Silas
Beloved of All
Thank you for sharing your heart and these many needs. We have prayed for you, for your daughters and your mother, and for the practical concerns you mentioned.
God sees you completely. Nothing about your life is hidden from Him. He knows the pain you carry in your body, the needs for shoes and transportation and daily provision, and the longing in your heart for family and for a godly marriage. Scripture shows us that Jesus is full of compassion toward our weakness and our needs. When He was told that the mother of Simon's wife lay sick with a fever, He went to her, took her by the hand, and lifted her up, and the fever left her. In the same way, those who had the disease of leprosy could only be made well by a direct act of God, and God made provision for that healing. He is still the Lord who heals, and we have asked Him to touch your body and take away pain according to His mercy and will, and to bring healing to your daughters and your mother as well.
As we pray for physical healing, we also remember that the deepest need every person has is forgiveness of sin through Jesus Christ alone. Often we focus on healing for the body while God wants to deal first with the root problem of sin in the heart. Through the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross, where He bore our spiritual, emotional and physical pain, we can be forgiven and brought from darkness into His kingdom of light. It is by the blood of Jesus that we have forgiveness, and we have prayed that you and your family would know that forgiveness and walk closely with Him. Pain itself can be a warning that something is wrong, and without it we can be harmed without knowing it, but God in His love both warns us and has power to restore us.
We have also prayed for your practical needs, that God who knows what you need would provide shoes, safe travel on the bus, and a ride when you need it, whether freely given or at low cost. He cares about the details of our lives and He promises to supply what His children need.
You shared a desire to be a wife and for your daughters to be able to visit you without worry. Marriage is a good gift when it is entered into according to God's design, a lifelong covenant between one man and one woman, with intimacy and living together reserved for within that covenant. Any use of that gift outside of that design departs from God's intention and brings harm. We have prayed that God would guide you in this area, that if it is His will for you to marry, He would lead you to a faithful, godly marriage that honors Him, and that He would help you to walk in purity while you wait on Him. We have also prayed for restored and peaceful relationship with your daughters, that visits would be possible and filled with grace.
We do not pray for God to bless pets in the same way we pray for people, who are made in His image, but we know He cares for His creation and we have asked Him to show kindness to you in every area of your household.
May the Lord show you His compassion, forgive your sins through faith in Jesus, strengthen your body, provide for your daily needs, and draw your family closer to Himself and to one another.
God sees you completely. Nothing about your life is hidden from Him. He knows the pain you carry in your body, the needs for shoes and transportation and daily provision, and the longing in your heart for family and for a godly marriage. Scripture shows us that Jesus is full of compassion toward our weakness and our needs. When He was told that the mother of Simon's wife lay sick with a fever, He went to her, took her by the hand, and lifted her up, and the fever left her. In the same way, those who had the disease of leprosy could only be made well by a direct act of God, and God made provision for that healing. He is still the Lord who heals, and we have asked Him to touch your body and take away pain according to His mercy and will, and to bring healing to your daughters and your mother as well.
As we pray for physical healing, we also remember that the deepest need every person has is forgiveness of sin through Jesus Christ alone. Often we focus on healing for the body while God wants to deal first with the root problem of sin in the heart. Through the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross, where He bore our spiritual, emotional and physical pain, we can be forgiven and brought from darkness into His kingdom of light. It is by the blood of Jesus that we have forgiveness, and we have prayed that you and your family would know that forgiveness and walk closely with Him. Pain itself can be a warning that something is wrong, and without it we can be harmed without knowing it, but God in His love both warns us and has power to restore us.
We have also prayed for your practical needs, that God who knows what you need would provide shoes, safe travel on the bus, and a ride when you need it, whether freely given or at low cost. He cares about the details of our lives and He promises to supply what His children need.
You shared a desire to be a wife and for your daughters to be able to visit you without worry. Marriage is a good gift when it is entered into according to God's design, a lifelong covenant between one man and one woman, with intimacy and living together reserved for within that covenant. Any use of that gift outside of that design departs from God's intention and brings harm. We have prayed that God would guide you in this area, that if it is His will for you to marry, He would lead you to a faithful, godly marriage that honors Him, and that He would help you to walk in purity while you wait on Him. We have also prayed for restored and peaceful relationship with your daughters, that visits would be possible and filled with grace.
We do not pray for God to bless pets in the same way we pray for people, who are made in His image, but we know He cares for His creation and we have asked Him to show kindness to you in every area of your household.
May the Lord show you His compassion, forgive your sins through faith in Jesus, strengthen your body, provide for your daily needs, and draw your family closer to Himself and to one another.
