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We join with you in bringing this burden before the Lord and we thank you for your honesty in confessing that you have had many relationships you should not have been in. It takes humility to acknowledge this, and God honors a contrite heart. We want to lovingly and biblically address what you have shared so that true healing can come.
The Bible teaches that sexual intimacy is reserved for marriage between a man and a woman, and any sexual activity outside of that covenant is fornication and sin before God. We say this not to condemn you, but because God calls us to confess and turn from sin so that we may be forgiven and restored. As it is written, Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's. 1 Corinthians 6:18-20. God also calls us to purity as we look toward marriage, for this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality, that each one of you know how to control his own body in sanctification and honor 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4. Going forward we encourage you to see any future courtship not as simply having a boyfriend or girlfriend, but as a purposeful season of seeking a godly spouse, another Christian Believer, with marriage as the goal that honors the Lord.
The good news is that there is complete forgiveness and healing in Jesus Christ. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9. Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17. As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. Psalm 103:12.
We also noticed your request did not mention the name of Jesus Christ. We want to gently remind you that it is only through Jesus that we have access to God and receive forgiveness and healing. Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. John 14:6. 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. To be saved we must believe in our hearts that Jesus died for our sins and rose again, and confess Him as Lord. It is by His shed blood that our past sins are washed away and we are made whole.
We pray together for you and for all those involved in those past relationships.
Father in heaven, we come before You in the precious name of Jesus Christ, asking for Your mercy and grace upon this dear one. We confess on their behalf the sins of relationships outside of Your perfect will, including any fornication, and we ask You to forgive and cleanse according to Your promise in 1 John 1:9. Lord, we ask You to heal the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds. Psalm 147:3. Heal the deep wounds, pain and heartbreak that remain, and heal also those others who were involved, wherever they are, that they too may find forgiveness and peace in Christ. Create in this dear one a clean heart and renew a right spirit within them, and help them to walk in purity and wholeness from this day forward. Lead them, if it is Your will, to a godly marriage that honors You, a lifelong commitment between a man and a woman that reflects Christ and the church, and give them wisdom and strength to pursue courtship that is holy and centered on You. Restore what has been broken and use their testimony for Your glory. We ask all of this in Jesus' name, amen.
We encourage you to continue to walk closely with the Lord, to immerse yourself in His Word, to seek fellowship with strong believers who will hold you accountable, and to trust that God can redeem your past and make your future beautiful in Him.
The Bible teaches that sexual intimacy is reserved for marriage between a man and a woman, and any sexual activity outside of that covenant is fornication and sin before God. We say this not to condemn you, but because God calls us to confess and turn from sin so that we may be forgiven and restored. As it is written, Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's. 1 Corinthians 6:18-20. God also calls us to purity as we look toward marriage, for this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality, that each one of you know how to control his own body in sanctification and honor 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4. Going forward we encourage you to see any future courtship not as simply having a boyfriend or girlfriend, but as a purposeful season of seeking a godly spouse, another Christian Believer, with marriage as the goal that honors the Lord.
The good news is that there is complete forgiveness and healing in Jesus Christ. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9. Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17. As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. Psalm 103:12.
We also noticed your request did not mention the name of Jesus Christ. We want to gently remind you that it is only through Jesus that we have access to God and receive forgiveness and healing. Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. John 14:6. 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. To be saved we must believe in our hearts that Jesus died for our sins and rose again, and confess Him as Lord. It is by His shed blood that our past sins are washed away and we are made whole.
We pray together for you and for all those involved in those past relationships.
Father in heaven, we come before You in the precious name of Jesus Christ, asking for Your mercy and grace upon this dear one. We confess on their behalf the sins of relationships outside of Your perfect will, including any fornication, and we ask You to forgive and cleanse according to Your promise in 1 John 1:9. Lord, we ask You to heal the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds. Psalm 147:3. Heal the deep wounds, pain and heartbreak that remain, and heal also those others who were involved, wherever they are, that they too may find forgiveness and peace in Christ. Create in this dear one a clean heart and renew a right spirit within them, and help them to walk in purity and wholeness from this day forward. Lead them, if it is Your will, to a godly marriage that honors You, a lifelong commitment between a man and a woman that reflects Christ and the church, and give them wisdom and strength to pursue courtship that is holy and centered on You. Restore what has been broken and use their testimony for Your glory. We ask all of this in Jesus' name, amen.
We encourage you to continue to walk closely with the Lord, to immerse yourself in His Word, to seek fellowship with strong believers who will hold you accountable, and to trust that God can redeem your past and make your future beautiful in Him.
We thank you for trusting us with this. It takes real honesty to look back and name relationships that caused hurt and to want healing not just for yourself but for the others involved too.
We hear how heavy that collection of memories can feel, and we want you to know God sees both the pain you carry and your desire to make things right before Him. Healing from this kind of history rarely happens all at once. Often there is a quiet decision to release what happened and to wish good rather than harm for the other person, and then a slower softening of the emotions underneath, which can rise and fall for a while even after the decision is made. It also helps to remember forgiveness does not have to mean going back or rebuilding a relationship.
One small step that has helped others is to take unhurried time with the Lord and bring one relationship or memory at a time to Him, honestly naming the hurt and asking Him to keep working on the resentment, bitterness or sadness that lingers, and to show you what wholeness looks like going forward. If painful memories keep surfacing, walking with a trusted pastor or Christian counselor can give you steady support as you process them.
Father, we bring them before You and ask for Your healing over every wound and heartbreak named and unnamed, for them and for those who were part of these relationships. Lead them into deeper peace and wholeness in Christ, and guide their steps forward in wisdom and grace. In Jesus' name, amen.
We hear how heavy that collection of memories can feel, and we want you to know God sees both the pain you carry and your desire to make things right before Him. Healing from this kind of history rarely happens all at once. Often there is a quiet decision to release what happened and to wish good rather than harm for the other person, and then a slower softening of the emotions underneath, which can rise and fall for a while even after the decision is made. It also helps to remember forgiveness does not have to mean going back or rebuilding a relationship.
One small step that has helped others is to take unhurried time with the Lord and bring one relationship or memory at a time to Him, honestly naming the hurt and asking Him to keep working on the resentment, bitterness or sadness that lingers, and to show you what wholeness looks like going forward. If painful memories keep surfacing, walking with a trusted pastor or Christian counselor can give you steady support as you process them.
Father, we bring them before You and ask for Your healing over every wound and heartbreak named and unnamed, for them and for those who were part of these relationships. Lead them into deeper peace and wholeness in Christ, and guide their steps forward in wisdom and grace. In Jesus' name, amen.
Spurgeon
Beloved of All
There is forgiveness with God, and that is the word we bring to you in answer to your honest confession.
You have spoken plainly about past relationships which you know were not according to the Lord's holy way, and you ask for healing for yourself and for those who were involved. We do not affirm or ask God to bless what His Word calls sin, for He has shown us that salvation is through Jesus Christ alone and that marriage is a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, with intimacy belonging only within it. Yet where sin has abounded, grace does much more abound, and therefore we point you to the cross where forgiveness and healing meet.
Hear the blessed whisper of Scripture, There is forgiveness with God. Not forgiveness for this sin or for that only, but forgiveness without limit, without qualification, for whatever your sins may have been. As soon as a penitent heart trusts in the crucified Saviour, all sins are forgiven, whether past, present, or to come. The tally is destroyed, the record of debt is nailed to the Cross, and the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. He never plays fast and loose with men. If you have been the chief of sinners, you may have the chief of sinners forgiveness, and God can bestow it now. Believe in the forgiveness of sins for yourself, as a man believes the Creed, and take it as your own.
With this forgiveness there comes healing. The Scripture says the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations, and the least thing about Christ is healing. His fruit is sweet and nourishing, but even His leaves have virtue to change the life blood and make the nature other than it was before. The prophet also joins them in happy conjunction, the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick, for the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity. Healing and pardon come together from the same pardoning hand.
We will pray for you, and for those others whose hearts have been wounded through these relationships, that the Lord would grant you all true repentance and faith in Christ, and with it that complete and eternal forgiveness which He gives freely through His Son. We pray that He would heal the wounds and pain and heartbreak that sin always leaves behind, that He would cleanse the conscience, quiet the memory, and make you whole in Him. We pray that He would keep you henceforth by His grace, walking in purity and newness of life according to His design, and that those who were involved would themselves seek and find the same mercy where it is to be found, with God, through Jesus Christ.
Turn to Him now, just as you are, and trust Him. There is forgiveness now, at this moment, and there is healing in His leaves for every sick soul that comes.
You have spoken plainly about past relationships which you know were not according to the Lord's holy way, and you ask for healing for yourself and for those who were involved. We do not affirm or ask God to bless what His Word calls sin, for He has shown us that salvation is through Jesus Christ alone and that marriage is a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, with intimacy belonging only within it. Yet where sin has abounded, grace does much more abound, and therefore we point you to the cross where forgiveness and healing meet.
Hear the blessed whisper of Scripture, There is forgiveness with God. Not forgiveness for this sin or for that only, but forgiveness without limit, without qualification, for whatever your sins may have been. As soon as a penitent heart trusts in the crucified Saviour, all sins are forgiven, whether past, present, or to come. The tally is destroyed, the record of debt is nailed to the Cross, and the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. He never plays fast and loose with men. If you have been the chief of sinners, you may have the chief of sinners forgiveness, and God can bestow it now. Believe in the forgiveness of sins for yourself, as a man believes the Creed, and take it as your own.
With this forgiveness there comes healing. The Scripture says the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations, and the least thing about Christ is healing. His fruit is sweet and nourishing, but even His leaves have virtue to change the life blood and make the nature other than it was before. The prophet also joins them in happy conjunction, the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick, for the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity. Healing and pardon come together from the same pardoning hand.
We will pray for you, and for those others whose hearts have been wounded through these relationships, that the Lord would grant you all true repentance and faith in Christ, and with it that complete and eternal forgiveness which He gives freely through His Son. We pray that He would heal the wounds and pain and heartbreak that sin always leaves behind, that He would cleanse the conscience, quiet the memory, and make you whole in Him. We pray that He would keep you henceforth by His grace, walking in purity and newness of life according to His design, and that those who were involved would themselves seek and find the same mercy where it is to be found, with God, through Jesus Christ.
Turn to Him now, just as you are, and trust Him. There is forgiveness now, at this moment, and there is healing in His leaves for every sick soul that comes.
Jonathan_M
Beloved of All
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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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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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Chrysostom
Beloved of All
Thank you for sharing this honest request. It takes humility to look back and recognize that past relationships were not according to God's good design, and to desire healing from the wounds they have left. We are praying for you and for everyone else who was involved.
God sees the pain, heartbreak and wounds that broken relationships bring, and He is merciful to heal the brokenhearted. Through Jesus Christ alone we have forgiveness and hope, for He bore our wounds and offers cleansing and restoration when we turn to Him in repentance and faith.
We pray that the Lord would heal your heart where there is still pain and sorrow, bring comfort where there is heartbreak, and grant His forgiveness and peace as you trust in Christ. We pray also for the others involved, that God would work in their lives to bring healing, conviction where needed, and the grace to know His mercy. We ask that He would help you walk forward in wholeness, learning to live according to His design for marriage as a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, with sex and living together belonging within it, and that He would guard your heart and give you strength each day.
If wounds still feel fresh, keep bringing them to the Great Physician in prayer and in His Word, trusting that He is patient to dress wounds and restore health over time. Like a physician who does not give up but continues to apply medicine, the Lord is able to make what was broken whole and to use even past sorrow to teach mercy, patience and kindness toward others.
We will continue to pray for your healing and renewal, that you would know more deeply the forgiveness and wholeness that are found in Christ.
God sees the pain, heartbreak and wounds that broken relationships bring, and He is merciful to heal the brokenhearted. Through Jesus Christ alone we have forgiveness and hope, for He bore our wounds and offers cleansing and restoration when we turn to Him in repentance and faith.
We pray that the Lord would heal your heart where there is still pain and sorrow, bring comfort where there is heartbreak, and grant His forgiveness and peace as you trust in Christ. We pray also for the others involved, that God would work in their lives to bring healing, conviction where needed, and the grace to know His mercy. We ask that He would help you walk forward in wholeness, learning to live according to His design for marriage as a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, with sex and living together belonging within it, and that He would guard your heart and give you strength each day.
If wounds still feel fresh, keep bringing them to the Great Physician in prayer and in His Word, trusting that He is patient to dress wounds and restore health over time. Like a physician who does not give up but continues to apply medicine, the Lord is able to make what was broken whole and to use even past sorrow to teach mercy, patience and kindness toward others.
We will continue to pray for your healing and renewal, that you would know more deeply the forgiveness and wholeness that are found in Christ.
Silas
Beloved of All
Your honesty before God about these past relationships is itself a step toward healing, and it is right to recognize that some of those relationships were not according to His will. God does not respond to that honesty with thundering judgment. His heart is grieved over our failures because He loves us and His deepest desire is to restore us, to see Christ formed in us and to bring us into a new and living relationship with Himself through faith in Jesus.
That restoration means looking forward, not going back to the weak and empty patterns of the past. The winter season of sin brings a kind of deadness and barrenness to our lives and to our relationships, but in Christ that winter can be past. He brings a springtime where new life can appear, where what was broken can begin to grow again in a healthy way.
Part of that new life is understanding what healing really is. Scripture shows that Jesus has power in every realm. He healed the leper with a touch, He healed the centurion's servant with a word from a distance, He healed Peter's mother in law of a fever in the closest place of family relationship, and in the evening He healed multitudes who were sick and oppressed. Matthew connects all of this to the prophecy in Isaiah chapter 53 verse 4, that He bore our griefs and carried our infirmities. That word for griefs can also be translated infirmities, and Matthew applies it to physical healing as well as spiritual healing. When Jesus gave His body for us, He made provision for the healing of our whole person, body, mind and spirit.
At the same time, healing in the Bible is not confined to one pattern. Sometimes it was instant, sometimes it was gradual, sometimes with a touch and sometimes with only a word. Sometimes healing comes through the natural processes God Himself built into our bodies, which are no less divine because they are natural. And sometimes, for reasons within His eternal purposes that we cannot fully understand, God does not bring the complete healing we ask for right away. That is not a sign that you lack faith or that you are still under condemnation. Even the apostle Paul prayed for his own thorn in the flesh and for his close companion Timothy in his frequent sicknesses, and the answer was not an immediate removal but grace to walk forward and simple, practical wisdom for the body. Do not let anyone tell you that ongoing pain means there is still hidden sin in your life if you have confessed and turned to Christ. God has a purpose, and He is still good.
There is also a deeper wholeness that comes when we learn to give thanks. Ten men were once cleansed of leprosy after Jesus told them to go show themselves to the priest, which was the first step to being restored to their community. Only one turned back to give thanks, and to him Jesus said he was made whole. To be healed is one thing, to be made whole in heart and mind before God is even greater. Thankfulness opens us to that wholeness.
Much of the constant struggle to find balance in relationships comes from the vertical axis of life being off center. When our relationship with God is out of balance, our relationships with others will be out of balance as well, no matter how much counsel we seek. The most important advice is to put God at the very center. When He is at the center, through faith in Jesus Christ alone for salvation and forgiveness, He begins to set the rest of life in order. For you this means receiving His complete forgiveness for the past, and also embracing His design for the future, that sexual intimacy and living together belong only within the lifelong covenant of marriage between one man and one woman. That is not to shame you, but to show you the safe and good path where future relationships can flourish without repeating the same wounds.
So I will pray for you and for the others involved, not that God would bless what was outside His will, but that He would bring true healing from it.
Father, in the name of Jesus, thank You that You have borne our griefs and carried our infirmities and that You forgive all who come to You through Your Son. I ask that You would pour out Your forgiveness and cleansing over this life, and that You would heal the wounds, the pain and the heartbreak that have come from these past relationships. Heal memories, heal emotions, heal any lingering effects in body and mind, whether instantly or gradually according to Your perfect wisdom. Do the same for each other person who was involved, wherever they are, that they too might find forgiveness and wholeness in Christ. Teach us to give thanks for Your mercy and to walk forward with You at the center, not returning to old patterns but living in newness of life. Form Christ more fully in us, and let what was a season of winter become a season of new growth. Amen.
That restoration means looking forward, not going back to the weak and empty patterns of the past. The winter season of sin brings a kind of deadness and barrenness to our lives and to our relationships, but in Christ that winter can be past. He brings a springtime where new life can appear, where what was broken can begin to grow again in a healthy way.
Part of that new life is understanding what healing really is. Scripture shows that Jesus has power in every realm. He healed the leper with a touch, He healed the centurion's servant with a word from a distance, He healed Peter's mother in law of a fever in the closest place of family relationship, and in the evening He healed multitudes who were sick and oppressed. Matthew connects all of this to the prophecy in Isaiah chapter 53 verse 4, that He bore our griefs and carried our infirmities. That word for griefs can also be translated infirmities, and Matthew applies it to physical healing as well as spiritual healing. When Jesus gave His body for us, He made provision for the healing of our whole person, body, mind and spirit.
At the same time, healing in the Bible is not confined to one pattern. Sometimes it was instant, sometimes it was gradual, sometimes with a touch and sometimes with only a word. Sometimes healing comes through the natural processes God Himself built into our bodies, which are no less divine because they are natural. And sometimes, for reasons within His eternal purposes that we cannot fully understand, God does not bring the complete healing we ask for right away. That is not a sign that you lack faith or that you are still under condemnation. Even the apostle Paul prayed for his own thorn in the flesh and for his close companion Timothy in his frequent sicknesses, and the answer was not an immediate removal but grace to walk forward and simple, practical wisdom for the body. Do not let anyone tell you that ongoing pain means there is still hidden sin in your life if you have confessed and turned to Christ. God has a purpose, and He is still good.
There is also a deeper wholeness that comes when we learn to give thanks. Ten men were once cleansed of leprosy after Jesus told them to go show themselves to the priest, which was the first step to being restored to their community. Only one turned back to give thanks, and to him Jesus said he was made whole. To be healed is one thing, to be made whole in heart and mind before God is even greater. Thankfulness opens us to that wholeness.
Much of the constant struggle to find balance in relationships comes from the vertical axis of life being off center. When our relationship with God is out of balance, our relationships with others will be out of balance as well, no matter how much counsel we seek. The most important advice is to put God at the very center. When He is at the center, through faith in Jesus Christ alone for salvation and forgiveness, He begins to set the rest of life in order. For you this means receiving His complete forgiveness for the past, and also embracing His design for the future, that sexual intimacy and living together belong only within the lifelong covenant of marriage between one man and one woman. That is not to shame you, but to show you the safe and good path where future relationships can flourish without repeating the same wounds.
So I will pray for you and for the others involved, not that God would bless what was outside His will, but that He would bring true healing from it.
Father, in the name of Jesus, thank You that You have borne our griefs and carried our infirmities and that You forgive all who come to You through Your Son. I ask that You would pour out Your forgiveness and cleansing over this life, and that You would heal the wounds, the pain and the heartbreak that have come from these past relationships. Heal memories, heal emotions, heal any lingering effects in body and mind, whether instantly or gradually according to Your perfect wisdom. Do the same for each other person who was involved, wherever they are, that they too might find forgiveness and wholeness in Christ. Teach us to give thanks for Your mercy and to walk forward with You at the center, not returning to old patterns but living in newness of life. Form Christ more fully in us, and let what was a season of winter become a season of new growth. Amen.
Thank you for giving us the privilege to pray on your behalf. We are glad that you asked us to stand in agreement with you in prayer concerning the wounds and heartbreak from past relationships.
We have been lifting you and those who were involved in those relationships before the Lord, asking Him to bring deep healing to every area of pain and brokenness. We pray that God would extend His forgiveness and grace where it is needed and heal every wound that remains in your heart and in the hearts of those who were hurt. We ask Him to restore you and make you whole and to bring peace where there has been pain. We take comfort in the promise in Psalm 147:3 that He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds and in Psalm 34:18 that the Lord is close to the brokenhearted. We pray that you would know His closeness and experience His healing and restoration in a personal and lasting way in Jesus Name.
If your request was answered and you have felt His healing and peace, please post a praise report and let us all know so we can rejoice with you. If your request does not seem to have been answered and you are still carrying pain from those relationships, please post it again as a new request and allow us to continue with you in prayer.
May God bless you as you continue to seek Him through His Son, Jesus Christ.
We have been lifting you and those who were involved in those relationships before the Lord, asking Him to bring deep healing to every area of pain and brokenness. We pray that God would extend His forgiveness and grace where it is needed and heal every wound that remains in your heart and in the hearts of those who were hurt. We ask Him to restore you and make you whole and to bring peace where there has been pain. We take comfort in the promise in Psalm 147:3 that He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds and in Psalm 34:18 that the Lord is close to the brokenhearted. We pray that you would know His closeness and experience His healing and restoration in a personal and lasting way in Jesus Name.
If your request was answered and you have felt His healing and peace, please post a praise report and let us all know so we can rejoice with you. If your request does not seem to have been answered and you are still carrying pain from those relationships, please post it again as a new request and allow us to continue with you in prayer.
May God bless you as you continue to seek Him through His Son, Jesus Christ.
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