"Is Anything too Difficult for for the LORD? (מֵיְהוָ֖ה Yahweh), Gen 18:14, "Nothing is too Difficult for You!" Jer 32:27

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"Is Anything too Difficult for for the LORD? (מֵיְהוָ֖ה Yahweh), Gen 18:14, No! Jer 32:27, "Nothing is too Difficult for You!" Jer 32:27, Asking You Totally Turn her from darkness to Acts 26:18-20...

Father, thank You for being serious, merciful, even funny. When Sarah laughed at Your Promise when You told them they'd have a son before year's end, You asked out loud, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I actually give birth to a child, when I am so old?’ 14 Is anything too difficult for the LORD? (מֵיְהוָ֖ה Yahweh)?" Gen 18:13-14. You busted her lying, even very graciously letting her off the hook, adding just a pinch of salt when she denied it, saying, "No but you DID laugh," Gen 18:15. You even caused her to get another laugh later on, Gen 21:6-7. We think You're potential for humor is extraordinarily beyond limit.. You just hold it back well

"Thank You for the honesty of The Bible -- Moses in recording both Sarah's, Abraham's, and even his own doubt, expressed a bit sarcastically, "But Moses replied, 'Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, "I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month." If all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if ALL the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?'” 23 "The LORD answered Moses, 'Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass,'” Numbers 11:21-23.

You bore witness to this POWER YOU ALONE POSSESS -- To Isaiah, "Behold, the LORD’S hand is not so short that it cannot save; Nor is His ear so dull That it cannot hear," Isaiah 59:1, nor do You stop there! You reiterate the same FACT to Jeremiah, as He expresses the crazy confidence he has in YOU, and You two have a moment the recorded as well, "And You have said to me, O Lord YHWH, ‘Buy for yourself the field with silver, to testify and cause witnesses— even though the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans!’” 26 "And the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah, saying: 'Behold, I AM YHWH, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me? Jer 32:25-27...

LORD, You've convinced me. Forgive me for doubting. You CERTAINLY know how to reach my wife -- We've been asking for Your mercy and kindness to lead her to repentance, Rom 2:4 -- we've been praying You'd convict her of righteousness, sin and judgement to come, John 16:8 -- we've been praying You hedge her way with thorns, Hos 2:6-7 -- we've been praying You'd use her church and family, Matt 18:15-18 -- we've been praying You give her visions, dreams, prophecies, Joel 2:28-32, that she hears preaching, gets visits from friends, evangelists cross her paths... Pour out some ANSWERS she can't deny -- SEND and evangelist every place she goes! Matt 9:36-37... Some of us have been praying for 2 yrs 8 mo... Let their be preachers on every corner! Let their be dreams every night! HAVE SOME FUN WITH THIS, LORD! Like when the frogs stank and the Egyptians begged Pharaoh! Show Your POWER to her! Grant words of knowledge to be given to people for her, 1 Cor 12:4-8, let everyone prophesy to her the mysteries of her heart until she proclaims, "SURELY GOD IS AMONG YOU, 1 Cor 14:24-25...

Jesus, we take Your yoke upon ourselves and learn from You, for You are gentle and humble in heart, and we indeed find the rest we need for our souls, Matt 11:28-30, as we cast ALL our cares upon You, The LORD, for. You care for us, 1 peter 5:7. Have mercy on us, forgive us for we all doubt at times, guide her, my son, her family, church and US, and turn her from darkness to light, from the power of shatan to God, Acts 26:18-20, for 'Nothing is TOO DIFFICULT for YOU! Thank You in Jesus' Name, Phil 4:6-7.

 

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We join you in declaring with you that nothing is too difficult for You, Lord, and we stand with you in prayer for your wife and your marriage.

We love how you have anchored your faith in the very words of God when He asked, Is anything too difficult for Yahweh? Gen 18:14 and when He declared, Behold, I am Yahweh, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for me? Jer 32:27. You are right to take Him at His word. We also remember with you that the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it can't save, neither his ear heavy, that it can't hear. Isa 59:1 and that He answered Moses, Is Yahweh's hand short? Now you shall see whether my word shall happen to you or not. Num 11:23. What mercy that He records the doubts of Sarah and Abraham and Moses, not to shame them, but to show us His patience and His power to do what He promises.

We hear your heart. For two years and eight months you and others have been faithfully crying out for your wife, asking that God would turn her from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that she may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Christ. Acts 26:18. We agree with you for that complete turning, and we praise God for your perseverance. We know that it can feel long and heavy, and we thank you for casting all your worries on Him, because He cares for you. 1 Pet 5:7 and for taking the yoke of Jesus, for He is gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Matt 11:29.

We also affirm your love for the covenant of marriage. God hates the breaking of that covenant, for marriage is what God has joined together, let not man separate. Matt 19:6 and a wife is a companion and the wife of your covenant. Mal 2:14. Your desire to see your wife restored to the Lord and to your family honors Him, and we pray God will strengthen you to love her as Christ also loved the assembly and gave himself up for it. Eph 5:25 and that your conduct may win her without a word, in gentle and quiet reverence. 1 Pet 3:1-2.

We pray together now in the name of Jesus Christ, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12 and it is only through Him 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.

Father, in Jesus' name we come before Your throne of grace. We thank You that You are merciful, serious, and gracious, that You gently corrected Sarah when she laughed and denied it, saying No, but you did laugh. Gen 18:15 yet You gave her joy again so that she could say God has made me laugh. Gen 21:6. We thank You for Your kindness that leads to repentance. Rom 2:4. We ask now that Your kindness would lead our sister to repentance. Pour out Your Holy Spirit to convict her concerning sin, and righteousness, and judgment. John 16:8. Hedge up her way with thorns, and make a wall against her, that she shall not find her paths when she seeks what is not of You, so that she will return and say I will go and return to my first husband. Hos 2:6-7. We ask that You would bring her church and family around her in truth and love to restore her gently as You have instructed in Matt 18:15-17. Lord, we ask that You would open her eyes to see and her ears to hear, that You would send laborers into her harvest, for the harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Matt 9:37-38. Grant dreams and visions if it pleases You, pour out Your Spirit as You promised in Joel 2:28, send evangelists across her path, speak to her through prophecies and words of knowledge as You distribute through Your Spirit. 1 Cor 12:7-8, so that the secrets of her heart are revealed and she will fall down on her face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed. 1 Cor 14:25. Nothing is too difficult for You, and we ask You to display Your power with mercy, not to embarrass her but to save her, to turn her from darkness to light with a godly sorrow that works repentance to salvation. 2 Cor 7:10.

We encourage you, brother, to not grow weary in doing good, for in due season you will reap, if you do not give up. Gal 6:9. God hears the prayers offered with thanksgiving, and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus. Phil 4:6-7. Even when faith feels small, remember the father who cried, I believe. Help my unbelief. Mark 9:24. The Lord remembers our frame and knows we sometimes doubt, and He forgives and strengthens us as we look to Him. Continue to pray, continue to love your wife with patience and truth, continue to walk with your son and family in the light, and trust that He who promised is faithful. He is not slow concerning His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 2 Pet 3:9.

We stand with you for that full answer you cannot deny, for a testimony of restoration that brings glory to Jesus Christ alone.

 

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We were struck by the way you pray, noticing not only God's power but His kindness and even His humor with Sarah, and holding onto the truth that nothing is too difficult for Him after two years and eight months of asking for your wife.

Carrying a burden this long for your wife, your son, and your family is heavy, and it makes sense that doubt comes and goes while you wait. We hear your love for her and your desire to see God do what only He can do, to turn her from darkness to light in His own way and timing. Your perseverance in prayer is a faithful witness.

In a long season like this, it helps not to carry it alone. If you don't already have them, we encourage you to stay closely connected to one or two trusted pastors or mature brothers who know the whole story and can walk with you and your son week by week, pray with you, and help you keep a gentle, steady presence at home while you entrust your wife to the Lord. Continuing to rest in Christ's yoke and casting your cares on Him as you are doing will sustain you for the road ahead.

Father, we bring this wife, this son, and this family before You. Show Your mercy and kindness, guide each step, and give this husband wisdom, rest, and strength as he waits on You. Work in each heart according to Your will and keep this family in Your care. In Jesus' name, amen.

 

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Is anything too difficult for the Lord has been your plea, and it is a plea that stands upon sure ground. The Lord asked Sarah, Shall I actually give birth when I am so old, and answered His own question, Is anything too difficult for the Lord. Jeremiah took up the same word, Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh, is anything too difficult for Me, and Isaiah declares that His hand is not shortened that it cannot save, nor His ear heavy that it cannot hear. You have done well to cast all your cares upon Him, for He cares for you, and to take His yoke and learn of Him who is gentle and lowly in heart.

We join you in praying for your wife, for your son, for her family and for the church that has witness over her, that the Lord who alone is God and beside whom there is none else would turn her from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that she may receive remission of sins through faith which is in Christ Jesus. Salvation is of the Lord, His greatest work, and there is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved but the name of Jesus Christ alone. We pray not that God would bless any way that departs from His holy ordinance, for marriage is His institution, a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, and all that belongs to it is to be kept within that covenant, but that He would grant true repentance and true faith, which are inseparable graces, and restore what sin has broken.

Take comfort, yet take heed also concerning repentance itself. There is a repentance that is of the flesh, after the manner of the sinful nature, wrought by judgments and fears, which repents not to give Him glory. Such carnal repentance makes a show of sorrow but does not glorify God, and it needs to be repented of. True repentance, that repentance unto life which is the germ which contains all the essentials of salvation, is the gift of God. It is not a preparation for grace, it is the first result of grace working within the soul. It is preached in the name of Jesus, not after Moses or John only as a terror, but as that which Christ exalted at His right hand bestows. Where there is no true repentance there can be no remission, but where there is that godly sorrow which needs not to be repented of, there is full and free forgiveness for the one who has thus sincerely repented.

You need not ask whether an eminent degree of repentance is required before Christ will receive her, or you. The least faith saves, and so the least repentance, if it be sincere, will save the soul, for it leads the sinner to look out of self to Christ and to Christ only. Nothing is to be trusted to but the finished work of Jesus Christ upon Calvary's bloody tree, not our repentance, not even our faith, but Him. To be saved is to look unto Him and be saved, all the ends of the earth. It is to believe on a Person, to trust Him, to depend upon Him without fear as to present and eternal salvation. Whoever believes on Him shall not be ashamed.

If the Lord has begun this work, repentance will live as long as faith lives. It is not a bitter operation to be gotten through at the commencement and then done with. Sweet sister Repentance is charming company and abides with us, making a rainbow with her tears of grief for sin and her glances of hope at the love of Christ and His great finished work. And when we have fallen foully, we may pray with David, Restore unto me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me with Your free Spirit, and He will be as though He had not cast us off.

Therefore continue to pray, as you have these two years and eight months, that the Lord would show His mercy and kindness to lead her to repentance, that the Spirit would convict of sin and of righteousness and of judgment to come, and that He would hedge her way with thorns till she finds no path but that which leads home. Pray that the Word preached, the faithful admonition of the church according to Matthew eighteen, the witness of family and friends, and all lawful means of grace may be used of Him. And pray above all that she may hear the plain gospel of salvation by divine grace through faith in Christ Jesus, for faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.

We pray with you now, Father, in the name of Jesus Christ Your Son, have mercy upon this household. Forgive where we have doubted, as Sarah and Abraham and Moses doubted, and let us see whether Your word will come to pass. Grant unto this wife repentance unto life, a repentance that gives You glory, that confesses sin truly, that turns from it because of love to Him who died, and that looks wholly to Christ for pardon. Grant unto this husband and son sustaining grace, patience, and the rest that comes from casting every care on You. Uphold them with Your free Spirit, and let all who seek You find that Your arm is not shortened to save. Let Christ be trusted, let sin be forsaken, let the covenant of marriage be honoured, and let Your name alone have the praise, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.