Prayer for strength against temptation

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gmarie_915

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Hello everyone,
I am in need of prayer+advice. Here's my situation:
I'm a young, unwed mother of a 1 yr. old. My daughter's father & I have been together for 3 years. I have always had faith in the Lord, but through my Jr. High and High school years I significantly drifted away from the Lord. I sinned A LOT (sex, drugs, being disobedient to my parents, etc.) But just recently, the Lord opened my eyes to the reality of my sin and I have turned my life over to God once again. I am very happy about my decision to become a Christian woman and do not regret it at all. Unfortunately, my daughter's father is not a christian. He has faith in God, but he does not follow God's word and he is to wrapped up over wordly pleasures. I try to explain to him the severity of sin and how he should refrain from it but we just end up in arguments so I have gaven up on that idea of trying to explain it to him and now I just continue to pray for him. I care for him deeply but I feel as though he is bringing me down in my own personal faith and walk with God. Obviously we engaged in pre-marital sex and we did have a daughter out of wed-lock. I have repented for my sins and I have decided on refraining from having any type of sexual relation with him. I can tell that he is not happy with that decision because he tries to engage in those behaviors with me almost every time I am with him. And when I reject him, he becomes very hostile towards me and will have an angry attitude towards me for the hole rest of the day after being denied of sexual acts with me and can sometimes be quite mean and rude to me. I know I don't deserve that kind of treatment and I'm thinking maybe it's time to end this relationship. I know that he will always be apart of my life considering we have a daughter together but I am tired of him trying to persuade me into having sex with him and being angry at me for not engaging in that behavior. I need prayer that I will remain strong in the faith, follow God's word, and not give into such deadly sin with my daughter's father. I also need prayer that the sexual demons will leave my daughter's father's mind, body, and soul and that the Lord will touch his heart to open his eyes just as the Lord opened mine. Last but not least, I need prayer that his mean words and atitude towards me won't bring me down or make me feel sadness any longer.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read and respond to this! :)

-Gabby V.
 
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BornAgain90

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All you can do is pray and hope that god answers your prayers or show you the way the answer may not lie with your daughters father it may be much greater like breaking up but put your trust in god and he will lead the way it probably wont happen over night give it time ive been with my partner for 8 years since i was 14 he was not raised up with jesus in his life nor go to church last sunday he agreed im not pushy i ask god to open up his heart it hasnt happened yet but when it does its going to be great dont let him bring you down he will see how happy you are by letting jesus into your life and will ask himself why dont give him if this mean something to you let him know what it means and if he doesnt respect that then probably not worth it but i am in no position to judge at all god has a plan and everything happens for a reason just be true to yourself and keep loving the big man upstairs hope that helps
 

damombomb

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Feb 27, 2011
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Father thank you for what your doing in her life and for giving her childs dad a heart for you. let him see the sencerity she has for you and he desire the same, draw hm with your spirit and let his heart also be for you, draw him out of wordly things to your kingdom
In Jesus name
 

pickles

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Hugs Gabby, praying for you, him and your daughter in Jesus's name.
Sometimes all we can do is to trust the one in need to Jesus, and pray for them.
May you continue to grow in your love for Jesus, and your walk.

Hugs hugs and God bless :)
pickles
 
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psychomom

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Gabby, isn't it amazing what the Lord will do through our mommy hearts? :)
I know many people (I am one of them) who turned to Him after having a child. Something about being a parent makes you think.
And I think one's heart is open to the grace God wants to give us to turn to Him because it's so full of love toward one's own child. :)

Abba, Father God, I thank You for pouring Your grace into Gabby's heart.
Thank You for her little girl, and that You gave the gift of a child. ♥
Thank You that she, like the prodigal, turned to her Abba and her Savior.
I ask that You strenghten her to all the good works You prepared for her to walk in,
and that her daughter's father will also receive the grace You would give him.
Thank You for giving Gabby the strength to deny sin and flesh, and to obey You. ♥
Please give her wisdom as to what You would have her do, in Christ.
For Your glory, and none other's,
in Jesus' Name. amen!

Bless you, little one, as you learn to train up a child!
with a mother's love,
ellie
 
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shekaniah

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Sending prayers for you and your situation...
May God bless you with wisdom and insight to the heart of your childs father.
Love in Jesus, Shekaniah
 

Jilly81

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Sis, I'm glad that you've decided to come back home :)! Welcome back to love and peace, Gabby. I'll get right to the point and be honest with you... I really hope that you tell this guy that you aren't going to be part of all this; I'm mad that he's trying to bully you into committing fornication. I was REALLY glad to read that you decided not to, BTW. No one except your husband should get to share that with you; sex is too special to give away freely, and there's a reason that God has a marriage-only plan for it. The thing is, being around this guy will probably make it much harder not to give in; it would be for most people, anyway, and I hate to see him distressing you by continuing to try to drag you back down. If nothing else, it's incredibly wearing. Do you live with your parents, I hope? Perhaps they could help you; always have them around when he visits the baby, or another adult you trust to stay right there so he won't ask you to misbehave and try to pull you into temptation. If he's weird enough to try to get you to agree to that stuff even with another person standing there, he probably shouldn't be around the baby, honestly. I'm not really asking you to take my word for it for this advice; ask Jesus to show you if this is His plan. I certainly prayed about what to tell you, but He can give you peace about what to do. I can only imagine how it must be...I hope things get better. Oh, one more thing; a lot of people have said that it actually made their significant other MORE interested in the Gospel when they said that they weren't going to misbehave anymore, even if they were angry at first. It sounds like it isn't that case for him (about being interested in the Gospel), YET, but hopefully he'll change. At the least, the other girls who watch you will probably see the change, and please be sure to tell them how they can receive forgiveness and a new start through Jesus also; He died for their sins and wants them to come to Him just as much as He did for you and your daughter's dad :). I love you, Gabby <3. -Jill
 
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libertygirl

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I will be praying for you. God bless! :)
 
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spacefreak

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first keep your eyes on GOD, read your bible every day and pray to GOD for guidence and streagth and GOD will walk with you through your journey. second if he won't respect you in your faith and decisons then he won't repect you at all keep your head up and with GOD's help you will prevail. as far as staying with him it's all up to you but with his ways he will make your walk with GOD that much harder and make it harder to raise your child in a christian home. i personoly think that you can find anather man to be in your life that will support you and incourage you in your faith
as always keep your faith and keep GOD close to your heart