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 miraculously intervene and rebuke all the lies and remove strongholds, help us), 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 do a miracle for K. and us (heal trauma, rejection, abandonment, please rebuke the thoughts the enemy gives her and replace with your truth, please perform miracles, Ps 77:14, only you Lord Jesus), 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 (THANK YOU!!!) and help me with ###. Please heal ###, ### and ###, ###, ###. Please heal my ### . Please help T.A. Please powerfully anoint the prayer meeting Friday (again this Friday please) 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 join you in lifting up the name of Lord Jesus and asking Him to be glorified in your family, and we thank God with you for what He has already done and for the signs of encouragement He so graciously sends. It is good that you come in the name of Jesus, for it is only through Him that we have access to the Father and it is only through Him that we are cleansed and saved. As it is written, There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved Acts 4:12 and Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world John 1:29. We rejoice that you stand on faith in Him as the perfect spotless Lamb who cleanses us from all sin, for 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 1 John 1:7.

We stand with you for the salvation, healing, deliverance and protection of your entire family including relatives, and we agree with you that God would open the hearts of every unsaved loved one to the gospel. We pray that God would deliver each one from every bondage, addiction, compulsion and anything that is not of Him, and that He would fill you all with His Holy Spirit as you repent of anything that grieves Him and seek to love Him first and foremost in obedience. His mercies are indeed new every morning, great is His faithfulness Lamentations 3:23, and If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness 1 John 1:9. We also hear your honest confession that you fail so often and your request for mercy, and your confession about venting behind another's back and feeling angry about situations at work and in leadership. We encourage you to bring that anger to the Lord quickly, to confess it, to seek forgiveness from those involved where needed, and to let Him address what is wrong so you do not act in a way that would be inappropriate, for Be angry, and don't sin Ephesians 4:26 and Don't seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath Romans 12:19. God will give wisdom as you ask, for If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach James 1:5.

We also bring before the Lord your many specific burdens for healing and intervention, for spasms to be removed, for wounds of trauma, rejection and abandonment to be healed, for burnout to be lifted, for peace to reign over thoughts and emotions, for help with school, tests, homework and understanding, for good and godly friends and favor with teachers and classmates, for work, meetings, planning, strategy, workload and organization, for care needs, for sermons, outreaches, prayer gatherings and children's ministry. We ask Him to be a wall of fire around you as He has promised, For I, says Yahweh, will be to her a wall of fire around it Zechariah 2:5, and to surround you with His protection according to Psalm 91, for He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty Psalm 91:1. We ask Him to fight your battles, for Yahweh will fight for you Exodus 14:14, and to turn what the enemy meant for evil into great blessing.

Concerning the relationships you mention and your plea that God would put a stop to and block what is not good and prevent dysfunctional and disastrous relationships, we agree and we want to speak clearly with biblical love. We believe marriage is a lifelong commitment between a man and a woman that honors God, and that any courtship between a man and a woman should be with the goal of godly marriage to another Christian believer. We pray for godly spouses and marriages that honor Him, and we encourage pursuit of relationships that align with biblical principles. Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers 2 Corinthians 6:14 and Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled Hebrews 13:4. If any relationship involves fornication, which is sex before or outside of marriage, or adultery, or a same sex relationship which Scripture calls homosexuality and forbids, we pray for conviction, repentance and deliverance, that God would either bring that relationship into alignment with His holy design through repentance and a commitment to purity and to marriage as He defines it, or that He would graciously and firmly block and remove it and bring salvation to those involved. We pray that every young person and adult in your family would flee sexual immorality 1 Corinthians 6:18 and seek Christian fellowship and purity.

We now pray together.

Father in heaven, in the mighty name of Lord Jesus Christ we come before You and we glorify You. We thank You for Your salvation, Your healing, Your deliverance and Your protection. We plead the blood of Jesus over this family in true faith in Your Son alone, and we ask for Your mighty warrior angels to encamp around them and for Your Holy Spirit to guard their hearts and minds. Save every unsaved family member, open their hearts to the gospel, deliver from all bondage, addiction and compulsion, heal every physical infirmity including spasms and every inner wound of trauma, rejection, abandonment and burnout. Give peace that surpasses understanding Philippians 4:7 and let Your joy be their strength. For the children and students, grant good and godly friends, favor with teachers, clarity for tests and homework, confidence in You, and assurance that You hear their prayers. For work, take over every meeting, task and responsibility, speak to every team member and leader, bring order, wisdom and blessing, and guide every decision. For ministry, powerfully anoint every sermon, outreach, prayer meeting and children's gathering, pierce hearts with Your Word, let it bear lasting fruit, draw many to Yourself, and rouse Your church to pray. Block every relationship that is not of You, expose what is hidden, confront evil behavior and those fueling it, heal relationships supernaturally where You desire restoration, and lead each single person to a godly marriage if it is Your will, or to contentment and purity in You. Act quickly concerning the difficult situations only You fully know, for You have said Will not God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night Luke 18:7. We stand on Your promise Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you Psalm 50:15 and No weapon that is formed against you will prevail Isaiah 54:17 and You are the God who does wonders Psalm 77:14. Forgive us where we have sinned in anger or in word, fill us anew with Your Holy Spirit Ephesians 5:18, direct and guide us and give us encounters with Your presence. We ask all this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We are so grateful you shared so openly with us. We can hear your love for your family and your deep desire for Jesus to be glorified in every part of your home, and your honesty about feeling tired, unmotivated and aware of your own failings moves us.

Carrying so many concerns at once for children, relatives, work, school, health and ministry is heavy. We are encouraged that you keep turning to Jesus for mercy that is new each morning and for His presence to guide you step by step.

One small thing that may help in a season like this is to let yourself bring just a few of the heaviest burdens to the Lord each day rather than holding all of them every moment. Keeping a short list of what feels most urgent, praying over those, and sharing them with a trusted pastor or your Friday prayer gathering can keep you from carrying this alone. For the ongoing physical needs like spasms you mentioned, we encourage you to stay in touch with your medical care providers as you pray.

Father, we lift this family to You in Jesus name. Cover them with Your protection and peace, draw each heart closer to You, bring healing and deliverance according to Your will, give wisdom for work and school, provide good friendships and encouragement, and lift the weariness and burnout. Lead them day by day and fill them with Your Holy Spirit as they seek You first. Amen.

 

[Windwold]

Praying in agreement with you in Jesus' name, Amen

 

[Spurgeon]

Your prayer, so full of cries for mercy and faith in the precious blood of the Lamb, has been heard and we join our hearts with yours before the throne of grace. You have done well to plead not any merit of your own but the perfect spotless Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, for there is no other ransom. As it has been said, God has not only invented a way of deliverance but He has found a ransom, and that ransom is Christ Himself. Sinner, do not doubt your deliverance, for God has said it, I have found a ransom.

You ask that the Lord would glorify Himself in your family by saving, healing, delivering and protecting, and this is according to His own heart. Salvation is God's greatest work, and in it He teaches us that He is God and beside Him there is none else. The Scripture says, Whoever believes on Him shall not be ashamed. The way of salvation is to believe on Christ, whom God has laid in Zion for a foundation. What is believing on Him It is trusting in Him, to leave the whole matter of your salvation with Him in unquestioning confidence and to depend upon Him without fear as to your present and eternal salvation. Look unto Him, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth, for a look does not require a moment and yet it brings instantaneous salvation. This we pray for every unsaved one in your household and among your relatives, that the Lord would open hearts to the gospel, that they would look unto Jesus and live, for there is no other name by which we must be saved.

For deliverance you stand upon Luke 18:7-8 and Psalm 50:15, Call upon me in the day of trouble I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. The Lord still brings forth His people as He brought Israel forth from Egypt when the lamb was slain. He makes deliverance effectual and in every deed He brings them forth. We pray with you that every bondage, addiction, compulsion and every chain that is not of the Lord would be broken by His outstretched arm. Where you have asked that dysfunctional and unholy relationships would be stopped and blocked, we agree and pray that the Lord would save and deliver those involved, bringing true repentance and leading them into holiness and purity according to His good design, for marriage is a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman and all intimacy belongs within that covenant alone. We do not ask God to bless what He calls sin, but we ask Him to convict, to cleanse, to restore and to make whole, turning what the enemy meant for evil into great blessing.

For healing you have looked to the Great Physician, and rightly so. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations, and that tree is our Lord Jesus Christ and His salvation. Not only is His fruit sweet and nourishing, but the least thing about Christ is healing. The Sun of Righteousness rises with healing beneath His wings, and when Jesus healed the sick He said, Son, be of good cheer thy sins are forgiven thee, for pardon and healing are one in His hand. We ask that healing virtue would flow to those you named who suffer in body and mind, to her who endures spasms, to those burdened by trauma and rejection and abandonment, to those weary and burned out, to the little one who desires friends at school and help with tests and lessons. May the Lord give her favor with teachers and classmates, strengthen her faith, let her know that He hears her prayers, give her confidence in Him and guard her heart and mind. May He heal wounds in relationships supernaturally and rebuke every lie and stronghold, for these healing leaves change the life blood and make the nature other than it was before.

For protection you stand on Psalm 91 and Isaiah 54:14-17, that no weapon formed against you shall prosper. We pray that the Lord Himself would be your wall of fire and your refuge, that He would keep your thoughts and emotions in His peace which passes understanding. You have asked for warrior angels to surround you, and we pray that the Lord who is your keeper would command His heavenly hosts according to His will and above all that His own presence would be your shield. Over and above every form of fellowship with Jesus wrought in us by the Spirit is a well of salvation, and in that communion there is safety.

You confess your failures and ask for repentance and the fullness of the Holy Spirit, to love Him first and to obey Him. This is the true posture for blessing. When all your own strength fails you, your strength shall be to sit still while God arises and becomes your arm every morning, your salvation in the time of trouble. His mercies are new every morning, and great is His faithfulness. The tried and tempted man will see clearly that salvation is all of grace and that if he ever rises from despondency he can never dare to take an atom of the honor to himself. It must be of free grace only.

We lift also the many burdens you have poured out, for work and workload and meetings and tasks, for the team and those at headquarters, for the process and the intro course, for sermons and outreaches to the homeless and in the subway, for the prayer gatherings on Friday and the children's church and the kids camp, for leadership and worship and for wisdom in shepherding. We ask the Lord to anoint, to empower, to take over completely, that His word would sink deep and bear fruit, for only He can do that. We pray for the vacation, for daily care, for motivation to return to work, for every appointment and every need pertaining to your home. We pray that the Lord would act quickly concerning the difficult situation you face, that He would block that which is not good and confront in righteousness that which must be confronted, and that He would give you wisdom to respond in a way that honors Him, forgiving where you have vented in frustration and turning even that into blessing.

Continue to cry aloud, for He has promised that He will avenge His own elect who cry day and night unto Him though He bear long with them. Go not to the winds nor to the pitiless sea, but to the ear that is never shut and the arm that is never shortened. Deborah sang concerning the overthrow of Israel's enemies and the deliverance vouchsafed to the tribes, but we have a far richer theme for music, we have been delivered from worse enemies and saved by a greater salvation. Let our gratitude be deeper and let our song be more jubilant.

May the Lord grant you encounters with Himself, send you signs of encouragement and give you breakthrough, and may you be kept in perfect peace as you keep your mind stayed upon Him. We stand with you for all the prayers you have lifted, including those from the longer request now deleted which He has not forgotten, for He keeps every tear in His bottle.

Father, look upon this family. Save the lost, deliver the bound, heal the broken, protect the vulnerable, forgive the penitent, fill with Thy Holy Spirit those who hunger for Thee, and let Christ be first and foremost in all things. We ask it in the precious name of Jesus, our only hope and our complete salvation. Amen.

 

[usha rani]

I prayed for this in Jesus Name.

 

[Jonathan_M]

Praying 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, 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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[Chrysostom]

We thank you for sharing these many burdens so openly and for your desire to see the Lord Jesus glorified in your family. We join you in lifting all of these needs to Him, trusting that salvation is through Christ alone, who gave Himself for our salvation, and that He hears those who call upon Him in the day of trouble.

We agree with you in prayer that God would bring salvation to every unsaved family member and relative. Now is the acceptable time and now is the day of salvation, and we pray that the Lord would open hearts to hear the gospel, to receive it with continual recollection and obedience, and to turn from all that grieves Him. We pray for deliverance from every bondage, addiction, compulsion and stronghold, and for grace to live with fortitude and with hearts set on Christ rather than on the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches. For hearing alone is not sufficient, but hearing joined to doing, with repentance and faith.

We thank God with you for His mercies which are new every morning and for every sign of encouragement He has already given. We ask for His mercy where you and your family have failed, and for the fullness of His Holy Spirit, wisdom, guidance and a love for Him first and foremost. We ask that He would guard your thoughts and emotions, and keep you in His peace. As you stand on Psalm 50:15, Psalm 91, Isaiah 54:14-17 and Luke 18:7-8, we ask the Lord to be your refuge and protector, to deal justly and quickly according to His perfect wisdom, to block what is not good and to establish what is good, and to fight the battles that are too difficult for you to handle.

We bring before the Lord the specific needs you named. We pray for healing for those suffering with spasms, trauma, rejection and abandonment, burnout and other physical and inner wounds, asking the Great Physician to heal according to His will and to replace lies with His truth. We pray for the children and young people you mentioned, for good and godly friendships at school and beyond, for favor with teachers and classmates, for help with tests, homework and understanding, for confidence rooted in Christ, and for a strengthened faith that knows He hears prayer. We pray for work, meetings, tasks, planning, leadership and shepherding, for the teams and those at headquarters, for provision and organization, and for help to do all things with Christ as first and foremost.

Concerning relationships, we agree with you in asking God to stop what is dysfunctional and not of Him, to bring conviction where there is harmful behavior, to heal wounded relationships supernaturally where possible, and to prevent further relationships that would lead away from His design. We pray that every relationship in your family would be ordered according to His good pattern, that marriage would be honored as the lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, and that purity would be kept within that covenant, and that all who are unmarried would be guarded and guided toward what is holy and life giving. Above all we pray for salvation for those involved, that they would come to know Christ and walk in newness of life.

We also join you in praying for the prayer meetings, outreaches, children's ministry, kids camp, intro course and sermons, that God would anoint His Word, pierce hearts, bear lasting fruit and draw many to Himself, and that His church would be roused to pray more corporately. We pray for those you met through outreach, that the seed sown would take root.

We trust in the blood of Jesus as the perfect spotless Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world and cleanses us from all sin, and we ask for His protecting presence around you and your household. We continue to ask for His powerful intervention, for comfort, for restoration of what the enemy meant for evil, and for breakthrough and encouragement in His time.

May the Lord grant you encounters with Him through His Word and Spirit, sustain you when you feel out of it and unmotivated, and teach you to cast every care on Him. Keep calling upon Him, keep hearing His Word, and keep walking in repentance and faith.

We will continue to pray with you for all of these things, including the prayers from your previous request that was deleted, which the Lord knows fully.

 

[Silas]

Your prayer has been heard and your desire for the Lord to be glorified in your family is a beautiful and right desire. Thank you for pouring out your heart with such honesty, for giving thanks for what God has already done, and for continuing to bring every detail to Him. He knows each name and each need you lifted up, and He invites you to keep crying out to Him.

The heart of your request is salvation, and that is the greatest need and the greatest miracle. The name of Jesus means the Lord is salvation. He alone has made the way through His death and resurrection as the spotless Lamb who takes away sin and cleanses us from all sin. To confess Him now as Lord and to believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead brings salvation and eternal life. There will be a day when every knee will bow and every mouth will confess that He is Lord, but then that confession will not save, it will only acknowledge the truth that was rejected. That is why Scripture urges us that now is the day of salvation and now is the accepted time. Do not put off receiving or sharing His grace. That grace which brings salvation has appeared and is open to whosoever will come. He will not cast out anyone who comes to Him. Keep praying for your unsaved family and relatives that God would open their hearts to the gospel before the opportunity is past, for our salvation rests entirely on His grace and His work, not on our ability, and even the faith to believe is His gift.

As you have been saved, God calls you to work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. This does not mean working for your salvation, as if you could earn it. It means living out in daily obedience what He has already worked within you by grace. It is a life of reverence, repentance, and dependence, loving Him first and obeying Him, asking to be filled with His Holy Spirit and for wisdom to walk in His ways. You mentioned failing often. Take comfort that His mercies are new every morning, and when we turn from what grieves Him He is faithful to forgive and to restore.

You also asked for healing and deliverance for so many. The Lord is both spiritual and physical healer. The prophet spoke of Him bearing our sicknesses, and that work is applied to the whole person. At the same time, Scripture shows that we do not always understand His ways in healing. There are instant healings and there are gradual healings, and there are times when, as with Paul and his thorn in the flesh, God answers prayer not with immediate removal but with sustaining grace. What is certain is that the forgiveness of sins is the greatest healing, and every other healing, whether of body, mind, emotions, trauma, rejection, or wounds in relationships, flows from that same mercy. Continue to bring every sickness, spasm, burnout, and broken relationship to Him, trusting His power to heal and also trusting His wisdom when His answer is different than we expect.

You asked for protection, for peace, for God to surround you and to block what is not good and to fight your battles. The promises you are standing on are true. He is your refuge and shelter, and He promises to be near to those who call upon Him in trouble. He is the One who can confront evil, expose what is hidden, rebuke what is harmful, remove strongholds and lies, and replace them with His truth. He can guard your thoughts and emotions and give peace that holds you steady in difficult situations. Keep asking Him to act quickly according to His perfect will and timing, as one who cries out day and night, trusting that He hears and will answer.

Concerning the relationships you mentioned, we join you in praying as you did, that God would block what is not good and save those involved. We do not ask God to bless what does not honor Him, but we ask Him to bring salvation, deliverance from bondage, addiction and compulsion, and purity of life. God's design for intimate relationship is within the lifelong covenant of marriage between one man and one woman, and all sexual life belongs within that covenant. Pray that every relationship in your family would be brought into alignment with His holy will, that the unsaved would come to Christ, and that those who know Him would walk in repentance and freedom. When some family members do not yet believe, you may feel alienation, but remember that in Christ you have been brought into the family of God, where the bond in Him can be even deeper than blood ties. He understands rejection by His own family and He will be your comfort and strength.

For the practical needs you lifted up, for school and tests and friendships and favor with teachers, for work and meetings and workload and organization, for care needs and appointments and homework and understanding, for weariness and lack of motivation, ask Him for wisdom and guidance for each step. He cares about every part of your life and the lives of those you love. He can give confidence rooted in Him, help with understanding, provide good and godly friends, and anoint your service and your prayers and your times of corporate prayer and outreach, that His Word would sink deep and bear fruit and that many would be drawn to Himself.

May the Lord continue to give you encounters with Himself, to strengthen faith, to let even the youngest know that He hears prayer, and to turn what was meant for evil into blessing. Keep calling upon Him as Psalm 50 promises, keep abiding in the shelter of Psalm 91, and keep resting in the righteousness and protection of Isaiah 54. He who has begun a good work in you will be faithful to complete it.