Prayer for a Redemptive Miracle

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Dear Fellow Christians, I ask that you join me in prayer for a financial redemption. I have obligations and debt piling up. I am truly overwhelmed. There is no other way. I have done all that I can. And everything I set my mind to is falling apart. I truly need our Lord to redeem me and restore in hundredfold. As our Lord told us where two or more gather in my name, there am I with them. Nothing is impossible or too hard for our God, and with all the faith and belief, please join me in prayers. Amen, and Thank you, and may our God Lord bless you and give you peace that surpasses understanding. Amen. Yours faithfully, ###

 

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We have read your request and we join you in lifting this burden to our Father in heaven, for we know what it is to feel overwhelmed when obligations and debt press in and everything we set our hand to seems to fall apart. We thank you for reaching out and for remembering the promise of our Lord that where two or three are gathered together in his name, there he is in the middle of them, Matthew 18:20, and that nothing is too hard for our God, for with God nothing will be impossible, Luke 1:37, and indeed there is nothing too hard for you, Jeremiah 32:17.

We want to gently encourage you in your understanding of redemption and restoration. Our God is indeed a redeemer and restorer, and he has promised to supply every need of ours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus, Philippians 4:19, and to care for us as we seek first his Kingdom and his righteousness, Matthew 6:33, with all these things being added to us. At the same time, Scripture does not promise a guaranteed hundredfold financial return as a formula, but teaches contentment, diligence, and stewardship, and that the plans of the diligent surely lead to profit, Proverbs 21:5, and that we should count the cost and be faithful with what we have, Luke 14:28. We encourage you not to lose heart if the answer does not come as a sudden windfall, but to trust that God in his wisdom will provide what is best and will give wisdom to those who ask him.

We also want to lovingly point you to the name through which we come to God. You spoke of our Lord, and we rejoice that you know him, yet we want to be clear that it is only through Jesus Christ that we have access to the Father, for Jesus said I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me, 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, Acts 4:12. If you have not already placed your full trust in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, believing that he died for your sins and rose again, we urge you to do so, for then you can come boldly before the throne of grace in his name.

We also encourage you while you pray for a miracle to also take practical steps of stewardship that honor God. We are taught to owe no one anything, except to love one another, Romans 13:8, and that the wicked borrow, and do not pay back, Psalm 37:21. We encourage you to seek godly counsel, to make a faithful budget, to be diligent in work, and to be open and honest with creditors as you are able. Keep your life free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you, Hebrews 13:5. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God, Philippians 4:6, and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus, Philippians 4:7.

We pray together for you now.

Father in heaven, we come before you in the name of Jesus Christ, and we lift up our brother to you in his financial distress. You see the debts piling up, the obligations, the anxiety, and the feeling that there is no other way. Lord, you know his diligence and his weariness. We ask for your mercy and provision according to your perfect will. Grant him wisdom to steward what he has, open doors for honest work and provision, give favor where needed, and help him to honor you in all his financial dealings. Provide for his daily needs and help him to walk in freedom from the burden of debt. Above all, guard his heart with your peace that surpasses understanding, strengthen his faith, and remind him that you are his shepherd and he shall not want. Help him to seek you first and to trust not in riches but in you who richly provides us with all things to enjoy. We ask this in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, our hope and our redeemer, Amen.

 

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We are grateful you reached out and let us pray with you. Hearing that debt is piling up and everything you try feels like it is falling apart is heavy, and it makes sense you feel overwhelmed and out of options.

We want you to know you are not carrying this alone. We are joining our faith with yours and asking the Lord to meet you in this pressure with His nearness, wisdom and provision.

When finances feel tangled, it can help to have one steady person look at the details with you. If you have a trusted pastor, financial counselor or a nonprofit debt counseling service nearby, consider inviting them to sit down with you to name the most urgent pressure point and walk through next options together. You do not have to sort it all at once, just one step at a time with support.

Father, we lift our friend to You in Jesus name. You see their obligations, their worry and their desire to honor You. Give them clear wisdom for each decision, open doors for provision and work, and guard their heart with Your peace as they wait on You. Lead them to trustworthy help and remind them daily that they are held by You. In Jesus name, amen.

We will keep praying with you. Please keep us updated on how you are doing.

 

[flora]

I prayed for this in Jesus Name.

 

[barbaracottle]

Praying in Jesus Name.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your cry has been heard and your burden has been laid before the Lord with you. You speak of being overwhelmed, of obligations and debt piling up, of having done all that you can and finding everything falling apart. Such a state is indeed heavy to bear, and we do well to bring it to the throne of grace where two or more gather in His name, for there He has promised to be in the midst.

Yet let us together consider what the Scriptures mean when they speak of redemption. We were by nature over head and ears in debt to God, not of silver and gold, but of sin, a grievous burden from which we feared we never could escape. We owed to God the Father more than we could ever tell, and could not pay. And can you grasp the thought of the greatness of your Saviour's mediation when He paid your debt, and paid it all at once. Christ Jesus gave His life a ransom for many, and by that ransom He wrought out for us a great redemption. There now remaineth not one farthing of debt owing from Christ's people to their God, except a debt of love. This is redemption by price, by blood, and it is a plenteous redemption, compendious and complete. Whatever Christ's design was in dying, that design cannot be frustrated. He will complete also the redemption by power, and at last the redemption in perfection.

This does not mean the Lord is unmindful of your temporal distress. He knows your need and your frame. The burden of life is very heavy, but remember that your burden is easy to bear when Christ is with you. When Jesus Christ has strengthened you with all strength in your inner man and put into you His own omnipotence to be your succor, then shall the burden cease to be a burden to you any longer. For He says, My yoke is easy and My burden is light. Every man shall bear his own burden, and yet we are also called to bear one another's burdens with great compassion and with prayer. You have not thrust your burden upon us in vain, for we will bear this burden with you before the Lord.

Let us pray together.

O gracious Father, who didst choose Thy people before all worlds and didst give Thine only Son to be a ransom for many, we thank Thee for redemption by blood, that plenteous redemption which cleanses from all sin. We bless Thee that no price was paid to Satan, but Christ gave Himself for us, and we are justified through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus.

We lift up this our brother and sister who is pressed down with financial obligations and debt. Thou seest the anxiety, the sleepless care, the sense that there is no other way. Lord, have mercy and grant wisdom, diligence and honest stewardship in all temporal things. Provide according to Thy fatherly goodness what is needful for daily bread, open doors for honest labour and counsel, and keep this soul from snares and from hasty courses. Teach contentment with Thy provision and trust in Thy providence, knowing that godliness with contentment is great gain.

Above all, grant the peace that surpasses understanding, that even while the burden remains, the heart may rest because Christ bears it with us. Let this trial drive the soul nearer to Jesus, to learn of Him and find rest. May the Holy Spirit teach us to value this great redemption, and to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, trusting that all needful things shall be added according to Thy will.

We ask this not because we merit a hundredfold return as wages, but because we plead the merit of Him who paid our greatest debt. Hear us for His sake. Amen.

 

[Violetblue]

Praying for this request in Jesus Name.

 

[usha rani]

Praying for this in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Jonathan_M]

Praying for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Windwold]

Praying for this in Jesus Name.