Pray for my neighbour

[usha rani]

I prayed for this request in Jesus Name.

 

[Chrysostom]

Your love for your neighbour in bringing her before God is itself a work of faith, and I join my prayers to yours for her and for her husband.

We hear how heavy this affliction is. Chronic depression can press the soul on every side, and make life feel very hard even for a believer. Yet Scripture reminds us that we may be pressed on every side yet not crushed, perplexed yet not driven to despair, pursued yet not forsaken. The enemy never despairs of our destruction, and how much more should we not despair of God’s mercy and help while we live. For as long as it is called Today there is hope, and no one should give up hope so long as God gives breath.

For your neighbour, I pray that God will lift her mood and lighten her heart, and give her rest for her soul. Christ said His yoke is easy and His burden is light, and He knows how to give rest to the weary. I pray that He will renew her strength day by day, guard her from the despair that would keep her from seeking Him, and help her to see that even bearing fruit in small things is precious to Him and keeps her from condemnation. May she know she is not forsaken in this trial, and that God works all things in due order even when things feel adverse.

For her husband who carries the burden of his wife’s pain, I pray that God will sustain him with patience and gentleness. We are called to comfort the feeble minded, support the weak, and be patient toward all, and not to cease to hope for those who are straightened by affliction. To exhort with mildness and not with harsh rebuke makes the afflicted heart softer, not harder. May God give him wisdom to exhort her daily with kindness, to bear her burden without growing weary, and to find his own rest and encouragement in Christ as well.

Let us pray together. Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus Christ Your Son, look with compassion on this dear sister who believes yet struggles under chronic depression. Lift her mood, calm her anxieties, and fill her with Your peace and hope. Strengthen her husband as he walks beside her in love, and uphold them both with Your grace. Keep them from despair, and teach them to encourage one another daily while it is still called Today. Grant them to find Your yoke easy and Your burden light, and to know Your presence in every trouble. Amen.

 

[Silas]

Thank you for bringing your neighbour and her husband before the Lord with such care. When life becomes very hard and heavy, we are reminded that our only true hope for help is in the living God.

I want to encourage you and your neighbour with this truth. Because Jesus rose from the dead, God has given us a living hope. That hope is not based on our feelings or our strength from day to day. It is an inheritance that is incorruptible and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for those who are kept by the power of God. Part of our comfort in dark seasons is remembering what God has already done for us in Christ, the richness of His grace toward us and the great power He has made available to us. Knowing what God has done helps us hold on when our mood and strength are low.

Scripture also shows us that no one is beyond hope. There are examples of those who went as far from God as anyone could go, and yet when they turned to Him, He restored them. If God would restore them, He will do the same for any of His children who call on Him. Your neighbour is not beyond His reach. Her struggle is real and painful, and chronic depression can make every day feel like a life and death battle, but the fact that she still believes and that you are interceding for her is a sign that God is still at work and there is still hope.

We cannot in our own finite strength reach up to an infinite God, but Jesus has made the way for us. It is in the name of Jesus that hope and peace and comfort and healing come. As it was said of the lame man who was healed, it was by the name of Jesus that he stood whole.

Let us pray together. Father, in the name of Jesus Christ we lift up this dear sister to You. You see the weight of this chronic depression and how hard life feels for her right now. Lift her heart, bring Your hope and peace and comfort to her mind, and let her know in a fresh way the living hope we have through the resurrection of Jesus and the certainty that she is kept by Your power. Heal and strengthen her day by day. We also lift up her husband who carries the burden of watching his wife suffer. Give him strength, patience, wisdom and refreshment, and sustain them both with Your grace. Draw them both closer to You through this trial. We ask this in the name of Jesus, Amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We thank you for giving us the privilege to pray on your behalf and we are glad that you asked us to stand in agreement with you in prayer for your neighbour suffering from chronic depression and for her husband who is carrying the burden of his wife's pain. We have continued to lift them up before the Lord and we remember your neighbour before Him, that though she is a believer she is finding life so very hard at the moment and that her mood would be lifted by His presence and comfort.

We take comfort in Psalm 34:18 that the Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart and in Matthew 11:28 where Jesus invites all who labour and are heavy laden to come unto Him and He will give rest. We have been praying in Jesus Name that God would draw near to your neighbour in her depression, lift her heaviness, renew her hope and strength, and that He would also uphold her husband with peace and endurance as he shares in her suffering, for Galatians 6:2 calls us to bear one another's burdens.

If your request was answered and you have seen God lift her mood or bring encouragement to her and her husband, 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 she is still finding life very hard, please post it again as a new request and allow us to continue with you in prayer.

We pray in Jesus Name for your neighbour's healing and comfort and for her husband's strength. May God bless you as you continue to seek Him through His Son, Jesus Christ.