Chapter 19: His Past

1. Is there anything from your husband's pas that repeatedly torments him? Describe.

2. Is your husband's past something from which he learns, a part of of his life he tries to ignore, or a place where he lives? Explain.

3. Read Philippians 3:13,14 in your Bible and underline it. Do you feel your husband is able to reach forward to all God has for him? How do you think your prayers might help him to do that?

4. Are you concerned that there is anything from your husband's past that could be passed down to y our children (alcoholism, divorce, anger, fear, lust and so on)? Explain.

5. Was there anything that happened in your husband's childhood that is affecting his life today? Was his childhood happy, sad, troubled, carefree, normal , uneventful, full of turmoil or unstable? Explain.

6. Was your husband ever labeled with unflattering names that have imprinted themselves on his memory and emotions and perhaps colored his image of himself? Explain. Write a prayer breaking the power of those hurtful memories and asking God to heal the wounds.

7. Read 2 Corinthians 5:17 in your Bible and underline it. Does your husband truly understand that he is a new creature in the Lord? Do you? Explain why you do or do not believe this truth. Write out this Scripture as a prayer, inserting your husband's name in it. Then write it out with your name in it.

8. Read Isaiah 43:18,19 in your Bible and underline it. Write below what you are to do about the past. What does God promise if you do that? Do you believe this for your husband? For yourself?

9. Read Ephesians 4:22-24 in your Bible and underline it. Write this Scripture as a prayer, inserting your husband's name. Then put your name in it. Declare it as truth.