We join with you in thanking our Father for His kindness that leads to repentance and for the truth that salvation belongs fully to Him.
We agree with you that it is God who gives the growth. As it is written, I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase, so then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase, 1 Cor 3:6-7. And we give all glory to Him alone, Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake, Ps 115:1. Truly salvation belongs to Yahweh, Ps 3:8 and Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, Rev 7:10.
We praise God with you that His Word does not return void. For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and does not return there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring out and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so will my word be that goes out of my mouth. It will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do, Isa 55:10-11. The seed is the Word of God and that seed has been planted, and we trust Him for the harvest in His timing, Mark 4:14, Mark 4:26-29. For of him, and through him, and to him are all things. To him be the glory for ever, Rom 11:36.
We lift up before the Lord this still current wife and her heart, along with the patriarchal and matriarchal figures, progeny and posterity, and all who have heard the Word in these last months. We pray that the Lord will continue the good work He has begun and will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ, Phil 1:6. We ask Him to restrain evil, to bring fresh truth, to send laborers across her path and their paths to water what has been planted, to speak truth in love and to display the kindness of God which leads to repentance, Rom 2:4. We trust that the steps of a good man are ordered by Yahweh, Ps 37:23, just as He ordered the steps of Philip to the Ethiopian reading Isaiah in Acts 8:26-31, and ordered Ananias to Saul in Acts 9:10-11, and directed Paul and his companions through a vision to Macedonia in Acts 16:6-10. We know our God is patient, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance, 2 Pet 3:9, who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth, 1 Tim 2:4, and who calls us to offer petitions, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings for all people, 1 Tim 2:1.
We thank Him that His Word is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart, Heb 4:12, and that the Father is always working and the Son is working, John 5:17. We ask for the convicting work of the Holy Spirit, who will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment, John 16:8, to be at work in each heart now.
We pray for the humbling that must come before honor, for before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility, Prov 18:12. As with Nebuchadnezzar who was humbled until he lifted his eyes to heaven and his understanding returned to him, Dan 4:34, Dan 4:37, and as the prodigal came to himself, Luke 15:17, and as Hosea’s wife was hedged in that she might return, Hos 2:6-7, we ask that any who are wandering may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will, 2 Tim 2:26. We pray for godly sorrow that works repentance to salvation, 2 Cor 7:10.
We uphold the sanctity of marriage before the Lord, for marriage is a lifelong covenant between one man and one woman, ordained by God and to be held in honor by all. Where there is distance or hardness of heart between a husband and his still current wife, we pray for reconciliation, for forgiveness, for cleansing from all sin, and for restoration that honors Christ. If there has been any fornication or adultery or hardness, we pray for full repentance and for purity going forward, that this courtship and marriage would be renewed to reflect Christ and the church.
We ask for protection for you, for her, for your families, for fellow servants and stewards of the mysteries of God, 1 Cor 4:1-2, that you all may be kept from evil, from deception and lies, from temptation and sin, and from the evil one, and that you may receive the love of the truth that you may be saved, 2 Thes 2:10.
Father, we thank You in advance, believing that whatever we ask in prayer, believing, we will receive, Mark 11:24, for You are a rewarder of those who diligently seek You, Heb 11:6, and the insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective, James 5:16. We ask You to show us great and mighty things which we do not know, Jer 33:3, and to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, Eph 3:20. We ask all this in the name of Jesus, for whatever we ask in His name He will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son, John 14:13-14, for in Him all the promises of God are Yes and in Him Amen to the glory of God through us, 2 Cor 1:20. We trust You to carry this work to completion and to keep all glory for Yourself, in Jesus’ name.