Encouragement & Hope For Christian Wives of Alcoholics

01/12/2026

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01/08/2026

His Temptations

Lord, I pray that you would strengthen my husband to resist any temptation that comes his way. Stamp it out of his mind before it ever reaches his heart or personal experience. Lead him not into temptation, but deliver him from evil such as adultery, po*******hy, drugs, alcohol, food addiction, gambling, and perversion. Remove temptation especially in the area of (name yours). Make him strong where he is weak. Help him to rise above anything that erects itself as a stronghold in his life. May he say, " I will set nothing wicked before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me. "(Psalm 101: 3)

"Lord, you said that, "Whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down, without walls. (Proverbs 25:28). I pray that (husband's name) will not be broken down by the power of evil, but be raised up by the power of God. Establish a wall of protection around him. Fill him with your Holy Spirit and flush out all that is not of you. Help him to take charge over his own spirit and have self-control to resist anything or anyone who becomes a lure. May he "abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good."(Romans 12:9) I pray that he will be repulsed by tempting situations. Give him courage to reject them. Teach him to walk in the Spirit so he will not fulfill the lust of the flesh."
-Stormie O'Martian
The Power Of A Praying Wife

There is power in a wife who prayers for her husband❤️

Peace and Blessings, My Friend❤️ We can get through this together.

01/07/2026

What if we began seeing our spouses through Jesus’s eyes & allowed our words to heal rather than tear down?

Yesterday, my once alcoholic husband got an email referring to him, not as alcoholic, but by his new title, “Reverand”. Read the Bible & notice how Jesus’s love transforms. Thats our story too!

I will soon be reading my book telling our story on my YouTube channel, . Jesus got to me, to get to my husband. He needed my trust & cooperation Before He was able to breakthrough to my husband.

Our story is one God wants repeated, so He had me write it out through over 30 years of journaling, in dealing with alcoholism in my spouse (and 50+ if you count my family of origin). I journaled all 30 years with my spouse & the Lord put it in my heart to share it in a way everyone can access it for free.

Hope you will join me. I’ll post details soon!

Peace & Blessings, My Friend❤️ We can get through this together!

01/03/2026

This devotional has been a real blessing. So thankful my husband got it for me for Christmas. Hopebooks A Year of Hope devotional

01/03/2026

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12/15/2025

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12/14/2025

Love Covers A Multitude of Sins (Prov 10:12)

Many of you know my story of waiting for my alcoholic husband to stop drinking. In my desperate prayers, I would ask God what to do. His answer was constantly, "Just love him".

My problem was I didn't want to "just love him". I wanted to fix him (on a good day), but leaving him also often crossed my mind. Our situation was worse than most people knew. He was in bo***ge & I too, felt helpless & trapped. I loved him, but I was slowly being talked out of it, because I was unable to differentiate him from this "disease" that had consumed him.

So thankful God got to me & got through to me. He showed me what it really looked like to receive Gods love & love Him back. Then He showed me how to love myself. And finally, He showed me (and helped me) to love my husband....even in his current condition. I had to learn what it looked like to "just love him", which meant denying my emotions & hurt that tried to tell me, "if he loved you enough, he would just quit". No, he wasn't choosing any longer. He was hooked, & without me "just loving him", the enemy would continue to tear him down using me as an accomplice to do his dirty work.

When we respond in love, it is unexpected. It is not what our spouses are used to. And it works because Gods Word says it will.










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12/14/2025

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LEARNING TO TRUST GOD IS THE FIRST STEP TO MARRIAGE REVIVAL

As I look over my past journals I realize that God took me on a journey with purpose. He began by convincing me of His love & Who He was. It was only by doing that, that He was able to gain my trust. I knew that He loved me & whatever He asked of me was with my best interest in mind.

It was a very slow process, over a whole lot of years, but I'm finally getting the big picture. I tell women all the time about a book that God used with me by Martha Peace. I don't recommend anyone buy that book until they truly know God, because in today's world it is easily written off as legalism. But because I knew God so well, and I knew that His word was truth, I was able to accept the words in that book taken directly from scripture & allow God to work them out through me. It was painful, but it got the result. Because God's word is always trustworthy & always works.

We can spend our whole lives skirting around the necessity of following God's word. We can write it off as legalism. We can decide that His ways are outdated. The truth of the matter is, He's the One Who planned our days. He's the One Who wrote the directions. And He's the One worthy of being followed. It's just hard to do it when you don't know you can trust Him.

I was a woman who could have potentially had daddy issues. Those issues could have kept me from trusting God. But God reached out to me early, showing me Who He was, & little by little, He built my faith so that I knew I could trust Him. He taught me to die to my feelings & selfish ways & do what He wanted me to do (even when it hurt). He showed me I could trust Him. It wasn't to harm me. It was to give me a hope & a future with the man I married. And now I can say I'm thankful for the journey (but it took me a long time to say that). Friends, God is worth trusting, even when it hurts. Seek Him wholeheartedly. He has your path lined out & wants to share it with you.❤️

Peace & Blessings My Friend ❤️ We can get through this together!

12/13/2025

Mary Ellen McCloud Replenished Hope
Always a good word!

12/12/2025

Have you ever been crushed in Spirit?

What do you do in those moments? I know I have been and I've sometimes responded well, & I've sometimes allowed the enemy to have his way with me.

I wonder what would happen if I actually took God at His Word.

Instead of crying...praising.🎶

Instead of screaming & yelling...giving thanks for everything I can think of in prayer. 🙏

Instead of hiding out in my bedroom... getting out and doing something nice for someone else. 💐

I remember one of the things that brought me a lot of joy while my husband was deep in his addiction. My youth group, children, and I would go and visit nursing homes. The joy we brought them came back to us double. Even when I was down, I could not go in there and come out feeling the same way. Getting my mind off myself and onto others was my healing balm.

Jesus is the One who sticks closer than a brother. He's always there reminding us of the things that will make us feel better....if only we would use them. It's easier to wallow. Making yourself do these things against your "want to" takes work, but it's worth it.

I wonder what would happen if everytime the enemy tormented us, our automatic responses looked like the things above 🤔I

Peace & Blessingsr, My Friend❤️We can get through this together!

12/02/2025

I’m so excited and thankful to share that I’m finally a published author! 🙌

My time off this summer, although unexpected, was used to produce something good. (Rom 8:28) This is a collaborative effort through Hopebooks. So thankful to work along with so many talented writers. I’m sure this devotional will make a great gift for anyone on your list who needs inspiration and hope.

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11/17/2025

Last week I shared my testimony given at Abbas House. Here is my husband’s testimony, who has now miraculously been delivered from alcoholism 8 years. His testimony begins about 31 minutes into the meeting.

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Regis giving his testimony at Abbas House in Hixson, TN. My introduction starts around 33 mins into the Celebeate Recovery meeting.