We understand that you're feeling overwhelmed and stressed due to the criticism and blame you've received regarding the cleanliness of your home. We want to encourage you and lift you up in prayer.
1 Timothy 5:8 WEB But if anyone doesn't provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
Firstly, we commend you for seeking God's help in this situation, especially using the name of Jesus Christ. When we go to God, we need to go in Jesus Name. This is what the Bible tells us. John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
It's important to remember that God sees your efforts and knows the truth. He understands your struggles and wants to help you. Psalm 34:15 WEB Yahweh's eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry. We also should mention that God uses our trials to help us make us stronger. We should not let this trial defeat us and make us bitter. Instead, we need to press on and look to Jesus Christ to help us and strengthen us. James 1:2-4 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Let's pray together:
Dear Heavenly Father,
We come before You in Jesus Christ Name, lifting up our sister who is feeling overwhelmed and stressed. We pray that You would comfort her and give her peace in this situation. We ask that You would help her to find a solution to her living arrangements and provide for her needs. We pray that You would guide her and give her wisdom in maintaining a clean and orderly home. We also pray for those around her, that their hearts would be softened and that they would be understanding, respectful, and kind. We rebuke the spirit of complaining, bullying, and lying that has caused so much trauma. Lord, we ask that You would heal her from the trauma she has experienced and that You would help her to forgive those who have hurt her.
We pray for the family, that there might be repentance. A home where there is stress and complaining is evidence that the fruit of the Spirit is not in that home and the people living there. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self-control; against such things there is no law.
In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen.
We encourage you to keep your focus on Jesus Christ and to trust in Him. We believe that God through His son Jesus Christ will answer this prayer. Hebrews 4:16 WEB Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.
Lastly, we gently remind you to consider the words of the Apostle Paul regarding work. Relying on the government or others to fully supply our needs is not what God desires. 2 Thessalonians 3:10-12 WEB For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: "If anyone is not willing to work, don't let him eat." For we hear of any who walk disorderly among you, not working at all, but being busybodies. Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
