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[Anonymous]

Please pray for my friend. They are not themselves and are unkind Christian right now when usually very kind to others. They are harboring a lot of hurt, fear and vindictiveness towards ex. They are being very vain, self involved, saying things are about THEM and not others. It is how the Bible said in the last days that people will be lovers of themselves. I am shocked and saddened. All i can do is pray in the name of Jesus that their heart to be softened towards friends and family. For them turn towards God once again to be the kind, loving, giving, understanding, and person of God they were striving to be.

 

[Articles]

We hear your burden for your friend and we join with you in bringing them before the Lord, for we know how painful it is to watch someone we love who once walked kindly and faithfully now become hardened, self focused and unkind. You have discerned rightly according to Scripture, for it is written 2 Timothy 3:1-2 But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant. What you are describing, vanity, self involvement, saying things are about them and not others, is indeed that spirit of self love that the Bible warns will grow in the last days, and it grieves us as it grieves you.

We also recognize that hurt, fear and vindictiveness toward an ex can so easily take root and harden a heart if it is not surrendered to God. The Word tells us Ephesians 4:31-32 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you. Vindictiveness and an unforgiving spirit are not from the Lord, and we must gently rebuke that attitude even as we have compassion for the pain underneath it. Vengeance belongs to God alone, as it is written Romans 12:19 Don't seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord. When we hold onto hurt and try to repay evil ourselves, we carry a burden God never intended us to carry, and it makes us vain and self involved. We are called instead to humility, Philippians 2:3-4 doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others. And we are called to cast our fears and hurts on Him, 1 Peter 5:7 casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

We are thankful that you are doing what you can do, which is to pray in the name of Jesus, for it is only through Jesus that we have access to the Father and it is only He who can soften a hardened heart. We pray that God will give your friend a new heart as He promises Ezekiel 36:26 I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

We encourage you to continue to intercede with love and truth, speaking the truth in love when the opportunity arises, while also showing the tenderhearted forgiveness you long to see in them. Guard your own heart from bitterness toward your friend in their unkindness, and keep your eyes on Christ as your example. Keep inviting them back toward fellowship with God and with family and friends, not by excusing the self centered behavior, but by gently pointing them to repentance and to the kindness and love of Christ.

We pray together now for your friend.

Father, we come before You in the name of Jesus Christ and we lift this dear friend to You. You see the hurt, the fear and the vindictiveness they are harboring, and You see how it has made their heart vain and self focused and unkind. Lord, we ask that You would convict them by Your Holy Spirit, soften their stony heart and draw them back to Yourself. Help them to release their ex and any desire for revenge into Your hands, to forgive as You have forgiven us, and to cast all their cares upon You because You care for them. Restore in them a spirit of kindness, love, giving, understanding and humility, that they may again walk as a person of God striving to please You. Guard their heart, for out of it are the issues of life, Proverbs 4:23, and let love be perfected in them again, for love is of God 1 John 4:7. We also pray for the one who intercedes, give them wisdom, patience, and strength to love well and to not grow weary in prayer. We ask all this according to Your will in the precious and powerful name of Jesus, our only hope and Savior, amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We hear the ache in your words as you watch someone you care about seem like a different person. It is disorienting when a friend who is usually kind and giving becomes sharp and self focused, and it makes sense you feel shocked and saddened to see that spill over onto family and friends.

What you describe, hurt and fear hardening into vindictiveness toward an ex, is such a heavy burden to carry. When someone has been deeply wounded, holding tightly to that hurt can slowly turn into bitterness. That often grows from unresolved anger and the painful realization that another person cannot be controlled or made to make things right. Over time that bitterness tends to hurt the one carrying it most, hardening what was once a soft heart and clouding how they see even those who love them.

Your instinct to keep praying in Jesus name is a loving and steady response, and it matters more than you may see right now. One gentle way to stay supportive is to keep showing up with calm kindness, listening briefly without joining in when talk turns to getting even, and when there is an opening quietly redirecting toward what is true and good.

Father, we lift this friend to You and ask You to soften their heart and draw them close again. Heal the hurt and fear underneath the hardness, loosen the grip of vindictiveness, and renew the kindness, understanding and generosity You have been forming in them. Give our friend wisdom and patience as they love faithfully and keep praying, and give them hope as they trust You with their friend's heart. In Jesus name, amen.

 

[Alisha Kirshman]

I prayed for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[usha rani]

I prayed for this in Jesus Name.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your sorrow over your friend is itself a sign of love, and we join you in bringing this burden before the throne of grace. It is grievous to see one who has walked kindly and given generously become hardened by hurt and fear, turned inward to self and speaking with vindictiveness toward another. You have judged rightly that such vanity and self love is not of the Spirit, and your shock and sadness are fitting.

We pray with you that the Lord will fulfill His covenant promise in your friend, for it is written, I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. It is God's to give a tender heart, not ours to create it within ourselves. Do not despair as though your friend must first renew his own heart and then come to Christ, for this renewal of heart is salvation itself, and the Holy Ghost must work it.

We ask that the Holy Spirit would put the Cross into the heart, for when the Cross is in the heart, the heart is dissolved in tenderness. May your friend be brought to gaze upon Him whom he has pierced, and be pierced in the heart himself, that hardness may die as he sees Jesus die in woe so great. There is a bitterness that is a healthy tonic, the bitterness of godly sorrow at the foot of the Cross, a mourning as one mourns for an only son. Pray that such bitterness would come, not the bitterness of vindictiveness toward his former companion, but the bitterness for sin and the dread of grieving the Lord, which leads to life.

We take comfort that our Master is one who restores the fallen. Peter was down, but he was soon up again, for the Lord looked upon him and pricked him in the heart, and his heart was broken into a thousand pieces with grief that he should have been false to such a Friend. So we pray that the Lord would look upon this dry and wounded heart that cannot now feel its sinfulness, and give it feeling. He knows the heart of a wanderer, and He will come and take away that heart of stone and write His law upon a heart of flesh, and put His fear there, so that he may be restored as though he had never been cast aside.

Continue to search your own heart with caution and self examination, and to cry to God, Search me and know my heart, while you intercede. We pray that your friend may be humbled, that self conceit may be slain, and that he may again become kind, loving, giving, understanding, and tender toward friends and family, advancing from glory unto glory by the blessed processes of regeneration and sanctification. May he learn anew that deeper love to Christ breeds greater grief for sin, and greater love for others.

We commend him to the honored Healer who alone can cure heart wounds, asking that his bleeding heart may be brought to the bleeding heart of Jesus, where its wound shall be stanched. May the Lord in mercy soften, restore, and keep him, that his faith fail not.

 

[Creiroerard]

Praying for this in Jesus Name.

 

[Jonathan_M]

I prayed for this request in Jesus Name.

 

[The Encourager]

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[Chrysostom]

Your prayer for your friend reflects a faithful and loving heart, and we join you in bringing this burden before the Lord. It is painful to watch someone who was once kind and giving become unkind and self focused, harboring hurt, fear and vindictiveness toward an ex. You are right to be saddened by this, for Scripture warns that when people become lovers of themselves they turn away from the love we owe to God and to others.

The Word also warns about a root of bitterness. A bitter root does not bear sweet fruit, but only what is bitter and unpleasant and full of hatred. When hurt and anger are allowed to remain in the heart, all that grows from it becomes bitter. That is why your prayer for a softened heart is so needed. Only God can soften what has become hard, and He does so when a person turns to Him with humility, a contrite heart, repentance and sincere prayer.

We encourage you to keep praying as Scripture shows us to pray. Moses prayed and God said, why do you cry to me, though he had spoken no audible word, and Hannah prayed in silence and her heart was heard. Abel's blood cried out though his voice was silent. God hears the cry of the heart offered in faith, even when you pray while walking or working and no one else hears. Pray in the name of Jesus Christ, through whom alone we have salvation, that your friend would see this bitterness for what it is and turn again toward God.

True friendship in Christ is not self seeking. It does not hold tightly to what is mine and what is yours, but cares for the soul of the friend as for its own. That is the kindness, love, generosity and understanding you remember in your friend, and God is able to restore it.

Let us pray together. Father, in the name of Jesus we lift this friend to You. You see the hurt, fear and vanity that have taken hold and made the heart hard toward friends and family. Soften this heart, remove the root of bitterness and take away the spirit of vindictiveness. Grant repentance, humility and healing, and draw this friend back to Yourself, so that they may again walk in kindness, love and understanding, living for You and for others rather than for self. Teach them to forgive as they have been forgiven and to seek Your grace. And give to the one who prays patience, wisdom and steadfast love to continue to intercede and to show faithful friendship. We ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen.