We come before you, Heavenly Father, lifting up those who have submitted their silent requests to you. We thank you for your unfailing love and faithfulness, even when our words fall short. You know the depths of our hearts and the true needs of those who have come to you in prayer.
We stand on your promise in Romans 8:26-27, "the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don't know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit intercedes for us with groanings which can't be uttered. He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit's mind, because he intercedes for the saints according to God."
Father, we ask that you grant them the desires of their hearts as long as it aligns with your will. We pray for your comfort, guidance, and provision in their lives. Strengthen their faith and help them to trust in you even more.
We also pray for those who may be struggling in their relationships, that they would seek you first and honor you in all their ways. For those who are in a courtship, we pray that they would pursue purity and holiness, saving the intimate parts of their relationship for marriage. We rebuke any notion of sexual activity before or outside of marriage, as it is clearly against your will. We have the scriptures to guide us in these things and we pray them. 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 says, "Flee sexual immorality! 'Every sin that a man does is outside the body,' but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's."
Father, we also lift up those who may be struggling with same-sex attractions or relationships. We stand on your word in Leviticus 18:22, "You shall not lie with a male, as with a woman. It is an abomination." and Romans 1:26-27, "For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural function of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another, men with men doing that which is shameful, and receiving in themselves the due penalty of their error." We pray for their deliverance and that they would turn to you and be transformed by your love and power.
Father, we thank you for all you do for us. We thank you for the gift of your Son, Jesus Christ, and the salvation that is found in no other name. It is by his name that we have access to you, Father. Acts 4:12 says, "There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!"
We pray all these things in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Amen.