"Praise God, after moving out a few months ago, my prodigal husband moved back home with me last weekend. God is working in our marriage to restore what was lost. I know God is faithful and will continue to have His hand in our marriage to restore it to what it was originally intended to be." (Georgia)
"My wife moved out several months ago, taking our children with her. I began to stand and she began talking about divorce. Two weeks ago she asked me if I would start praying with her. Last week she asked if I would help move her and our children back home. On Good Friday,
I took off from work and the two of us moved all of their belongings back to our apartment. The Lord has been healing our relationship every day. I praise God for His miracle of restoration." (Oklahoma)
"My husband was done with our marriage and had moved on. I changed my ways, and I prayed and cried out to God. He held my hand and brought my husband home. God has healed our relationship over time, and we are very happily married. It has been two years since my husband returned. I praise God that I have had the opportunity to get close to Him and see His power and grace." (Washington State)
"Glory be to God for His goodness and grace. My husband moved home last month. The paperwork is being drawn up for a joint request to invalidate the divorce. Even though my husband divorced me years ago, we are able to take advantage of Oklahoma's law allowing the divorced to be set aside because neither of us married someone else. It will be as if the divorce never existed." (Oklahoma)
"I praise the Lord for His mercy. My husband brought his clothes and moved from the city where the other woman lives. Your book "Standing After The Prodigal Returns" helped me to endure this perilous time. Yesterday my spouse told me it is over with the other woman. I give all the glory to Jesus Christ my Savior and Lord, and prayed aloud in front of my husband. Blessed be the name of Jesus." (Mexico)
"After a year my husband came home. At the beginning of my stand God spoke to me and said 'You will never be divorced.' He is true to His Word." (Ohio)
"I give my God the glory for sending my husband back home. He is coming home tomorrow. Thanks for this ministry for preparing me for this miracle as I waited in anticipation for my husband to come home. I will continue to stand on God’s promises and put Him first in my life. He has done a work in me to humble me and I thank Him." (Canada)
"My husband and I are back together. The greatest part of our reunion is that I am now pregnant with our child, surely is a gift from God showing my husband that he is my covenant partner until death do as part. My husband is more loving and caring than ever." (India)
"Yesterday my husband told me he has turned his life over to the Lord. He cries when he speaks of Jesus and he says he wants to rid of all sin, all lies, all deceit, all hurting of people out of his life forever. He prayed in a group last night and the elders told him there is a calling on his life to preach. What an awesome God we serve." (South Africa)
My spouse returned home after being in the far country. If it had not been for the Lord, and your encouraging and inspiring web site we would not be back together today. When my husband came home previously, I did not have a close relationship with the Lord. Therefore, as you know, our restoration did not last. Today, through prayer and transformation, I am a stander and I am His servant. Each day I can see that God is answering my prayers and drawing my husband closer to Him. I am confident that our marriage has been permanently restored by the grace of God." (Georgia)
"Praise the Lord, my prodigal husband has returned home through prayer. I thank the Lord for His love for me and also for giving me a new heart to unconditionally love my husband. I thank God for leading me to your ministry and for all you have done in helping me make the right choice in following God's plan and not my own fleshly desires. I love my husband and can say that going through this spiritual battle has taught me more than I could have ever imagined. Thank you Jesus and both Charlyne and Bob for all your openness in sharing your life." (California)
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"My husband and I met in junior high school and married after high school. We had been married 14 years when I realized he was pulling out of the marriage. I refused to give in. I found Rejoice Marriage Ministries and I was standing on the rock of Jesus and His Word and promises. My husband got an apartment and we struggled. Even though family members, a pastor, and my counselor all told me to give up and go on with my life, I knew in my heart of hearts that was not what I was supposed to do. Eventually my husband announced he was moving home. When he got there, he was not totally recovered or healed, but now, after three years of healing, we are closer than we ever were. He attends our church with me every Sunday, and we are in Bible studies together. Our Lord keeps his promises, even when we are not faithful. Be encouraged, be ready, stay strong, and stay in the Word. Satan will not win your marriage unless you let him. Our Lord will do so much more than we can ever hope for or imagine. Trust your Lord." (Indiana)
“The Christian home and marriage I thought I had came crashing down around me. When my human heart was ready to give up to the world's solution, a new friend pointed me to Rejoice Marriage Ministries. I decided to take a stand against the evil that had taken over my husband. Through many godly people and praying scripture on his behalf daily, the Lord broke his heart and he came back to our family just before Christmas.” (Texas)
"I
am praising the Lord that my God brought my husband home this past weekend. It was very suddenly. Thank you Bob and Charlyne for your wisdom and direction on how to stand. I thank God for you both. There is much to continue to stand for, but God can do anything." (Arizona)
"I want to share how great God is. After being separated for two years, my husband has returned. He is a changed man. Still we await the final victory of his accepting Christ as his personal Savior. Stand firm, even though it may not be in our time frame that our prodigal returns. The Lord knows what’s best for us." (Florida)
“Using one of your favorite words, my husband ‘suddenly’ told me he wants us to get married again. On Valentine's Day he ordered me new rings. We are like a couple teenagers and he has talked more to me in the last 11 days than he did in over 28 years. God never gives up on us and He wants us to never give up on our spouses. 'Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails.' Proverbs 19:21" (West Virginia)
"Praise God, Tuesday afternoon my prodigal and I were remarried. I know what He has done for me, He will do for others. I will be standing for the rest of my life and praying a hedge over my husband and our family. Thank you Bob and Charlyne for your work." (Florida)
"I praise and thank the Lord as He brought my husband home to us last night. I am so thankful for my deepened relationship with my Lord and for being made a new creature in Christ. May I never forget this experience or become lazy, but worship and grow with our Lord every day. For it was Him alone that brought my beloved husband home." (Maryland)
"After being separated for several months, my husband broke up with the other woman and is back home. God does bring prodigals back home suddenly. Praise God. He rescued me and my spouse and has brought us to the path of restoration and reconciliation. Thank you, Charlyne and Bob for all your guidance and support." (New York)
"My husband decided he was not happy and left me. I was devastated, and in the process of getting counseling, I learned a lot about myself. More importantly, I learned to trust God and stop trying to manipulate the situation. Three weeks ago, I finally totally turned this over to God. I began to love unconditionally, not listening to advice of others. (Husband) told me he might want to come home. Two days ago he told me he would probably come home soon. Yesterday he told me the stronghold was broken and his feelings had changed. He will be home on Saturday. From this day forward, I vow to be the wife God created me to be, and I thank God and Praise Him for His mighty work. I also thank God for this ministry. Many days I was ready to give up, but Charlyne Cares shined light in the dark places. I look forward to a time of total restoration and healing in my marriage." (Florida)
"Praise the Lord, after 13 months my prodigal returned from the far country. I read to treat your spouse Christlike and be obedient to God's Word and let Him guide me. I allowed God to become my intimate partner and made my bedroom my sanctuary where I could read Charlene Cares email and meditate with no interruptions. I learned to really pray and lean on God and not the flesh. I realized I had always been too needy and was a bottomless pit in relationship to my spouse. I changed, and my prodigal sensed the new me. The joy in knowing that I was being obedient to God's word catapulted my whole family into the process of a healed marriage. (Louisiana)
"It has been a year since my wife and I have reconciled. I thank and praise God every day for that. He is so faithful." (Florida)
"I can tell you that it is worth it all, drawing closer to God and Him changing me personally. Now I watch as my returned prodigal is beginning to change." (Missouri).
"On December 27th, at 7:40 P.M. my husband drove into the driveway of our home with his clothes in the car. He had moved out of the other woman's house and came home to us. He said that Christmas day for him was filled with frustration, embarrassment, shame, arguing and fighting, and that it was one of the worse days of his life. Thank you all for your words of encouragement, prayers, and standing. I will continue to stand for all of the Standers who are still waiting."