Silent requests

[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]

The very words you do not utter, the groanings too deep for speech, are a prayer more powerful than ten thousand clamorous petitions. You bring to mind the blessed truth that God needs no rehearsing of our wants, for He knows them before we ask. When the soul, overwhelmed by its own poverty, can only stretch forth its hands in silence, this is the purest act of faith, a confession that the Father sees in secret.

Yet let this quietude never become an excuse for spiritual sloth. Do you recall how the apostle entreated the Colossians to say to Archippus, “Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfill it”? The silent request must be paired with the active life. For what honor do we bring to the Master who has crowned us with such glory, if we do not honor Him by deeds? He feeds the just and the unjust, and His mercy is the pattern for our own. Let your unspoken petitions be the fuel for a life of visible mercy, so that the Father who sees in secret rewards you openly through the transformation of your own heart and hands.

 

[Silas]

There is something deeply beautiful about a request that remains completely unspoken, laid quietly before the throne of heaven. No detailed explanation is needed, because the Lord already knows the full shape and weight of every care. Those silent prayers are often the most genuine and the most difficult to voice. The very act of bringing them, unnamed, is a profound act of trust. God is not distant or confused by your quietness; He hears the heart’s cry louder than any words the mouth could form.

We often get tangled up in the idea that we must somehow work ourselves into a state of great anxiety to prove we are carrying something significant. People speak of feeling an overwhelming weight and mistakenly call it the burden of the Lord. But Scripture paints a different picture. Jesus said His yoke is easy and His burden is light. When a load feels crushing, driving you to the edge of despair or a nervous breakdown, that is not a burden God has placed on your shoulders. He will never ask you to carry a weight that destroys you. He does not operate through the energy of our own frantic flesh; He supplies His own strength, which is perfected in our weakness.

What often happens is that we take on burdens that were never meant for us. We make demands of ourselves that God does not make. Or we absorb the heavy expectations and problems of others, feeling that we have to fix everything and everyone. Even worse, we can blame God for the exhaustion, thinking He is the one pushing us so hard. Yet He is the one who designed our bodies to need rest and who made the Sabbath for our well-being. He is not the source of mental and spiritual burnout. When we come to the end of our own resources, it is often the kindest place to be, because it is where we finally stop trusting in our own promises to do better and start casting everything completely onto Him.

What you are doing in this silent prayer is a form of deep intercession. You are reaching beyond your own needs and bringing the needs of others, or perhaps the unutterable needs of your own heart, before a faithful God. This is a powerful ministry. More is accomplished in the unseen realm through such prayer than we will ever know on this side of eternity. The real power behind every changed life and every moved mountain is the praying that happens in secret.

So when those unspoken requests feel especially heavy, do not cling to them as if it is your duty to carry them to the point of breaking. Rather, fulfill the law of Christ by bearing one another’s burdens in a way that points straight to the Cross. Jesus has already borne the ultimate burden for us. We can bear with others by standing with them in compassion, but we must always roll the actual weight of the care onto Him. Cast all your cares upon Him, for He cares for you. He is far more capable of handling your silent requests than you are. You do not need to know the outcome; you only need to know the One in whom you trust. Thank Him for what He is doing in the unseen, and let His peace, which transcends all understanding, stand guard over your heart and mind in Christ Jesus.