets out of his car, introduces himself as Bernie and the says "God wanted me to stop and say hi". I was in awe, introduced myself. He said "God bless", turned around, got back in his car...and left. Wow!
 

Lucy68

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God is watching me... I was just stopped in a parking lot earlier speaking to a friend, when a gentleman parks a few spaces away, gets out of his car, introduces himself as Bernie and the says "God wanted me to stop and say hi". I was in awe, introduced myself. He said "God bless", turned around, got back in his car...and left. Wow!
That is so cool! What an encouragement!
 
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Mammachickadee

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It is encouraging that she seems at least to be softening. I don't want to tell you not to get your hopes up, but I will simply say... remain static. Be consistently open, loving, a great example, and persevering for the Lord. Don't be afraid to be used by God for this purpose.
 
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I actually believed that God would only stretch you just enough to make you grow spiritually, but I never imagined that He would let you snap.
Well today I stand here questioning His presence. Yes I know about the story of Job... and Ruth, and I realize that what they went through makes me look like a big whiner. I just don't understand, if He really is serious about wanting to keep marriages together, and I have been faithful to Him all of my life and more so these past few months. Why is He letting me fall? I feel so alone right now, I feel like I've let satan win and let my kids down.
A few days ago, she tried to overdose on pills. She told me about it, I guess looking for sympathy. My attitude was rather cold towards her, but she did lay beside me in bed and I kept my eye on her all night. She woke up fine.
She is now good friends with the owner of the local pub (go figure). I watched her stumble home a few nights ago, and two nights ago, my youngest sons birthday, I managed to pry her away from her drinking buddies just long enough to watch her son blow out the candles on his makeshift birthday cake. She was so drunk, that I had started to regret calling her over. right after my son blows out the candles, she starts an immature argument with me in front of everyone present. She has always been excessively jealous, but just when I thought it couldn't get any worse...it does! She makes up scenarios in her mind and puts them to life and then viciously blames me for it... most of the times I can only stand there speechless because I can't grasp onto any logic to her stories.
Later on, that same night, in her drunken jealous rage, she took my phone. I use only my phone to go on CC. I see no betrayal to our relationship by being on this site. Well let me tell you... as of today, I still have not received my phone. She is accusing me of talking to other women. I took this week off work so that I could enjoy it with my family, but right now I really don't want to be anywhere near her, and I'm hurting for my kids. So if anyone has Gods personal number, could you ask Him to drop by my place for a sec :(
 

eddie1801

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Praying for you and your wife. The devil is a liar..This situation will change...The things you are going through now..will only make your testimony even stronger. See, we've been praying for you. The night is darkest ..just before the dawn. Praying for healing, comfort, and deliverance in Jesus name. You have to stand firm on the word of God...When these issues arise know that "no weapon formed against you shall prosper" I can only imagine that it feels hopeless now. But I want to encourage you that God loves you. remember the word, Eccles 12:14 "For God will bring every deed into judgement including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil" You have done many good things, You have done many good things for your wife and family. You have come on here and sought prayers for your wife from other Christians. You've stayed loyal to her. Please believe that God has taken notice. No matter what happens you have done your job as husband and God will honor that. In addition to these things, I want to point out that God will give you peace. "Peace that transcends all understanding". This type of peace is not based on circumstances though. We can never have Godly peace if it is focused on circumstances, because circumstances are not always known and they change. I pray that God gives you Godly peace in your situation in Jesus name.
 
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Daszed, I'm just a few hours west on the 401 from you. I feel for you. When I first read your thread title I thought perhaps you were exaggerating. I stand corrected. That must have been some spiritual growth you had this year for Satan to take such an interest. If there are words to bring peace to you in this struggle, I'm sorry, I don't have them. If you need to vent feel free. Through my life I've noticed whenever I've gotten closer to God there has always been spiritual warfare in my family life. I sense there is a bigger picture involved. I think the spiritual war is directed at your children even more than you. What happens here is going to be part of their testimony too. For their sake I plead you hang on with all your might. Have you actively been rebuking demons in Jesus Name in any of this? There is power in His Name. Be strong brother. My prayers are still with you.
 
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Well its been weeks since I have touched base with you, my Christian friends. So much has happenened that i could probably write a book :). She has basically started living at the local bar and only comes home to change. I don't know where she sleeps...her kids haven't seen her in five days.
God made yesterday a very eventful day for me. He got rid of a lot if garbage in my life. I went to the justice of the peace and got a court order to have her arrested and phsycologically assessed. I haven't given them to the police yet. I don't know if its the right thing to do :/. I never wanted to hurt her. Everyone is telling me that they wouldn't wanna be in my shoes but I should do it.