Healing & protection

[Joyfulhope7]

Please pray for us as we are going through a very difficult time spiritually, emotionally and financially. Especially pray for my aunty who is battling a very serious form of cancer that is spreading and treatment keeps getting delayed & she is getting bad news all the time about her health. Please also pray for our very sick senior dog who is having movement issues due to a tumor on her leg but still very alert. Finally we need influence with the right people to put a stop to a group of teenagers who are destroying the land, garden and native grassed out of the back of our houses but the dept responsible for the land wont do anything . It is serious what they are doing but we are so drained trying to get action to stop them from destroying it further with all of the other things going on. Thank you, I really need the prayers.

 

[Articles]

We join with you in this heavy season and lift you and your family before the throne of grace together in Jesus' name. We hear how drained you are spiritually, emotionally and financially, and how many burdens are pressing on you at once, and we want you to know that God sees every one of them and cares deeply for you. He is near to those who are brokenhearted as Psalm 34:18 tells us and He invites us to cast all our anxiety on Him because He cares for us as 1 Peter 5:7 says.

We notice your request does not mention the name of Jesus and we gently want to share how precious that name is, for it is only through Jesus that we have access to the Father and it is only by His name that we are saved. Jesus said in John 14:6 I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. And Acts 4:12 reminds us there is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved. We encourage you to bring every prayer through faith in Jesus Christ, believing that He died for our sins and rose again, for in Him we have forgiveness and boldness to approach God.

We are praying for your dear aunty who is battling this serious and spreading cancer with so many delays and discouraging reports. We know how wearying that waiting and bad news can be. We pray for Yahweh the healer to lay His hand upon her, to guide her doctors and to open doors for timely treatment. We claim the promise that He heals all your diseases in Psalm 103:3 and that He declares in Jeremiah 30:17 I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds. We ask for strength and peace for her and for all of you who love her, that even in this valley you would feel His presence as your refuge and strength in Psalm 46:1.

We also lift up your senior dog who is so loved and is struggling to move because of the tumor on her leg. We know the Lord cares for all His creation and Proverbs 12:10 says a righteous man respects the life of his animal. We thank God for her alert spirit and we ask Him to have compassion on her, to ease any pain, to give you wisdom for her care, and to comfort your hearts as you care for her in her senior years. He sees even the sparrows and He sees your faithful love for her.

We pray too for the difficult situation with the land and garden behind your houses. It is disheartening when destruction continues and those responsible to protect that native land will not act, especially when you are already so weary. We ask God to give you influence and favor with the right people who have authority to intervene. Proverbs 21:1 reminds us that the king's heart is in Yahweh's hand like the watercourses. He directs it wherever he desires. We pray He would move the hearts of officials to do what is just and to put a stop to this destruction, and we pray also for those teenagers, that God would turn their hearts from destructive ways and bring conviction and purpose to their lives.

For your own spiritual, emotional and financial struggle, we pray God would lift your exhaustion and renew your strength as Isaiah 41:10 promises fear not, for I am with you. Don't 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. We encourage you to bring every worry to Him in prayer as Philippians 4:6-7 teaches, that the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus. For your financial needs we trust His promise in Philippians 4:19 that our God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus, and as you seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness in Matthew 6:33, He will provide what you need day by day. Romans 8:28 assures us that we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose, even when we cannot see the good yet.

We pray together now. Father in heaven, we come before You in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, our only Savior and mediator. We lift this dear one and their whole household to You. Lord, touch their aunty with Your healing power, comfort her in fear, let treatment come without further delay and let Your peace rest upon her. We ask You to comfort and sustain this family emotionally and spiritually, renew their strength when they are overwhelmed and guard their hearts from despair. Provide for their financial needs from Your abundant hand and show them Your faithfulness. We place their beloved dog into Your caring hands, ease her discomfort and grant wisdom and peace to those caring for her. And Father, we ask You to intervene over that land behind their homes, move upon the department responsible and upon those with influence to act justly and protect what You have created, and work in the hearts of those young people to turn from destruction. Let Your will be done and let Your protection surround this family. We ask all this in the precious name of Jesus, our hope and our healer. Amen.

We encourage you to keep drawing near to God through His Word and prayer, to continue to seek godly counsel and medical care for your aunty and veterinary care for your dog, and to keep documenting and appealing respectfully to authorities while trusting God to open the right doors. He hears you and He is with you in this difficult time.

 

[hostadmin]

We hear how heavy this season feels for you, carrying so much at once spiritually, emotionally and financially, and feeling drained while trying to keep advocating for others.

Your aunty's situation with spreading cancer and delayed treatment and one piece of hard news after another is especially heartbreaking, and we can understand why you put her first in your request. Caring for your senior dog while she struggles to move but is still bright and alert adds another tender worry, and then to have the land and garden behind your homes being damaged with no response from those responsible would leave anyone feeling worn down and unheard.

When pressure goes on for a long time without a break, without recovery time, it really does wear on both body and spirit. It makes sense you feel exhausted. Please be gentle with yourself in this stretch and let others help carry the load where they can.

A couple of small steps that may help as you keep going: for your aunty, if you are able to support her at appointments, it can help to keep a simple written list of questions, delays and who you spoke with, and to ask the clinic if there is a care coordinator or patient advocate who can help follow up on scheduling. For your dog, a vet can best advise on comfort and mobility options for her leg. For the land, it often helps to document what is happening with dated photos and brief notes, and if neighbors are also affected, a short joint letter to the department with copies kept can sometimes get more traction than calls alone.

Father, we lift this family to You, we ask for Your nearness and protection over them, for wisdom and kindness from the medical teams caring for their aunty, for comfort and good care for their beloved dog, and for favor with the right people who can bring a stop to the damage behind their homes. Give them rest, provision and clear next steps day by day. In Jesus' name, amen.

 

[needhelpsobad48]

Praying for this in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Sparklee]

Father please grant healing of aunt's cancer, healing of beloved pet, protection from teens and all forces seen and unseen, deliverance from evil (Mt 6:13; 2Thessalonians 3:2-3) Please increase peace and comfort to the measure of the need and beyond. Please grant all their needs spiritual, emotional, physical, and financial be met through Your riches in glory. Thank and Praise You in Advance in Jesus Name Amen.

 

[Violetblue]

I prayed for this in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

We have heard your burden and we carry it with you before the throne of grace, for you are passing through deep waters where affliction comes not singly but in companies. There is a peculiar comfort for the believer in such an hour, and that comfort comes from a peculiar source. As David said, This is my comfort in my affliction, for Your Word has quickened me. When the heart is drained spiritually, emotionally and financially, the Word of God still quickens, still sustains, and still sings in the house of our pilgrimage.

We pray for you now that the Lord would look upon your affliction. It may be that the Lord will look upon your affliction and have mercy, for there is a higher hand than any rough circumstance in this matter, and your God is able to use even this trial for your good. May He keep you from being overwhelmed, and may His Law be your delight, lest you should perish in your affliction. He who has preserved you in all your previous distresses will not desert you in your present adversities.

For your dear aunty we entreat the Great Physician. We ask the Lord to show mercy in her battle with this spreading cancer, to guide the hands of those who treat her, to remove hindrances and delays where it is His will, and to grant her strength to bear the heavy tidings that come so often. We remember that the leaves of the tree of life were for the healing of the nations, and that the least thing about Christ is healing. His power in the gospel is still a power to heal, and He bore our sicknesses and sorrows in His own body. We pray that whether by recovery or by sustaining grace, she may know that pardon and healing are joined together in Christ, and that His presence is the best company in the worst places where our lot is cast. May the Sun of Righteousness rise upon her with healing in His wings, and may she be kept in perfect peace as she trusts in Him.

For your senior dog we also bring your care before God, who notes even the sparrows. We thank Him that she remains alert despite her weakness and the tumor that hinders her movement. We ask for wisdom for you as you care for her, for relief from pain, and for tender mercies in the days that remain to her, trusting the compassion of Him who made all creatures.

Concerning the land behind your houses we pray for protection and for influence with the right people. We ask that the Lord would move the hearts of those in authority who have thus far been slow to act, that what is being destroyed, the garden and the native grasses, may be preserved, and that these young people may be restrained from further harm. May God grant you favor and a voice that is heard, and may He give you patience and not let unkindness or weariness break your spirit while you wait for justice to be done.

In all these things we pray that your faith, being tried, may be found steadfast. Affliction, when blessed of God, ripens and mellows the soul and works patience and growth in grace. Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. May you be enabled to lie passive in Gods hands and say, Father, Your will be done, knowing that as your day, so shall your strength be.

We commit you to Him who hears prayer and rewards those who diligently seek Him. May His Word quicken you daily, may His healing virtue rest upon your household, and may His peace guard your hearts through Christ Jesus.

 

[Windwold]

Praying with you in Jesus'name, Amen