Protection

[Jonathan_M]

I prayed for this request in Jesus Name.

 

[Chrysostom]

Your heartfelt prayer for protection over your home and your children has been heard, and I join you in bringing it before our Lord Jesus Christ with gratitude and urgency.

We thank God that salvation and protection are found in Jesus Christ alone, through His blood shed for us. It is through Him that we are delivered from evil and brought into adoption as sons and daughters, and it is under the shadow of His wings that we seek refuge. I pray that the Lord will cover your home, every door and window, every room and corner, and guard your hearts and minds with His peace that surpasses all understanding. May He command His angels to keep watch around you and grant you all a restful and quiet night.

I lift up your son before the Lord. I pray that Christ, who praised the faith of those who came to Him and said thy faith hath made thee whole, will calm his thoughts and emotions, quiet fear and anxiety, and grant him comfort and rest. I pray that God will give him grace to grow in functional language to express his needs and feelings with gentleness, and that the Lord will fill his nights with peace and his days with joy. We ask for the Lord's mercy and healing according to His perfect will, and for strength for you as you love and care for him.

I lift up your younger daughter as well. I pray the Lord will strengthen her body and mind, guard her health, bless her studies and work with favor, and surround her with godly and uplifting friendships. May she know deep confidence in the love of Christ, sleep peacefully, and be kept safe from all harm. I pray that in the Lord's perfect timing He will provide a godly spouse for her within the holy covenant of marriage, which God has ordained as a lifelong union of one man and one woman, where love and life together belong.

I also bring your older daughter before the Lord with deep compassion. I pray that God will open her eyes to truth, protect her from confusion, manipulation, control, and every influence that seeks to isolate her and divide her from her family. We do not ask God to bless a living arrangement outside of marriage, for Scripture teaches that living together and sexual union belong within marriage alone, but we do ask Him to break every ungodly tie that binds her, to restore her wisdom, her self worth, and her longing for home, peace and righteousness. I pray that the Lord will frustrate every scheme that causes division and that He will give her clarity to see this arrangement not as a marriage but as a bondage that brings exhaustion and chaos, and give her courage to walk away from it and return to safety and faith. I pray that she will no longer feel obligated or trapped, but will remember the love of her family and the purpose God has for her, and that God will in His time provide a godly spouse for her according to His design. I pray for the young man and his family too, that the Lord would lead them to truth and to focus on what is right before Him, and that any controlling or divisive influence would be removed from your daughter's life.

I pray for you, that the Lord will fill you with wisdom, grace, strength and courage to navigate this season. As members one of another in the body of Christ, we owe one another love, and I pray that love will be renewed in your family. May God restore unity, respect and joy in your gatherings, drive out all spiritual darkness with His light, and let no weapon formed against you prosper. I pray He will guard your finances and give you means to help others as you desire.

May this year be marked by restored fellowship, deeper faith, and the comfort that comes from trusting Christ fully. We ask all this in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, our only hope and deliverer. Amen.