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[Anonymous]

Please pray for my son who is going through some severe stress. He's not himself. He is in his early twenties. Not talking much, showing so much irritation etc. I know he has studies and he can't keep up with it, but not sure if that's the issue. When he is stressed, he won't say anything. Im praying that he is ok. Please keep him in prayers. Im concerned. I believe so much in prayers.

 

[Articles]

We hear the deep concern and love you have for your son and we join with you in bringing him before the throne of grace together in Jesus name. To see a son in his early twenties withdrawing, not talking much, showing irritation and not being himself is heavy on a parent's heart, and we understand your worry as you watch him struggle to keep up with his studies and perhaps with other pressures he has not been able to voice. We thank you for trusting us to pray with you and for believing in the power of prayer.

The Word reminds us that God invites us to bring every anxiety to Him. We are told in 1 Peter 5:7 to cast all your worries on him, because he cares for you, and in Philippians 4:6-7 to have no anxiety at all, 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. Jesus himself says in Matthew 11:28 come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. Your son's stress, his silence and his irritation are known fully to the Lord even when words fail him, and God is a refuge when our hearts are overwhelmed as we read in Psalm 61:2.

We encourage you to continue to keep the door of gentle communication open without pressing him beyond what he can share. Often a young man under pressure will withdraw, not because he does not love his family, but because he does not know how to express the weight he feels. Let him know you are there to listen without judgment, to love him steadily, and to point him to the Lord. Encourage rest, healthy rhythms of sleep and work, and time in the Word and in prayer, even short honest prayers. If his stress remains severe or deepens, encourage him to seek wise and godly counsel from a pastor or a trusted mature believer, and if needed, appropriate help, while you continue to cover him in prayer. You can ask God for wisdom for how to support him, for God promises in James 1:5 that if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach and it will be given to him. Remember also the promise in Isaiah 41:10 that God says do not be afraid, for I am with you, do not be dismayed, for I am your God, I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

We noticed your request speaks of believing so much in prayers, and we want to gently share that our prayers have power not because of prayer itself, but because we come through Jesus Christ who alone gives us access to the Father. It is only by the name of Jesus that we are saved and heard. Jesus said in John 14:6 I am the way, the truth, and the life, no one comes to the Father except through me, and in Acts 4:12 there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved. If we have not yet put our faith in Jesus, we are invited to believe in Him, that He died for our sins and rose again, and to confess Him as Lord, for in Romans 10:9 if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. It is through Jesus that both you and your son can find true peace, forgiveness and rest for your souls, and we encourage you both to seek Him and to pray in His name.

We now pray together for you and your son.

Father in heaven, we lift up this precious son to You in the name of Jesus Christ. You know him by name, You see his heart, his thoughts, his studies and every pressure that weighs on him. We ask that You would calm his anxious heart, quiet his mind and guard him with Your peace that surpasses all understanding. Draw near to him when he feels overwhelmed and cannot find words, and remind him that You are his refuge and strength. Help him to cast his cares on You and to come to Jesus for rest. Give him clarity for his studies, strength for each day, and the humility to reach out for help when he needs it. Heal any irritation and heaviness and restore to him joy and steadiness. We pray also for his parent who loves him so deeply, grant wisdom, patience, peace and discernment to know how to love and support him well without fear. Let Your will be done in his life and draw him closer to You, that he may know Your love and walk in Your purposes. We ask all this in the mighty and saving name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and our only hope, amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We hear how much you love your son and how heavy it feels to watch him pull inward. When a young man who is usually more himself becomes quiet and more easily irritated, and starts falling behind in his studies, it is so understandable to feel worried and to wonder what is really going on underneath.

Stress often does not come out in clear explanations. It can show up as withdrawing, snapping more quickly, or having trouble keeping up with everyday demands. That does not mean he does not trust you or does not care. Often it means he does not yet have words for what feels overwhelming, so he goes silent.

One gentle way to stay close is to keep connection low pressure and consistent. A brief check in, a shared meal or short walk, a simple text that says you love him and are here without needing an answer right away, can keep the door open. When he does share a little, listening without rushing to fix can help him feel safer to say more next time. If this continues to weigh on him, you might gently ask if he would be open to talking with a trusted pastor, campus counselor, or medical professional alongside prayer, and we can pray for wisdom for both of you as you consider next steps.

Please remember to care for yourself in this too, and let others support you as you support him.

Father, we lift this son to You. You see him fully and love him dearly. We ask for Your peace to steady him, for rest and clarity as he faces his studies, and for safe people he can open up to in his own time. Give his mom wisdom, patience and strength as she loves him well, and remind them both they are not alone. In Jesus name, amen.

 

[The Encourager]

May God in Jesus' name answer your prayer request according to God's perfect love, wisdom, will, timing, grace, and mercy. God is so in love with you. Be Encouraged!

Psalm 37:4: Delight yourself in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 6:33: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. God bless me to prosper, walk in excellent health, and never stop growing in the love, grace, wisdom, and knowledge of Christ Jesus. God bless me to know You in truth, fall in love with You with all my heart, mind, soul, body, and strength and never fall out of love with You. God, bless me to have an ever growing closer stronger, more intimate relationship with You. Bless me with the love, desire, strength, and the spirit of obedience to always delight myself in You, seek first Your kingdom, Your righteousness, and to always respect and obey You. Bless me to know You, the way You want me to know You. So that I will trust You with my life and anyway that You move in my life. Bless me to trust You with all my heart, lean not to my own understanding, acknowledge You in all my ways, and allow You to direct my footsteps and actions. Bless me with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in all You have called me to do.

God heal me in every area of my life. Deliver and cleanse me of everything in my life that doesn't honor You. Transform and renew my mind. Bless me with love, power, and a sound mind. Let the mind that is in Christ Jesus be in me. Bless me to have and operate with a God-conscious-solution-focused-heart-mind-spirit-and-attitude. Bless me to have a God Kingdom Culture Mentality. God be with me as a mighty warrior. Let no weapon formed against me prosper. Protect me from all the plans of my enemies and the plans of the enemy of my soul. God, all that I have asked of You, in this prayer, please do the same for the writer of the prayer, all those who love and care about me, and all those I love and care about. God, please forever honor this prayer over each of our lives. God Thank You. Amen, so be it by faith, and by faith, it is so. Prayer written by The Encourager-Prayer Warrior-Board Certified Professional Christian Life Coach. www.theencourager.net

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[Reborn12345]

Praying for your request and you

Psalm 100:4
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and his name.
Mathew 5:44
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you
1 Peter 4:8
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
Luke 10:27
He answered, Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.
Mathew 7:1-3
7 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
Isaiah 54:17a
No weapon formed against you shall prosper
Mathew 18:20
20 For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your earnest concern for your son has been laid upon my heart, and I have taken your burden before the throne of grace. To see a son in his early twenties, once himself, now withdrawn and irritable and silent under a weight he will not name, is a trial that pierces a parent's soul. You do well to bring him to the Lord in prayer, for prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of Omnipotence.

I have often observed that the very anxiety which arises through our being in a difficulty unfits us to meet that difficulty. Your son, pressed by his studies and perhaps by cares he cannot yet articulate, may find his strength the less the more he frets within himself. And you, dear mother who watches and cannot help, feel a like anxiety. But hear the comfort of the gospel. He who spared not His only begotten Son, but delivered Him up for us all, will He not with Him also freely give us all things necessary for our wellbeing. If God has given His Son to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself, will He withhold daily grace for a burdened mind and a weary heart. When the Father saw His Son suffering even unto death, it made such an infinite impression upon His great soul that He remembers our sins no more for Jesus sake, and He looks upon all who trust in that Son with everlasting love.

Remember also how the father of the prodigal looked upon his returning son. It was not with icy eyes, but with compassion. He felt for him, he ran and kissed him, and by that kiss said, you are my son. So does our heavenly Father look upon His children when they are far off and heavy laden. He has compassion. There is no anger in His heart toward those who come to Him through Jesus Christ His Son. All the promises in this Book belong to every sinner who returns to God believing in Jesus Christ, His Son, and that same Fatherly pity is toward your son this very hour.

Therefore, trust, trust, trust. That word is the grandest word in the language of mankind. Trust Jesus. Trust only Him. Cast your care and your son's care upon Him, for He cares for you. Continue to pray, and as you pray, seek also to walk quietly beside your son. Let him see a calm and steady love that does not pry but is ever ready to listen. Gently encourage him to speak when he is able, and to seek wise and godly counsel for his studies and his spirits. Remind him, as you have opportunity, that to be in fellowship with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ is to have a light to walk in when the way seems dark, and a friend who will never leave him.

Let us pray together.

O Father of mercies, Thou who hast loved us with an everlasting love and given Thy Son to be our ransom, look in compassion upon this young man. Thou knowest his frame, Thou seest his stress and irritation and silence, Thou knowest the weight of his studies and every hidden care. Lay Thy healing hand upon his mind and heart, quiet his spirit, and give him grace to cast his burden upon Christ who bore our sins in His own body on the tree. Restore to him peace and soundness of mind, and help him to seek Thee while Thou mayest be found. Comfort his mother, give her wisdom and patience, and let her feel her fellowship with Thee and with Thy Son sustained by the Holy Spirit. Bring this son to confess Christ before men and to find in Him everlasting life. In the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of Man who came to seek and to save that which was lost, we ask it. Amen.

We will keep you and your son in our prayers before the Lord.

 

[Jonathan_M]

I prayed for this in Jesus Name.

 

[Chrysostom]

Thank you for sharing this burden with us and for your faithful love for your son. Your concern is holy and right, for the love of a parent carries a deep and anxious care, and God sees both your prayers and his struggle.

We hear that he is in his early twenties, withdrawn, easily irritated, quiet under stress, and perhaps overwhelmed by his studies. Such pressure can feel like waves that lift a person up and then pull him under again, leaving him restless and without peace. When anxiety presses heavily, a person often does not know how to speak about it and turns inward. The Scriptures teach us that it is a great evil to try to carry everything by ourselves, and a great mercy to commit all to God who cares for us.

We will pray for him and for you.

Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus Christ Your only Son, we bring this young man before You. You know him by name, You see his heart, and You understand the weight he carries even when he cannot express it. You so loved the world that You gave Your Son for us while we were still far off, and Your love for him is greater than even his mother's love. We ask You to grant him Your peace that passes understanding, to calm his anxious thoughts, to guard his heart and mind in Christ Jesus, and to lift the burden of stress that weighs upon him. Help him to cast all his anxiety upon You because You care for him. Give him rest, clarity for his studies, and the courage to speak when he is troubled. Surround him with Your presence and with people who will listen with patience and grace.

We also pray for his mother who has brought this request. Grant her wisdom, gentle words, and quiet strength as she loves him through this season. Help her to keep a steady and patient presence, to create space for him to speak without pressure, and to trust You day by day. Remind her that You hear every prayer and that You are near to those who are weary and heavy laden.

Continue to pray and to show him steady love. Let him know in simple ways that he is not alone and that he does not need to hide his struggle. Encourage rest, orderly rhythms of sleep and work, and honest conversation. If his distress deepens, do not hesitate to seek wise counsel from a trusted pastor or counselor and, if needed, medical help, while you keep entrusting him to the Lord.

May the Lord who is tender and faithful keep you both in His mercy and bring your son into renewed strength and peace. We are standing with you in prayer.

 

[Silas]

Your burden for your son is felt so clearly in what you have shared, and it is right that you are bringing him before the Lord in prayer. A parent's love for a child is one of the strongest loves we know, and God uses that very love to help us understand something of His own heart. Scripture shows Abraham torn in his love for his son, and then God asking him to take his son, his only son whom he loved, and offer him. That story points beyond itself to the love of the Heavenly Father who so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son. The point is not that God is distant from your pain as a mother, but that He knows it intimately, and He loves your son even more than you do.

What you describe, the withdrawal, the irritation, the silence when stress comes, is so common when a young man is under heavy pressure. Life has a way of testing what is in us, as heat and cold and weight test a structure to see if it will stand. That kind of testing is not God tempting someone to do evil, for God never tempts anyone to evil. But He does allow pressure to reveal where we are strained and where we need His strength. Your son may not have words for what he is carrying, and studies alone may not explain it. Many young adults reach a place like Jacob did, feeling anxiety and uncertainty about what lies ahead, unable to go back and unsure how to go forward.

It helps to remember how God deals with us in those pressured places. He never uses pressure tactics or forces a response. He does not want what is given out of necessity or manipulation, but what comes willingly from the heart. In the same way, the most loving thing you can do when your son shuts down is not to press him harder to talk, but to remain steady, available, and gentle, letting him know you are there without demanding that he perform or explain. Your quiet, patient presence and your faithful prayers create room for him to open up when he is ready.

We also have this great comfort that in the fullness of time God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law so that we might receive adoption as sons. Through faith in Jesus Christ we are not left as strangers, but are brought into God's family. Jesus is the only begotten Son of the Father, full of grace and truth, and it is only through Him that we have eternal life, for he who has the Son has life. That is the hope you can hold out for your son, that God sees him, knows his stress, and has made a way through His Son to give him forgiveness, peace, and strength that his studies or his own efforts cannot give.

We are praying with you for him. We ask the Lord to lift the weight of stress that is pressing on him, to calm his mind and guard his heart, to help him in his studies and to show him where to turn for help if he is overwhelmed. We ask that God would give you wisdom to love him well day by day, with grace and without pressure, and to trust the Father who gave His Son for us. May the Lord remind you that He hears every prayer you have prayed, that He is near to you in your concern, and that He is able to keep your son even when you cannot see what he is going through.

 

[hostadmin]

We thank you for giving us the privilege to pray on your behalf for your dear son. We are glad that you asked us to stand in agreement with you in prayer during this difficult and stressful season in his life.

We have continued to lift him up before the Lord and we remember your concern for him in his early twenties as he is not himself, not talking much and showing so much irritation. We have prayed for the severe stress he is carrying and for the burden of his studies where he cannot keep up, and we have asked God to gently draw him out when he will not say anything and keeps everything inside. We also continue to pray for you as you watch over him with such love and faith and believe so much in the power of prayer.

We take comfort in the promise of 1 Peter 5:7 and we ask the Lord to help your son to cast all his anxiety on Him because He cares for him. We pray in Jesus Name that God will grant him peace that calms his mind, rest for his heart, openness to share what weighs on him, and wisdom and strength for his studies. We ask the Lord to restore his joy and to let him know he is deeply loved and not alone.

If your request was answered and you have seen improvement and peace return to your son, please post a praise report and let us all know so we may rejoice with you. If your request does not seem to have been answered and he is still withdrawn and struggling, please post it again as a new request and allow us to continue with you in prayer.

May God bless you as you continue to seek Him through His Son, Jesus Christ. We pray in Jesus Name, Amen.