Lord Jesus please glorify yourself

[EnricoLange]

Lord Jesus please glorify yourself in our family. Please save, heal, deliver, protect. Thank you for what you have already done and will do. Thank you and PRAISE you for the signs of encouragement you send. I plead your precious blood over us esp. ### (I ask that this is only taken as faith in you Lord Jesus as the perfect spotless lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world and who cleanses us from all sins), ask for your mighty warrior angels to surround us and a wall of Holy Spirit fire around us (incl. our thoughts and emotions). I also ask for salvation, deliverance and healing (entire family incl. relatives). Please open all unsaved family members' hearts to the gospel, please deliver from all bondage, addictions, compulsions and anything else that is not of you Lord) and your powerful intervention concerning the issues we are lifting up to you (you know all the details, I stand on Luke 18:7-8). Please block that which is not good and please act quickly concerning the situation that is so difficult to handle and rise up and confront please. Asking for peace. Please intervene concerning ###. Please help ### and myself and ### and ###. Please give ### friends at school, please help with all the tests, strengthen her faith and let her know that you hear her prayers, please remove ###'s spasm. Please put a stop to ###'s relationship (save them). Please fight our battles. Please help with work (incl. ###, ###, please help with ###), and also ###. Also in terms of care. Please have your hand on everything pertaining to ###. Crying out to you Lord. I stand on your promise in Psalm 50:15 and Psalm 91. Also Isaiah 54:14-17. Please help us to repent of anything that grieves you and help us be filled with your Holy Spirit (I ask for the fullness) and to love you first and foremost (incl. obeying you). Direct and guide us and give us wisdom. I fail so often, we fail so often. Have mercy. I thank you because you said your mercies are new every morning. I ask for encounters with you. Thank you and praise you for answered prayers. Please also still hear all prayers from the previous longer request with the same title that was deleted. Please intervene concerning ###. Please help ### and myself and ### and ###. Please give ### friends at school, please help with all the tests, strengthen her faith and let her know that you hear her prayers, please rebuke and confront the evil behavior in ### and also those fueling it, please heal ###'s wounds (please heal our relationship supernaturally), please give her good friends and favor with teachers and classmates at school and outside of school as well, please remove ###'s spasm. Please also heal ###, ### and ### and ###. Please save ### (please block another dysfunctional relationship), ###'s brother and wife and all unsaved. Please heal ###. Please fight our battles. Please help with work (take over in every way and guide and speak to all in the team and beyond incl. those we are trying to reach, please help with meetings, tasks, workload, organization and that you are first and foremost in everything Lord). Please also help with the things I'm angry about (please address it so I don't do it in a way that would be inappropriate Thank you!!! please also help with other things, also with ### and in general), please help with ### and the team and the ones from headquarters, turn it into a blessing please. Please help with ### (please tackle this for me Lord...thank you...please continue to help), ### and now with ###, please help with ###. Please bless ### and ###. Please forgive me for venting behind ###'s back. Please heal. Please help with meetings, planning, strategy, leading, shepherding, everything, I can do nothing without you Lord. Please help with getting back to work (feel so out of it, unmotivated, please help). Please heal ### . Please heal ### and work in her heart to seek Christian fellowship, Please remove ### (please greatly encourage - again, give friends in school, encourage in the faith as well), please intervene and help us again, please forgive me for expressing my frustration, and please severely confront ### (and those behind it, and please also prevent another disastrous relationship, e.g. with ###) and comfort ### (please heal the burn out, ###, and revive faith in you, please help with school, please help with the appts., please help her with homework, tests and understanding the material, help us (and again, please rebuke the ###, please intervene), please help quickly with ###, please deal with the ### and help us, please give her more confidence, - in you, guard and shield, help us, bring healing to every part of her being, help her to know she is loved, please do miracles for her, please do a miracle in the relationship...heal, deliver, protect also us). Please help that the vacation can still happen and help me with ###. Please heal ###, ### and ###, ###, ###. Please heal my ### . Please powerfully anoint the prayer meeting Friday and the other prayer gatherings, please help with the ### process, help also me with ###). Please help with the Intro course (Thank you!!! please work in them), please help with the sermon in ### (THANK YOU AND PRAISE YOU!!!, please continue to strongly anoint, pierce hearts, let it resonate and reverberate, please protect) please help with the next ones (THANK YOU FOR HELP, please also help with the next one) .... and also with the outreaches (homeless, Easter - THANK YOU AND PRAISE YOU!! Please save ###, and all the others we met (also ### and ### ### ministered to, the ones we ministered to during the Easter outreach), please also anoint the subway outreach, THANK YOU AND PRAISE YOU, please go after the people who heard, please convict the church and move on it to pray more corporately...please specially anoint and protect our prayer evening this Friday (THANK YOU!!! Please do it again next time this Friday ###). Please also help with children's church (THANK YOU!!! Again!!! Please do it again next time). Please bless the kids camp (THANK YOU!!!) and draw many unto yourself incl. parents. Please help with the leadership (the ### and me feeling overlooked/bypassed and please help with ### and ###, please help concerning song choices and leading worship, please convict and confront, please let me know how to respond (please forgive me that I told ### about ### please help me to correct and please turn it into a blessing, please heal, please heal relationship with ### and ###, please help with ###, please convict, please help ###, ###, ### and others struggling). Please help with situation. Please help with the sermon (please empower, anoint, take over completely, touch hearts THANK YOU AND PRAISE YOU!!! Let it reverberate, bear fruit Father, only you can do that. Please help me this Sunday as well, please guide and empower, anoint...help me to still put the finishing touches on/show me please what needs to be changed. Again THANK YOU AND PRAISE YOU!!! Please let your word sink in deep and do a miraculous work in hearts.). Please help with prayer ministry (rouse the church to pray, strongly anoint our prayer gatherings). Please turn what the enemy meant for evil into great blessings and please send encouragement (big time) and breakthrough overall. Please also deal with what ### told me if it is indeed true. If so, please expose and remove. Thank you Lord Jesus. Amen

 

[Articles]

We come before the throne of grace with hearts heavy yet hopeful, lifting up this earnest cry for your family, Lord Jesus. You alone are the God who sees, who hears, and who moves mightily on behalf of your children. We stand in agreement with this prayer, declaring your sovereignty over every situation mentioned, over salvation, healing, deliverance, and protection. Your Word assures us, "Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and mighty things, which you don’t know" (Jeremiah 33:3 WEB). We claim this promise now, trusting that you are already at work in ways we cannot yet see.

Father, we first thank you for the faith expressed here, a faith that clings to the power of the blood of Jesus, your perfect and spotless Lamb. It is only through his sacrifice that we have access to you, and it is only by his name that we are saved (Acts 4:12). We plead the blood of Jesus over this family, asking for a covering of divine protection, a cleansing from all unrighteousness, and a breaking of every chain of bondage. You said in 1 John 1:7, "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin." Let this truth take root in every heart within this family.

We lift up the unsaved loved ones mentioned here, asking that you would open their eyes to the truth of the gospel. Soften their hearts, Lord, and draw them to yourself. You promised, "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him" (John 6:44 WEB). We ask for a divine drawing, for conviction of sin, and for the gift of repentance to be granted. Let them see their need for a Savior and embrace Jesus as Lord.

We also bring before you the struggles with addictions, compulsions, and any form of bondage. You came to set the captives free (Luke 4:18), and we declare that freedom over this family now. Break the chains of addiction, whether it be to substances, behaviors, or unhealthy relationships. Replace every lie of the enemy with the truth of your Word. "If the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed" (John 8:36 WEB). We rebuke every spirit of addiction and compulsion in the name of Jesus and command it to leave.

Father, we are grieved by the mention of relationships that do not align with your design. We must address this with truth and love. You created marriage to be a lifelong covenant between one man and one woman (Genesis 2:24, Matthew 19:4-6). Any relationship outside of this, whether it be premarital intimacy, adultery, or same-sex unions, is not your will. We rebuke the deception that such relationships are acceptable and ask for conviction and repentance where needed. For those involved in relationships that dishonor you, we pray for deliverance and a turning toward your design. "Flee sexual immorality! ‘Every sin that a man does is outside the body,’ but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body" (1 Corinthians 6:18 WEB). Let this family walk in purity and holiness, honoring you in all their relationships.

We also lift up the young ones in this family, particularly those facing challenges at school, tests, friendships, and spiritual battles. Lord, you are their refuge and strength. Give them wisdom, favor with their teachers, and godly friendships that will sharpen their faith. "Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity" (1 Timothy 4:12 WEB). Strengthen their faith, Lord, and let them know that you hear their prayers. Remove any physical ailments, such as the spasms mentioned, and bring complete healing to their bodies.

We pray for the workplace struggles, the feelings of being overlooked or bypassed, and the challenges in leadership. Father, you see every injustice and every hurt. We ask that you would intervene, bring clarity, and restore what has been broken. "Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this" (Psalm 37:5 WEB). Give wisdom to those in leadership, and let your peace reign in every decision. For those feeling unmotivated or burned out, we ask for a fresh anointing of your Spirit. Revive their hearts, Lord, and remind them that their strength comes from you. "Those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint" (Isaiah 40:31 WEB).

We also bring before you the struggles with anger and frustration. It is not wrong to feel these emotions, but we must surrender them to you and allow you to address the root causes. "Be angry, and don’t sin. Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath" (Ephesians 4:26 WEB). Help this family to release their anger in a way that honors you, and let your peace rule in their hearts. Forgive any venting or gossip that has taken place, and restore relationships that have been damaged.

Father, we lift up the prayer gatherings, sermons, outreaches, and ministry efforts mentioned here. Anoint them powerfully, Lord. Let your Word go forth with authority and pierce hearts. "So is my word 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" (Isaiah 55:11 WEB). We ask for salvations, healings, and deliverances in these gatherings. Let the church rise up in prayer and intercession, and let your kingdom come in power.

We also pray for the relationships within the church and ministry teams. Where there has been misunderstanding, hurt, or division, we ask for healing and restoration. "Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace" (Ephesians 4:3 WEB). Give wisdom to those in leadership, and let your love cover a multitude of sins.

Lord, we stand on your promises, declaring that you are a God who hears and answers prayer. "The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles" (Psalm 34:17 WEB). We trust you to intervene in every situation mentioned here, whether it be healing, deliverance, protection, or breakthrough. Turn what the enemy meant for evil into good, and let your name be glorified in this family.

We pray all these things in the mighty name of Jesus, the name above every name, the name by which we are saved and through which we have access to you. May your will be done in this family, and may they experience your presence, power, and peace in every area of their lives. Amen.

 

[hostadmin]

What a wide and heavy list you have laid before the Lord. We hear the love behind every line, and it is clear you are carrying a great deal for your family and ministry. Anyone would feel stretched holding all of these concerns at once.

One thing that can help when the needs feel endless is to narrow your intercession for a season. Choose the two or three matters that are causing the most anguish right now, write them down, and return to those specifically each day. Let the rest rest in God’s hands, because He knows every detail even when you cannot name them all. If the physical symptoms like the spasm or burnout are ongoing, we would also gently encourage seeing a doctor; seeking medical care does not diminish your faith. And if you can, ask one trusted believer to pray with you so you are not carrying this prayer load alone.

Father, thank You that You see this whole family and every hidden concern. Please give them steady peace and clear priorities, and help them release the weight of needing to manage every outcome. We ask for healing for the sick, deliverance for the bound, salvation for the unsaved, and wise protection from any relationship that would pull someone away from You. Bring help at work, strength for ministry, and fresh hope where there is burnout. We ask that Your will be done in each situation, and that they would find rest in trusting You. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your cry has come up before the Lord as a fragrant pleading of faith, and it is good that you have poured out your heart so fully before Him who knows all the details and forgets none of His promises.

The Lord Jesus glorifies Himself most in saving, healing, delivering and protecting His people, for all power and glory and honour and majesty are gathered up into Himself. Salvation is His greatest work, and there He teaches us that He is God and beside Him there is none else. Your plea for the precious blood of the spotless Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world is the right ground to stand upon, for the blood of Jesus whispers peace within, and from a pardoning God there are mercies and blessings to be received that revive the weak in heart. Look unto Him and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth, for how simple and how instantaneous is that way. A look does not require a moment, and faith must look for salvation only from the Lord and then salvation will come to it.

You have asked for salvation for your entire family including relatives and for the unsaved to have their hearts opened to the gospel. This is according to His will, for there is salvation through Jesus Christ alone, and we join you in praying that each one may look to Christ and live, that bondage, addictions and compulsions and all that is not of the Lord may be broken by His mighty hand. You have stood upon Luke 18 verses 7 and 8, and upon Psalm 50 verse 15 and Psalm 91 and Isaiah 54 verses 14 to 17. Acquaint thyself with God and be at peace. Meditate on His law both day and night, and knowledge of God shall be as divine armour to ward off all the blows of the enemy. He has promised to avenge His own elect who cry day and night unto Him, though He bear long with them, and to be a refuge and fortress to those who dwell in the secret place of the Most High. No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper, for He will give His angels charge over thee and compass thee with a wall of fire by His Holy Spirit, keeping even thy thoughts and emotions in Christ Jesus.

You ask Him to block that which is not good and to act quickly concerning the situation that is so difficult to handle, to rise up and confront and to fight your battles and to give peace. The experience of the Christian is very variable, much tried and bowed, and yet the saint at last gets the victory and before the Psalm is over the clouds are all removed and the heart rejoices in the sunlight of Divine Love. In all thy trials and afflictions, look unto Christ and find deliverance. In all thine agony and repentance for guilt, look unto Christ and find pardon. He sent His Word and healed them and delivered them from their destructions, and that Word is Christ Himself, who with a deeply sympathetic heart takes us by the hand and lifts us up.

You have lifted up your loved ones by name before Him. For the little one at school, that she may have true friends, help in tests, strength of faith and assurance that God hears her prayers, and for the healing of bodily spasm and wounds and burnout and every infirmity you have named, we pray that the Lord will lay bare His arm as in the day when the earth mourned and languished and then God arose and brought deliverance. His healing virtue will work health and cure till we shall be without spot or wrinkle. For work and meetings and tasks and workload and organization and for those in authority and headquarters, for care and provision and for the vacation and for the many burdens that press upon you, we ask that to know the will of Jesus and to do it may be your peace, and that even with sorrows surging round and with loved ones far away, you may know that in Jesus keeping we are safe and they.

Concerning the relationships that burden you, we pray as you have prayed, not that God would bless what is outside His holy design, but that He would save and deliver and bring all into obedience to Christ. Marriage is the lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, and sex and living together belong within that covenant alone. Therefore we do not ask God to affirm or bless any union that runs against this, but we ask Him to convict, to expose what is evil, to block the dysfunctional and disastrous path, to rebuke and confront evil behaviour and those fueling it, to heal wounds and to grant repentance and new life. May He give godly friendships and favour where it is needed, and guard hearts in purity, and turn what the enemy meant for evil into great blessing.

You have confessed failing often and venting behind another's back and the need for repentance and for the fullness of the Holy Spirit and wisdom and guidance to love Him first and foremost. This is a blessed confession, for His mercies are new every morning and He delights to fill those who hunger for Him. Seek ye the Lord in thy closet and thou shalt find thy troubles sweetly alleviated. He will direct and guide and give wisdom liberally to those who ask in faith.

We join you in praying for the prayer meeting and other gatherings, for the process you mentioned, for the Intro course, for the sermons and outreaches to the homeless and on the subway and at Easter, for the children's church and the kids camp that many children and parents may be drawn unto Himself, and for leadership and worship and for unity where there has been feeling overlooked or bypassed. We pray that He will anoint, pierce hearts, let the Word reverberate and bear fruit, and that He will rouse the church to pray more corporately.

May the Divine Teacher lead you into mines of the Truth of God. When you are pressed by thronging duties, when you feel out of it and unmotivated and heavy laden, remember that strength to minister comes with healing. As He lifted Peter's wife's mother by the hand and immediately she arose and ministered, so He will lift you and make even commonplace things to be done for the Lord Jesus Christ.

We now commend you to Him in prayer. O Lord Jesus, look upon this family. Save the unsaved, deliver the bound, heal the sick, protect the tried, and let Thy peace, perfect peace, keep heart and mind. Confront what is evil, block what is not good, bring godly sorrow and repentance where needed, and fill each heart with Thy Holy Spirit. Give wisdom, restore relationships as Thou wilt in holiness, provide for work and school and daily needs, and anoint every gathering for Thy glory. Turn cursing into blessing and let Thy Word sink deep and do a miraculous work. We look unto Thee alone, for beside Thee there is none else. Amen.

 

[Windwold]

Praying in agreement with you in Jesus' name, Amen

 

[usha rani]

I prayed for this in Jesus Name.

 

[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, so that I can trust You with all my heart, acknowledge You in all my ways, and lean not to my own understanding. 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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[Chrysostom]

Your many prayers have been heard and we join our voice with yours to lift your family before the Lord Jesus, who alone is the Savior of the world.

We thank God with you for what He has already done and for the signs of encouragement He has given, and we ask Him to continue to glorify His name in your household. We pray first for salvation, for there is no other name by which we are saved except Jesus Christ, the spotless Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world and cleanses us from all sin. We ask the Father to open the hearts of every unsaved member of your family and relatives to hear the gospel, to receive it with faith, and to be delivered from all bondage, addiction and compulsion. True deliverance comes not only by being freed from one chain, but by a careful hearing of the Word, by continual remembrance of it, by fortitude, and by turning from all that entangles us, so that we may walk in the whole way of virtue.

We plead the blood of Christ over you in the biblical sense you intend, trusting not in a formula but in His once for all sacrifice for forgiveness and cleansing. We ask the Lord to guard you and to command His holy angels to watch over you, and to keep you in His peace, for peace is the mother of all good things and the foundation of joy. We ask for His protection as promised in Psalm 91 for those who dwell in Him, and for His deliverance as promised in Psalm 50:15 to those who call upon Him in the day of trouble, and for His righteousness to be your shield as in Isaiah 54.

We pray for healing for those you named who suffer in body and mind, for the spasms, wounds, burnout and infirmities you lifted up, and for the young ones in school who need friends, favor with teachers, help with tests and homework, confidence and the assurance that God hears their prayers. We ask God to give them growth in faith and understanding, and to surround them with godly companions.

Concerning the relationships you mentioned, we pray as you did that God would block what is not good and would save those involved. We do not ask God to bless any relationship that is outside His design, for marriage is His covenant of one man and one woman for life, and sexual intimacy and living together belong within that covenant alone. Instead we ask Him to bring conviction, repentance, healing and salvation, to stop what leads away from Him and to prevent further entangling and dysfunctional unions, and to lead each person into purity, wholeness and obedience to Christ. Where there have been wounds between family members, we ask for supernatural healing and reconciliation in truth and love.

We also bring before the Lord the burdens of work, meetings, tasks, leadership, care responsibilities and the weariness and lack of motivation you feel. We ask for wisdom, guidance and direction, for the fullness of the Holy Spirit, and for grace to love God first and to obey Him. We thank Him that His mercies are new every morning, and we ask Him to help you repent of what grieves Him, including words spoken in frustration behind another's back, and to turn even what was meant for evil into blessing.

We pray for your prayer gatherings, outreaches, sermons, children's ministry and camps, that God would anoint them, pierce hearts with His Word, draw many to Himself, and stir His church to pray more corporately. We ask Him to act quickly where the situation feels too difficult to handle, to confront evil not with our vengeance but with His truth and righteousness, to rebuke what is harmful and to comfort and restore those who are oppressed.

May the Lord grant you perseverance in prayer, like the widow in Luke 18, trusting that He hears and will act in His perfect time. May He fill you with His peace that guards heart and mind, and keep your whole family in faith until the end. We entrust all the details you shared, including the previous requests you mentioned, to His wise and loving hands, asking all this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

[Jonathan_M]

Praying for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Silas]

Thank you for pouring out your heart with such honesty and such a deep desire for Jesus to be glorified in your family. Your prayer lifts up the very things that matter most to God, and He hears when His people call on Him in the day of trouble and seek Him for salvation, healing, deliverance and protection.

The greatest miracle God does in any life is salvation. Scripture ties grace and salvation together, for the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all, and now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation. The Bible says 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. There will be a day when every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord, but that confession then will not be unto salvation, it will be the acknowledgment of what was rejected. To confess Him now and to submit to His Lordship now is unto salvation and eternal life. That is why your burden for unsaved family members and relatives is so precious. Keep holding the gospel before them while it is still today, praying that God will open their hearts, and seeking to live in a way that gives no unnecessary offense so the message of salvation can be heard clearly. Salvation is entirely outside our own ability. God placed it on the basis of His grace and His work through Jesus Christ, and even the faith to believe is His gift. His name itself means the Lord our salvation, for He came to save His people from their sins.

You also spoke of working out your salvation and of failing so often. The call to work out your own salvation with fear and trembling is not a call to work for your salvation, as if you could earn it. It is an exhortation to live out with reverence what God has already worked within you. He is at work in you to will and to do of His good pleasure. Your awareness of failure is not a sign that you are cast off, but a reason to run again to His mercy, which is new every morning, and to ask to be filled with His Holy Spirit and to love Him first and to obey Him.

You have asked for healing in many forms, for bodies, for minds, for emotions, for relationships, for a child who struggles with spasms and with school and friendships and for others who are weary and burned out. The Scriptures show that Christ's suffering provides for more than forgiveness of sin alone. Matthew applies Isaiah's prophecy to Jesus and says He bore our sicknesses, and when Jesus took the bread He said this is my body broken for you. God does heal physically as well as spiritually, and every healing process is from Him, whether it comes instantly, gradually, with a touch or with a word, for He is not confined to one pattern. At the same time Scripture teaches us not to presume that God wills physical healing in every case in the way and timing we ask. Paul prayed three times for his thorn in the flesh and the Lord's answer was to display His grace and strength in that weakness. This does not mean we should stop praying for healing, but it means we hold healing under the greater reality that salvation, the forgiveness of sins, is more important than any bodily relief. Continue to bring every sickness and wound to Jesus, trusting His love and His wisdom to answer according to what is best.

Your prayers for protection, for the precious blood of the perfect spotless Lamb who takes away the sin of the world and cleanses us from all sin, for the surrounding help of His angels and the guarding presence of His Spirit around your thoughts and emotions, reflect a biblical confidence. The Lord invites you to call upon Him and promises to deliver, He promises to be a refuge and fortress to those who dwell in Him, and He promises that no weapon formed against His people shall finally prosper and that righteousness and peace are found in Him. You can trust Him to block what is not good and to act according to His perfect justice and mercy. Jesus taught that God will bring justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night, though His timing is not always ours.

For the specific burdens you carry, bring them steadily to Him. Ask Him to give your child friends who encourage faith, help with tests and understanding, confidence rooted in Him, and the assurance that He hears prayer. Ask Him to bring healing to bodies and to heal relationships supernaturally where there has been hurt. Ask Him to fight your battles at work, in meetings and tasks and planning and shepherding, and to give you wisdom and organization and motivation when you feel out of it and unmotivated. Ask Him to turn what the enemy meant for evil into blessing and to give you peace that guards your heart.

Concerning relationships, pray as you have been praying, for salvation first. God calls His people to holiness and has designed marriage as a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, with sexual intimacy and living together belonging within that covenant. Rather than asking God to bless a relationship that is outside that design, ask Him to save both people, to bring conviction where there is sin, to deliver from bondage and compulsion and addiction, and to lead each person to walk in purity and obedience. If a relationship is not of Him, pray that He will graciously stop it and redirect hearts to Himself, and if He wills a future marriage, that it would be formed in His way and in His time.

You asked for help to repent of anything that grieves Him and to be guided. That prayer itself is evidence of His work in you. Confess sin quickly, receive His forgiveness, and ask for wisdom for each decision. He will direct your steps as you acknowledge Him. For the times you have spoken in frustration or vented behind another's back, bring that to Him, seek forgiveness from Him and, where appropriate, from the person, and trust Him to heal and to turn even that into blessing.

May the Lord answer with encounters with Himself, with encouragement and breakthrough, and with a deeper experience of His presence as you gather with His people to pray. May He anoint the preaching of His Word so that it pierces hearts, takes root, and bears lasting fruit, and may He draw many, including children and parents and those you have met in outreach, to Himself. May He give you and your family a growing love for Christ, a hunger for fellowship with believers, and a unity that comes from being part of the family of God, which is an even deeper bond than natural family ties when family members do not yet know Him.

We join you in prayer: Lord Jesus, glorify Yourself in this family. Save those who are not yet saved, deliver those in bondage, heal according to Your will, protect under Your wings, forgive sin through Your blood, fill each heart with Your Holy Spirit, grant wisdom, peace and strength for daily work and school, heal bodies and relationships, guard thoughts and emotions, confront evil and bring what is hidden into light, and lead each one to love You first and to obey You. We ask this trusting in Your mercy that is new every morning, in Jesus' name, Amen.

Continue to call upon Him. He is faithful, and He will do what is right.