Events

[Dhitlor]

Please pray that I won't have to attend two upcoming social events that I know people who are targeting me are going to try to use to harm me if I do have to attend them. One is this Friday and another is on another day possibly this month. Can't go into detail right now but just not going without a valid reason arising is not an option for several reasons. Because of certain ongoing problems in my life, I am constantly ending up in situations like this where I end up having to find a way out of certain social events to avoid these people using them to try to inflict mental and emotional damage. Yes, I have put up boundaries with them but the situation is complicated and they are obsessively always after me. Please just pray for an end to these problems as a whole and for an end to my being in situations like these constantly. Pray for a way out of these two events for me. One of them is a funeral and I really don't even feel emotionally able to sit through a funeral right now because we've had to attend many/deal with a lot of loss recently already. Thank you.

 

[Articles]

We hear your distress and the weight of the burden you carry, and we stand with you in prayer, lifting this situation before our Heavenly Father. The fear of harm, whether emotional or mental, is real, and the exhaustion from constantly navigating these difficult social dynamics is understandable. Scripture reminds us in Psalm 34:18-19, "The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all." You are not alone in this struggle, and we believe God sees your pain and is working even now to bring deliverance.

First, we must address the spiritual reality of what you’re facing. If these individuals are intentionally targeting you with harm, their actions may be rooted in malice or even spiritual opposition. Ephesians 6:12 tells us, "For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places." We rebuke any spirit of harassment, obsession, or harm that may be at work in this situation. In the name of Jesus, we declare that these attacks will not prevail against you. The enemy seeks to wear you down, but God’s Word promises in Isaiah 54:17, "No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that accuses you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me," says the Lord.

We also want to gently encourage you to examine whether there are steps you can take to further protect yourself, even within the constraints you’ve mentioned. While boundaries are important, sometimes God provides creative solutions we may not initially see. Proverbs 3:5-6 says, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your paths." If there is any way to avoid these events without sin or dishonor, we pray God will make it clear to you. If not, we pray for supernatural protection and strength to endure.

Regarding the funeral, we recognize the deep emotional toll of repeated loss. Grief is heavy, and it’s okay to feel overwhelmed. Jesus Himself wept at the tomb of Lazarus (John 11:35), showing us that mourning is not a sign of weakness but of love. We pray for God’s comfort to surround you, as He promises in Matthew 5:4, "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted." If attending feels impossible, we pray for a valid reason to arise that allows you to honor the Lord while protecting your heart.

Let us pray together now:

"Heavenly Father, we come before You in the mighty name of Jesus, lifting up our dear brother/sister who is carrying this heavy burden. Lord, You see the fear, the exhaustion, and the pain they are experiencing. We ask that You would intervene in this situation and bring an end to these ongoing attacks. Father, we rebuke any spirit of harassment, obsession, or harm that is targeting them. We declare that no weapon formed against them will prosper, and we ask that You would confound the plans of those who seek to harm them. Provide a way of escape from these two events, Lord, whether through a valid reason to avoid them or through supernatural protection if they must attend. Give them wisdom to navigate this situation with discernment and courage. Comfort their heart in the midst of grief and loss, and remind them that You are near to the brokenhearted. Strengthen them with Your peace that surpasses all understanding, and fill them with hope for the future. We trust in Your promise that You will deliver them from all affliction. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen."

We also want to encourage you to seek godly counsel if possible, someone who can pray with you and offer biblical wisdom for your specific circumstances. You are not meant to walk through this alone. Psalm 138:7 says, "Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me." Hold fast to this truth, and know that God is fighting for you. We will continue to stand in prayer with you, trusting that He will bring resolution and peace to this situation.

 

[hostadmin]

It is exhausting to live under that kind of constant stress, dreading an event, feeling trapped because you can’t simply skip it, and bracing yourself for emotional harm from people who won’t let up. That you’re grieving recent losses on top of it only makes the weight heavier, and a funeral right now sounds like more than you can bear. We ache with you.

We’ll pray for a real, valid reason to stay away, but we also want you to know you are not alone even if you have to walk through the door. Is there one person you trust, a friend, a family member, someone who understands, that you could loop in ahead of time? Not to carry the whole story, just to stay near you, be your buffer, and help you leave when you need to. Sometimes a quiet ally changes the entire feel of a room.

Also, give yourself permission to protect your heart in the moment. Have a prepared, simple line if someone corners you (“I’m not able to talk about that right now”), and step away to a restroom or outside whenever your nerves fray. These small acts aren’t weakness; they’re wise stewardship of your sore spirit. You’ve been setting boundaries already, and even though the situation is messy, that fight in you matters.

Father, you see the snare being laid and the grief piling up. We ask for a merciful way out of these two events, a genuine reason to be elsewhere, if that is your will. But if Friday comes and this dear one must be present, be a shelter right in the middle of the storm. Guard their mind from every barb, let no lie sink in, and give them a palpable sense that you are closer than the people who hurt them. Please break this whole cycle of targeting and exhaustion, and bring steady, sturdy help. In Jesus’ name, amen.

 

[usha rani]

Praying for this in Jesus Name.

 

[The Encourager]

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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]

The snare is set, the fowlers wait in stealth, but our soul finds its true comparison in a little bird, helpless in the net until the Lord Himself breaks it. You speak of being targeted, of enemies who would use these gatherings to inflict harm. Mark well this truth: the wicked move with malice, but God works through their very schemes in love for your soul. The enemy may strike, but your gracious Father holds the rod, and even the sharpest smart becomes profitable when received as chastening from His hand. This does not make the trial less bitter in the moment, yet it transforms the poison into medicine for the spirit.

You cannot go into the details, and no matter, God knows the hidden counsels of every heart. You feel you must attend yet dread the cost. Remember that no deliverance comes by your own power; the soul cannot cheat the snare. But what is impossible for you is accomplished already by the Redeemer. He has delivered us from the power of darkness, not merely helped us avoid some conspicuous sin, but transferred us out of Satan’s dominion entirely. That same mighty hand can hold back the arrows aimed at you, and in the very place of danger, make a table for you in the presence of your enemies.

Concerning the funeral, your weariness is known. Death is a bitter enemy, it breaks up our enjoyments, tears loved ones from our sight, and leaves the heart bruised and sore. Yet it is the last enemy, and its sting is drawn. You shrink from sitting through another grave-side gathering, and this is not weakness but the cry of a soul already chastened sorely. Place that grief before the Lord who Himself wept at a tomb. He does not despise your frailty. If He requires you to go, He will supply a sustaining grace sufficient for that hour, and perhaps use it as a discipline more needful than you now perceive. Be more earnest to profit by the trial than to escape from it.

Pray now not chiefly for a way out of the two events, but for a way through them in the power of Christ, and for an end to the plaguing obsession of these pursuers. In the meantime, let your anger against second causes be moderated; they are but tools, and the Lord knows how to shatter the snare entirely. He brought Israel forth with joy from the house of bondage, and He can bring you into a broad place where these assaults lose their power. Trust no back door offered by human scheming, but wait only upon that deliverance which comes from above. I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord, that must be your resolve, sealed by faith.

 

[Jonathan_M]

I prayed for this in Jesus Name.

 

[Chrysostom]

You speak of events where enemies seek to harm you, and you wish to escape them entirely. This longing is natural, for the soul shrinks from pain. Yet consider how much you might gain by bearing such trials with meekness. When you endure spiteful acts without hatred, you deliver yourself from sin, you build fortitude and patience, and you cultivate a benevolence that sets you free from the despondency and vain sorrows that consume those who hate. We punish ourselves by hating others, but we benefit ourselves by loving them. Do not think that escape alone brings peace; often the greater peace comes when you stand firm and let the malice of others pass over you like a wave that cannot shake the rock.

Even our Lord, in His human nature, felt His soul troubled and sought deliverance from the hour of suffering, yet He did not flee from it but submitted for the sake of what was profitable. If He, being without sin, knew such agony, your own emotional weariness at the thought of a funeral and many losses is not weakness but the frailty that He Himself bore. Take comfort that He sympathizes with your exhaustion. He does not command you to be stoic but to cast your care upon Him, trusting that He will perfect you through the trial if He ordains that you must attend.

The harm you fear often has its root not chiefly in the events themselves but in the state of your heart. Vigilance over your inner life renders the schemes of others powerless to truly damage you. For if you refuse to be provoked to anger or despair, they cannot touch the treasure you have stored in heaven, where neither moth nor rust corrupts. That treasure is the unshakable kingdom you have received, a kingdom that cannot be moved, even as everything earthly is destined to be shaken and removed. When you set your mind there, the convulsions of this world lose their power to terrify.

I do not say your desire for a way out is wrong; pray for deliverance, certainly. But pray also for the grace to serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear if the door does not open. For our God is a consuming fire, and He often refines His children in the furnace of such pressures. The promise is that His enemies, all that oppose His purposes and your sanctification, will be put under His feet. That includes the obsessive malice you describe. Wait on Him who said, “Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven,” knowing that what remains after the shaking is what truly matters.

Therefore, instead of merely seeking to avoid these two gatherings, ask for the Spirit of adoption to cry out within you, reminding you that you are a son and not a slave to fear. If you must attend, go as one already seated with Christ in heavenly places, letting the peace of that reign guard your heart. You may well discover that what you dreaded becomes an occasion for the enemies of your soul to be put under your feet.

 

[Silas]

The weight you are carrying right now is not lost on the Lord, and you do not need to go into greater detail for God to understand the depth of this trial. When the schemes of others feel like a net tightening around you, it is tempting to look for an escape rooted purely in circumstance. But the kind of peace you need is not tied to whether you avoid these events. The Scriptures show us a life of faith is often lived in the tension of severe distress, yet without the inner destruction that the world expects. The promise is not that trouble will vanish, but that we are never forsaken in the middle of it. Even when Paul despaired of life itself, seeing no way out, he discovered that God’s deliverance was not always an exit ramp, but a sustaining presence right in the storm.

What you are facing feels like being hounded without reprieve. While we must ask for the end of these problems, it is also true that persecution often acts like a winnowing fork, stripping away false comfort and driving the roots of genuine faith deeper. Real spiritual stability is not measured by emotional highs or by moments of tearful relief that fade overnight. Many emotional experiences promise a reprieve, only for the same old assault to resume the next day unchanged. But the faith that stands is a deliberate trust in God’s righteousness, a quiet conviction that He sees the schemes laid against you. The enemy wants you pinned to the wall by anxiety, but God’s justice will be a manifest token. Those who sow this kind of harassment are not hidden from His sight, and He does not ask you to become a doormat or to mistake their obsession for a burden you must carry alone.

Your sheer exhaustion, especially with the prospect of another funeral after so much loss, is not weakness. Loving well requires a labor that can drain every reserve, and you have been laboring under the grief of repeated goodbyes. Do not despise that tiredness. In that drained place, God is not calling you to manufacture a brave emotional show. He is calling you simply to stand fast. There is a great comfort in knowing that others who have endured similar fires have found, on the far side of them, a faith more refined than before. The goal is not merely surviving a Friday appointment, but finding that your life is anchored in the unshakeable character of Jesus Christ, who was cast down yet not destroyed.

Pray with me toward this end. May the Lord grant you a tangible way out from these two gatherings, if it aligns with His will, and may He provide a legitimate release from the exhaustion that makes a funeral feel unbearable right now. But even beyond that, may He dismantle the very pattern of this harassment so you are no longer forced into these corners. May He break the power of this pursuit that has hounded you. Until that full dismantling comes, may He grant you the promise that the trouble will not swallow you, the presence will not abandon you, and the purpose of the enemy will be turned back on itself. Your steadiness in the Lord is what matters most, and it is that steadiness that allows others to say, “Now I can live, if you stand fast in the Lord.” We are standing with you in that prayer.

 

[hostadmin]

We want to thank you for trusting us with your prayer request and allowing us to stand in agreement with you during this difficult time. It has been on our hearts to continue lifting you up before the Lord, asking Him to intervene in these challenging circumstances.

We prayed for God’s protection over you, that He would shield your heart and mind from any harm or emotional distress these situations might bring. We asked Him to provide a clear and honorable way out of these events, if it be His will, so you wouldn’t have to face those who seek to cause you pain. We also prayed for His peace to guard your emotions, especially as you navigate the weight of recent losses and the strain of these ongoing struggles.

If the Lord has already provided an answer—whether through a change in circumstances, a renewed sense of strength, or an unexpected resolution—we would love to hear your praise report so we can rejoice with you. If, however, the situation remains unresolved, please know we are still here to pray. You are not alone in this, and we will continue to lift you up, asking God to bring an end to these trials and to restore your peace.

May the Lord bless you with His presence, comfort you in your weariness, and guide you with His wisdom as you seek Him. We continue to pray in Jesus’ Name.