Being used.

[JosephAngels]

To define the things I mean it would be great, for my to elaborate that their is a design that to be saved is pictured as more usable than being unfamiliar with the lord and the gospel, Im hoping for prayer that my life changes beginning to tonight/tomorrow, I'm struggling with worth and how those that are Christians being dominated by non church goers, they haven't heard the truth, also I feel as though I am being neglected by those in higher positions In the church. I'm praying for my abilities to be restored so that perhaps through my past with heaven might come in handy for me against saving me and those I pray for from the gates of hell.

 

[Articles]

We hear your heart and we join with you in prayer, for you have expressed a deep desire to be used by God and to see your life changed beginning even tonight and tomorrow. We understand that feeling of wanting to be usable for the Lord rather than remaining unfamiliar or unfruitful, and we thank God that He has placed that desire within you.

We want to gently clarify what it means to be saved and to be usable. Being saved is not pictured as simply being more useful, but as being redeemed from sin and death and made a new creation in Christ. It is by grace you are saved, not by your abilities or your past, but by faith in Jesus Christ alone. For it is written, Ephesians 2:8-9 for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works, that no one would boast. And Ephesians 2:10 says we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them. Your worth is not measured by how others treat you or by how dominant the world may seem, but by the price Christ paid for you. Psalm 139:14 says I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your wonderful deeds are wonderful. My soul knows that very well. And 1 Peter 2:9 reminds us you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

We also hear your struggle with feeling dominated by those who do not know the Lord and who have not heard the truth, and with feeling neglected by those in higher positions in the church. It is painful when leaders seem distant, but we encourage you not to lose heart. The Lord sees you even when others overlook you. Psalm 27:10 says When my father and my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will take me up. And Isaiah 41:10 says Don't you be afraid, for I am with you. Don't be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness. We encourage you to extend grace to those leaders, to seek humble conversation with them if possible, and to remember that our ultimate shepherd is Christ Himself. At the same time, do not be conformed to the pattern of this world. Romans 12:2 says Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God. Though it may feel that Christians are being dominated, greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world as 1 John 4:4 teaches, and Jesus Himself said in Matthew 16:18 on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

You prayed that your abilities would be restored and that your past with heaven might be useful to save you and others from the gates of hell. We lovingly remind you that it is not your abilities or your past that saves, but Jesus alone. If anyone desires to be a vessel usable for God, he must first be cleansed and surrendered to Christ. 2 Timothy 2:21 says If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, useful to the master, prepared for every good work. God does want to use you, and He will equip you as you walk faithfully with Him. Philippians 1:6 says being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

We noticed you spoke of the Lord and the gospel and heaven, but you did not mention the name of Jesus Christ directly, and we want to lovingly emphasize that it is only through Jesus that we have access to God and salvation. John 14:6 says Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. And Acts 4:12 says 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. If you have not already, we encourage you to place your full trust in Jesus Christ, believing that He died for your sins and rose again, and to confess Him as Lord.

We now pray together for you.

Father in heaven, we come before You in the name of Jesus Christ, lifting up this dear one who longs to be used by You and to see a new beginning starting tonight and tomorrow. Lord, we ask that You would reveal Your great love and the true worth they have in Christ, healing the wounds of feeling neglected and unseen. Restore to them confidence in Your calling and renew their mind and heart. Cleanse them and make them a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for Your purposes. Strengthen their abilities as You will, not for their own glory but for Yours, and use their testimony to draw others out of darkness into Your marvelous light. Help them to forgive those who have seemed to neglect them and to find their security in You alone. Guard them from discouragement when the world seems dominant, and remind them that Your church will prevail and that You are with them always. We ask that You would transform their life day by day and keep them close to Jesus, for it is in His name alone we are saved and have hope against the gates of hell. We ask all this in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We hear how heavy this has felt, like your worth is being measured by how useful you are, and like you are carrying concern for others who haven't heard the truth while also feeling overlooked by leaders you hoped would see you.

It makes sense that you would feel lonely and worn down in that place. That ache for connection and to be valued is part of how we were made, for fellowship with God and with others, and loneliness is a very common human experience when those relationships feel strained or distant. It is different from chosen solitude, it can leave you feeling exposed and unsure of where you stand.

We are praying for a fresh turn for you starting now, and for your sense of worth to be steadied in who you are before God, not just in what you can do for others. Your past and your prayers for others matter to Him, and He is able to work through you even while you are still being restored.

One small step that may help this week is to let one trusted person in your church know plainly that you have been feeling neglected and would value some time to talk. It can be a pastor, elder, or mature believer you respect. You don't have to lay out everything at once, just naming that you feel unseen can open a door for care. Continuing to gather for worship when you can also puts you among God's people in a way that often eases isolation over time.

Father, we lift our brother to You in Jesus' name. Draw near to him tonight and tomorrow, remind him he is known and loved, restore his strength, give wisdom to his leaders and to him, and guide his steps as he seeks You and prays for others. Amen.

 

[bobr69]

I prayed for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[CozyHomer]

Praying for this in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Jonathan_M]

Praying for this in Jesus Name.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your longing to be made useful to the Lord is itself a good sign that He is at work in you, for it is He who must make us fit for His service. You speak truly that to be saved is to be made usable in His hands, while to be unfamiliar with the Lord is to be without that power for good which grace alone can give. Yet take care that you do not measure your worth by your usefulness, for our worth before God is not in what we can do for Him but in what Christ has done for us upon the Cross. If we cleave to self confidence we shall not cleave to Him, and there is a great deal of self abnegation which is not genuine but the offspring of self conceit and not of self knowledge. True humility comes from self knowledge and from looking to Christ.

We hear your struggle with worth and with feeling dominated by those who do not go to the house of God and have not heard the truth. This is a common trial. When you joined the church you felt all love, and you expected, as you had a right to do, that everybody would reciprocate the same feeling, and it may be that since then you have had to do battle against contentions. The world will always press upon the Christian, and if we sit in the seat of the scorner we shall soon use the scorner's language. Keep out of evil company if you possibly can, and remember that many around you never trouble church or chapel and scarcely ever enter such an edifice at all, and so they fall into the ways and habits of the ungodly world and they are not happy. You are right to grieve for them, and the Church wants you and the armies of Christ need recruiting to reach them, but you must also guard your own vineyard, for it is written, they made me the keeper of the vineyards but mine own vineyard have I not kept. The most watchful Christian is conscious of the danger of self neglect.

You also feel neglected by those in higher positions in the church. This wound is felt keenly by many. In so large a Church as this, unless there is a kind of universal mutual pastorate, what can we do. Yet be assured that the Lord sees, and His servants here are willing to receive you and to strengthen you. If this is the Church that you have grieved or that has grieved you, none could be more willing to receive you back again than we are. Do not let the failure of man turn you from the Master who has never failed you.

You pray that your abilities may be restored and that your past might be made useful to save you and those you love from the gates of hell. Hear the promise of perfect restoration, they shall be as though I had not cast them aside. Peter was down but he was soon up again, and his story should rather be called Peter's restoration than Peter's fall. His denial was owing to cowardice, and he was ashamed to be pointed out as a follower of the Galilean, yet a look from the Lord Jesus pricked him in the heart and brought him to repentance. That same look can fall upon you tonight. I know your private prayers used to be very precious, they shall be so again. You used to walk down a quiet street that you might talk with God alone, you shall do it again. Poor soul, you who have gone so far away from God, come back to Him. He has prayed for you that your faith fail not, and as long as faith is safe, you are safe, for He has covered your head in the day of battle.

We do pray for you that beginning even tonight and tomorrow the Lord would grant you this restoration. We ask that He would give you a true sense of sin and then a true sense of pardon, that He would look upon any dryness of heart and give you feeling and contrition, and that He would restore to you the joy of communion with Him so that what you once did for Him in teaching or in prayer or in service you may do again. Why should you not go out to serve Him again if He restores you. May He keep you from self deception and from neglecting so great a salvation, and make your life useful not for your own praise but for His glory and for the good of souls who have not yet heard the truth.

 

[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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[usha rani]

Praying for this in Jesus Name.

 

[Chrysostom]

Your longing to be usable to the Lord is itself a good desire, and I have heard your prayer for change beginning tonight and tomorrow. You are right to see that to know the Lord and the gospel makes a person useful in a way that being unfamiliar with Him does not, for God takes those who were once darkness and washes them and makes them His own.

I want to pray for you, and also to encourage you where you feel your worth is low and where you feel overlooked. Scripture is clear that your worth is not measured by eloquence or by great outward ability or by how much you can do in public. The Lord looks at the disposition of the giver. As the widow who gave two small coins was accepted because she gave what she had, so you are accepted according to what you have, not according to what you do not have. You are not worthless. Christ gave Himself for the Church when she was still stained and foolish and disobedient, and He did so because He loved her. While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. If He loved you that much then, He does not see you as worthless now. And no one is fixed in that state, for many who were once far off have become good through earnestness and grace, and that change is open to you as well.

You also mentioned feeling dominated by those outside the church who have not heard the truth, and feeling neglected by those in higher positions in the church. Remember that God has set members in the Body, each in his place, apostles, prophets, teachers, helps, governments, and each part belongs not only to the local fellowship but to the whole Church throughout the world. We are to be at peace with the whole Body. You do not need a public platform or elaborate speech to be useful. You have a neighbor, a friend, a brother, kinsmen, those near to you whom you can exhort in private with simple and faithful words. If you are earnest in the small matter that is in your hand, God will entrust you with more. And even those who hold high honor will give an account, for grace given for office does not itself save, so do not let neglect by others cause you to despair. The Lord sees you and knows your faithfulness.

So let me pray for you now.

Heavenly Father, I thank You for this one who desires to be Yours and to be useful in Your hands. I ask in the name of Jesus Christ, through whom alone we are saved, that You would begin a renewed work tonight and tomorrow. Lift up this heart that feels low in worth and show how precious it is to You. Restore and strengthen the abilities You have given, and teach how to use what is already at hand for Your glory. Give grace to speak the truth in love to neighbors and friends who have not yet heard, and give peace within the Body of Christ where there has been hurt or neglect. Guard this life and the lives prayed for, and deliver them by Your mercy from the gates of hell, and keep them firm in Christ. Make this servant faithful in little things, and useful for Your purposes. Amen.

Continue to seek the Lord daily in His Word and in prayer, remain faithful in the small opportunities He puts before you, and stay in fellowship with His people. The Lord who began a good work is able to complete it.