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 have heard your many requests and we lift them together before our Father in Jesus' name, for it is only through Jesus that we have access to God and it is in His name that we are saved. You ended your request via Jesus and we affirm this truth with you, for as it is written John 14:6 Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. And Acts 4:12 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. If anyone has not yet fully trusted in Jesus for forgiveness and eternal life, we encourage you to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, that He died for our sins and rose again, and confess Him as Lord, for Romans 10:9 says that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

We pray together for your family and we understand the heaviness you feel. We bring your requests for permanent government and public sector jobs for your family members according to their education and qualifications. We pray that God will open doors that no man can shut and that He will establish the work of your hands. Psalm 75:6-7 says For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes exaltation. But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another. And Colossians 3:23 says Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men. We pray for the family member who is in a temporary contract position and has now joined a new reputed institution also on a temporary basis, that God will grant favor, that his salary will be paid on time without delay, that there will be no obstacles from his HOD or any department in the previous hospital, that his relieving and settlement will be completed fully and without monetary loss, and that in God's perfect time and will He will grant a permanent position without hurdles, that he may testify of God's glory to his patients. We also pray for the other family member seeking even a temporary government job urgently while waiting for a permanent one, that the Lord will provide at the right time.

We pray for the marriage request for your family member. We share your desire for a godly marriage that honors the Lord, for marriage is ordained by God as a lifelong covenant between a man and a woman as Genesis 2:24 says Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will cling to his wife, and they will be one flesh. And Hebrews 13:4 says Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled. We pray that God will provide a spiritually mature, godly bridegroom who is a doctor with good earnings and with good habits and no bad habits according to the Bible, a believer who walks in holiness and will lead a Christ centered home. We pray for the proposal now under process, that if it is God's will it will succeed, and if not, that God will clearly close the door, for Proverbs 3:5-6 says 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. We encourage this courtship to remain pure and to seek marriage with a fellow believer as 2 Corinthians 6:14 teaches, and to pursue it with prayer, counsel, and purity, not fornication outside of marriage.

We pray for your healing after the two wheeler fall and your admission to hospital in a critical condition. We ask our compassionate Father to touch your body and restore you quickly that you may return to your routine and home duties. Psalm 147:3 says He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds. And Jeremiah 30:17 says But I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says Yahweh. We pray that in one to two weeks you will see clear improvement and strength, and that God will guard you from further harm.

We pray for your desire to buy your own individual house, to establish clinics according to your family members' medical qualifications to serve others, and to provide jobs to the poor and educated and illiterate to improve their standard of living. We pray that God will provide according to His riches and wisdom, and that you may be good stewards of what He entrusts to you. Philippians 4:19 says My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. And Proverbs 21:5 says The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit.

We pray regarding your earnings and the burden of wasted and forced unnecessary expenses. We ask for wisdom in stewardship, that God will teach you to manage money usefully and not wastefully, and to close doors where money is leaking through unavoidable expenses. Luke 14:28 reminds us to count the cost and plan wisely, and we pray God will give you discipline and provision so that nothing is lost needlessly.

We also bring before the Lord the very painful matter of the house lease amount, the large sum paid with a gold loan, the promise to hand over the house in fifteen days, and now more than seventeen months of waiting, with increasing bank interest and no rent paid as promised. We understand your sleepless nights, family misunderstanding, and sense of injustice, and we pray that God will move on this matter, that the full amount will be returned without loss, or at least the eight months rent or the full bank interest with processing and administrative charges to manage things smoothly, and that justice will be done through lawful and peaceful means. Proverbs 21:1 says The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires. We pray God will convict this owner to act honestly and return what is due.

We must lovingly rebuke and correct the prayers you have offered for severe physical and material punishment upon this man and his wife and children, asking for lifelong suffering, loss of jobs, tongues decayed or cut off, hands cut off or paralyzed, children's education spoiled, house demolished, business loss, and tenfold cheating, and curses of sleeplessness and sickness until death without repentance. This desire for vengeance, however understandable your pain, does not align with the heart of Christ. Romans 12:19 says Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord. And Romans 12:14 says Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don’t curse. Matthew 5:44 says But I tell you, 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. We are called not to curse but to pray for our enemies' repentance and salvation, not for mutilation or destruction of their families. To pray for children's education to be spoiled or for hands and tongues to be cut off is to ask for what God forbids. God does not delight in such cruelty, and we must not ask Him to do what is contrary to His merciful and holy character. Even when we cry for justice, we leave judgment to Him and we ask for His righteous and merciful justice, not our own revenge. Proverbs 24:17 says Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown.

We also gently correct the thoughts that God is inactive, powerless, dead, like a stone in a well, graceless, merciless, or only for the wicked, and that honest people suffer while the wicked prosper without consequence, and that because one day with the Lord is as a thousand years there is no grace till death. Scripture does say in 2 Peter 3:8-9 But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. His apparent slowness is not powerlessness but patience, giving time for repentance, and His timing is perfect even when we cannot see it. Psalm 34:18 says Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit. Deuteronomy 32:4 says He is the Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he. God does see, God does hear, and God will judge righteously in His time. Psalm 37 reminds us not to fret because of evildoers, for they will wither, but those who wait for Yahweh will inherit the land. The fact that the wicked seem to prosper now does not mean God approves or is silent forever. And the honest are not forgotten, for Lamentations 3:22-23 says It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn’t fail. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.

We hear your husband's words that God is nowhere and that faith brings punishment, and we hear your faith decreasing minute by minute. We rebuke that lie, for God is now here, He is alive, He is faithful, and He is able to do miracles today as Hebrews 13:8 says Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He did not punish you with the accident because you pray, and He does not punish those who love Him with evil. Our sufferings in this fallen world are not proof that God hates the honest. James 1:2-4 teaches that trials test our faith to produce endurance, and Romans 8:28 says We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose. Do not lose hope. Even when justice seems delayed, God is working.

So we pray together now. Father in heaven, in the name of Jesus Christ we come boldly to Your throne of grace. We lift this dear one and their family to You. Heal this injured body completely, relieve pain, restore bones and tissues, and comfort the family in sleepless nights and misunderstanding. Grant peace that passes understanding as Philippians 4:6-7 promises. Provide permanent government jobs in Your will and timing, protect the new temporary position from all hindrance, ensure full salary and settlement without loss, and provide the other family member an urgent temporary provision. Guide the marriage proposal, let Your will be clear, and if not this one, prepare a godly believing doctor husband of good character and no bad habits, for a marriage that honors You and occurs at the earliest time You ordain. Provide wisdom to buy a house, to establish clinics for Your glory, to use money wisely without waste, and to be a blessing by giving jobs to the poor. Move upon the house owner to return what is due, convict his heart to speak truth and repay with interest and rent, and grant this family lawful justice and financial relief from the gold loan burden without resorting to curses. Forgive us where we have desired revenge, cleanse our hearts from hatred, teach us to love our enemies and to pray for their repentance and salvation rather than their destruction, and let Your perfect justice and mercy prevail. Strengthen faith where it is weakening, silence the voice that says You are nowhere, reveal that You are now here, alive, powerful, faithful, gracious and merciful to the honest and to all who call upon You. Restore hope, restore joy, and let Your glory be seen in each of these areas. We ask all this in the mighty name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, Amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We have read your requests and we hear how much you are carrying right now. The fall from your two wheeler and the hospital stay, on top of the long wait for permanent work for your family, the marriage decision before you, and the painful lease matter with money still not returned, would leave anyone weary and sleepless. We are sorry for the strain this has put on you and your household, and we are holding you before the Lord as you heal.

We understand the ache for justice when a promise is broken and interest is growing while you wait. It is understandable to feel forgotten when answers are slow and faith feels thin, especially when others around you question whether God hears. We will not pray for harm to come to anyone, but we do bring your hurt to God and ask Him to bring what is true to light, to provide a fair resolution without further loss, and to guard your heart from bitterness while you wait.

As you recover, please keep following the guidance of your doctors and hospital team in these next one to two weeks and let family and a trusted pastor know how you are doing day by day so you are not alone in this. For the lease amount, it can help to keep careful records of what was paid and promised and to seek calm, wise counsel from a trusted local advisor about orderly next steps.

Father, we lift our brother to You in Jesus' name. Please bring healing to his body, rest to his home, wisdom for the job and marriage questions, and a just and merciful way forward for the finances that weigh so heavily. When faith feels weak, sustain him and remind him that You see him and remain near. Amen.

 

[Zedekiah]

God is love. May we bring this matter to a judge and settle it in court. If it cannot be settled in court than legally you cannot do anything. We must always pray and give worship to our Father in heaven. We must acknowledge him and set aside time for him. Keep praying. Worship God. Being the matter to a judge and be careful dor covetesnousness. Lord Yeshuas name amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your many burdens have been laid before us and we have carried them to the throne of grace through Jesus Christ, for there is no other name under heaven by which we may come to the Father and find mercy. We thank God that you have poured out your heart with honesty, for God is light and He desires truth in the inward parts, and He hears the honest cry of those who seek Him.

We join you in prayer for these needs according to the will of God and for His glory.

We pray for your family members who desire work according to their training. We ask the Lord who provides for the sparrows and clothes the lilies to open doors for honest labour, whether in government service or elsewhere, that whatever position He gives may be used to show forth His goodness to patients and to all who are served. We pray for the one who labours under a temporary contract and has suffered delayed wages, and who has now entered a new hospital, that the Lord would grant favour, protect from all hindrance or trouble from former or present authorities, and provide a just settlement without loss. We pray for the other family member who seeks temporary work while waiting for a permanent place, that God would sustain with patience and provide daily bread. Remember that our God is a waiting God, ready to pardon and ready to provide, and that all things are ready in Christ for those who come to Him. He waits to be gracious, and though answers may tarry, the bread cast upon the waters of prayer will be found again after many days. Wait upon the Lord and renew your strength.

We pray for the marriage of your family member. We ask the Lord to provide, in His perfect time, a godly bridegroom who walks in the ways of Scripture, a man of good habits and clean life, free from bad habits, industrious and faithful, that the marriage may be a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman as God ordained from the beginning, for His glory and for good. Concerning the proposal now under consideration, we pray that if it be of the Lord it may prosper, and if not, that He in His wisdom would clearly close the door and guard from an unwise union. We pray also for your own healing after the fall from your two wheeler. May the Lord who forgives sin and heals disease lay His hand upon you, raise you up from this critical trial within His appointed time, and restore you to your home duties. We remember that Jesus was sent by the Father on purpose to forgive sin and that He is exalted to give repentance and forgiveness, and that healing and restoration follow in His good hand.

We pray for your desire for an own house, for wise stewardship of the money God entrusts to you, that it may not be wasted on unnecessary or forced expenses but used usefully and faithfully. We pray for the establishment of clinics according to medical qualifications, not for self exaltation but that you may serve the sick and give honest employment to the poor, both educated and unlearned, that their lives may be lifted and God may be honoured.

Concerning the great trial of the leased house and the large sum withheld for more than seventeen months, with increasing interest upon the gold loan and distress in the family, we pray earnestly for justice and deliverance. We understand the sleepless nights, the misunderstanding, and the deep sense that the honest suffer while the dishonest prosper. Yet we must entreat you, as before God, not to ask Him to cut off tongues or hands, to paralyze, to destroy houses, to ruin children or to bring lifelong suffering upon any family. Vengeance belongs to the Lord, and He has said He will repay. To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God belongs to Him alone, and His vengeance is always mingled with perfect justice and with mercy. The cross shows how God marries justice and mercy through the substitution of His Son, who bore the penalty that we might be forgiven. We are to pray for justice, for the return of what is owed with what is right for your loss, and we do pray that God would move the heart of this man to repay what is due without delay, and that lawful means would prosper to that end. And we are to pray for the repentance of those who do wrong, that they may be saved, for God waits to pardon and desires not the death of the wicked but that they turn and live.

Do not let the thought take root that God is nowhere, powerless, inactive, or a stone in a well. He lives and reigns. He is not slow as men count slowness, but is patient and purposeful. Faith walks not by sight. Sight builds on sand and cannot finish, but faith builds on the foundation laid in eternity, on the blood of Christ and the covenant of grace. When you cannot see His hand, trust His heart. Without faith it is impossible to please God, for he that comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. Even little faith, if it be true faith that begins and ends with Jesus, is precious faith. It may tremble, it may cry as Peter did on the water, yet Christ will not let it sink. Hold fast to this, that there is forgiveness with God that He may be feared, and that our confidence is not in what we are but altogether in what Christ is on our behalf.

Cast all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. Let your soul wait only upon God, hanging as the world hangs upon nothing but His word and His right hand. Bring your honest complaints to Him, confess your doubts and fears, and ask Him to increase your faith. He that has begun a good work will not play fast and loose with His children. The gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

Therefore we pray: O Lord our God, look upon this family in mercy through Jesus Christ. Provide work that is honest and sufficient, prepare a godly marriage in Thy time, heal the body that is bruised, give a home and daily bread, teach stewardship, and use these lives to bless the poor and the sick. In the matter of the debt, execute Thy righteous justice, restrain wrong, restore what has been taken, and grant repentance where there has been lying and cheating. Lift the burden of sleeplessness and strife, quiet the voice that says Thou art nowhere, and prove Thyself to be now here, near to all who call upon Thee in truth. Keep this household from bitterness, and let faith rise to walk by Thy promise and not by sight, until Thou shalt be glorified in their salvation and deliverance. We ask all this in the name of Jesus Christ our only Saviour and Advocate. Amen.