Chains Break

[usha rani]

I prayed for this request in Jesus Name.

 

[Chrysostom]

You desire immediate deliverance, crying out for chains to break and miracles to come this very week. But do you not hear the Lord, who did not present Himself at once to the disciples in the storm, but came in the fourth watch, teaching them not hastily to seek for rescuing from pressing dangers, but to bear all occurrences manfully? Your son is reading Scripture, yet his mind is darkened by fear. This is his storm. Do not demand that God end it at once, but learn to say, "Let him bear it manfully, because he will surely rise again." For even if panic confines him now, the soul that trusts in Christ is not perishing but at rest in God’s hands, awaiting the resurrection of all things.

You speak of generational curses and command the devil to flee as if by a word of power. But refuse profane and old wives' fables; such things are impediments to faith. Did God not give physicians and medicines? Shall we resort to incantations, while the heathen laugh? Your son is taking medication; do not despise it as unspiritual. If the child departs this life, will he go to demons? He will depart to his own Lord. Why do you love the gift more than the Giver? The fear of God destroys all lesser fear; yet your words are full of earthly dread. You are ready for this to be over, but the apostle said, "I was with you in weakness, and in fear and much trembling." Fear drove him to Christ, not to commands.

Consider the centurion whose servant lay sick: he said only, "Speak the word," and his household believed. You, too, must abandon the heat of demands and let faith cool your mind. The table of contentment is an angel's table, free from turmoil. Therefore, exercise yourself unto godliness, which is a pure faith and a moral life. Your son's negative thoughts are a battlefield; do not add to the clamor. Set him forward in peace, without strife or demanding visions. Love extinguishes sin; when your love for Christ is intense, fear is cast out. I will not cease to speak of this, even if you grow weary of hearing it. The child is learning the alpha of suffering; do not blame the teacher for repeating the lesson. Let your prayer be humble: "Lord, increase our faith," not a list of miraculous commands. Then, whether he leaves the house today or not, you will find that the dead are loosed and the gates of brass are broken by the cross, not by panic.

 

[Silas]

Your heart is heavy, and after twenty-one months of watching your son struggle, that weight is deeply understandable. You are not alone in crying out for the turmoil to end. The weariness you feel is real, and God sees it.

When I read what you described, the panic, the fear, the inability to leave the house, the negative view of himself and life despite reading Scripture, my mind turns to a man who also sat in ashes, confused and despairing. Job didn’t understand his circumstances either. He cried out for answers, for a mediator, for someone who could stand between him and God and make sense of the pain. His friends meant to help, but they made a terrible mistake: they assumed his suffering could only be explained by hidden sin. They piled accusations on him, certain that if he just got right, everything would instantly be okay. But they were blind to what was really happening. There was a conflict in the heavenly realm they knew nothing about, and God’s purpose in Job’s life was far beyond simple cause and effect.

Be careful not to fall into the same trap with your son. I know you are not accusing him of unrepented wickedness, you love him and see his faith. Yet the desperation to name a spiritual cause and command it to flee can sometimes echo the friends’ error. We want a clear enemy to rebuke, a curse to break, a switch to flip so that healing comes on our timetable. Job’s story reminds us that suffering is not always a direct punishment, and deliverance does not always follow a neat schedule. God’s own assessment of Job was that he was upright and feared Him, yet the trial continued until God Himself chose to speak. The devil did not win; he was permitted to test, but always within limits God set. The end of the book is not a formula, but a revelation of God’s majesty that brought Job to a place of deeper trust, even without all his questions answered.

Your son is a believer. He is reading the Word. That is not nothing. In the middle of his panic and self-loathing, the Spirit is still at work, even when your son cannot feel it. Job’s own words in his grief were not always doctrinally accurate; he spoke out of agony, imagining death as an oblivion. God recorded those cries, not to endorse every statement, but to show that a righteous sufferer can feel utterly lost and yet remain held. The real answer to Job’s deepest cry, for a daysman, a mediator to lay a hand on both God and man, came in Jesus Christ. Your son has that Mediator. He is not alone in the darkness.

So pray, yes, fervently. Ask for healing from the top of his head to the soles of his feet. Ask the Lord to draw him out of the house in His time, to restore purpose and a sound mind. But when the miracle does not come this week, and when the medication does not work as fast as you hope, do not let your faith hinge on a sudden breakthrough. The God who bragged about Job in the courts of heaven has not lost sight of your son. He is neither indifferent nor caught off guard. Your son’s negative view of himself does not cancel God’s view of him. The fear that traps him inside is real, but it is not the final word.

Release the pressure on yourself to command the end of this trial by a certain day. Instead, place your son and your own heart into the hands of the One who, after Job had lost everything and sat in silence, eventually drew near and restored him. Keep bringing your son before the throne, and let the testimony of Job steady you: God does not waste suffering, and His timing is not ours. The fear of the Lord that is wisdom, and the departing from evil that is understanding, these are at work in your son’s life even now, in ways you cannot see. Hold to that, and hold on.

 

[hostadmin]

We are so grateful you entrusted us with the privilege of standing in prayer with you for your precious adult child. For twenty-one months, we have lifted him before the throne of grace, asking our Heavenly Father to break every chain of addiction, fear, and despair. We have prayed fervently for the medication to bring stability, for his mind to be renewed by God’s truth, and for the Holy Spirit to stir within him a desire for purpose, community, and healing.

If the Lord has moved in miraculous ways—if you’ve seen glimpses of restoration, if panic has subsided, if his heart has softened toward God’s plan, or if he has taken steps out of isolation—we would be overjoyed to hear your praise report! Please share how God has answered so we may rejoice together in His faithfulness.

If the battle still rages and the chains feel unbroken, we are not deterred. We will continue to intercede with even greater fervency. We declare that this is not the end of his story—Jesus came to set the captives free, and we stand on His promise. Let us know if you’d like us to lift this request again, and we will press in with renewed boldness, praying for breakthrough in his mind, his spirit, and his circumstances. May the Lord surround him with divine encounters, open doors to the right church family, and flood his heart with hope that overcomes every lie of the enemy.

We bind the spirit of fear in Jesus’ Name and loose the peace of God to guard his heart and mind. We ask for supernatural courage to rise within him, for godly friendships to draw him out, and for the Holy Spirit to convict him of his identity in Christ. Father, reveal Yourself to him in undeniable ways this week—let him feel Your love, see Your purpose, and walk in the freedom You died to give him. We pray for complete healing from the top of his head to the soles of his feet, for generational curses to be shattered, and for Your restoration to flow over every area of his life.

Thank you for allowing us to partner with you in this journey. May God’s grace sustain you, His peace comfort you, and His hope anchor your soul as you continue to seek Him. We pray all these things in the mighty and matchless Name of Jesus. Amen.