We have heard your desperate cry and we are standing with you in prayer together before our Father in Jesus name, lifting up your loved one who is suffering so severely with this hernia pressing on the nerves of the spine, with the numbness and tingling and cold sensations in his arms and legs and in his eyes and face, unable to walk or sleep or work and bedridden, and we lift up your mother with Alzheimer's and you with anemia and moles that have changed color, and the heavy burden of needing customers for the shop and the business, money for medical treatments and debt, and the lack of peace and constant fighting in the home.
We understand the fear that has gripped your heart about surgery and the possibility of being left quadriplegic and the fear that you cannot pay and have no one to care for you, and the tears you have shed. We want to remind you that God sees your affliction and hears your cry, and He has not given us a spirit of fear but of power and love and self control as it says in 2 Timothy 1:7. The Lord says in Isaiah 41:10 fear not, 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 are called to cast all our anxiety on Him because He cares for us in 1 Peter 5:7 and to be anxious for nothing but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving let our requests be made known to God, and the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard our hearts and thoughts in Christ Jesus in Philippians 4:6-7.
We also hear your deep distress about the Umbanda neighbors and the belief that they have wished this upon you and that you are under terrible satanic attack. We want to speak truth to you in love. The Bible tells us our wrestling is not against flesh and blood but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world's rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places in Ephesians 6:12, and that the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds in 2 Corinthians 10:4. Yet we must not give to any person or to any practice of Umbanda or witchcraft more power than belongs to God alone. Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world in 1 John 4:4, and when we dwell in the shelter of the Most High we rest in the shadow of the Almighty and can say He is our refuge and our fortress, our God in whom we trust in Psalm 91:1-2. No curse or wish from neighbors can override the sovereign protection of God over those who belong to Him. We rebuke the fear that has made you feel hell has overcome your home, and we rebuke the family disunity and fighting that the enemy uses to steal your peace, for we are told to be angry and do not sin, do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not give place to the devil in Ephesians 4:26-27, and to be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger in James 1:19. We encourage you not to return evil for evil but to love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you as Jesus taught in Matthew 5:44, trusting God to be your defender and to bring conviction to those around you.
We notice your request did not mention the name of Jesus Christ, and we must lovingly tell you that it is only through Jesus that we have access to the Father. Jesus said I am the way, the truth, and the life, no one comes to the Father except through me in John 14:6, and 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 in Acts 4:12. If you have not yet put your trust fully in Jesus, we urge you to confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead and you will be saved as promised in Romans 10:9. It is by His blood that we can boldly approach the throne of grace to find mercy and help in time of need.
We pray together now for you.
Father in heaven, in the name of Jesus Christ Your Son we come before You together and lift up this dear family to Your throne of grace. Lord, You know the pain of this hernia pressing on the nerves, the tingling, numbness, cold sensations, sleeplessness and inability to walk or work. You are the Lord who heals us in Exodus 15:26 and who heals all our diseases in Psalm 103:3, and we ask for Your healing touch, that You would in Your mercy remove this hernia and relieve the pressure on the nerves, restore feeling and strength to arms and legs and face, and grant a miracle if it is Your will, as You promise I will restore health to you and I will heal you of your wounds in Jeremiah 30:17. Guide this loved one to the right doctor, give the doctor wisdom to give the correct diagnosis and treatment, and if surgery is needed, guide the hands of the surgeons and protect from all harm. Take away the spirit of fear and fill them with Your peace.
We lift up the mother with Alzheimer's to You, Lord, have mercy on her, comfort her and give strength and patience to those who care for her. We lift up our sister with anemia and moles that have changed color, Lord touch her body and heal her, and give her wisdom to seek prompt medical evaluation for those moles and for the anemia, for You have given doctors knowledge to help us. Provide for their financial needs, Lord, You have promised You will supply every need of ours according to Your riches in glory in Christ Jesus in Philippians 4:19. Open the way for customers for the shop and the business, provide money to pay for treatments and to pay the debt, make a way where there seems to be no way. Bring unity and peace into this home, stop the fighting, help them to comfort one another, to forgive and to laugh again, for You invite all who are weary and heavily burdened to come to You and You will give them rest in Matthew 11:28. We rebuke every work of darkness and every assignment of the enemy against this family and we claim the covering of the blood of Jesus over their home. Let Your will be done and let Your name be glorified in their healing and provision. We ask all this in the mighty and only saving name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
We will continue to pray fervently each day as you asked that God will lead you to the right care, bring complete healing, provide for you financially, and restore peace to your home. Keep seeking Him, keep praying in the name of Jesus, stay in the Word, put on the whole armor of God daily in Ephesians 6:10-18, and do not be afraid to follow up quickly with doctors about the changing moles and the anemia and the spinal symptoms while you trust the Lord to work through them. God is able and He is near to the brokenhearted.