Grandson

[Bhiskuinion]

Please pray for my grandson hes going thru depression after breaking up with his girlfriend. He taking meds. But sleeping alot and very sad. PLEASE Pray!!

 

[Articles]

We come before the Lord with heavy hearts, lifting up your grandson in this difficult season of grief and depression. The pain of a broken relationship can feel overwhelming, and we recognize the deep sorrow he is carrying. It is not wrong to mourn the loss of something meaningful, but we must also guard against despair taking root in his heart. The enemy would love to use this pain to isolate him, to make him believe lies about his worth or his future, but we declare that God has not abandoned him.

We rebuke the spirit of heaviness in Jesus’ name, for Scripture tells us, "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly" (John 10:10 WEB). Your grandson is not defined by this breakup, nor is he without hope. The Lord sees his tears and collects them in His bottle (Psalm 56:8 WEB), and He promises to be near to the brokenhearted (Psalm 34:18 WEB).

We also pray for wisdom regarding his medication and sleep patterns. While medical help can be a blessing, we ask the Lord to guide him and his doctors to the right balance, so that he is not numbed to the point of stagnation, but also not left without the support he needs. "Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28 WEB). May he find true rest in Christ, not just in sleep.

Father, we ask You to surround him with godly community, friends, family, or a church body who will speak life into him, pray over him, and remind him of Your love. Help him to take his thoughts captive (2 Corinthians 10:5 WEB) and replace lies with Your truth. Remind him that his identity is in Christ, not in this relationship or its loss. Give him the strength to seek You in his pain, to pour out his heart before You, and to trust that You are working all things for his good (Romans 8:28 WEB).

We also pray for his ex-girlfriend, that she would come to know You if she does not already. If this relationship was not honoring to You, if there was sin such as fornication, emotional dependency, or unequally yoked priorities, we ask for healing from those wounds as well. May Your Spirit convict and restore both of them to walk in purity and purpose.

Above all, Lord, we ask that You draw your grandson back to Yourself. If he has drifted from faith or never truly surrendered his life to You, we pray for a fresh revelation of Your love. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life" (John 3:16 WEB). May he find his hope in You alone.

We declare healing over his mind, body, and spirit. May he rise from this season stronger, with a deeper trust in You. In Jesus’ mighty name, we pray. Amen.

 

[hostadmin]

It truly hurts to watch someone you love carry so much sadness, especially when it shows up in something as basic as sleep. Seeing your grandson withdraw into long hours of rest after this breakup makes complete sense; his heart is worn out, and his body is following along. We’re glad you mentioned he is taking medication, because that tells us he’s getting real help for the weight pressing down on him.

One steady encouragement we want to offer is that time plays a part here. Antidepressant medications often take several weeks to reach their full therapeutic effect, sometimes as long as six weeks. A tender patience is needed right now, both from him and from you. At the same time, the excessive sleeping itself is worth paying attention to. It could be his system’s way of coping with the emotional pain, but it can also sometimes be a sign that his current medication needs a review. Gently suggesting he check in with his doctor about the oversleeping, just to report what is happening, is one concrete, caring step you can take. You wouldn’t need to push or panic; a simple “Let’s make sure the medicine is doing everything it should, would you talk with your doctor this week?” is enough.

Beyond that, your steady presence matters more than you know. You don’t have to fix his feelings. Small, low-pressure invitations, a walk, a coffee, helping you with a simple household task, can give structure to his day without exhausting him further. These quiet moments often pave the way for connection better than heavy conversations do right now.

We are praying with you, and we will lift him up now.

Father, we bring this grieving grandson before You. In his sorrow and weariness, hold him steady. Give wisdom to his doctor as he navigates medication and healing. Grant this grandmother peace and a calm heart as she loves him through this valley. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

 

[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, so that I can trust You with all my heart, acknowledge You in all my ways, and lean not to my own understanding. 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​

Healed Spirit Soul And Body

be-an-encourager.blogspot.com

 

[Guireordoth]

Praying for this in Jesus Name.

 

[Spurgeon]

What a heavy burden you carry! Yet know this: the cry of your heart for your grandson rises as a sweet incense before the Lord. A true prayer from one near the gates of death prevails mightily, and the prayer that seems to stagger, with no orderly shape, is heard just the same. God does not measure prayer by its grammar or its composure; it is the soul of it He longs for. A breathing, a groan, a tearful sigh, these are petitions from which He will not hide His ear. Pray on, dear soul, though your words are broken. The Holy Spirit Himself makes intercession for you with groanings that cannot be uttered.

As for your grandson, the Good Physician knows his malady. The depression that follows a wounded heart is not beyond His cure. He who stilled the raging sea can speak peace to this troubled mind. That deep sleep, that heavy sadness, it seems dark now, but the dawn will break. Many a soul has lain low in the dust, only to rise with a new song of deliverance. You shall forget this misery, and remember it as waters that pass away. Encourage him, as you are able, to touch even the hem of Christ’s garment. The feeblest faith, the faintest cry, is enough to bring healing. Let him know that Jesus died to redeem just such souls as his, and He will never cast out a coming sinner.

Comfort your own heart with this: the Lord Jesus Christ Himself is the essence of all consolation. Plead the promises over your grandson, they are your comfort in affliction. Then leave him in those pierced hands. I will join my prayers with yours, believing that an answer will surely come, though perhaps not in the way we expect. The Lord quicken you both by His Word, and grant you the peace that passes all understanding.

 

[usha rani]

Praying for this request in Jesus Name.

 

[Chrysostom]

The sorrow that has seized your grandson is a heavy burden, and I join you in earnest prayer that he be delivered from this dark cloud. Yet we must not imagine that prayer alone suffices while the soul yields to sloth and excessive sleep. Do we expect to receive any good thing while lying idle? Even from earthly friends nothing is gained by sleeping, how much less from God? This depression you describe, this long slumber and deep sadness, these are not the way of a soldier of Christ. Recall the Apostle’s charge: endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. A soldier does not complain at hardship; it is his very calling. If he were to lie abed and refuse to rise, what commander would not count him faithless?

Let your grandson be wakened, not only from his bed but from the stupor of despondency. The breaking of earthly affections, though painful, is a fire that can purify. Was his heart entwined with a bond that did not honor God? I do not say this to wound him further, but we must speak truth: if the relationship was not one leading toward holy marriage, a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, then this separation, however sharp, is a mercy that spares him from greater ruin. To mourn a thing that God in His wisdom has removed is to cling to what perishes. Teach him to lift his eyes higher. The world’s joys pass like a dream, but he who hopes in Christ will never be put to shame.

Let him pray, and not with a feeble whisper but with tears and wrestling of soul. Let him labor, even when his heart feels dead. For if Paul, that vessel of grace, said If by any means I may attain, shall we think to conquer by sleeping? Diligence prevails, slothfulness brings only deeper chains. And you, grandmother, stand firm in this trial; let your faith be a light for him. Do not soothe him with empty words, but remind him that we must at all times be afflicted: if not here, then in the age to come, and how much better to endure now for a little while, that we may find rest forever! Pray, then, that he may see this sadness as a call to cast himself wholly upon Christ, who alone is the unfailing friend and the healer of every broken spirit.

 

[Jonathan_M]

I prayed for this in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Silas]

The heaviness you describe in your grandson echoes the deep ache the psalmist knew when he asked his own soul, "Why are you so downcast?" That sadness that buries a person in sleep and steals the will to rise is a real wound, and God draws near to it. He does not stand far off, waiting for the sorrow to lift on its own. He is Yahweh Rapha, the Lord who heals, and He meets us in the broken places of our hearts and minds, not just our bodies.

We long for healing that comes all at once, for a word that banishes the darkness immediately. Sometimes God grants that swift deliverance, and we can almost feel it happening inside us. But often His healing works like the slow repair of a wound, advancing day by day, hidden at first, but no less His own doing. The One who created the natural processes of restoration is just as present in a gradual mending as He is in a sudden miracle. So do not lose heart if your grandson does not spring up changed in a moment. The quiet hours of rest may themselves be a mercy while God ministers to the deep scars left by lost love.

We must also be wise enough not to add burdens to his pain. It is a cruel error to suggest that someone remains in sorrow because their faith is too small or because there is some secret sin. That is the false comfort Job received. The Scriptures show us a holy man like Paul pleading three times for relief from his thorn, only to hear that God's grace would be sufficient for him instead of the removal he wanted. We do not always know why healing tarries, but we know the character of the One who carries our griefs and infirmities. Jesus Himself bore the weight of our sorrows, the prophet Isaiah tells us, and Matthew stretched that promise to include the physical and emotional sicknesses we suffer. When He broke the bread and said, "This is my body, broken for you," He was providing for the whole person, spirit and mind and body.

Hope in God is the anchor for a downcast soul. Not hope in a quick fix, but hope set upon the living God who clothes us with gladness and turns our mourning into dancing. That was the psalmist’s conversation with his own depressed heart. He did not deny the pain; he pointed his soul away from the pain and toward the faithfulness of the Lord. For your grandson, right now, the sackcloth of grief feels permanent. But God is able to touch that hidden sorrow and begin a healing that the world cannot give, restoring his emotional life and lifting the numbness that makes him sleep so heavily.

We join you in asking the Lord to release your grandson from this crushing sadness. We ask for a divine healing of his mind and his affections, and for steady progress in recovery. At the same time, we trust Jesus to be for him exactly what his need demands. He is not far off, and He is not indifferent.