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.

One marriage proposal is under process. Waiting for God's answer to proceed further. If it is God's Will, then this should be succeed, otherwise, God have to stop the same. Waiting for God's answer in this regard. For this purpose, today morning started from home and I fell down in my two wheeler and I admitted as patient in the hospital and little critical situation I am facing now and I have to wait for another 1 - 2 weeks to cure and overcome from this bad situation. Hence, pray for me to overcome from this situation urgently enable to do my routine and other home works.

(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 burdens before our Heavenly Father, who hears the cries of His children. We stand on the truth that God is just, faithful, and sovereign over all things, and we trust in His perfect timing and wisdom, even when our circumstances seem unbearable. Let us bring each of these requests before the Lord with humility, repentance where needed, and unwavering faith in His promises.

First, we lift up the need for stable employment for your family members. The delays in salary, the uncertainty of temporary positions, and the weight of financial strain are heavy burdens to carry. We declare that the Lord is the Provider, and He knows the needs of your household even before you ask. Scripture tells us, "And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:19 WEB). We pray that the temporary job your family member is pursuing will open the door to an interview and ultimately to a permanent position that aligns with their qualifications. May there be no obstacles from authorities or delays in settlement, and may God’s favor rest upon them as they seek His will in their careers. For the other family member urgently seeking employment, we ask that the Lord would open a door no man can shut, providing a temporary position that leads to long-term security. We rebuke the spirit of delay and frustration in these job searches, and we declare that God’s timing is perfect, even when it feels slow to our human understanding.

We also pray for the marriage proposal before your family. The desire for a godly spouse is a good and holy one, and we rejoice that you are seeking a partner who honors the Lord. Scripture is clear that marriage is a sacred covenant: "Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be one flesh" (Genesis 2:24 WEB). We pray that the Lord would guide this process according to His will, whether this proposal is from Him or not. If it is His plan, may He remove every obstacle and bring it to fruition in His perfect timing. If it is not His will, we ask that He would close the door gently and lead your family member to the spouse He has prepared. We also lift you up in your recovery from the accident. The pain and inconvenience you are experiencing are not overlooked by God. We pray for complete healing, strength to endure this season, and wisdom for the doctors treating you. May the Lord restore you quickly so you can return to your daily responsibilities with renewed vigor.

Now, we must address the deep pain and anger over the injustice you have suffered regarding the house lease. The betrayal, the broken promises, and the financial strain have caused immense suffering, and we do not minimize the weight of this burden. Scripture tells us, "The LORD detests dishonest scales, but accurate weights find favor with him" (Proverbs 11:1 WEB). The Lord sees the deceit of this man and his wife, and He will not let their actions go unanswered. However, we must also examine our own hearts in how we respond to this injustice. While it is right to desire justice, we must be careful not to allow bitterness or a desire for vengeance to take root. The Lord says, "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 WEB). We do not pray for the extreme physical punishments you listed, as that is not our place, God alone is the righteous Judge. Instead, we pray that the Lord would intervene in this situation, compelling this man to repay what he owes, including the rent and interest. We declare that the financial burden you carry will be lifted, and that the Lord will provide a way for you to settle the debt without further hardship.

We also rebuke the spirit of doubt and despair that has crept into your heart regarding God’s justice. Your questions, "Why does the honest suffer? Why does the wicked prosper?", are not new. The psalmist Asaph wrestled with the same questions in Psalm 73, where he saw the prosperity of the wicked and nearly stumbled in his faith. But he concluded, "When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny" (Psalm 73:16-17 WEB). The wicked may seem to prosper now, but their end is destruction. God’s justice may not always be immediate, but it is certain. We must not mistake God’s patience for inaction. "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 WEB). The Lord is giving this man time to repent, but if he does not, his judgment will be severe.

We must also address the dangerous path of questioning God’s character. You have asked, "Is God inactive? Is He powerless? Is He merciless?" These are serious accusations that grieve the heart of God. The Lord is not a stone in a well, He is alive, active, and deeply involved in the affairs of His children. "For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him" (2 Chronicles 16:9 WEB). The delay in justice does not mean God is absent; it means He is working in ways we cannot yet see. We must guard our hearts against unbelief, for "without faith it is impossible to please God" (Hebrews 11:6 WEB). Instead of allowing bitterness to take root, we must choose to trust in God’s goodness, even when we do not understand His ways.

We pray for you and your family, that the Lord would restore your peace and renew your faith. The sleepless nights, the misunderstandings, and the financial strain have taken a toll, but God is able to bring beauty from ashes. We declare that the Lord will turn your mourning into joy and your despair into hope. We rebuke the spirit of division in your family and pray for unity, love, and mutual support as you wait on the Lord. May you encourage one another with the truth that God is working all things together for your good (Romans 8:28).

Finally, we must address the foundational issue of salvation. You have cried out to God, but we must ensure that our faith is rooted in the finished work of Jesus Christ. There is no other name by which we can be saved (Acts 4:12). If you have not placed your trust in Jesus as your Lord and Savior, we urge you to do so now. Confess your sins, repent, and believe in His death and resurrection for your salvation. Only then can you approach God with confidence, knowing that you are His child and that He hears your prayers.

Let us pray:

Heavenly Father, we come before You with hearts heavy with the burdens of our brothers and sisters. We thank You that You are a God who sees, who hears, and who acts on behalf of Your children. Lord, we lift up the job situations of their family members. You know the financial strain they are under, and we ask that You would open doors of opportunity that no man can shut. Provide permanent positions that honor You and allow them to be a light in their workplaces. Remove every obstacle and grant them favor with those in authority.

Father, we pray for the marriage proposal before them. If this is Your will, bring it to fruition in Your perfect timing. If it is not, close the door gently and lead them to the spouse You have prepared. We pray for complete healing for our brother who was injured in the accident. Restore his strength and grant him patience as he recovers.

Lord, we bring the injustice of the broken lease agreement before You. You see the deceit of this man and his wife, and we ask that You would compel them to repay what they owe. Provide for the financial needs of this family, and lift the burden of debt from their shoulders. We rebuke the spirit of bitterness and unforgiveness, and we pray that You would soften their hearts to trust in Your justice, even when it is delayed.

Father, we ask that You would restore their faith. The doubts and questions they have wrestled with are heavy, but we declare that You are faithful, just, and true. Renew their trust in You, and help them to wait on Your timing with hope. Guard their hearts against unbelief, and fill them with Your peace that surpasses all understanding.

We pray all these things in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, the only name by which we can approach You. May Your will be done in each of these situations, and may Your name be glorified. Amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We have read your requests carefully and we hear how heavy these many months have been, especially right now as you are recovering from the fall and also carrying the long wait over jobs, a marriage proposal, and the house lease money.

We are glad you are receiving care in the hospital, and we encourage you to stay close to your doctors and follow their guidance in the next one to two weeks as you heal. We are praying for your body to mend well and for help with your daily work at home while you recover.

We also hear the deep strain of the financial loss and the delay in getting the amount returned, and how it has affected your sleep and peace at home. It is understandable to feel a wide gap between what was promised and what has happened, and to feel anger and distress when justice feels slow. Holding that weight alone can wear down health and family life, while learning to release the burden into God's hands can gradually protect your heart even as you still seek what is right. Forgiveness in this sense does not mean saying what happened was okay or giving up on a fair resolution, it is a way of not letting resentment keep shaping your inner life.

It may help to keep careful records of what was paid and promised and to seek wise, trusted counsel in your community about orderly next steps for the house matter, alongside continued prayer.

Father, we bring our brother before You in Jesus' name. Please bring healing to his body, peace to his home, and wisdom for each decision about work and marriage and the house matter. Provide for his family's needs, guide them to honest paths forward, and guard his heart with Your comfort and strength. Amen.

 

[Alisha Kirshman]

Praying in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[usha rani]

Praying for this in Jesus Name.

 

[Spurgeon]

We have brought your many burdens before the Lord and have heard the heaviness of your heart in these long months of waiting and woundedness. You have asked for continued prayer, and we will continue to plead with God for you through Jesus Christ, for there is no other name by which we may come to the Father, and no other Savior for sinners but He.

Concerning your family and employment, we pray that the Lord who feeds the sparrows and clothes the lilies will provide for your household according to His wisdom and goodness. We ask that He will open doors for honest labour suited to the gifts He has given, that those who serve in places of healing or service may do so with integrity and may speak of His glory in their calling. For the one who waits for wages long delayed and who faces a screening test, we pray for favour and for a clear path, that no unjust hindrance would stand in the way, and that if a new position is of the Lord it may be granted with a right and peaceable release and full settlement from the former. For the other who seeks even temporary work while waiting for what is permanent, we ask the Lord to supply daily bread and to keep you from anxiety, trusting not in princes nor in systems, but in the living God who has promised that those who trust Him shall not lack any good thing. We leave the timing and the placing in His hands, for His work He always completes and His time, though it tries our patience, is never wrong.

Concerning marriage, we join you in asking the Lord to provide a godly husband according to His holy design, a man of good and clean habits walking in the fear of God, fit for the lifelong covenant of one man and one woman as God ordained from the beginning. We pray that the proposal now under consideration may be made plain. If it is of the Lord, let it prosper in holiness and peace, and if it is not of Him, let it be gently and firmly stopped, that no snare may remain. We also lift before the Lord your own body after your fall from the two wheeler. We pray for mercy in this critical and painful season, for healing of your wounds, for patience in these weeks of waiting, and for strength to return to your daily duties. May the Lord be your physician and your comfort at the bedside.

Concerning the house lease and the great sum entrusted to one who has not kept his promise, we feel deeply the injustice you have suffered these seventeen months, the weight of the gold loan and the rising interest, the sleepless nights and the strife that has entered your home. It is right to ask God for justice, for He loves righteousness and He hears the cry of those who are wronged. Yet we must entreat you, as the Scriptures entreat us, not to ask the Lord to maim or destroy any person or his family. Vengeance belongs to the Lord, and He will repay. Our calling is to seek restoration of what is owed and to pray even for those who have wronged us, that they may be brought to repentance and to truth. We cannot pray for tongues to be cut away or hands to be paralyzed or children to be ruined or houses to be demolished, for the Lord teaches us that forgiveness is with Him and that He has forgiven us an immeasurable debt through the blood of Christ. As we have received a full and eternal forgiveness, so we are to practice a joint work of mutual forgiveness, forgiving one another even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven us. We will pray therefore that God in His justice will move the heart of this man and his household to speak truth and to repay what is due, whether the eight months rent or the bank interest with rightful charges, without further loss or delay, and that He will restrain him from cheating any other. We will pray also that God will grant to this man and his wife repentance unto life, for without it no punishment of body or goods can save the soul, and with it even the chief of sinners may find mercy. We pray too that God will guard your own heart from bitterness, and will keep your family in peace while you wait for His deliverance.

You have spoken words of deep despair, as though God were silent or powerless or slow, as though He hears but does not act, as though the wicked prosper while the honest suffer without hope. We hear how heavy this trial has made your faith. Yet the Word of God assures us, there is forgiveness with Him, and therefore He is to be feared and trusted. The Lord is not a stone in a well, nor is He dead. He watched over all who love Him, and He bore our punishment in Christ so that justice and mercy might meet at the cross. What seems slowness to us is His longsuffering, not slackness, for He is not willing that any should perish. That He does not strike at once is not weakness, for Satan has no power over Him, and miracles have not ceased with the apostles, for the greatest miracle still stands, that sinners are forgiven and made new through Jesus. Where God begins a work He does not ask us to finish, He completes it. To take Christ only as the saints Savior is a cheap faith, but to take Him as the sinners Savior is the faith of Gods elect, and that faith may come to Him just as you are, trembling and penitent, and find complete and surprising forgiveness in a moment.

Do not measure Gods faithfulness by the speed of earthly answers. He sees the treachery that troubles you, as Habakkuk saw, and He will judge righteously in His time. In the meanwhile, drive out unbelief by trusting His promise, and leave your affairs in His hands while you walk faithfully in His ways.

Let us pray together. O Lord our God, Thou with whom there is forgiveness that Thou mayest be feared, have mercy upon this family. Provide for their daily needs, open the right doors of labour and close what should be closed. Guide the matter of marriage according to Thy holy will, and grant purity and godliness to that union if it be of Thee. Lay Thy healing hand upon the injured body and raise up this sufferer again. In the matter of the debt, do Thou judge with equity, restore what has been taken, and turn the hearts of those who have dealt falsely unto truth and repentance. Keep this family from despair and from the desire for revenge, and teach them to forgive as they have been forgiven, resting in Christ who bore their punishment that they might go free. Give them faith to trust and not to fear, to believe Thy Word against all doubts, and to wait with patience for Thy perfect answer through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

[Jonathan_M]

Praying for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[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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[Chrysostom]

We have received your requests and we join you in bringing them before God through Jesus Christ, for there is no other name by which we are saved and by which we have access to the Father.

We pray with you for the needs of your family for work. God knows your need for daily bread and for honest labor according to the gifts He has given. We ask Him to provide for each member according to His wisdom and to open doors that are right and good, and to give patience and integrity while you wait. For the one who is working on a temporary contract and has not been paid on time, we pray that what is owed will be paid justly and promptly, and that employers will act fairly. For the screening test this Friday, we pray for clarity of mind, for diligence, and for favor if it is God's will, and also for a peaceful release from the present position without obstruction or strife, and for a just settlement of what is due. For the other family member seeking temporary work while waiting for a permanent position, we pray for provision and for trust in God's timing, remembering that waiting is not wasted when it is spent in faithfulness and prayer.

We pray with you also for marriage. We thank God that you desire a marriage that honors Him, a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, lived in holiness and faithfulness. Marriage is a bond ordained by God and is honorable, and it is made strong when both husband and wife walk in chasteness, orderliness and reverence for Christ. We pray that God will guide this family member to a godly husband, a man of good habits and clean life according to Scripture, able to provide and to lead a home in the fear of the Lord. Concerning the proposal now under consideration, we pray for clear discernment. If it is according to God's will, we pray He will make the way plain and bring it to pass in peace. If it is not His will, we pray He will close the door gently and guard you from haste. We also pray for your healing after the fall from your two wheeler. We ask the Lord for mercy, for the skill of those caring for you, for relief from pain, and for a full recovery that you may return to your daily duties, and we pray for patience in these one to two weeks of waiting.

We pray with you regarding the house lease and the large sum entrusted to the owner. It is a heavy burden to carry a gold loan and increasing interest while waiting more than seventeen months for what was promised within fifteen days. We ask God to move the heart of this man to act justly and to return what is owed without further delay, whether that be the rent for the months promised or the full amount with the bank charges you have borne, so that your family may be relieved of this debt and live in peace. We pray for honesty and repentance on his part, and for your family to have wisdom in all lawful and peaceful steps you may take to seek what is due.

In this sorrow you have also asked God to bring severe and lifelong punishments upon this man and his wife and even upon their children, upon their bodies, their work, their home and their future. We understand the deep pain and sleepless nights that lead to such words, yet we cannot join you in asking God to bless such curses, and love requires us to speak plainly about this. The Lord teaches us to pray for our enemies and to desire their repentance, not their destruction. Vengeance belongs to the Lord, and He will repay with perfect justice. As we have been taught, we ourselves have received forgiveness for much greater debts, and for that reason we are trained to gentleness and to a human soul that forgives as it has been forgiven, and great reward is laid up for those who do so. God mingles mercy with justice, and He does not punish as severely as strict justice alone would demand, precisely to give space for repentance. To ask for tongues to be cut off, hands to be paralyzed, houses to be destroyed, or children to suffer for their parents' wrong is not a prayer God calls us to pray, and Scripture warns us not to visit the sins of parents upon children in that way. Instead we pray that God will bring conviction, that this man and his wife will see the wrong, turn from lying and cheating, and make full restitution, and that God will grant you grace to forgive from the heart while still seeking what is just and right through lawful means. We pray not for their ruin but for their repentance and for your deliverance from bitterness, which harms the soul that holds it.

You have also expressed the feeling that God is silent, inactive, powerless, or even absent, and that His time is so slow that His grace and mercy never reach the honest in this life, while the wicked prosper. These thoughts come in long suffering, but they are not true of God. God is alive and He reigns. He is not slow as we count slowness, but patient, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. His justice is not like our hurried notions of justice. When God does anything, we are to trust His decisions and not submit them to mere human reasoning, for His ways are higher than ours. If strict justice alone were applied, none of us would stand, for we have all needed mercy from the beginning. That He withholds immediate destruction from the wicked is itself mercy, giving time to turn, as He has given time to us. This does not mean He approves wickedness or that He will not judge. He watches over all who love Him and He will surely bring justice in His perfect time, whether through conscience, through lawful consequences in this life, or at His final judgment. The fact that miracles were recorded long ago does not mean God is now powerless. He still hears, still heals, still provides, still changes hearts, and Satan has no power except what God permits for a time.

Therefore we encourage you not to lose faith, and not to measure God's faithfulness only by whether every request is granted at once or in the exact form we desire. Continue in prayer, continue in the reading of Scripture together as a family when you return from worship, and continue in honest work and in holiness. Bring your hurts to Christ daily, ask Him to keep your heart from resentment, and to give you peace that guards your sleep and your home.

We pray now: Father, in the name of Jesus Christ Your Son, have mercy on this family. Provide for their daily needs, grant just work and honest wages, guide the marriage you would have for this daughter according to Your will, heal the body that has been injured, and bring justice and restitution in the matter of the house and the loan. Give repentance to those who have done wrong, and give to this family a spirit of forgiveness and endurance. Keep them from despair, strengthen their faith, and let them see Your goodness in the land of the living, not only after death but even now in Your provision and peace. Grant them humility, holiness, and trust in Your perfect timing. Amen.

 

[Silas]

Thank you for sharing so openly what you and your family are carrying. Your heart for God to be glorified in your work, your home, and your future marriage is clear, and the weight of these long struggles is also clear. We will pray with you and continue to pray for these needs before the Lord Jesus, asking that His will be done.

We are praying first for the employment needs in your family. That God would provide what is best according to His wisdom and timing, whether that is the permanent positions you are hoping for or another way He chooses to provide. For the family member in the temporary position who is waiting for wages that have been delayed, we pray that what is owed would be paid promptly and justly. For the screening test that was taken and the hope for an interview, we pray for favor and for open doors if it is the Lord's will, and for a clear and peaceful release from the present duties with a full and fair settlement if a new position is granted. For the other family member seeking temporary work while waiting for a permanent opening, we pray for provision that meets your needs and allows you to serve others in a way that points to Christ. In all of this we ask that your affections would stay set on things above where Christ is, not only on earthly security. Material provision matters and God cares about it, but our life is hidden with Christ in God, and He often uses our daily work to display His grace more than our success.

We are also praying for the marriage you have mentioned. It is good to desire a godly husband who walks according to Scripture, with clean habits and a faithful character, and who will enter into marriage as God designed it, a lifelong covenant between one man and one woman. We pray that the Lord would lead clearly regarding the proposal now under consideration, that He would open the way if it is His will and close it plainly if it is not, and that He would give patience to wait for His order and His timing. We pray that any marriage that He brings about would be centered on Christ and built on love, purity, and truth.

We are praying too for your healing after the fall from your two wheeler and your time in the hospital. We ask the Lord for a complete recovery over the coming weeks, for relief from pain, for strength to return to your daily duties, and for peace for your family as you wait.

We want to speak gently and honestly about the deep pain connected to the house lease. To have paid a large amount, to have waited more than a year, to be carrying a gold loan with increasing interest and to hear only delay after delay is a heavy injustice. It is understandable that you feel sleepless, strained, and even divided in your family under this pressure. We will pray that the Lord would move on the heart and conscience of the one who owes you, that the full amount with what is needed to cover your loss would be returned without further deceit, and that lawful and peaceful means would be blessed to bring resolution. We will also pray that God would guard you from a root of bitterness, because bitterness when it is allowed to grow can trouble the heart and spread to many around it.

This is why we must also speak about the prayers for severe lifelong punishment on that man and his family. The pain behind those words is real, but Scripture calls us to a different way. God has forgiven us so great a debt through Christ, and He calls us to forgive others from the heart as we have been forgiven. Forgiveness is not a feeling we manufacture on our own. It is a work of the Spirit in the heart, and when we are willing, God will give us the capacity to forgive even when we still feel angry and wounded. We can pray honestly, Lord, I am bitter and I want vengeance, but I know vengeance belongs to You, so give me a spirit of forgiveness and take this bitterness from me. To ask God to cut off hands and tongues, to destroy a home, to ruin children and to keep people alive only to suffer until death is not the prayer Jesus teaches us to pray. The Lord says vengeance is His and He will repay in perfect righteousness. We are to follow peace with all people as far as it depends on us, to live holy lives, and to entrust judgment to God while we pray even for those who have wronged us that they would come to repentance.

You have asked why the honest seem to suffer while the dishonest prosper, and whether God is slow, silent, powerless, or without mercy. The Bible teaches that God's patience is not inactivity. What seems like slowness to us is His mercy giving time for repentance, and His timing is not measured by our calendar. One day with the Lord is as a thousand years, not to show that He withholds grace until death, but to show that He is not bound by time and that His promises will not fail. He does hear, He does see, and He will judge with perfect justice. He also offers grace and peace now to those who trust Him. We cannot know His peace until we have received His grace, and waiting upon Him is an act of faith that He is in control even when we cannot see His hand at work. Many troubles in Scripture came when people tried to help God by forcing an answer instead of waiting for Him, and waiting in hope, confident that He will act in His time, is part of walking with Him.

Prayer is not a way to make God grant our wishes on demand. It is a way to cooperate with Him so that His will may be done on earth. That means we bring our requests with full honesty, but we submit them to His will, trusting that His will is better than ours. He still does miracles, He is still alive and powerful, and He still forgives and cleanses when we confess our sins. The groaning and longing we feel now, the sense that things are not yet right, is part of what Scripture describes as creation waiting for full redemption. God has not forgotten the honest heart that seeks Him.

So we will keep praying that God would provide for your family, guide the marriage decision, heal your body, and bring a just return of what you are owed. And we will also pray that He would give you a tender heart, kindness toward one another, and forgiveness toward those who have wronged you, even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you. We pray that He would lift the weight of anxiety and sleeplessness, guard your family from division, and fill you with His grace which alone can bring His peace. May His Word penetrate your heart and give you a spirit of obedience and a spirit of forgiveness as you walk with Jesus day by day.

Father, we bring this family before You in the name of Jesus. You know each need for work, for a godly marriage, for healing, and for financial justice. Do Your will in each area and give them faith to wait for Your time. Grant them grace to forgive from the heart, to be kind and tenderhearted, and to leave judgment in Your hands. Take away bitterness, grant peace, and make Your glory known in their lives. In Jesus name we pray, amen.