Robin Densmore Fuson

  It’s amazing when spouses pray for each other. Praying strengthens the bond between them. The one being prayed for is encouraged and feels thought of and loved. The praying partner is also drawn closer as he or she empathizes and acknowledges the need for supreme guidance and healing. Today I want us to look at two better halves who prayed for their wives. Isaac and Rebekah had been married for twenty years and there were no children born to them. Remember, Isaac’s mom, Sarah, also had this difficulty. In Gen 25:21we see Isaac pleading with the Lord on behalf of his wife. His prayer, heard, then answered with a miracle. Rebekah conceived. Great joy! A few months into a rough pregnancy, she inquired of the Lord.   “Why is this happening to me?” The Lord told her the two sons in her womb would become two rivalry nations. One stronger than the other. Sure enough, when they were born, they didn’t resemble twins at all. Jacob, the second born, was stronger than th...