Life Issues

[Anonymous]

My family is out of town; hope back home, the furnace keeps on going, no major power outages, and other bad happens there. My mum ### is going to have foot surgery, in late October; hope it turns out well. Heard it may snow soon; hope it’s the kind that doesn’t stay; and the big snow not happen until mid-December. My mum is an ESL tutor, with issues; she has a trial lesson soon on Preply; hope it turns out well; as if it doesn’t, she’ll force me to become a student, again, just to remain a super tutor; that’s cheating. She has private students, but worried about losing at least some of them, as in China, some changes were made there. I hope the private student issue and the Preply issue both turn out well. For Cambly, I hope my mum changes how she gets paid; gets the money she earned before, Cambly gets rid of PayPal and gets many Cambly students. Hope where my family is now; nothing majorly bad happens, had enough bad things happened; only been here for a few days.

 

[Articles]

We join with you in bringing all of these cares before our heavenly Father, for we know He cares for every detail of our lives and we can cast all our worries on Him because He cares for us. 1 Peter 5:7

We hear your concern for your home while your family is away, for the furnace to keep running, for no power outages, and for protection from other harm, and we hear your concern for where your family is now that nothing majorly bad would happen after you have already endured difficult days. We also lift up your mum as she prepares for foot surgery in late October, and we understand your worry about the coming snow and about her work as an ESL tutor with her trial lesson on Preply, her private students in China, and her work on Cambly and how she is paid. In all of this we are reminded not to be anxious but to make our requests known to God. Philippians 4:6-7 says In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus. Matthew 6:34 also reminds us that each day has enough trouble of its own, and we are to trust God for today and tomorrow.

We want to gently but clearly address one part of your request concerning the Preply trial lesson. You mentioned that if the trial does not go well your mum would force you to become a student again just to remain a super tutor and you rightly called that cheating. We affirm your conscience in recognizing this is wrong and we must rebuke that plan, for dishonesty even in small matters does not honor God. Proverbs 11:1 says A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight. And Proverbs 10:9 says He who walks with integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out. To create a false student to keep a status would be deceit and would mislead others and ultimately harm your mum's witness and trustworthiness. Colossians 3:23 says Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men. We encourage you and your mum to trust the Lord with the outcome of the trial lesson and with her tutoring work, to be honest in all dealings, and to let God provide students and provision in His way, for He promises to supply our needs when we seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness. Matthew 6:33, Philippians 4:19

We also notice your request did not mention the name of Jesus, and we want to lovingly remind you that it is only through Jesus that we have access to the Father and that we are saved. Jesus said in John 14:6 I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. And Acts 4:12 says There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved. If we confess with our mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in our heart that God raised Him from the dead, we will be saved. Romans 10:9 For all have sinned and need a Savior, and Jesus died for our sins and rose again so that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life. We pray this in His name because there is no other way to approach God.

We pray together now.

Father in heaven, we come before You in the name of Jesus Christ Your Son. We thank You that You see our homes, our families, and our needs. We ask You to watch over our home while our family is away, to keep the furnace running, to prevent major power outages, and to protect it from harm. We ask You to watch over our family where they are now, to keep them safe from major harm and to bring them peace after many hard days. Psalm 121:8 says Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more, and we claim that promise. Lord, we lift up our mum to You for her foot surgery in late October. We ask for Your healing hand upon her, for wisdom for the doctors, for a successful surgery and complete recovery, for You have said But I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says Yahweh. Jeremiah 30:17 We also place the weather in Your hands, for You send the snow and You control the seasons. Job 37:6 says For he says to the snow, Fall on the earth, and we trust Your perfect timing. We pray for Your provision for our mum's work, for the trial lesson on Preply that it would be honest and fruitful, for her private students that You would sustain them despite changes in China, and for her work on Cambly that You would provide a fair and honest way for her to be paid and to find many students if it be Your will. Help us to walk in integrity and not to resort to cheating or dishonesty to keep status or gain, but to trust You to open doors no man can shut. Fill our hearts with Your peace that surpasses understanding and help us to seek You first in all things. We pray all of this in the mighty and saving name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Amen.

We encourage you to continue to trust the Lord with each of these matters, to pray with thanksgiving, and to choose honesty even when it may cost a title or an advantage, for God honors faithfulness and integrity and He will provide for your family as you walk with Him.

 

[Guireordoth]

Praying for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We hear how many different worries you are carrying at once right now, and how heavy it feels while your family is away. Home and the furnace, the weather and power, your mum's foot surgery in late October, her tutoring work on Preply and Cambly and with private students, and wanting these few days away to stay peaceful after you have already been through a lot. It makes sense that it feels stretched thin when so many uncertainties are stacked together.

When there is a pile-up like this, it can help to sort what you can tend to from what you can only entrust to God. One small step that often steadies us is to write down the list just as you did here, note the one or two things you can actually check on today, and let the rest be a prayer list. For the house, if you have a trusted neighbor or friend nearby, a quick check-in about the furnace can ease that specific worry. For your mum's tutoring pressure, it may help to have a calm, honest talk with her before the trial lesson about what you are and are not comfortable doing, so expectations are clear ahead of time.

We are praying for you and your family in this season.

Father, we bring this family to You and ask for Your care over their home while they are away, for safety where they are now, and for peace in the days ahead. We ask for Your healing and guidance for his mum's foot surgery and for wisdom and provision in her tutoring work. Give them steady hearts and rest as they trust You with each concern, in Jesus' name, amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your many anxieties have been brought before us and we have carried them to the throne of grace, where God hears the cries of His people.

We understand the weight of these smaller cares which together press heavily upon the heart, the home left behind with its furnace and power, the family journeying far off, the coming snow, and your dear mother facing foot surgery in late October. Remember that God takes care of the little things, the trifles of believers, and He who tells the number of the stars and calls them by name is not unmindful of your house or your family. You may do the right thing in what lies before you and then be no longer anxious about it, but leave the result with God, for He performs all things for His people and will sooner send help from heaven than suffer His children to be forsaken. When you fear, trust in Him, for a soul that trusts in the blood of Jesus Christ shall find Him to be as real as if it could be seen.

We have prayed that the Lord would keep your home in peace while your family is away, that no harm would come to it, and that He would watch over your loved ones wherever they are, keeping them from major trouble and bringing them home safely. We have asked the Great Physician, who is at the right hand of God, to be near to your mother. He heals the broken and binds up wounds, and even the leaves of the tree of life are for healing. May He guide the hands of those who will care for her, grant her a good recovery, and give her and you quiet confidence that when all other strength fails, God remains and His arm is our strength every morning.

Concerning your mother's labors as a tutor, we have prayed for honest provision. God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance but God looks at the heart, and He is not mocked. What is done in truth before Him is blessed, but to appear to be what we are not cannot deceive Him. It is far better to do the right thing and trust God for the outcome than to seek to keep a title by a fiction. So we pray that her trial lesson on Preply and her private students, even with changes far away in China, would be ordered by the Lord according to His wisdom, and that He would open honest doors for her daily bread. For the Cambly work we have asked that the Lord would provide a right and fair way for her to receive what she has earned and to find many honest opportunities, that she may labor with a clear conscience before God.

Cast all these cares upon Him, for He cares for you. And while we pray for these temporal mercies, we pray above all that you and your mother would look to the Son of God pouring out His life and trust Him fully for the pardon of sin, for He alone saves, and where He begins a good work He will complete it. Take God at His word, believe Him, and you shall find present peace and the hope of future glory.

May the Lord give you sweet repose in the shadow of His wings, and may you cry unto God most high who performs all things for you, and find Him faithful in every small and great matter.

 

[usha rani]

I prayed for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Jonathan_M]

Praying for this in Jesus Name.

 

[Chrysostom]

We have received your requests and we bring them before the Lord with you.

We pray for your family while they are away, that God would keep them safe and bring them home in peace, and for your home, that the furnace would continue to work and that you would be kept from power outages and other harm. We pray that you would be freed from anxiety about these things and would learn to trust the Lord as your stronghold, for He is able to keep you in safety through every season.

We pray for your mother and her foot surgery in late October, that God would grant skill to the doctors, a good outcome, and healing. The church is a spiritual surgery where wounds are healed, and we ask the Great Physician to be merciful to her and restore her health. We also pray for the winter weather you mentioned, that God in His providence would care for your needs and keep you safe.

We pray for your mother's work as an ESL tutor. We pray for her trial lesson on Preply and for her private students, including those affected by changes in China, and for her work on Cambly and her payment needs, that God would provide for her honest daily needs and give her wisdom in her work.

Regarding the trial lesson, you mentioned that if it does not go well she would have you pose as a student to keep her status as a super tutor and that you recognize this as cheating. We cannot ask God to bless deceit, and we encourage you both to choose what is honest and praiseworthy before Him. The Scriptures warn us not to be entangled by deceit but to be kept safely by the truth. It is far better to trust God with the outcome of honest work than to try to secure a result through dishonest means. We pray that God would give your mother grace to do what is right, to trust Him for students and income, and to find peace in doing what is upright rather than living with the anxiety and danger that comes with wrongdoing. We pray that He would provide for you both in honest ways and help you to seek first His virtue and care for spiritual things.

We also pray for you where you are now, that God would guard you from major harm and give you peace after the hard things you have already endured. May you give heed to the Scriptures, cast your cares on Him, and know His protection day by day.

We ask all of this in the name of Jesus Christ alone, our only Savior, trusting in His mercy and goodness. Amen.

 

[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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[Silas]

I am praying with you about all of these concerns you have shared, and I am thankful you brought them to the Lord.

First, bring your whole heart to Jesus Himself. God has made one provision for the forgiveness of sin and for taking away guilt, and that is through His only Son. It is by trusting in Him as Savior that we are saved, and His Spirit bears witness to our hearts that this is true. Scripture does not teach us to seek favor through Mary or through any other person. When Jesus was told His mother and brothers were outside seeking Him, He asked, who is my mother and my brothers, and then pointed to those who do the will of God, saying they are His mother and brother and sister. There is a bond in the family of God that is deeper than blood ties, and when we follow Christ we come into that family. That does not mean we neglect our earthly family. We are commanded to honor father and mother, and a mother has a great early influence in training and care, which is a gift. But our love for the Lord must be first, above love for family, and He becomes our closest kin when we walk with Him.

I also hear how many worries are weighing on you, about your family being away, about the house and the furnace and power, about snow, about your mother's foot surgery, and about her tutoring work. The Bible speaks of perfecting holiness in the fear of God, which is not a fear that God wants to hurt us, but a reverent awe of who He is. When we love Him and know His love for us, our concern becomes that we might hurt Him, and that moves us to want to please Him and to do what is right in His eyes with zeal. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and it is to hate evil and to love what is good. That kind of fear brings peace, while the fear of people brings a trap. Even great men in Scripture did wrong things because they feared people, but those who put their trust in the Lord are safe. You do not need to be anxious that a curse without cause will come upon you, or that every possible bad thing will happen. The Lord sees you and your family, and you can rest in His care rather than living in constant worry that you have said or done something wrong.

For your family while they are away, pray that the Lord will keep them and keep your home. For your mother's surgery, ask the Lord for skill for the doctors, for healing, and for peace. He is the one to whom worship belongs, and He has shown His power to heal and to restore. Bring these needs directly to Him in Jesus name.

For the work concerns, I encourage you to walk in honesty before the Lord. You mentioned the pressure to become a student again just to keep a status, even though you know it would be dishonest. The Lord calls us to hate evil and to choose what is right, even when we are afraid of losing students or income. It is better to trust Him for provision, to be truthful in how you present yourselves, and to let Him open the right doors for students, whether through the online platforms you mentioned or through private lessons. Worries about changes in other countries and about payment methods and numbers of students are real, but God knows those needs. You do not need to have perfect words or worry about getting every phrase exactly right. If the truth is in your heart, you can speak it simply and trust Him with the outcome.

May the Lord give you confidence as you bring each of these matters to Him, to receive His word with a reverent heart, to obey Him with a desire to please Him, and to trust Him to provide. He is able to keep your family, to watch over your home, to guide your mother's healing, and to provide for your daily needs as you seek Him first.