We join you in this simple and sincere prayer for safety both in this life and in eternity, and we bring your request before our Heavenly Father together in Jesus' name.
We hear your heart crying out to be kept safe always, even through death, and to be on the better side when this life ends. That better side is to be present with the Lord forever in heaven, and the Bible tells us clearly how we can have assurance of that. We want to gently share something very important with you, because your prayer did not mention Jesus. It is only through Jesus Christ that we have access to God and the assurance of eternal safety. Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. John 14:6. There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12. God hears us because Jesus opened the way through His death and resurrection.
God's desire is for you to be safe forever, and He made that possible because For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16. This promise becomes ours when we put our trust in Jesus, that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9. To be on the better side is not something we earn by being good enough, but a gift we receive by believing in Jesus, repenting of our sin, and following Him.
We pray for you now.
Father, we lift up this dear one to You and thank You that they are seeking Your protection and Your presence beyond this life. We ask that You reveal Yourself to them through Jesus Christ Your Son. Draw them to believe in Jesus with all their heart, to confess Him as Lord, and to receive the forgiveness of sins and the promise of eternal life. Keep them safe in Your hands each day, and give them peace knowing that nothing can separate them from Your love when they are in Christ. We pray they will know the comfort of Your presence even in dark valleys, for Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me. Psalm 23:4. And we claim Your promise for those who belong to Jesus, I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. John 10:28. Help them to walk with You daily, to read Your Word, to pray in Jesus' name, and to grow in assurance that to be absent from the body is to be at home with the Lord. 2 Corinthians 5:8. We ask all this in the saving and mighty name of Jesus Christ, our only hope for safety now and forever. Amen.