We have heard your honest cry and we join with you in bringing it before our Heavenly Father, thanking you for praying in the name of Jesus, for it is only through Him that we have access to God and it is in no other name that we are saved. John 14:6 says I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. And Acts 4:12 reminds us there is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved. We rejoice that you came in His name.
We understand the heaviness you feel when you do not know what your life is for and when stress presses in from many directions, health, family and other relationships, and when your mind feels clouded. God does have a purpose for you and He wants to make it clear as you seek Him. For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11. We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them. Ephesians 2:10. You are fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:14. Your life is not an accident, you were created on purpose and for a purpose, to know God, to glorify Him, and to walk in the good works He has prepared for you.
When your mind feels unclear and stressed, we are reminded to not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2. And Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6. We also hear your burden for health and family and relationships, and we know our Father cares deeply about each of these. In nothing be anxious, 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. Philippians 4:6-7. Casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7. Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28.
We also want to lovingly and directly address what you shared about lust issues, because God calls us to purity and holiness. His Word tells us to Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 1 Corinthians 6:18. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God. You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. God designed sexual intimacy to be enjoyed only within the lifelong covenant of marriage between one man and one woman, and any sexual thought or act outside of that marriage, whether fornication or adultery or lustful fantasies and pornography, is sin before Him. We must not entertain lust but flee from it, and Walk by the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh. Galatians 5:16. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9. We encourage you to confess this struggle openly to the Lord, to turn from it, to set up practical boundaries and accountability with a mature Christian believer, to guard your eyes and mind, and to pursue courtship that honors God with the goal of marriage to another Christian believer if God wills marriage for you, rather than any relationship that leads you into temptation.
We now pray together for you.
Father, we lift up this dear one to You in the name of Jesus Christ. We ask You to clear the confusion and renew the mind, to reveal Your will and purpose step by step and to give wisdom and guidance. I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you. Psalm 32:8. We ask for Your peace to guard the heart and mind, for healing and strength for health concerns according to Your will, for grace and forgiveness and reconciliation in family and other relationships, and for deliverance and victory over lust. Create in us clean hearts, O God, and renew right spirits within us. Wash us, cleanse us, and empower us by Your Holy Spirit to walk in purity. Help us to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ and to fix our minds on what is pure and holy. We cast all these cares on You, trusting that You are working all things together for good for those who love You and are called according to Your purpose. Romans 8:28. Lead us in Your perfect will and let our lives glorify You. In Jesus name we pray, amen.
We encourage you to stay rooted in daily prayer and in reading the Word, to fellowship with other believers who will encourage you and hold you accountable, and to keep seeking first God's Kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Matthew 6:33. God is faithful, and He will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. 1 Corinthians 10:13. We are standing with you, believing God will give clarity, peace, purity and purpose as you walk closely with Jesus day by day.