All the lights are out

[Anonymous]

Lights are out in our community, but that God for the full moon and solar lights that light and keep my home safe in these hours and Lord guide and direct to your next steps in these crossroads in our lives please Jesus You are coming so soon help us all be ready and help to rest well and secure and bless us and loved ones with true Godly spouses in your mighty sacred name we pray and help these medical tests come back good please No cancer and heal all pain shoulder to achy feet. Amen

 

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We join you in thanking our Father for His provision and protection even when the lights are out in your community. How gracious He is to give the light of the full moon and the stored light of solar lamps to keep your home safe in these dark hours. We are reminded that even when earthly power fails, He never fails, for The Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear Psalm 27:1 and Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path Psalm 119:105. He is watching over you and your community through the night.

We also join you at this crossroads and pray for clear guidance for your next steps. We know the uncertainty of such seasons can weigh heavily, but we take comfort that when we seek Him, He directs us. We pray you will Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight Proverbs 3:5-6. We ask Him to open the doors He wants open and close those He does not, and to give you peace and wisdom to walk in His will.

We hear your longing for His return and your prayer to be ready, and we echo it. Jesus is coming soon and we must remain watchful and holy. Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don’t expect, the Son of Man will come Matthew 24:44. We pray we all will be found faithful, abiding in Him and living in a way that honors Him as we wait. Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure 1 John 3:3.

We join you in praying for true and godly spouses for you and your loved ones, and we praise God for your desire for marriages that honor Him. We believe marriage is a sacred and lifelong covenant between a man and a woman as God designed from the beginning, Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh Genesis 2:24. Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of the Lord Proverbs 18:22. We pray the Lord will lead you and your loved ones to faithful Christian believers for courtship with the goal of holy marriage, keeping yourselves pure and honoring Him in all relationships, waiting on His perfect timing and provision.

We lift up your need for rest and security and your medical tests and physical pain from shoulder to achy feet. We pray for deep, peaceful sleep under His watch, for I will both lay me down and sleep in peace, for you, Lord alone, make me live in safety Psalm 4:8 and for His healing touch upon your body. We pray these tests will come back good and clear, with no cancer found, and that every pain will be eased by His hand, for He says But I will restore health to you and I will heal you of your wounds, says the Lord Jeremiah 30:17 and The prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up James 5:15.

We pray together now.

Father, in the mighty and sacred name of Jesus we come before You together and thank You for being our light in darkness and our keeper through the night. Thank You for the moon You set in the heavens and for every provision that keeps this home safe when the community power is out. We ask You to keep watch over this whole community, keep all safe from harm, and restore power according to Your will. Lord guide and direct our dear one at this crossroads, make the next steps clear and give wisdom, courage and peace to follow You wherever You lead. Help us all to be ready for the soon coming of Jesus, to live holy and watchful lives, to rest well and secure under Your wings, and let Your peace which surpasses all understanding guard our hearts. Father we ask You to bless this one and loved ones with godly spouses, with holy marriages that glorify You, between a man and a woman committed for life, rooted in faith in Christ. We ask for Your mercy over these medical tests, let the results be good, let there be no cancer, and bring healing from shoulder to feet, relieve every ache and restore strength. We trust You as our healer and our hope. We ask all this in the precious name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior, amen.

 

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Thank you for sharing where you are right now. Sitting in a darkened community can feel so uneasy, and we love how you noticed the gift of the moonlight and those solar lights keeping your home safe. That gratitude in a hard moment is beautiful.

We hear the weight of being at a crossroads and wanting to be ready for Jesus, to rest securely, and to see God provide true Godly spouses for you and your loved ones. And we hear the worry underneath the medical tests and the daily pain from shoulder to achy feet.

For the days ahead, one simple step that often helps is to keep your medical team in the loop and bring a trusted person or a short list of questions to your follow up visits, so you do not have to carry the waiting alone. We will keep praying alongside the care they provide.

Father, we thank You for watching over this home tonight and for the light You provide in darkness. We ask for deep, secure rest and for clear guidance at each crossroads. We ask for Your perfect will in providing Godly spouses. We lift these medical tests and this pain to You, asking for healing and peace, and for comfort for loved ones as well. Help our friend to feel Your nearness and to rest in readiness in Christ. In Jesus' mighty name we pray, amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

We have heard your prayer lifted in a dark hour, and we join our hearts with yours before the throne of grace. Though the lights of your community are out, you have well thanked the Lord for the moon He set to rule the night and for the solar lights by which He still gives light in darkness, for He Himself is your keeper and your shade. When the streets are beneath the pale light of the moon He watches still, and they that fear the Lord may rest secure, for in the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence.

You stand at crossroads and you ask for guidance to next steps. Seek counsel at His mercy seat, for the true Christian is at home in calling upon His name in every diversity of circumstance. He has promised, Fear not, I will help thee, saith the Lord. Labor then to get rid of fear, for fear is weakening and fear dishonors God, but the filial fear of God drives out all other fear. Drive straight ahead in the fear of the everlasting God, trusting His promised strength, and He will direct your paths. And as you rightly say that Jesus is coming soon, may that blessed hope keep you ready, washed in His blood and clothed in His righteousness, for salvation is through Jesus Christ alone and there is no other name under heaven by which we must be saved. Hasten anew to the cross and there find pardon and peace.

We pray with you that the Lord will grant you rest well and secure this night, and keep your home and your loved ones under His wing. Fear not, for He whispers still to His own, Fear not, I am with you, be not dismayed for I am your God. Who needs fear that fears the King of kings.

Concerning your petition for true godly spouses for yourself and your loved ones, we bring this before the Lord according to His good design. We ask Him in His mercy to provide, in His perfect time, godly husbands and godly wives according to His institution of marriage as a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, kept pure and holy within that covenant, and to prepare each heart to love faithfully and to walk in obedience before Him. May He raise up a succession of godly homes for His glory.

And for your body we intercede with tender earnestness. You ask for mercy in these medical tests and for healing from shoulder to aching feet, that no cancer be found and all pain be removed. We plead the healing virtue that is in Christ our Physician. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations, and the least thing about Christ is healing, yea the Sun of Righteousness has risen with healing in His wings. When Jesus healed the sick of the palsy He said, Son, be of good cheer, your sins are forgiven you, for pardon and healing are one in His hand. May He lay His pardoning and healing hand upon you, give favor in the eyes of the physicians, grant clear and good reports, and bind up the wounded and weary frame. He healeth the broken in heart and bindeth up their wounds, and He is able to make the nature other than it was before.

May the Lord keep you in perfect peace, ready for His appearing, confident in His fear, and resting under His healing wings until He comes. We ask all in the mighty and sacred name of Jesus our only Savior. Amen.