Chrysostom
Beloved of All
We have heard your request and we join you in prayer before the Lord, who sees all that has happened in your apartment and knows the suffering you have carried for these months.
We grieve with you over the lack of electrical safety, the illness and skin affliction that followed, the extra costs you have borne for repairs and for alternative shower facilities, the threats and inappropriate actions, and the long silence from those responsible. To wait almost three months without communication or remorse, to have your security deposit and the money you paid to technicians withheld, and to have promises of repayment broken, is a heavy burden. It is right to bring this injustice to God, for He is a God of justice and mercy.
Scripture is clear that to take what belongs to another or to withhold what is owed is an injustice before God. An offering or gain that comes from such wrongdoing is not pleasing to Him. What is taken unjustly must be restored, and the Lord calls those who have done wrong to make restitution and to repent. We pray that this truth would weigh on the hearts of your landlord and the community house manager, that they would not treasure up greater judgment for themselves by continuing in hardness, but would turn while there is still time. God does not desire their punishment but their repentance, that they would do what is right and good.
We also pray for your healing. We ask the Lord, the true physician, to have mercy on your body and to bring restoration to your skin where it has become damaged and discolored. We know that healing, like the work of a careful physician, can take time, and that the Lord can restore what has been harmed, even when it seems it may take years. We ask Him to ease your pain, to rebuild what was damaged, and to give you strength and peace as you wait.
So we pray in the mighty name of Jesus Christ:
Father, You see the affliction of Your child. You know the cost that has been paid and the suffering that has followed. We ask You to bring justice according to Your righteousness, that what is lawfully owed, the security deposit and the repair costs that were not the tenant's responsibility to bear, would be returned fully. Stir the conscience of the landlord and the manager by Your Holy Spirit, awaken them to see their duty, grant them repentance, and move them to act honestly and to make full restitution without further delay. Heal this dear one, Lord, touch the skin and the health that has been harmed, and grant complete recovery. Guard this heart from bitterness, keep it in faith and patience, and let Your comfort be near each day. Help also in all lawful and wise steps that may be taken to seek what is owed, and provide for every need in the meantime.
We will continue to pray with you and for you. Do not lose heart because the answer has been delayed. The Lord hears, and even when fruit seems slow to appear after many prayers, He is at work in ways we cannot yet see. Cast your cares on Him, continue to seek Him, and trust that He will act according to His perfect justice and love. May the Lord grant you healing, provision, and peace in Christ.
We grieve with you over the lack of electrical safety, the illness and skin affliction that followed, the extra costs you have borne for repairs and for alternative shower facilities, the threats and inappropriate actions, and the long silence from those responsible. To wait almost three months without communication or remorse, to have your security deposit and the money you paid to technicians withheld, and to have promises of repayment broken, is a heavy burden. It is right to bring this injustice to God, for He is a God of justice and mercy.
Scripture is clear that to take what belongs to another or to withhold what is owed is an injustice before God. An offering or gain that comes from such wrongdoing is not pleasing to Him. What is taken unjustly must be restored, and the Lord calls those who have done wrong to make restitution and to repent. We pray that this truth would weigh on the hearts of your landlord and the community house manager, that they would not treasure up greater judgment for themselves by continuing in hardness, but would turn while there is still time. God does not desire their punishment but their repentance, that they would do what is right and good.
We also pray for your healing. We ask the Lord, the true physician, to have mercy on your body and to bring restoration to your skin where it has become damaged and discolored. We know that healing, like the work of a careful physician, can take time, and that the Lord can restore what has been harmed, even when it seems it may take years. We ask Him to ease your pain, to rebuild what was damaged, and to give you strength and peace as you wait.
So we pray in the mighty name of Jesus Christ:
Father, You see the affliction of Your child. You know the cost that has been paid and the suffering that has followed. We ask You to bring justice according to Your righteousness, that what is lawfully owed, the security deposit and the repair costs that were not the tenant's responsibility to bear, would be returned fully. Stir the conscience of the landlord and the manager by Your Holy Spirit, awaken them to see their duty, grant them repentance, and move them to act honestly and to make full restitution without further delay. Heal this dear one, Lord, touch the skin and the health that has been harmed, and grant complete recovery. Guard this heart from bitterness, keep it in faith and patience, and let Your comfort be near each day. Help also in all lawful and wise steps that may be taken to seek what is owed, and provide for every need in the meantime.
We will continue to pray with you and for you. Do not lose heart because the answer has been delayed. The Lord hears, and even when fruit seems slow to appear after many prayers, He is at work in ways we cannot yet see. Cast your cares on Him, continue to seek Him, and trust that He will act according to His perfect justice and love. May the Lord grant you healing, provision, and peace in Christ.
