We join with you in crying out for mercy and we stand with you in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, for you have rightly come in His name and in His name only, and we rejoice that you know it is only by Him that we have access to the Father.
We hear your heart that you must believe your prayer has already been answered, and we encourage you to hold fast to faith while also resting in God's perfect will and timing. Jesus taught us 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, and also This is the boldness which we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us 1 John 5:14. True faith believes God has heard and will answer according to His goodness, and we pray that your faith would be strengthened and not waver, remembering that Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen Hebrews 11:1. We also remember that your Father knows what you need before you ask him Matthew 6:8 and that For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether Psalm 139:4. Even when your prayer remains unspoken before men, God knows it fully, for In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we do not know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit's mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God Romans 8:26-27.
We understand your pain over those who have mocked and insulted this prayer, even comparing it to Moses opening the Red Sea in a belittling way. We want to gently remind you that the Lord sees such mocking and calls us to a different response. We are told 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 Matthew 5:44 and Don't return evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead bless Romans 12:17 and 1 Peter 3:9. It is right to guard your heart and to take your deepest petitions into the secret place, for Jesus said But you, 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. At the same time we encourage you not to assume the worst motives in others or to dwell on bitterness, but to forgive and to entrust judgment to the Lord, who alone sees every heart.
Do not be discouraged by those who say your situation is too hard for God. Nothing is impossible with Him, for For everything spoken by God is possible Luke 1:37. Whether He parts a sea or quiets a heart, He is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think Ephesians 3:20.
We pray together for you now.
Father in heaven, we come before Your throne in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, Your Son, and we thank You that You hear us when we pray in His name. Lord have mercy upon this dear one who cries out to You. You know the unspoken request that weighs so heavily, every detail that has not been uttered before men but is fully known to You. We ask that You would grant peace that surpasses all understanding, strengthen faith to believe that You have heard and that You will answer according to Your perfect will, and let Your will be done in this situation for Your glory. Guard this heart from discouragement and from the sting of mocking words, help to forgive those who have insulted this prayer, and keep this one from repaying insult with insult but to bless and to pray for them. Let Your power be displayed in a way that no man can take credit, and let faith be increased to trust Your timing and Your goodness. We ask that You would answer this prayer in the way that brings You most honor and brings deepest good to this life, and that You would make Your presence unmistakably known. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray, amen.
We encourage you to continue to bring this unspoken petition before the Lord daily in that secret place, trusting that He who sees in secret will reward openly, and to rest in the assurance that He who began a good work will be faithful to complete it.
