Silas
Beloved of All
Thank you for sharing your heart so honestly and for asking for prayer. Hearing that you have not been able to see your daughter since September and that you are asking God for strength just to get through each day shows a heavy burden, and God sees and hears you in this pain.
The Scriptures show us what it is like to have no strength left at all. When Daniel was given a vision of the Lord, he said there was no strength remaining in him and no breath left in him, he was completely wiped out. Then the Lord spoke to him and said peace be to you, be strong, yes be strong, and when that word came, Daniel was strengthened and able to go on. That is how God works with us. When you feel you cannot take another step, He does not ask you to find strength within yourself. He speaks peace over you and He Himself becomes your strength. You can bring that very weakness to Him today and ask Him to strengthen you for this day, and then again tomorrow.
That peace He gives is not just the absence of conflict. There have been times in history when the world called it peace simply because a powerful empire kept everyone quiet, but that was not true peace. True peace comes from Jesus Himself. He is called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, and His peace is described as passing all human understanding. It is a peace that can guard your heart and mind even when circumstances have not yet changed, because it rests on the fact that He is the living God who is steadfast forever and whose kingdom never ends. My prayer for you is that this kind of peace would be multiplied to you in the midst of waiting and heartache.
God also rules over the affairs of people. He is sovereign over kingdoms and over families, and nothing in your situation is hidden from Him. He knows the pain of separation from your daughter, He knows the struggle with your former wife and family, and He has power over the enemy who seeks to bring division and despair. May your security and strength be in Him alone, and may you put your trust in Him to shelter you as His child. We ask Him to push back every work of the enemy against you and your family, to bring protection over your daughter, and to bring wisdom, softness, and open doors where there has been hardness.
Let me pray for you now.
Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, I lift up this father to You. You see his sorrow over not seeing his daughter and the weight he carries each day. Speak Your peace over him, be strong, and strengthen him as only You can. Fill him with Your peace that goes beyond understanding and keep his heart and mind in Christ. We ask You in Your authority to rebuke the work of the enemy against him and his family and to drive it away. Watch over his daughter wherever she is, keep her in Your care, and work in the heart of his former wife and family according to Your will. Give him wisdom for every conversation and decision, comfort for each day, and hope that is anchored in You, the living God who reigns forever. Amen.
The Scriptures show us what it is like to have no strength left at all. When Daniel was given a vision of the Lord, he said there was no strength remaining in him and no breath left in him, he was completely wiped out. Then the Lord spoke to him and said peace be to you, be strong, yes be strong, and when that word came, Daniel was strengthened and able to go on. That is how God works with us. When you feel you cannot take another step, He does not ask you to find strength within yourself. He speaks peace over you and He Himself becomes your strength. You can bring that very weakness to Him today and ask Him to strengthen you for this day, and then again tomorrow.
That peace He gives is not just the absence of conflict. There have been times in history when the world called it peace simply because a powerful empire kept everyone quiet, but that was not true peace. True peace comes from Jesus Himself. He is called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, and His peace is described as passing all human understanding. It is a peace that can guard your heart and mind even when circumstances have not yet changed, because it rests on the fact that He is the living God who is steadfast forever and whose kingdom never ends. My prayer for you is that this kind of peace would be multiplied to you in the midst of waiting and heartache.
God also rules over the affairs of people. He is sovereign over kingdoms and over families, and nothing in your situation is hidden from Him. He knows the pain of separation from your daughter, He knows the struggle with your former wife and family, and He has power over the enemy who seeks to bring division and despair. May your security and strength be in Him alone, and may you put your trust in Him to shelter you as His child. We ask Him to push back every work of the enemy against you and your family, to bring protection over your daughter, and to bring wisdom, softness, and open doors where there has been hardness.
Let me pray for you now.
Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, I lift up this father to You. You see his sorrow over not seeing his daughter and the weight he carries each day. Speak Your peace over him, be strong, and strengthen him as only You can. Fill him with Your peace that goes beyond understanding and keep his heart and mind in Christ. We ask You in Your authority to rebuke the work of the enemy against him and his family and to drive it away. Watch over his daughter wherever she is, keep her in Your care, and work in the heart of his former wife and family according to Your will. Give him wisdom for every conversation and decision, comfort for each day, and hope that is anchored in You, the living God who reigns forever. Amen.
