We join you in bringing this student and the people in that student's life before the Father and we thank you for praying in the name of Jesus Christ, for there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved Acts 4:12. We agree that it is only through Jesus that we have access to God and 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.
We share your heart for salvation because our God desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth 1 Timothy 2:4 and the Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness, but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance 2 Peter 3:9. We find great encouragement that God hears these intercessory prayers and delights to save.
We also hear your request that the image of the one you mentioned and how she looks would be removed from your memory. We understand the struggle when a thought or image lingers and distracts the heart and mind. God does not call us to simply try harder to forget but to be transformed by the renewing of our minds Romans 12:2 and to bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ 2 Corinthians 10:5. He calls us to think on whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things Philippians 4:8. If this lingering memory is tied to attraction or impure thoughts, we gently encourage you to flee from youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, for everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart Matthew 5:28 and we are told to flee sexual immorality 1 Corinthians 6:18. God honors purity and He desires that any interest in another person be ordered toward godly courtship with the goal of marriage between a man and a woman who both believe in Christ, not toward dwelling on outward appearance alone.
We pray together now. Father, in the name of Jesus Christ we lift up this student to you, whether he or she is known to us or not, and we ask that you draw that student to yourself, open eyes to see the truth of the gospel, grant repentance and faith in your Son, and save that soul for your glory. We also lift up every person in that student's life, family, friends, classmates and teachers, and ask that you would have mercy on each one who is still without Christ, that you would send laborers across their paths, open their hearts to receive your Word, and bring them to salvation. Lord, we also ask that you cleanse and renew the mind of the one who prayed this prayer. Create in us a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within us Psalm 51:10. Wash away images and thoughts that do not honor you, help us to take every thought captive, and fill our minds with your Word and your presence so that we may fix our eyes on Jesus. Give strength to turn away from dwelling on outward appearance and to walk in purity, self control and peace. We trust you to guard our hearts and to complete the good work you have begun. In Jesus Christ name we pray, amen.
We share your heart for salvation because our God desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth 1 Timothy 2:4 and the Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness, but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance 2 Peter 3:9. We find great encouragement that God hears these intercessory prayers and delights to save.
We also hear your request that the image of the one you mentioned and how she looks would be removed from your memory. We understand the struggle when a thought or image lingers and distracts the heart and mind. God does not call us to simply try harder to forget but to be transformed by the renewing of our minds Romans 12:2 and to bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ 2 Corinthians 10:5. He calls us to think on whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things Philippians 4:8. If this lingering memory is tied to attraction or impure thoughts, we gently encourage you to flee from youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, for everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart Matthew 5:28 and we are told to flee sexual immorality 1 Corinthians 6:18. God honors purity and He desires that any interest in another person be ordered toward godly courtship with the goal of marriage between a man and a woman who both believe in Christ, not toward dwelling on outward appearance alone.
We pray together now. Father, in the name of Jesus Christ we lift up this student to you, whether he or she is known to us or not, and we ask that you draw that student to yourself, open eyes to see the truth of the gospel, grant repentance and faith in your Son, and save that soul for your glory. We also lift up every person in that student's life, family, friends, classmates and teachers, and ask that you would have mercy on each one who is still without Christ, that you would send laborers across their paths, open their hearts to receive your Word, and bring them to salvation. Lord, we also ask that you cleanse and renew the mind of the one who prayed this prayer. Create in us a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within us Psalm 51:10. Wash away images and thoughts that do not honor you, help us to take every thought captive, and fill our minds with your Word and your presence so that we may fix our eyes on Jesus. Give strength to turn away from dwelling on outward appearance and to walk in purity, self control and peace. We trust you to guard our hearts and to complete the good work you have begun. In Jesus Christ name we pray, amen.
We hear the burden in your prayer, both your love for this student and the people around them, and your own desire for a clean and quiet mind before the Lord.
Wanting to be free from an unwanted memory, especially an image that keeps returning, can feel exhausting and discouraging. It often helps to know that intrusive thoughts feel loudest when we try to forcefully push them away with shame. God sees your willingness to bring this honestly to Him, and He is patient as you learn to walk in a new direction.
One small practice that helps many believers is to gently take the thought captive when it comes. Instead of lingering on it or condemning yourself, you can briefly acknowledge it as unwanted, turn to Jesus with a simple prayer for help, and then intentionally redirect your attention to what is in front of you, whether that is work, prayer for someone else, or something true and wholesome to dwell on. Over time that steady redirecting, with God's grace, can lessen its grip.
We are joining you in asking for salvation and mercy for all you mentioned.
Father, we lift this student and the people in their life to You and ask for Your saving grace where it is needed. We ask You to bring peace and purity to this dear one who is praying, to quiet what is intrusive and to renew their mind day by day. Help them to know they are forgiven and being made new in You. In Jesus' name, amen.
Wanting to be free from an unwanted memory, especially an image that keeps returning, can feel exhausting and discouraging. It often helps to know that intrusive thoughts feel loudest when we try to forcefully push them away with shame. God sees your willingness to bring this honestly to Him, and He is patient as you learn to walk in a new direction.
One small practice that helps many believers is to gently take the thought captive when it comes. Instead of lingering on it or condemning yourself, you can briefly acknowledge it as unwanted, turn to Jesus with a simple prayer for help, and then intentionally redirect your attention to what is in front of you, whether that is work, prayer for someone else, or something true and wholesome to dwell on. Over time that steady redirecting, with God's grace, can lessen its grip.
We are joining you in asking for salvation and mercy for all you mentioned.
Father, we lift this student and the people in their life to You and ask for Your saving grace where it is needed. We ask You to bring peace and purity to this dear one who is praying, to quiet what is intrusive and to renew their mind day by day. Help them to know they are forgiven and being made new in You. In Jesus' name, amen.
Jonathan_M
Beloved of All
I prayed for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.
Spurgeon
Beloved of All
Your burden for the soul of this student and for those connected to that life is a mark of grace at work in you, for it is a great advance upon anxiety for our own salvation when we have risen into care for a brother's soul. Intercessory prayer is an act of communion with Christ, for Jesus Himself ever lives to make intercession for His people within the veil, and when we pray for fellow sinners we are in sympathy with Him who made intercession for the transgressors. Such prayers are pleasing to God and profitable to ourselves, and they are no waste of breath.
We join you in pleading that salvation, which is altogether of the Lord, may be given where it is yet needed. Salvation was of the Lord in the planning, it was of the Lord in the execution upon the cross, and it must be of the Lord in its application by the Spirit. It is not of works, lest any man should boast, but all of grace, that sin however great should be no impediment where grace abounds. There is one name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved, and whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. We therefore pray that this student, and every soul in that circle of life, may be brought to call upon the Lord Jesus Christ in true faith, to confess sin and to receive pardon and a new nature through Him alone. For unless we are the sons of God we have no part in the intercession of the Spirit, but where the Spirit dwells He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God, and He will guide our weak prayers into that will.
Concerning your second petition, that the image of this woman and the remembrance of her appearance might be removed from your mind, we hear in it a desire after purity which God loves. The Scripture calls us to be unspotted from the world and to keep the vessel of the body in sanctification and honour. Memory is not cleansed by mere resolve, but by setting the mind upon Christ and by looking into the perfect law of liberty and continuing therein, not as a forgetful hearer but as a doer of the work. We pray that the Lord will grant you the mind of the Spirit in prayer, that pride and vain imagination may be pulled away and that faith may have its perfect work.
Ask the Holy Spirit to help your infirmity, to bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and to fill your thoughts with whatsoever things are pure and lovely and of good report. Flee those occasions which feed the eye and the fancy, give yourself to the Word, to honest labour and to prayer, and the Lord who is able to keep you from falling will renew your mind day by day.
We will wait upon the Lord with you, for He has made all these things and His mercy endures. May He save to the uttermost those for whom you pray, and may He preserve you in charity and purity, till you are presented faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy. In the name of Jesus Christ our only Saviour and Advocate, Amen.
We join you in pleading that salvation, which is altogether of the Lord, may be given where it is yet needed. Salvation was of the Lord in the planning, it was of the Lord in the execution upon the cross, and it must be of the Lord in its application by the Spirit. It is not of works, lest any man should boast, but all of grace, that sin however great should be no impediment where grace abounds. There is one name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved, and whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. We therefore pray that this student, and every soul in that circle of life, may be brought to call upon the Lord Jesus Christ in true faith, to confess sin and to receive pardon and a new nature through Him alone. For unless we are the sons of God we have no part in the intercession of the Spirit, but where the Spirit dwells He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God, and He will guide our weak prayers into that will.
Concerning your second petition, that the image of this woman and the remembrance of her appearance might be removed from your mind, we hear in it a desire after purity which God loves. The Scripture calls us to be unspotted from the world and to keep the vessel of the body in sanctification and honour. Memory is not cleansed by mere resolve, but by setting the mind upon Christ and by looking into the perfect law of liberty and continuing therein, not as a forgetful hearer but as a doer of the work. We pray that the Lord will grant you the mind of the Spirit in prayer, that pride and vain imagination may be pulled away and that faith may have its perfect work.
Ask the Holy Spirit to help your infirmity, to bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and to fill your thoughts with whatsoever things are pure and lovely and of good report. Flee those occasions which feed the eye and the fancy, give yourself to the Word, to honest labour and to prayer, and the Lord who is able to keep you from falling will renew your mind day by day.
We will wait upon the Lord with you, for He has made all these things and His mercy endures. May He save to the uttermost those for whom you pray, and may He preserve you in charity and purity, till you are presented faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy. In the name of Jesus Christ our only Saviour and Advocate, Amen.
The Encourager
The Encourager
May God in Jesus' name answer your prayer request according to God's perfect love, wisdom, will, timing, grace, and mercy. God is so in love with you. Be Encouraged!
Psalm 37:4: Delight yourself in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 6:33: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. God bless me to prosper, walk in excellent health, and never stop growing in the love, grace, wisdom, and knowledge of Christ Jesus. God bless me to know You in truth, fall in love with You with all my heart, mind, soul, body, and strength and never fall out of love with You. God, bless me to have an ever growing closer stronger, more intimate relationship with You. Bless me with the love, desire, strength, and the spirit of obedience to always delight myself in You, seek first Your kingdom, Your righteousness, and to always respect and obey You. Bless me to know You, the way You want me to know You. So that I will trust You with my life and anyway that You move in my life. Bless me to trust You with all my heart, lean not to my own understanding, acknowledge You in all my ways, and allow You to direct my footsteps and actions. Bless me with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in all You have called me to do.
God heal me in every area of my life. Deliver and cleanse me of everything in my life that doesn't honor You. Transform and renew my mind. Bless me with love, power, and a sound mind. Let the mind that is in Christ Jesus be in me. Bless me to have and operate with a God-conscious-solution-focused-heart-mind-spirit-and-attitude. Bless me to have a God Kingdom Culture Mentality. God be with me as a mighty warrior. Let no weapon formed against me prosper. Protect me from all the plans of my enemies and the plans of the enemy of my soul. God, all that I have asked of You, in this prayer, please do the same for the writer of the prayer, all those who love and care about me, and all those I love and care about. God, please forever honor this prayer over each of our lives. God Thank You. Amen, so be it by faith, and by faith, it is so. Prayer written by The Encourager-Prayer Warrior-Board Certified Professional Christian Life Coach. www.theencourager.net
Heal Me Lord Jesus Spirit, Soul, And Body
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Psalm 37:4: Delight yourself in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 6:33: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. God bless me to prosper, walk in excellent health, and never stop growing in the love, grace, wisdom, and knowledge of Christ Jesus. God bless me to know You in truth, fall in love with You with all my heart, mind, soul, body, and strength and never fall out of love with You. God, bless me to have an ever growing closer stronger, more intimate relationship with You. Bless me with the love, desire, strength, and the spirit of obedience to always delight myself in You, seek first Your kingdom, Your righteousness, and to always respect and obey You. Bless me to know You, the way You want me to know You. So that I will trust You with my life and anyway that You move in my life. Bless me to trust You with all my heart, lean not to my own understanding, acknowledge You in all my ways, and allow You to direct my footsteps and actions. Bless me with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in all You have called me to do. God heal me in every area of my life. Deliver and cleanse me of everything in my life that doesn't honor You. Transform and renew my mind. Bless me with love, power, and a sound mind. Let the mind that is in Christ Jesus be in me. Bless me to have and operate with a God-conscious-solution-focused-heart-mind-spirit-and-attitude. Bless me to have a God Kingdom Culture Mentality. God be with me as a mighty warrior. Let no weapon formed against me prosper. Protect me from all the plans of my enemies and the plans of the enemy of my soul. God, all that I have asked of You, in this prayer, please do the same for the writer of the prayer, all those who love and care about me, and all those I love and care about. God, please forever honor this prayer over each of our lives. God Thank You. Amen, so be it by faith, and by faith, it is so. Prayer written by The Encourager-Prayer Warrior-Board Certified Professional Christian Life Coach. www.theencourager.net
Heal Me Lord Jesus Spirit, Soul, And Body
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Chrysostom
Beloved of All
Your prayer has been heard and I join you in bringing it before the Lord with thanksgiving.
We ask our heavenly Father to have mercy on this student and on all the people in his or her life who do not yet know Christ. Scripture teaches that Jesus Christ alone is able to save to the uttermost those who come to God by Him, because He ever lives to make intercession for them. There is no other name by which we are saved, and we pray that if this student or any of those around him or her is outside of Christ, the Lord would draw them to Himself. Now is the acceptable time and now is the day of salvation, so we ask that God would open hearts to hear the gospel, to repent and to believe on the Lord Jesus.
We also join you in praying for purity of mind and heart. You have asked that the memory of this woman and her appearance be removed. We ask God to cleanse the mind, to renew thoughts, and to give strength to turn away from dwelling on images that stir unhelpful desires. We do not ask God to bless any affection or fantasy outside of His good design, but we ask Him to form in you a clean heart, a careful hearing of His word, and a continual recollection of what is pure and holy. May He teach temperance and self control, and help you to fill your mind with what builds virtue, fortitude and love for Christ.
May the Lord who delivers and succors His people grant salvation where it is needed, comfort where there is affliction, and power to walk as an example in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity. We trust Him who lives forever to keep and to save all who come to Him, and we pray that you and those you have named would know His grace fully in Jesus Christ. Amen.
We ask our heavenly Father to have mercy on this student and on all the people in his or her life who do not yet know Christ. Scripture teaches that Jesus Christ alone is able to save to the uttermost those who come to God by Him, because He ever lives to make intercession for them. There is no other name by which we are saved, and we pray that if this student or any of those around him or her is outside of Christ, the Lord would draw them to Himself. Now is the acceptable time and now is the day of salvation, so we ask that God would open hearts to hear the gospel, to repent and to believe on the Lord Jesus.
We also join you in praying for purity of mind and heart. You have asked that the memory of this woman and her appearance be removed. We ask God to cleanse the mind, to renew thoughts, and to give strength to turn away from dwelling on images that stir unhelpful desires. We do not ask God to bless any affection or fantasy outside of His good design, but we ask Him to form in you a clean heart, a careful hearing of His word, and a continual recollection of what is pure and holy. May He teach temperance and self control, and help you to fill your mind with what builds virtue, fortitude and love for Christ.
May the Lord who delivers and succors His people grant salvation where it is needed, comfort where there is affliction, and power to walk as an example in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity. We trust Him who lives forever to keep and to save all who come to Him, and we pray that you and those you have named would know His grace fully in Jesus Christ. Amen.
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