We have heard your heart and we join with you in seeking the Lord for a safe and stable place to call home, for healing in your body, and for an end to the long season of homelessness you have endured with your two cats. We understand how weary you must be after applying for Section 8 for so many years without receiving it, and how deeply you long for a home that stays, a place of rest and safety where you and your cats can be secure and at peace.
We also want to gently and lovingly correct an idea in your request about speaking your life better into existence. We know the desire behind those words is hope and faith, but Scripture teaches that only God has the power to call things into existence. As it is written, God gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were Romans 4:17 and God said, Let there be light, and there was light Genesis 1:3. Our words do matter, for Death and life are in the power of the tongue Proverbs 18:21, but we are called to speak truth, to pray, to ask, and to trust, not to declare or manifest our own reality. What we can do is bring our requests humbly before our Father, trusting His will and His timing, for we know that You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives James 4:3 and This is the boldness which we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us 1 John 5:14. We are thankful you invoked the blood of Jesus, for it is only through Him that we have access to the Father and it is only by His name that we are saved, for there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved Acts 4:12 and Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me John 14:6.
We want to encourage you that God sees your need for housing and for health, and He cares deeply about both. He is a God who provides refuge. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble Psalm 46:1 and God sets the lonely in families Psalm 68:6. He promises My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus Philippians 4:19. He also invites us to seek Him first, But seek first God's Kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well Matthew 6:33. He cares about your health, for He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds Psalm 147:3 and Beloved, we pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers 3 John 1:2. He even cares for the animals you love, for A righteous man respects the life of his animal Proverbs 12:10. Your desire for a quiet life, for stability after so much instability, and even for a turtle to remind you that slow and steady is good, reflects a heart that wants peace and restoration, and the Lord understands that longing. 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 pray together now for you.
Father in heaven, in the name of Jesus Christ we come before Your throne of grace and we lift up this dear one to You. Lord, You know the years of waiting, the disappointment, the health struggles, and the burden of not having a safe place to stay. We ask that Your will be done regarding Section 8 and housing. If it is Your will, open doors that no man can shut, grant favor with those who review the application, and provide a safe, stable, lasting home where this dear one and the two cats can dwell in peace and safety. We ask for a home that stays, whether rented or one day owned if that is Your plan, and we pray for protection and secrecy and safety as requested. Lord, we also ask for healing and restoration of health, that You would touch this body and bring strength and renewal, for You are the Lord who heals. We cast all worries on You, because You care for us 1 Peter 5:7. Teach us to ask, seek, and knock with faith, for Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you Matthew 7:7, yet always with trust that Your answer is best. Provide for every need, give wisdom for stewardship of whatever home and provision You grant, and let this life be a testimony that You are real and that You still work miracles for those who believe and trust in You. We pray for peace that surpasses understanding, for hope that does not disappoint, and for the slow, steady, faithful walk with You that brings true comfort. Let Your perfect love cast out fear and let Your goodness flip what the enemy meant for harm into good, for We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose Romans 8:28. We thank You for the blood of Jesus that covers and saves, and we ask all these things in the mighty and holy name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, amen.