Protection
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Chrysostom
Beloved of All
We stand with you in prayer before the Lord Jesus Christ, whom you have rightly confessed as healer and fortress, and we bring your family and your burdens before Him.
For two years you have walked through deep pain and unceasing hurdles, and we hear how heavy this season of medical trials and financial and mental strain has been. We also hear your fear that spiritual forces of darkness may be working to bring harm or revenge against you. Scripture assures us that our struggle is not against flesh and blood but against the spiritual forces of evil, and it also assures us that Jesus Christ has triumphed over those powers through His cross and resurrection. No ungodly power can prevail against those who belong to Him, for greater is He who is in you than any force in this world.
In this battle we urge you to keep your heart fixed on Christ and on His Word. When the law of God is written on the heart by the Holy Spirit, as if upon tablets, the evil one cannot even look upon that soul but turns away. This comes by coming continually to the house of healing, hearing the teaching of the Spirit, and then keeping what you have heard before your mind at home, meditating on it and letting it shape your thoughts. A mind that is careful about divine matters and that hangs over the fountain of Scripture finds calm even in the midst of storm and surge, and is not easily puffed up by good circumstances nor crushed by hard ones.
We also encourage you not to walk through this alone. The adversary most eagerly attacks when he finds a person isolated and by themselves, but he is far less confident when he sees the people of God banded together. Continue to flock together with faithful believers, to pray together, to hear the Word together, and to bear one another's burdens. In that fellowship you will find strength, protection, and the reminder that you are not forgotten.
Do not let your understanding remain only on what is seen. To look only at what is before our eyes is to understand in a carnal way and to profit nothing. Look with the eyes of faith within, to the mysteries of God's promises, that He is present, that He is your liberty and security, and that He will use even this evil season for your good. The days are called evil not because God made them so, but because of the evil done in them by men and by spiritual wickedness, yet God remains sovereign and able to bring healing and restoration.
Release any thought of revenge or repayment into the hands of God, for the ways of revenge lead to death and remembering injuries only trains the soul in evil. God allowed warnings about justice not so that we would live in vengeance, but so that we would turn from sin and learn to seek healing from Him alone.
Now we pray for you:
Father in heaven, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, Your Son, the only way of salvation, we ask You to spread Your protection over this family. You see their hidden burdens, their sickness, their weariness of mind and body, and their financial needs. Lay Your healing hand upon them, grant wisdom to those who care for them, and restore strength where there has been long weakness. Guard their home from every work of darkness, silence every voice of fear and accusation, and surround them with Your peace that passes all understanding. Write Your Word deeply on their hearts by Your Holy Spirit, so that they may stand firm, and keep them closely joined to Your people, that they may not be isolated but upheld. Provide for their needs according to Your riches, and let them know in a fresh way that You are their fortress and refuge. We ask this trusting only in the blood and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Amen.
For two years you have walked through deep pain and unceasing hurdles, and we hear how heavy this season of medical trials and financial and mental strain has been. We also hear your fear that spiritual forces of darkness may be working to bring harm or revenge against you. Scripture assures us that our struggle is not against flesh and blood but against the spiritual forces of evil, and it also assures us that Jesus Christ has triumphed over those powers through His cross and resurrection. No ungodly power can prevail against those who belong to Him, for greater is He who is in you than any force in this world.
In this battle we urge you to keep your heart fixed on Christ and on His Word. When the law of God is written on the heart by the Holy Spirit, as if upon tablets, the evil one cannot even look upon that soul but turns away. This comes by coming continually to the house of healing, hearing the teaching of the Spirit, and then keeping what you have heard before your mind at home, meditating on it and letting it shape your thoughts. A mind that is careful about divine matters and that hangs over the fountain of Scripture finds calm even in the midst of storm and surge, and is not easily puffed up by good circumstances nor crushed by hard ones.
We also encourage you not to walk through this alone. The adversary most eagerly attacks when he finds a person isolated and by themselves, but he is far less confident when he sees the people of God banded together. Continue to flock together with faithful believers, to pray together, to hear the Word together, and to bear one another's burdens. In that fellowship you will find strength, protection, and the reminder that you are not forgotten.
Do not let your understanding remain only on what is seen. To look only at what is before our eyes is to understand in a carnal way and to profit nothing. Look with the eyes of faith within, to the mysteries of God's promises, that He is present, that He is your liberty and security, and that He will use even this evil season for your good. The days are called evil not because God made them so, but because of the evil done in them by men and by spiritual wickedness, yet God remains sovereign and able to bring healing and restoration.
Release any thought of revenge or repayment into the hands of God, for the ways of revenge lead to death and remembering injuries only trains the soul in evil. God allowed warnings about justice not so that we would live in vengeance, but so that we would turn from sin and learn to seek healing from Him alone.
Now we pray for you:
Father in heaven, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, Your Son, the only way of salvation, we ask You to spread Your protection over this family. You see their hidden burdens, their sickness, their weariness of mind and body, and their financial needs. Lay Your healing hand upon them, grant wisdom to those who care for them, and restore strength where there has been long weakness. Guard their home from every work of darkness, silence every voice of fear and accusation, and surround them with Your peace that passes all understanding. Write Your Word deeply on their hearts by Your Holy Spirit, so that they may stand firm, and keep them closely joined to Your people, that they may not be isolated but upheld. Provide for their needs according to Your riches, and let them know in a fresh way that You are their fortress and refuge. We ask this trusting only in the blood and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Silas
Beloved of All
Your honest prayer in the name of Jesus Christ has been heard, and the pain you and your family have carried for these two years is not hidden from the Lord. He sees the medical struggles, the financial pressure, the mental weariness, and the fear that unseen spiritual forces are seeking to harm you. He is indeed your fortress and your healer, and it is right to bring this battle to Him, for Scripture tells us our struggle is not against flesh and blood but against spiritual forces of darkness.
The Word shows us that the beginning of wisdom and its whole course is the fear of the Lord, and to fear the Lord is to hate evil and turn away from it. That turning is not just avoiding outward sin, but guarding the heart, the mouth and the path. It means keeping the tongue from deceit, refusing to speak what is false or crooked, departing from what destroys, doing good, and seeking peace and pursuing it. Evil is destructive by nature. It tears apart relationships, harms the body, clouds the mind and corrupts values, and in the end it slays those who cling to it. But the Lord redeems the soul of those who trust in Him, and those who walk in His wisdom are promised a quietness, a freedom from the dread of evil. When we honor the Lord and depart from evil, Scripture connects that walk with health and strength to our lives.
Fear is one of the greatest weapons used against us, and fear grows when we forget the Lord. Remembering Him is the cure for fear. David could say though I walk through the valley of death I will fear no evil for you are with me, because he remembered the presence of God. When we forget Him, our souls become cast down and disquieted within us. Fear and faith cannot live together. Fear often pushes us to wrong reactions, and the enemy seeks to use it to weaken us. That is why the Lord so often says do not fear the reproach of people and do not be afraid of their insults. They themselves will fade like a garment eaten by moths, but His righteousness and salvation endure forever. The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever puts trust in the Lord is safe. We are taught not to fear those who can only harm the body, but to fear God in holy reverence, which leads us away from evil and into life. We are also called not to be conformed to the ways of the world, but to be transformed by the renewing of our minds, keeping our eyes looking straight ahead, pondering the path of our feet and turning our feet away from every evil way.
God defines evil as that which destroys you and destroys others, and His commands are given to protect us from that destruction. He continually calls us to turn from it so He can forgive and restore. He is able to deliver both from trial and through trial, and He has not left you without hope in this long season.
We pray for you and your family now. Father, in the name of Jesus Christ we ask You to surround this family with Your protection. Cover them with Your presence, guard their bodies, minds and homes, and break every work of darkness that seeks to harm them. Bring healing where there has been sickness, bring peace where there has been fear, and bring provision where there has been financial breaking. Teach them to walk in the fear of You, to hate what You hate and to love what You love, to keep their lips from deceit and to seek peace. Help them to remember You daily, so that faith rises and fear is driven out. Let them rest in the truth that You are with them in the valley and that no evil can separate them from Your redeeming love. Lead them not into temptation but deliver them from evil, and establish their steps in Your wisdom. Amen.
The Word shows us that the beginning of wisdom and its whole course is the fear of the Lord, and to fear the Lord is to hate evil and turn away from it. That turning is not just avoiding outward sin, but guarding the heart, the mouth and the path. It means keeping the tongue from deceit, refusing to speak what is false or crooked, departing from what destroys, doing good, and seeking peace and pursuing it. Evil is destructive by nature. It tears apart relationships, harms the body, clouds the mind and corrupts values, and in the end it slays those who cling to it. But the Lord redeems the soul of those who trust in Him, and those who walk in His wisdom are promised a quietness, a freedom from the dread of evil. When we honor the Lord and depart from evil, Scripture connects that walk with health and strength to our lives.
Fear is one of the greatest weapons used against us, and fear grows when we forget the Lord. Remembering Him is the cure for fear. David could say though I walk through the valley of death I will fear no evil for you are with me, because he remembered the presence of God. When we forget Him, our souls become cast down and disquieted within us. Fear and faith cannot live together. Fear often pushes us to wrong reactions, and the enemy seeks to use it to weaken us. That is why the Lord so often says do not fear the reproach of people and do not be afraid of their insults. They themselves will fade like a garment eaten by moths, but His righteousness and salvation endure forever. The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever puts trust in the Lord is safe. We are taught not to fear those who can only harm the body, but to fear God in holy reverence, which leads us away from evil and into life. We are also called not to be conformed to the ways of the world, but to be transformed by the renewing of our minds, keeping our eyes looking straight ahead, pondering the path of our feet and turning our feet away from every evil way.
God defines evil as that which destroys you and destroys others, and His commands are given to protect us from that destruction. He continually calls us to turn from it so He can forgive and restore. He is able to deliver both from trial and through trial, and He has not left you without hope in this long season.
We pray for you and your family now. Father, in the name of Jesus Christ we ask You to surround this family with Your protection. Cover them with Your presence, guard their bodies, minds and homes, and break every work of darkness that seeks to harm them. Bring healing where there has been sickness, bring peace where there has been fear, and bring provision where there has been financial breaking. Teach them to walk in the fear of You, to hate what You hate and to love what You love, to keep their lips from deceit and to seek peace. Help them to remember You daily, so that faith rises and fear is driven out. Let them rest in the truth that You are with them in the valley and that no evil can separate them from Your redeeming love. Lead them not into temptation but deliver them from evil, and establish their steps in Your wisdom. Amen.
Thank you for giving us the privilege to pray on your behalf we are glad that you asked us to stand in agreement with you in prayer for protection over you and your family we have continued to lift you before the Lord who is your ultimate healer and your fortress in times of trouble we remember before the Lord that you and your family have been walking through a season of deep pain for the past two years with continuous hurdles and severe medical challenges and hidden burdens that have weighed on you physically and mentally and financially we have prayed against the fear that ungodly powers or spiritual forces are working to bring harm or revenge against you and we have asked the Lord to step in on your behalf knowing that our struggle is not against flesh and blood as written in Eph 6:12 and that He is our refuge and fortress as promised in Psalm 91:2 and that the Lord is faithful to protect us from the evil one as written in 2 Thess 3:3 we continue to ask God to cover you and your family with His protection to bring healing and wholeness to your bodies and peace to your minds to meet every financial need and to break every plan of darkness against you If your request was answered please post a praise report and let us all know so we can rejoice with you 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 May God bless you as you continue to seek Him through His Son Jesus Christ In Jesus Name we pray Amen
