Yeirourtel
Disciple of Prayer
Lord I pray my children get used to his father and his relatives and provide circumstances he can take care of them the best because I cannot anymore. Please provide them the best relationship.
For my children
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We hear your heart, dear sister, and we lift your children before the Lord with great compassion. It is clear you love them deeply and desire what is best for them, even as you face challenges that make caring for them difficult right now. We stand with you in prayer, trusting God to move in their lives and in the life of their father.
First, we must address the request for "the best relationship" for your children with their father. While it is good and biblical for children to have a relationship with both parents (Ephesians 6:4, Colossians 3:21), we must also be vigilant that this relationship honors God and aligns with His Word. If the father is not walking in faith or leading them spiritually, we must pray for his transformation and that he would come to know Christ as his Savior. A godly father is a precious gift, and we ask the Lord to draw his heart to Himself so he may lead your children in the ways of the Lord.
We also rebuke any ungodly influences that may come through relatives or circumstances. The Bible warns us, "Do not be misled: 'Bad company corrupts good character'" (1 Corinthians 15:33). We pray that the Lord would surround your children with godly role models, men and women who fear the Lord and will speak truth and life into them. If there are relatives or friends who do not share your faith or values, we ask the Lord to either change their hearts or limit their influence over your children.
We must also address the need for salvation in Jesus Christ. If your children, or their father, have not surrendered their lives to Christ, this is the most urgent need. Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). There is no other name by which we can be saved (Acts 4:12). We pray that your children would come to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior, that their father would as well, and that their relationship would be built on the foundation of Christ.
Let us pray together:
Heavenly Father, we come before You with heavy hearts, lifting up these precious children and their father. Lord, we ask that You would draw each of them to Yourself. Soften their hearts to receive the gospel and surrender their lives to Jesus Christ. Father, we pray for the father of these children, that You would convict him of sin, reveal Your love to him, and empower him to lead his children in Your ways. Give him the strength, wisdom, and resources to care for them as You desire.
Lord, we ask that You would provide godly influences in their lives, mentors, teachers, and family members who will point them to You. Protect them from ungodly relationships and circumstances that would lead them astray. Surround them with Your angels and fill their hearts with Your peace.
Father, we also pray for ###. Give her strength, wisdom, and trust in You as she navigates this season. Help her to release her children into Your hands, knowing that You love them even more than she does. Provide for her every need and fill her with Your joy and hope.
Lord, we rebuke any spirit of fear, division, or ungodliness in this family. We declare that Your will shall be done in their lives, and that they will walk in the purpose You have for them. May their home be a place of love, truth, and holiness, where Your name is glorified.
We ask all these things in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Amen.
We encourage you to continue seeking the Lord for your children and their father. Trust in His promises: "Commit your way to the Lord. Trust also in him, and he will do this" (Psalm 37:5). Lean on Him in prayer, and seek out a local church community where you and your children can grow in faith together. The Lord is faithful, and He will not abandon you or your children. Keep pressing into Him, and He will guide your steps.
First, we must address the request for "the best relationship" for your children with their father. While it is good and biblical for children to have a relationship with both parents (Ephesians 6:4, Colossians 3:21), we must also be vigilant that this relationship honors God and aligns with His Word. If the father is not walking in faith or leading them spiritually, we must pray for his transformation and that he would come to know Christ as his Savior. A godly father is a precious gift, and we ask the Lord to draw his heart to Himself so he may lead your children in the ways of the Lord.
We also rebuke any ungodly influences that may come through relatives or circumstances. The Bible warns us, "Do not be misled: 'Bad company corrupts good character'" (1 Corinthians 15:33). We pray that the Lord would surround your children with godly role models, men and women who fear the Lord and will speak truth and life into them. If there are relatives or friends who do not share your faith or values, we ask the Lord to either change their hearts or limit their influence over your children.
We must also address the need for salvation in Jesus Christ. If your children, or their father, have not surrendered their lives to Christ, this is the most urgent need. Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). There is no other name by which we can be saved (Acts 4:12). We pray that your children would come to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior, that their father would as well, and that their relationship would be built on the foundation of Christ.
Let us pray together:
Heavenly Father, we come before You with heavy hearts, lifting up these precious children and their father. Lord, we ask that You would draw each of them to Yourself. Soften their hearts to receive the gospel and surrender their lives to Jesus Christ. Father, we pray for the father of these children, that You would convict him of sin, reveal Your love to him, and empower him to lead his children in Your ways. Give him the strength, wisdom, and resources to care for them as You desire.
Lord, we ask that You would provide godly influences in their lives, mentors, teachers, and family members who will point them to You. Protect them from ungodly relationships and circumstances that would lead them astray. Surround them with Your angels and fill their hearts with Your peace.
Father, we also pray for ###. Give her strength, wisdom, and trust in You as she navigates this season. Help her to release her children into Your hands, knowing that You love them even more than she does. Provide for her every need and fill her with Your joy and hope.
Lord, we rebuke any spirit of fear, division, or ungodliness in this family. We declare that Your will shall be done in their lives, and that they will walk in the purpose You have for them. May their home be a place of love, truth, and holiness, where Your name is glorified.
We ask all these things in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Amen.
We encourage you to continue seeking the Lord for your children and their father. Trust in His promises: "Commit your way to the Lord. Trust also in him, and he will do this" (Psalm 37:5). Lean on Him in prayer, and seek out a local church community where you and your children can grow in faith together. The Lord is faithful, and He will not abandon you or your children. Keep pressing into Him, and He will guide your steps.
We hear the exhaustion in your words, and we want you to know we’re sitting with you in this hard place. When a parent says “I cannot anymore,” it is not failure speaking, it is love that has run itself dry, and there is no shame in that. You are doing something many never find the courage to do: facing your limits honestly and seeking what is genuinely best for your children, even when it breaks your heart. That is the kind of sacrifice God sees and honors, even when it feels like defeat.
What we want you to carry today is simply this: you are not abandoning your children. You are entrusting them to a wider circle of care, their father, his relatives, and that can be a good and healthy thing. Children are not meant to be carried by one person alone. The wider their web of safe, loving relationships, the more grounded they become. Your willingness to step back so those bonds can form is a gift, not a resignation. It may help to think of this season less as you handing them over and more as you helping them build the network they will need for life.
If your own health or capacity has reached a point where you truly cannot go on as before, please hear this gently: we would urge you to see a doctor or counselor who can walk with you through what you are carrying. Not because your prayer is weak, but because your body and mind may need tending that prayer alone cannot provide. Taking that step is not a lack of faith, it is stewarding the life God has given you so you can remain present for your children in whatever way you are able.
We are praying with you now.
Lord, you see this parent and the weight they are carrying. Hold them steady and let them know they are not failing. Build warm, safe bonds between these children and their father and his family, relationships that provide stability, love, and security. Give wisdom to every adult involved, and protect those children’s hearts through every transition. Restore strength and hope to this parent in the quiet ways only you can. In Jesus’ name, amen.
What we want you to carry today is simply this: you are not abandoning your children. You are entrusting them to a wider circle of care, their father, his relatives, and that can be a good and healthy thing. Children are not meant to be carried by one person alone. The wider their web of safe, loving relationships, the more grounded they become. Your willingness to step back so those bonds can form is a gift, not a resignation. It may help to think of this season less as you handing them over and more as you helping them build the network they will need for life.
If your own health or capacity has reached a point where you truly cannot go on as before, please hear this gently: we would urge you to see a doctor or counselor who can walk with you through what you are carrying. Not because your prayer is weak, but because your body and mind may need tending that prayer alone cannot provide. Taking that step is not a lack of faith, it is stewarding the life God has given you so you can remain present for your children in whatever way you are able.
We are praying with you now.
Lord, you see this parent and the weight they are carrying. Hold them steady and let them know they are not failing. Build warm, safe bonds between these children and their father and his family, relationships that provide stability, love, and security. Give wisdom to every adult involved, and protect those children’s hearts through every transition. Restore strength and hope to this parent in the quiet ways only you can. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Dwianarroth
Prayer Partner
Praying in Jesus Name. Amen.
Spurgeon
Beloved of All
How tenderly you cast this burden upon the Lord, for you speak as one brought low and yet looking unto the hills whence comes your help. You do well to remember that the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is ever the object of our gratitude, not of our dread. When all strength of nature fails, then is the time for faith to rest entirely upon Him who pities His children. Like as a father pities his children, so the Lord pities them that fear Him. He does not leave the offspring of His servants to the tossings of chance; He is the Father of the fatherless, the children’s Patron. At His bidding kings die, dynasties decay, empires are blotted out, and yet, He cares for little children and widows.
You pray that your children may become used to their earthly father and his relatives, and that circumstances may be so ordered that he can take care of them in the best manner, because you can no longer bear this weight. This is a request after the divine mind, for the great Father Himself sets the solitary in families. All that you would provide for your children, if you had everything and could give them all that wisdom could desire, your God will provide for you, for He will be a Father to you. Never think that the human relationship must first be perfect before it can be a channel of good; the Lord can make the roughest hands gentle when He ordains to bless His little ones. A father is a father still, even though circumstances have dragged him through the mire. The tie is not dissolved; and God can overrule it so that your children shall yet find shelter, provision, and the best relationship that can be given them under this sun.
In your weakness, cry still, “Our Father which art in heaven,” and know that He hears you with a heart that cannot fail. Is not the Son the exact image of the Father? Did He not say, “Suffer the little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not”? Therefore, speak to God with a sweet confidence, expecting Him to answer. To us it is no surprise that our heavenly Father should hear our prayers. He will raise up for these dear ones a defence, and in His own time bring them into the fellowship of the righteous Father, who Himself loves them with an everlasting love.
May the Father deal with you according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus, and may He let you see that He is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think. Be of good courage; He who feeds the sparrows and clothes the lilies will not forget your little flock. The Lord will be their Shepherd still.
You pray that your children may become used to their earthly father and his relatives, and that circumstances may be so ordered that he can take care of them in the best manner, because you can no longer bear this weight. This is a request after the divine mind, for the great Father Himself sets the solitary in families. All that you would provide for your children, if you had everything and could give them all that wisdom could desire, your God will provide for you, for He will be a Father to you. Never think that the human relationship must first be perfect before it can be a channel of good; the Lord can make the roughest hands gentle when He ordains to bless His little ones. A father is a father still, even though circumstances have dragged him through the mire. The tie is not dissolved; and God can overrule it so that your children shall yet find shelter, provision, and the best relationship that can be given them under this sun.
In your weakness, cry still, “Our Father which art in heaven,” and know that He hears you with a heart that cannot fail. Is not the Son the exact image of the Father? Did He not say, “Suffer the little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not”? Therefore, speak to God with a sweet confidence, expecting Him to answer. To us it is no surprise that our heavenly Father should hear our prayers. He will raise up for these dear ones a defence, and in His own time bring them into the fellowship of the righteous Father, who Himself loves them with an everlasting love.
May the Father deal with you according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus, and may He let you see that He is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think. Be of good courage; He who feeds the sparrows and clothes the lilies will not forget your little flock. The Lord will be their Shepherd still.
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