Marriage, Job and breakthrough from struggle

[Maheswari_S]

All praise be to our God. Let us pray for the above requests to our God via Jesus! Amen!

Please pray for the following continuously

(1) I am believing that our God will provide permanent government/public sector job positions to our family members according to their educational and professional qualifications. Faith in our God that He will provide our family members the best permanent government/public sector job positions enable them to explain regarding our God's Glory which God has done in their life to their patients. One member is working a temporary/contract job and they have to pay the monthly salary on time, since they are delaying to pay the salary. Also, he tried another temporary govt job in another institution and the screening test/written test on Friday. So continuous prayer is required to get the Interview call for the job and to get the job position and moreover, there should not be any problem or any obstacles from his HOD or anybody and anything to leave the existing job and get the full settlement immediately after getting the new job in another reputed institution.

Another family member to get a temporary govt. job urgently and she will wait for a Permanent Govt. Job. Both are waiting for permanent govt. job positions till God's Time & Will.

(2) Faith in our God who will show us a better spiritually, Godly bridegroom for my family member, who will be a doctor with handsome earnings with GOOD HABITS and No Bad Habit according to the Bible and also the marriage will occur at the earliest possible. Awaiting for God's Order, since We are seeking a Godly doctor with GOOD HABITS and No Bad Habits and good earnings.

(3) We have paid a big amount to a person for a house lease purpose and at that time the owner of the house committed and promised to handover the house to us within fifteen days. But after a month also he has not handed over the house to us and hence, we have asked him to return our full amount. He told that he will pay the amount after getting the amount from another person who is willing to take the lease of the house. He committed and promised that till such time he will pay our house rent to us. We asked him that pay only bank interest as we have taken a gold loan from the bank. But he refused that he will not pay the interest to us. Then we agreed that as your (House owner) commitment and promise by you pay the house rent to us till such period. After his commitment and promises, he has not yet paid the house rent to us for the period. Now it is crossed more than a year (more than 17 months) passed. Till today, he has not paid the house rent. Bank interest is also increasing day by day. Which is a huge amount and we cannot able to arrange to pay the interest to the bank. Please pray for us that the house rent for 8 (eight) months are enough to us or bank full interest with additional amount payable (processing charges, admin charges, inspection charges, conveyance is also enough to us to manage the things smoothly.

Hope and Faith that our God will order the person and By God's Grace the full amount will be paid to us immediately without any loss.

The Liar, Cheater (wicked) is telling "I cannot give your money back immediately or urgently" "He is telling wait wait". Almost 15 Months (one year and three months) and have been passed. It is unjust. Is this justice? God have to punish him as under:

(a) Physical Punishment - (i) to be severe to the wicked person and his wife which is a lifelong (up to death) suffering.
(ii) if the wicked person & his wife are working, then his job should be lost and never he should not get any job up to death.
(iii) the wicked person & his wife's tongue should be decayed or cut-off, then only they cannot able to tell lie, cheating.
(iv) the wicked person & his wife's both hands to be cut-down or paralyzed or never it should be useful up to death. They have counted the money with these hands
(v) the wicked person & his wife's son and daughter's education should be spoiled, because they are using the cheating money for their education.

(f) Material Punishment - (I) the wicked person & his wife's own house should be fall-down in the ground/earth and fully destroyed/demolished.
(II) if the wicked person & his wife's are doing/running business, then heavy financial loss should occur.
(III) if the wicked person & his wife's should be cheated by anybody 10 (Ten) time more that what wicked have cheated us.

Then only he never ever cheat anybody. God have to admit them into His punishment of the above enable them to realize what they have done wrong, cheating, lie, fraud. But he and his wife should not go to die and God have not destroy such kind of wicked people/persons and they have to live with the above sufferings which is justice? After this suffering only they may repent and turn to God.

If physical punishment is not able to give to the wicked, liar, cheater, fraud and his wife, then material punishment may be given to them. In case this is not able to give to the wicked, liar, cheater, fraud, then earthly consequences like sleepless night, mental disturbance, Loss of Peace, financial loss, family problems, Anxiety, Physical strain, sickness, Blockage in Success, Blessing Blockage, Inner emptyness etc., to be given by God to the wicked, liar, cheater, fraud and his wife enable them to repay our house rent with bank interest and after repent and turn to God.

I asked our God that "Why the Honest should suffer? Why the wicked, Liar, fraud, cheater persons are not punished? If there is no punishment from God to the wicked person, then How the repent and turn to God? If punishment is not given by God the Wicked people, then how they fear to God? If no fear to God, then they will do more and more wicked things. God have to give a punishment to them that will Glory to our God.

In some place in the Bible mentioned like this "The Lord watches over all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy"
Habakkuk 1:13 – “Why do you tolerate the treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?”

I am waiting for the Justice from God. Nobody knows when the punishment or Justice will be happened. God have to give punishment immediately to this wicked person. so that he will not do many more. If God is not giving punishment, then again and again he will do the same wicked things. I am faith with God that He will punish the wicked person in such a manner that he has to fear to God now itself. Otherwise he will do the same thing to others and again and again. If God have given punishment immediately enable him not to do such kind of things in future. Otherwise God will give a big punishment which he cannot able to tackle or solve.

Due to this our family cannot able to sleep daily night. Also misunderstanding within our family. As per his activities, he never ever repent. Due to his behaviour, definitely he will not repent to God. Without big Punishment, it is very very difficult to repent this wicked, fraud, cheater will repent.

Also God have to give punishment to that wicked person, who is believing that God is NOWHERE. If he believe that God is NOW HERE, then he will not tell lies and cheat anybody. Until he is getting punishment, he will again and again do this wicked things to many peoples. As per his activities, he never repent. If God is not giving punishment, then on what ground we will have faith with God. Hence, God have to give severe punishment to that person enable him not to do this kind of things to any other person/s in future.

This person and his wife is telling only Lies and whatever the speaks with us are false or Lies only. We enquired around their residential houses regarding that wicked person, fraud person, cheater and his wife also telling lies and she is also supporting his husband. So both are definitely not repent. Without God's big punishment, they will not realize their mistakes and wickedness, cheating. Awaiting for the God's big punishment from only they will repent. Otherwise there is no use and Satan will involve. They never repent again turn to God. Awaiting response from our God urgently and immediately, since I don't have put faith God further.

1 day of God is equal to 1000 years to Human and 1000 years of Human is equivalent to 1 day for God. That means there is No Grace will be to human from God till their death! There is No Mercy from God. Till human death they have to suffer if anybody is Honest. Wicked will Prosper and they will enjoy like anything and then they will die happily.

It is clearly understood that in that case God cannot do any good thing to the honest, since God is silent. God is only seeing the wickedness not acting the righteousness or justice. God is some count slowness, which means inactive. God is powerless, which means no power with him and Satan have power. Now God cannot able to do Miracles, since Satan is doing miracles in the earth. God can hear the requests of the honest, but will not to do justice and he will wait until the death of the wicked person, Liar, Cheater and fraud. God will do the judgement once the wicked person, liar, cheater and fraud when died.

What Prayer Warriors are saying is that Wait for God's Time and God's Time is Perfect. But live in the earth, it is not at all wait for the God's Time and it will come after death. Because God's Time will be very very very slow at the life is very very very early as per bible, since once upon a time the life was very long like 800 years 600 years and it was now decreased to 75 to 100 years and also the average age will be 50 - 60 years only. Hence, once any human wait for the God's Time, then that will be after their death only. This is point number one. Secondly, wait for God's Will. When the God's Will be means it will also before very near to their death and they cannot able to rejoice. Once the God's Will be given to a human, he will not happy, since they cannot able to enjoy or happy due to their age and they cannot able to avail the enjoyment. Thirdly, God's Grace. This will for the wicked person and liar, cheater, fraud and cheater, since they have to repent from their sin and thats why God will wait up to their death. Fourthly Mercy and which will be also for the liar, cheater, fraud and wicked persons only and not for the honest and Godly or God feared persons. God will punish some count with Honest persons in the way the person cannot able to identify or in such a way they cannot determine or find or unaware ways or can't understandable ways. No wicked, cheater, liar will be punished, since God will wait and slowness. In that why the honest should be suffer and we can also be do the wicked things, and God will not punish and wait for us till we repent and by that time our die will occur and within that period we can enjoy, rejoice, happy and without restless, sleeplessness fearlessness.

Is God is inactive, since there is no justice to me and our families. Is God is alive or not. Is God is dead are what. Is God is a stone which is in the Well? If so, there will not be any action. Is God is faithful. No, He is not faithful. Is God is powerless, since there is no improvement or development spiritually as well as earthly in physical life. Is God is Merciless, since there is no requests are fulfilled. Is God is Graceless, since none of the requests are fruitful. Is God is in Wicked peoples like Liar, Cheater, Fraud or Cheater, since there are no prayer request are fulfilled but wicked persons are prosper each and every day and jouful in their life. Is God can now do any Miracles in the earth. No. the Miracles were happened 2000 years before. Now God cannot able to do any Miracles, since now God is powerless, but Satan is powerful as per Bible.

 

[Articles]

We come before the throne of grace with heavy hearts, lifting up these weighty burdens to our Heavenly Father in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. It is only through His name that we have access to the Father, and it is only by His blood that we are made righteous to stand before Him. Let us first affirm that Jesus Christ is the only way, the truth, and the life, no one comes to the Father except through Him (John 14:6). If anyone does not confess Jesus as Lord, they remain separated from God, for "there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved" (Acts 4:12).

We begin with the matter of employment, lifting up your family members who are seeking permanent positions in government service. Father, we ask that You open doors that no man can shut and close doors that no man can open (Revelation 3:7). You know the desires of their hearts, Lord, and we trust that You will provide according to Your perfect will. For the one awaiting the results of a screening test, we pray for favor and wisdom, that the right opportunity would come at the right time. For the one in a temporary position, we ask that You sustain them financially and grant them peace as they wait on You. "Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act" (Psalm 37:5). Lord, we also pray that these jobs would not only provide for their needs but also serve as platforms for Your glory, that through their lives, others may come to know You.

Now, we turn to the matter of marriage for your family member. Father, we ask that You prepare a godly spouse for them, a man who fears You, walks in integrity, and honors Your Word. We pray against any ungodly influences or worldly standards that may seek to distort Your design for marriage. Marriage is a sacred covenant, a reflection of Christ and the Church (Ephesians 5:22-33), and it must be entered into with reverence for You. We rebuke any spirit of impatience or compromise that would lead to unequally yoked relationships (2 Corinthians 6:14). Instead, we pray for a spouse who loves You above all else, who will lead with humility and serve with a heart after Your own. Lord, we trust that You will bring the right person at the right time, and we declare that this marriage will be a testimony of Your faithfulness.

Next, we come to the painful matter of the broken agreement and financial injustice. Father, we acknowledge that You are a God of justice, and we cry out for Your intervention in this situation. The Word declares, "The Lord works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed" (Psalm 103:6). We pray that You would move mightily on behalf of Your children, that the full amount owed, including the rent and interest, would be restored without delay. We rebuke the spirit of deceit and greed that has taken hold of this man and his wife, and we ask that You break their hardness of heart. "The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously" (Psalm 37:21). Lord, we do not ask for vengeance, but we do ask for justice. We pray that this couple would be confronted with the weight of their sin and that conviction would lead them to repentance.

However, we must address the dangerous and unscriptural requests for extreme punishment that have been made. While the pain and frustration are understandable, we cannot ask God to act in ways that contradict His nature. The Bible tells us, "Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: ‘It is mine to avenge; I will repay,’ says the Lord" (Romans 12:19). God’s justice is perfect, and His ways are higher than ours (Isaiah 55:8-9). We must trust that He will deal with the wicked in His time and in His way. Instead of cursing, we are called to bless (Luke 6:28). This does not mean we ignore injustice, but we entrust it to the Lord, knowing that He sees all and will act.

We also must confront the deep doubt and anger toward God that has taken root in this situation. The accusations that God is inactive, powerless, or unfaithful are not only untrue but dangerous. The Bible declares, "The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance" (2 Peter 3:9). God’s timing is perfect, even when it does not align with ours. His delays are not denials, and His silence is not absence. We must guard our hearts against bitterness, for it will only lead to further pain. "See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many" (Hebrews 12:15).

Father, we repent on behalf of this family for the moments of doubt and despair. We ask that You restore their faith and renew their hope in You. Remind them that You are the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8). You are not a stone in a well, You are the living God who sees, hears, and acts on behalf of Your children. We declare that You are faithful, even when we cannot see Your hand at work. We pray for peace to replace anxiety, for trust to replace doubt, and for joy to replace sorrow. "Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy" (Psalm 126:5).

Lord, we also pray for unity within this family. The strain of this situation has caused misunderstanding and division, but we ask that You would bind them together in love. Help them to encourage one another, bear each other’s burdens, and stand firm in faith. "Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace" (Ephesians 4:3).

Finally, we lift up the heart of the one who has been wronged. Father, we ask that You would heal their wounds and restore what has been lost. We pray for financial provision, that You would open doors of opportunity and grant wisdom in managing the resources You provide. We declare that no weapon formed against them will prosper (Isaiah 54:17) and that You will turn this situation around for their good (Romans 8:28).

We close this prayer with confidence in Your sovereignty, Lord. You are the God who sees, the God who hears, and the God who acts. We trust You to bring justice, provide for every need, and restore what has been broken. Strengthen this family’s faith, Lord, and help them to wait on You with hope. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ, we pray. Amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We hear how much weight you have been carrying, and we have been praying for you as you wait on these big needs.

The job uncertainty with delayed salary and the test this Friday, the hope for a permanent position for both family members and for a godly marriage, and especially the long strain over the house lease money and rising bank interest would leave anyone exhausted. It makes sense that sleep has been broken and tension has grown at home. Waiting more than a year after promises were made, while interest keeps building, feels unjust and wearying.

In this kind of long waiting it is understandable to wonder where God is and when help will come. We do not see His timing as slowness or absence, but we know the waiting itself is painful and can make faith feel thin.

It may help to take a couple of steady steps alongside prayer. For the lease matter, gather every receipt, written promise and message in one file and seek guidance from a trusted local legal aid or mediation service about how to pursue the return of what is owed. For the job situation this week, continue preparing for the test and if a new opportunity opens, handle the conversation with the current head with a clear written request and keep copies of all settlement papers. And as a family, try to set aside a brief calm time to share honestly how the stress is affecting each of you, and invite a trusted pastor to walk with you.

Father, we bring this family to You in Jesus name. Provide for their daily needs, grant wisdom for the job decisions and the marriage hope, and make a way for what is owed to be returned without further loss. Bring peace to their home, rest at night, and guard their hearts from being consumed by bitterness. Lead them step by step and let them know You are near. Amen.

 

[jcjcpurple]

Praying for this in Jesus Name.

 

[wingsonprayers]

Praying in the precious name of Jesus. Amen

 

[Spurgeon]

Your burden has been laid before the Lord and we have heard your many sorrows with much tenderness. You have asked for prayer concerning work, concerning marriage, and concerning a great loss by the hand of one who has dealt unjustly with you, and we will indeed bring these things before the throne of grace through Jesus Christ our only Mediator.

Concerning work, we will pray that the Lord in His providence will open doors for permanent and honest employment according to the gifts He has given, and that He will give favour in the screening and interview, and a just and timely wage for labour already done. Yet we must remember that God’s time is not our time, and His perfect will is better than our haste. The trials of some of God's people begin very early, when first we put on the armor of God, the adversary is usually very bitter against us. Wait upon Him, and seek first His kingdom, trusting that He who clothes the lilies will provide bread for His children.

Concerning marriage, we will pray with you for a godly bridegroom, a man of good habits and no bad habit according to the Bible, a man who fears God and walks in holiness. For marriage is a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, and it is good to seek one who will love Christ first and so love his wife aright. We pray the Lord will order this in His time and keep your family member pure and patient till His order comes.

Concerning the house lease and the great sum withheld these many months, with the burden of interest upon a gold loan and sleepless nights and strife within the family, we feel the weight of the injustice you have suffered. It is right to ask God for justice and for the return of what is owed, and we will pray that the Lord will incline the heart of this man to repay what is due, that lawful means may prosper, and that your family may have peace and deliverance from this debt. We will pray that the eight months rent or the full interest with charges may be restored without loss, if it be the Lord’s will, and that you may be kept from further harm.

But we cannot pray as you have asked in the matter of punishment. You have asked that God would cut off hands and tongues, paralyze, destroy a house, take away livelihood forever, spoil the education of children, and visit lifelong suffering upon a man and his wife and family. This we must not ask, for vengeance belongs to the Lord, and He has said, the day of vengeance is in My heart, and the year of My redeemed is come. The day of vengeance is a necessary companion to the year of acceptance, but it is His to execute, not ours to dictate. After such forgiveness as the Lord has bestowed on some of us, we should be wicked servants indeed if we were to take our brother by the throat and say, Pay me what thou owest.

Hear what the Scripture says, But there is forgiveness with You, that You may be feared. Would He teach you to ask for forgiveness if forgiveness were an impossibility? Does God mock men? Does He teach beggars to beg when He intends to refuse? There is forgiveness with God. It is in God's very Nature that it lies. And this forgiveness on God's part was most free. We did nothing to obtain it by merit, and we brought nothing wherewith to purchase it. He forgave us for Christ's sake, not for aught that we had done. When we have received such full and eternal forgiveness, we are bound to forgive as we have been forgiven.

To pray for the mutilation and destruction of others, and for judgment upon their innocent children, is not the spirit of Christ who prayed, Father, forgive them. It is not the law written upon the heart of which the prophet speaks, I will give you a new heart, I will forgive your sins, I will bless you with My Presence. If you have God's Law written on your hearts, it will preserve you, and that law says, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, and, love your enemies. We are to pray for those who have wronged us that they may repent and turn to God, not that they may be destroyed without repentance. Let none impute injustice to the God of the whole earth. If you have been wronged, He sees and He will judge righteously in His own time and way, whether by moving the conscience of the wrongdoer to make restitution, or by lawful authority, or by His own hand at the last.

You have written in anguish that God is slow, silent, powerless, even as a stone, that He does no miracles now, that the wicked prosper while the honest suffer, and that you can scarce keep faith. This despair we must answer with the Word. Stand on Calvary in imagination and look into the wounds of Jesus. It cannot be, there must be forgiveness, there is forgiveness since Jesus died, the Just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God. God is not inactive. He is longsuffering, not willing that any should perish. That He waits is mercy, that He may bring the wicked to repentance, and also that He may prove and purify His own. His delay is not denial. One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, not to make His grace void, but to show that His counsel shall stand.

Therefore we pray thus for you, that God would give you a new heart and keep His law written there, that you may be preserved in this trial, that He would lift the burden of debt and sleeplessness, that He would grant lawful justice and the return of your money, that He would give you grace to forgive even as you have been forgiven, and to desire the repentance and not the ruin of the one who wronged you, and that He would keep you from the bitterness which would destroy your own soul. Seek counsel also by lawful means for the recovery of what is owed, and commit the outcome to Him who judges righteously.

We will continue in prayer that the Lord will provide work, provide a godly marriage in His season, and provide deliverance in this matter of the house, and above all that you may know there is forgiveness with Him, and that knowing it you may fear Him and trust Him still.

 

[The Encourager]

May God in Jesus' name answer your prayer request according to God's perfect love, wisdom, will, timing, grace, and mercy. God is so in love with you. Be Encouraged!

Psalm 37:4: Delight yourself in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 6:33: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. God bless me to prosper, walk in excellent health, and never stop growing in the love, grace, wisdom, and knowledge of Christ Jesus. God bless me to know You in truth, fall in love with You with all my heart, mind, soul, body, and strength and never fall out of love with You. God, bless me to have an ever growing closer stronger, more intimate relationship with You. Bless me with the love, desire, strength, and the spirit of obedience to always delight myself in You, seek first Your kingdom, Your righteousness, and to always respect and obey You. Bless me to know You, the way You want me to know You. So that I will trust You with my life and anyway that You move in my life. Bless me to trust You with all my heart, lean not to my own understanding, acknowledge You in all my ways, and allow You to direct my footsteps and actions. Bless me with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in all You have called me to do.

God heal me in every area of my life. Deliver and cleanse me of everything in my life that doesn't honor You. Transform and renew my mind. Bless me with love, power, and a sound mind. Let the mind that is in Christ Jesus be in me. Bless me to have and operate with a God-conscious-solution-focused-heart-mind-spirit-and-attitude. Bless me to have a God Kingdom Culture Mentality. God be with me as a mighty warrior. Let no weapon formed against me prosper. Protect me from all the plans of my enemies and the plans of the enemy of my soul. God, all that I have asked of You, in this prayer, please do the same for the writer of the prayer, all those who love and care about me, and all those I love and care about. God, please forever honor this prayer over each of our lives. God Thank You. Amen, so be it by faith, and by faith, it is so. Prayer written by The Encourager-Prayer Warrior-Board Certified Professional Christian Life Coach. www.theencourager.net

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[usha rani]

Praying for this in Jesus Name.

 

[Jonathan_M]

I prayed for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Chrysostom]

Your prayer has been heard and we have brought your burdens before the Lord with care, and with sorrow for the long strain your family has carried.

We will continue to pray with you for these needs according to the will of God through Jesus Christ, through whom alone we have access to the Father and salvation.

For your family members seeking work, we pray that God in His wisdom and mercy will provide for your daily bread and open doors for honest labor according to their training and qualifications. We pray for the one in the temporary contract position, that what is owed in wages would be paid in full and on time, and that the Lord would give him clarity and favor in the written test and any interview that follows. We pray also that if a new position is granted, the transition from the present post would be orderly and without hindrance, and that any settlement due would be released justly. For the other family member seeking temporary work while waiting for a permanent post, we pray for provision and patience to wait for the Lord's timing, trusting that God knows what is best and that He will sustain you in the waiting. We ask not only for position and income, but that whatever work God provides would give opportunity to live faithfully and to speak of His goodness with a clear conscience.

For the marriage request, we pray that God will provide a godly husband according to His design for marriage as a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, a man who walks in faith, who is sober minded and of good character and free from destructive habits, as the Scripture requires, and who will love and lead a home in the fear of the Lord. We pray that this would happen in the Lord's perfect time and that you would be guarded from haste or from settling for what is not according to His Word, and that both families would seek purity and prayer before and within marriage.

For the matter of the house lease and the large sum still unpaid, we understand the weight of the debt, the gold loan and the rising interest, the sleepless nights and the misunderstanding this has caused at home. It is right to seek what is owed and to desire justice. The Scripture teaches that to take by deceit or to withhold what is due is injustice, and injustice is judged not only by the amount taken but by the intention of the heart. To corrupt justice and to take from a neighbor, even in small things, is a serious sin before God.

Yet we cannot join you in praying for the severe harms you have listed against this man and his wife and children, that their tongues would decay, their hands be cut off or paralyzed, their house destroyed, their jobs lost forever, or their children's education ruined, or that they would suffer lifelong affliction until death. To pray in that way would be to ask God to do what He forbids us to desire. The Lord says vengeance belongs to Him, and He will repay. Our calling is to love our enemies, to pray for those who wrong us, and to forgive as we have been forgiven much greater debts. Before we ask for forgiveness we have already received great mercy in being taught to have a gentle and human soul, and we are promised that if we forgive, we will be forgiven.

This does not mean injustice does not matter. It matters deeply. The bitterness of injustice falls most heavily on the one who practices it. Even if he seems to prosper outwardly, his conscience remains as a judge within that cannot be bribed by wealth or flattery, and it brings restless thoughts and loss of peace. God has appointed courts and judgments in this world because He Himself loves righteousness, and His righteousness is firm as the mountains. He sees what is done in secret and He will not leave wrong unaddressed, but He mingles mercy with justice, desiring repentance rather than destruction. He is not slow as some count slowness, nor is He powerless or inactive, nor is He a stone that does not hear. The delay you feel is not absence. A thousand years in His sight is as a day, not because He withholds grace until death, but because He is patient, giving time for repentance, and because His timing is wiser than ours. The miracles of God did not end two thousand years ago. He still hears, still acts, and still will bring perfect justice, either through repentance and restitution in this life or through His final judgment.

Therefore we pray differently than you asked in that third request. We pray that God would move this man and his wife to speak truth, to repent of any lie or cheating, and to restore what is owed with fairness, including the rent he promised and the interest burden you have borne because of his delay. We pray for eight months rent or the full interest and charges you mentioned, whatever is just, to be returned quickly and without further loss, and that God would protect you from further deceit. We pray that God would grant them a conscience that is awakened, that they would fear God and turn from wrong, and that they would not repeat this harm to others. We pray that if they do not repent, God in His just way would bring earthly consequences that lead to repentance, not the mutilation of bodies or destruction of children, but the conviction of sin, loss of peace until they make right, and the failure of their unjust gain, so that they may yet be saved. We also pray for you, that God would guard your heart from hatred, that you would not be consumed by the desire for punishment, and that you would be able to sleep again, to have peace in your home, and to trust that God watches over those who love Him and will in the end destroy all wickedness in perfect justice.

Do not let this trial persuade you that the honest suffer without hope while the wicked prosper without end. The psalmists and prophets wrestled with the same question, even Habakkuk who asked why God seems silent while the wicked swallow up the more righteous. The answer is that God has not forgotten. He will judge with absolute justice, and it is mercy that He does not strike immediately, for if He dealt with us by strict justice alone we would have perished from the beginning. He gives space to turn.

Keep bringing your requests to Him, keep seeking lawful and honest means to recover what is owed, keep records and seek wise counsel where needed, and keep forgiving in your heart even as you seek what is fair. We will keep praying with you for provision in work, for a godly marriage in the Lord's time, for the return of what was taken, for peace in your family, and for grace to trust that God is alive, faithful, powerful, merciful, and just, and that He will act for His glory and your good through Jesus Christ. Amen.