Jesus, help

[Chrysostom]

Your prayer, though brief and holding silent requests within it, is heard by God who knows what is unspoken. We join you in bringing those silent requests before Him with thanksgiving, as Scripture teaches, let your requests be made known to God with thanksgiving.

We thank God with you for His grace. That grace is not earned by our works, but is given to us in Jesus Christ, by whom alone we are saved. It is by that grace that we were delivered from greater ills, and it is by that same grace that we are kept now. As you have thanked Him, continue in that thankfulness, for there is nothing so pleasing to God as a thankful soul.

We pray that God, who sees the heart and knows each silent need you carry, will answer according to His wisdom and mercy, and that He will fill you with the Holy Spirit, for without His grace we can do nothing noble or good. May His peace, which passes all understanding, guard your heart and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

And as we give thanks in words, let us also give thanks in deeds, by withdrawing from what displeases Him and walking in what is pleasing to Him, so that our thanksgiving may be genuine and God may be glorified in our lives. We need both His grace and our willing response, for grace saves those who willingly receive it and turn to Him.

We entrust your silent requests to the Lord, asking Him to work all things for your good, even when we do not yet see how, and we praise Him with you for the grace already given in Christ. Amen.

 

[Sparklee]

Praying in agreement with you for silent requests in Jesus Name Amen.

 

[Windwold]

Praying in agreement for your silent requests in Jesus' name, Amen

 

[Silas]

Your prayer touches the heart of what it means to walk with the Lord, a simple cry for help and a thank you for His grace, bringing even the unspoken requests before Him.

God hears the silent requests. You do not need perfect words, because He already knows what is on your heart before you speak it. To bring those burdens to Jesus in His name is to come on the right ground, not on your own worthiness but on His kindness toward you.

Thank you for giving thanks for grace. That is exactly where our hope rests. In Scripture we often read the greeting grace and peace, and to Timothy and Titus mercy is added as well, grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. There is a difference that is worth holding onto.

Grace is God giving you what you do not deserve, His unmerited favor, His goodness and blessing poured out freely. Mercy is God not giving you what you do deserve, withholding the judgment your sin has earned. When you pray have mercy upon me O God, you are asking Him not to deal with you according to your failures. And He answers with more than mercy, He answers with grace.

Mercy and truth meet together in Jesus Christ. Truth and justice would require judgment for sin, yet God is merciful and forgives the guilty. That meeting place is the cross. There God remains true and just, and yet He can justify and forgive, so that you can have peace with Him and stand righteous before Him through faith in Christ. That is why you can have peace today, because grace and mercy have come to you through Jesus.

We are saved not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy, and by grace through faith. It is His sovereign choice to show mercy, as He said to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. It is not because we willed it or earned it, but because He is gracious. So we never come demanding justice, for justice would leave us without hope. We come appealing to His mercy and His grace, and He is looking to show that mercy to those who call upon Him.

You can boast only in this, that though you were lost He found you, though you deserved judgment He gave you forgiveness, and though you had no claim He made you His child and an heir of eternal life. That grace is greater than all your sin, and it will pardon and cleanse within.

I am praying with you now that the Lord will remember you according to His mercy and for His goodness sake. May He lift those silent requests you have not put into words, answer according to His perfect wisdom and love, strengthen you where you feel the pull of the world and your own weakness, and keep you walking in truth. May the grace of God that has saved you, the mercy that has forgiven you, and the peace that comes from being right with Him through Christ fill your heart today.

In Jesus name, amen.