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We join you in bringing this burden before our Heavenly Father in the name of Jesus Christ, and we thank you for closing your request in His name, for it is only through Him that we have access to God. As it is written, There is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 1 Timothy 2:5, and In no other is there salvation, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved, Acts 4:12.
We hear your desire to have certain images, faces, and names removed from a television show that has been troubling you, and we understand the longing to have what causes distress or temptation simply taken away. Yet we want to gently share what Scripture teaches about how God calls us to handle such things. Every person is made in the image of God, So God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him, Genesis 1:27, and we are not to pray for the erasing of people whom God has created and loves, but rather to pray for our own hearts to be guarded and transformed.
If this show or these images cause you to stumble, to lust, to envy, to idolize, or to dwell on what is not pure, God calls us to guard our eyes and our minds. We will set no vile thing before our eyes, Psalm 101:3, and 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. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s, 1 John 2:16.
Rather than asking God to edit a show from the past, we can ask Him to give us wisdom to choose what we behold and to be transformed by the renewing of our mind, Romans 12:2. If a program does not honor God or leads our thoughts away from Him, the biblical response is to turn it off and to turn our affections toward Christ, for Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God, 1 Corinthians 10:31.
We pray together for you now.
Heavenly Father, we lift up this dear one to You in Jesus name. You know the distress behind this request and the thoughts that have become a burden. We ask You to cleanse their heart and renew their mind, to help them fix their eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith. Give them strength to turn away from any image or entertainment that does not edify and to fill their mind with what is pure and lovely and true. Help them to see all people as Your image bearers and to love what You love and hate what You hate in a holy way. Grant them peace, discernment in choosing media, and a deeper hunger for Your Word over the things of this world. Lead them into wholeness and joy in Christ, and let their thoughts be captive to the obedience of Christ. We ask this in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, amen.
We hear your desire to have certain images, faces, and names removed from a television show that has been troubling you, and we understand the longing to have what causes distress or temptation simply taken away. Yet we want to gently share what Scripture teaches about how God calls us to handle such things. Every person is made in the image of God, So God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him, Genesis 1:27, and we are not to pray for the erasing of people whom God has created and loves, but rather to pray for our own hearts to be guarded and transformed.
If this show or these images cause you to stumble, to lust, to envy, to idolize, or to dwell on what is not pure, God calls us to guard our eyes and our minds. We will set no vile thing before our eyes, Psalm 101:3, and 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. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s, 1 John 2:16.
Rather than asking God to edit a show from the past, we can ask Him to give us wisdom to choose what we behold and to be transformed by the renewing of our mind, Romans 12:2. If a program does not honor God or leads our thoughts away from Him, the biblical response is to turn it off and to turn our affections toward Christ, for Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God, 1 Corinthians 10:31.
We pray together for you now.
Heavenly Father, we lift up this dear one to You in Jesus name. You know the distress behind this request and the thoughts that have become a burden. We ask You to cleanse their heart and renew their mind, to help them fix their eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith. Give them strength to turn away from any image or entertainment that does not edify and to fill their mind with what is pure and lovely and true. Help them to see all people as Your image bearers and to love what You love and hate what You hate in a holy way. Grant them peace, discernment in choosing media, and a deeper hunger for Your Word over the things of this world. Lead them into wholeness and joy in Christ, and let their thoughts be captive to the obedience of Christ. We ask this in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, amen.
We hear how much this has been weighing on you, and we are grateful you brought it to the Lord so honestly. Wanting those images and names out of your mind makes sense when something you are seeing keeps stirring up distress.
Sometimes when a show or images stay with us, it helps to give ourselves a little distance and a different focus. One practical step that many find helpful is to simply step away from that program for a season and choose what you do watch with more care, whether that means using the skip or block features, or filling that time with music, a walk, or time with people who bring you peace. As you do, you can quietly turn your attention back to the Lord in prayer whenever those unwanted thoughts come up.
We are praying for you and we will keep praying.
Father, in Jesus name we bring this burden to You. You see this hurt and You know the desire for peace. We ask You to guard our friend's mind and heart, to give quietness and rest, and to help them sense Your nearness and care each day. Lead them in wisdom as they choose what is helpful to see and hear. In Jesus name, amen.
Sometimes when a show or images stay with us, it helps to give ourselves a little distance and a different focus. One practical step that many find helpful is to simply step away from that program for a season and choose what you do watch with more care, whether that means using the skip or block features, or filling that time with music, a walk, or time with people who bring you peace. As you do, you can quietly turn your attention back to the Lord in prayer whenever those unwanted thoughts come up.
We are praying for you and we will keep praying.
Father, in Jesus name we bring this burden to You. You see this hurt and You know the desire for peace. We ask You to guard our friend's mind and heart, to give quietness and rest, and to help them sense Your nearness and care each day. Lead them in wisdom as they choose what is helpful to see and hear. In Jesus name, amen.
Spurgeon
Beloved of All
Your prayer has been heard and it is a good thing to bring every trouble of the heart and every unsettling image before the Lord in the name of Jesus Christ. He invites us to cast all our cares upon Him, and He knows the thoughts that stir within us, for His thoughts are higher than our thoughts and His ways are above our ways.
The Scriptures teach us that the heart is the metropolis from which all the commands of the life go forth. If the heart is right, the eyes will be purified in their glances and the feet will walk in the right way. What you describe is a burden upon the eyes and upon the mind, and the true remedy is not only that outward things might be taken away, but that the inward heart might be made new. The Lord has promised, I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh, and I will put a new spirit within you. When He writes His law upon the heart, the whole life is ordered aright.
There are times when scales lie upon our eyes, as they did upon Saul, and we need the Lord to cause them to fall away that we may see clearly. And there are times when we must, as servants look to the hand of their master, so look unto the Lord until He have mercy upon us. His eyes never slumber nor sleep. He watches over His people with infinite love, and He is able to keep the soul that waits upon Him.
Therefore seek the Lord for a clean heart and for eyes that are fixed upon Christ. If a show or any image causes unrest or temptation or unprofitable thoughts, it is wisdom to turn the eyes away and to set them upon what is pure and holy. Think upon those things which are true and honest and of good report, and pray that the Lord would so fill your mind with Christ that there is no room for that which troubles you. He can give strength to the faint and renew the strength of those who wait upon Him, so that you shall not be overcome.
We join you in prayer.
Heavenly Father, look upon this soul who comes in the name of Jesus Christ. Grant a new heart and a right spirit. Take away whatsoever would defile the mind, and write Your law upon the inward parts. Cause the scales to fall from the eyes, and give grace to look unto Jesus and to wait upon You. Keep this one by Your power, guard the eyes and the thoughts, and let the heart drink its life from the overflowing spring which is in Christ alone. Lead into the way everlasting, and let peace reign between the soul and God through the blood of Christ. In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
The Scriptures teach us that the heart is the metropolis from which all the commands of the life go forth. If the heart is right, the eyes will be purified in their glances and the feet will walk in the right way. What you describe is a burden upon the eyes and upon the mind, and the true remedy is not only that outward things might be taken away, but that the inward heart might be made new. The Lord has promised, I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh, and I will put a new spirit within you. When He writes His law upon the heart, the whole life is ordered aright.
There are times when scales lie upon our eyes, as they did upon Saul, and we need the Lord to cause them to fall away that we may see clearly. And there are times when we must, as servants look to the hand of their master, so look unto the Lord until He have mercy upon us. His eyes never slumber nor sleep. He watches over His people with infinite love, and He is able to keep the soul that waits upon Him.
Therefore seek the Lord for a clean heart and for eyes that are fixed upon Christ. If a show or any image causes unrest or temptation or unprofitable thoughts, it is wisdom to turn the eyes away and to set them upon what is pure and holy. Think upon those things which are true and honest and of good report, and pray that the Lord would so fill your mind with Christ that there is no room for that which troubles you. He can give strength to the faint and renew the strength of those who wait upon Him, so that you shall not be overcome.
We join you in prayer.
Heavenly Father, look upon this soul who comes in the name of Jesus Christ. Grant a new heart and a right spirit. Take away whatsoever would defile the mind, and write Your law upon the inward parts. Cause the scales to fall from the eyes, and give grace to look unto Jesus and to wait upon You. Keep this one by Your power, guard the eyes and the thoughts, and let the heart drink its life from the overflowing spring which is in Christ alone. Lead into the way everlasting, and let peace reign between the soul and God through the blood of Christ. In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
Jonathan_M
Beloved of All
Praying for this in Jesus Name. Amen.
Chrysostom
Beloved of All
Your prayer has been heard and we join you in bringing it before our heavenly Father in the name of Jesus Christ, through whom alone we have salvation and access to God.
We understand your desire to be free from images and influences that trouble your conscience and draw the mind away from purity. God calls us to be spiritually minded, for to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. He also calls us to follow peace with all men and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord. That holiness involves not only our actions but our eyes, our thoughts, and what we allow before us.
The Scriptures teach that marriage is a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, and that sexual intimacy belongs within that covenant alone. Any image, story, or entertainment that normalizes what is contrary to this design, or that stirs lust or an unchaste look, is not a small matter. Those who belong to Christ are called to chasten not only the act but the look and the imagination, and to pursue what is pure.
You asked that certain persons and images from that show would be removed from before you. We pray with you that the Lord would guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus, with the peace that surpasses all understanding. That peace does not come from merely changing what is on a screen, but from being at peace with Him and keeping a pure conscience before Him. When the mind is fixed on Him, the appeal of empty spectacles fades, and the soul finds greater delight in what is beautiful and spiritual and lasting than in what only entertains for a moment and then stings the conscience afterward.
So we pray for you in this way. Heavenly Father, we come before you in the name of Jesus Christ your Son. Grant to this dear one a spiritually minded heart that seeks life and peace. Wash and renew the mind, guard the heart in Christ, and grant strength to turn away from what does not build holiness. Help to choose what is pure and to find joy in what is good, and to walk in peace with you and with others. Give wisdom to set boundaries around what is watched and to fill the eyes and ears with what encourages faith and love. Lead into holiness, and keep from all that would cool love or trouble the soul. Amen.
If this show continues to be a source of temptation or distress, consider practical steps before the Lord. Turn it off, limit access to it, and replace it with what edifies. Fill the time with Scripture, prayer, fellowship, and wholesome work. Speak with a trusted pastor or mature believer who can walk with you and help you keep accountable. God delights to give strength to those who ask Him for a clean heart and who seek to live at peace with Him.
We understand your desire to be free from images and influences that trouble your conscience and draw the mind away from purity. God calls us to be spiritually minded, for to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. He also calls us to follow peace with all men and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord. That holiness involves not only our actions but our eyes, our thoughts, and what we allow before us.
The Scriptures teach that marriage is a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, and that sexual intimacy belongs within that covenant alone. Any image, story, or entertainment that normalizes what is contrary to this design, or that stirs lust or an unchaste look, is not a small matter. Those who belong to Christ are called to chasten not only the act but the look and the imagination, and to pursue what is pure.
You asked that certain persons and images from that show would be removed from before you. We pray with you that the Lord would guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus, with the peace that surpasses all understanding. That peace does not come from merely changing what is on a screen, but from being at peace with Him and keeping a pure conscience before Him. When the mind is fixed on Him, the appeal of empty spectacles fades, and the soul finds greater delight in what is beautiful and spiritual and lasting than in what only entertains for a moment and then stings the conscience afterward.
So we pray for you in this way. Heavenly Father, we come before you in the name of Jesus Christ your Son. Grant to this dear one a spiritually minded heart that seeks life and peace. Wash and renew the mind, guard the heart in Christ, and grant strength to turn away from what does not build holiness. Help to choose what is pure and to find joy in what is good, and to walk in peace with you and with others. Give wisdom to set boundaries around what is watched and to fill the eyes and ears with what encourages faith and love. Lead into holiness, and keep from all that would cool love or trouble the soul. Amen.
If this show continues to be a source of temptation or distress, consider practical steps before the Lord. Turn it off, limit access to it, and replace it with what edifies. Fill the time with Scripture, prayer, fellowship, and wholesome work. Speak with a trusted pastor or mature believer who can walk with you and help you keep accountable. God delights to give strength to those who ask Him for a clean heart and who seek to live at peace with Him.
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
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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
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Silas
Beloved of All
Your prayer for cleanness of heart and mind is heard, and your desire to be free from images that trouble you is a good and right desire. God values purity and holiness in our living, and that desire itself reflects His work in you.
Scripture says that God understands our thoughts in their very origin, before we even form them. He knows how they are formed and where they come from, He is acquainted with all our ways, and He knows our path and our resting. Nothing about what you are thinking or feeling is hidden from Him. At the same time His thoughts are not our thoughts and His ways are not our ways. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are His ways higher than ours and His thoughts than our thoughts. He knows the end from the beginning, so when He acts He knows it is right, while we often act and only hope it is right. That is why we can trust Him even when we do not understand how He will work.
You asked God to take away certain faces and images from a show that has been on your mind. That request comes from wanting to hate what is empty and vain and to love what is pure instead. The psalmist said, I hate vain thoughts but I love Your law, and he called the Lord his hiding place and shield, the place of his hope in the Word. It is right to turn away from what feeds empty or impure thoughts and to fill your mind with the law and Word of God. Scripture also warns that there are influences through media that seek to pour out godless ideas into our homes, and the call to the believer is to depart from evil and to keep the commandments of God.
God's thoughts toward you are precious and more in number than the sand, and His thoughts toward you are good and not evil. He gave Himself through Jesus Christ to redeem us from all iniquity, to cleanse us and to make a life of purity and holiness both possible and beautiful. If there are things that defile the mind, He invites the unrighteous to forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts and to return to the Lord, for He will have mercy and abundantly pardon.
Rather than only asking God to erase an image from a screen, ask Him also to do the deeper work in you. Pray as the psalmist prayed, Search me, O God, and know my heart, try me and know my thoughts. That is the prayer of someone who knows he does not fully know himself and wants God to reveal what is there and to cleanse it. Trials and testing often show us what is really in our hearts, because our opinion of ourselves is often higher than what we truly are. Let Him be the one who upholds you according to His Word when pressures come.
In practical terms, make His Word your hiding place. When an image or memory returns, turn to the Word and let it be your defense. Choose to put away what brings impurity into your mind and choose what builds parallel thoughts of what is right and true and just. The way of the righteous and the way of the wicked are set in contrast throughout Scripture, and God calls us to walk in the way that is pure, even as Christ is pure.
May the Lord keep you, cleanse your thoughts, and give you strength to love His law and to live in holiness. May you know how precious His thoughts are toward you, and may you find your hope and protection in His Word as He continues to redeem and shape your mind for His glory.
Scripture says that God understands our thoughts in their very origin, before we even form them. He knows how they are formed and where they come from, He is acquainted with all our ways, and He knows our path and our resting. Nothing about what you are thinking or feeling is hidden from Him. At the same time His thoughts are not our thoughts and His ways are not our ways. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are His ways higher than ours and His thoughts than our thoughts. He knows the end from the beginning, so when He acts He knows it is right, while we often act and only hope it is right. That is why we can trust Him even when we do not understand how He will work.
You asked God to take away certain faces and images from a show that has been on your mind. That request comes from wanting to hate what is empty and vain and to love what is pure instead. The psalmist said, I hate vain thoughts but I love Your law, and he called the Lord his hiding place and shield, the place of his hope in the Word. It is right to turn away from what feeds empty or impure thoughts and to fill your mind with the law and Word of God. Scripture also warns that there are influences through media that seek to pour out godless ideas into our homes, and the call to the believer is to depart from evil and to keep the commandments of God.
God's thoughts toward you are precious and more in number than the sand, and His thoughts toward you are good and not evil. He gave Himself through Jesus Christ to redeem us from all iniquity, to cleanse us and to make a life of purity and holiness both possible and beautiful. If there are things that defile the mind, He invites the unrighteous to forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts and to return to the Lord, for He will have mercy and abundantly pardon.
Rather than only asking God to erase an image from a screen, ask Him also to do the deeper work in you. Pray as the psalmist prayed, Search me, O God, and know my heart, try me and know my thoughts. That is the prayer of someone who knows he does not fully know himself and wants God to reveal what is there and to cleanse it. Trials and testing often show us what is really in our hearts, because our opinion of ourselves is often higher than what we truly are. Let Him be the one who upholds you according to His Word when pressures come.
In practical terms, make His Word your hiding place. When an image or memory returns, turn to the Word and let it be your defense. Choose to put away what brings impurity into your mind and choose what builds parallel thoughts of what is right and true and just. The way of the righteous and the way of the wicked are set in contrast throughout Scripture, and God calls us to walk in the way that is pure, even as Christ is pure.
May the Lord keep you, cleanse your thoughts, and give you strength to love His law and to live in holiness. May you know how precious His thoughts are toward you, and may you find your hope and protection in His Word as He continues to redeem and shape your mind for His glory.
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