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[Smuelxira]

Dear Lord Jesus, If you don’t mind me saying a few things, please when I wanna land my TV spot I’m not saying, give me a big award and super recognition and go boasting about me. Even many Christian places acknowledge their high ranked staff and board members and give them recognition kind of making other people Feel sad. It’s exactly why I don’t wanna do it like I I’ll say again. I want to earn a TV spot rightfully so on a Christian service and be able to just kinda be on TV I wouldn’t be fully recognized. I wouldn’t be awarded like that. Maybe I would maybe I wouldn’t but I wouldn’t try to rub it in people‘s faces and I don’t want people to feel jealous of me. I rather just want a little bit of accomplishment and a minor one. It would just be something with me to and what I like doing best with my puppets and be a foot in the door at later in life I can let other people get on national TV and streaming freelance to let them enjoy their lives too and get recognition they deserve even maybe my employees being Much more recognized than what I could ever be. I could run my freelance company and be elusive all several or a lot of my employees can work for me and it’s been off become big stars or bigger stars than me. To put it one way I would be like a rat kangaroo. My stars could be more like something bigger than a wall be smaller than a gray kangaroo all those board members and others are like bigger species like red kangaroos and the superstars like a map, but I can’t extinct 8 foot kangaroo Tell me how’s that fear I work hard I lost my job. I work out in the sun since ### labor humiliated discriminated living with my parents and don’t have much for my life and then all these people become board members and get recognition and praise. I even went to events, seeing other people being successful and accomplished, and hoping I could get my own share not necessarily be a successful but people to have my own freelance puppet tree and podcasting to let other people have their breaks. This isn’t just about me to spout all your people to make all of us we can all be small stars and be where we wanna be if they wanna get morph fame and they Rightfully so then give it to them of certain people I can think of like my friend in a wheelchair, my blind friend, a friend who needs surgery and this couple where they both had college struggles. The husband had to drop out of college cause he lost his scholarship think to his horrible counselor the wife couldn’t go to college. Well they’re not actually husband and wife. They are still engaged and been engaged for years, but they have a daughter they have to support they need it more than I do. I’m not trying to get the TV spot just for my name and fame. I rightfully deserve this. I feel to get my foot in the door and then be able to help people and spread your Kapel and turn them to you and bring the right ways and give people jobs that they can survive. Do it for your people just like Hannah promise Samuel will serve you. I promise my puppet ministries will serve you and I’ll make my employees serve you when they’re under my leadership and supervision and if they do, I will kindly have to let them go if they disobey or try to turn on you But these people I’m mentioning aren’t bad people their Christians maybe not fully faithful, but who is fully faithful as faithful as Christian can be by myself deserve just a tiny bit of recognition and my accomplishments be for good and maybe a few awards wouldn’t hurt either but I wouldn’t be going on the world I wouldn’t recognize or announce him unless I were to go on some sort of thing, but I don’t care about Emmy‘s Grammys or Oscars and those are big awards at all over. I don’t care about going to events either Just a little bit of star shine look at all these other people that have a lot of things. Considerate like a person who lives in a rustic home and wants to get a better home that provides the essentials of a kitchen bathroom bedroom store, food in the laundromat not too far a nice environment. All he needs has a little bit of leisure to enjoy himself while somebody else out there gets a mansion funded more than what that person needs. I’m not saying people who live in mansions are bad people I’m just saying The man who has a rustic house just wants a better house and isn’t asking for a mansion just wanting a better home a better life and consider it that with what I wanna do to get a TV spot, the man could live in a trailer as long as the trailer park isn’t so Rocket wants to live in a nice neighborhood home to provide essentials and be able to have some fun like karaoke or whatever In Jesus Name Amen.

 

[Articles]

We hear your heart, dear brother in Christ, and we understand the deep longing you have for meaningful work that glorifies God while also providing for your needs and the needs of others. Your desire to use your talents in puppetry to minister to people and open doors for others, especially those who are often overlooked, is beautiful and selfless. We see your humility in wanting to avoid the pitfalls of pride and jealousy that can come with recognition, and we commend you for seeking God’s will above your own ambition.

First, we want to affirm that your worth is not found in awards, fame, or even a TV spot, but in Christ alone. The world often measures success by titles, accolades, and material wealth, but Scripture reminds us that true greatness is found in servanthood. Jesus said, "Whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant, and whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant; even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many" (Matthew 20:26-28). Your heart to lift others up rather than seek the spotlight for yourself reflects the heart of Christ, and that is something to celebrate.

We also want to gently address the bitterness and comparison that seem to linger in your words. You mention feeling humiliated, discriminated against, and overshadowed by others who have received recognition while you have struggled. It’s understandable to feel this way, but we must guard our hearts against resentment, for it can take root and choke out the joy God intends for us. "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" (Ephesians 4:31-32). Instead of comparing your journey to others, we encourage you to fix your eyes on Jesus, who endured the cross for the joy set before Him (Hebrews 12:2). Your path is unique, and God is writing a story in your life that no one else can tell.

Regarding your desire for a TV spot, we believe this is a godly ambition when pursued with the right motives. You are not seeking fame for yourself but a platform to serve God and others. However, we must caution you against the temptation to tie your identity or joy to this outcome. Proverbs 16:3 reminds us, "Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed." If this opportunity is from God, He will open the door in His perfect timing. If it is not, He has something even better planned for you. Trust in His provision, and do not grow weary in doing good, for in due season you will reap if you do not faint (Galatians 6:9).

We also want to address the mention of your friends and their struggles. It is wonderful that you want to use your gifts to bless them, but we must remember that God has a unique plan for each of His children. While you can certainly advocate for others and create opportunities for them, you cannot carry the weight of their circumstances on your shoulders. Each person must seek God for their own path, just as you are seeking Him for yours. Pray for them, encourage them, and trust that God is working in their lives as well.

Now, let us come before the Lord in prayer:

Heavenly Father, we come before You with humble hearts, lifting up our brother who has poured out his desires before You. Lord, we thank You for his heart to serve You and others through his gifts in puppetry and ministry. We ask that You would refine his motives, purifying them so that he seeks only Your glory and not his own. Remove any bitterness or comparison from his heart, and fill him with Your peace and joy as he waits on You.

Father, we pray for the desires of his heart, a platform to minister and provide for others. If it is Your will, open the doors for this TV spot or any other opportunity that aligns with Your purpose for his life. If it is not Your will, close the door firmly and redirect him to what You have prepared. Give him patience and perseverance as he waits, and remind him daily that his worth is found in You alone.

Lord, we also pray for his friends, the one in a wheelchair, the blind friend, the couple struggling financially, and all those he mentioned. You know their needs intimately, and we ask that You would provide for them in ways only You can. Use our brother as a vessel of Your love and encouragement in their lives, but also remind him that You are their ultimate Provider and Comforter.

Finally, Father, we ask that You would continue to mold him into the image of Christ. Teach him to serve with humility, to rejoice in the successes of others, and to trust in Your timing. May his life be a testament to Your faithfulness, and may he always point others to You.

We pray all these things in the mighty name of Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith. Amen.

Brother, we encourage you to keep pressing forward in faith. Remember that God sees your hard work, your struggles, and your heart for Him. Do not despise small beginnings (Zechariah 4:10), for even the smallest light can pierce the darkest night. Keep serving where you are, and trust that God will exalt you in due time (1 Peter 5:6). You are not forgotten, and your labor in the Lord is never in vain (1 Corinthians 15:58). Keep your eyes on Jesus, and He will lead you every step of the way.

 

[hostadmin]

###, we hear how much you genuinely want to open doors for others, not to grab the spotlight for yourself, but to give people you care about a chance to step into theirs. The friends you named: the one in a wheelchair, your blind friend, the one facing surgery, the engaged couple working so hard to support their daughter. You’re carrying them in your heart, and that says something about the kind of leader you want to become. That desire to serve before being recognized, to build something that lifts others higher than it lifts you, isn’t common, and we admire it.

We also heard the ache beneath the words: working in the sun since 2010, losing a job, feeling humiliated and stuck while watching others receive recognition. That isn’t small suffering. You’ve been faithful in hard, hidden places, and we don’t want to rush past that. God sees the work you’ve already poured out when no one was watching, and that matters.

One practical step that might fit where you are right now: start doing the very thing you’re asking for, just on the scale you already have. Could you begin a simple online puppet series or a podcast episode, even with just a phone camera and a lamp for lighting? Many doors in media open not through a single big break but through small, consistent work that builds trust over time. If your eventual goal is to employ and launch others, the best training ground is often proving you can steward something small first. That’s not a delay, it’s preparation.

Lord Jesus, thank you for the care ### carries for hurting friends and for a dream that isn’t about ego but about employment, dignity, and pointing people to you. Please open the right door at the right time, and in the waiting, sustain a heart that’s been worn down by hard labor and disappointment. Give ### moments of encouragement and clear next steps. Protect the friends mentioned, provide for that couple and their daughter, bring healing to the one facing surgery, and draw near to the ones living with disability. Use ###’s gifts for your purposes, in your way. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your longing not to boast or make others feel small is a right affection, for our Lord Jesus, being found in fashion as a man, humbled Himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Should the creature then seek its own star-shine, when the Creator made Himself of no reputation? Beware of that subtle serpent, Pride, which can creep into the heart even under the guise of a modest request. The moment we begin to weigh our due portion of recognition, we step onto slippery ground, for the natural heart is quick to cry, “Give me the portion of goods that falleth to me.” It is far safer to leave our deserts in the dust and take our place among the unprofitable servants.

Yet I perceive in your words a spark of a true purpose. You speak of puppets and a television spot, not as a throne for yourself, but as a door by which others might enter into their own callings and hear the gospel. There is a Valley of Achor you have known, lost employment, labour under the burning sun, humiliation, and the ache of seeing others advanced while you seem left behind. Remember, that very valley was given to Israel as a door of hope. God can take the place of our deepest trouble and make it the birthplace of our first spiritual enjoyments and a platform for His praise. If He ordains that you should stand before a camera, it will not be because you have deserved it, but because He sees that your power is gone and there is none shut up or left; then He will show Himself strong on your behalf.

But let your ambition be fully baptized into Christ. Desire not even a little star-shine for yourself, but if any light falls upon you, turn it instantly upon the cross where the only true glory was displayed. Our reward is not here. If in this life only we have hope, we are of all men most miserable. The hireling must wait till evening for his penny. You speak of helping your friends in their wheelchair, their blindness, their broken engagements and struggles, this is commendable zeal. But know that you cannot truly serve them unless you are first yourself subdued and made obedient. The minister whom God sends is struck down before he is sent. Paul was blinded before he saw. Perhaps this season of obscurity is the Lord’s appointed school where you learn to be nothing, that He may be all.

If the door opens, walk through it with trembling, hating every sin of pride and self-seeking with a perfect hatred. War to the knife with the least puff of vain-glory! And if it never opens, count it no loss, for the death of the righteous is better than all the fame of this fleeting world. Let your chief care be to die the death of those who love not their lives unto the commendation of men, but who have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb. Your puppet ministry must serve Him, as you have promised, but take heed lest you carry any secret fire of self into the holy place. If He lifts you to usefulness, He will also keep you low, for the backslider’s door of hope is always a humbling thing, He gives vineyards in the very spot where we tasted the bitter grapes of our own insufficiency.

Therefore, commit your way unto the Lord. Trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. He shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. But let thy soul be swallowed up in the contemplation of Christ’s humiliation, for no servant is greater than his Lord. If He stooped from the throne of light to the manger and the cross, shall we murmur that our little name is not known in the market-place? I would not change places with the greatest man who is living without the Saviour. All the mansions and eminences of earth are but paint and tinsel compared with the exceeding weight of glory that awaits them that love His appearing. Go forward, then, if God permits, but go as one who expects no wages here, only the joy of serving, and leave the rest with Him who judgeth righteously.

 

[usha rani]

I prayed for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Jonathan_M]

I prayed for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[The Encourager]

May God in Jesus' name answer your prayer request according to God's perfect love, wisdom, will, timing, grace, and mercy. God is so in love with you. Be Encouraged!

Psalm 37:4: Delight yourself in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 6:33: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. God bless me to prosper, walk in excellent health, and never stop growing in the love, grace, wisdom, and knowledge of Christ Jesus. God bless me to know You in truth, fall in love with You with all my heart, mind, soul, body, and strength and never fall out of love with You. God, bless me to have an ever growing closer stronger, more intimate relationship with You. Bless me with the love, desire, strength, and the spirit of obedience to always delight myself in You, seek first Your kingdom, Your righteousness, and to always respect and obey You. Bless me to know You, so that I can trust You with all my heart, acknowledge You in all my ways, and lean not to my own understanding. Bless me with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in all You have called me to do.

God heal me in every area of my life. Deliver and cleanse me of everything in my life that doesn't honor You. Transform and renew my mind. Bless me with love, power, and a sound mind. Let the mind that is in Christ Jesus be in me. Bless me to have and operate with a God-conscious-solution-focused-heart-mind-spirit-and-attitude. Bless me to have a God Kingdom Culture Mentality. God be with me as a mighty warrior. Let no weapon formed against me prosper. Protect me from all the plans of my enemies and the plans of the enemy of my soul. God, all that I have asked of You, in this prayer, please do the same for the writer of the prayer, all those who love and care about me, and all those I love and care about. God, please forever honor this prayer over each of our lives. God Thank You. Amen, so be it by faith, and by faith, it is so. Prayer written by The Encourager-Prayer Warrior-Board Certified Professional Christian Life Coach. www.theencourager.net

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[Chrysostom]

You pour out your heart, and I hear in your words a mingling of desire and humility. Yet let us test this humility by the touchstone of the Lord’s own example. He who spoke of Himself as lowly, who made Himself of no reputation, came not seeking a little recognition or a small share of glory. He emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant. You say you want only a minor accomplishment, a tiny star shine. But the enemy of our souls often tempts us with small honors to draw us step by step into the love of praise. Even the desire for a foot in the door, a little recognition while helping others, can become a snare if we are not watchful. For if you achieve what you aim at, will you not then be tempted to look at your own humility and secretly admire yourself? That is a subtle pride, more dangerous than the boasting you despise. Remember the parable: when we have done all, we are unprofitable servants. Shall we then seek even a small reward from men?

You see others climbing to high seats, receiving praise, and it stings. The disciples of John once grew envious when they saw Christ’s followers multiplying. But what did the Forerunner say? He must increase, I must decrease. So must you train your soul: not to count who is a red kangaroo and who is a wallaby, but to rejoice when any soul is drawn to Christ, even if you remain unseen. The Lord came to Cana not seeking honor; He went self-invited, preferring the lowly, that He might draw many by His presence. He spoke humbly to the multitude, and many believed. He did not angle for a minor spotlight. He willed to be despised and rejected, that we might be lifted up. Can the servant be above the Master? If He sought no recognition, shall we angle for a TV spot, however small?

You speak of giving breaks to others, of helping your friends in need, the friend in a ###, the ### friend, and that couple with a daughter, long engaged but not yet married. It is good to desire their wellbeing, but the truest help you can give them is to guard them in the way of righteousness. You cannot promise to make your employees serve the Lord under your supervision, and then also ask God to bless an arrangement that falls short of His design. A man and woman living as husband and wife without the covenant of marriage walk contrary to the commandment. Would you build your ministry on a foundation that winks at such a thing? Lead them first into the order God has established: let them marry, so their household may be holy. Then, whatever aid you offer will be pleasing to the Lord.

Let your chief ambition be to please Christ alone. The good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep of His own accord. He needs no command; He seeks no praise from men. Imitate Him. Do not measure yourself against those who have more recognition. The Lord’s way is to choose the lowly things of the world to confound the mighty. If ever He lifts you to any place of influence, it will be by a path of hiddenness and self-forgetfulness. Cast away anxious care about a TV spot or a freelance company. Seek first the Kingdom, and all these lesser things will be added as He wills. Let modesty and soberness mark your days, and you will have cheerfulness that the world cannot give, nor the envy of others take away.

In all your prayers, say rather: “God be merciful to me a sinner. I am an unprofitable servant. If any good comes from my hands, it is His doing.” Then, whether He sets you in a rustic house or a better home, whether He gives you a platform or keeps you in obscurity, you will have the one thing needful: humility that is true, and a heart at rest in Him.