Update #1 by David at 11:10 am on Tue 4/15/2025 WISDOM REQUESTED... GUIDANCE, GRACE TO FAST & PRAY, PLAN... Wife did come for about 5 hours yesterday, slept immediately with My Son in "her room" and then left without saying goodbye or collecting rent (only she can pay rent because I am not able to have a Philippine account until I'm a citizen -- We've been supposed to work on it since Nov of '23 -- just not her priority)... I think I heard God last week... "Lord, make me fast and accurate!" Mel Gibson, (Benjamin Martin), The Patriot, 2000.
But if the unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace, 1 Cor 7:15, NIV.
But if the husband or wife who isn’t a believer insists on leaving, let them go. In such cases the believing husband or wife is no longer bound to the other, for God has called you to live in peace, 1 Cor 7:15, NLT.
But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you to peace, 1 Cor 7:15, ESV.
I pray for the grace of God to be on My Son, that he attends church, reads the Bible and practices what it says. The wife totally needs salvation -- she is working now 7 days a week and adding more and more hours, yet neglecting daily Bible readings and even Church and Online Church. Please pray for me to be back in time and have the legitimate jurisdiction to teach him the Word of God -- "The sum of Your word is truth & every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever," Ps 119:160; "From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is inspired by God & is useful to teach us what is true. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right," 2 Tim 3:15-16.
🙏”Therefore putting aside all filthiness and overflow of evil, in meekness be receiving the engrafted word, that is able to save your souls; be doers of the word & not hearers only, deceiving yourselves," James 1:21-22. "Then He opened their minds to understand The Scriptures," Luke 24:45. "Like newborn babies, crave pure reasonable milk, so that by it you may grow up in respect to salvation," 1 Peter 2:2. "When the Spirit of Truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is yet to come," John 16:13. "Do not take them out of the world, but keep them from the evil one," John 17:15. In Jesus' Name.
Original Prayer Request
So, wow... Seems she's afraid of getting pregnant again. She is against the pill or a shot and has suggested I get surgery a few times... The last time was during a video-visitation w/ my son earlier (she works on Sundays, too, now)... So her store's only a couple kilometers away and the boy stays there a lot... I brought her by a chilled crab salad sandwhich last week, then 3 small roses with some Queen Anne's Lace... Also, her foodshop is fairly fly and mosquito-heavy and my son had several bites, brought her some Kid's Off lotion... Anyway, maybe she's post-partum or just softening-up a little bit??? I know God's Will and Word are the same and have been praying in Jesus' Name so maybe he's working things together for good, Rom 8:28??? I don't know if I'm being a sucker like Samson or she may be having some change of heart, Rom 2:4??? Please pray I know and know quickly, Col 1:9-10, as rent's due again and I'm living alone in this empty 3 bedroom... I do cry out for wisdom and lift my voice for understanding, Prov 2:3-4, Prov 2:5-6, Prov 2:7-8, Prov 2:9-10, Prov 2:11-12; Prov 2:16-17. I also ask for Angelic Protection: I am all alone in a foreign country -- Ps 91:9-10, Ps 91:11-12, Ps 91:13-14, Ps 91:15-16. Thank you in Jesus' Name.