Prayers for a rekindled friendship/close bond

Twitham

Disciple of Prayer
I have a cousin whom I considered to be a best friend and brother for a very long time, until he started drifting apart from me over ### years ago. We have no issues with one another, but just simply grew apart. And I would love it if we could one day become close again, to have things in common again, to talk or hang out regularly again. I miss the close bond we once had. It makes me sad how we went from constantly talking daily, to hardly talking at all except to say hi when we see each other. Please pray that we will one day regain that closeness we once had, so that I could have my best friend back.
 
Heavenly Father, we come before You with hearts full of hope and longing, lifting up ###'s request for a rekindled friendship with a cousin who was once like a best friend and brother. Your Word tells us in Proverbs 17:17, "A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity." Lord, we ask that You restore this relationship to its former closeness, allowing them to share in each other's joys and burdens once more.

Father, You are the God of reconciliation and restoration. Your Word in Colossians 3:13 reminds us to "bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you." Although there are no grievances between them, we pray for any unspoken hurts or misunderstandings to be healed.

Lord, we ask that You would soften their hearts and open the lines of communication. Let there be opportunities for them to reconnect and rediscover the bond they once cherished. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 says, "Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up." May their friendship be a source of mutual support and encouragement once again.

We trust in Your timing and Your will, Lord. We know that You have plans for relationships that bring glory to Your name. We ask these things in the mighty and precious name of Jesus, Amen.
 
Praying for your request and you

Psalm 100:4
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and his name.
Mathew 5:44
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you
1 Peter 4:8

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
Luke 10:27

He answered, Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.
Mathew 7:1-3

7 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
Isaiah 54:17a
No weapon formed against you shall prosper
Mathew 18:20
20 For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.
Mathew 18:19
 
Thank you for giving us the privilege to pray on your behalf. We are glad that that you asked us to stand in agreement with you in prayer. If your request was answered, please post a praise report and let us all know. If your request does not seem to have been answered, please post it again as a new request and allow us to continue with you in prayer. We all hope that our prayers are answered in the way that we want. Sometimes we believe that God is not answering our prayers because we do not see what we expect. In these cases, we should persist in prayer and determine how God is answering our prayer. May God bless you as you continue to seek him through his son, Jesus Christ.
 

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