Marriage, Job, Healing 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. He has joined in another reputed Institution / Hospital last week which is also a temporary position. So continuous prayer is required to get permanent Govt. Job position and without any hurdles, obstacles, any problem in the new job and also there should not be any problem or any obstacles from his HOD or anybody in any departments from the previous job / Hospital and wihtout any monetary loss or any money loss and without any problem to relieve from the existing job and get the full settlement immediately and salary without any loss.

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) My family members will travel via Train today evening. Please pray for their safe travel and without train delay and without any problem to reach the destination and also settle / shift our belongs from that house to native place house without any problems and no wastage of amount / money in any kind. And also return to our native place without any problem.

(4) To buy own individual house

(5) Our earnings / money / amount should not be waste. There should not be unnecessary money waste. Should not be spent money unncessarily and should not be waste of our money in any ways. Because our money is going through many ways and which is unnecessary and spending unwanted things and unavoidable expenses. Forcefully spent money and which is not needed. Have to spent our money very useful and should not be wasted.

(6) To establish Clinics as per our family members medical qualifications.

(7) to give jobs to poor and educated and illiterate to improve their life standard

(8) 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.


Wonderful God. God have given me a big punishment to me and due to that not only I am suffering very much and my family members are also suffering due to pinished situation and if the situation continues, there is no option for me to loose hope with God and no faith with God and definitely my faith will decrease minute by minutes. I don't know whu God have given punishment to me and due to that my family members are also punished. But Lier, cheater, fraud are not getting any punishment by God. Is this Justice? My husband is continuously telling me that GOD IS NO WHERE. GOD WILL GIVE PUNISHMENT TO THE PERSON THOSE WHO IS LOVE WITH GOD AND PRAYING AND KEEPING FAITH WITH HIM AND BELIVING THE GOD. ALSO HE IS CONTINUOUSLY TELLING THAT DON'T BELIEVE GOD AND DON'T KEEP FAITH WITH GOD. IF YOU KEEP FAITH WITH GOD, THEN YOU WILL BE PUNISHED BY HIM. ALSO IF YOU BELIEVE GOD, THEN YOU HAVE TO SUFFER IN MANY WAYS DUE TO THAT. ALSO HE IS TELLING THAT DUE TO ME WHY MYSELF AND FAMILY MEMBER HAVE TO SUFFER. THIS PUNISHMENT IS NOT FOR ME BUT ALSO TO MY FAMILY MEMBERS ALSO. MY FAITH IS DECREASING SECOND BY SECOND AND MINUTE BY MINUTE. NOW I AM FEELING THAT GOD CANNOT ABLE TO GIVE A GOOD SOLUTION BUT CAN GIVE BAD SOLUTIONS. WHY I HAVE TO PUT FAITH WITH GOD. WHY I HAVE TO BELIEVE GOD AS A PROTECTOR, SAVIOUR.

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 joyful 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 join you in giving all praise to our God and we thank you for inviting us to pray with you through Jesus, for it is only through Him that we have access to the Father. We rejoice that you have come in the name of Jesus, for as it is written, There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved Acts 4:12 and No one comes to the Father, except through me John 14:6. We lift all of these burdens together before His throne.

We pray first for healing for you after your fall from your two wheeler. We ask our compassionate Father to touch your body and restore you quickly, to ease pain and to give wisdom to those caring for you. We pray you will be able to return to your routine and home duties in His strength. We remember that He heals all your diseases Psalm 103:3 and that He is near to those who call on Him. We also pray for your family members traveling by train this evening and for the shifting of belongings to your native place. We ask the Lord to keep them safe, to prevent delay and loss, and to guard their going out and coming in. He will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forward, and forever more Psalm 121:8.

We bring before the Lord your requests for provision through permanent government and public sector jobs according to qualifications. We understand one family member is in a temporary contract position where salary is delayed and has now joined another reputed hospital also on a temporary basis, and another family member is waiting for a temporary government job while trusting for a permanent one. We pray that God will open the right doors in His perfect time, that there will be no hindrance or obstacle from any department or authority, that salaries and settlements will be paid fully and on time without any monetary loss, and that each one may work with integrity and give glory to God among patients and colleagues. We trust the promise that Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight Proverbs 3:5-6 and Seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well Matthew 6:33. We pray also for your desires to establish clinics according to medical qualifications and to provide jobs to the poor and needy, that God would use these plans to be a blessing and to improve the lives of others as He provides.

We pray for your earnings and finances, that God would teach good stewardship and guard you from wasteful and forced unnecessary spending. We ask for wisdom to use what He provides usefully and for His glory, remembering that The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit Proverbs 21:5.

We pray for your family member seeking marriage. We thank God that you are seeking a godly bridegroom, a Christian believer with good habits and no bad habits according to the Bible, with the goal of a lifelong marriage between a man and a woman as God designed. This is pleasing to the Lord, for courtship should be entered with the purpose of marriage to another believer who fears God. We pray for discernment regarding the proposal now under process. If it is the Lord’s will, may He make it clear and cause it to succeed, and if not, may He close the door in a way that is unmistakable and protect from a wrong union. We pray the marriage would occur in God’s timing and that it would honor Him. We remember that Delight yourself also in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart Psalm 37:4 and For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future Jeremiah 29:11.

We also pray for your request to buy an own individual house, that God would provide according to His will and enable you to dwell in peace.

We must speak with love and truth about the deep pain you have expressed concerning the house lease amount and the person who has not returned it for more than seventeen months. We understand the burden of the gold loan interest increasing daily, the sleepless nights, the misunderstanding in the family, and the feeling that justice is delayed. We pray earnestly that God will move on this matter, that the full amount owed with rightful interest and charges would be returned without loss, and that the heart of the one withholding it would be convicted to act honestly and promptly. We pray for full restitution and for peace in your home.

Yet we must gently rebuke and correct the prayers you have asked for severe physical and material punishments upon this man and his wife and their children, such as lifelong suffering, loss of jobs until death, tongues decayed or cut off, hands cut off or paralyzed, children’s education spoiled, house demolished, and being cheated ten times more. We understand this comes from great hurt, but such requests do not align with the heart of Christ. The Lord calls us to a different way. As it is written, Don’t repay anyone evil for evil Romans 12:17 and Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath; for it is written, Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord Romans 12:19. And our Lord said, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you Matthew 5:44. We are to overcome evil with good Romans 12:21 and not to render evil for evil, or insult for insult, but instead blessing 1 Peter 3:9. Scripture also teaches that children shall not be punished for the sins of their parents, but each will answer for his own sin Ezekiel 18:20, so to pray for harm to their son and daughter’s education is not just before God.

We also want to address the discouragement you have felt, and the words you have heard that God is nowhere, powerless, inactive, or dead, and that the honest suffer while the wicked prosper without consequence. We hear your anguish when you ask why punishment seems delayed and whether God’s time will only come after death. The Bible acknowledges this very struggle. The psalmist and the prophet Habakkuk also cried, Why do you tolerate the treacherous Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves Habakkuk 1:13. God does not ignore injustice. He sees, He hears, and He is not slow as some count slowness, but is patient, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance 2 Peter 3:9. His timing is not our timing, for one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day 2 Peter 3:8, which speaks of His eternal patience and mercy, not of His absence or lack of grace. His ways are higher than our ways Isaiah 55:8-9 and He promises that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose Romans 8:28. God has not forgotten the honest. Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass Psalm 37:1-2. The Lord watches over all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy Psalm 145:20, but His judgment is perfect and His mercy still calls the wicked to repent before that day. God is very much alive, faithful, powerful, and able to do miracles today, for Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever Hebrews 13:8 and Great is our Lord, and mighty in power Psalm 147:5. He has not punished you because you love Him. He disciplines those He loves for their good, but He does not delight in your suffering, and He will not abandon you. Your faith is precious to Him even when it feels minute by minute it is decreasing.

So we pray together for this situation in a way that honors God. Father in heaven, in the name of Jesus we come to You broken and trusting. We ask for Your healing upon our dear one who fell and is in a critical time of recovery, lay Your hand upon them and restore them. We ask for safe travel and a smooth shifting of the home without loss or delay. We ask for Your provision of permanent government jobs according to Your will, for timely salaries and full settlement without hindrance, and for a temporary position for the other family member until You open the permanent door. We ask for a godly Christian bridegroom for this family member, a man who walks with You, free from bad habits, who will love as Christ loves, and for clear guidance on the proposal now under process, that Your will alone would prevail and Your peace would guard their hearts. We ask for wisdom over finances, that nothing be wasted, and for provision for a house and for clinics that will serve others. We ask for justice and mercy in the lease matter, that the amount owed be returned with what is right, that the debtor would be convicted to act honestly and quickly, and that You would relieve the burden of interest and anxiety. And Father, we pray for that man and his wife, not for their destruction, but for their repentance and salvation, that they would turn from lies and cheating, fear You, and do what is right. Guard our hearts from hatred and from cursing, teach us to bless and not curse, to trust Your justice and Your timing, and to rest in Your grace and mercy which are new every morning Lamentations 3:23. Strengthen faith where it is weak, silence the lie that You are nowhere, and reveal that You are now here, near to all who call upon You in truth. Let Your glory be seen in how You provide, heal, and make a way where there seems to be no way. We ask all this in the mighty and merciful name of Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

We encourage you to continue casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you 1 Peter 5:7, to be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus Philippians 4:6-7. Do not let the delay cause you to lose hope. Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh Psalm 27:14. We are standing with you, believing that God will answer according to His perfect will and for His glory.

 

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We are holding you and your family before the Lord right now. So much is weighing on you at once, and the fall and hospital stay makes everything feel more urgent. We are asking God for your healing and for strength day by day as you recover over these next weeks, and we encourage you to stay close to your doctors and follow their guidance closely while you heal.

We also hear your heart for your family members waiting on work, for a godly marriage to come about in God's timing, for safe travel tonight and for wisdom with finances and the future home and clinics you hope to build. We are praying for open doors where God wills, for protection on the journey, and for clear leading as that proposal is considered.

The loss around the house lease money has left a deep wound, and the sleepless nights and tension at home show how heavy it is. It is understandable to feel the gap between how you wish this would be resolved and how it is now. In time, choosing to release the burden of getting even and entrusting justice to God can loosen that grip and make room for peace, even while you still wisely pursue what is rightfully yours through proper channels. Keeping careful records and seeking steady, trustworthy counsel locally can be a helpful next step alongside prayer.

Father, in Jesus' name we lift this family to You. Bring healing to this body, peace to this home, safe travel tonight, and provision for every need. Guard their hearts from bitterness, guide their steps for jobs and marriage, and let Your justice and mercy be seen. 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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Praying in Jesus Name.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your many requests have been brought before the Lord and heard with sincere sympathy and prayerful concern. We will continue to pray with you and for you, that you may be sustained by simple faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom alone we have access to the Father and in whom alone is salvation.

Concerning the provision for your family in employment, we will pray that the Lord in His wise providence will open doors for honest labour according to the qualifications He has given, and that He will keep you from all snares and injustice in both former and present places of work. We will ask that what is due in salary and settlement may be rendered justly and without loss, and that those who labour may do so as unto the Lord, to show forth His goodness to patients and to all around them. Whether the position be temporary or permanent, we pray that contentment and integrity may mark your service while you wait upon the Lord's time, for He is a waiting God who waits to be gracious, and His time, though it tries our patience, is perfect.

For the matter of marriage, we will pray that the Lord will provide a godly bridegroom who walks in the fear of God, of good habits and clean life according to the Scriptures, one who loves Christ and will love his wife as Christ loves the Church, that marriage being the lifelong covenant of one man and one woman. Where a proposal is under consideration, we will pray for clear guidance, that if it be of the Lord it may prosper, and if not, that it may be gently and plainly hindered, and that you may have grace to accept His answer with quiet trust.

For your own body, having fallen from your two wheeler and being under care in the hospital in a critical condition, we will pray earnestly for healing and restoration. The Lord who pardons and heals is still mighty to save and to restore. We will ask that He may raise you up within His good will and enable you again to do your daily duties. In such suffering we remember that the Captain of our salvation was made perfect through suffering, and He knows the rockings of the ship and the darkness of the storm, and is able to succour those who are tried. For your family travelling by train and for the shifting of your belongings, we will pray for safe passage without delay or harm, and for preservation from unnecessary loss and waste. For the desire for an own house, for the right stewardship of your earnings, for the establishing of clinics according to medical qualifications, and for the desire to give employment to the poor and needy, we will pray that the Lord will grant wisdom, honesty and diligence, and keep you from wasteful and forced expenses, that your substance may be used usefully for His glory and the good of others.

With respect to the great loss concerning the house lease and the large sum paid, with interest increasing upon the gold loan, we understand the heaviness and sleeplessness this has brought upon your household. We will pray that the Lord who loves justice will move the heart of this man to restore what is due, whether the rent promised or the interest with rightful charges, and that lawful and peaceable means may be blessed to that end. Yet we must speak plainly and in love concerning the prayers for severe physical and material punishment upon this man and his family, the decay of tongue, the cutting off of hands, the destruction of house and children. Vengeance belongs unto the Lord, and we are not permitted to ask God to mutilate or destroy. Our Lord teaches us to pray for justice, to seek what is right by lawful means, and at the same time to pray for the repentance and salvation even of those who have wronged us, that they may turn and live. We cannot join you in asking for lifelong suffering, loss of livelihood until death, or ruin upon children, for such prayers would ask God to sin against His own mercy. We will instead pray that God will bring conviction, that the wrongdoer may see his wrong, make restitution, and fear God, and that you may be kept from bitterness and be enabled to forgive as you have been forgiven, while still seeking what is just.

You have written in deep distress that God seems inactive, powerless, silent, and that the wicked prosper while the honest suffer, and that waiting for God's time must mean waiting until after death. Let us answer with the Word of God. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, nor is He without power. His delays are not denial, and His waiting is not indifference. He waits to be gracious, and blessed are all they that wait for Him. Little faith is still true faith when it rests on Christ, and though it may tremble and sink, Jesus puts forth His hand to hold it up. Do not look upon your trials through the glass of the law, but through the cross, where Christ bore sorrow that we might have pardon and healing together. The hearing of faith, not the working of wrath, is the way of receiving from God. Take with you words and come by faith to Jesus, saying, Heal my backsliding, receive me graciously and love me freely. He does not grant forgiveness because we have laboured, but that we may labour, for power comes that we might work, not because we have worked.

Do not let the voice of discouragement persuade you that God is nowhere. To faith He is now here, very near, a present help in trouble. He watches over all who love Him, and though He permits the treacherous for a season, He will not leave the righteous without a refuge. Continue in united prayer and waiting, continue in the Word, for faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. Cast your burden upon the Lord, seek counsel also for lawful recovery of what is owed, and leave the final judgment in His hands who judges righteously.

We will pray thus: O Lord our God, in the name of Jesus Christ Thy Son, look upon this family in their manifold needs. Provide for their daily bread, guide their steps in work and in marriage, heal the sick, guard the travellers, give wisdom for stewardship, and grant justice with mercy in the matter of the debt. Keep their hearts from fainting, strengthen little faith to become strong in the Lord, and show them Thy glory as they trust Thy Word. Forgive their sins, heal their sorrows, and make them to rejoice in Thy salvation. Amen.