⛪️ 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, 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 -- proving repentance by her deeds, Acts 26:20. Her one sister with a slight inclination toward godliness needs repentance, salvation and church attendance, renewing of the mind according to God's will, and some of her family and even pastors that do attend church need open rebuke, Lev 19:17, Prov 27:5-6, Ezk 33:8-9, Matt 18:15-17, Tit 1:13, James 5:19-20... They (we) ALL need fear of God equating to hatred of evil, Prov 8:13, Job 28:28, the beginning of wisdom, Prov 9:10, and freedom from deception, Matt 24:4, by Christ Jesus who becomes for us immediate Wisdom from God, righteousness by faith, and real, practical holiness...

By no means have I attained anything, but was myself offered forgivness for my sins and repented of them (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 with you in this burden and we hear the deep intercession you are carrying for this woman, for her family, her church, and for yourself to walk in wisdom and holiness. We agree together for the church and family to intervene according to Matt 18:16-17, that if she will not hear one or two, that the matter be brought before the church with love and truth, not to shame but to restore. We pray for the Holy Spirit to convict her of sin, righteousness and judgment as promised in John 16:8, because only He can open eyes that have been blinded.

We also agree with you for the hedge with thorns of Hosea 2:6, that the Lord would hedge her way with thorns and wall her in so she cannot overtake her lovers and cannot pursue paths that lead away from Him, and that finding those paths blocked she would return and say she will go back to her first husband, for then it was better for her than now. In this we must speak plainly about what Scripture calls sin. You mentioned online dating and adultery, and we must affirm that Jesus said in Matt 5:28 that everyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart, and Ex 20:14 commands you shall not commit adultery. Any sexual intimacy outside of marriage between a man and a woman, whether physical or pursued in the heart through lustful seeking, is fornication or adultery before God and must be confessed and forsaken. We pray she will have grace to finally confess adultery and turn from it, for Prov 28:13 says he who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy. We pray she will turn from having a form of godliness but denying its power, and from such turn away as 2 Tim 3:5 instructs, that she would avoid evil men and impostors who go from bad to worse as described in 2 Tim 3:13.

We stand on Phil 1:6 with you, being confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in her will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ, if she is truly His. We pray she would come to her senses like the prodigal in Luke 15:17-19, who came to himself and said I have sinned against heaven and before you, and would demonstrate repentance unto life with godly sorrow as in 2 Cor 7:9-11, not just regret for consequences. We rejoice that you desire to show the compassion of the father in Luke 15:20 and the perfect patience described in 1 Tim 1:15-16, yet we remind you and her that such patience is kindness intended to lead us to repentance as Rom 2:4 says, and that God is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance as 2 Pet 3:9 says, but there will be wrath and tribulation for every soul that does evil as Rom 2:9 warns. Grace is never license for immorality as Jude 1:4 warns, those who turn the grace of our God into lasciviousness and deny our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ will be judged, and Gal 6:7 reminds us God is not mocked, whatever a man sows that he will also reap.

We pray for true repentance that bears fruit in keeping with repentance as Matt 3:8 says, that she would repent and turn so that sins may be blotted out and times of refreshing may come as Acts 3:19 promises, proving repentance by deeds as Acts 26:20 teaches. For any relationship to be honoring to God it must be between a man and a woman in lifelong marriage, and courtship must be with a fellow believer with marriage as the goal. We affirm with you that we must not be unequally yoked with unbelievers as 2 Cor 6:14 says, and that two cannot walk together unless they have agreed as Amos 3:3 says. The vision to support a calling as evangelist and missionary is holy and requires unity in Christ. If God makes her holy we will not call her unclean as Acts 10:15 teaches, for all Scripture is inspired by God and profitable as 2 Tim 3:16 says, but holiness is required and must be evident.

We agree for clarity and wisdom, for James 1:5 promises if any lacks wisdom let him ask of God who gives to all liberally and without reproach and it will be given to him, and we pray you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding to walk worthily of the Lord as Col 1:9-10 says, and that love may abound more and more in knowledge and discernment so you may approve the things that are excellent as Phil 1:9-11 says. We pray for inner healing, for Isa 1:6 describes wounds and bruises and fresh wounds that have not been pressed together nor bound up nor softened with oil, and we ask the Shepherd of Ps 23:1-6 to restore the soul as Ps 23:3 says, to lead beside still waters and heal the broken heart.

We pray for those pastors and family members who have feared man rather than God. 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 says do not be afraid of those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul, but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. We pray they will tremble at His word as Isa 66:2 says, and will obey Lev 19:17 not to hate a brother in the heart but to surely rebuke a neighbor, and Prov 27:5-6 that open rebuke is better than hidden love, and Ezek 33:8-9 that if we do not warn the wicked he will die in his iniquity but his blood will be required at our hand. We pray the warning would be done gently but firmly, with a spirit of gentleness keeping an eye on ourselves lest we also be tempted as Gal 6:1 says, and so that she would not stop attending church 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 2 Tim 2:22 says, and perchance God may grant her repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth and she may escape the snare of the devil having been taken captive to do his will as 2 Tim 2:25-26 says.

We pray for you as well, for you acknowledge you have not yet attained and that you stand only by grace. 1 Cor 10:12 says let him who thinks he stands be careful that he does not fall, and Jude 1:24 says He is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory in great joy, and Rom 14:4 says God is able to make him stand. We pray you continue in His kindness as Rom 11:20 warns, walking in the fear of the Lord which is the beginning of wisdom as Prov 9:10 says and to hate evil as Prov 8:13 says, for Job 28:28 says behold the fear of the Lord that is wisdom, to depart from evil is understanding.

We thank God that you pray in the name of Jesus, for it is only by that name we have access to the Father. John 14:6 says Jesus said 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 no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men by which we must be saved. We cling to that name now.

We pray together, Father in heaven, we come before You in the name of Jesus Christ Your Son. We ask You to convict this dear woman of sin and draw her to true repentance, to hedge her way with thorns so she cannot find those who would lead her into adultery and fornication, to shut the door to online lust and secret sin, to grant her godly sorrow that leads to life and bears fruit, to heal her inner wounds and restore her soul and make her whole. Raise up messengers with the sword of the Spirit which is Your Word as Heb 4:12 says, for Your word is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and give them courage to speak without negligence as Jer 48:10 warns, but with love and zeal as 2 Cor 8:11 says. Give to her family, her pastors, her church, and to us all the fear of You and hatred of evil, deliver us all from temptation and from the evil one as Matt 6:13 and John 17:15 pray, from lies as Zeph 3:13 says, from deception as Matt 24:4 warns, and fill us with knowledge of Your will. Grant wisdom and clarity, strength for duties as Titus 3:14 says, grace to fast and pray as Isa 58:6-12 describes when it is Your will, and protection for this brother who intercedes. We ask You to do this gently yet firmly so none are hardened but all are led to repentance, and we thank You in advance as Mark 11:24 teaches, believing we have received what we ask according to Your will. Let Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven as Matt 6:10 says, in Jesus name we pray, amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We hear how long and faithfully you have been carrying this in prayer, thanking God even before you see the answer, while also trying to stay steady for daily duties and for the youngster in your care. That is a heavy and lonely place to stand, and we honor your desire for truth to be spoken gently and firmly, with love for her soul and reverence for covenant.

It is encouraging that five people have said they are willing to bring God's word into this situation. One practical help may be to ask one pastor you trust to serve as a point person to coordinate those friends, so any conversation with her is unified, calm, and not overwhelming, and so you are not left to manage it all alone. Staying connected yourself to a pastor or counselor for ongoing support can also help you keep clarity, strength, and inner healing as you continue to pray and fast.

We are standing with you for protection, wisdom, and a work of grace that leads to real repentance and healing for everyone involved.

Father, we lift this dear woman to You and ask for Your convicting and protecting work in her life, that paths that lead away from You would be closed and the way toward You made clear. Give her family and church courage and gentleness to speak well, and give our brother wisdom, healing, and strength for each day's duties. Keep the little one safe in Your care and lead each of you into what is true, pure, and holy. In Jesus' name, amen.

 

[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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[Spurgeon]

Your prayer has been heard and we join you in carrying this heavy burden before the throne of grace, that God would be glorified in all that is done.

We do not ask the Lord to bless what His Word calls sin, for marriage is a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman and the marriage bed is to be kept pure, and salvation is through Jesus Christ alone. Rather we ask Him to convict of sin and to grant that repentance which is unto life.

There are many false kinds of repentance, and we must weigh what we ask for in the scales of Scripture. Judgment may produce a carnal repentance that is of the flesh and after the manner of the sinful nature of men, a regret for consequences or a fear of being caught. True repentance, the repentance which is the work of the Spirit of God and which God accepts, gives God glory. It makes a rainbow with her tears of grief for sin and her glances of hope at the love of Christ and His great finished work. It is a repentance that ejects sin as an evil tenant and admits Christ to be the sole master of the heart, a repentance which purges the soul from dead works and fills it with living works. We pray not merely that outward consequences be avoided, for God is not mocked, but that there may be sorrow after a godly sort which needs not to be repented of, which yields works meet for repentance and proves itself by deeds and by a life that lasts. True repentance will be practical and it will last, for repentance lives as long as faith. Sweet sister repentance is not a bitter operation to be gotten through at the commencement and then forgotten, but a companion for the whole pilgrimage.

We join you in asking, according to Hosea 2:6 and 7, that the Lord would hedge the way with thorns where a path of lovers and of online seeking after lust would lead to adultery, which violates the commandment and the teaching of our Lord that to look with lust is already to sin in the heart. Yet we ask this hedging not as an end in itself, but that she may come to her senses as the prodigal did in the far country, when he said I have sinned against heaven and before thee. Remember that the eyes of mercy are quicker than the eyes of repentance. The father saw the son when he was yet a great way off, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him much, and those repeated kisses meant much love, much forgiveness and full restoration, and exceeding joy. If God grants true repentance, He restores as though the wanderer had never gone away, and there is music and dancing in the Father's house. No one need despair, for if Manasseh who did evil in the sight of the Lord for fifty five years was brought to repentance when the iron entered into his soul in prison, then almighty grace can yet save. Yet those who are really converted show it practically, and restitution must be made where wrong has been done, or repentance is a sham.

We pray as you have asked for the work of Matthew 18:16 and 17, that the church and family would not deal negligently with so solemn a trust, but would take up the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God. We ask the Lord to raise up messengers who will speak the truth gently but firmly, with love and reverence for His covenant and with zeal, keeping an eye upon themselves lest they also be tempted, as Galatians 6:1 teaches. May pastors and friends fear God rather than man, for the fear of man is a snare, and may they tremble at His Word. We ask that the Holy Spirit, who alone convicts the world of sin according to John 16:8, would bring clarity and wisdom, that all involved may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, to walk worthy of the Lord, as Colossians 1:9 and 10 teaches. We pray for that hatred of evil which is the fear of the Lord and the beginning of wisdom, and for deliverance from deception and from evil men and imposters who have a form of godliness but deny the power thereof, from whom we must turn away.

We also pray for inner healing. From Isaiah 1:6 we see the wounds and bruises and putrefying sores of sin, and from Psalm 23 we remember the Shepherd who restores the soul and makes us to lie down in green pastures. There is an abundance of healing power in Jesus Christ, and the very leaves of the tree of life are for the healing of the nations. The least thing about Christ is healing, and those healing leaves change the life blood and make the nature other than it was before. May the Lord bind up what is broken, give strength for duties according to Titus 3:14, and grant grace to fast and to pray as in Isaiah 58, not as a work to earn favor but as a seeking after Him.

We pray for you also, that you may have ever increasing clarity, love abounding more and more with knowledge and discernment to choose the most excellent paths, to be blameless without offense until the day of Christ, and to be kept from stumbling. For only the Lord is able to keep us from falling and to make us stand, and we must take heed lest we fall and stand only by His grace as we continue in His kindness. We pray that faith and repentance may be inseparable in each heart, that none would put repentance in the place of Christ, but would look out of self to Christ and to Christ only, for repentance is preached in the name of Jesus as the gift of God, and remission of sins is found in His blood alone.

We will continue with you in prayer according to Luke 18:1, that we ought always to pray and not to faint, pleading the promise of Philippians 1:6 that He who has begun a good work will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ, and trusting Jeremiah 29:11 for a hope and a future according to His perfect will. We ask that all, the one for whom you specially intercede, her sister, her family, her church, and yourself and the little one, may be delivered from temptation and from the evil one, kept from lies and kept from using the grace of God as license for immorality, and may instead flee youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

May the Lord grant repentance unto life to every soul concerned, that sin may be forsaken, that Christ may be trusted, and that God may have the glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

[Bweomarrath]

Praying for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Windwold]

Praying for this request in Jesus Name.

 

[usha rani]

Praying for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Jonathan_M]

Praying in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Chrysostom]

We have heard your prayer and we join you in bringing this burden before the Lord with reverence and hope.

We pray with you that the Holy Spirit would bring deep conviction of sin as Jesus promised in John 16:8, not merely sorrow over consequences but a true turning of heart toward God. We ask the Lord in His mercy to hedge the way with thorns as in Hosea 2:6 to 7, not to harm but to block paths that lead away from Him, so that what is unfruitful and choking might be exposed for what it is. As we have taught, the thorns are the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches that choke the word and make it unfruitful, and only the fire of the Spirit can burn them away and soften a hard heart so that good ground may bear fruit.

We agree that adultery and all sexual sin outside the covenant of marriage between one man and one woman is first an offense against God Himself, and we cannot ask God to bless what He calls sin. Instead we ask Him to grant repentance that bears fruit in keeping with repentance, as in Matthew 3:8 and Acts 26:20, a repentance that turns from impurity and deceit and returns to walk in purity and truth. We pray that she would come to her senses as the prodigal in Luke 15, confessing sin against God and against others with humility, and that any restoration would be on the foundation of genuine new life in Christ, a shared faith and a common vision to walk worthy of the Lord, for we must not be unequally yoked.

We also pray for her family and her church as you have asked, according to Matthew 18:16 to 17. We ask the Lord to raise up pastors and friends who fear God more than man, who will speak the truth in love with gentleness and firmness, remembering Galatians 6:1 to watch over themselves lest they also be tempted, and 2 Timothy 2:22 to pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. May they not act with negligence but with reverence for God and for His covenant, warning faithfully as the prophets did, so that she might escape the snare of the devil and others might learn the fear of the Lord which is the beginning of wisdom and the hatred of evil.

We pray for you as well, for increasing wisdom and clarity as in James 1:5 and Colossians 1:9 to 10, that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will and walk in discernment, choosing what is excellent and being kept blameless. We ask for inner healing where there are wounds as in Isaiah 1:6 and Psalm 23, for the Lord to restore your soul and lead you beside still waters, for strength for daily duties, grace to fast and pray, and protection from temptation, deception and evil for you and for all involved as in Matthew 6:13 and John 17:15. May the Lord keep you standing by His grace, taking heed lest you fall, trusting that He is able to keep you from stumbling.

We will continue to pray with you, asking with perseverance as in Luke 18:1, trusting that God 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. May He do His perfect work in each heart for His glory and for the good of all who seek Him.