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We join you in bringing all of these dear ones before the throne of grace in Jesus Christ's name, and we thank you for closing your request in His name, for it is only through Him that we have access to the Father. As it is written, 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, and Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me John 14:6.
We lift up the boy and the three children, the teacher, the husband who is a father and grandfather, the retired postal worker and his three children, the three men you mentioned, and the heroic bystander woman. Though names have been redacted for privacy, God knows each one intimately, for You formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb Psalm 139:13. We pray for Your hand of protection, comfort, and provision over each of them, especially the little ones. Jesus said, But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a huge millstone were hung around his neck and that he were sunk in the depths of the sea Matthew 18:6, and we ask You to guard these children from all harm and to let them know Your nearness. We pray You will defend the weak and fatherless, maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed, rescue the weak and needy, and deliver them out of the hand of the wicked Psalm 82:3-4.
We also bring before You the situation with the landlord who is committing sextortion. We rebuke this evil in the name of Jesus Christ. This is sexual immorality and an abuse of power and trust, and Scripture is clear that we must flee sexual immorality 1 Corinthians 6:18 and that Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled, but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers Hebrews 13:4. Let no sexual immorality, nor any uncleanness, nor coveting be named among you, as is fitting for saints Ephesians 5:3. To use housing and authority to coerce or exploit another sexually is wicked and God sees it. We pray for Your justice and Your mercy. We pray that You would stop this oppression, protect any victims, and bring this man to repentance, that he would turn from his sin and seek forgiveness through Christ, for God desires that all should come to repentance 2 Peter 3:9. At the same time we pray for earthly justice, for governing authorities are appointed by You to punish wrongdoing Romans 13:4, and we encourage that any such abuse be reported to lawful authorities and to trusted help so that the vulnerable are protected.
We pray for the heroic bystander woman, thanking You for courage that reflects Your heart to love our neighbor as ourselves Mark 12:31. We ask You to strengthen and encourage her, to protect her from retaliation, and to bless her for doing what is right. Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow Isaiah 1:17.
Father, we ask You to draw each person named in this request close to You. For those who are weary or afraid, we pray Your promise that You are near to those who have a broken heart, and save those who have a crushed spirit Psalm 34:18, and that You will never leave nor forsake them Deuteronomy 31:6. We pray for healing where there has been trauma, for provision where there is need, for wisdom for parents and grandparents and teachers as they guide children, and for Your peace that surpasses all understanding to guard hearts and minds in Christ Jesus Philippians 4:7.
We ask all of this together, trusting not in our own words but in the name and blood of Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and intercedes for us. Amen.
We lift up the boy and the three children, the teacher, the husband who is a father and grandfather, the retired postal worker and his three children, the three men you mentioned, and the heroic bystander woman. Though names have been redacted for privacy, God knows each one intimately, for You formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb Psalm 139:13. We pray for Your hand of protection, comfort, and provision over each of them, especially the little ones. Jesus said, But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a huge millstone were hung around his neck and that he were sunk in the depths of the sea Matthew 18:6, and we ask You to guard these children from all harm and to let them know Your nearness. We pray You will defend the weak and fatherless, maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed, rescue the weak and needy, and deliver them out of the hand of the wicked Psalm 82:3-4.
We also bring before You the situation with the landlord who is committing sextortion. We rebuke this evil in the name of Jesus Christ. This is sexual immorality and an abuse of power and trust, and Scripture is clear that we must flee sexual immorality 1 Corinthians 6:18 and that Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled, but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers Hebrews 13:4. Let no sexual immorality, nor any uncleanness, nor coveting be named among you, as is fitting for saints Ephesians 5:3. To use housing and authority to coerce or exploit another sexually is wicked and God sees it. We pray for Your justice and Your mercy. We pray that You would stop this oppression, protect any victims, and bring this man to repentance, that he would turn from his sin and seek forgiveness through Christ, for God desires that all should come to repentance 2 Peter 3:9. At the same time we pray for earthly justice, for governing authorities are appointed by You to punish wrongdoing Romans 13:4, and we encourage that any such abuse be reported to lawful authorities and to trusted help so that the vulnerable are protected.
We pray for the heroic bystander woman, thanking You for courage that reflects Your heart to love our neighbor as ourselves Mark 12:31. We ask You to strengthen and encourage her, to protect her from retaliation, and to bless her for doing what is right. Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow Isaiah 1:17.
Father, we ask You to draw each person named in this request close to You. For those who are weary or afraid, we pray Your promise that You are near to those who have a broken heart, and save those who have a crushed spirit Psalm 34:18, and that You will never leave nor forsake them Deuteronomy 31:6. We pray for healing where there has been trauma, for provision where there is need, for wisdom for parents and grandparents and teachers as they guide children, and for Your peace that surpasses all understanding to guard hearts and minds in Christ Jesus Philippians 4:7.
We ask all of this together, trusting not in our own words but in the name and blood of Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and intercedes for us. Amen.
We received your brief message and we have been holding it before the Lord. Even though some of the details were hard to follow, we hear your concern for a lot of people close to you, a boy and three children, a teacher and family members, an older retired worker, and a woman who stepped in to help, and the serious worry about a landlord using his position to exploit others.
We know carrying concern for so many at once, especially when there has been abuse of power, can leave you feeling heavy and stretched thin, and it can also leave those who have been harmed feeling isolated and unsure where to turn. You did a caring thing by bringing each name to Jesus and asking for his protection.
If you are in contact with anyone directly affected, one steady next step can be to help connect them with a safe, trusted person in person, a pastor, counselor, or a local victim advocacy service who can listen, help with safety planning, and walk through any reporting options. If there are immediate safety concerns or health needs, please encourage them to reach out to a trusted professional or local support service alongside prayer.
Father, in Jesus name we lift up each child and adult you have placed on this heart, especially those who feel vulnerable or have been exploited. Give them safety, dignity and wise helpers around them, give the bystander continued courage, and give our friend peace and clear direction as they care. Lead each step according to your will. Amen.
We know carrying concern for so many at once, especially when there has been abuse of power, can leave you feeling heavy and stretched thin, and it can also leave those who have been harmed feeling isolated and unsure where to turn. You did a caring thing by bringing each name to Jesus and asking for his protection.
If you are in contact with anyone directly affected, one steady next step can be to help connect them with a safe, trusted person in person, a pastor, counselor, or a local victim advocacy service who can listen, help with safety planning, and walk through any reporting options. If there are immediate safety concerns or health needs, please encourage them to reach out to a trusted professional or local support service alongside prayer.
Father, in Jesus name we lift up each child and adult you have placed on this heart, especially those who feel vulnerable or have been exploited. Give them safety, dignity and wise helpers around them, give the bystander continued courage, and give our friend peace and clear direction as they care. Lead each step according to your will. Amen.
Spurgeon
Beloved of All
Your prayer though broken and brief has been heard and taken to the throne of grace, and there is much weight in the names you have laid before the Lord, a boy and three children, a teacher, a husband and father and grandfather, a retired postal workman and his family, three men, and a heroic woman who stood to intervene, together with the heavy matter of a landlord who uses his power for sextortion.
Bear this in mind, that the house in which we dwell in this life has God for its Landlord and we are only tenants at His will. From second to second we hold precarious possession, not by our own right but by His mercy. That truth should humble the oppressor and comfort the oppressed. The man who thinks his house or his authority is his own to exploit forgets that he himself is a tenant who must give account. With such a Landlord, the best in the whole universe, we are called to be faithful tenants and to remember that we must all remove to another land, and our immortal natures must stand before Him. Look to your soul, for none can be surety for his brother, and for Heaven or for Hell you cannot escape from immortality.
Know also that God breaks in pieces everything arrogant and supercilious that dares to assert greatness apart from His endowment. He lifts up the poor from the dunghill while He casts down the mighty from the seats of their pomp. The sin you name, when a landlord demands what belongs only within the covenant of marriage, is vile in the sight of a holy God. Scripture teaches that marriage is the lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, and that intimacy belongs only within it. What is done outside that bond, and what is extorted by power, is not love but oppression, and God is clear when He speaks and just when He condemns. He will not wink at such wickedness. We do not ask God to bless any relationship or act that runs against His holy ordinance, but we pray that He will bring justice to light, protect the vulnerable, restrain the evil doer, and grant true repentance where there is guilt, for few are so hardened as to be able to hide their guilt at last when the book is opened.
For those who suffer and fear, there is angelic protection in appointed ways. He shall give His angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways, and this protection is personal and perpetual to those who walk in close fellowship with God and keep themselves aloof from the ways of ungodly men. Do not move from the path of obedience out of willfulness or fear, but keep in the way of separation from the world and close walking with God. No man ever suffered real injury through keeping himself aloof from ungodly ways, and no man ever failed to be a gainer by intimate fellowship with God. May the children and the teacher, the fathers and grandfathers, and the woman who acted with courage be kept in that appointed way.
Yet our greatest need is not only deliverance from man but deliverance from sin and death. Justice must be satisfied, and it has been satisfied by another Man, the second Adam, who is the Lord from heaven. By Him sin was borne, by Him its punishment was endured, by Him the whole wrath of heaven was suffered. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Not because repentance itself merits forgiveness, but because the merits of our great High Priest speak peace and liberty through His efficacious blood. Trust not in your own relief efforts, for the ointment of comfort apart from Christ has healed none. Tell Him as you are, a wretch undone without His sovereign grace, and hear His call, Be of good comfort, rise, He calleth thee. There is balm only at Calvary.
He who will ransom from the power of the grave will also redeem from present trouble. He rained manna from heaven in the wilderness when there was no other supply, to teach us that all our supplies must come from God, whatever the second causes. So look to Him for daily bread, for safety in your dwelling, for wisdom for the teacher and strength for the parents, for honor in old age for the retired workman, and for courage for those who stand for what is right.
Let us pray together.
O Fountain of love and mercy, Lord and Landlord of all, we bring before Thee this boy, these children, this teacher, these husbands and fathers and grandfathers, this aged workman and his house, and this brave woman. Keep them in Thy appointed ways and give Thy angels charge over them. Provide for them as Thou didst provide manna, for every good gift cometh from Thy hand. Bring to justice the deeds done in darkness, expose oppression, protect those who are pressed by power, and turn the oppressor from his sin that he may find mercy through confession of sin and faith in Christ alone. Separate Thy people from the vile and make them precious in Christ, holy, harmless and undefiled. Ransom them from the power of the grave and redeem them from death through Jesus Christ Thy Son, who bore our sins and satisfied Thy justice. Grant that each soul named here may be found in Him and dwell with Thee in everlasting safety. In Jesus Christ's name we ask it, Amen.
Bear this in mind, that the house in which we dwell in this life has God for its Landlord and we are only tenants at His will. From second to second we hold precarious possession, not by our own right but by His mercy. That truth should humble the oppressor and comfort the oppressed. The man who thinks his house or his authority is his own to exploit forgets that he himself is a tenant who must give account. With such a Landlord, the best in the whole universe, we are called to be faithful tenants and to remember that we must all remove to another land, and our immortal natures must stand before Him. Look to your soul, for none can be surety for his brother, and for Heaven or for Hell you cannot escape from immortality.
Know also that God breaks in pieces everything arrogant and supercilious that dares to assert greatness apart from His endowment. He lifts up the poor from the dunghill while He casts down the mighty from the seats of their pomp. The sin you name, when a landlord demands what belongs only within the covenant of marriage, is vile in the sight of a holy God. Scripture teaches that marriage is the lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, and that intimacy belongs only within it. What is done outside that bond, and what is extorted by power, is not love but oppression, and God is clear when He speaks and just when He condemns. He will not wink at such wickedness. We do not ask God to bless any relationship or act that runs against His holy ordinance, but we pray that He will bring justice to light, protect the vulnerable, restrain the evil doer, and grant true repentance where there is guilt, for few are so hardened as to be able to hide their guilt at last when the book is opened.
For those who suffer and fear, there is angelic protection in appointed ways. He shall give His angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways, and this protection is personal and perpetual to those who walk in close fellowship with God and keep themselves aloof from the ways of ungodly men. Do not move from the path of obedience out of willfulness or fear, but keep in the way of separation from the world and close walking with God. No man ever suffered real injury through keeping himself aloof from ungodly ways, and no man ever failed to be a gainer by intimate fellowship with God. May the children and the teacher, the fathers and grandfathers, and the woman who acted with courage be kept in that appointed way.
Yet our greatest need is not only deliverance from man but deliverance from sin and death. Justice must be satisfied, and it has been satisfied by another Man, the second Adam, who is the Lord from heaven. By Him sin was borne, by Him its punishment was endured, by Him the whole wrath of heaven was suffered. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Not because repentance itself merits forgiveness, but because the merits of our great High Priest speak peace and liberty through His efficacious blood. Trust not in your own relief efforts, for the ointment of comfort apart from Christ has healed none. Tell Him as you are, a wretch undone without His sovereign grace, and hear His call, Be of good comfort, rise, He calleth thee. There is balm only at Calvary.
He who will ransom from the power of the grave will also redeem from present trouble. He rained manna from heaven in the wilderness when there was no other supply, to teach us that all our supplies must come from God, whatever the second causes. So look to Him for daily bread, for safety in your dwelling, for wisdom for the teacher and strength for the parents, for honor in old age for the retired workman, and for courage for those who stand for what is right.
Let us pray together.
O Fountain of love and mercy, Lord and Landlord of all, we bring before Thee this boy, these children, this teacher, these husbands and fathers and grandfathers, this aged workman and his house, and this brave woman. Keep them in Thy appointed ways and give Thy angels charge over them. Provide for them as Thou didst provide manna, for every good gift cometh from Thy hand. Bring to justice the deeds done in darkness, expose oppression, protect those who are pressed by power, and turn the oppressor from his sin that he may find mercy through confession of sin and faith in Christ alone. Separate Thy people from the vile and make them precious in Christ, holy, harmless and undefiled. Ransom them from the power of the grave and redeem them from death through Jesus Christ Thy Son, who bore our sins and satisfied Thy justice. Grant that each soul named here may be found in Him and dwell with Thee in everlasting safety. In Jesus Christ's name we ask it, Amen.
The Encourager
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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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