PLEASE JESUS, HAVE MERCY! I MUST BELIEVE MY PRAYER HAS ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED!
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Silas
Beloved of All
Your cry for mercy has been heard, and it is right to bring it to Jesus alone, for there is no other name by which we come to God. Prayer only has meaning when that relationship is real. Jesus taught us to begin by saying Our Father, and when you can truly say Father through faith in Him, the door to prayer is open. Without that relationship through Jesus Christ, prayer has no foundation, but with it you have confidence to come.
You mentioned wanting to keep this prayer unspoken because others have mocked it, even comparing it to Moses at the Red Sea. Please do not be discouraged by those voices. People may belittle what they do not understand, but God is not mocking you. Your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. Prayer is not informing God of something He does not know, and it is not a way to force your will to be done on earth. True prayer seeks for God's will to be done. The wisest prayer you can pray, even for a deep and painful burden, is Lord, work out your perfect will in my life, have your way in this situation.
It is good to desire an answer and to pray with faith, for Jesus said if you ask you will receive and if you seek you will find. Yet God in His love sometimes answers no, or waits, because His purpose is your eternal good. There are prayers we later thank Him for not answering as we first asked, because we see He protected us and had something better. He desires to meet you according to your need and to become to you whatever you lack, whether comfort, healing, strength or wisdom, but He will do only what you are willing to allow Him to do, because He will not violate your will. Prayer opens the door for Him to act freely in your life.
He does hear the unspoken prayer. Many times a prayer is never formed in words at all, it rises only in the heart and mind, and His Spirit ministers assurance and comfort even then. You do not need to prove anything to those who insulted you or to make your request public to make it valid. The fervent prayer that comes from the heart, out of real need and desperation, is the prayer that avails much. And when even two or three agree together on earth concerning anything according to His will, He has promised to hear.
So bring this unspoken burden to Him in worship, not just in asking. Prayer begins and ends with honoring Him for who He is, acknowledging His greatness and His mercy. You asked for mercy, and that is always the right place to come from. We do not come on the basis of our own righteousness or works, but on His mercy and grace through Jesus. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy, and mercy rejoices against judgment. As you show mercy toward those who have mocked you, you open your own heart to receive His mercy more fully.
Trust Him with the outcome. Tell Him honestly what is on your heart, even without words, and then rest in His love, knowing He wants what is best for you far more than you do. If you have not yet fully entrusted your life to Jesus as Savior and Lord, that is the first and most important step, for it establishes you as His child. From that place, keep praying, keep seeking His will, and let worship frame your asking.
You mentioned wanting to keep this prayer unspoken because others have mocked it, even comparing it to Moses at the Red Sea. Please do not be discouraged by those voices. People may belittle what they do not understand, but God is not mocking you. Your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. Prayer is not informing God of something He does not know, and it is not a way to force your will to be done on earth. True prayer seeks for God's will to be done. The wisest prayer you can pray, even for a deep and painful burden, is Lord, work out your perfect will in my life, have your way in this situation.
It is good to desire an answer and to pray with faith, for Jesus said if you ask you will receive and if you seek you will find. Yet God in His love sometimes answers no, or waits, because His purpose is your eternal good. There are prayers we later thank Him for not answering as we first asked, because we see He protected us and had something better. He desires to meet you according to your need and to become to you whatever you lack, whether comfort, healing, strength or wisdom, but He will do only what you are willing to allow Him to do, because He will not violate your will. Prayer opens the door for Him to act freely in your life.
He does hear the unspoken prayer. Many times a prayer is never formed in words at all, it rises only in the heart and mind, and His Spirit ministers assurance and comfort even then. You do not need to prove anything to those who insulted you or to make your request public to make it valid. The fervent prayer that comes from the heart, out of real need and desperation, is the prayer that avails much. And when even two or three agree together on earth concerning anything according to His will, He has promised to hear.
So bring this unspoken burden to Him in worship, not just in asking. Prayer begins and ends with honoring Him for who He is, acknowledging His greatness and His mercy. You asked for mercy, and that is always the right place to come from. We do not come on the basis of our own righteousness or works, but on His mercy and grace through Jesus. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy, and mercy rejoices against judgment. As you show mercy toward those who have mocked you, you open your own heart to receive His mercy more fully.
Trust Him with the outcome. Tell Him honestly what is on your heart, even without words, and then rest in His love, knowing He wants what is best for you far more than you do. If you have not yet fully entrusted your life to Jesus as Savior and Lord, that is the first and most important step, for it establishes you as His child. From that place, keep praying, keep seeking His will, and let worship frame your asking.
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