PLEASE JESUS, HAVE MERCY! I MUST BELIEVE MY PRAYER HAS ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED!

[Anonymous]

Hi. This is asked of Jesus in His Name and in Jesus' Name only. Only Jesus can do this and Jesus will when you pray to Him be able to show you everything. There were malicious elements coming to this prayer, insulting it, with aim of said elements being for them to look good by insulting it. Such a specific element even made fun of the ###'s comparing the situation to Moses opening the Red Sea. While some of what said element preached has validity, I could not help but perceive it to be an attack on this prayer with the perceived intent being to look good by belittling the prayer. Said element is possibly looking for self-praise in this manner. So that had me realize that from now on it truly will have to be an unspoken prayer and I know God knows what this prayer is about.

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[Articles]

We join with you in lifting this unspoken prayer before the throne of grace in the name of Jesus Christ alone, for there is no other name by which we can approach the Father and it is only through Him that we have access to God and are saved, and we thank you for calling upon His name so clearly. We hear the urgency in your cry for mercy and your desire to stand in faith believing that your prayer has already been answered, and we stand with you in that faith while surrendering fully to the perfect will of our Lord.

We understand the hurt you felt when others mocked and insulted this prayer, even comparing it to Moses opening the Red Sea as if to belittle what God can do, and seeking to make themselves look good at the expense of your faith. The word warns us that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts, 2 Peter 3:3, and that blessed are you when people reproach you for His sake, Matthew 5:11. We do not return insult for insult but we pray for those who have spoken against you, that God would humble them and show them mercy, and we encourage you to forgive them as Christ forgave us, remembering Proverbs 16:18 that pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Your desire to keep this as an unspoken prayer from now on is understood, and we want to assure you that our Father knows what you need before you ask Him, Matthew 6:8, and that He sees in secret. When you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly, Matthew 6:6. Even when we do not have words, the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered, Romans 8:26, and He who searches the hearts knows what is on your mind, Psalm 139:1-4. You do not need to explain every detail to us for God already knows it completely.

We also affirm your faith to believe your prayer is already answered, for Jesus said Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them, Mark 11:24. Yet we also cling to this confidence that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us, 1 John 5:14, so we pray not only with bold faith but with submission to His perfect wisdom and timing, knowing that He who parted the Red Sea for Moses is still able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, Ephesians 3:20, and nothing is impossible with God, Luke 1:37. We encourage you to continue in faith without wavering, James 1:6, trusting that God will answer according to what is best for you and for His glory, even if the answer comes in a way or time different than expected.

We pray together now for you.

Father in heaven, we come before You in the mighty and only name of Jesus Christ, asking for Your mercy upon our dear one who cries out to You. Lord, You know this unspoken request in every detail, every burden and every hope hidden in the heart. We ask that You would grant peace that surpasses all understanding, Philippians 4:7, and strengthen faith to believe and to rest in Your goodness. Let Your will be done in this situation as it is in heaven, and if it is according to Your will, we ask that You would answer this prayer and make Your power and love evident. Protect this heart from discouragement and from the words of those who have mocked, and help our friend to forgive and to keep eyes fixed on You alone. Let faith arise and fear be cast out, for You have not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control, 2 Timothy 1:7. We trust You to act in Your perfect time and way, and we thank You that You hear us when we pray in Jesus name. Amen.

We encourage you to remain steadfast in prayer and in the Word, to keep bringing this matter before the Lord in that secret place where He meets you, and to rest in the assurance that He hears, He cares, and He is able. Do not let the scoffing of others cause you to doubt the power of Jesus, but let it draw you even closer to Him who is your refuge and strength. We continue to stand with you, believing God for His mercy and His perfect answer.

 

[hostadmin]

We hear how much this prayer means to you and how discouraging it felt to have it belittled, even compared to Moses and the Red Sea. It makes sense you would want to pull it close and keep it unspoken for a while when others used it to make themselves look good.

We want you to know we take your prayer seriously, and more importantly, Jesus does. He knows exactly what you are carrying even when you do not put it into words for others. Wanting to trust that He has heard you is a good place to rest, not because we can force an answer on our timetable, but because we can trust His character and His care for you.

If keeping this as an unspoken prayer brings you peace right now, that is okay. One gentle idea that has helped others is to keep a private note of the prayer just between you and the Lord, dated, so you can bring it to Him honestly each day without needing to defend it to anyone else. If you do want companionship in prayer, consider choosing one quiet, trusted believer rather than a public space where you have felt exposed.

Father, we lift our brother to You in Jesus name. You know this unspoken request fully. Guard his heart from the sting of mockery, draw him close to Your presence, and give him steady peace as he waits on You. Help him to know he is heard and loved. Amen.

 

[Jonathan_M]

Praying in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your cry, though now kept unspoken before men, is not hidden from Him who searches the heart. There is comfort in this, that God knows what you cannot utter, and that honest speech with Him in the day of trouble is never a fancy nor a farce. He is sure to hear the soul that calls upon Him in truth, even when the prayer is cold and poor, and He has heard such prayers and answered them according to His mercy.

Do not be moved because some have mocked and made sport of your supplication, likening it in scorn to Moses at the Red Sea. This is no new thing. Faith has ever had its mockers who say, He trusted on the Lord that He would deliver him, let Him deliver him if He will have him. Yet the God who divided the Red Sea is our God forever and ever, and is at this hour as mighty as when He overthrew the horse and his rider in the mighty waters. Let them mock, but do you distinctly declare that you believe in God, and tell what deliverances you have received. Our faith is not tied to time, as though if God does not deliver now our trust were folly. He answers in His own season and in His own way, and His way is best.

Therefore never cease from your trust, nor from your prayer, but grow more earnest in both. Give up all dependence anywhere but upon God, and let your cry grow more vehement both in the daytime and at night, for the Lord will still hear your prayer. Yet we must not pray ignorantly. We must pray with the understanding and with the spirit, so that we may clearly know what we are praying about. Get the promise and then offer the prayer, and plead it before the throne. Say with the patriarch, O God of my father Abraham, and plead the covenant in Christ Jesus, for all the promises are yea and amen in Him.

And while you wait, search yourself and breathe the prayer, Search me, O God, and try me, and know my ways, and see if there is any evil way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. There may be reasons inscrutable lying in the Sovereign purposes and wisdom of God why an answer tarries, and if we cannot tell why God does not yet answer as we desire, what must we say but that He is wise and good and does all things well. Jacob prayed and his prayer was answered, but not in the way he expected, for God met him and touched him and left him limping, yet blessed him there. So use the means that judgment dictates, and then fall back upon Him in confiding prayer just as if you had done nothing at all.

I will pray for you as you have asked, in the name of Jesus only, for there is salvation in no other, and no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved. May the Lord have mercy upon you and blot out your sin through the blood of Christ, and may He conform your desires and your petitions to His holy will and Word. If what you ask is according to His will, may He grant it in His perfect time for His glory. If it be not according to His Word, whether it concern any relation or manner of life which His Word calls sin, may He in great love deny what would harm you, lead you to repentance and faith, and give you grace to walk in the lifelong covenant of marriage as He ordained or in holy singleness before Him, keeping body and spirit pure. May He keep you close to the throne of heavenly grace, for close access there in wrestling prayer is sure to make the believer strong. Call upon Him in the day of trouble, believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him, and ask, seek, knock, trusting not in the urgency of your feeling that it must be answered now, but in His faithful love which has already proved itself in patience toward you and in calling you by grace.

May the Lord who hears unspoken groanings give you quiet assurance, keep you from depending on any arm of flesh, and cause you to hear by faith the footsteps of mercy drawing near, till you can say, I love the Lord, because He hath heard my voice and my supplications.