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Below you will find a sampling of testimonies from standers and prodigals that will encourage you in how God is moving in their lives.
Each Saturday in Charlyne Cares we publish testimonies from people around the world. You can subscribe to Charlyne Cares by visiting charlyne.org. You can submit your own testimony by visiting our testimony submission page!
"The scripture passage from last Sunday's 'Charlyne Cares', Ephesians 2:13-18, was the same passage my pastor preached about that morning. My beloved prodigal husband was in church that day for the first time in months." (New Jersey)
"I am now co-teaching a Bible study class. Not only was our divorce dismissed from the courts twice, my husband and I are once again communicating. Praise God." (Ohio)
"I was feeling sad, but all that did was encourage me to fast, pray and meditate even harder. I asked God for a sign of what was happening on the other side of the mountain. I invited my husband to dinner and he came. All the praise and glory goes to our God. Thank You for this website and teaching me how to get closer to our God." (Texas)
“I just had to share what a burden has been lifted from me after reading ‘How Does the Other Person Have Such Control Over My Spouse?’ God spoke to me through this devotional. I am worthy in Christ. I can now stop focusing on what I thought I was lacking and focus on praying for each of their eyes to be opened to the Truth. I am no longer buried under the lie of punishing myself for things beyond my control. I have been given a new perspective and all glory to God. I thank Him that He brings good even out of bad situations and uses everything for His purpose. God will fulfill His promises; we need to be still and know that He is God.” (Maryland)
“I have been standing for many years and trusting God to provide for all my needs. Recently my military ID expired. I turned in all the information to see if I would qualify as a former spouse to just continue a few of my benefits. I received a letter today that not only granted my ID benefits, but also informed me that upon my husband’s retirement, I will receive medical insurance! God is so good and so many people are watching to see the outcome. Glory to God!” (North Carolina)
"God's purpose WILL stand! My spouse promised my daughter that he would attend each of her Friday night football games as she marches in the band. I was in awe of my God's purposes when I found out that the theme of the halftime show all season would be, "love." They are having a mock drama of a couple falling in love, getting married, fighting, and then reconciling. God is using 178 precious high school kids to speak to my beloved! Every Friday we will watch a wedding! God speaks in amazing ways to our loved ones!” (Georgia)
"I am standing and believing God to bring my husband home. While I was outside watering my lawn, two butterflies flew past me as I cried out to God for marriage restoration. I thank God for reminding me of His promises." (Oklahoma)
"I prayed with the people in your Easter Prayer Room for over an hour. I was encouraged. My husband called me for help with car trouble and I was able to come to the rescue. Thank God for giving me a chance to come through for him. Praise the Lord." (Idaho)
“I have been standing for many years through separation and divorce. In the last month, my husband decided that he needed to stop by three different times. Each time he stayed and we talked for a few hours. The last time he came by was Valentine’s weekend and he came by to tell me that he had been thinking about me and that he missed me. He said I was beautiful and talented and that’s the reason he had chosen me to be his wife so many years ago. He said his heart was divided and that he needed to square away his relationship with the OW. I am fasting every weekend and I KNOW the Holy Spirit is working! I am standing and claiming the complete restoration of my marriage!” (Missouri)
"I have just read David's in WA testimonial. It was as if he could read my heart/mind. I have been standing for many years which I could not have done without the Lord. And, I agree, change first has to come to yourself before you can be reconciled to your spouse. Discovering God's love and compassion and applying it in your life brings a whole new outlook/purpose to your life. That alone has made my stand worthwhile. PTL! 1 Corinthians 13:13 is the basis of my new life's goal and I pray dear fellow standers it will inspire you as well. God bless." (Australia)
“I always read the testimonies about rainbows and didn’t really understand the meaning of it; I thought it was something personal. But one morning, I saw one and God showed me His meaning. HE REMEMBERS EVERY PROMISE AND HE WILL FULFILL IT! Yesterday I was feeling down and tired emotionally and I prayed to God to show me another rainbow if He was going to restore my marriage this year. The sky was grey, nothing in it, when suddenly five minutes later I looked and there was a beautiful rainbow to my right above the mountain. I started crying in awe of how faithful, powerful, wonderful and big He is. Now I'm stronger than ever. I will continue my journey praying for my husband and for every prodigal to return to their families NOW, and I will pray for us, the standers, that God will show us signs and wonders to keep us strong until our BIG MIRACLE COMES. Thank You Jesus, because it is done! God bless!” (Puerto Rico)
"Thank you Rejoice Ministries for helping me to keep my faith in God's promises and answering my daily prayers. My wife has returned to me and we are forgetting the past and having a new beginning together. Everyone is rejoicing with us. God does deliver but first we must draw close to Him and never doubt. Encouraging devotional messages from your ministry helped me through this time. I'm sure God will use us to help others in similar situations. Thank you so much and may God continue to bless your ministry." (New Zealand)
"Our divorce was granted last week. If I had not learned so many godly principles from this ministry, I would have fallen apart. Instead, I now know how to study the Word and pray and forgive my husband. I am still standing. God has rewarded me with finding a new apartment and volunteer movers in just days. There is no timetable for God. He is faithful every day of the week. He's got a good plan for me and will set the captive free." (California)
“My prodigal left me and my children and moved to another state. He came home for court proceedings this week. I prayed to God for a specific sign to KEEP standing even though the date is approaching fast. I asked God that I'd hear one of three songs on the radio from our wedding and one was ‘I'll Still Be Loving You’ by Restless Heart. I hit scan on the radio and BAM, there it was! I haven't heard it on the radio in a decade! I frequently ask for ‘signs and wonders’ and I get them! Now I am praying God will send signs and wonders to my prodigal husband. Thank you fellow standers for prayer.” (Georgia)
"I asked for prayer for my dryer and lack of finances. God provided an unexpected bonus from work. I was given the opportunity to purchase an almost new dryer inexpensively from church friends. Thanks be to God for His provision for me and my children. He is my Provider." (Ohio)
"God is working on the hardened heart of my prodigal. We are spending time together. We have days in a row when we will spend time together. Just when I start to doubt and lose sight, I get the answer to my prayers. I am in awe of God’s power and love." (North Carolina)
"Yesterday whilst praying with a friend at church for our husbands’ salvation, a mobile phone kept going off. I realized the ring tone was SOS. Our rescue message (prayer) was being sent straight to heaven's door to be received by our Lord Jesus Christ. Thank You, Lord that You hear our cry and that You answer us." (United Kingdom)
“I am believing the Lord for total restoration. My husband has been saying that we need to talk in order to come up with an exit strategy. I had been praying and fasting and slept like a baby the night before our talk. During this talk, I was able to tell him of my stand; he admitted he is not saved and is concerned for his soul, and the divorce is off the table due to our finances. I pray for healing and forgiveness of anything he's holding against me, for his salvation, for the Lord to be in the midst of our soon-to-be resurrected marriage and for a hedge of protection around our marriage, family and soon-to-be loving relationship with one another. Our Lord is ABLE!” (Oregon)
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"Since this summer there has been increasing contact with my wife. On the weekend she phoned to wish me 'Happy Birthday,' for the first time in years. Praise God, He is moving in our lives." (United Kingdom)
“I have been fasting and crying out to Jesus. I gave it all to Him, but asked, ‘Lord I don’t want anything that is not in your time, but Father have mercy on my broken heart. If it is Your will and time, O Lord please bring my bride back. If it’s not Your time then I'll deal with it, just have mercy, O Father, on my heart.’ That night I must have woken up ten times frantically looking for my phone, and I didn’t even know why, but I never found it. I woke up in the morning and I felt God telling me to go get my phone right now, so I did. When I looked at it I saw that I had a text from my wife. She said that she didn’t know what to do anymore. She knew what she was doing was wrong and that I am her husband and she loves me with all of her heart. She said that she wanted me to come home! I immediately broke down and began to cry and praise the Lord. Praise the Lord for all of His power and majesty, as well as His mercy and grace. I know we still have a long road ahead of us to full recovery, but the Lord will get us through! Thank You my Lord and Savior, my rock and my refuge, I love You Jesus!” (California)
“I am thankful to my Lord despite a lengthy separation and no signs of reconciliation. But I still believe. The Lord is my strength.” (California)
"While visiting, my prodigal husband used endearments while talking to me and referred to himself as my husband. Praise God." (Virginia)
"My final court date was to be today. It was rescheduled. God has given me another month to show my wife that I don't want a divorce. I have written an apology letter to my wife. God has been good to me. I pray for His Spirit to continue to guide me." (New Jersey)
"Upon Charlyne's urging, I've begun to fast one day a week to clear the noise so I may hear God's soft voice. What a powerful experience. At times I feel like a different person with a peace and calm that I've not had for a long time. Glory and praise to our God." (Minnesota)
"For he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones...Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse." Proverbs 2:8,12
“I drive a lot of miles for my job on a daily basis, and have been seeing Covenant Transport trucks for about 7 months. It started while praying for a sign and it was also the week before the divorce was final. They are almost a daily part of my life now and it's so good to see them. I have also started seeing restoration company signs. I know that these are signs from God. I give Him all the glory! He is working.” (Indiana)
"Praise God that He is working to change the heart of my spouse. On Friday, our first date anniversary, I received an email from my prodigal telling me how he would always think good things about me on that day. I had asked God that I might hear from him. To God be the glory." (Georgia)
"It’s been many years of little or no contact and several years of a non-covenant marriage. But the Lord has a way of giving manna drops when we least expect them. I was watching my granddaughter this week and needed to make a stop where my husband worked. She remembered that this was ‘Grandpa’s’ work and asked to see him. I told her he was probably busy. But the lady who was helping me called upstairs to tell him his granddaughter was there. In less than a minute, he was down to see her. We had a very nice conversation and we both got a hug as we left. I can feel those very high walls starting to crumble. Thank You Lord!” (Nebraska)
“This site was recommended by our marriage counselor. Even though my husband and I have no plans to separate or divorce, we live separate lives. Reading testimonies from other standers inspires me to not give up hope for our marriage. I pray every day for a marriage that is pleasing to God. I owe it to my God to work just as hard as He is in restoring our marriage. I am now focusing on Him rather than my circumstance. I now know He is working on my husband and I can let go. I can pray for my husband and let it go! I am no longer anxious about the results of my prayer, because I now know God will prevail! PTL!” (Pennsylvania)
“God is good! Last Friday night, God told me it was turn-around time. I thought wow! I then received confirmation from the Saturday Testimonies from a stander who experienced the same thing. Many obstacles came my way, but God showed Himself to be faithful! I had a HUGE electricity bill because I could not pay it last month. Praise God, my Pastors gave me a love offering for the FULL amount. God will take care of me, He is my provider!” (Texas)
"God continues to show me His blessings. After being in divorce court several months ago for the final hearing, which accomplished nothing as God was in control, my spouse has now been home for several months. He recently asked that we renew our marriage vows in my church! He has spoken to my minister who has agreed to do the service. The whole church had been praying for our reconciliation for years so this will be a wonderful witness to the power of God. I still pray for my spouse's salvation and I know that it is coming one day." (California)
"Praise the Lord, I received flowers and a cake from my husband on Mother's Day. It was totally unexpected. I'm sure God is in control." (Peru)
"My prodigal's family as well as my family and I have been praying and standing for my marriage. My mother-in-law recently met with my prodigal and while talking to him was praying the whole time. When they left where they met, a street person came up to them and asked her if she was praying while she was speaking to my husband. She told him that she was praying that his heart would be softened and he would turn back to Jesus and listen to him. The person replied, 'I will be praying that too, and it will happen.' I believe this was an angel of the Lord. He is working!" (Washington)
"Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for himself; the LORD will hear when I call to him." Psalm 4:3
"After much wrestling in prayer God has answered many prayers, blessed me and revealed where my husband is and what he is doing after no contact for months. God has shown me that He is always working as an old prayer request was for me to meet another stander in my small town and I have. Today God had me follow behind a slow moving car with a bumper sticker that read "Honor the covenant." Don’t doubt or give up. God is working behind the mountain. God is faithful!" (United Kingdom)
"My husband filed my divorce. A week before our first court date, the hearing was postponed for a month. Before the second court date, my spouse's attorney failed to file the correct papers. Now it's again pushed back another month. I have been praying against every hearing and will continue to pray for the third court attempt. God hears our prayers." (California)
"My son, pay attention to what I say; listen closely to my words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; for they are life to those who find them and health to a man's whole body. Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life." Proverbs 4:20-23
"I have learned to consistently walk in love and it is making a difference in my relationship with my husband. God is working in my heart." (Florida)
Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. 1 Peter 3:1-4
"This year I told our family I only wanted prayers for my prodigal husband, no gifts for Christmas. He not only spent time with all our family, but also a little time with just me. He thanked me for his gift and wished me Merry Christmas and gave me a hug. A small step but I have been praying and waiting for this to happen for years. I am thankful to the Lord for this and I am looking forward to the bigger miracle of a restored marriage in the Lord's time." (Texas)
“For God does speak—now one way, now another—though man may not perceive it. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men as they slumber in their beds, he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings, to turn man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride, to preserve his soul from the pit, his life from perishing by the sword.” Job 33:14-18
“My husband and I have been separated for several months. I have been standing and waiting God to bring him back to me. This weekend, however, I had had enough. I was weak and felt as though nothing was happening and he was so far from wanting to come home. The enemy had a strong hold on me. I was almost angry with God that He hadn't ‘fixed’ it yet and I told the Lord I was done and I didn't want to fight anymore. I was miserable. Sunday morning on my way to church, the song ‘Don't Give Up’came on the radio and, seconds later, I drove past a Church Transport truck. BUT GOD! I drove the rest of the way crying, smiling, and thanking the Lord for His amazing sign. Our sermon that day was about surrendering and giving Him everything. I surrendered my marriage and my husband and just asked God to do what He needed to bring my beloved home. God has shown me so much and I know He will bring my husband home.” (North Carolina)
“In that day I will restore David’s fallen tent. I will repair its broken places, restore its ruins, and build it as it used to be.” Amos 9:11
"My husband moved to another state and is dating. For Mother's Day, he sent flowers and a teddy bear from the children. My children and I attended church and the message was about loss and restoration. The pastor spoke of faith and hope. It was very powerful. My boys held me while I cried and after the service a complete stranger came to me and said that God was telling her to pray for me. We prayed and she gave me her number. Her last name is the same as the county I live in and we were far away from that county." (Texas)
"I fasted during the Holy Week for my spouse and all prodigals around the world. During this week I listened to the Rejoice Ministries standers testimonial tape and I received revelation that my husband's salvation is more important than our marriage, so I am focusing now on my hubby's salvation. On Resurrection Sunday, my friend and I went into McDonald's for a cup of coffee. My beloved husband showed up a short time later. He sat down with us and we talked for an hour. It was incredible. I was so excited (but hid it well) that I was sitting right next to my hubby on Easter Sunday." (Canada)
“PTL!! This testimony is for all standers. Please never give up! God never stops giving and He does hear your prayers. I have gotten so much stronger in my walk with God that there is no way I would ever stop praising His name. I had never seen a Covenant Transport truck until I found this ministry. I cried out to God one day while driving and I saw the truck. This month alone I have seen seven trucks! God is changing me, my kids and my prodigal. He is worthy to be praised! Don't quit!” (Pennsylvania)
“I just want to praise God for the miracles He does in our lives and marriages! My wife and I have no children so contact with her is very limited to almost none except when God intervenes! God enabled me to bless my wife with a new phone before she went on a trip. I really wanted to upgrade mine but something always pulled me away from it. Now I see that it was God because I still had an upgrade on my phone and was able to switch it over, sacrificially love my wife and show God's love to her. Be encouraged standers and especially childless standers! God is not limited by lack of contact and is moving every day in your prodigals’ lives! He will allow situations to happen for them to contact you!” (Tennessee)
“PTL! My prodigal has suddenly opened his thoughts and feelings to me and desires to rekindle our friendship! This did not happen until I finally gave up my efforts at control and gave it all to GOD! When I got out of His way, He was able to do His mighty work. Thank You Jesus! I am praying so hard for my prodigal to attend an upcoming men’s Great Banquet weekend so that he may refresh his spirit and love for God. We need to allow God into our marriage and lives!” (Illinois)
“My father-in-law is an artist and he gave a painting to his brother who managed to mislay it on his way home. The painting turned up several weeks and several states away and the only ID was the artist's signature. The painting was sent back to my father-in-law in a very damaged condition. With the help of a friend and the use of bondcrete, the painting is almost restored to original, just requiring some touch up work. I feel that God is telling me, my husband and my marriage will be returned and restored in the same mysterious way. I will never stop praying. "I have called you by name, you are mine" Isaiah 43:1.” (Australia)
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