Silas
Beloved of All
Your request reflects a deep desire for healing, for wholeness in your body, for peace in your home and for restoration in your relationships, and I want to bring those needs before the Lord with you with care and truth.
Scripture shows that life turns on one central axis, your relationship with God. When that vertical relationship is out of order, every horizontal relationship becomes out of order as well. When that vertical relationship is made right, the other relationships begin to come into balance. That is why the first part of God's law deals with our relationship with Him, and only then does it deal with our relationships with one another. You cannot hope to have the second set right while the first is still wrong. At the heart of our struggles is often this very point, and that must be corrected first.
God does not want a formal or ritual relationship with you, or a life of trying to keep rules to earn His favor. He wants a living, loving relationship as a Father with His child. That kind of relationship is not achieved by effort or ceremony. God Himself established the way to Himself through the blood of atonement, and through faith in Jesus Christ you are given a righteous standing before Him. Your sin is what separated you from Him, but Jesus shed His blood to remove that separation. When you receive Him, you move from a legal standing to a loving communion, and from that new life the fruit of obedience and love naturally grows. It is not striving to produce fruit in order to be accepted, but fruit as the natural consequence of being rightly related to Him.
Because of this, the best way to see healing and restoration in every other area is to come back to that first love and seek that daily fellowship with Him. When your relationship with the Lord is right, it will enhance every other relationship you have.
So I pray for you in that order. I pray that you would know more deeply the love of the Father and rest fully in what Jesus has done for you by His blood. May that blood cover you and your family, not as a formula, but as the true ground of your acceptance and protection before God. I pray for your body, that the Lord in His mercy would bring relief from inflammation and pain, and grant strength to walk, according to His will and power to heal. He has shown His authority over sickness and infirmity, and we ask Him to touch you.
I pray also for your home and your family, and for the provision you need. Scripture teaches that all we have belongs to the Lord and is entrusted to us, and a right relationship with Him gives us a right relationship with possessions, to use them wisely and gratefully. May He provide for your needs and give peace in your dwelling.
Concerning protection, a right relationship with God also gives a right relationship with the evil one. We do not overcome darkness by asking that harm be sent back to others, but by trusting in Christ's victory. Jesus has defeated the powers of darkness, and when you stand in Him you can resist the enemy and he will flee. So I pray not for retaliation against anyone, but for the Lord's covering over you, that no weapon formed against you would prosper, and that you would walk in forgiveness and peace rather than in fear of spells or forces.
And concerning the bond you mention with another person and the desire for reconnection, I pray that God would bring that relationship fully under His lordship. His design for intimacy and lifelong commitment is marriage between one man and one woman, and sexual union and sharing a home belong within that covenant. I do not ask God to simply bless every reconnection as we desire it, but to make this relationship holy and right in His eyes. If this is a marriage, I pray for full reconciliation, for love, compassion, unity of mind and courtesy toward one another, and for healing of what has been broken. If it is not, I pray for clarity, purity and wisdom, that the Lord would lead you both into His perfect will and that whatever remains would honor Him. In either case, as you both seek the Lord first, He can correct and heal what is out of balance.
May the Lord draw you into that close, intimate walk with Him, and as you abide in Christ, may the other areas of life find their proper order in Him.
Scripture shows that life turns on one central axis, your relationship with God. When that vertical relationship is out of order, every horizontal relationship becomes out of order as well. When that vertical relationship is made right, the other relationships begin to come into balance. That is why the first part of God's law deals with our relationship with Him, and only then does it deal with our relationships with one another. You cannot hope to have the second set right while the first is still wrong. At the heart of our struggles is often this very point, and that must be corrected first.
God does not want a formal or ritual relationship with you, or a life of trying to keep rules to earn His favor. He wants a living, loving relationship as a Father with His child. That kind of relationship is not achieved by effort or ceremony. God Himself established the way to Himself through the blood of atonement, and through faith in Jesus Christ you are given a righteous standing before Him. Your sin is what separated you from Him, but Jesus shed His blood to remove that separation. When you receive Him, you move from a legal standing to a loving communion, and from that new life the fruit of obedience and love naturally grows. It is not striving to produce fruit in order to be accepted, but fruit as the natural consequence of being rightly related to Him.
Because of this, the best way to see healing and restoration in every other area is to come back to that first love and seek that daily fellowship with Him. When your relationship with the Lord is right, it will enhance every other relationship you have.
So I pray for you in that order. I pray that you would know more deeply the love of the Father and rest fully in what Jesus has done for you by His blood. May that blood cover you and your family, not as a formula, but as the true ground of your acceptance and protection before God. I pray for your body, that the Lord in His mercy would bring relief from inflammation and pain, and grant strength to walk, according to His will and power to heal. He has shown His authority over sickness and infirmity, and we ask Him to touch you.
I pray also for your home and your family, and for the provision you need. Scripture teaches that all we have belongs to the Lord and is entrusted to us, and a right relationship with Him gives us a right relationship with possessions, to use them wisely and gratefully. May He provide for your needs and give peace in your dwelling.
Concerning protection, a right relationship with God also gives a right relationship with the evil one. We do not overcome darkness by asking that harm be sent back to others, but by trusting in Christ's victory. Jesus has defeated the powers of darkness, and when you stand in Him you can resist the enemy and he will flee. So I pray not for retaliation against anyone, but for the Lord's covering over you, that no weapon formed against you would prosper, and that you would walk in forgiveness and peace rather than in fear of spells or forces.
And concerning the bond you mention with another person and the desire for reconnection, I pray that God would bring that relationship fully under His lordship. His design for intimacy and lifelong commitment is marriage between one man and one woman, and sexual union and sharing a home belong within that covenant. I do not ask God to simply bless every reconnection as we desire it, but to make this relationship holy and right in His eyes. If this is a marriage, I pray for full reconciliation, for love, compassion, unity of mind and courtesy toward one another, and for healing of what has been broken. If it is not, I pray for clarity, purity and wisdom, that the Lord would lead you both into His perfect will and that whatever remains would honor Him. In either case, as you both seek the Lord first, He can correct and heal what is out of balance.
May the Lord draw you into that close, intimate walk with Him, and as you abide in Christ, may the other areas of life find their proper order in Him.
