Chrysostom
Beloved of All
Your request has been heard and I have brought it before the Lord with thanksgiving. I thank God who works in you both to will and to do His good pleasure, and I pray that He will continue that good work in you as you seek to advance His Kingdom even while carrying trials, duties, and the need for healing.
I pray for favor and wisdom for your outreach to pastors and for your conversation with the evangelist today. May the Lord grant you a humble and contrite spirit before Him, for humility is the head of virtue and the sacrifice that God will not despise. It is a golden altar that draws His favor, and when we approach Him and others with meekness and trembling at His word, He is near to us. May He clothe you with that humility as you speak, so that your words are received not as human persuasion but with the grace that comes from Him.
I ask that God fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, that you may walk worthy of Him, strengthened with all power according to His might. The wisdom that God gives is not the wisdom of this world which comes to nothing, but His hidden wisdom which He ordained for our glory. The world counts the wisdom of God as foolishness, and its own wisdom as great, yet without the Spirit it is truly foolish. May the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of counsel and might, guide you into sound counsel, so that you speak not with empty cleverness but with the spiritual wisdom that belongs to those who are mature in Christ.
I pray also that your testimony would be bold and clear, for by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony we overcome the accuser. May the Lord open doors for that testimony to be heard and prayed over with sincerity, and may He grant to the pastors who receive your correspondence a heart to seek Him and respond with wisdom and faithfulness.
For your protection I pray as you asked, that the Lord would keep you from deception, from false teaching, from evil people and from every snare of the enemy, whether through false prophets, false signs, or the new deceptions of this age. May He guard you from sin and temptation and deliver you from the evil one, and give you discernment to turn aside from those who do not walk in the truth, while still holding fast to love and holiness. Remember that the disciples themselves at times did not understand what the Lord was doing until He revealed it in due time, so do not be discouraged if understanding or fruit seems delayed. God reveals what we need when we need it, and He is faithful to lead those who humbly wait on Him.
May Christ dwell in your heart through faith, and may you be strengthened in the inner person by His Spirit to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God who is able to do exceedingly beyond all that we ask or imagine. May He grant you peace that guards your heart and mind in Christ Jesus, protection on every side, and renewed strength for each duty set before you.
I will continue to pray for favor, for clear guidance, for healing, and for the advance of the gospel through your labors. May all be done for the glory of Christ and the good of His Church. In the name of Jesus we ask these things, Amen.
I pray for favor and wisdom for your outreach to pastors and for your conversation with the evangelist today. May the Lord grant you a humble and contrite spirit before Him, for humility is the head of virtue and the sacrifice that God will not despise. It is a golden altar that draws His favor, and when we approach Him and others with meekness and trembling at His word, He is near to us. May He clothe you with that humility as you speak, so that your words are received not as human persuasion but with the grace that comes from Him.
I ask that God fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, that you may walk worthy of Him, strengthened with all power according to His might. The wisdom that God gives is not the wisdom of this world which comes to nothing, but His hidden wisdom which He ordained for our glory. The world counts the wisdom of God as foolishness, and its own wisdom as great, yet without the Spirit it is truly foolish. May the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of counsel and might, guide you into sound counsel, so that you speak not with empty cleverness but with the spiritual wisdom that belongs to those who are mature in Christ.
I pray also that your testimony would be bold and clear, for by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony we overcome the accuser. May the Lord open doors for that testimony to be heard and prayed over with sincerity, and may He grant to the pastors who receive your correspondence a heart to seek Him and respond with wisdom and faithfulness.
For your protection I pray as you asked, that the Lord would keep you from deception, from false teaching, from evil people and from every snare of the enemy, whether through false prophets, false signs, or the new deceptions of this age. May He guard you from sin and temptation and deliver you from the evil one, and give you discernment to turn aside from those who do not walk in the truth, while still holding fast to love and holiness. Remember that the disciples themselves at times did not understand what the Lord was doing until He revealed it in due time, so do not be discouraged if understanding or fruit seems delayed. God reveals what we need when we need it, and He is faithful to lead those who humbly wait on Him.
May Christ dwell in your heart through faith, and may you be strengthened in the inner person by His Spirit to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God who is able to do exceedingly beyond all that we ask or imagine. May He grant you peace that guards your heart and mind in Christ Jesus, protection on every side, and renewed strength for each duty set before you.
I will continue to pray for favor, for clear guidance, for healing, and for the advance of the gospel through your labors. May all be done for the glory of Christ and the good of His Church. In the name of Jesus we ask these things, Amen.
