We join you in lifting up these many ongoing needs before our Father and we thank you for your heart to intercede for others and to ask Him to draw each person praying here into deeper Agape love, into His presence, and into spiritual growth each day.
We agree with you for every Christian to be stirred to pray for the requests posted, bearing one another's burdens and so fulfilling the law of Christ, Galatians 6:2. We also join you in praying for those who do not yet know Him, including your loved one and his children, that they would come into a real saving relationship with Jesus Christ. For there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 1 Timothy 2:5, 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 pray that God who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth, 1 Timothy 2:4, would open their eyes and draw them to repentance and faith in Jesus, for 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.
We praise God for your desire that your family continue to study the Bible and pray together. We pray you will continue steadfastly in this, for His word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path, Psalm 119:105, and that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God, Colossians 1:9-10.
We bring before the Lord all the children of those praying here and your own family. We ask for His divine protection over them to survive tough times, for He will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways, Psalm 91:11, and that no weapon that is formed against them will prosper, Isaiah 54:17. We pray they will grow in wisdom, discernment and revelation, for if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him, James 1:5, and that the Lord will give them understanding in all things, 2 Timothy 2:7. We pray for their freedom, restoration and wholeness, for He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds, Psalm 147:3. We pray they will understand His purpose for their lives, for we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose, Romans 8:28, and that they will have a sound mind and a right attitude, for God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control, 2 Timothy 1:7. We pray they will maintain strong and fulfilling relationships that honor God and resist evil influences and destructive behavior, that they will submit themselves to God, resist the devil and he will flee, James 4:7.
We affirm your prayer that they avoid all sexual pollution and temptation. We agree this is the will of God, for we are to flee sexual immorality, 1 Corinthians 6:18, and to keep the marriage bed undefiled, Hebrews 13:4. We pray they will walk in purity before marriage and honor the sanctity of marriage as a lifelong covenant between one man and one woman, and that they will enjoy a successful biblical marriage and raise godly children, training them in the way they should go, Proverbs 22:6. We pray each one will find a productive life moving in His purpose, for we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them, Ephesians 2:10.
We lift up your loved one to the Lord, asking for continued protection, favor, and safety from all dangers, for Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul, Psalm 121:7. We pray for her marriage that it would be strengthened and kept in holiness and unity, for what God has joined together, let no man separate, Mark 10:9, and for the salvation of her husband, that he would believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved, Acts 16:31. We pray for family unity, that you all may be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, Philippians 2:2, and for her to do well in school and to find her niche in the work world, that whatever she does, to work heartily, as for the Lord, Colossians 3:23.
We pray for your other loved one concerning finances, that God would give wisdom to guide the use of finances and to save, and that He would supply every need according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus, Philippians 4:19. We pray for healing from heart palpitations and from depression and difficult emotions, that the Lord would calm his heart and grant a sound mind, for He has not given us fear, and that he would cast all his anxiety on Him, because He cares for you, 1 Peter 5:7. We pray he will be strengthened to eat healthy and to exercise and to steward his body as a temple of the Holy Spirit, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, and to see and exercise his spiritual gifting for the building up of the body. We pray the Lord will prepare him for a healthy godly marriage, for whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh, Proverbs 18:22, and that he would seek a wife who is a Christian believer and pursue courtship with marriage as the goal, keeping himself pure.
We pray for all who are burdened with panic and anxiety, including patients and their families and loved ones, that in nothing they would be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let their requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard their hearts and their thoughts in Christ Jesus, Philippians 4:6-7. We ask the Lord to save, comfort and calm them and to give His perfect peace.
We lift up the woman who suffered assault and who is facing abuse from her former partner. We ask for her salvation, healing and protection, that the Lord would be her refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble, Psalm 46:1, and that He would provide a way of escape, 1 Corinthians 10:13, and bring justice and safety. We pray for every single mother suffering burnout as she protects her children, that the Lord would rescue, save and provide for them, that He would be a father to the fatherless and defend the cause of the widow and the vulnerable, Psalm 68:5, and that those who are weary and burdened would come to Jesus and find rest, Matthew 11:28.
We pray for safety in all travels and protection at every destination, that Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more, Psalm 121:8.
Father, we thank You that You hear us when we pray in Jesus' name. We ask all these things according to Your will, trusting Your love and Your power to answer. We give You all praise, credit and thanksgiving, in Jesus' name, Amen.