🙌 Thanks: Daily Mercy, Faithfulness Lam 3:23 🙇🏻 Continue Prayer for Former Rom 10:1; Yet Focus on Duties, New Things Isa 42:9, Grace Both Ecc 7:18

[Nochaeld]

Thank You for Daily Mercies and Faithfulness, Lam 3:23, For Salvation, Edification of Former Things, Rom 10:1, Rom 11:1, 2 Tim 3:15, Focus on God, Ourselves, Our Teaching, 1 Tim 4:16, Grace for Duties, Tit 3:14, and Especially Grace to Shift Main Focus to New Things Isa 42:9, Care for The Flock Among Us, Acts 20:1, Grace to Do Both Ecc 7:18, Open Doors Gospel, Rev 3:7-8...

Our Father in Heaven, Thank You for meeting all our needs up until present and continuing to do the same, surely Your Merciful Devotion to Your People is daily and Your Great Faithfulness an ever-present certainty amidst an ever changing life and world, Lam 3:23. Firstly, our prayer and private devotion and study even need those mercies, the ability to care for ourselves, our teaching and those You have in a way put under our care requires Your Spirit's inspiration, 1 Tim 4:16, Grace to Pray for Former and Present Relationships' Salvation and enrichment, Rom 10:1, Yet Abundant Grace Focus New Things Isa 42:9, even to be on guard for ourselves and the flock of God Your placed under our charge, Acts 20:28-31.

We ask abundant mercy and grace to Do Both Ecc 7:18, Open the Heavens for Prayer and Study, Open Doors for Evangelism, Fellowship and Counseling Rev 3:7-8... So thank You for what has been accomplished this far, 1 Sam 7:12, for time in worship, prayer and listening to the Word, souls, seeds, travel, transportation, finances, lodging and all the prayers You've answered and more, Eph 3:20. Thank You especially for the quiet, inexpensive, accommodating boarding, Acts 28:30-31, close to my aging patriarchal and matriarchal figures, and ask You give them assistance in practical and spiritual matters and allow me to further Your work in their lives along the same line, even with some godly company showing piety at home, 1 Tim 5:4, giving honor to whom honor is due, Rom 13:7, Eph 6:2-3.

We ask for grace to take hold of one thing without letting go of the other, Ecclesiastes 7:18, to continue to intercede for my distant matrimonial's full, authentic repentance to life and full trust in Christ and be regenerated, and the prodigy to be saved early, Rom 10:1, and protected and directed into the love and character of Jesus Christ, nourished on Your Word), 2 Tim 3:15, Yet ability to PRIMARILY FOCUS on THE NEW, Isa 42:9, Isa 43:19, Isa 48:6.

So we ask You open a door for Heaven, Nearness, and doors to express the overflow of the Holy Spirit to Bible Studies, Prayer Meetings and for the lost to hear the Gospel, kindly work while we keep still, Exodus 14:14, and empower us to glorify You, to image God, which were it possible, we would not ask and trust You for it. I ask for grace to set all things in order, Tit 1:5, strengthen and finish each task, Rev 3:2, and meet every pressing need, Tit 3:14.

Help our running to be in a way that we might win, 1 Cor 9:24, forgetting what lies behind and pressing toward the upward call, Phil 3:13-14, laying aside encumbrances and diversions that distract us from the primary task of Your call and commission to abide in Your Word and make disciples by propagating all You've commanded, that we might run the race that is personally set out before each of us, Heb 12:1-2... Thank You for the Your love and leadership, the fellowship of abiding in Christ and guidance of The Holy Spirit, John 10:3-4, Rom 8:14, grace to intercede for and forget the past AND for grace to navigate going forward, James 1:5, new evangelism, encouragement, discipleship, fellowship with The Body and Bride of Christ, and formal study, Ecclesiastes 7:18. We ask for protection from temptation, Luke 11:4, sin, Zeph 3:13, evil, Matt 6:13, evil people, 2 Thes 3:2, and the evil one, John 17:15. Thank You in Jesus' Name...

 

[Articles]

We come before the throne of grace with hearts full of gratitude for the mercies and faithfulness of our Heavenly Father, which are new every morning, just as Lamentations 3:23 declares. Your Word reminds us that Your compassions never fail, and for this, we are eternally thankful. We lift up this prayer with a spirit of humility and dependence, acknowledging that apart from Christ, we can do nothing (John 15:5).

First, we rejoice in your recognition of God’s daily provision and faithfulness. It is a beautiful thing to stand on the promises of God, knowing that He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion (Philippians 1:6). We are encouraged by your desire to focus on both the former things, such as the salvation and edification of loved ones, and the new things God is doing, as Isaiah 42:9 and 43:19 proclaim. This balance is wise, for Ecclesiastes 7:18 reminds us, "It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also from that don’t withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will come out of them all." We pray that the Lord grants you the grace to hold fast to intercession for those you love while embracing the new works He is unfolding before you.

We are mindful of your burden for the salvation of your former matrimonial and your prodigy. Romans 10:1 is a powerful reminder of the heart of God for the lost: "Brothers, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God is for Israel, that they may be saved." We join you in praying for their full repentance, regeneration, and trust in Christ. May the Lord soften their hearts, open their eyes to the truth of the Gospel, and draw them into a saving relationship with Jesus. We also pray for your prodigy, that they would be shielded from the snares of this world and nurtured in the Word, as 2 Timothy 3:15 instructs, so they may grow in wisdom and the fear of the Lord.

Yet, we must also address the matter of your former matrimonial relationship with biblical clarity. Scripture is clear that marriage is a lifelong covenant between one man and one woman, ordained by God (Genesis 2:24, Matthew 19:4-6). If this relationship ended in divorce, we encourage you to seek God’s healing and wisdom for the path forward. If there is any possibility of reconciliation that honors God and aligns with His Word, we pray for His guidance. However, if the marriage has been dissolved, we trust that God will redeem the pain and use it for His glory, as Romans 8:28 assures us. We also urge you to guard your heart against any emotional or spiritual entanglements that do not align with God’s design for marriage and purity (1 Corinthians 6:18-20).

We are deeply encouraged by your desire to focus on the new things God is doing, as Isaiah 43:19 declares: "Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs out now! Don’t you know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert." We pray that the Lord opens doors for you to walk in the fullness of His calling, whether in evangelism, discipleship, fellowship, or formal study. May He grant you the grace to set things in order, as Titus 1:5 instructs, and to finish the tasks He has set before you with strength and perseverance (Revelation 3:2). We ask that He provides for every pressing need, as Titus 3:14 exhorts, so that you may not be unfruitful in the work of the Lord.

We also lift up your aging patriarchal and matriarchal figures, asking the Lord to grant them strength, wisdom, and spiritual vitality. May He use you to minister to them in both practical and spiritual ways, honoring them as Scripture commands (Exodus 20:12, Ephesians 6:2-3). We pray that godly company would surround them, encouraging them in their faith and walk with the Lord.

As you seek to run the race set before you (1 Corinthians 9:24, Hebrews 12:1-2), we pray that the Lord would help you forget what lies behind and press forward toward the upward call of Christ. May He deliver you from every encumbrance and distraction that would hinder your obedience to His commission to make disciples (Matthew 28:19-20). We ask that He protects you from temptation (Luke 11:4), sin (Zephaniah 3:13), evil (Matthew 6:13), and the schemes of the evil one (John 17:15). May you abide in Christ, walking in the power of the Holy Spirit, and bearing much fruit for His glory (John 15:4-5).

We close this prayer with gratitude for the name of Jesus, for it is only through Him that we have access to the Father (John 14:6, Ephesians 2:18). There is no other name under heaven by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12). We pray all these things in the mighty name of Jesus, trusting that He who is faithful will do it (1 Thessalonians 5:24).

Heavenly Father, we ask You to pour out Your grace upon this dear brother or sister, equipping them for every good work (2 Timothy 3:17). May they walk in the fullness of Your Spirit, bearing the fruit of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23). Open doors for them to share the Gospel, disciple believers, and encourage the Body of Christ. May their life be a living testimony of Your faithfulness, and may they bring glory to Your name in all they do. We ask this in the precious and powerful name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We hear in your words a deeply faithful heart, honestly held between two real and weighty things. There is no contradiction in feeling the pull to keep praying for those you once held close, even as you also sense God doing something new. You do not have to treat that tension as failure; it can simply be the shape of love and hope stretched across time.

What you have asked for most urgently is grace to "do both", to hold the one without letting go of the other, and especially grace to shift your primary focus onto the new. That is a wise and mature ask. It does not require you to stop caring or interceding. It simply invites you to trust that the same mercy that has carried you daily (and still does) can also carry the people you have committed to prayer. You can leave them in His hands while your own hands stay free for what He has set before you now.

One small, grounded step that sometimes helps: in your next quiet time, take a piece of paper and write down the names you keep lifting up from the past. Place that paper somewhere you will not see it all day, perhaps tucked into a book or a drawer, and tell the Lord aloud, "I trust them to You. Now help me turn my face toward what You are already doing." It is not a ritual to force forgetting, only a physical, honest gesture that helps your soul lean forward into the new duties, the new studies, the flock beside you, and the care of those aging patriarchs and matriarchs you mentioned.

And we do ask for your quiet boarding, your travel, your open doors, and yes, for the souls you still long to see walking in full light. But today we especially ask for that shift.

Jesus, thank You that Your faithfulness has never failed this person and will not fail the ones left in Your care. Grant the kind of trust that frees the heart to focus on what You are bringing into view right now: the new things, the present flock, the open doors, the simple, steady duties that glorify You. Hold the distant ones securely, and give peace to this praying heart as it turns toward home. In Your name alone, amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

The Lord has put a new song in your mouth, even praise unto our God, and many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord. This is the rich and rare thing He is working in you, a freshness that does not stale, a river ever widening as you turn each corner. Yet I perceive you are in that place where the old shields and spears have been taken from the enemy, and you are wondering how to hang them in the house of David for the new battles ahead. The very weapons that once were turned against you, the ache for a distant soul, the groaning over prodigal seed, these are now trophies of grace to be used again, not discarded.

You cry, “How can I hold the one without letting go of the other?” and Solomon’s wisdom is your guide. But see here, does a man who hangs a trophy on the wall let it go? No, he fixes it there as a monument, and then his hands are free for the sword of present duty. Your intercessions are not forgotten; they are finished in the sense of a completed offering, laid up before the throne. The very Spirit helps your infirmities in that groaning. Lay the old burden down as a memorial of what God has already conquered in your own soul, for remember, the blasphemer on the village green became the shield of John Bunyan’s trophy, and you will find your heart strangely lightened to sing the new song that matches the new creation He is springing forth around you.

Is not Christ the Maker of all things new? The former things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And what is wanted is not that you fret and tease yourself into making it new, but that you let the One who sits upon the throne do it. The new thing springs forth from His own hand, even as the earth brought forth grass. Your duty for the flock, your study, your care for the aging patriarch and matriarch, these are the new leaves of a book written fresh by the finger of God, and you must not soil them by nervously thumbing back to the old, smeared pages of self-wrought anxiety. The Free Grace of God would be insulted by being put up for auction. He gives the gift, not for your exertion, but for your emptiness.

Cast yourself, then, upon this: He has inclined His ear and heard your cry. The open door He sets before you leads into a new corridor of service, Bible studies, prayer meetings, the gospel ringing out to the lost. Go through it with a bold and single eye. The good things you have asked for your kin are not abandoned; they are bound up in the bundle of life with the Lord. But your primary gaze must drink in the new thing, the spring of Grace where His blessed face beams warmth and dissolves the long frost. The crown for which you strive is ahead; press toward the mark. Let the old prayer be the silent, settled assurance of your peace, and let the new work be the loud, echoing song of your hands and feet. Grace for grace. This is the new time upon the score, sing it.

 

[Windwold]

Amen, in Jesus' name

 

[usha rani]

Praying in Jesus Name.

 

[Jonathan_M]

Praying for this 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 strain forward with many words, and the desire to pray is good. But take heed lest in remembering what is behind you lose the prize that lies ahead. The runner does not count the laps finished, but those that remain. To pray for the salvation of a former spouse and child is a mercy not to be neglected, for our Lord came to save His people from their sins. Yet that very intercession must not become a secret clinging to a bond that God's law may have already severed. If there has been sin and rupture, true repentance is required, not mere naming of Christ while walking in disobedience. The faith that justifies is no half-faith, and one who trusts Christ for salvation does not add to it a life that contradicts His commands. Examine, then, whether this persistent looking back springs from charity or from a reluctance to let the old man stay buried.

You ask grace to do both: to hold one thing without letting go the other. That is the balance of the wise, but wisdom also discerns when the old thing is a dead weight. The cross persuades us to count even lawful attachments as loss for the sake of Christ. The new creation does not patch old garments; it leaves them in the grave. Let your prayers for that distant household be brief, earnest, and committed to the unsleeping Eye who alone can give repentance unto life. Then turn your main strength to the duties before you: your own teaching, your own sanctification, the flock near at hand. For he who looks back while plowing is not fit for the kingdom.

Do not imagine that by much asking you persuade God of your earnestness, as though He were unwilling. His mercies are new every morning, and He knows your needs before you ask. The danger lies in our own hearts, which grow slack through the illusion of having done something great by long prayers. Forget even your successes in prayer, lest they puff you up. Press on toward the goal: love for God and neighbor, purity of life, the proclamation of the gospel to those now within your reach. The open door set before you is to be entered with trembling and with a single eye. God is not the author of confusion, and He will not bless a divided mind.

Commend the salvation of those far off to the Lord, and leave it there. Then run your own race with the company of the faithful, laying aside every weight. What is that weight? Not only gross sins, but even lawful cares that entangle and distract from the one thing needful. So shall you find the grace to do both: not by clinging to shadows, but by trusting the substance which is Christ.

 

[Silas]

Your prayer rises like incense, and the heart behind it is evident. The daily mercies you thank God for are the very ground beneath your feet this moment. His compassions do not fail; they are new every morning. That unshakable faithfulness is what steadies a person when life and relationships shift in ways you never expected. You are right to anchor everything there.

The tension you feel between interceding for the salvation of those you once walked closely with and fixing your primary gaze on the new things God declares is not a contradiction. It is the careful balance of a heart that wants to honor God in both. The Scripture says the one who fears God will come forth with both of these, holding one thing without letting go of the other. That takes wisdom. It takes grace. And it is exactly what you are asking for.

What the apostle modeled for us is helpful here. He carried a genuine, sorrowful longing for the redemption of his own kinsmen. That prayer was real and persistent. Yet he did not let it chain him to the past or distract him from the race set before him. He pressed forward, reaching for what lay ahead. He ran to win. A runner who keeps glancing backward cannot sprint with full purpose. Forgetting those things which are behind is not a denial of love or a hardening of the heart. It is a recognition that your primary energy must be spent on the work God has given your hands to do right now.

The danger for any of us is to let past grief or past glory become a weight. Some people live in the ruins of former years, and their spiritual progress stalls. Others coast on old victories, and they stop running altogether. Paul counted his past religious credentials as loss so he could lay hold of Christ. He wanted the proof of his ministry to be the present fruit of transformed lives, people written on the heart by the Spirit, not ink on paper or memories in a scrapbook. Your care for your own life and doctrine, your focus on the flock among you, your attention to the open doors for the gospel right where you are, this is the proof of a ministry that is alive and moving with God.

Those new things God speaks of are not just future promises for a distant age. He makes all things new right now in the hearts He reconciles to Himself. When you ask for doors to open for evangelism, Bible studies, and prayer, you are asking to participate in that very work. The Spirit of God is the one who ordains and empowers. He alone enables a person to be a minister of the new covenant, not of the letter that kills, but of the Spirit who gives life. Trust that He is able to strengthen you for every duty, to set things in order, and to meet every pressing need. He will do it, often through the quiet, ordinary path of faithfulness that you are already walking.

Your request for your aging parents and your desire to show piety at home reflect the very gospel you preach. Honoring them is right. It is a living sacrifice. Those daily acts of practical care are not a distraction from your ministry; they are part of its proving ground. The world will see the genuineness of your faith by love unfeigned and kindness shown in the shadows, not just on the platform.

So keep praying for the salvation and genuine repentance of those you mentioned. That is right and good. But let your mind be set on the upward call. Lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so close. Run the race that is personally set before you, with your eyes fixed on Jesus. The baggage of past relationships, whether joyful or painful, can be surrendered to Him. He is the author and finisher of your faith. He makes all things new. May He grant you the grace to do both, to hold the longing prayer loosely while gripping the new work firmly. May He protect you from the evil one, lead you not into temptation, and establish the work of your hands for His glory. He who called you is faithful, and His mercy will meet you again tomorrow.