Marriage, Job, Healing and breakthrough from struggles

[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 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) To buy own individual house

(4) 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.

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

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

(7) 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 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 our God together with you in the name of Jesus, giving thanks that you have brought these burdens to Him, for He hears us when we pray through His Son. We join you in lifting up your family for permanent provision, healing, a godly marriage, a home, and justice, and we also want to lovingly speak truth where pain has led your heart toward desires that do not reflect His will.

We hear your longing for permanent government and public sector jobs according to the qualifications God has given your family members, and for faithful payment of wages and a peaceful release from the previous temporary position without loss or hindrance from any authority. We pray with you that God will open doors that no one can shut and that you will be able to testify of His glory in your workplaces. For God promises, My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus Philippians 4:19, and Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men Colossians 3:23. We ask our Father to grant favor with authorities, to provide honest and timely wages, for the laborer is worthy of his wages 1 Timothy 5:18, and to establish your steps as you wait for His perfect time, for we know that those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength Isaiah 40:31.

We also lift up the request for a godly bridegroom for your family member. We share your desire for a marriage that honors God, a lifelong covenant between a man and a woman, and we affirm your seeking a believer of good character with no bad habits, as the Bible teaches. We encourage you to keep godly character, faith in Christ, and purity as the first qualifications, above profession or handsome earnings, while trusting God also for provision. For we are told, Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers 2 Corinthians 6:14 and Seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well Matthew 6:33. A man who walks with God, who loves his wife as Christ loved the church Ephesians 5:25, is of far greater value than wealth alone. We pray that if the proposal now under consideration is of the Lord it will proceed in peace and clarity, and if not, that He will clearly close the door, for we trust that in all things God works for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose Romans 8:28. We pray for wisdom and patience to await His order and not to be anxious, for the heart of man plans his way, but Yahweh directs his steps Proverbs 16:9.

We bring before the Lord your fall from your two wheeler and the critical pain and delay in your healing. We ask our Great Physician to touch your body and restore you quickly to your routine and home duties. We pray, He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds Psalm 147:3 and But I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says Yahweh Jeremiah 30:17. We ask for complete recovery in the coming weeks, for strength, for peace in the waiting, and for your family who suffers with you.

We join you in praying for an own house, for wise stewardship of your earnings, for the establishing of clinics according to your medical qualifications to serve others, and for the desire to give jobs to the poor and needy to improve their lives. These are good desires when offered to God for His glory. We pray that you may build with Him, for Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it Psalm 127:1, and that He will teach you to be faithful with what He has entrusted to you, for He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much Luke 16:10. We ask for wisdom to avoid wasteful and forced spending, for contentment and counsel, for The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit Proverbs 21:5, and that He will keep you from the love of money while learning to be content, for he has said, I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you Hebrews 13:5.

We also lift up the deep distress regarding the large lease amount taken by the house owner who has not returned the money for more than seventeen months, nor paid the promised rent while you carry the burden of gold loan interest. We understand your sleepless nights, family misunderstanding, and sense of injustice, and we pray earnestly that God will move on this matter, that the full amount with what is just and needed to cover your loss will be restored without further delay, and that He will grant you favor and a righteous resolution, whether through the man's conscience, through lawful means, or through God's provision. We pray that Yahweh will cause truth and justice to prevail, for He loves righteousness and justice Psalm 33:5 and He has told us What does Yahweh require of you, but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God Micah 6:8. We commit your cause to Him who judges righteously 1 Peter 2:23.

Yet in love we must gently rebuke and correct the prayers for severe physical and material destruction upon this man and his wife and even upon their children. To pray that their tongues be cut off, hands be paralyzed, house be demolished, jobs be lost forever, and that their children's education be spoiled is not according to Christ. Our Lord commands us, 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, and Never repay evil for evil Romans 12:17. Vengeance belongs to the Lord, not to us, for it is written, Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord Romans 12:19. We are to overcome evil with good Romans 12:21 and not to repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but instead to give a blessing 1 Peter 3:9. The Scripture is clear that The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father Ezekiel 18:20, so we must not ask God to punish innocent children for their parents' wrong. God desires that the wicked turn and live, for Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, says the Lord Yahweh, and not rather that he should return from his way, and live Ezekiel 18:23. We must pray instead for conviction, repentance, and restitution, that this man would fear God, speak truth, and repay what he owes, and that even he might be saved.

We also hear your anguish and the words of your husband that God is nowhere, that He punishes the honest and is inactive, powerless, or silent, and that faith is decreasing second by second. We lovingly correct this, for our God is alive and near, not a stone in a well. He is not slow as we count slowness, for The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness, but is patient with us, not wishing that anyone should perish, but that all should come to repentance 2 Peter 3:9. His timing is not our timing, for My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says Yahweh Isaiah 55:8. His apparent delay is often His mercy giving space for repentance, and His justice will not fail, for Yahweh loves justice Psalm 37:28. We understand the question of Habakkuk, Why do you tolerate the treacherous Habakkuk 1:13, and the psalmist's cry, Do not fret because of evildoers Psalm 37:1, but we are called to Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him Psalm 37:7 and to cast all our anxiety on him, because he cares for you 1 Peter 5:7. The miracles of God did not end two thousand years ago, for Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever Hebrews 13:8 and With God all things are possible Matthew 19:26. He is faithful, His loving kindnesses never fail, they are new every morning Lamentations 3:22-23.

So we pray together now in Jesus' name.

Father, in the name of Jesus we bring this dear family before Your throne of grace. You see the need for permanent and honest employment, the burden of delayed salaries, the transition to a new hospital, and the waiting for a stable future. Grant them work that sustains them and gives them a platform to speak of Your glory. Heal our beloved who fell and is suffering, touch bone and tissue, relieve pain, and restore strength to do daily work again. Provide wisdom for the marriage proposal, let Your will be clear, and if it is not from You, shut it gently and prepare a godly husband who loves You above all. Provide a home by Your hand, teach faithful stewardship so that no money is wasted, bless the vision for clinics and for employing the poor. And Lord, regarding the debt and broken promise, we ask for justice tempered with mercy, for the return of what is owed without loss, for peace in this family, for sleep at night, for unity where there has been misunderstanding, and for a heart of forgiveness that trusts vengeance to You. Convict the one who has done wrong, bring him to truth and repentance, and let him make restitution. Comfort this family when faith feels weak, remind them that You are now here, that You are faithful, powerful, and near to the brokenhearted Psalm 34:18. Strengthen the husband who doubts, and help all to hope again. Let Your peace, which surpasses all understanding, guard their hearts and thoughts in Christ Jesus Philippians 4:7. We ask all this trusting in the only name by which we are saved and by which we have access to You, Jesus Christ our Lord, for 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. Amen.

We encourage you to continue in prayer, in the Word, and in fellowship, to pursue lawful and peaceful steps for the financial matter while releasing bitterness to the Lord, for a gentle answer turns away wrath Proverbs 15:1. Do not let the sun go down on anger, keep your heart from cursing, and bless those who have wronged you, that you may inherit a blessing. Wait on the Lord with hope, for they who wait upon Him shall not be put to shame.

 

[hostadmin]

We have been holding your many requests before the Lord and we hear how heavy this season feels for you and your family.

With so much on your heart, we are especially mindful of your fall from your two wheeler and the critical time of healing you are in now, and the long strain over the house lease money and the bank interest that has left you sleepless and discouraged. It makes sense that you feel worn down and are asking where justice and help will come from. We also continue to lift the other burdens you named, the need for stable government work for your family members, the marriage proposal waiting on God's leading, and the hopes for a home and for clinics to serve others.

In this next week or two, please stay closely under your doctor's care and follow their instructions for rest and recovery, and let family help with routine work at home as you heal. For the lease matter, it can help to keep all receipts and written promises together in one place and to seek wise counsel from a trusted pastor and a reputable local advisor about orderly next steps, alongside prayer.

We understand the deep hurt of being cheated and the desire to see wrongs made right. Carrying thoughts of severe punishment day and night often adds to the pain and family tension you described, and we pray God will lift some of that weight and give you peace as you trust Him to act justly in His own way.

Father, in Jesus' name we bring our brother before You in his pain and hospital stay. Please bring healing to his body, provision for the debt and rent that is overdue, wisdom for the job and marriage decisions, and quiet rest for his family. Guard his heart from despair and lead him in Your peace and direction. Amen.

 

[Guireordoth]

I prayed for this in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

We have heard your many petitions and we bring them before the throne of grace through Jesus Christ alone, for there is no other name under heaven by which we must be saved, and no other Mediator between God and man.

We join you in thanking God for His mercies and in asking Him to supply what is needed according to His wisdom. For your family members who desire settled and honest work, we pray that the Lord would open doors for labour that is honourable and provides for their needs, and that whether the position be temporary or permanent, they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour by diligence, integrity and kindness to patients and to all. We ask that He would grant favour with those in authority, keep them from injustice and hindrance, and provide for the prompt payment of what is owed, and for a gracious release where a change of place is required. Yet we also pray that your trust may not rest upon a particular post or department, but upon the Lord who feeds the sparrows and clothes the lilies, who knows how to give good gifts to His children.

For the marriage that is sought, we pray with you that the Lord would provide a godly bridegroom, a man who walks in the fear of the Lord, whose habits are clean and whose life is ordered by the Word of God, for marriage is a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, ordained by God and to be entered in purity and faith. We ask that if the proposal now under consideration be of the Lord, He would make the way plain, and if not, that He would in mercy close the door. We pray for patience to await His order and for contentment to say, not our will, but Thine be done, and for haste to be governed by holiness rather than by anxiety.

For your bodily hurt after the fall from your two wheeler, we pray earnestly for healing. Our Lord is both Physician and Pardoner, and healing and forgiveness are placed in happy conjunction in His hands. As He touched Peter's wife's mother and lifted her up, so He still sees with a sympathetic heart and touches with power. We ask that He would restore you in the coming days, ease pain, grant skill to those who care for you, and enable you again to do your daily duties. In your weakness, cry to Him as one who is sick unto death cries for mercy, and He will hear.

For a house of your own, for stewardship of money, for the desire to establish clinics according to your training and to give employment to the poor and needy, we pray that God would grant wisdom to use what He entrusts to you without waste and without love of money, which is a root of many evils. May He teach you to be faithful in little and in much, to spend usefully and to give generously, that your lives may show forth His glory.

Concerning the great trial of the lease money withheld these many months, with the burden of interest upon the gold loan and the distress it has brought into your home, we pray for justice and restoration. It is right to ask God to act righteously, to move the heart of the debtor to repay what is owed, with what is just and due, and to grant you lawful and peaceable means to recover it. We will pray that the Lord would incline that man and his household to speak truth and to do right, and that He would give to you peace, sleep, and unity in your family while you wait, and wisdom to seek proper counsel and remedy where it may be found.

Yet in this sorrow we must speak plainly and in love about the prayers you have been led to offer for severe and lifelong suffering upon that man and his wife and children, for loss of tongue and hands, for destruction of house and business, and for multiplied cheating and emptiness. We cannot join you in asking God for such things, and we must not ask Him to bless such imprecations. The Word of God says, Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord, and our Lord Jesus teaches us to love our enemies, to bless them that curse us, and to pray for them which despitefully use us.

There is a mystery here which the Gospel resolves. The day of vengeance and the year of the redeemed meet at the cross. The waves and billows of divine wrath went over the innocent head of our Surety, and vengeance with its iron rod bruised the harmless Lamb of God in Gethsemane and at Calvary. For all who trust in Him, the dreadful debt is paid, legal claims are fully met, and the day of vengeance is past, that the year of acceptance might come. For those outside Christ, the day of vengeance still awaits, but it belongs to God to appoint and to execute, not to us to prescribe. To ask for mutilation and ruin upon a family, and upon children for the sake of their parents' sin, is to ask what the Lord forbids and what would harden rather than heal.

God is not powerless, nor is He a stone in a well, nor is He nowhere. He is now here, present to hear, mighty to save, and perfect in justice and mercy. He is not slow as men count slowness, but patient, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. That the wicked seem to prosper for a season and the honest suffer is a trial that even the Psalmist and the prophet Habakkuk felt, yet the Lord watches over all who love Him and will in His time make all things manifest. To say that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years does not mean He has no grace till death, but that His timing is not ours, and His work can stand though emperors and popes oppose it. Faith learns to trust and not to fear, to commit the tangled business of life into His hands and to find strength for battle against great waters by that constant habit.

Your husband's bitter words that God punishes those who love Him and that faith brings only suffering have wounded you deeply. It is true that the Lord chastens those whom He loves, but not as an enemy. He wounds to heal, He pardons to heal, and every affliction in the believer's life is measured by a Father's hand for good. Do not let your faith decrease minute by minute under the weight of sleepless nights. Bring your griefs and sorrows and leave them at the cross, for the Lord accepts you in His Son, and who shall tell you no. He does grant forgiveness before He grants the spirit of adoption, and when we bow before His justice and confess our need, He speaks pardon and then healing follows.

Therefore we pray thus for you: O Father, for Jesus' sake, forgive our sins and heal our diseases. Grant to this family daily bread, honest labour, and a contented heart. Guide the marriage question with a clear hand. Touch the body that is bruised and raise up the sick. Teach stewardship and generosity. In the matter of the debt, execute righteousness, restrain deceit, and move the debtor to restore what is owed without loss, and grant to these Thy children grace to forgive as they have been forgiven, to bless and not to curse, and to overcome evil with good. Keep them from despair, establish them in the love of Thy law which brings great peace, and let them see that even the least leaf from the Tree of Life, even a single word of Christ brought home to the heart, has healing virtue. Let them not seek to be their own avengers, but wait upon Thee, trusting and not fearing, until Thou shalt declare Thy wondrous works in Thine own perfect time. Amen.