Cries from the heart
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We hear your cry from the heart and we join with you before the throne of grace in Jesus' name, thanking God that you have come to Him through Jesus Christ, for there is no other name by which we can be saved and have access to the Father.
We understand the heavy burden you carry from sins committed when you were young, while your mind was damaged by the cult and by violence. The enemy would love for you to stay bound by guilt and shame, but our God is a God of mercy and complete forgiveness. When we confess our sins to Him, He does not partially forgive or hold them over us.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9
As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. Psalm 103:12
We want to gently correct the thought that you must continue to carry these sins and not forgive yourself. When God forgives, He commands us to receive that forgiveness and to walk in freedom. There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:1 He himself says, I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake and I will not remember your sins. Isaiah 43:25 If the holy God chooses to remember your sins no more because of the blood of Jesus shed for you, then to keep punishing yourself is to not fully trust His finished work. Your sins, even those committed under the confusion and damage of a cult and violence, are covered by that same blood when you repent. God also sees the brokenness that was done to you and He has deep compassion for you.
The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit. Psalm 34:18 He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3
We pray that you will allow Him to heal not only the guilt but the wounds left by the cult and the violence, and we encourage you to seek continued healing through godly counsel and trusted pastoral care as you walk this out, so that your mind may be renewed by the truth of His Word.
We also lift up your worry about the unjust debt and the lack of money. Our God is both our Provider and our Defender who loves justice. A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but accurate weights are his delight. Proverbs 11:1 He sees when a debt is unjust and He sees your need.
We encourage you not to carry this anxiety alone but to bring it fully to Him and to seek wise, godly counsel about the practical steps for this debt, trusting Him to make a way and to act justly on your behalf.
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7 But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well. Matthew 6:33 My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19
We pray together for you.
Father, in the name of Jesus Christ we come before You for this precious one who is crying out for mercy. Lord, we thank You that they have come through Jesus and we ask You to pour out Your mercy and assurance of forgiveness upon them. Let them know and feel that when they confessed their sins, You were faithful to forgive and to cleanse them from all unrighteousness. Lift the heavy weight of self-condemnation and help them to receive Your full pardon and to walk as a forgiven child, with no more condemnation. Heal the deep wounds left by the cult and by violence, bind up the broken heart, renew the mind that was damaged, and replace shame with Your peace and identity in Christ. For the burden of the unjust debt, Father we ask for Your justice and Your provision. You see what is unjust and You see the lack of money, provide for every need according to Your riches in glory, grant wisdom for every decision, bring help and wise counsel, and let Your peace guard their heart as they trust You. We ask all this in the mighty and merciful name of Jesus, amen.
We understand the heavy burden you carry from sins committed when you were young, while your mind was damaged by the cult and by violence. The enemy would love for you to stay bound by guilt and shame, but our God is a God of mercy and complete forgiveness. When we confess our sins to Him, He does not partially forgive or hold them over us.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9
As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. Psalm 103:12
We want to gently correct the thought that you must continue to carry these sins and not forgive yourself. When God forgives, He commands us to receive that forgiveness and to walk in freedom. There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:1 He himself says, I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake and I will not remember your sins. Isaiah 43:25 If the holy God chooses to remember your sins no more because of the blood of Jesus shed for you, then to keep punishing yourself is to not fully trust His finished work. Your sins, even those committed under the confusion and damage of a cult and violence, are covered by that same blood when you repent. God also sees the brokenness that was done to you and He has deep compassion for you.
The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit. Psalm 34:18 He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3
We pray that you will allow Him to heal not only the guilt but the wounds left by the cult and the violence, and we encourage you to seek continued healing through godly counsel and trusted pastoral care as you walk this out, so that your mind may be renewed by the truth of His Word.
We also lift up your worry about the unjust debt and the lack of money. Our God is both our Provider and our Defender who loves justice. A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but accurate weights are his delight. Proverbs 11:1 He sees when a debt is unjust and He sees your need.
We encourage you not to carry this anxiety alone but to bring it fully to Him and to seek wise, godly counsel about the practical steps for this debt, trusting Him to make a way and to act justly on your behalf.
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7 But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well. Matthew 6:33 My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19
We pray together for you.
Father, in the name of Jesus Christ we come before You for this precious one who is crying out for mercy. Lord, we thank You that they have come through Jesus and we ask You to pour out Your mercy and assurance of forgiveness upon them. Let them know and feel that when they confessed their sins, You were faithful to forgive and to cleanse them from all unrighteousness. Lift the heavy weight of self-condemnation and help them to receive Your full pardon and to walk as a forgiven child, with no more condemnation. Heal the deep wounds left by the cult and by violence, bind up the broken heart, renew the mind that was damaged, and replace shame with Your peace and identity in Christ. For the burden of the unjust debt, Father we ask for Your justice and Your provision. You see what is unjust and You see the lack of money, provide for every need according to Your riches in glory, grant wisdom for every decision, bring help and wise counsel, and let Your peace guard their heart as they trust You. We ask all this in the mighty and merciful name of Jesus, amen.
We hear the weight you have carried for so long, and we are so sorry for the harm done to you when you were young in that cult and through violence. It makes sense that your mind was affected and that guilt has stayed with you, even as you have asked God for mercy.
We want to gently share something that helps many who have been through similar harm. Sometimes guilt is a true signal that we need to confess and turn from something, and God meets that honest confession with mercy. Other times guilt lingers because we were powerless, young, or harmed ourselves, and we blame ourselves for things that were not ours to control in a fallen world. Learning to tell those apart often takes time and a trusted voice beside you.
One steady next step could be to share the specific sins and memories that weigh on you most with one trusted pastor or Christian counselor in person, not carrying them alone anymore, and also bring the details of this debt that feels unjust to someone wise who can look at it with you practically and prayerfully.
We are praying for you.
Father, have mercy on our brother who cries out to You. Cover what needs to be confessed with Your forgiveness, lift what is false guilt, and heal the wounds left by the cult and violence. Give wisdom and provision for this debt worry, and lead to helpers who can walk alongside. In Jesus' name, amen.
We want to gently share something that helps many who have been through similar harm. Sometimes guilt is a true signal that we need to confess and turn from something, and God meets that honest confession with mercy. Other times guilt lingers because we were powerless, young, or harmed ourselves, and we blame ourselves for things that were not ours to control in a fallen world. Learning to tell those apart often takes time and a trusted voice beside you.
One steady next step could be to share the specific sins and memories that weigh on you most with one trusted pastor or Christian counselor in person, not carrying them alone anymore, and also bring the details of this debt that feels unjust to someone wise who can look at it with you practically and prayerfully.
We are praying for you.
Father, have mercy on our brother who cries out to You. Cover what needs to be confessed with Your forgiveness, lift what is false guilt, and heal the wounds left by the cult and violence. Give wisdom and provision for this debt worry, and lead to helpers who can walk alongside. In Jesus' name, amen.
The Encourager
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
Heal Me Lord Jesus Spirit, Soul, And Body
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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
Heal Me Lord Jesus Spirit, Soul, And Body
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Spurgeon
Beloved of All
There is forgiveness with God, and it is to that forgiveness your cry must be directed. You tremble and shake for fear, and with a penitent heart you desire forgiveness, and the Lord meets that desire not with a distant perhaps but with a divine declaration, I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake.
Understand what manner of forgiveness this is. It is a divine forgiveness, and it is given not on account of the sinner but for His own sake. The amount of guilt is put entirely out of consideration. It cannot be pleaded by any one that his sins are too great to be pardoned, for God forgives according to the greatness of His own mercy and for the sake of His own name. You speak of sins committed when you were young, when your mind was damaged by the cult and by violence. The Lord knows the darkness in which you then walked, the pressure and the wounding that was upon you, and He knows also the sin itself. Yet the word stands in its broad indefiniteness, There is forgiveness. Where God draws no limit, do not you draw any. However sinful your life may have been up until then, however black the sin into which you fell, there is forgiveness with Him even for you. If you have been the chief of sinners, you may have the chief of sinner's forgiveness, and God can bestow it now.
That forgiveness is to be obtained only from God, through Jesus Christ His Son. He, the Just, died for the unjust, that He might bring us to God. Your guilt that condemned you has been carried away by your great Substitute and Lord. Jehovah will never require the debt to be paid twice. The penalty of your sin was exacted of Christ, and God will not impute injustice to Himself by demanding it again of you. In Him you have not a partial pardon but a full forgiveness, a continuous and an eternal forgiveness. He not only forgave at the first all your sins, but He drowns the whole host of them in the depths of the sea, so that the whole of your guilt is swallowed up forever.
You say, I carry those sins and do not forgive myself. Hear this, that God's forgiveness is greater than your self condemnation. Some of us have known those dreadful walls of guilt that rise up all around us, and the hardness of our own hearts. But you must do as Luther did when a brother said to him, Do you not say, I believe in the forgiveness of sins. Now believe in the forgiveness of sins for yourself. This blessed sentence contains no conditions for the repenting and believing sinner, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. It is absolute, irreversible, and eternal, for the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. Do not wait until feeling tells you that you are worthy. At this moment there is forgiveness. One step more and you may be where there is no forgiveness, but now the door stands wide open. Where the offence went, from that very place the forgiveness comes, for there is forgiveness with Him.
And concerning the unjust debt that presses upon you and the lack of money which causes you such worry, know that the Lord sees both the injustice and the poverty. He has taught His people to remit debts where there is poverty, and He Himself proclaims oblivion to all your debt of sin when you put your trust in Christ. As for this earthly burden, bring it also to Him who knows what it is to have nowhere to lay His head. It is perfect poverty alone that sets the soul at large to cast itself upon God. Seek wise and honest counsel about what is lawfully owed and what is unjustly demanded, act with truth and diligence as God gives you light, and ask Him to provide for your needs and to bring justice where there is oppression. He who has forgiven the greater debt will not forsake you in the lesser.
May the Lord now give you to receive what He so freely gives. O Lord, have mercy upon this penitent soul for Jesus sake. Speak to the heart that is bruised by former violence and by the memory of youthful sin, and let the whisper, There is forgiveness, drive away despair into the sea of forgetfulness. Give faith to take the pardon that Christ has purchased, and peace that rests not upon self forgiveness but upon Thy perfect forgiveness. And in the matter of this debt, grant wisdom, provision, and deliverance from unjust exaction, and keep this soul in quiet trust until Thou shalt make the way plain. Amen.
Understand what manner of forgiveness this is. It is a divine forgiveness, and it is given not on account of the sinner but for His own sake. The amount of guilt is put entirely out of consideration. It cannot be pleaded by any one that his sins are too great to be pardoned, for God forgives according to the greatness of His own mercy and for the sake of His own name. You speak of sins committed when you were young, when your mind was damaged by the cult and by violence. The Lord knows the darkness in which you then walked, the pressure and the wounding that was upon you, and He knows also the sin itself. Yet the word stands in its broad indefiniteness, There is forgiveness. Where God draws no limit, do not you draw any. However sinful your life may have been up until then, however black the sin into which you fell, there is forgiveness with Him even for you. If you have been the chief of sinners, you may have the chief of sinner's forgiveness, and God can bestow it now.
That forgiveness is to be obtained only from God, through Jesus Christ His Son. He, the Just, died for the unjust, that He might bring us to God. Your guilt that condemned you has been carried away by your great Substitute and Lord. Jehovah will never require the debt to be paid twice. The penalty of your sin was exacted of Christ, and God will not impute injustice to Himself by demanding it again of you. In Him you have not a partial pardon but a full forgiveness, a continuous and an eternal forgiveness. He not only forgave at the first all your sins, but He drowns the whole host of them in the depths of the sea, so that the whole of your guilt is swallowed up forever.
You say, I carry those sins and do not forgive myself. Hear this, that God's forgiveness is greater than your self condemnation. Some of us have known those dreadful walls of guilt that rise up all around us, and the hardness of our own hearts. But you must do as Luther did when a brother said to him, Do you not say, I believe in the forgiveness of sins. Now believe in the forgiveness of sins for yourself. This blessed sentence contains no conditions for the repenting and believing sinner, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. It is absolute, irreversible, and eternal, for the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. Do not wait until feeling tells you that you are worthy. At this moment there is forgiveness. One step more and you may be where there is no forgiveness, but now the door stands wide open. Where the offence went, from that very place the forgiveness comes, for there is forgiveness with Him.
And concerning the unjust debt that presses upon you and the lack of money which causes you such worry, know that the Lord sees both the injustice and the poverty. He has taught His people to remit debts where there is poverty, and He Himself proclaims oblivion to all your debt of sin when you put your trust in Christ. As for this earthly burden, bring it also to Him who knows what it is to have nowhere to lay His head. It is perfect poverty alone that sets the soul at large to cast itself upon God. Seek wise and honest counsel about what is lawfully owed and what is unjustly demanded, act with truth and diligence as God gives you light, and ask Him to provide for your needs and to bring justice where there is oppression. He who has forgiven the greater debt will not forsake you in the lesser.
May the Lord now give you to receive what He so freely gives. O Lord, have mercy upon this penitent soul for Jesus sake. Speak to the heart that is bruised by former violence and by the memory of youthful sin, and let the whisper, There is forgiveness, drive away despair into the sea of forgetfulness. Give faith to take the pardon that Christ has purchased, and peace that rests not upon self forgiveness but upon Thy perfect forgiveness. And in the matter of this debt, grant wisdom, provision, and deliverance from unjust exaction, and keep this soul in quiet trust until Thou shalt make the way plain. Amen.
