We thank God with you for the faith you have shown in bringing your whole family before the Lord Jesus, and for your thanksgiving for all He has already done. Your desire for protection, salvation, deliverance, healing, reconciliation and unity is good and right, and we join you in asking the Father to act according to His mercy and power.
Scripture teaches that God sent His Son not to judge the world but to save the world, and that His death is the salvation of the world. There is salvation in no other name, and it comes through Jesus Christ alone, who bore our sins and made reconciliation for us. As it is written, now is the acceptable time, now is the day of salvation. We pray that every member of your family would hear this word and turn to Christ in repentance and faith while the door is open, for His arm is not too short to save. We ask that the Lord would pour His love into your hearts, give you new hearts and new minds, restore your souls, and cause the fruit of the Holy Spirit to be manifest in love, peace and joy.
You have asked for protection according to Psalm 91, Psalm 34:7, Zechariah 2:5 and other promises, for a wall of fire around you and for warrior angels to surround you. We pray with you for the Lord's keeping power over you and your household, over your sleep, your home, your work, your school and your coming and going. At the same time we remember that hearing alone is not sufficient for salvation. There is required a careful hearing of the word and a continual recollection of it, together with fortitude and a turning away from worldly cares and the deceitfulness of riches. We encourage you to continue not only in prayer but in hearing the word, obeying it at home and abroad and in the church, and in patient endurance. Affliction that is endured with patience works comfort and salvation, and makes us partakers with Christ. Do not lean on your own understanding, but trust Him daily and walk in what you hear.
For the many burdens you named, for healing according to Isaiah 53:5 and Jeremiah 30:17, for the breaking of every curse through Christ who became a curse for us that we might receive the blessing, for the restoration of what seems hopelessly broken according to Joel 2:25, we ask the Lord for His healing and deliverance. We pray for physical healing, for inner wounds to be healed, for minds to be renewed, for strength and encouragement in the midst of ongoing attacks and painful circumstances.
Concerning the relationships and family members you mentioned, we pray as you have prayed that the Lord would intervene with holiness and wisdom. We do not ask God to bless relationships that are outside His design, but we ask Him to bring every relationship into conformity with His will. Marriage is a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, and sexual union and living together belong within that covenant. Where relationships have been dysfunctional, harmful or impure, we pray that God would give repentance, set boundaries, grant deliverance, and either make the relationship holy and whole according to His word or graciously end what is not of Him and prevent further harm. We pray for purity, for favor in school for the right reasons, for supernatural confidence in Christ, for help with homework and understanding, for teachers and fellow students to act with kindness and truth, and for wounds from past relationships to be healed by the Lord.
We also hear your confession about venting behind another's back and expressing frustration to others, and about fear. We thank God for your honesty. We pray that He would forgive you through the blood of Jesus, teach you to speak with grace and truth, and bring reconciliation where there is conflict. For those who have hurt you, we pray not with an unlawful prayer for vengeance, but for God's justice to restrain evil, for protection for the vulnerable, for comfort for those who suffer, and for the salvation even of those who oppose you, that they too might come to repentance.
For your prayer gatherings, your devotions, your evening of prayer this Friday, your prayer ministry and your sermon preparation, we ask that the Lord would anoint, protect, guide and empower you. May He give you exactly what to say from His word, use it for salvation, and draw many to pray together and to seek the outpouring of His Spirit. We pray for your new responsibilities, for work, for vacation and for daily guidance, that He would lead you step by step and give you success as you walk in obedience.
We join our faith with yours and pray:
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on this family. Save those who are not yet saved, deliver those who are bound, heal those who are sick and wounded, and restore what the enemy has broken. Surround this household with Your protection, forgive sins, remove what is not of You, and establish what is holy. Give supernatural trust and faith, fill hearts with Your love, and cause Your word to dwell richly and be obeyed. Grant encouragement, strength and breakthrough, and let Your name be glorified in every part of these lives. Amen.