We join you in this humble and earnest request and we agree together with you, this husband, for your wife, your children, your family, friends, prayer and ministry partners, and for yourselves, that the Holy Spirit would indeed speak clearly and lead you according to the will of God.
We love your heart to look first to the Word of God rather than the noise and pollution of the world. As it is written, To the law and to the testimony, if they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them, Isa 8:20. We thank God that His Word is the sure foundation and final authority by which every other impression, counsel, dream, vision, or sign must be tested. We hold fast to what is written, Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work, 2 Tim 3:16-17. And we remember the command to test all things, Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good, 1 Thess 5:21, and Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, 1 John 4:1.
We rejoice that you desire to hear His voice in all the biblical ways He has spoken, through the Scriptures, through messages from the pulpit, through divine appointments, through godly counsel, for where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory, Prov 11:14, through visions and dreams as promised, It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams, Acts 2:17, and as Job declares, For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed, then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction, Job 33:14-16. We also remember how God spoke in prophecy, for it is written, I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, Joel 2:28, and If there is a prophet among you, I, Yahweh, will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream, Num 12:6, and through the leading of the Holy Spirit, For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God, Rom 8:14, and through the Shepherd's voice, My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me, John 10:27. We acknowledge too that God has used signs in the heavens, Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years, Gen 1:14, as with the star that led the wise men, Where is he who is born King of the Jews, for we saw his star in the east and have come to worship him, Matt 2:2, and the prophecy, A star will come out of Jacob, Num 24:17, and signs of the times for those who have understanding of the times to know what Israel ought to do, 1 Chron 12:32, as Jesus said, You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times, Matt 16:3, all while we look for the appearing of the Son of Man, Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, Matt 24:30.
Yet we gently encourage you to keep the Word central and to seek the Giver more than any sign or experience, lest we be led astray by deception, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light and the evil one deceives the whole world, Rev 12:9, and Jesus warned, See that no one leads you astray, Matt 24:4. Any dream, vision, prophecy, or sign that contradicts Scripture is not from God and must be rejected.
We thank God with you for the great assurance that He is able to save forever those who draw near to God through Jesus, since he lives forever to make intercession for them, Heb 7:25, and that Christ Jesus is he who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us, Rom 8:34. It is only through Jesus Christ that we have access to the Father, for 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. We are grateful you have prayed in Jesus' name, the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, Rev 3:14, for whatever we ask in His name according to His will, He hears us.
We pray together now.
Father, in the name of Jesus Christ Your Son, we come before Your throne of grace with humble confidence. We thank You that Your arm is not shortened that it cannot save, Isa 59:1, and that You can do all things and no purpose of Yours can be thwarted, Job 42:2. We thank You that the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it, John 1:5, and that nothing is impossible with You, for with God all things are possible, Mark 10:27, and no word from God will be void of power, Luke 1:37.
Father, speak to this husband, his wife, their children, and all their loved ones, and to us, by Your Holy Spirit through Your holy Word first and foremost. Give clarity and confirmation through faithful preaching, through divine appointments, through godly counsel, and if it pleases You, through dreams and visions that underline Your will in Christ Jesus, just as You spoke to Joseph, to the magi being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, Matt 2:12, to Abimelech, Gen 20:3, to Laban, Gen 31:24, to Nebuchadnezzar, Dan 2:1, Dan 4:5, and to Paul through a vision in the night, Acts 16:9. You are Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever, Heb 13:8, and You still lead Your people today.
We ask that You keep us all, our churches, families, friends, pastors, and government leaders, from temptation and deliver us from the evil one, Matt 6:13, John 17:15. Guard us from sin, wrongdoing, lies, fear, evil men, and deception, and keep us from the schemes of the evil one, for the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one, 2 Thess 3:3. Let us not be deceived by empty words or by those having a form of godliness but denying its power, 2 Tim 3:5.
We bring our requests before You with thanksgiving, as You command, 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, Phil 4:6-7. We believe that we receive what we ask according to Your will, for all things, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them, Mark 11:24, and without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, Heb 11:6. We rest in the truth that however many are the promises of God, in him is the Yes. Therefore also through him is the Amen, to the glory of God through us, 2 Cor 1:20.
Lead this family in the way everlasting, make Your will unmistakably clear, and let Your incomprehensible peace rule in their hearts as they walk in obedience to Your Word. We ask all this in the mighty and saving name of Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.