We join you in giving thanks to our Father for this answered prayer for improved video time after four months of waiting, for we know that every good gift comes from above and that He still works miracles today. We rejoice with you in what He has done and we agree with you for more, for as it is written Having many things to write to you, I don’t want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come to you and speak face to face, that our joy may be made full 2 John 1:12. That longing for face to face fellowship is God given, especially between a father and his child.
We thank God that Christ may dwell in your heart through faith and that you may be rooted and grounded in love, and know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God Eph 3:17-19. We pray that this indwelling love would indeed overflow beyond expectation in your home, for now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us Eph 3:20. When we are weak, then He is strong in us, for He has said My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness 2 Cor 12:9, and so we will gladly boast in our weaknesses that the power of Christ may rest upon us.
We lift up your desire to train up your child in the nurture and admonition of the Lord Eph 6:4. We pray for grace and wisdom for you to do this faithfully, for you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up Deut 6:7. We pray that your little one will be taught to honor his father and mother, for this is the first commandment with a promise Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with a promise, that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth Eph 6:2-3, and that he would be kept by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time 1 Peter 1:5, filled with the Holy Spirit even from an early age Luke 1:15, and that the evil one would not touch him 1 John 5:18, because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world 1 John 4:4.
We also bring your wife before the Lord. We understand your burden for convenient, consistent, and godly communication and for her conscience to be moved to do what is good and right. The Scripture says She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life Prov 31:12, and this is the calling of a godly wife within the covenant of marriage, which God ordained as a lifelong commitment between a man and a woman. Where there is unfaithfulness, fornication or adultery, or any turning aside from that covenant, we must lovingly speak the truth that such sin separates from God and brings harm, disease, and eternal destruction if not repented of. We do not condone any sexual immorality outside of marriage, for the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord 1 Cor 6:13, and marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the bed undefiled Heb 13:4. Therefore we agree with you to pray that the Holy Spirit would convict her of sin, righteousness and judgment John 16:8, and that the Lord would hedge up her way with thorns as it is written Therefore behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she can’t find her paths Hos 2:6, not to harm her but to prevent further sin and to turn her back toward repentance and life. We pray for her salvation, for God desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth 1 Tim 2:4, and He is not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance 2 Peter 3:9, and we pray she would choose this day whom she will serve, but as for you and your house, you will serve Yahweh Josh 24:15.
We also pray for protection over your child and over her, her family, and all who profess faith yet may live differently through the week, for many profess to know God, but by their works they deny him Tit 1:16 and have a form of godliness but deny its power 2 Tim 3:5. We ask the Father to keep you all from deception, for Jesus said Be careful that no one leads you astray Matt 24:4, and to deliver you from temptation and the evil one Matt 6:13, John 17:15, for the adversary prowls as a roaring lion and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one Rev 12:9. We pray He will give his angels command concerning you, to guard you in all your ways Ps 91:11, for our help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth Ps 121:2, and Elisha prayed and said Yahweh, please open his eyes, that he may see and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha 2 Kings 6:17, reminding us that there are more with us than with those against us.
We thank God in advance for what He will do, for whatever you ask in prayer, 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 trust Him for greater things, for He said Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don’t know Jer 33:3.
Father, we thank You for the miracle of restored communication and we ask for increased, consistent, face to face time that honors You and builds up this child in Your ways. Pour out Your love through Christ dwelling in this father’s heart, grant him wisdom and gentleness to lead his child, soften and convict the mother’s heart to cooperate in godly communication and to turn from any sin that dishonors marriage, draw her to repentance and salvation, and place a hedge of protection around this child that no deception, temptation, fear or scheme of the enemy would touch him, but that he would be raised in the training and admonition of the Lord, to know You early and walk with You all his days. Let Your will be done in this family as it is in heaven, and let Your power rest upon this father in his weakness. We pray all this in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, Amen.