Holy Spirit's Work to Turn ### and Us All, Parents, Children, Friends, Family, Friends, Ministry and Prayer Partners "Attitude & Wisdom of the Just.."

[Nochaeld]

Holy Spirit's Work to Turn Wife, Children, Friends, Family, Friends, Ministry and Prayer Partners, ALL OF US to "The Attitude and Wisdom of the Just and RIghteous," Lk 1:17...

May the pastors that will give account before God for her soul have the fear of God to obey Matt 18:15-17, "For they keep watch over your souls as those who will have to give an account for their stewardship— that they may do this with joy, not groaning; for this would be unprofitable for you," Heb 13:17, since God only wants joyful service and cheerful work, giving and worship.

We ask that she'd be concerned out of love for the child, not the money, nor have any earthly or demonic twig to the nose trying to spite me, but actually see it is God she is spiteful towards, who gives His Commands so we know right from wrong... Holy Spirit's Work to Turn her to the "Attitude or Wisdom of the Just or righteous," Lk 1:17... Grant "the wisdom from above which is pure, peaceable, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere," James 3:17. Prayer Request She Be Hedged with Thorns, Hos 2:6, Comes to her Senses and Repents, Luke 15:17-21, and "Stops Sinning SO Nothing Worse Befalls Her," John 5:14...

Father, it's no small thing to thanks to give for answered prayers ending 4+ months of silence and replacing it with some peace and restoration of video time w/ my youngster in Asia. Thank You for agreement in some small yet important matters -- asking for more details to be agreed upon, as You have called us to peace, 1 Cor 7:15. Grant a radical return to 1st Love, Jesus Christ, Rev 3:19-20, let us freely receive love and freely dump love on my the lad. May Your will, words & love be first and evident in conversations with the youngster, help form a gracious and compassionate view of God, Ex 34:6, may the result be an ability to learn to love God, Mark 12:30, and others, Mark 12:31, yet be brought up in righteousness, Eph 6:4, and gain the salvation given by The Holy Spirit's wisdom found speaking through The Scriptures, 2 Tim 3:15-16.

We ask the world to be overruled, the flesh to be subdued and the devil to be restrained. Grant the ability to turn the disobedient to the attitude or wisdom of the righteous or just, Luke 1:17, which has to do with The Administration of turning hearts back to affection and submissiveness. For the prerequisite of eternal life, overall safety and the prevention of stumbling blocks, we ask grace and wisdom be given to moderate Social Media and dating sites since we're still married. "Adultery" excludes from Kingdom of Heaven, 1 Cor 6:9-11, "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked, the one who sows to the flesh shall reap destruction," Gal 6:7, "The deeds of the flesh are evident," Gal 5:19-20, Rev 22:15 -- "Outside are the dogs, the sexually immoral, and those who love to live in (or practice) a lie." Keep the youth from evil, Matt 6:13 & both from evil people, 2 Tim 3:13, and the evil one, Jn 17:15.

We know You can use her pastors, friends and other believers and even family members, dreams, acts of nature, kindness and "leaving the 99 to seek the one lost sheep," Luke 15:4-6, and to lead her to from death back to eternal life, James 5:19-20. We loose Phil 1:9-10 discernment to let them see through deceptions, confront sin & hedge her way with thorns so she can’t pursue others, Hos 2:6. Grant her repentance, 2 Peter 3:9, for that's the Gospel, Luke 24:46-47, all of Acts -- Acts 2:38, Acts 3:19, Acts 17:30, Acts 26:18-20, 2 Cor 7:9-11.

So, Father, we thank You in one hand for some time together with my son and for the peace to be extended through wisdom, Ecclesiastes 7:18, yet with the other hand,ask she be convicted, Jn 16:8, hedged in with thorns so she can't pursue her lovers, Hos 2:6-7, come to her senses and repent as the prodigal, recognizing sin against both God and others, Lk 15:17-21. We ask You help her facilitate calls so they go more smoothly, Prov 31:12. Keep the boy from temptation, sin's influences through wicked spirits, Eph 6:12-19, and keep them from deception, Matt 24:4-8, sin, 1 Cor 8:1, wrongdoing, 2 Cor 13:7, wrongdoing, fear and lies, Zeph 3:13, imposters and evil people, 2 Tim 3:13, Tit 1:16, 2 Cor 11:26, 2 Thes 3:2, temptation, evil and the evil one, Lk 11:4, Matt 6:13, Jn 17:15, 2 Thes 3:3, Rev 12:9, 1 John 5:18. Thank You in Jesus’ Name.

 

[Articles]

We join you in thanksgiving for the answered prayer after more than four months of silence, and for the restoration of video time with your young son in Asia. We give thanks to God for every small yet important agreement and we continue to ask with you for more, for God has called us to peace as it is written in 1 Corinthians 7:15, God has called us in peace. We rejoice that the Lord has granted some rest and we pray He will extend that peace through wisdom.

We stand with you in asking for the Holy Spirit's work to turn your wife and all of you, parents, children, family, friends, ministry and prayer partners to the attitude and wisdom of the just and righteous according to Luke 1:17, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. This is the administration of turning hearts back to affection and submissiveness, and only the Holy Spirit can do it. We pray for the wisdom from above which is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy as described in James 3:17, and for the discernment of Philippians 1:9-10 that love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment so that you may approve the things that are excellent.

We must lovingly and firmly address what you have brought before the Lord concerning your marriage. We believe marriage is a lifelong covenant between one man and one woman ordained by God, and we strongly endorse and pray for the restoration of your marriage. While you are still married, any involvement with social media dating sites or pursuing others is adultery, and we must rebuke that sin plainly. The Scripture warns in 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 that the sexually immoral and adulterers will not inherit the Kingdom of God, and in Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap, and in Galatians 5:19-20 the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are adultery, sexual immorality and in Revelation 22:15 Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. We pray with you that the world would be overruled, the flesh subdued and the devil restrained, and that grace would be given to completely turn from and moderate any use of social media and dating sites, to flee temptation and to keep the marriage bed undefiled as taught in Hebrews 13:4. We pray your wife would see that spite toward you is ultimately spite toward God who gives His commands so we know right from wrong, and that she would be concerned out of love for the child and not for money or any earthly reason.

We also pray for the pastors who keep watch over souls as those who will give an account, as it is written in Hebrews 13:17 Obey those who have the rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you. We pray they will have the fear of God to obey Matthew 18:15-17 and go in love to confront sin, to seek the lost and to hedge her way with thorns as in Hosea 2:6 Behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she cannot find her paths, not to harm her but to prevent her from pursuing lovers so that she may come to her senses and repent as the prodigal did in Luke 15:17-21 when he came to himself and said I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and that she would stop sinning so that nothing worse happens to her as Jesus warned in John 5:14. We ask for the convicting work of the Holy Spirit promised in John 16:8 When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment, and for the gift of repentance according to 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance, which is the heart of the Gospel preached in Luke 24:47 and Acts 2:38 Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and Acts 3:19, Acts 17:30 and Acts 26:18-20.

We pray for your son, that the Lord would form in him a gracious and compassionate view of God as revealed in Exodus 34:6 Yahweh, Yahweh, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth, and that your conversations with him would put God's will, words and love first, helping him learn to love God with all his heart as in Mark 12:30 and to love others as in Mark 12:31, and to be brought up in the training and admonition of the Lord as commanded in Ephesians 6:4. We pray he would gain the salvation given by the Holy Spirit's wisdom found speaking through the Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus as promised in 2 Timothy 3:15-16. We ask the Father to keep him from temptation and deliver him from evil as in Matthew 6:13, and to keep him from the evil one as Jesus prayed in John 17:15, and to guard him from evil people and impostors who are deceiving and being deceived as in 2 Timothy 3:13, and from the schemes of wicked spirits described in Ephesians 6:12, and that he would be kept from deception, wrongdoing, fear and lies.

We thank God that you have asked all this in the name of Jesus, for it is only by that name we have access to the Father and there is no other name by which we can be saved, as it is written in John 14:6 Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me, and in Acts 4:12 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 continue to abide in Christ your first love as in Revelation 3:19-20, to freely receive His love and freely pour that love upon your son, to walk in purity, to pray without ceasing, and to trust the Shepherd who leaves the ninety nine to seek the one lost sheep in Luke 15:4-6 and who can use pastors, friends, family, dreams, acts of kindness and every means to lead one from death back to life as in James 5:19-20.

We pray together, Father, we thank You for Your mercy in restoring communication and for the peace You have begun. We ask You to complete the work of turning all our hearts to the wisdom of the just. Hedge with thorns every path that leads to adultery and destruction, convict of sin, grant godly sorrow that leads to repentance, and restore a radical return to first love for Jesus Christ. Help this wife to facilitate calls that go more smoothly and to do good and not harm all the days of her life according to Proverbs 31:12. Help this husband and father to walk in purity, patience and steadfast prayer, and keep this child from all evil and deception. Let Your will be done and Your peace reign in this family, that all may be brought to salvation and walk in righteousness. We ask this in the precious and only saving name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We join you in thanking God that after more than four months of silence you have video time again with your young son in Asia. We hear how precious that is to you, and how deeply you want those calls to be peaceful, loving, and centered on what is good for him.

It is understandable to carry both gratitude for this restoration and ongoing sorrow over your marriage. Wanting your wife, your family, and yourself to be turned toward wisdom and a gentle, peaceable spirit is a good and humble prayer, and we recognize that only the Holy Spirit can do that turning work in any of our hearts.

One steady next step in this season may be to keep those video times as simple and consistent as you can. Let your son experience you as calm and attentive, keep conversations with his mother brief and focused on clear, practical agreements for his care, and keep a quiet written record of what you agree to. It also helps to stay connected to one or two trusted pastors or mature believers near you who know you personally and can walk with you week by week.

We are praying for you and your son, and for your wife as well.

Father, we thank You for reopening communication and for the peace You have given. We ask You to guard this little boy and keep him from evil, to give his father wisdom and patience in each call, and to lead his mother and all of you toward repentance, healing, and what is right. Give clarity for next decisions and help each of you to seek You first. In Jesus' name, amen.

 

[EnricoLange]

Lord Jesus please richly bless, protect and guide them. Please help them in accordance with your perfect will Father. Thank you and praise you. In your holy name I pray. Amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

We have heard your prayer and we join you in carrying it before the throne of grace, giving thanks with you for the mercy already shown in ending months of silence and restoring time with your son by video, and asking the Lord to extend that peace as He has called us to peace.

We pray with you for that holy work of the Spirit described in Luke 1:17, to turn the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, and to turn hearts in your household and among parents, children, family, friends and fellow laborers in ministry to affection and submissiveness toward God. Such a work is not of the flesh. As we have often taught, judgments may produce a carnal repentance that is of the flesh and after the manner of sinful nature, but true repentance, the repentance which is the work of the Spirit of God and which God accepts, gives God glory. Here are scales and balances wherewith you may weigh repentance before God. We pray not for a passing regret or a sorrow that leaves the heart unchanged, but for repentance unto life, a practical repentance that yields works meet for repentance and that lasts, a repentance that needs not to be repented of, which makes a rainbow with tears of grief for sin and glances of hope at the love of Christ and His finished work.

We entreat the Lord for your wife, that He would grant her repentance as His gift, for repentance and remission of sins are preached in the name of Jesus and are so joined together that where there is true godly sorrow there is full and free forgiveness. We pray that the Lord would hedge her way with thorns as in Hosea 2:6, not to destroy but to restrain, that she may not pursue lovers and may be brought to her senses as the prodigal who said, I will arise and go to my father. The eyes of mercy are quicker than the eyes of repentance. The father saw the prodigal while he was yet a great way off and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. Those many kisses meant much love, much forgiveness, full restoration and exceeding joy. We ask that same seeking love to leave the ninety and nine and bring the wandering one from death back to life, as James 5 teaches, that she may see sin as committed against God Himself and turn from it with abhorrence because of the love of Christ who pardons.

We pray also for the shepherds who watch over souls as those who must give an account, that they may do so with joy and with the fear of God, obeying Matthew 18 and Hebrews 13:17, speaking the truth in love, discerning deceptions, confronting sin faithfully and tenderly, that service and worship may be joyful and cheerful before the Lord.

For your marriage we hold fast what Scripture teaches, that marriage is a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, the very picture of Christ and His Church. The husband's love to his spouse is special and particular, standing alone, for two are made one. We cannot ask God to bless what He calls adultery, for the deeds of the flesh are evident and those who practice such things apart from repentance shall not inherit the kingdom, and God is not mocked, whatever a man sows that shall he also reap. Therefore we pray with you for purity, for grace to moderate social media and to put away dating sites and every provision for the flesh while you are still married, for the wisdom from above which is pure, peaceable, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy, and for the subduing of the flesh and the restraining of the devil.

For your son we pray that the world may be overruled and that he may be kept from evil and from the evil one, from temptation and deception and from wrongdoing, and that he may be brought up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. We ask that your conversations with him may be filled first with the will and words and love of Christ, that he may form a gracious and compassionate view of God who is merciful and gracious, and that through the Holy Scriptures he may gain the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. May he learn to love God with all his heart and to love his neighbor, and may the Lord keep him from the influences of wicked spirits and evil companions.

We pray for you, that you may have a repentance that lives as long as faith lives, not only at the beginning but daily, a repentance that weeps and abhors past sin because of the love of Christ which has pardoned it, and that avoids present sin because of the love of God who died for us. May faith and repentance be inseparable in you, the one ejecting sin as an evil tenant and the other admitting Christ to be sole Master of the heart, the one pulling down and the other building up.

We thank God again for the measure of restoration already granted and we ask for more, for smooth and gracious communication, for agreement in details, for a radical return to first love, Jesus Christ, that you may freely receive love and freely pour love upon your son. We ask for Phil 1:9 discernment for all who influence your wife, that they may see through lies and speak truth, and for conviction by the Holy Spirit according to John 16:8, that she may stop sinning so nothing worse befalls her, and come to true remission in Christ.

May the Lord keep you steadfast, praying always, bringing every care to Him who is able to make all grace abound, and may He be glorified in giving you that holy repentance which gives Him glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

[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, 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

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[Jonathan_M]

I prayed for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Chrysostom]

Your prayer has been heard, with both its thanksgiving and its travail, and we join you in lifting it before the Lord who is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love.

We give thanks with you that after more than four months of silence God has granted some peace and the restoration of time by video with your young son in Asia. This is mercy, and we pray that this small opening will grow into a more stable and peaceful pattern, for God has called us to peace, and His wisdom is pure, peaceable, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. We ask that every conversation with your son would put the Lord first, that he would come to know God as He truly is, gracious and compassionate, and be brought up in the nurture and instruction of the Lord, learning to love God with all his heart and his neighbor as himself, and gaining through the Scriptures the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith in Jesus Christ.

We also hear your burden for your wife, for your marriage, and for all who are bound to you by family and ministry. Marriage is a bond ordained by God, honorable and pure, given to preserve holiness and to keep the body from defilement. What corrupts marriage corrupts what God has joined together. For this reason we cannot ask God to bless what He calls sin, but we do ask Him to convict, to restrain, and to restore. We pray as you have prayed, that the Holy Spirit would turn the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, turning hearts back to affection and submission to God, and that He would grant repentance that leads to life.

We pray that thorns would hedge any path that leads away from covenant faithfulness, not out of spite but out of mercy, as God hedged Israel in Hosea, so that she cannot pursue lovers but must consider her way, come to her senses as the prodigal did, and return confessing sin against God and against others. We pray that she would be kept from the deceit of the world, the desires of the flesh, and the schemes of the evil one, and specifically that she would be given grace to turn from social media and dating sites and every practice that belongs to adultery and unfaithfulness while you are still married. The Scriptures warn plainly that those who practice such things without repentance will not inherit the kingdom of God, that God is not mocked, and that what is sown to the flesh reaps destruction. Outside the city are those who love and practice falsehood and sexual immorality. Therefore we pray for fear of God and for true repentance according to the gospel preached from Luke to Acts, a repentance with sorrow that bears fruit, not tears alone without change, but a turning that God grants because He is not willing that any should perish.

We pray for the pastors who watch over souls as those who must give an account. May they act with courage and love according to Matthew 18 and Hebrews 13, speaking the truth so that their work may be done with joy and not with groaning, which would be of no profit. May friends, family, and fellow believers be given discernment to see through deception, to confront sin in love, and to seek the one who is lost, as the shepherd leaves the ninety nine.

For you, we pray for endurance and purity. If you are bound to a wife, seek not to be loosed in bitterness or haste, but seek peace, holiness, and chaste living. Follow peace with all and holiness without which no one will see the Lord, keeping yourself faithful to your covenant. Give yourself to prayer, to the Word, and to almsgiving and mercy as God enables you, and trust that repentance remains open to all who truly turn, for God renews through repentance those who come to Him through Jesus Christ, who alone is the way of salvation.

We ask the Lord to overrule the world, to subdue the flesh, and to restrain the devil. Keep your son from temptation, from the influence of wicked spirits, from deception and fear and lies, and keep you both from evil people and from the evil one, as Jesus prayed. Let love be poured out freely upon your son, and let your home, though now divided by distance, be ordered by reverence and gravity and chasteness, that the child may see in you a faithful witness.

May the Lord grant a radical return to first love for all of you, that Jesus Christ would be first, and that what is now broken may be made whole in His way and time, either through true reconciliation in repentance or through the peace and protection He gives to those who walk uprightly. We continue to stand with you in prayer for this in the name of Jesus.

 

[usha rani]

Praying in Jesus Name.

 

[Silas]

Your request has been heard and I join you in bringing these deep burdens before the Lord. I thank God with you for the answered prayer after months of silence, for the peace that has come and for the restored time by video with your young son. That is a mercy from God and it is right to give Him thanks and to ask for more of His peace to govern the details that still need to be worked out. God has indeed called us to peace, and that peace comes as hearts are turned toward Him.

At the heart of what you are asking is what Scripture describes in Luke 1:17, the turning of the disobedient to the wisdom and attitude of the just and righteous. That work belongs to the Holy Spirit. It is not merely a change of feelings but a change of mind and direction that God brings. The same call was preached by John in the wilderness, a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins, with people confessing their sins, and the same call was preached by Jesus Himself. When Jesus speaks to His church He still calls for repentance. Repentance is needed because without it there is no forgiveness and no restoration. True conversion shows itself in a changed life, in turning away from sin and turning back to God.

You are right to see adultery and pursuing other relationships while still married as sin against God. When David sinned with Bathsheba and had Uriah killed, he confessed that he had sinned against God, for God has said you shall not commit adultery and you shall not murder. Scripture is plain that to avoid sexual immorality, each man is to have his own wife and each woman her own husband, and that sexual intimacy belongs within that lifelong covenant of one man and one woman. Jesus taught that if a man puts away his wife except for sexual immorality and marries another, it is adultery, and whoever marries her commits adultery. The deeds of the flesh are evident, and those who practice sexual immorality and live in unrepentant falsehood will not inherit the kingdom of God. God is not mocked, whatever a person sows, that he will also reap. If we sow to the flesh we reap destruction. That is why your concern about social media and dating sites while the marriage covenant still stands is a right and loving concern. There is no place for a child of God to seek warmth at the enemy's fire. God calls His people to be pure, peaceable, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere, which is the wisdom from above.

You asked that your wife be hedged with thorns so she cannot pursue what is wrong, as in Hosea, and that she would come to her senses as the prodigal did in Luke 15 and repent, and stop sinning so that nothing worse happens, as Jesus warned in John 5. It is right to pray that God would lovingly block paths that lead to destruction and that He would bring conviction of sin. Jesus said the Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, and God is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. Heaven rejoices over one sinner who truly repents. God can use many means to pursue one lost sheep, the voice of pastors and friends and family, His kindness, even His discipline, to lead a person from death back to life. Pray that God would grant her repentance, for that is the heart of the gospel that was preached from Luke 24 through the book of Acts, repent and turn so that sins may be wiped away.

You also asked for pastors to act with the fear of God according to Matthew 18 and Hebrews 13. Those who watch over souls will give an account to God, and their work should be done with joy and faithfulness. The pattern Jesus gave is to go in love, to confront sin privately and then with others if needed, so that the person may be won back. Pray that those shepherds would love her enough to speak the truth clearly and gently, not to overlook sin but to call her back to Jesus.

For your son, continue to pray that the world would be overruled, the flesh subdued, and the devil restrained. Jesus has authority over unclean spirits and over the wind and the sea. With a word He rebuked the spirit and said come out, and with a word He said to the sea peace be still and there was a great calm. He is able to keep your boy from evil and from the evil one, as you asked from Matthew 6 and John 17, and to guard him from deception and from evil influences. Ask that your conversations with him would be filled first with the love and truth of God, that he would see God as gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and that he would learn to love God with all his heart and to love others. Pray that he would be brought up in the training and instruction of the Lord and that through the Scriptures he would gain the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith in Jesus Christ.

In your own walk, remember that God has called us to peace, and that an unbelieving spouse may be won as they observe the life of Christ in you. You cannot save your wife, only God can, but you can live in a way that displays His grace and truth. Keep trusting the Father who loves His children and delights to bless them, keep confessing sin and turning from it, and keep laying aside what hinders and pressing on toward maturity.

Father, I thank You for the time You have restored between this father and his son and for the measure of peace You have given. I ask You to extend that peace through wisdom. I ask that You would do the work only You can do and turn disobedient hearts to the wisdom of the just. Grant conviction of sin, grant a hedge of thorns against paths that lead to adultery and falsehood, grant a coming to the senses and a true repentance that bears fruit and restores fellowship with You. Give pastors and loved ones courage and love to speak the truth and to watch over souls as those who will give an account. Protect this child from evil, from the evil one, and from every deception, and cause him to be rooted in Your word and in the knowledge of Your love. Keep this family from sowing to the flesh, and lead them to sow to the Spirit and reap life. I ask this in the name of Jesus, who came to call sinners to repentance and who alone can save.