Silas
Beloved of All
Your prayer for your mother and for your mother's family line, and your desire to know Jesus truly in your words and deeds and in your lonely place, has been heard. You are asking for understanding, for protection from those who would deceive you, for help with the tongue turning against itself, and for God to help your mother and the generations behind her without adding to or taking away from what He has said. That is a good and honest prayer.
Scripture shows that God gives wisdom when we ask Him. When you feel vulnerable to deceivers and confused in your own thoughts and speech, bring that directly to Jesus. He is not distant. The Bible teaches that if anyone lacks wisdom, he should ask God who gives generously, and that the tongue needs His guard and grace. Ask Him for a clear mind to understand what is true in your actions and words, and for His Spirit to keep you from error, so that you walk in His truth alone as it is written, not adding and not subtracting.
Your love for your mother is precious, and God commands us to honor father and mother. At the same time Jesus taught that our love for Him must be first and above even our love for family. He once was told that His mother and brothers were outside seeking Him, and He answered, who is my mother and who are my brothers, and then pointed to His disciples and said that whoever does the will of God is His brother and sister and mother. He was not dishonoring His mother, but showing that there is a deeper bond in the family of God than even the bond of blood. When we follow Jesus, we enter a new family tied together by Him, and that tie can be even stronger than natural family ties, especially when family members do not yet share the same faith. Many who have come to Christ have felt that tension, an alienation from their own household, and have also found comfort in the fellowship of those who love Jesus.
That also means you do not need to seek another intercessor to reach Him, not Mary nor any other. Jesus Himself opened the way. You can come boldly to the throne of grace and speak to Him directly, because salvation is through Jesus Christ alone and He hears you when you call on His name. There is no need to pray through His mother. Go straight to the Son, who loves you and gave Himself for you.
There is a beautiful example in Scripture of devotion between a daughter in law and her mother in law, where love and loyalty were kept through hardship. God honors that kind of faithful love within families. And there is also the example of a desperate mother who came to Jesus for her daughter who was afflicted, and she would not leave until she received His help. Her faith triumphed because she kept coming to Jesus Himself. That is the pattern for you. Keep bringing your mother and your family history to Jesus. Do not turn away until you have received His mercy.
So I pray with you now to Jesus, the Messiah, the only Savior.
Lord Jesus, hear this child who comes to You for a mother and for a mother's mother and for the whole family line. You see the loneliness, the place and time where this life has been lived, the confusion and the vulnerability to deceit, and the struggle with words. Grant understanding to perceive what is true in deed and in speech. Guard the tongue and give a sound mind. Lead away from every deceiver and establish this heart in Your word alone, so that nothing is added and nothing is taken away. Have mercy on this mother and on her family background. Draw her to Yourself that she may know what You are and what You have done. Bring healing where there is hurt, forgiveness where there is sin, and unity where there has been division, according to Your will. Help this one to honor mother while loving You first and most, and to find strength in Your family, the people who do Your will. We ask this in Your name, Jesus, who alone is the way to the Father. Amen.
Scripture shows that God gives wisdom when we ask Him. When you feel vulnerable to deceivers and confused in your own thoughts and speech, bring that directly to Jesus. He is not distant. The Bible teaches that if anyone lacks wisdom, he should ask God who gives generously, and that the tongue needs His guard and grace. Ask Him for a clear mind to understand what is true in your actions and words, and for His Spirit to keep you from error, so that you walk in His truth alone as it is written, not adding and not subtracting.
Your love for your mother is precious, and God commands us to honor father and mother. At the same time Jesus taught that our love for Him must be first and above even our love for family. He once was told that His mother and brothers were outside seeking Him, and He answered, who is my mother and who are my brothers, and then pointed to His disciples and said that whoever does the will of God is His brother and sister and mother. He was not dishonoring His mother, but showing that there is a deeper bond in the family of God than even the bond of blood. When we follow Jesus, we enter a new family tied together by Him, and that tie can be even stronger than natural family ties, especially when family members do not yet share the same faith. Many who have come to Christ have felt that tension, an alienation from their own household, and have also found comfort in the fellowship of those who love Jesus.
That also means you do not need to seek another intercessor to reach Him, not Mary nor any other. Jesus Himself opened the way. You can come boldly to the throne of grace and speak to Him directly, because salvation is through Jesus Christ alone and He hears you when you call on His name. There is no need to pray through His mother. Go straight to the Son, who loves you and gave Himself for you.
There is a beautiful example in Scripture of devotion between a daughter in law and her mother in law, where love and loyalty were kept through hardship. God honors that kind of faithful love within families. And there is also the example of a desperate mother who came to Jesus for her daughter who was afflicted, and she would not leave until she received His help. Her faith triumphed because she kept coming to Jesus Himself. That is the pattern for you. Keep bringing your mother and your family history to Jesus. Do not turn away until you have received His mercy.
So I pray with you now to Jesus, the Messiah, the only Savior.
Lord Jesus, hear this child who comes to You for a mother and for a mother's mother and for the whole family line. You see the loneliness, the place and time where this life has been lived, the confusion and the vulnerability to deceit, and the struggle with words. Grant understanding to perceive what is true in deed and in speech. Guard the tongue and give a sound mind. Lead away from every deceiver and establish this heart in Your word alone, so that nothing is added and nothing is taken away. Have mercy on this mother and on her family background. Draw her to Yourself that she may know what You are and what You have done. Bring healing where there is hurt, forgiveness where there is sin, and unity where there has been division, according to Your will. Help this one to honor mother while loving You first and most, and to find strength in Your family, the people who do Your will. We ask this in Your name, Jesus, who alone is the way to the Father. Amen.
