God, please guide me and help me. 🙏

Himani2

Disciple of Prayer
Hey God, I don’t understand why You don’t want to give me anything. If I have made any mistakes, I sincerely ask for Your forgiveness. But please don’t close every door for me. Whenever You open one door, You close it again. What is the point of all this if nothing works out? I don’t understand when all this will end or why You are not helping me. Please, God, I need Your help. 🙏
 
We have read your heartfelt cry and we join with you in bringing it before the Lord, for we hear the pain and confusion in your words as you feel doors opening and then closing again and wonder why God seems distant.

We want to gently remind you that God does love you deeply and His heart toward you is not to withhold good from you, but to lead you according to His perfect wisdom and timing. His thoughts and ways are higher than ours, as it is written, For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says Yahweh. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9. What feels like a closed door is often His protection or His redirection toward something better, for we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28. He promises, For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11.

We also hear your sincere request for forgiveness, and we rejoice that when we come to Him with a humble heart He is faithful to forgive. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9. Do not carry the burden of wondering if your mistakes have caused Him to abandon you. If you have confessed them to Him, He has forgiven you and His mercies are new every morning. Lamentations 3:22-23.

We notice in your prayer you called out to God, and we want to lovingly encourage you to come to Him through Jesus Christ, for it is only through Jesus that we have access to the Father. 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. If you have not yet placed your full trust in Jesus Christ as your Savior, we encourage you to do so, believing that He died for your sins and rose again, and to call upon His name. It is through His name that our prayers are heard and our relationship with God is restored.

In seasons of waiting and closed doors, God calls us to trust and to wait on Him with hope. Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh. Psalm 27:14. Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6. He also invites us to keep asking and seeking, for everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened. Matthew 7:8. Do not grow weary in prayer, but continue to bring your needs before Him daily, seeking His will above our own desires.

We pray together for you now.

Father in heaven, we lift up this dear one to You in the name of Jesus Christ. You see the discouragement and the weariness and the longing for guidance. We ask that You pour out Your comfort and peace upon this heart and help this dear one to feel Your presence and Your love in a fresh way. Forgive all sins as they have been confessed before You, and cleanse and restore. Lord, where doors have closed, give wisdom to understand Your purpose and grace to trust that You are leading toward Your good and perfect will. Open the right door in Your perfect timing, the door that no one can shut, and give clear guidance and hope for the future. Teach this dear one to wait with courage and to trust with all their heart, leaning not on their own understanding but acknowledging You in all ways. Draw this dear one closer to Jesus, that they may know with assurance that through Him they have access to Your throne of grace and eternal hope. May Your will be done in their life, and may they find strength and joy even in this waiting season. We ask all this in the precious name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Amen.

We encourage you to stay in His Word daily, to continue in prayer through Jesus, and to share your burdens with faithful believers who can walk with you. God has not forgotten you, and He is at work even when you cannot yet see it.
 
We hear how tired and confused you must feel right now. When you have prayed and tried and every door seems to open only to close again, it is understandable to ask why God feels distant and when this season will end. Thank you for bringing that honest prayer to Him, including asking for forgiveness. That honesty matters and God hears it.

It can help to narrow the questions a little when everything feels overwhelming. Instead of trying to figure out the whole future at once, we have found it steadies the heart to bring one specific concern to the Lord each day and to invite one trusted person, like a pastor or mature believer who knows you, into that prayer with you. You do not have to carry all the uncertainty alone, and another caring voice can help you notice small next steps you might miss when you are discouraged.

We want you to know we are praying for you and we do not see you as forgotten. God has not stopped caring for you, even when His timing and His ways are hard to understand.

Father, we lift our friend to You in Jesus name. You see the weariness and the longing for help. Give clear guidance for today, peace in the waiting, and assurance of Your nearness. Lead step by step and remind this heart that You are listening. Amen.
 
Your honest and sorrowful cry has been heard, and I thank you for pouring out your heart so plainly before the Lord. To feel that every door opens only to close again is a heavy trial, and to wonder whether God has forgotten you is a grief that many of His own dear children have known.

Settle this in your mind first, as the Saviour did in His own darkness, But You are holy. Though you should have seven years of unanswered prayer, do not suggest any reason to your mind which would dishonor Him. Delays in prayer are not denials. Unanswered petitions are not unheard. God keeps a file for our prayers. They are not blown away by the wind, they are treasured in the King's archives, and there is a registry in the court of Heaven where every sigh and tear is recorded. Your prayers are not fruitless, and His long dated bills will be punctually honored.

Yet Scripture teaches us to look within when prayer seems to tarry. Sometimes the cause of unanswered prayer lies in something connected with sin, not that God is unwilling to forgive, but that He as a Father chastens and admonishes His children. Sometimes there may be great sin in the prayer itself, when we ask with a divided heart or for our own ease alone. It is good, then, to ask as you have done, Lord, if I have made any mistakes, forgive me, and to bring every known sin to the blood of Jesus Christ, for there is salvation through Him alone, and He blots out our sin like a cloud when we seek mercy at His cross. Sincere prayer, though it may seem very feeble to you, is always acceptable to God when it comes through Christ.

At other times the Lord withholds an immediate answer not to punish but to strengthen you. He is strengthening your muscles and tendons by the arduous exercise of waiting, that you may be more finely useful in the future. He would have you set your face unto the Lord God to seek by prayer and supplication with resolute purpose and fixed perseverance. No prayer is likely to bring down an immediate answer if it is not fervent, for the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. We must get rid of the icicles that hang about our lips and cry red hot from the soul, Have mercy on me, O Lord.

Therefore continue much in prayer, even when you do not yet see the blessing in it. Knock, and it shall be opened unto you. Add force to your petitions. Follow up your prayer by faith and by such effort as God puts in your power, trusting not in your own strength but in His promise. Where God begins a good work He will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. He has not brought you thus far to abandon you half formed, for all His works are finished with wondrous care.

I pray for you now that the Lord would give you grace to trust Him while you fear, to take Christ not only as the saints Saviour but as the sinners Saviour for yourself, to rest upon His finished work, and to wait with holy perseverance for His answer, which will come in His perfect time and way. May He guide your steps, open the right door in His wisdom, and give you peace to know that you are heard and loved, even in this season of waiting.
 
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

Heal Me Lord Jesus Spirit, Soul, And Body
 
Your prayer has been heard, and I thank you for bringing your honest pain before God. To feel that every door opens only to close again is a heavy burden, and it is good that you have turned that sorrow into prayer.

God does not measure prayer by the number of words or by how it sounds to others. He looks at the intention of the heart. That is why prayer is not for show, even when we shut the door of our room. What He desires most is that we shut the doors of the mind to distraction and to pride, and come to Him humbly and attentively. He hears that kind of prayer.

Faith often goes beyond what we can understand with our own reasoning. The people of Israel stood before the sea and could not see a way through, yet they trusted and prayed, and God made a way. In the same way, when you cannot see why a door has closed or when help will come, faith keeps praying and trusting that God sees more than we do.

You asked for forgiveness, and that is a right and hopeful step. We are not made right with God by our own works, so that no one can boast, but by His grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone. That grace is given freely. At the same time, faith does not leave us idle. When we pray for mercy, we are also called to live in a way that is worthy of mercy, to show mercy to our neighbor and to forgive those who have wronged us, just as we ask God to forgive us. Jesus taught His own followers to keep praying, forgive us our debts, to show that even after we have come to Him, He remains ready to forgive when we repent with a sincere heart.

Prayer is a great weapon and protection for each day. The struggles of daily life are like a storm at sea, and we need to make God favorable to us by seeking Him early in the morning and again at night before we go out into the day. If we begin the day with prayer, we go out with more security, even when enemies or troubles remain.

When doors seem closed, remember that God is not absent. The apostles were shut in prison with guards at the doors, and God opened the way for them at His own time and in His own way, not when they demanded it. He does the same still. A closed door is not always a rejection. Sometimes it is His protection, sometimes His preparation, and sometimes His call to keep seeking Him more earnestly in prayer and in His Word.

So continue to pray, not only once but persistently, with a focused heart. Search the Scriptures with care and ask God to help you understand them. Turn from any known sin, forgive anyone you need to forgive, and do what is good and merciful toward others as you are able. These are not ways to earn His help, but fruits of a faith that is alive.

I will pray for you now. Father, in the name of Jesus Christ Your Son, have mercy on this dear soul who is weary and confused. Forgive all sins and wash away all guilt by Your grace. Give light where there is darkness, peace where there is anxiety, and guidance where the way seems closed. Open the right door in Your perfect time, and give faith to trust You while waiting. Make Your presence known and keep this heart close to You. Amen.

Keep bringing your heart to Him. He is merciful and He hears those who call on Him with truth.
 

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