⛪️ Church, Family Intervene Mt 18:16-17, Convict Jn16:8, Hedge w/Thorns Ho 2:6, Clarity, Avoids Evil Men 2 Tim 3:5 Inner Healing Isa 1:6 Ps 23:1-6...

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️ Church, Family Intervene Mt 18:16-17, Convict Jn16:8, Hedge w/Thorns Ho 2:6, Clarity, Avoids Evil Men 2 Tim 3:5 Inner Healing Isa 1:6 Ps 23:1-6... Stops Sinning, Receives Knowledge of God, 1 Cor 8:1, Prov 9:10, Prov 8:13... Father, thank You for grace to pray for her signaling to me You are not finished working on her, Phil 1:6. Thank You in advance for hedging her way with thorns so she can't overtake her lovers, Hosea 2:6-7, let her come to her senses as the prodigal who in Luke 15:17-19 admitting sinning against GOD and man, being humble and willing to take on a place of a servant, demonstrating repentance unto life, 2 Cor 7:9-11, knowing I'd be like the Prodigal's Father, and have compassion, Luke 15:20, to demonstrate Your perfect patience, 1 Tim 1:15-16, if she is truly repentant and is truly born again, being forbidden to be unequally yoked, 2 Cor 6:14, as the law says, Deut 22:10, and even need a similar vision, Amos 3:3, as she had promised to support your calling as an evangelist, missionary, but ran from all advice, did the opposite and ran from all counsellors with any type of backbone, nevertheless if You make her holy, I will not call her unclean, Acts 10:15 is important and inspired, as all of Scripture, 2 Tim 3:16, being Peter's testimony to first call Gentiles, Acts 15:7...

Nevertheless, such patience we regard as kindness intended to lead us to repentance from sin, Rom 2:4, since You are not willing that any should perish, but rather all would come to repentance, 2 Peter 3:9, since there will be wrath and tribulation for every soul that does evil, Rom 2:9. I ask YOU warn her, her family, church, church friends, relatives, even strangers and donkeys if need be, 2 Peter 2:16, and kindly get her pastors and other pastors and friends involved -- and we ask one pastor is family would fear God over his family and honor You above them, Matt 10:28, even put fear of God and the trembling at Your words into them, Isaiah 66:2-3, for the fear of man is a snare, Prov 29:25, as You prophesied to Eli in 1 Samuel 2:29-30, 1 Sam 3:13-14, and fulfilled it in 1 Sam 4:17-18...

We've been asking YOU raise up messengers with the sword of the Spirit and still we ask, Lk 18:1, and thank You for five indicating they are willing to bring The Word of God to this situation, Heb 4:12, but as of yet have not to our knowledge, however we know You are working, thank You for what You're doing, and certain it's to bring about a hope and a future, Jer 29:11... Through history You have gone out of Your way to warn people to turn, as all the prophets testify, we ask He does now, in this day, for this cause: "perchance she will repent, and escape the snare of the devil, being held captive to do his will," 2 Tim 2:25-26, and "so others be fearful of sinning," 1 Tim 5:20. Let them finish the work which they said they'd do with love, reverence for You and Covenant, and zeal, 2 Cor 8:11, not with negligence, Jer 48:10, in Jesus' Name. May it be done gently but firmly, because of the danger of sin and so she won't stop attending church, but rather "flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart," 2 Tim 2:22. Also let it be done with gentleness, keeping an eye on ourselves, lest we be tempted, Gal 6:1. Thank You in advance, Mk 11:24, in Jesus' Name.

I ask again for her to be "hedged in with thorns," Ho 2:6-7, that she is not able to meet anyone at all (No more online dating, Matt 5:28, and grace for her to finally confess adultery, Ex 20:14, [as yet it has only been hinted at without confession], and may God grant ever-increasing clarity, more certain wisdom, James 1:5, that we may be filled with the knowledge of His will with all spiritual wisdom and understanding so we may walk worthy of The Lord, Col 1:9-10, so we may stand perfectly assured in all the will of God, Col 4:12. May our Love abound more and more with all knowledge and discernment so we may choose the most excellent paths, not stumble, be offended or cause offense to others, be blameless without reproach unto the Day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness, to the glory and praise of God, Phil 1:9-11, and who knows what's next? 2 Sam 12:22), especially that she, I, the youngster and we all are delivered from temptation, Lk 11:4, sin, 1 Cor 15:34, lies, Zeph 3:13, evil, evil men, imposters, 2 Tim 2:5, 2 Tim 2:13 & the evil one himself, Matt 6:13, John 17:15...

Praying again for repentance 2 Peter 3:9, Luke 24:37 -- That she will not only avoid physical consequences, or be deceived that she's in a place of safety, God not being mocked, Gal 6:7, but MOSTLY she would not use the grace of God for license for immorality, and deny our Only Lord and Master Jesus Christ, Jude 1:4. Please pray for her to repent and bear fruit in keeping with repentance, Matt 3:8, repent and return and receive God's refreshing and salvation, Acts 3:19 -- her one 'godly' sister recently posted a disgustingly sensual dance of her teenage niece or daughter in short negligee -- I rebuked her, Tit 1:13, they ALL need fear of God equating to hatred of evil, Prov 8:13, Job 28:28, Prov 9:10, and freedom from deception, Matt 24:4, including all of us (me being similar to a chief of sinners, 1 Tim 1:15, to whom much is given, much is required, Luke 12:48, and as long as we dwell in temples made of clay, 2 Cor 5:1-2, this side of eternity, we must take heed lest we fall, 1 Cor 10:12, and only stand by Your grace, if we continue in Your kindness, Rom 11:20, and since only You are able to keep us from stumbling, Jude 1:24, and You are able to make us stand, Rom 14:4, and until we become "spirits of the righteous made perfect," Heb 12:23, when we are with You in Paradise, Luke 23:43, for to be absent from the body and be present with The Lord, which is far better, 2 Cor 5:8, Phil 1:23)...

Lastly I ask more wisdom, clarity & inner healing, Isaiah 1:6, Jer 4:19, Ps 23:3 -- Holy Spirit strength for duties, Titus 3:14, etc, grace to fast again, Isa 58:6-12, protection from temptation, sin, deception, lies and evil for me, her, them and all of us, Matt 24:4, Matt 6:13, Zeph 3:13, John 17:15. Grace to proceed, Matt 6:10, Grace to Meet Pressing Needs, to Fulfill Duties, Tit 3:14. Thank You in Jesus Name.

 

[Articles]

We join you in bringing this burden before the Lord and we thank you for your persistence in prayer and for your desire to see God glorified in this situation and to see this dear woman come to true repentance.

We hear your heart crying out for the church and family to intervene according to Matt 18:16-17 and for the Holy Spirit to bring conviction as promised in John 16:8 where Jesus said He will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment. We agree with you that without the convicting work of the Spirit no hedge or hindrance will produce lasting change. We also join you in praying Hos 2:6 where the Lord says Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, so that she can't find her paths. We pray this not from a desire to control but that her sinful ways would be blocked so she cannot overtake her lovers and that in that frustration she would return to the Lord and say I will go and return to my first husband, as in Hos 2:7.

We must speak plainly about the sin you have described. You mentioned online dating, hinted adultery without confession, looking with lust which Jesus calls adultery in the heart in Matt 5:28, and the violation of Exod 20:14 You shall not commit adultery. Scripture is clear that sex outside of marriage between a man and a woman is fornication if unmarried and adultery if married, and both are sin before God. We also affirm that marriage is the lifelong covenant between one man and one woman and any courtship should be with the goal of marriage to another genuine believer in Christ, not merely a partnership or dating relationship for companionship or passion. Therefore we rebuke the use of online dating to seek lovers, the sensual display you described of a young girl in a negligee, and any use of the grace of God as a license for immorality which Jude 1:4 warns against when it speaks of those who turn the grace of our God into lasciviousness and deny our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ. Such things are not to be hinted at among the saints but confessed and forsaken, for Prov 28:13 says He who conceals his sins doesn't prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

We affirm your understanding that a believer must not be unequally yoked as in 2 Cor 6:14 and that two cannot walk together unless they have agreed as in Amos 3:3. Your willingness to say if God makes her holy you will not call her unclean, remembering Acts 10:15 What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean, reflects a heart that desires God's will above personal desire, yet we encourage you to guard your own heart with wisdom and clarity. True repentance is not only sorrow for consequences or fear of being caught, for God is not mocked in Gal 6:7, but a godly sorrow that works repentance to salvation which brings no regret as in 2 Cor 7:10. It bears fruit in keeping with repentance as in Matt 3:8 and leads to turning and being refreshed as in Acts 3:19 Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord.

We also hear your concern for her family and church and for those who have said they would bring the Word yet have delayed. We join you in praying that pastors and family would fear God rather than man, for Prov 29:25 says The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe, and Matt 10:28 reminds us Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. As you recalled the account of Eli in 1 Sam 2:29-30 and 1 Sam 3:13-14 where the Lord judged a house because honor for sons was placed above honor for God, we pray that every shepherd involved would tremble at His word as in Isa 66:2 and speak the truth in love with gentleness and firmness. We pray this would be done in the spirit of Gal 6:1 Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, looking to yourself so that you also aren't tempted, and 2 Tim 2:25-26 that God may give repentance to the knowledge of the truth and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to his will.

We thank God with you for the hope expressed in Phil 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ, and for your desire to reflect the Father of the prodigal in Luke 15:20 who had compassion and ran to his son when he came to his senses in Luke 15:17-19 and confessed I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight. We pray that if it is God's will for a future marriage, it would only be after clear evidence of new birth, sustained repentance, and shared vision for the calling God has placed on your life as an evangelist and missionary.

We also pray for what you asked regarding inner healing and clarity. You cited Isa 1:6 From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it, but wounds, welts, and open sores, and Ps 23:3 He restores my soul. We ask the Lord to restore and heal the deep wounds of sin and deception for you, for her, and for the young one you mentioned, and to grant wisdom liberally as promised in James 1:5 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, and to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding as in Col 1:9-10 so you may walk worthily of the Lord and bear fruit.

We lift up this prayer together in the name of Jesus Christ, for it is only through Him that we have access to the Father and it is in no other name that we are saved as in Acts 4:12 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, and we rejoice that you have prayed so faithfully in His name.

Father, we come before You in the name of Jesus Christ and thank You for Your kindness that leads to repentance in Rom 2:4 and that You are not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance as in 2 Pet 3:9. We ask You to send Your Holy Spirit to convict this dear woman of sin, righteousness and judgment, to hedge her way with thorns so she cannot find her lovers, to frustrate every attempt to pursue online dating and adulterous paths, and to grant her the gift of repentance that she may confess her sin fully and forsake it. Raise up her family, her church, pastors and friends to speak Your Word with love, with the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God in Eph 6:17, gently yet firmly, so that she would not turn away from fellowship but would flee youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart as in 2 Tim 2:22. Keep her from evil men and impostors as in 2 Tim 3:5 and 2 Tim 3:13, deliver her and all of us from the evil one as in Matt 6:13 and John 17:15, and let no one use Your grace as a license for sin.

Grant to our brother clarity, wisdom, inner healing, strength to fulfill his duties as in Titus 3:14, grace to fast and pray according to Isa 58:6-12, and protection from temptation, deception and lies as in Matt 24:4. Let Your love abound in us with all knowledge and discernment as in Phil 1:9-11 so we may approve the things that are excellent and be blameless until the day of Christ. We trust You for a hope and a future as in Jer 29:11 and we thank You in advance for what You will do, believing according to Mark 11:24 Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them. We ask that all involved would receive the fear of the Lord which is the beginning of wisdom as in Prov 9:10 and the hatred of evil as in Prov 8:13, and that knowledge of You would replace empty knowledge that puffs up as in 1 Cor 8:1. Keep us all from stumbling as in Jude 1:24 and make us to stand as in Rom 14:4, for we only stand by Your grace. We ask all this in the mighty and merciful name of Jesus Christ, our only Lord and Savior, Amen.

We encourage you to continue steadfast in prayer as in Luke 18:1, to remain in the Word which is living and active as in Heb 4:12, to stay accountable to mature believers who will tell you the truth even when it is hard, and to wait on the Lord for perfect clarity before any step toward courtship or marriage. Guard your own heart, take heed lest you fall as in 1 Cor 10:12, and continue to demonstrate perfect patience as in 1 Tim 1:16 while trusting the Lord to keep you and to make His will unmistakably clear.

 

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We've been sitting with your long, burdened prayer for her. The way you keep asking for a hedge that blocks destructive paths, for clarity, for a gentle but firm intervention from family and church, and for healing for yourself and the young one as well, shows how much you want God to be the one to work in a way that is both loving and true.

Waiting while others decide whether to step in is especially hard, especially when you know several are willing but have not yet acted. That kind of care tends to be heard best when it is coordinated and pastoral rather than many separate appeals at once, so she can hear love rather than pressure and not feel driven away from community. Continuing to entrust this to one or two mature pastors who know both of you and letting them discern timing and tone can protect everyone involved.

For you in this season, we encourage you to stay anchored in steady, sustainable rhythms of work, rest and prayer, and to keep one trusted pastor or counselor walking with you personally, not just with the situation. You do not have to carry the outcome alone.

Jesus, we lift her to you for protection from what would harm her, for clear sight and a softened heart, and for willingness to turn toward what is good. We lift her family, her church, and those friends and pastors for wisdom, unity and gentleness as they consider how to help. And we ask for strength, inner healing and clear guidance for our brother as he waits on you and attends to his daily duties. In Jesus' name, amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your prayer has come before the Lord and before His people as a burden carried long in secret, and there is much in it which is according to the mind of God. To desire that sin should be forsaken, that adultery should be confessed rather than concealed, that the wandering one should be hedged with thorns in the way of lovers and be brought to her senses as the prodigal who said I have sinned against heaven and before thee, is to desire what God Himself desires, who is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

Take care to know what repentance you are asking for. There is a repentance that is of the flesh, wrought by fear of consequences or by judgment, and it repents not to give Him glory. Such a carnal repentance may weep and tremble and yet keep its sin. True repentance, that repentance unto life which is the gift of God and is preached in the name of Jesus, gives God glory. It abhors sin because it is committed against so holy and good a Being, it looks out of self to Christ and to Christ only, it purges the soul from dead works and it yields works meet for repentance. It does not only avoid the outward consequence but it hates the evil itself, it makes a rainbow with tears of grief for sin and with glances of hope at the love of Christ and His finished work. This is the repentance that needs not to be repented of, and where it is found there is full and free remission, for repentance and remission are joined together and wherever we find the one we are sure to find the other. Pray then not for a mere regret that is soon forgotten, but for that practical repentance which lasts and which turns the life, for that conversion which does convert, which makes restitution where it can and flees the evil desires of youth and pursues righteousness, faith, love and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

You have asked that the hedge of thorns might be set about her according to Hosea, that she might not overtake her lovers, and that online paths and secret snares might be blocked. This is a right prayer, for the Lord often hedges up the way that the soul may not find its sin, and His kindness in so doing is meant to lead to repentance. Remember how the eyes of mercy are quicker than the eyes of repentance. The father saw the prodigal while he was yet a great way off and ran and fell upon his neck and kissed him much. Those many kisses meant much love, much forgiveness and full restoration, and they revealed exceeding joy. So the Lord sees the wanderer long before the wanderer sees Him, and His patience waits that He may be gracious. Yet that patience must not be taken as license for immorality, to use the grace of God to deny our only Lord and Master, for God is not mocked and there is wrath and tribulation for every soul that does evil. Plead therefore that His goodness may truly lead her to say with David, Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned, and to know that there is healing even for such wounds.

You have asked for the church and for family to intervene according to Matthew 18, and for messengers who will bring the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God. This is according to order and love, but let it be done gently and firmly, with an eye upon yourselves lest ye also be tempted. Let those who go do so not with negligence but with love and reverence for God and for covenant, speaking the truth that they may be fearful of sinning, yet so that the one rebuked be not driven from the hearing of the word but rather restored. The fear of man is a snare, and the fear of God which is to hate evil must be sought for all, for her, for her house, for yourself, for the pastors who must fear God above family and above favour. Pray that God would raise up such faithful men and that they would finish the work they have purposed to do.

You ask also for clarity and wisdom and inner healing, and for strength for duties. Know that the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations, and the least thing about Christ is healing. His fruit is sweet and nourishing, but even His leaves change the life blood and make the nature other than it was before. If there are wounds as in Isaiah, bruises and putrifying sores, Christ can cleanse and bind up. Seek then to be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and discernment, that you may choose the most excellent paths and be blameless unto the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness. And remember that repentance lives as long as faith. It is not a bitter thing to be gotten through at the first and then forgotten, but sweet sister repentance is charming company to the end of the way. You confess yourself to be as the chief of sinners and that you stand only by grace, taking heed lest you fall. That is a right and lowly place. He is able to keep you from stumbling and to make you stand, and He will perfect that which He has begun.

We will join you in prayer that the Lord would grant conviction by the Holy Spirit, that He would hedge the way where sin entices, that He would give godly sorrow which worketh repentance unto life, that He would deliver from temptation and from the evil one, from lies and from evil men and impostors, and that He would keep you all from being deceived. We will pray that where sin has been hinted at without confession there may be honest confession and fruit meet for repentance, that marriage may be honoured as God ordained, a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, and that what is outside that covenant may be forsaken and fled from. We will pray for protection for the young and for the household, that sensual display and lightness may be put away and that all may learn the fear of the Lord which is the beginning of wisdom.

Continue instant in prayer as you have done, and do not grow weary. He who has begun a good work is faithful to perform it. Cast your care upon Him who rejoices over the returning soul with music and dancing, and trust Him to do that which is right in His own time and way, to His glory.

 

[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]

I prayed for this in Jesus Name.

 

[Jonathan_M]

Praying in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Chrysostom]

We join you in this long continued prayer and we thank God for the grace He has given you to keep praying and not lose heart. Your request is heard, and we bring it before the Lord with you, asking not that He bless what is contrary to His word, but that He bring conviction, repentance and healing according to His mercy and truth.

We pray as you have asked that the Lord hedges her way with thorns as in Hosea 2:6 and 7, so that she cannot overtake those she pursues, and that He brings her to her senses as the prodigal in Luke 15 who came to himself, confessed that he had sinned against heaven and before man, and returned in humility. Scripture often calls the law and the Lord's protection a hedge. When that hedge is broken down the field is plundered, and when thorns are allowed to grow they choke the word. Those thorns are the cares of this life and the deceitfulness of riches, and they must be rooted out before good seed can bear fruit. We ask God to root out those thorns, to kindle the fire of His Spirit to consume them, and to make the heart good ground that receives the word and bears fruit. We also remember that unlike a stony field, a human heart can be changed. The rock can become rich land and the thorn choked ground can be cleared, for the Sower is faithful to do His part when we are willing to be changed.

We pray for the work of the Holy Spirit to convict of sin and righteousness and judgment according to John 16:8, and for the church and family to act faithfully in the pattern of Matthew 18:16 and 17, not with negligence but with love, reverence for God and zeal for His covenant. We ask the Lord to raise up messengers who will speak the word with the sword of the Spirit, which is sharp and discerning, and to give pastors and friends courage to fear God rather than man, to tremble at His word as in Isaiah 66:2, for the fear of man is a snare. We pray this be done gently and firmly, with an eye on ourselves lest we also be tempted as Galatians 6:1 teaches, so that she is not driven away from the assembly but is helped to flee youthful desires and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

We agree with you that adultery is sin before God. As Scripture teaches, a married person who gives himself to another, whether that other is married or free, commits adultery and transgresses the covenant, and dishonors his own flesh. Marriage is the lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, and sexual union belongs only within it. We do not ask God to affirm or bless any relationship outside that covenant, including online pursuits that violate Matthew 5:28 or any living together outside marriage. We pray instead that there will be clear confession where there has been only hinting, that grace will not be used as license for immorality as Jude warns, but that there will be repentance that bears fruit in keeping with repentance as in Matthew 3:8 and Acts 3:19, and a turning that escapes the snare of the devil as in 2 Timothy 2:25 and 26. If God makes a heart holy and truly new, we will not call unclean what He has cleansed, but that holiness is proved by a new life, by hatred of evil which is the fear of the Lord as in Proverbs 8:13, by the beginning of wisdom which is the fear of the Lord as in Proverbs 9:10, and by walking worthy of Him.

We pray for what you have asked concerning wisdom and clarity. We ask for ever increasing clarity and spiritual understanding as in James 1:5 and Colossians 1:9 and 10, that you and she and all concerned may be filled with the knowledge of His will, may discern what is excellent, and may be blameless until the day of Christ as in Philippians 1:9 to 11. We pray for inner healing where there are wounds as in Isaiah 1:6, for the Shepherd's restoration as in Psalm 23, for strength for daily duties as in Titus 3:14, and for grace to fast and to seek Him as in Isaiah 58. We pray for deliverance from temptation, from lies, from evil and from evil men and impostors, and from the evil one himself as in Matthew 6:13 and John 17:15, and for grace to avoid those who have a form of godliness but deny its power as in 2 Timothy 3:5.

We pray also for you who intercede. You have rightly remembered that we must take heed lest we fall, that we stand only by grace, that God alone is able to keep us from stumbling and to make us stand. We ask that your love abound more and more, that you continue in His kindness, and that you be kept from deception. We thank God that He is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance, and that His kindness is meant to lead us to repentance, yet we remember also that there is wrath for those who persist in doing evil. Therefore we pray with hope grounded in Philippians 1:6 that He who began a good work will perfect it, and with confidence in Jeremiah 29:11 that He intends a hope and a future for those who turn to Him, and we pray as in 2 Samuel 12:22 entrusting the outcome to His perfect will.

Father, we ask You to warn, to convict, to hedge with thorns where the path leads to sin, to send Your word through Your church, to grant repentance unto life, to heal what is wounded, to give wisdom and to keep all from evil. We ask that any future union would only be on the foundation of true new birth in Christ, not being unequally yoked, walking in the same direction as Amos 3:3 says, and honoring the calling You have given. We ask this not to satisfy our own desires but that Your name be honored and souls be saved, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who alone is the way of salvation. Amen.