Howdy!
As some of you know I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior in 2013, a couple years after I was married. My wife still remains an unbeliever. She accepted Christ when she was a small child (which I didn't even know until she told me this last weekend - I knew she used to attend church but not that she accepted Christ). Since then however, she has rejected the notion of Jesus and God altogether.
This last weekend we watched The Exorcism of Emily Rose. These movies give me insight as to how off base some people can get when it comes to the subject of the demonic. Also, this gives me ammunition if people (like my wife) are having nightmares or other types of fear based on these ridiculous movies. Anyway. I watched it a long time ago before being saved and it scared the crap out of me, now I just laugh and poke holes is the things I see that are not of scripture.
My wife woke up last night with nightmares and said she heard a strange sound. She said it sounded like someone breathing heavy. This of course could have been any number of things. What floored me though, was she said that she didn't know any prayers. I could have used that opportunity to hold her hand and pray with her, but half asleep and not thinking I just told her to pray anything that comes to mind and God will listen. I said a short prayer, rebuking any spirits, in Jesus' name, that my have entered my house and I fell back asleep.
I feel like I missed a huge opportunity to get my wife reconnected with the Lord. I will be talking to her about this later, but my fear is that she's going to think it was all in her head and she still doesn't need the Lord. Her acknowledgement though that she is helpless without God is a good sign.
Thoughts?
As some of you know I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior in 2013, a couple years after I was married. My wife still remains an unbeliever. She accepted Christ when she was a small child (which I didn't even know until she told me this last weekend - I knew she used to attend church but not that she accepted Christ). Since then however, she has rejected the notion of Jesus and God altogether.
This last weekend we watched The Exorcism of Emily Rose. These movies give me insight as to how off base some people can get when it comes to the subject of the demonic. Also, this gives me ammunition if people (like my wife) are having nightmares or other types of fear based on these ridiculous movies. Anyway. I watched it a long time ago before being saved and it scared the crap out of me, now I just laugh and poke holes is the things I see that are not of scripture.
My wife woke up last night with nightmares and said she heard a strange sound. She said it sounded like someone breathing heavy. This of course could have been any number of things. What floored me though, was she said that she didn't know any prayers. I could have used that opportunity to hold her hand and pray with her, but half asleep and not thinking I just told her to pray anything that comes to mind and God will listen. I said a short prayer, rebuking any spirits, in Jesus' name, that my have entered my house and I fell back asleep.
I feel like I missed a huge opportunity to get my wife reconnected with the Lord. I will be talking to her about this later, but my fear is that she's going to think it was all in her head and she still doesn't need the Lord. Her acknowledgement though that she is helpless without God is a good sign.
Thoughts?