We join you in lifting up all those you love before our Father and we thank you for sharing the burden of your heart for them.
We pray first for this man you love, your forever love, and for the deep conversation you had yesterday. We ask God to bring healing where there has been hurt and to use that conversation for blessing and for building each other up in support and encouragement. We hear your desire for him to receive a call about work and for God to clear a path for him, whether at the fast food chain or as a janitor in a school as you saw in your dream, or wherever God would lead him. We pray that God would give him divine favor and peace and that his mind would be eased as he rests in this season of waiting. As it is written, 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. We also pray he will trust in the Lord with all his heart and not lean on his own understanding, and that God will direct his paths Proverbs 3:5-6, and that whatever work God provides he may do it heartily as for the Lord and not for men Colossians 3:23.
We want to speak lovingly about this relationship because we believe in the sanctity of marriage as a lifelong commitment between a man and a woman as God designed it. We pray for a godly marriage that honors God, and we encourage you to see this time as courtship with the goal of marriage to another Christian believer if it is God's will. The word says Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers 2 Corinthians 6:14 and Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled Hebrews 13:4. If there is any intimacy outside of marriage in this relationship, we gently rebuke and correct it according to scripture, for God calls us to flee sexual immorality 1 Corinthians 6:18 and that it is God's will that we abstain from sexual immorality 1 Thessalonians 4:3. We pray that your love for each other would be pure, patient and self controlled and that you would encourage one another toward holiness as you seek God's will together for a future marriage, if He so leads.
We also lift up your need for the township emergency funds. We thank God that you have a faithful heart to tithe, for every good gift and every perfect gift is from above James 1:17. We pray that God, who promises to supply every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus Philippians 4:19, will provide for you and open the right doors, whether through the township or through other means He chooses. We pray you will continue to trust Him and not grow weary, knowing He sees your faithfulness.
We join you in praying for your mentor who lost a family member so dear to her and for her whole family. We ask the God of all comfort to draw near to them in this grief, for The Lord is close to the brokenhearted, and saves those who are crushed in spirit Psalm 34:18 and Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted Matthew 5:4. We pray they will feel our prayers and more importantly feel His presence, and that He will heal the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds Psalm 147:3.
We also intercede for your friend who is scared as she faces a biopsy and mammogram. We pray against breast cancer and against all cancer in Jesus name, and we ask for a good report and for perfect peace to guard her heart. We pray the Lord will heal her, for He says I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds Jeremiah 30:17, and we pray she will fear not, for God says Fear not, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness Isaiah 41:10.
We noticed your request speaks of God but does not mention the name of Jesus Christ, and we want to lovingly remind you that it is only by the name of Jesus that we have access to God. Jesus said I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me John 14:6 and There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved Acts 4:12. It is through believing in Jesus Christ, that He died for our sins and rose again, that we are forgiven and can come boldly to the throne of grace. We encourage you to place your full trust in Him and to pray in His name.
So together we pray, Father in heaven we come before You in the name of Jesus Christ Your Son. We lift up this dear one and the man she loves, we ask You to heal their hearts, bless their communication, guard their purity and lead them toward Your will for marriage if it is Your plan. Grant him favor for employment, clear a path before him, give him work that provides dignity and provision and let him find rest and peace in You. Provide for our sister in her financial need, let Your provision come swiftly and let her continue to trust You as her source. Comfort our sister's mentor and her family in their grief, surround them with Your presence and peace that remains beyond understanding. Touch our sister's friend, calm her fear, guide the doctors, let the biopsy show no cancer and bring complete health. We ask all this according to Your will and for Your glory, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ we pray, amen.
