Silas
Beloved of All
Your many prayers show a heart that carries a heavy burden for others as well as for your own needs, and it is good to bring all of these things to the Lord together.
There is a world full of conflict around us, between peoples and nations and even within homes and churches, yet the gospel is good news of peace. Through Jesus Christ we can have peace with God, and from that peace we can find peace within ourselves and then seek peace with others. As you ask for protection and breakthrough, for wisdom and encouragement, and for help to resolve conflicts both recent and long forgotten, ask the Lord to do that peacemaking work first in the heart and then in relationships, bringing conviction where it is needed and healing where there has been hurt.
You have asked for the Lord's anointing on outreaches, services, prayer gatherings and the preaching of the Word, and for many to come to salvation. The Lord desires that none should perish and salvation is through Jesus Christ alone. Pray that the Holy Spirit will work sovereignly as He wills, giving gifts and power as He chooses, and that love, which is greater than any gift, will be evident in all that is done. The power is not for show, but to meet real needs and to point people to Jesus.
You have asked for healing for many people and for yourself, for body and mind and soul wounds, for help with school and exams and work and weakness. I do believe God heals, and He heals in different ways. Sometimes He heals instantly and miraculously in a way you can even feel in the moment. Sometimes He heals gradually through the natural processes He Himself created in the body, and that gradual healing is no less divine because He is the one who designed those processes. Sometimes His healing is in the mind and emotions, mending deep scars and wounds inside. And sometimes in His sovereignty He does not remove a trial, as He did not remove the thorn from Paul though Paul prayed three times, but gives grace to endure. Scripture shows that Jesus bore our infirmities as well as our sins, as Isaiah foretold and Matthew applied to His healing ministry when He healed every kind of sickness and disease, and as we remember when we take the bread that His body was broken for us. I have seen miraculous healings and I have seen gradual healings, and I have also seen people not healed in this life, yet God remains faithful. So keep asking for miracles, and also trust His wisdom and love in how and when He answers.
For the relationships you mention, including those you describe as dysfunctional and those where there is pain and confusion, God's ideal for marriage is clear in Scripture. From the beginning His design was a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, a commitment that takes a lifetime of working through differences so that two become one and complete one another. Because of hardness of heart people fall short of that ideal, and God in His law made provision for that hardness, but the ideal remains. Falling short of that ideal is not beyond forgiveness, yet we should not ask God to bless what does not align with His design. Pray instead that God will bring conviction, repentance and purity, that He will stop what is not of Him, heal what is broken, and guide every relationship into what is holy and pleasing to Him. Where there has been gossip or words spoken that should not have been spoken, confess it to the Lord and where needed to those involved, and ask Him to turn it into a blessing and true reconciliation.
You also carry a burden for persecuted Christians, for those who are unsaved, for the peace of Israel, for those suffering in war zones and calamities, and for abused children. These are right and heavy prayers. God has established order and He cares about justice and mercy, and He calls us to pray for those who suffer and for those who cause suffering to be confronted and changed.
For your own place in the church, for work and for meetings and for the team around you, ask God to lead and guide and protect, to give you wisdom and strength and love and favor, and to help you do your work in a way that pleases Him. When you feel weak, that is a good place to depend on Him. When there are hurts or misunderstandings in the church, ask Him to speak to everyone involved and to bring healing in a true way, raising up more people who will pray faithfully.
May the Lord encourage you greatly, defeat the works of the enemy, and fill you with hope. He is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, and our prayer is that the earth would be filled with His glory.
Father, in the name of Jesus we bring all of these needs to You. Grant protection and breakthrough, wisdom and anointing, conviction and healing, peace where there is conflict, and salvation for many. Heal bodies and minds and souls according to Your perfect will, guide relationships into Your design, provide for work and school and daily needs, and anoint every opportunity to share Your Word. Let Your presence be known and Your will be done. Amen
There is a world full of conflict around us, between peoples and nations and even within homes and churches, yet the gospel is good news of peace. Through Jesus Christ we can have peace with God, and from that peace we can find peace within ourselves and then seek peace with others. As you ask for protection and breakthrough, for wisdom and encouragement, and for help to resolve conflicts both recent and long forgotten, ask the Lord to do that peacemaking work first in the heart and then in relationships, bringing conviction where it is needed and healing where there has been hurt.
You have asked for the Lord's anointing on outreaches, services, prayer gatherings and the preaching of the Word, and for many to come to salvation. The Lord desires that none should perish and salvation is through Jesus Christ alone. Pray that the Holy Spirit will work sovereignly as He wills, giving gifts and power as He chooses, and that love, which is greater than any gift, will be evident in all that is done. The power is not for show, but to meet real needs and to point people to Jesus.
You have asked for healing for many people and for yourself, for body and mind and soul wounds, for help with school and exams and work and weakness. I do believe God heals, and He heals in different ways. Sometimes He heals instantly and miraculously in a way you can even feel in the moment. Sometimes He heals gradually through the natural processes He Himself created in the body, and that gradual healing is no less divine because He is the one who designed those processes. Sometimes His healing is in the mind and emotions, mending deep scars and wounds inside. And sometimes in His sovereignty He does not remove a trial, as He did not remove the thorn from Paul though Paul prayed three times, but gives grace to endure. Scripture shows that Jesus bore our infirmities as well as our sins, as Isaiah foretold and Matthew applied to His healing ministry when He healed every kind of sickness and disease, and as we remember when we take the bread that His body was broken for us. I have seen miraculous healings and I have seen gradual healings, and I have also seen people not healed in this life, yet God remains faithful. So keep asking for miracles, and also trust His wisdom and love in how and when He answers.
For the relationships you mention, including those you describe as dysfunctional and those where there is pain and confusion, God's ideal for marriage is clear in Scripture. From the beginning His design was a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, a commitment that takes a lifetime of working through differences so that two become one and complete one another. Because of hardness of heart people fall short of that ideal, and God in His law made provision for that hardness, but the ideal remains. Falling short of that ideal is not beyond forgiveness, yet we should not ask God to bless what does not align with His design. Pray instead that God will bring conviction, repentance and purity, that He will stop what is not of Him, heal what is broken, and guide every relationship into what is holy and pleasing to Him. Where there has been gossip or words spoken that should not have been spoken, confess it to the Lord and where needed to those involved, and ask Him to turn it into a blessing and true reconciliation.
You also carry a burden for persecuted Christians, for those who are unsaved, for the peace of Israel, for those suffering in war zones and calamities, and for abused children. These are right and heavy prayers. God has established order and He cares about justice and mercy, and He calls us to pray for those who suffer and for those who cause suffering to be confronted and changed.
For your own place in the church, for work and for meetings and for the team around you, ask God to lead and guide and protect, to give you wisdom and strength and love and favor, and to help you do your work in a way that pleases Him. When you feel weak, that is a good place to depend on Him. When there are hurts or misunderstandings in the church, ask Him to speak to everyone involved and to bring healing in a true way, raising up more people who will pray faithfully.
May the Lord encourage you greatly, defeat the works of the enemy, and fill you with hope. He is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, and our prayer is that the earth would be filled with His glory.
Father, in the name of Jesus we bring all of these needs to You. Grant protection and breakthrough, wisdom and anointing, conviction and healing, peace where there is conflict, and salvation for many. Heal bodies and minds and souls according to Your perfect will, guide relationships into Your design, provide for work and school and daily needs, and anoint every opportunity to share Your Word. Let Your presence be known and Your will be done. Amen
