Please pray for me. My husband has been verbally, and emotionally abusive to me for 18 years. He has recently escalated. Name calling, blame shifting, slander, withholding finances, spiritual abuse, etc. He is in deep denial and claims that he doesn't do anything wrong and that it's all me. I have recently rededicated my life to Christ and I know that I am a new creature in Christ. I have been going to a very nice bible teaching, spirit filled church and my husband has told me that I've joined an occult and has been withholding gas money from me which makes it impossible for me to attend. I desire a personal relationship with Jesus and I want to do what is right before him. My husband also claims that he is a Christian. God's word says, you will know them by their fruit. I am not witnessing the fruits of the spirit. And it seems as though the only scripture he focuses on is for wives to submit to your husbands. He has been talking against me to our 3 children ages 17, 11, and 8. We lost our business 10 months ago which he blames me for. He hasn't worked since. He has been turning jobs down because he won't settle for less then a certain amount. I don't know what the Lord wants me to do. Please pray for deliverance, jobs, direction. He is expecting me to get back on that abuse wheel with him but I am trying to set boundaries. I feel so warn out and warn down, full of anxiety and fear. I don't know what to do anymore. I don't know what the Lord wants me to do.
Thank you and God bless!

Lyndaloo, I pray in the Name of Jesus for your situation that God would intervene in a miraculous way and show you exactly what to do. Pray for your husband while trying to set boundaries but if things become so bad that you cannot take it, leave and take your children. God does not want His children abused. There are women's shelters that will take you and the children and will help you get on your feet and get your life off to a new start. God hates divorce and cruel men but there are some situations (abusive) that are not possible to stay in. Only the Lord can show you what to do at this point and I know that He will. God bless you and your children.