Lord Jesus please grant

[Chrysostom]

Your long cry has been laid before the throne of grace, and God is not deaf to the blood of His Son. He is the God who surrounds His people with a wall of fire and sends His angels to guard those who fear Him. Yet do not let the weight of so many requests become a weight of panic. Cast all of them on Him, but then stand still and see His salvation.

The afflictions you are enduring are not meaningless. Whether we are afflicted, it is for comfort and salvation, and it works in patient endurance. Do not despise the waiting. Do not lose sight of every past mercy. Count them, recite them, and let them strengthen you while you wait for complete deliverance.

Now is the acceptable time, now is the day of salvation. Pray boldly for your household, but remember that hearing is not enough for salvation. There must be careful hearing, continual recollection, fortitude, and deliverance from all worldly things. No one part of virtue is sufficient. So ask for new hearts, but also obey what He has already shown you.

Concerning those who trouble you and the disordered relationships you mention, be very careful. It is right to ask God to rebuke the evil and to protect the vulnerable. But do not pray against people as if you desire their destruction. The Lord came not to judge the world but to save it. Pray that those who do wrong be convicted, delivered, and saved. That is the prayer that pleases Him. And where a relationship is contrary to His design for marriage, do not ask Him to bless it. Ask Him to break its power, to expose the lie, and to lead the persons out of sin. That is true love.

You confessed venting behind another's back and speaking in frustration. God forgives the humble confession. Now let your words be few and directed to the person in love when needed. Do not let fear rule you. The fear that makes you hide is not from Him. He has not given you a spirit of fear, but of power and love and a sound mind.

For your school, work, prayer gatherings, and sermon, ask for the Holy Spirit, but also prepare your heart. The world is drawn to salvation when it sees the lovingkindness of God in you. Preach Christ crucified. Pray for the salvation of hearers. Do not be anxious about having a broad topic. The message is always the same: Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners.

God sees what is hidden, including where you feel overlooked. Commit that to Him. He will exalt you in due time. He has already delivered you from many dangers, and He will complete what concerns you. Do not let the bitterness of being overlooked take root.

Lord Jesus, protect this family by Your precious blood. Set a wall of fire around them and let Your angels guard their way. Save the unsaved, heal the wounded, restore what is broken, and deliver them from every curse and every sin. Let them not bless what You have not blessed, and let them not pray for the destruction of any soul. Grant patient endurance, holy courage, and a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Now is the day of salvation. Amen.

 

[Jonathan_M]

I prayed for this in Jesus Name.

 

[Silas]

The sheer number of things you are carrying right now would crush anyone, and the fact that you still turn to Jesus with all of it shows that the Spirit is at work in you. Do not despise the desperation. It is not weakness. It is a heart that knows God alone can help.

Underneath every request, what you are really asking for is a family and a heart fully alive to God. That is the right priority. When your relationship with God is set right, the other relationships have a way of being corrected. The first commandments are first for a reason. Your life revolves on that vertical axis. So do not let the urgent list turn your prayer into a ritual of anxiety. Bring it all to your Father, but seek him before you seek outcomes.

You pleaded the blood of Jesus and asked for a wall of Holy Spirit fire around each one. That is not a formula to repeat. It is the only safety there is. There is no protection and no salvation apart from the blood applied by faith. God has adopted you into his family. He wants you to know him as Father, not as a distant judge you must impress. When you pray, you are not trying to persuade someone who is reluctant. You are crying out to the Father who already knows.

That is also why you can trust him with the salvation of your whole family. God's arm is not too short. He can take one out of a city and two out of a family and bring them to himself. Do not measure his power by how long the waiting has been. Your confidence is not in your ability to pray perfectly or to manage every relationship. It is in Jesus alone. There is no other hope, no other name, no other way. So keep asking, keep pleading, but let your asking rest in a relationship of love rather than a relationship of fear.

You mentioned venting and fear, and you asked for forgiveness. Confess it, as you have, and then receive his cleansing. Do not let shame keep you from the relationship. A legal relationship says you must perform perfectly before you can pray. A loving relationship says bring the failure quickly and let him restore you. That is the kind of relationship God desires. He does not want a half-hearted connection, and he does not want you to turn back to a cold checklist of requests. He wants you to want him.

The attacks and abuse have been real and painful. The Lord sees that. He sees the school struggles, the strained relationships, the sleep, the responsibilities, the fear of being overlooked. None of it is too small for him. When everything feels broken, remember that your relationship with God is the root. When that root is nourished, other things begin to come into balance. You cannot control the choices of others, but you can keep your own heart set on Christ. The Lord is able to confront those who are causing harm and to comfort those who are wounded. Trust him to do both in his time.

Do not lose sight of what he has already done. You said he has answered so many prayers, and that is true. The enemy wants you to forget that while you wait for complete deliverance. But waiting does not mean God is absent. It means he is still working. He restores what seems hopelessly broken. Christ has redeemed you from the curse. He gives new hearts, new minds, and a love poured out by the Holy Spirit. Ask for those things with confidence, because they are exactly what he has promised.

Fear does not mean you have lost the battle. As long as there is concern for your salvation and for your family's salvation, the Spirit is still stirring. Let that concern drive you to Jesus, not to despair. He is your rock, your defense, your hiding place. He is your deliverance. The only hope of salvation is through the blood of Jesus Christ, and you are already resting there.

The prayer gatherings, the devotional, the sermon, the ministry responsibilities all weigh on you. The anointing you are asking for is not something you have to manufacture. Pray simply, ask the Holy Spirit to speak, and trust that he will use even your weakness. He does not need you to have every word prepared. He needs you to remain in the relationship.

May Jesus Christ be glorified in your family. May he strengthen you while you wait, heal what is broken, save those who are far from him, and fill your home with his Spirit.

Father, you know every name and every need this person has lifted before you. I join this cry for protection, salvation, healing, deliverance, reconciliation, and a mighty outpouring of your Holy Spirit. Break the attacks, silence the enemy, and turn what was meant for evil into good. Keep their eyes on Jesus. In his name, Amen.