Lord Jesus please grant

[Chrysostom]

Your prayer has been received with care, and I thank God that you have poured out your heart so openly before Him. I hear both your thanksgiving for what He has already done and your deep longing for complete deliverance, healing, and salvation for your whole family. It is right to bring all of these burdens to the Lord Jesus, for God sent not His Son to judge the world but to save the world, and His arm is not too short to save.

I join you in praying for the protection you asked for, that the Lord would be a refuge and strength to you and your household according to Psalm 91 and Psalm 34. At the same time I encourage you to continue in what leads to salvation. Hearing the word is not sufficient by itself. There is needed also a careful hearing and a continual recollection of it, then fortitude, and a turning away from worldly things, and the cultivation of every part of virtue. As you wait on the Lord, keep His word before you daily, remember it, obey it at home and abroad and in the church, and let patience have its work. Affliction, when endured with patience in Christ, can work comfort and salvation, and we are partakers both of His sufferings and of His comfort.

You have asked for salvation for your family, and this is the greatest gift. Scripture teaches that salvation is through Jesus Christ alone, and that now is the acceptable time, now is the day of salvation. Do not put off this call. If any among your family have not yet turned to Christ in repentance and faith, pray that they would do so today, believing that He takes away the sin of the world and that through His cross we have wisdom and power. Pray also for yourself that you would grow in supernatural trust, not leaning on your own understanding, but being rooted in love poured into your heart by the Holy Spirit, bearing the fruit of love, peace, and joy, with a new heart and a new mind that God promises to give.

For the many relationships and situations you mentioned, I pray with you that God would bring healing where there are wounds, trauma, rejection and abandonment, and that He would restore what is broken according to His mercy. Where you have asked for intervention in romantic relationships, I pray that the Lord would lead each person into holiness and wisdom. God's design for marriage is a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, and sexual intimacy and living together belong within that covenant. Therefore I do not ask God to bless any relationship outside of that design, but I do pray that He would either bring relationships into conformity with His will in purity and truth, or graciously bring them to an end if they are not of Him, and that He would heal the wounds that have led to repeated dysfunction. I pray for favor at school and in other places not for mere success, but that each one would walk in integrity and find grace to do what is right.

You also confessed speaking badly about others behind their backs and anger in your heart, and frustration expressed to others. It is good to confess this. God is merciful to forgive when we repent. Ask Him to guard your tongue, to help you do better, and to bring reconciliation where there has been conflict. Rather than praying against people in anger, pray for their salvation and for God to correct what is wrong, for we are not to add to our sins an unlawful prayer against enemies, but to love and to seek their good while trusting God to judge righteously.

I thank God with you for the prayer gatherings, the devotional times, the sermons, the workshop and worship. I pray that the Lord would anoint your prayer ministry this Friday and in the days to come, that He would empower and guide you in your work and responsibilities, protect your sleep, and give you encouragement and strength. Continue to seek Him, to be steadfast in prayer, and to give thanks in all things.

May the Lord restore your soul as Psalm 23 promises, break every chain through Christ who became a curse for us that we might receive the blessing, and restore the years that have felt lost. May He pour out His Spirit upon your household, grant unity where there has been division, and let His love be manifest among you. I pray all of this in the holy name of Jesus, trusting that He who is true will do what is for your salvation and His glory. Amen.

 

[Silas]

Your heartfelt cry for protection, salvation, healing and restoration for your family has been heard, and thank you for giving thanks even while you are still waiting. That posture of gratitude while still asking for complete deliverance honors the Lord.

Scripture teaches that the name given to Jesus means the Lord is salvation, for He shall save His people from their sins. That name tells His mission. Salvation is not only being saved from the power of the enemy, it is being saved for a purpose, that we might serve God without fear in holiness and righteousness, walking in a right standing with Him that He provides. This salvation comes by the tender mercy of God, like sunrise visiting those in darkness, and it comes by grace. The grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all people, and it is outside our own ability so that no one can boast. We are His workmanship, His poem, made beautiful by grace.

God has provided only one way of escape, and that is through Jesus Christ. There is no hiding from God and no other way to be delivered. Scripture says if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. That confession now, with submission to His Lordship, brings salvation and makes us sons and daughters in His family and heirs together with Christ. Later every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord, but then it will not be unto salvation, it will be a forced acknowledgment. Now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation, so we urge each member of your family who has not yet done so to turn to Christ today. His arm is not too short to save.

God's purposes will stand and He will deliver His people. Even when circumstances feel hopelessly broken, He is able to restore what has been lost. At the same time, His greatest miracle in any life is not physical healing or relief from pressure, but the forgiveness of sins. The prophet speaks of healing through His wounds, and the gospels show Jesus healing the sick and delivering those oppressed by darkness, and we do pray for healing for bodies, minds, and trauma in your family, including the painful wounds of rejection and abandonment, and for sleep and peace. Yet we also remember that the apostle Paul prayed three times for his thorn to be removed and the Lord had a different purpose. So we ask for healing according to His wise and loving will, while rejoicing that salvation is the treasure nothing can outweigh.

You asked for strong protection according to passages like Psalm 91 and Psalm 34:7 and Zechariah 2:5. We join you in asking the Lord to surround you and your loved ones, to be a wall of fire around you and to keep you from evil. The true refuge is to be found in Christ Himself. To be in Him is to be safe, and even when the body is vulnerable, to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord for those who belong to Him.

You also asked for new hearts, for love to be poured into your hearts, for the fruit of the Spirit, for restored souls, for curses to be broken, and for unity and reconciliation. Christ became a curse for us so that the blessing might come to us, and God promises to give a new heart and put His Spirit within us, to restore the soul and to pour His love into our hearts. We pray that for each person in your household, that God would work that inner renewal and that you would work out what He has worked in, living out your salvation with reverence and trust, not working for salvation but living from it.

Concerning the many relationships you mentioned, including painful family dynamics and romantic relationships that have been disastrous and dysfunctional, we pray for God's clear intervention and for healing of wounds. We do not ask God to bless or preserve any relationship that is outside His design, for His design for sexual intimacy and living together belongs within the lifelong covenant of marriage between one man and one woman. Instead we pray that the Lord would bring conviction where needed, bring purity and wisdom, and either lead any relationship into that holy commitment or bring it to an end for His glory and for your good. We pray for favor and grace in school for your loved ones, for understanding of material, for confidence rooted in Christ, for teachers to be gracious, and for protection from those who influence toward harm.

You confessed speaking badly about others behind their backs, venting in frustration, and explosive anger and fear in your heart. God is gracious to forgive when we confess. We pray He will give you a guard over your lips, a gentle spirit in conflict, and deliverance from fear as you learn to trust Him rather than leaning on your own understanding.

For your work, your new responsibilities, your service in prayer gatherings, devotions, preaching and worship, we ask the Lord to anoint, protect and guide you, to give you the words He wants spoken so that Christ is lifted up and the gospel of salvation is made clear. The bond we have in the body of Christ is a deep gift, often closer than blood ties when family does not yet know the Lord, and we pray your prayer ministry will be strengthened and that many will be drawn to pray together in the power of the Holy Spirit.

We join you in asking for encouragement and strength. You have seen many answers already, and we thank God with you for them. May the Lord keep those mercies before your eyes while you wait, and give you supernatural trust and faith to keep looking to Him. May He establish you, guard you from evil, and cause you to rejoice in His salvation, setting up your banner in the name of the Lord who saves His people. We pray all this in the holy name of Jesus, who is our salvation. Amen.