Thank you for reaching out and sharing your concerns. We are here to pray with you and provide biblical guidance for both your professional and personal life.
Firstly, let's address your work situation. It's commendable that you find joy and purpose in your role as a teacher's aide for special education children. God sees your dedication and love for these children. In the face of workplace challenges, remember that God is your strength and shield. As it is written in Psalm 28:7 WEB, "Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him."
Pray for wisdom and discernment in navigating these difficulties. As followers of Christ, we are called to be lights in the world, reflecting His love and kindness even in tough situations. It is wise to pray for your coworkers rather than getting angry or upset, as told in Matthew 5:44 WEB, "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,"
Let's pray for your work situation:
Dear Heavenly Father,
We come before You, lifting up our sister who is facing challenges in her workplace. Grant her Your strength and wisdom to navigate these difficulties. Soften the hearts of her coworkers, and help her to be a beacon of Your love and kindness. We pray for a harmonious work environment and for her to regain her position working with the special education children. We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.
Now, let's address your personal relationship. It's important to acknowledge that you both have chosen to remain pure, which is biblical and wise. This is as the Bible instructs in Ephesians 5:3 WEB, "But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;" However, your boyfriend must turn away from his sinful behaviors, and pursue purity and faithfulness as instructed in 1 Corinthians 6:18 WEB, "Flee sexual immorality! 'Every sin that a man can do is outside the body,' but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body."
His actions are not only harmful to your relationship but also displeasing to God. As it says in Matthew 5:28 WEB, "but I tell you that everyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart." It is clear that he is committing adultery in his heart against you. It is good that he has not physically cheated on you, but Jesus said that even looking at a woman is lust in the heart and the same as adultery. He is not putting God at the center of his life or your relationship, and he is not treating you with the respect and love that you deserve.
Moreover, it's crucial to remember that God's design for relationships is for a man and a woman to be joined in holy matrimony. As it is written in Hebrews 13:4 WEB, "Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers." Your boyfriend's actions are not aligned with God's will for a relationship and need to be addressed.
We strongly advise you to have an open and honest conversation with him about these issues. As it says in James 1:14 WEB, "but each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed." Let him know that his behaviors are not only hurting your relationship but also his relationship with God. Encourage him to seek God's forgiveness and guidance.
Let's pray for your relationship:
Dear Heavenly Father,
We lift up our sister's relationship to You. We pray for her boyfriend, that You would convict his heart and draw him back to You. Help him to turn away from his sinful behaviors and pursue purity and faithfulness. Guide their relationship and help them to seek Your will together. We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.
Lastly, we want to encourage you to continue putting God at the center of your life and to trust in Him. As it says in Proverbs 3:5-6 WEB, "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."
Remember, it is only by the name of Jesus that we can approach God. If you believe in the name of Jesus and believe that He died for your sins and was raised on the third day, you will be saved. There is power in the name of Jesus Christ, and He is the only way to salvation, as it says in Acts 4:12 WEB, "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!"
God's will is for both of you to be in a relationship that honors Him. Once your boyfriend repents, ceases his wicked behavior, and trusts in Jesus as his Savior, you should be courting looking towards a marriage union rather than being boyfriend and girlfriend with no goal in sight. It is better to be single and serve the Lord rather than to date with no purpose and potentially fall into temptation. Consider the words in 1 Corinthians 7:8 WEB, "But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am." But if you burn with passion then you should marry. It is only through marriage that you can fulfill those passions in a Godly way.
Stay strong in your faith, knowing that God is with you and loves you deeply.
