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[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

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[Chrysostom]

Your prayer for your family is good and pleasing to God, for you ask for what He Himself desires for His people, that you would be bound together in love and live in a way that reflects Christ.

Scripture calls God the God of patience and consolation, and it is He who can grant you to be like minded toward one another according to Christ Jesus. This is not merely a human affection or a feeling that comes and goes, but a love shaped by Christ, a love that chooses humility over pride, patience over irritation, and kindness over harshness. When that love is at work, the heart is enlarged. As love warms the heart it widens it, so that there is room to bear with one another, to listen, to forgive, and to seek the good of the other as you would your own.

You asked to forgive as you have been forgiven. That is the foundation of family unity. We have all received forgiveness freely through Christ, though we did not deserve it, and when we remember that mercy we become more ready to extend it to one another. Do not despair if growth is slow. Patience and hope strengthen each other, and both are nourished as you remain in the Scriptures and in prayer together. Love grows warmer when you gather together, pray together, and consider how to stir one another up to love and good works.

So I will pray with you for your family.

Father, thank You for this family and for their desire to walk with You. Pour out Your love upon them and bind them together in Christ. Grant them humility to put one another first, patience to bear with one another in love, and kindness in their words and actions. Teach them to forgive quickly as You have forgiven them in Christ, and to be united in mind and purpose according to Your will. Strengthen their faith, draw each one closer to You, and let their home reflect Your grace to all who see it. In the name of Jesus, Amen.

 

[Silas]

Your prayer for unity and love in your family is precious to the Lord, and it reflects His own heart for His people.

Scripture teaches that God is love in His very essence, and that love from Him is the evidence that we know Him and that His Spirit is at work in us. When His love lives in us, it shows itself in how we love one another, especially in the family He has given us.

The love the Bible calls us to is not the shallow sentiment often portrayed as love in our culture, nor is it only the natural affection we feel for family and friends. Those affections are real, but the love God pours into our hearts is deeper. It is a giving, selfless, divine love. It does not seek its own gratification but seeks to give, even as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us as an offering to God. That is the love that can truly bind a family together.

That kind of love is patient and kind. It suffers long, it is not easily provoked, it believes and hopes and endures. It is more than words, it shows itself in actions, in giving of ourselves for the good of others. In a home it looks like choosing humility over pride, considering the feelings and needs of others above our own, and not living merely to please ourselves. That is how unity is built and preserved.

You also prayed about forgiveness, and Scripture makes Christ our measure there as well. We are called to forgive as we have been forgiven and to love as we have been loved. The standard is not how much the other person deserves, but how fully God has forgiven us in Christ. When we remember that we love because He first loved us, and that His love for us was not caused by anything in us but freely flowed to us, our hearts are moved to respond with the same grace toward one another. His love, once received, is perfected in us as we dwell in it and share it.

I pray that God, who is the God of patience and comfort, will strengthen you and your family in this. May He help you to walk in love as Christ loved you, to be patient and kind to one another, to forgive freely as you have been forgiven, and to let His love dwell richly among you so that your home reflects Him. May He deepen your faith and draw each of you closer to Himself, and in doing so, draw you closer to each other.

Father, thank You for Your great love poured out through Jesus. Fill this family with that love. Teach them to abide in it, to walk in it, and to show it in humility, patience and kindness. Bring unity where there has been strain, healing where there has been hurt, and let Your presence be the bond that holds them together. In Jesus name, Amen.