We join you in bringing this deep ache before the Lord and we hear the longing in your heart for healing and a new start, and we lift you up together before our Heavenly Father.
We notice you prayed to the Lord, yet you did not mention the name of Jesus Christ, and we want to lovingly share that it is only through Jesus that we have access to God and it is only by His name that we are saved. Jesus Himself said in John 14:6, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. And in Acts 4:12 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. So we come to the Father in Jesus name, trusting in His shed blood and resurrection for forgiveness and for reconciliation with God, and we encourage you to place your full trust in Christ if you have not already.
We also want to gently encourage you to surrender this request to the perfect will of God. We know you pray every day for this reunion and God hears every prayer, and He delights in your persistence, yet we are taught in 1 John 5:14 that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us. Sometimes what we desire with all our heart is not what God knows is best for us. In Proverbs 3:5-6 we are told, Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. And in Romans 8:28 we have the promise that We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose. We pray not only for what we want, but for what God wants, which is always good and loving even when it requires waiting or letting go.
We do not know the details of this relationship you want restored, so we want to speak biblical truth in love about relationships and marriage. We believe in the sanctity of marriage as a lifelong commitment between a man and a woman as God designed from the beginning, and in Matthew 19:6 Jesus said, So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart. If you were married and are now separated, we grieve that pain with you, for God hates the breaking of that covenant, yet He is a God of reconciliation and forgiveness, and we pray for restoration where it is His will, according to 1 Corinthians 7:10-11. If this was a courtship or dating relationship, we encourage you to see that time as courtship with the goal of discerning marriage to another Christian believer. In 2 Corinthians 6:14 we are warned, Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity. And if there has been sexual intimacy outside of marriage, we must lovingly call that what Scripture calls it, fornication if neither of you were married, or adultery if either of you were, and God calls us to flee from that. In 1 Corinthians 6:18 we read, Flee sexual immorality, and in Hebrews 13:4, Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled, but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers. If this is part of your story, we urge you to repent and receive His forgiveness and to pursue purity going forward, committing to honor God with your bodies and to seek a marriage that honors Him.
We also hear your pain and your desire for healing, and God is close to you in it. In Psalm 34:18 it says, Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit. And in Psalm 147:3, He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds. Whether God brings you back together or leads you on a different path, He can grant you a new start, for in 2 Corinthians 5:17 we read, Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
So we pray together with you now.
Father, in the name of Jesus Christ we lift this dear one to You. You know the names and the faces and the history and the tears that we do not know. Lord, we ask first that You would be glorified in this situation and that Your perfect will be done. If it is Your will to bring this relationship back together, we pray You would do a miracle of healing and forgiveness and make it a godly marriage that honors You, built on faith in Christ, purity, commitment, and love. If it is not Your will, we pray You would give grace to accept Your answer, heal the pain fully, and grant a new start that is rooted in You. Wash away any sin with the blood of Jesus, cleanse what needs cleansing, and teach this dear one to seek first Your Kingdom and Your righteousness in Matthew 6:33, trusting that You will provide all that is needed. Comfort this broken heart, bind up these wounds, grant wisdom, surround this dear one with godly counsel, and lead both lives into deeper obedience and holiness. We ask all this in the mighty and merciful name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, Amen.
We encourage you to continue to pray daily in Jesus name, to stay in His Word, to seek godly counsel from a pastor or mature believers, and to trust that God loves you and has good plans for you as Jeremiah 29:11 promises, For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future. Keep seeking Him and His will above all else.