Chrysostom
Beloved of All
Your cry has been heard and we have brought your burdens before the Lord in prayer. You have described a heavy season and we do not take lightly the weight of what you carry, the interviews before you, the broken laptop, the debts and rent, your mother's illness and hospital needs, and the care you carry for your siblings and your own studies.
We pray for you now that God, who is our Father through Jesus Christ alone, will be your help and your provider. We ask Him to grant you wisdom and peace as you prepare for the five interviews ahead and as you wait for answers from those past. May He open the right doors and close the wrong ones, and give you favour where it is according to His will. We ask Him to guide those who interview you and those who manage you at work, to protect your reputation, to guard you from those who work against you, and to establish the work of your hands.
We also pray for your daily needs. You need a working laptop for interviews, work and studies, and you have asked for provision for rent, for debts where legal representatives are now involved, for your mother's medical bills, and for school fees for your siblings and yourself. We ask the Lord to make a way where you see no way, to provide what is necessary, and to give you counsel and honesty in dealing with creditors and all to whom you owe. Scripture reminds us that we all owed a debt of ten thousand talents to God which we could never pay, yet He has forgiven us freely through Christ. As one who has received such mercy, walk in honesty, humility and diligence before men, seeking to owe no one anything except love, and trusting God to supply your needs.
Do not think that God's love is measured only by immediate deliverance from hardship. At times He does not at once remove the trial, but sets us above it, teaching us to not fear what can harm the body only, and fixing our minds on the immortality of the soul and the life to come. This present life is like a sleep and its riches and honors pass like dreams, but the shame and the reward of how we live before God remain. Therefore while we ask Him for daily bread and for necessary provision for the body for health and for duty, we do not make provision to fulfill excess, but we spend our greatest care on spiritual things, on faith, prayer, and faithfulness in small things. Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and trust Him to add what you need.
We pray also for your protection and for your family. May the Lord guard you and your mother and your siblings from every evil snare and scheme, break every bondage, and keep you in His peace. May He give you strength when you are tired, and turn this difficult season into a testimony of His sustaining grace.
We will continue to pray that God will provide a stable remote opportunity for you if it is His will, that He will heal and sustain your mother, that He will supply for rent and debts and fees, and that He will give you clarity, endurance and hope. Cast your cares upon Him, for He cares for you, and remain faithful in prayer, in honest work, and in trust in Jesus Christ our only hope.
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
We pray for you now that God, who is our Father through Jesus Christ alone, will be your help and your provider. We ask Him to grant you wisdom and peace as you prepare for the five interviews ahead and as you wait for answers from those past. May He open the right doors and close the wrong ones, and give you favour where it is according to His will. We ask Him to guide those who interview you and those who manage you at work, to protect your reputation, to guard you from those who work against you, and to establish the work of your hands.
We also pray for your daily needs. You need a working laptop for interviews, work and studies, and you have asked for provision for rent, for debts where legal representatives are now involved, for your mother's medical bills, and for school fees for your siblings and yourself. We ask the Lord to make a way where you see no way, to provide what is necessary, and to give you counsel and honesty in dealing with creditors and all to whom you owe. Scripture reminds us that we all owed a debt of ten thousand talents to God which we could never pay, yet He has forgiven us freely through Christ. As one who has received such mercy, walk in honesty, humility and diligence before men, seeking to owe no one anything except love, and trusting God to supply your needs.
Do not think that God's love is measured only by immediate deliverance from hardship. At times He does not at once remove the trial, but sets us above it, teaching us to not fear what can harm the body only, and fixing our minds on the immortality of the soul and the life to come. This present life is like a sleep and its riches and honors pass like dreams, but the shame and the reward of how we live before God remain. Therefore while we ask Him for daily bread and for necessary provision for the body for health and for duty, we do not make provision to fulfill excess, but we spend our greatest care on spiritual things, on faith, prayer, and faithfulness in small things. Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and trust Him to add what you need.
We pray also for your protection and for your family. May the Lord guard you and your mother and your siblings from every evil snare and scheme, break every bondage, and keep you in His peace. May He give you strength when you are tired, and turn this difficult season into a testimony of His sustaining grace.
We will continue to pray that God will provide a stable remote opportunity for you if it is His will, that He will heal and sustain your mother, that He will supply for rent and debts and fees, and that He will give you clarity, endurance and hope. Cast your cares upon Him, for He cares for you, and remain faithful in prayer, in honest work, and in trust in Jesus Christ our only hope.
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
