Lord Jesus please grant

[Chrysostom]

We join you in thanking the Father through Lord Jesus Christ for all He has already done and for so many prayers He has answered, and we join you in asking Him to keep you from losing sight of His mercies while you wait for complete deliverance, healing and salvation for your whole family.

We pray with you for protection for you and your family according to Psalm 91, Psalm 34:7, Zechariah 2:5 and the other scriptures you mentioned, asking that the Lord Himself would be a wall around you, that His warrior angels would encamp around those who fear Him, and that no weapon formed against you would prosper. We also pray with you for salvation, for deliverance, for healing and for restoration. Scripture reminds us that now is the acceptable time and now is the day of salvation, and that God sent His Son not to judge the world but to save the world through Him. There is salvation in no other name, and we ask that each member of your family would hear the gospel, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved, as Acts 16:31 promises.

We hear your desire to trust the Lord and not lean on your own understanding even in the midst of painful attacks and abuse. The word teaches that hearing alone is not sufficient for salvation, but there is needed also continual recollection of the word, fortitude, and patient endurance. We pray that your afflictions, as you endure them with Christ, would work in you comfort and steadfast hope, and that God who is the God of all mercies would deliver and comfort you. We ask Him to pour His love into your hearts through the Holy Spirit according to Romans 5:5, to give you new hearts and new minds according to Ezekiel 36, to restore your souls according to Psalm 23, to manifest in you the fruit of the Spirit, and to turn every curse into blessing through Christ who became a curse for us according to Galatians 3:13. We ask Him to restore what seems hopelessly broken according to Joel 2:25, to heal according to Isaiah 53:5 and Jeremiah 30:17, and to grant you supernatural trust, faith, peace and joy.

For the many specific concerns you lifted up for family members, for school and teachers, for understanding and homework, for confidence, for trauma and wounds of rejection and abandonment, for sleep and for daily responsibilities, we bring each one before the Lord. Where you have asked for intervention in relationships, including new and difficult relationships that have been dysfunctional or harmful, we pray that the Lord would bring His holy and healing will to bear. We do not ask God to bless what is outside His design, but we ask Him to bring conviction where needed, to grant repentance and purity, to heal wounds, to stop what would lead to further harm, and to guide every relationship toward what is holy, faithful and in keeping with His creation purpose of marriage as a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, with all intimacy belonging within that covenant. We pray for favor with teachers and fellow students where it is according to His will, for wisdom for you as you support your family, for protection over sleep and over your time of vacation, and for help with work and new responsibilities.

We also pray for what you mentioned concerning devotions, your prayer ministry and the evening of prayer this Friday, for the sermon and for the next preaching opportunity, that the Lord would anoint the word, guide you in exactly what to say, and use it for salvation and encouragement. We pray for the conflicts you named, for the hurt of feeling overlooked, for forgiveness where you have felt you vented or acted in fear or frustration, and for reconciliation where it is possible and wise. We ask the Lord to comfort those who need comfort, to confront what is not of Him, to grant you strength and encouragement, and to direct and guide you in all things.

May the Lord keep you steadfast in prayer, established in His word both in hearing and in doing, and may He be glorified in a mighty way in all your lives as you continue to call upon His holy name.

 

[Silas]

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Your prayer has been received with care, and the weight of what you and your family have carried is heard. It is good that even in pain and ongoing attacks you are choosing to give thanks for what God has already done, and that you are asking Him to help you trust Him rather than lean on your own understanding. That trust itself is something He delights to grow in you.

The heart of all you are asking for is found in Jesus Himself. His very name means the Lord is salvation, and He came to save His people from their sins. Scripture teaches that 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. To confess Him now, to submit to Him as Lord now, is unto salvation and eternal life. There will be a day when every knee will bow and every tongue confess that He is Lord, but then that confession will not bring salvation, it will only acknowledge what was rejected. That is why the grace of God that brings salvation is offered now, and now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation. Do not put off receiving or resting in what He has provided. Salvation is not something we can achieve by our own effort. God placed it outside our ability on purpose, so that it would rest entirely on His grace and on the work Jesus finished for us, and even the faith to believe it is His gift. Having received that gift, we are then called to work out what God has worked in us, with reverence and humility, not working for our salvation as if we could earn it, but living out with diligence the new life He has already given. Give no place to anything that would hold you back from embracing that great salvation, for it is open to whoever will come, it reaches the lowest sinner, and there is no other way to escape sin except through Jesus. He alone is the provision God has made, and He is called the captain of our salvation who through His suffering brings many sons and daughters into glory to share His inheritance.

You have also asked for healing, and God is indeed a healer. The Scriptures show that His healing can come in different ways. There is one account where Jesus laid His hands on a man and the sight returned gradually, not all at once, the only gradual healing recorded in His ministry. That reminds us that healing is not always instant, and there are many kinds of healing. God has built healing processes into our bodies and minds that are themselves from Him, and sometimes His healing is most deeply felt in the emotions and in the inner wounds, bringing restoration to the soul. Matthew shows us that what Isaiah prophesied about the Messiah bearing our sicknesses includes both spiritual and physical healing, and when Jesus broke the bread He said this is My body broken for you. Yet we also learn that we cannot presume He will heal every physical affliction exactly as and when we ask. Paul prayed three times for his thorn in the flesh to be removed and the Lord did not remove it as Paul asked, but showed His grace was sufficient. This does not mean we should stop asking. We should keep bringing every sickness, every trauma, every wound of rejection and abandonment to Him, while remembering that the greatest miracle in any life is the forgiveness of sins and the new birth. That salvation is more important than any physical healing, though we may continue to pray earnestly for both.

You asked for protection, for a hedge around your family, for deliverance from curses, for new hearts and for the fruit of the Spirit, for restoration of what is broken. The Lord is your shield and your defender, and He promises to be a wall of fire around His people and to command His angels to guard those who fear Him. No weapon formed against you will finally prosper when you are in Christ. Through Christ, who became a curse for us, every curse is broken and can be turned to blessing for those who trust Him. He promises to pour His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, to give new hearts and new minds, to cause His Spirit to dwell in us so that love, joy, peace and all His fruit may grow. He restores the soul like a shepherd, and He promises to restore the years that have been lost and broken. Ask Him to continue that restoring work in each family member by name, in school and teachers, in work and responsibilities, in sleep and in daily needs.

Concerning the painful relationships and family struggles you mentioned, including the history of dysfunctional and harmful relationships and the concerns for young people in school and at home, bring them fully under the Lordship of Jesus. God designed marriage to be a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, and He calls His people to purity, with sexual intimacy and living together belonging only within that covenant. We do not ask God to bless what goes against His design, but we do ask Him to intervene, to bring conviction where needed, to rebuke what is harmful, to grant favor and wisdom with teachers and peers, to heal deep wounds, to give supernatural confidence rooted in Him, and to lead each person toward what is holy and whole. Where there has been alienation in families because of faith, remember that Jesus Himself experienced rejection in His own family and home, and He taught that the bond among those who belong to God can be even deeper than blood ties. He is building His own family, and in that family you can find comfort and belonging even while you pray for reconciliation and unity in your natural family where it is possible and godly.

You confessed venting about others and acting out of fear and frustration. It is right to bring that to the Lord for forgiveness, and He is faithful to forgive when we confess. Ask Him to guard your tongue, to help you speak with grace and truth, to confront what needs confronting in love, and to comfort those who have been hurt. He understands fear and He can replace it with His perfect love and with faith that comes from Him.

For your times of prayer together and for times of devotion and for the preaching of the Word, pray that God would anoint and protect and guide, that He would draw hearts to pray and to hear, and that He would use His Word to bring salvation. He desires to encourage you and to give you strength for each new responsibility, to direct your steps and to be glorified in all your lives.

Let us pray together. Father, in the name of Jesus Christ Your Son, we thank You for Your grace that brings salvation and for the gift of eternal life through Him. We confess Jesus as Lord and believe You raised Him from the dead, and we rest in His finished work alone for our salvation. Work deeply in each member of this family, give new hearts, pour Your love into them, cause them to bear Your fruit, restore their souls, and heal what is wounded in body, mind and spirit according to Your wise and loving will. Surround them with Your protection, be their shield, command Your angels to guard them, break every curse through the cross and turn it to blessing, and restore what has been broken. Bring deliverance, bring unity where it honors You, bring purity and wisdom in every relationship, rebuke what is evil and harmful, grant favor and help in school and work and sleep, provide for every practical need, forgive sins of speech and fear, and fill them with Your peace and supernatural trust. Anoint their prayers and devotions and the preaching of Your Word, draw many to Yourself, and send great encouragement and breakthrough. May You be glorified in a mighty way in all their lives. Amen.