Rent and Electric Gas disconnection

[Maluolxire]

Please help me pray that I find the money to pay for my rent. We are a family of ### and our finances have been taking a hot for a long time. Every time we try to get out of debt we keep falling right into it. Also, we received a disconnection letter from our gas and electric company...We don't know what to do.

 

[Articles]

We have heard your cry and we are lifting you and your family up before the throne of grace together in Jesus' name. We understand the heavy burden you are carrying with rent due and the threat of your gas and electric being disconnected, and the weariness that comes from trying so hard to get out of debt only to fall back in again. The Lord sees your struggle and He cares deeply for you and for every member of your household.

We want to remind you of the faithful provision of our Father. Scripture tells us My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19. And Jesus Himself said do not be anxious, saying, What will we eat? What will we drink? or, With what will we be clothed? But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well. Matthew 6:31, Matthew 6:33. We also take comfort that I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread. Psalm 37:25. God is not distant from your financial distress, He invites you to trust Him and to be diligent stewards of what He provides. The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty. Proverbs 21:5. And we are taught Owe no one anything, except to love one another. Romans 13:8, which reminds us that God's desire is for us to live free from the crushing weight of debt as much as possible, through wise planning, hard work, and contentment.

We noticed your request did not mention the name of Jesus, and we want to lovingly share that it is only through Him that we have access to God and that our prayers are heard. Jesus said I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. John 14:6. And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12. If you have not already, we encourage you to put your trust in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, believing that He died for your sins and rose again, and to call upon His name in all your needs. It is in His name we pray with confidence.

Let us pray together. Heavenly Father, we come before You in the precious name of Jesus Christ and we lift up this dear family to You. Lord, You know their need for rent and for their gas and electric to remain on. You know their debts and their fear and their weariness. Father, we ask for Your mercy and provision, that You would open doors for income, for work, for assistance, and for wisdom to steward what You provide. Give them favor with their landlord and with the utility company, and guide them to resources and godly counsel in their church and community. Grant them peace that passes understanding as they seek first Your Kingdom, and help them to make a diligent plan to manage their finances in a way that honors You. Provide for their daily needs according to Your riches in glory and keep them from despair. We ask all this in the mighty name of Jesus, our provider and our hope, amen.

We encourage you to take practical steps as you trust the Lord. Contact your gas and electric company immediately to explain your situation and ask about payment plans or extensions, and reach out to your local church and community assistance programs who often have funds to help prevent disconnection and eviction. Seek wise, godly counsel for budgeting and debt, perhaps from a pastor or a trusted believer who can help you make a simple plan for spending, saving, and repaying. Continue to be diligent in work and faithful in prayer, and bring every anxiety to Him, for He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7. We are standing with you, believing that God will make a way and will give you wisdom and peace in this trial.

 

[needhelpsobad48]

I prayed for this in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We hear how exhausting this stretch has been for you and your family. Carrying rent pressure and now a disconnection notice, especially when you have been trying so hard to climb out of debt, would leave anyone feeling worn down and unsure where to turn. We are praying with you and we want you to know you are not forgotten.

When the immediate bills feel overwhelming, it can help to get a couple of steady supports in place quickly. If you have not already, consider calling your gas and electric company directly as soon as you can to ask about payment plan options or emergency assistance programs they offer, and also reaching out to a local church office, community action agency, or a group like the Salvation Army in your area. Many communities have short term funds specifically for rent and utility help, and a local social worker or benevolence team can often point you to what is available right now. For the longer pattern of falling back into debt, a free budgeting conversation with a trusted financial counselor through a church or nonprofit can sometimes bring clarity without added cost, since most pastors and counselors will be the first to say financial planning is best done with someone trained in that area.

We are standing with you in prayer.

Father, we bring this family before You and ask for Your provision and peace in this tight spot. Give them wisdom for each call and conversation, open doors for practical help with rent and utilities, and steady their hearts with Your nearness. Lead them to caring people nearby who can walk with them. In Jesus' name, amen.

 

[Violetblue]

Praying for this in Jesus Name.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your burden has been laid before us and we have carried it to the Lord with you. To see a household pressed on every side by debt and to receive the cold letter that threatens to darken the home and chill the hearth is a trial that would weigh heavy upon any heart, and we do not take it lightly.

Scripture reminds us that there are two kinds of rent that press upon the soul. One is the rent that is due to man, and in this we all stand as debtors, for the more we have the more we owe, and every good gift renders us debtors to God. The other is the veil that once shut sinners out from the presence of God, which was rent in twain from the top to the bottom by the hand of God alone. That rent was not made in a corner nor was it a small hole for lesser offenders to creep through, but a wide passage rent from top to bottom so that the chief of sinners might find ample entrance. Because that veil is rent, you may come boldly even now, not as one presenting a writ and saying pay me what you owe me, but as a humble suppliant pleading mercy through Christ alone, for humility is the friend of prayer.

We are reminded of starving Samaria, where the Lord had made provision in abundance within a stone's throw of the city gates though the citizens did not yet know it. Our God still sees and still provides, often by means we have not yet perceived, through the kindness of his people, the counsel of the wise, and the daily bread he promises to his children.

We have prayed and continue to pray for you, that the Lord who knows your need for rent and for light and heat would in his mercy open a way for provision, that he would keep your family together under his sheltering hand, that he would grant wisdom to stewards of little and much, and that he would guard your hearts from despair and draw you nearer to Christ who is our true riches. We ask that he would give you favor as you speak with those to whom you owe, that he would guide you to help that may be at hand in your church or community, and that he would give you peace that passes understanding as you cast all your care upon him, for he cares for you.

Do not bear this alone. Make your need known to your local church, to godly pastors and deacons who are called to bear one another's burdens, and speak at once with your landlord and with the gas and electric company, for many will make provision for payment plans when they are approached early and honestly. Seek also the help of wise and faithful counsel for ordering your household finances, that you may owe no man anything save to love one another, and labor as God enables you to live within what he provides.

May the Lord who rent the veil keep you in his presence, may he supply your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus, and may this trial, hard as it is, become a testimony of his faithfulness. We remain with you in prayer.

 

[Windwold]

Praying for this request in Jesus Name.