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Lord Jesus please grant strong protection for my family and I, esp. ### (I plead the blood of Jesus over us and ask for a wall of Holy Spirit fire around each of us and your mighty warrior angels to surround us according to Ps 91, Ps. 34:7, Zech. 2:5, Isaiah 54:17, Isaiah 59:19, Ps3:3, 2 Thess. 3:2-3, Jeremiah 15:20-21, Romans 8:31) and I ask for salvation (Your arm is not too short to save Lord. Please save now. Thank you., Jer. 17:14), deliverance, healing (Is 53:5, Jer. 30:17), reconciliation, unity and a mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit for my whole family and I. You know how difficult and painful things have been and still are (and these attacks and abuse) but help me not to lean on my understanding but to trust you. I pray for encouragement and strength and thank you for all you have already done and will do. AND YOU ALREADY HAVE DONE SO MUCH AND ANSWERED SO MANY PRAYERS. THANK YOU AND PRAISE YOU FATHER, LORD JESUS AND PLEASE HELP ME NOT TO LOSE SIGHT OF IT WHILE STILL WAITING FOR COMPLETE DELIVERANCE, HEALING AND SALVATION FOR ALL OF US. I pray for supernatural trust, your trust Jesus and your faith (1 Cor. 12). Please pour your love into our hearts (Romans 5:5), give us new hearts and new minds full of love, peace, joy, manifesting all the fruits of the Holy Spirit (Ezek. 36:25-27). Please restore our souls (Ps. 23:3). Please break and remove all curses and turn them into blessings (Galatians 3:13-14). Please restore what seems so hopelessly broken (Joel 2:25). Please save us, please deliver us (Acts 2:21, Acts 16:31). Lord Jesus please also act concerning all the prayer requests that were included in the previous version of this before including specific concerns for family (###, ###, ### and others, please help ### and heal her (please heal the ###, please help us, please help with the school and teachers), please intervene in ###'s life (and please prevent another disastrous relationship, e.g. with ###, please rebuke her treatment, please give her favor in school with teachers and fellow students, please rebuke ### and those fueling her behavior (please stop this new relationship, that it does not turn dysfunctional like all the ones before), please quickly intervene (###'s and ###'s relationship), heal ###'s wounds, please do a miracle in the relationship), please help K and I., please help with school (and give her supernatural confidence - in you-, please help with homework/understanding the material, please help us (need your supernatural help please, please quickly), please rebuke the ### and please help us (intervene please, please heal trauma and rejection/abandonment), please intervene in ###'s and ###'s relationship, please stop ###'s relationship, please intervene and supernaturally deliver and heal, please heal ###, please heal ### please help ###, please protect sleep, please help with vacation, please help me with the new responsibilities, please help with ###, please help ###, please restore K. and I, please help T.A. (THANK YOU!!, save her please)), please help with S. (please intervene and pardon), please help me with work, take over please, please help with ### and ### and overall, please empower, lead and guide and give us success). Please help with all these things. Please help with ###. Please help with S. Please also help with the meeting today (again) and please forgive that I talked bad about S. behind her back and forgive the explosive anger in my heart. Please help with St. as well. Please help with M. and H. as well. Thank you. Please help with the devotional (please do it again). Please forgive me for venting behind ###'s back (please help with the conflict with ###) and also expressing my frustration to ###. Help me please to do better. Please confront ### (and those behind it) and comfort ### (please remove ### and encourage greatly please). Please forgive me for being afraid because I did not f., please rebuke what is behind that, help me. Help with ###. Help with ### and ### and bless the time with ### and ### (please heal them). Please also powerfully anoint our prayer gatherings (including this Friday evening, this Friday). Please help with the devotions. Please protect, anoint, guide, empower our prayer ministry and work in people's hearts to pray and come together to pray and pour out the fire of your Holy Spirit. Please specially empower, anoint, protect and guide our evening of prayer this Friday. Please direct and guide in all things. Please help with the sermon (THANK YOU AND PRAISE YOU!!! Again!!! Please also help with the next one...please tell me exactly what to say Lord...its such a broad topic and I don't know...please anoint powerfully...THANK YOU AND PRAISE YOU!!! Use it for salvation Lord. Lord please send encouragement...). Please help with the workshop, next sermon and Live Nativity. Also with worship today (THANK YOU!!!, please help next time and work in S. and F. please). Please help with the conflict/### and ### (please guide, please convict, please help, please also help with what ### said, please confirm if true and if so confront anything not of you, please forgive me concerning the thing with ###, please bring back ###, ###, ###), and me feeling overlooked by the ###. Please send overall encouragement (big time) and breakthrough. Thank you Lord Jesus. May you be glorified in a mighty way in all our lives. Thank you. I pray in your holy name Lord Jesus. Amen

 

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We join you together before the throne of grace in the mighty name of Lord Jesus Christ and we thank you for coming boldly with such faith and persistence, pleading the blood of Jesus and standing on the promises of God for your family and yourself.

We hear your cry for strong protection and we agree with you for that wall of Holy Spirit fire around each of you and for His warrior angels to encamp around you. The Word assures us that The angel of Yahweh encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them Psalm 34:7 and that Yahweh Himself declares, For I, says Yahweh, will be to her a wall of fire around it Psalm 2:5. He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty Psalm 91:1 and we claim that no weapon that is formed against you will prevail Isaiah 54:17 and that Yahweh will lift up a standard against the enemy when he comes in like a flood Isaiah 59:19. He is your shield Psalm 3:3 and He is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one 2 Thessalonians 3:3. We stand with you on Romans 8:31, If God is for us, who can be against us, and on Jeremiah 15:20 that He will make you a fortified bronze wall against the attacks you have endured.

We also lift up your deep longing for salvation, deliverance, healing, reconciliation and unity and a mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon your whole household. We thank God that you have called upon the name of Jesus, for it is only by that name we have access to the Father and there is no other name by which we can be saved. As it is written, whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved Acts 2:21 and Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household Acts 16:31. We ask the Lord to continue His saving work, for His arm is not too short to save. We pray Heal me, O Yahweh, and I will be healed, save me, and I will be saved Jeremiah 17:14. We pray for healing as you asked, for by his wounds we are healed Isaiah 53:5 and for the promise I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says Yahweh Jeremiah 30:17. We ask Him to restore your souls Psalm 23:3 and to give you new hearts and put a new spirit within you Ezekiel 36:26 and to pour out His love into your hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us Romans 5:5, manifesting all the fruit of the Spirit in love, peace and joy.

We thank God with you for all He has already done and for so many answered prayers, and we pray you will not lose sight of His faithfulness while you still wait for complete deliverance. We hear your honest confession that things have been difficult and painful with attacks and abuse, and we exhort you as you prayed, to not lean on your own understanding but to trust Him with all your heart. Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding Proverbs 3:5. Cast all your worries on him, because he cares for you 1 Peter 5:7. We pray He will give you supernatural trust and faith and strength and encouragement as you wait upon Him.

We also bring before the Lord your confession regarding talking bad about others behind their backs, venting your frustration, explosive anger in your heart, and fear. We praise God for your repentant heart, for 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 ask Him to forgive and cleanse you and to help you to do better, to let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up Ephesians 4:29 and to be slow to anger, for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God James 1:20. We pray He will rebuke what is behind that fear, for God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control 2 Timothy 1:7 and help you to walk in His perfect love which casts out fear.

Concerning the many relationships and school concerns you mentioned for your family members whose names were redacted, we pray earnestly for God’s intervention. We ask Him to rebuke any treatment and behavior that is not of Him and to stop any relationship that would lead away from His will and into dysfunction. We pray for godly, pure relationships that honor Him, for we believe that any courtship should be with the goal of a lifelong marriage between a man and a woman as God designed, and that intimacy outside of that marriage covenant is fornication which God calls us to flee from. We pray He will give favor in school with teachers and fellow students, heal wounds and trauma and rejection and abandonment, restore what seems hopelessly broken, for He promises I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten Joel 2:25. We ask Him to break and remove every curse, for Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us Galatians 3:13, and to turn curses into blessings and to protect sleep and grant supernatural confidence and help with homework and understanding.

We lift up your prayer ministry, your devotions, your prayer gathering this Friday evening, your sermons and the broad topics you must preach, the workshop and Live Nativity and worship. We ask God to powerfully anoint, protect, guide and empower every gathering and to pour out the fire of His Holy Spirit and draw hearts to pray together. We pray for your work, your new responsibilities, the meeting today, and all the practical needs with the persons and situations you listed, that God will lead, guide, empower and give you success and direct you in all things. We pray He will convict where conviction is needed, bring back those who have strayed, confront what is not of Him, comfort those who are hurting and greatly encourage you.

Father, we plead the blood of Jesus over this dear one and the whole family. Surround each one with Your wall of fire and with Your mighty angels. Save those who are not yet saved, deliver those who are bound, heal the sick and wounded, reconcile what is divided and unify in Your love. Restore souls, renew minds, break curses, restore what the enemy has stolen, guard sleep, anoint every time of prayer and preaching, and let Your name be mightily glorified in all their lives. We ask for breakthrough and big encouragement today and we thank You that You have heard us and that You are faithful to complete what You have begun. We pray all of this in the holy and powerful name of Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

 

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We hear how much you are carrying and also how much you are trying to hold onto gratitude while you wait. You named protection for your family, salvation and healing and deliverance, and the painful attacks and abuse that have made this season so heavy, and you also thanked God for what He has already done and asked Him to help you keep trusting Him rather than leaning on your own understanding.

Living under ongoing hurt can wear down your sense of worth and leave you feeling powerless and exhausted long after the moment has passed, and it makes sense that you would feel both hopeful and weary at the same time. You are not forgotten in that place.

One thing that may help in the coming days is to not carry all of these burdens alone. Consider choosing one or two of the heaviest concerns you listed and sharing them in person with a trusted pastor or mature believer who knows you, so they can pray with you and walk with you week by week. Since you mentioned not wanting to lose sight of what God has already answered, it could also steady you to keep a simple, short list of those answered prayers where you can see it and return to it when the waiting feels long. If you are experiencing ongoing abuse or feeling unsafe, please reach out for wise, in person support alongside prayer.

Father, we lift this family to You in Jesus' name. Surround them with Your protection and peace, draw each heart closer to You, bring healing where there has been wounding, and give strength and encouragement for today. Guide the responsibilities, the school needs, and the prayer gathering this Friday, and help our friend to rest in Your care while You work. Amen.

 

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To Know God Intimately, The Hope of His Calling, Riches of His Inheritance & Exceedingly Great Strength in Raising Christ, Eph 1:17-21... "Glorious Father, we thank You, asking give us The Holy Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation to know You better. Grant the eyes of our heart to be flooded with light so we may know the hope of Your calling, the riches of Your glorious inheritance in the saints, and the surpassing greatness of Your power toward us who believe, which You exerted when You raised Messiah from the dead and seated Him at The Right Hand of Power in the heavenly places, far above all other rule, authority, power and dominion both in this age and the age to come. Thank You in Jesus The Christ's Name (from Ephesians 1:17-21).

Holy Spirit's Strength & Power, Christ Dwells in Our Hearts, Know Dimensions of Christ's Love Filled to Overflowing w/Holy Spirit Eph 3:14-20... "We bow our knees to the Glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom our whole family of true believers in heaven and earth is named, asking He would grant us, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power and might through His Spirit in the inner person, that Christ may dwell in our hearts through faith; that we, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all those God has made holy, what is the width and length and depth and height — to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that we may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen," Eph 3:14-20.

Protect Our CHILDREN, Lk 17:2 Mt 18:10, May They Know The Holy from Youth 2 Tim 3:15, Your Love 1 Jn 4:10, Angels Ps 91:11-12, for Signs Isa 8:18... Father, we thank You AGAIN for Christ Our Good Shepherd, The Lord Jesus, John 10:11. We ask PROTECTION for them, thank You for these precious youngsters, that You care for us, even ALL OUR CHILDREN and EXTENDED FAMILY, Comforting them with Your Rod and Staff, keeping them from fear, Ps 23:1-6, Isa 40:11, Ezek 34:15, Rev 7:17. JESUS, Take care of Your little ones, comfort and feed them and us, for You have given us a Shepherd after Our Father's Heart, even Jesus, so kindly FEED THEM on wisdom and knowledge, Jer 3:15.

Give Your angels charge over our children, friends, parents, uncles, aunts and babysitters -- even all the children of those that congregate here, pray and our fellow believers in spiritual battles, Ps 91:9-16, Heb 1:14. Strengthen our children, our brothers and sisters, even shepherd the entire flock of God among us, 1 Pet 5:2, Acts 20:28. Thank You for "mothers in Israel," and DADS on here, who are on guard for not only themselves, but especially for the young ones from evil and warped wolves, Acts 20:28-29, evil people and imposters, 2 Tim 3:13, even if they are "clergy" or "ministers," Strengthen and heal any hurt youth, and give them all in the faith needed for intercession long-term (some of us are believing for YOUR protection remotely for OUR little ones) with power and might through the Holy Spirit to know the dimensions of Your love, Eph 3:14-18, even NOW shed the love of God abroad in their hearts by The Holy Spirit, Rom 5:5.

Be near (The ANGEL of THE LORD CAMPS ALL AROUND those who FEAR HIM, Ps 34:7) the little ones AND bind those wicked people in evil who are in need of deliverance, binding the enemy NOW, in the AUTHORITY of JESUS, Matt 28:18, until the proper time of deliverance by just saying the Word, Matt 8:8, and draw them, us and all around us to Jesus. Especially draw those weary and heavy laden, that You might give them rest, Your yoke is easy and burden is light, so they find rest for their souls, Matt 11:28-30.

Work everything out for the furtherance of the gospel, Phil 1:12, work EVERYTHING together for good, Rom 8:28, according to the counsel of YOUR WILL, Eph 1:11. WE submit to GOD, resist the devil and it is written, "He will flee from us," James 4:7, 1 Peter 5:9, from demoniacs, Mark 16:15-17, from all, since the church YOU built on WHO YOU ARE AS THE MESSIAH will always prevail over the gates of hell, Matt 16:17-18. We pray the armor of God on this one, even now, keep their eyes from seeing, hearing or speaking evil, and their minds AND bodies to be KEPT FROM THE EVIL ONE AND EVIL PEOPLE, 2 Tim 3:13, 2 Thes 3:2, "See to it you do not cause one of these little ones to stumble for it would be better to be drowned with a millstone," Matt 10:42, Mk 9:42, Lk 17:2, "SEE TO IT YOU DO NOT DESPISE even ONE of these LITTLE ONES, for I (Jesus The Risen King) say to you their angels ALWAYS see the Face of Our Father," Matt 18:10. We thank You in advance, Mk 11:23-24, in Jesus' Name, Matt 28:18, Amen.

"He (Jesus) will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic Name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth," Micah 5:4, c.f., Dan 2:35, Micah 4:1, Gen 22:18-22, Matt 28:18-20, Mark 16:15-17, "I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one Shepherd," John 10:16, Acts 1:8...

Father we are not ashamed of JESUS, Luke or His Words, Mark 8:38, or the Gospel, 2 Tim Rom 1:16, Therefore we CONFESS JESUS before people, Matt 10:32 -- And we Thank YOU for The Name of Jesus, and in HIS NAME we PRAY, John 14:13-14

Fruit of Holy Spirit Gal 5:22-23, Humble yet Bold, Holy, Obedient, Loving Teams: Preaching, Signs, Wonders Acts 4:29-30, Authority over Demons, Lk 11:20...‍♂Tear Down False Doctrine & Teaching, Evil, 2 Cor 10:3-7 ....

Jesus, we ask and agree for fellowship with the Father and You in the Holy Spirit, 2 Cor 13:14, 1 Jn 1:2-4, bold, loving & accurate preaching of The Gospel, and attesting miracles, Acts 14:3. Confirm Your Word by The Holy Spirit that You suffered, died for our sins, rose and ascended to Messiah, The Lord's True Anointed, Mark 16:20, John 20:30-31, Acts 2:22, Acts 4:29-30, Rom 15:18-19, You ascended on High and gave gifts to humanity, Eph 4:10-11, 1 Cor 12:9-10. Help us get our lives and message correct, 1 Tim 4:16, and confirm the Word with gifts, signs and wonders, as it is written, "This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was then confirmed to us by those who heard Him, 4 and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various using miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will," Heb 2:3-4.

1 Corinthians 12:4-12, "There are different gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 There are different ministries, but the same Lord. 6 There are different ways of working, but the same God works all things in all people. 7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8 To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, who apportions them to each one as He determines. 12 The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ."

Thank You for the promises: relationship with You, Jesus, Rev 3:19-20, for protection, Ps 91:11-12, forgiveness, healing, redemption, loving-kindness and tender-mercies, renewing our youth as the eagle's, Ps 103:1-5, keeping us from sin, lies and fear, Zeph 3:13, and temptation, Luke 11:4, Matt 6:13, dangers of many kinds including false believers, 2 Cor 11:26, pride, Ps 36:11, and the evil one, John 17:15. We don't even want nor need "greater works since You have gone to The Father," John 14:12, we'll be quite content to just be like our Master, Matt 10:24-25, nevertheless not our will but Yours be done, Luke 22:42. Thank You in advance, Mark 11:24, Heb 11:6, in Jesus Name, John 14:13-14, again with thanksgiving we request this to partake of Your promised peace, Phil 4:6-7, and bless You for ALL Your benefits, Ps 103:2-5, Amen, Rev 3:14, 2 Cor 1:20.

Jesus, Shepherd Your Sheep Micah 5:4, John 10:16, Jn 21:16, 1 Pet 5:2-4, Rev 7:17; ‍ Remember those in Chains, Hebrews 13:3, Col 4:18... Lord Jesus, thank You that You are The LORD our Shepherd, Ps 23:1-6. You are The Good Shepherd that lay down Your life for us, Your sheep, John 10:11. Thank You that not only do Your Sheep hear Your voice, Jn 10:27, but that You lead them out, and we don't listen to others, John 10:3-4, but only head Your voice and follow You, John 10:27, but that You care for us, Ps 23:3 Isa 40:11, Ezek 34:15, Rev 7:17. Take care of us, defend us, comfort and feed us on wisdom and knowledge, Give Your angels charge over us and our fellow believers in spiritual battles, Ps 91:9-16, Heb 1:14. Strengthen our brothers and sisters, even shepherd the entire flock of God among us, 1 Pet 5:2, help us be on guard for ourselves and the flock of God among us from evil and warped wolves, Acts 20:28-29, by abiding in You and Your teaching, John 15:1-9, studying, obeying and teaching obedience to all Jesus commanded, Matt 28:20. Strengthen us and all in the faith with power and might through the Holy Spirit to know the dimensions of Your love, Eph 3:14-18. Be near those who are in need of deliverance, setting us free by just saying the Word, Matt 8:8, and draw us and all around us to Jesus. Especially draw those weary and heavy laden, that You might give them rest, Your yoke is easy and burden is light, so they find rest for their souls, Matt 11:28-30. Work everything out for the furtherance of the gospel, Phil 1:12.

Grant relief to the persecuted church like You did when the evil king began by laying hands on some who belonged to the church in order to mistreat them, had the Apostle James the brother of John the Beloved put to death with the sword, Acts 12:1-2, and give us testimonies like we have of the Apostle Peter's angelic release from prison in Acts 12:3-17 and the Apostles Paul and Silas' earthquake resulting in the conversion of the Philippian Jailer and his household in Acts 16:27-32. Hebrews 10:34. Help us sympathize with those in prison and joyfully accept the confiscation property, knowing that we ourselves have a better and permanent possession, Hebrews 10:34. Call and grant boldness give them visits, as Jesus said in Matthew 25:36, "I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me." Be their Shepherd even in those situations, Rom 8:38-39.

Give grace to us all to purposely draw near to You, so You draw near to us, James 4:8. You are the vine, we are the branches; the one who remains in You, and You in them bears much fruit for apart from You we can do nothing, Jn 15:5. We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us, Phil 4:13. Help us keep You holy in our hearts so as to be ready in season and out of season (at any time in any circumstance) to give an answer for the hope within us, with respect, 2 Tim 2:25, so ungodliness glorifies God that it had a good witness before You returned, 1 Pet 3:15-16. Deliver us from evil people and the evil one, temptation and sin. 2 Thes 3:2-3, Matt 6:13, Luke 11:4, John 17:15. Let love abound more in knowledge and discernment so we can choose the best in every situation that gives us a choice, so we may be sincere and blameless until Your Son's return, being filled with the fruit of righteousness, which comes from union with Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God, Phil 1:9-11. Let us freely receive Your abundant love and freely give it to others, healing the sick, raising the dead, and casting out demons, Matt 10:8. Not unto us, but to Your Name give glory, do whatever You please, but as the Earth You have given to the sons of men, help us rule in part with You even now, Ps 115:1-18. Perfect our love, for as You are, so also are we in this world, 1 John 4:17. Thank You in Jesus' Name.

Lord's Prayer: 1st The Father, His Honor, Kingdom. Will; Then Our Provision Forgiveness for Us, Others, Kept from Sin Evil, Standard, Matt 6:9-13... "Pray, then, after this manner... ‘Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your Kingdom Come! Your Will be done, On Earth as it is in Heaven!”

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"Give us our daily bread. Forgive our debts, as we forgive our debtors. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For it’s Your Kingdom, Power and Glory Forever, Amen,” Matt 6:9-13, c.f., Matt 6:33, "But seek first The Kingdom of God and His Righteousness, then all these other things shall be added to you," thank You in Jesus' Name.

 

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Your many prayers have been heard by the Lord who invites the weary and burdened to look unto Him and be saved. We join you in thanking our gracious God for all He has already done and for every answer He has given, and we join you in asking Him for continued mercy while you wait upon Him for complete deliverance, healing and salvation for your household.

We are reminded that salvation is of the Lord alone. As it is written, Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth. There is no other name under heaven whereby we must be saved but the name of Jesus Christ. To believe on Him is to trust 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. This is the faith which saves the soul, and we pray with you that every member of your family may be brought to this simple faith, for His arm is not too short to save. He has found a ransom, and that ransom is Christ Himself, so that deliverance from the pit is a gift of Divine Love.

You have asked for strong protection according to Psalm 91, Psalm 34:7, Zechariah 2:5 and other precious promises, for a wall of fire and for warrior angels to surround you. We pray that the Lord will be your protection and your glory, your arm every morning and your salvation in the time of trouble. Yet we remember that our greatest deliverance was attended with enrichment, for He brought Israel forth with silver and gold, and far more has He delivered us from worse enemies by a greater salvation in Christ. Every form of fellowship with Jesus wrought in us by the Spirit is a well of salvation, and when all our own strength fails us, our strength shall be to sit still while God arises and works deliverance by His own hand and outstretched arm.

You ask for healing and restoration, for new hearts and new minds, for the love of God to be poured into your hearts by the Holy Spirit according to Romans 5:5 and Ezekiel 36:25-27, and for the fruit of the Spirit to be manifest. We pray that the Lord will restore your souls as in Psalm 23, and that you may know the healing virtue that flows from Christ. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations, and the least thing about Christ is healing. His leaves change the life blood and make the nature other than it was before. We pray that He who bore our sins and carried our sorrows, by whose stripes we are healed, will continue His healing work in body and soul, and that where the enemy has sought to bring a curse, Christ who was made a curse for us according to Galatians 3:13 will turn it into a blessing and restore what seems hopelessly broken according to Joel 2:25.

Concerning the many relationships and concerns you have laid before the Lord, including those you named and the painful entanglements, the school needs, the treatment by others, and the desire for reconciliation and unity, we bring them before the Lord asking not that He would bless what is contrary to His Word, but that He would bring every relationship under the Lordship of Christ and into conformity with His holy design. We hold fast the historic biblical ethic that marriage is a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman and that sexual intimacy and living together belong within that covenant alone. We therefore pray for deliverance from every disastrous and dysfunctional entanglement, for purity, for wisdom to walk in holiness, and for healing of wounds, trauma, rejection and abandonment. Where restoration is according to His will, we pray He would grant true reconciliation and unity in Christ. Where a relationship is not of Him, we pray He would graciously cut it off, give repentance and faith, and grant supernatural confidence and peace that comes from trusting Him rather than leaning on our own understanding. For ### and for yourself, and for each bond you mentioned, we ask that the Lord would lead, guide and empower you to walk in a manner worthy of Him, manifesting love, peace and joy.

We thank God that you have confessed before Him your words spoken behind the back of ###, the explosive anger in your heart, the venting of frustration and the fear that has troubled you. The Lord is gracious to forgive when we bring the whole truth and say with David, Deliver me from blood guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation. We pray that He will cleanse you, give you a new heart, and uphold you with His free Spirit that you may rise higher and higher in holiness, speaking the truth in love and finding strength to do better by His grace.

We also lift before the Lord the many particular burdens you named, the needs for school and teachers and homework, for understanding and favor, for sleep, for vacation, for new responsibilities at work, for help with ### and ### and ### and ### and ### and ### and others, for the meeting today, for devotions and the devotional time, for conflicts and for those who feel overlooked, for the prayer gatherings and especially the evening of prayer this Friday, for the prayer ministry, for the sermon and the workshop and the Live Nativity and the worship. We ask that He would anoint, protect, guide and empower each of these for His glory, that He would work in hearts to pray and to come together to pray, and that He would pour out the fire of His Holy Spirit. We pray that He will tell you what to say as you preach, that the Sun of Righteousness would rise with healing beneath His wings, and that your ministry would be a conduit from which abundant streams of healing flow down to others.

Be encouraged that the Lord does not shut His ear to the cry of His people. Though you have stayed at the brook Jabbok in fear and trembling, He is able to make even the adversary fall upon your neck in peace, and to turn your songs of sorrow into songs of deliverance. Continue to look unto Christ and find pardon in every trial, deliverance in every affliction, and joy restored to you, that your tongue may sing aloud of His righteousness. May He uphold you with supernatural trust and with His own faith and love, and may He be glorified in a mighty way in all your lives.

We pray all this in the holy name of the Lord Jesus, who alone is our salvation. Amen.