Lord Jesus please glorify yourself

[Jonathan_M]

Praying for this in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Chrysostom]

You pour out many words in your request, and the Lord hears every cry of a contrite heart. Yet take care that your prayer does not become like the seed sown among thorns, where the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word. You ask for a wall of fire around your thoughts and emotions; but the fire of the Holy Spirit first purges the inner man. Do not be so anxious about the outward circumstances that you neglect the soil of your own soul. The acceptable time, the day of salvation, is now. Do not put off repentance, thinking that tomorrow will be more convenient.

You plead the blood of Christ upon your family, and rightly so, that precious blood cleanses from all sin. But remember that the same Lord who said He came not to judge the world but to save the world also calls you to walk in the light. If you would see your unsaved family members’ hearts opened to the gospel, let them see in you a living epistle, a life so transformed that they cannot deny the power of God. Your persistent venting and frustration, though you confess it, reveals a heart that still struggles to trust. Repent of any word spoken behind another’s back, and seek reconciliation. God’s mercy is new every morning, but we must not presume upon it while clinging to our own ways.

You cry out concerning a relationship that is not of God. Stand on the promise that the Lord will intervene, but do not suppose that hearing of the word is sufficient for salvation. You must act. If there is any yoke of ungodliness, any entanglement that the world calls love but Scripture calls sin, flee from it. Pray indeed, but also remove yourself from the occasion of temptation. The Father wills not the death of a sinner, but that all should come to repentance. Yet He will not force the will. Your persistent prayer is a weapon, but it must be joined to a life wholly yielded. The brief moment of this life is the only season given for salvation; after death comes judgment. Therefore let your urgency be matched by holiness.

I do not dismiss the trials you enumerate, the health concerns, the workplace struggles, the spiritual warfare. The sufferings you endure are not without purpose. As it is written, "Whether we be afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation." God uses the furnace to purify faith. Instead of asking for the removal of every spasm and every difficult colleague, ask first that your own heart be so anchored in Christ that you can say with the Apostle, "When I am weak, then am I strong." The Lord will fight your battles, but He often does so by teaching you to stand still in patient endurance. Let your hope be steadfast, not in signs or swift deliverances, but in the character of the God who hears.

You ask for the fullness of the Spirit and for encounters with the Lord. These are good requests. But the Spirit fills the vessel that is clean. Examine whether any root of bitterness, any love of the world, any vanity remains. The deceitfulness of riches and worldly cares are not only about money; they include the lust for control, for vindication, for a life without trouble. Cast all your anxiety on Him, but then leave it there. Do not keep snatching it back through restless pleading. The Lord knows your needs before you ask. He is not slow in keeping His promise, as some count slowness. The day of salvation is now, act as children of light, and you will see His mighty arm revealed.

 

[Silas]

The sheer volume of the burdens you have poured out here tells me you are carrying a weight no one is meant to carry alone. You are crying out for the Lord to glorify Himself, and that is the very heart of prayer. You have placed everyone and everything before Him, and He does not turn away a broken and contrite heart. He hears every single name, every hidden situation, every tearful whisper.

You asked for healing throughout your family. I hold firmly to the truth that God heals. I have seen it happen in moments, a sudden and undeniable touch that lifts a person from a sickbed. I have also seen it unfold over time, through processes that are no less divine because they move at a slower pace. Whether a spasm is calmed in an instant or a body slowly mends, it is all His work. We must not limit Him to one method. Even the healing of a wounded mind or a scarred emotion is a divine act. When the torment in your thoughts and the anger you carry are brought into His peace, that is the healing hand of Christ. So do not think for a moment that He is not acting. He knows the healing He intends for each one you named, and He knows the path it will take.

You pleaded the precious blood of Jesus over your family, and you were right to connect it to faith in Him as the spotless Lamb. That blood is not a mere phrase; it is the ground of everything. As you stand on promises from Psalm 91 and Isaiah 54, remember that the prophet Isaiah spoke of the suffering Servant bearing our griefs and carrying our sorrows. The word for griefs there is literally infirmities and sicknesses. When Jesus went about healing every disease, Matthew saw this prophecy being fulfilled right before his eyes. The broken body of Christ, which we remember in communion, reaches into our physical frailty. It is not only about the forgiveness of sin, though that is its first and greatest work. His sacrifice covers the whole person. So your plea for deliverance from bondage, addiction, and compulsion is not a side issue. It strikes at the very heart of why He came, to destroy the works of the devil.

Your prayer for your family’s salvation and for the healing of relationships is a deep cry for God’s divine ideal. His ideal for marriage is a lifelong, loving oneness where two become one. Yet you are painfully aware of failures, of breaches, and of relationships that stand against His design. Jesus, when asked about divorce, pointed back to that original ideal but acknowledged that hardness of heart leads to provisions that fall short of it. Failure to reach the ideal is not the unpardonable sin, but it is a heartbreak. When you ask Him to block a dysfunctional relationship or to save someone from it, you are not being unloving. You are asking Him to deal with the hardness of heart that prevents people from coming to His best. And while you wait for that, His grace is sufficient. He made provision for human weakness, not to endorse it, but to cover it with mercy while He works to restore.

At the same time, you must not lose sight of the family you already possess. You feel overlooked, bypassed, and frustrated, and you are asking for favor, for friends for the little one, and for healing in relationships that are full of wounds. There is a bond within the body of Christ that runs deeper than natural blood ties. When a faith in Jesus causes a breach in a natural family, He has promised that we gain a hundredfold brothers and sisters in Him. I understand there is a specific pain when it is your own household that feels fractured. You are crying out for supernatural healing of those relationships. That is right. God’s ideal is harmony, not sustained conflict. But while He works on those hardened places, do not despise the comfort and fellowship He provides through His people. Let the church be a wall of fire around you, a tangible expression of those mighty warrior angels you invoked.

Finally, I see your plea for help with work, with sermons, with outreach, and with your own flagging motivation. You said it yourself: you can do nothing without Him. That is the most fruitful place to be. The power that calmed a storm is the same power that orders a work schedule and anoints a message to pierce hearts. The authority that commanded evil spirits is the same authority that can govern a chaotic team and turn a difficult strategy into a blessing. You asked Him to act quickly and to fight your battles. He is the one who confronts spiritual opposition. You are right to ask Him to address the things you are angry about, so that you do not handle them inappropriately. He has seen your venting, your failures, and your weakness. His mercies are new every morning for exactly that reason. You are not standing on your own faithfulness; you are standing on Luke 18, crying out day and night to a God who will certainly bring about justice for His chosen ones, and who will do so speedily.

He is the same Lord who touched the hemorrhaging woman and let her feel healing flood her body in an instant, and He is the same Lord who walks with a child through the slow, painful process of recovery. Trust Him with the timeline. Keep bringing every name, every test at school, every difficult meeting, and every hidden grief. He is glorifying Himself in your family, even in the waiting, and He will not fail to answer.