We join you in fasting and prayer today and we thank you for bringing your youngest daughter before the Lord with such love and concern. We lift her up together in Jesus name and ask for God's will to be done in every area of her life.
We pray for her nursing school work. Nursing school is demanding and requires diligence and endurance, and we ask the Lord to give her wisdom, understanding, and strength to do all things well for His glory. Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men Colossians 3:23. Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed Proverbs 16:3. We ask God to help her steward her studies with excellence and to give her clarity of mind, memory, and focus as she learns to care for others.
We also must speak lovingly about her driving there and back on no sleep. We understand the pressure she is under, but we urge her and you to treat sleep and safety as stewardship of the body God has given. Don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you 1 Corinthians 6:19. Driving without sleep puts her life and the lives of others at great risk, and the Lord calls us to walk in wisdom and not in presumption. We pray Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forward and forevermore Psalm 121:8, and we also pray for practical wisdom to plan rest, to seek help, to adjust her schedule, or to avoid driving when exhausted. We ask Jesus to be her covering 24 hours a day as you said, for He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty Psalm 91:1, and He will give His angels charge over you to guard you in all your ways Psalm 91:11.
We lift up her mind, her trauma, her past relationships, her depression and her desire to isolate. We know the Lord sees her pain and He is near to those who hurt. Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit Psalm 34:18. He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds Psalm 147:3. We pray that God will heal her mind and renew it day by day. Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind Romans 12:2. We ask Him to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ 2 Corinthians 10:5 and to replace fear and heaviness with His peace. For God didn't give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control 2 Timothy 1:7. In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus Philippians 4:6-7.
Where past relationships have brought trauma, we pray for deep healing and forgiveness and for restoration of purity. If there has been sexual intimacy outside of marriage, we gently rebuke that because Scripture calls us to flee sexual immorality 1 Corinthians 6:18 and to honor God with our bodies, for fornication wounds the soul and hinders fellowship with Him. Yet we rejoice that If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins 1 John 1:9, and He makes us new. We pray that going forward any courtship she enters would be with a fellow believer in Christ with the goal of godly marriage between a man and a woman as God ordained, pursuing purity and holiness. We pray she will come to see herself as God sees her, cherished, forgiven, and covered by Jesus.
For her depression and isolation, we pray the Lord lifts the heaviness and draws her into fellowship. Cast all your worries on Him, because He cares for you 1 Peter 5:7. Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest Matthew 11:28. Isolation is not God's desire for her. We pray she will not forsake gathering with other believers Hebrews 10:25 and that she will allow you, her mother, and other godly people to help bear her burdens. Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right Honor your father and mother Ephesians 6:1-2, and we pray God will bring her closer to you so you can encourage, counsel, and help her as He intends.
We join our fast to yours and we pray together, Father, in the name of Jesus Christ we lift this precious daughter to You. Cover her with Your blood, guard her mind, heal her trauma, lift her depression, break the spirit of isolation, keep her safe on the road, give her restful sleep, grant her wisdom and endurance in nursing school, and draw her closer to You and to her mother. Let her know how much You love her and how You desire to give her hope and a future. We ask You to surround her with godly community and to lead her in purity and truth. We thank You for this mother's faithful prayers and fasting, and we trust You to answer according to Your perfect will. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
