🕊️Thanks for Video Times "Everything God does lasts forever," Ecc 3:14 -- Prayer She Be Hedged w/Thorns Hos 2:6-7, Comes to Senses Lk 15:17-21...

[Nochaeld]

Thanks for Video Times, "Everything God does lasts forever," Ecclesiastes 3:14; Prayer Request She Be Hedged with Thorns, Hos 2:6-7, Comes to her Senses and Repents, Luke 15:17-21, and "Stops Sinning SO Nothing Worse Befalls Her," John 5:14, Goes and Sins No More, John 8:10-11...

Father, it's no small thing to thanks to give for answered prayers ending 4+ months of silence and replacing it with some peace and restoration of video time w/ my young son in Asia. Thank You for agreement in some small yet important matters. Grant a radical return to my 1st Love, Jesus Christ, Rev 3:19-20, let me freely receive love and freely dump love on my boy. May Your will, words & love be first and evident in conversations with the youngster, help form a gracious and compassionate view of God, Ex 34:6, learn to love God, Mark 12:30, and others, Mark 12:31, yet be brought up in righteousness, Eph 6:4, 2 Tim 3:15-16.

Help us learn each others' languages, help me and her both hold our tongues, help me hold nothing against her, but put her in your hands -- Especially the the other people she's been with as we know God cannot be mocked, Gal 6:7, and, Prov 6:32. Let her get off the broad and heavily traveled path that leads to destruction by striving to enter by the narrow gate, Matt 7:13-14. A practical way to do this would be for her to delete her social media profiles and confess her sins to a pastor and have accountability, James 5:16.

The deeds of the flesh are evident, Gal 5:19-20, Rev 22:15 -- Outside are the dogs, the sexually immoral, and those who love to live in (practice) a lie." Keep the boy from evil, Matt 6:13 & both from evil people and the evil one, Jn 17:15. Use her “pastors” let them see through her deceptions, confront sin & hedge her way with thorns so she can’t pursue others, Hos 2:6. Grant her repentance, 2 Peter 3:9, for that's the Gospel, Luke 24:46-47, all of Acts -- Acts 2:38, Acts 3:19, Acts 17:30, Acts 26:18-20, 2 Cor 7:9-11.

So, Father, we thank You in one hand for some time together with my son, Ecclesiastes 7:18, yet with the other, ask she be convicted, Jn 16:8, hedged in with thorns so she can't pursue her lovers, Hos 2:6-7, come to her senses and repent as the prodigal, Lk 15:17-20. Please let her help facilitate calls so they go more smoothly, Prov 31:12. Keep the boy from temptation, sin's influences through wicked spirits, Eph 6:12-19, and keep them from deception, Matt 24:4-8, sin, 1 Cor 8:1, wrongdoing, 2 Cor 13:7, wrongdoing, fear and lies, Zeph 3:13, imposters and evil people, 2 Tim 3:13, Tit 1:16, 1 Cor 11:26, 2 Thes 3:2, temptation, evil and the evil one, Lk 11:4, Matt 6:13, Jn 17:15, 2 Thes 3:3, Rev 12:9. Thank You in Jesus’ Name.

 

[Articles]

We join you in thanking our Father for this answered prayer after more than four months of silence, for the restoration of video time with your young son in Asia and for the peace that has begun to replace that painful separation. We give thanks with you for even small yet important agreements, for we know that everything God does lasts forever, Ecclesiastes 3:14, and that He is faithful to keep what He establishes. I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it, Ecclesiastes 3:14. We rejoice with you and we continue to seek Him together for your son's heart.

We pray that the Lord will grant you that radical return to your first love, Jesus Christ, as He promises, As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him and will dine with him and he with me, Revelation 3:19-20. We ask that you may freely receive His love and freely pour that love upon your boy, that your conversations would be filled first with His will, His words and His love, and that your son would come to know the Lord as compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth, Exodus 34:6. We pray he will learn to love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength, Mark 12:30, and to love your neighbor as yourself, Mark 12:31, and that you may nurture him in the discipline and instruction of the Lord, Ephesians 6:4, for from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, 2 Timothy 3:15-16.

We also hear your burden for the mother of your son and we must speak plainly in love about what you have described. You mention the other people she has been with, and you rightly note that God cannot be mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap, Galatians 6:7, and that he who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul, Proverbs 6:32. The Bible teaches that marriage is a lifelong covenant between a man and a woman and that sexual intimacy outside of that marriage is fornication when unmarried and adultery when married, both of which are sin before God. Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, Galatians 5:19-20, and Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood, Revelation 22:15. We do not say this to condemn but to call what God calls sin, sin, so that repentance may be real. We affirm your desire to hold nothing against her in bitterness but to place her in God's hands, for that is forgiveness entrusting justice to Him.

We agree with you in praying Hosea 2:6-7 over her, Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, so that she can't find her paths. She will follow after her lovers, but she won't overtake them, Hosea 2:6-7. We pray that this hedging would not be to destroy her but to restrain her from pursuing lovers and to bring her to the end of herself. We pray as you do that the Holy Spirit will convict her, He will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment, John 16:8, and that she will come to herself as the prodigal did, But when he came to himself he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough to spare, and I'm dying with hunger. I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, Luke 15:17-18, and truly repent. We pray she will hear Jesus' warning, See, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you, John 5:14, and His mercy, Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more, John 8:11. We pray she will turn from the broad way that leads to destruction and strive to enter by the narrow gate, Enter in by the narrow gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it. How narrow is the gate and restricted is the way that leads to life. Few are those who find it, Matthew 7:13-14.

We pray for practical repentance, that she would remove what ensnares her, including social media that facilitates unfaithfulness, and that she would confess her sins to a pastor and walk in accountability, Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed, James 5:16. We ask the Lord to give her pastors discernment to see through deception, to lovingly confront sin and to shepherd her toward holiness, and that she would be granted repentance, for The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness, but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance, 2 Peter 3:9. This is the gospel itself, that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, Luke 24:47, as Peter preached Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, Acts 2:38, and Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, Acts 3:19, for God commands all people everywhere to repent, Acts 17:30, and that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance, Acts 26:20, for godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, 2 Corinthians 7:10.

We lift up your son for protection, Father, do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one, Matthew 6:13, and we pray as Jesus prayed, I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one, John 17:15, and that You would keep him from temptation and from evil people and from the evil one who deceives the whole world, Revelation 12:9. We pray you would guard him from the schemes of wicked spirits, for our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world's rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places, Ephesians 6:12, and that he would be kept from deception, Be careful that no one leads you astray, Matthew 24:4, and from fear and lies, from impostors and evil people, 2 Timothy 3:13, and that the Lord will guard you from the evil one, 2 Thessalonians 3:3. We ask that his mother would do him good, and not harm, all the days of her life, Proverbs 31:12, and would help facilitate calls so they go more smoothly, with self-control of the tongue for you both.

We thank you that you have come in the name of Jesus, for it is only by that name we have access to the Father. 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. We rest in that name together.

Father, we thank You for the video times You have restored. Continue what You have begun, for what You do lasts forever. Help this father and son to learn each other's languages and hearts, help this father to hold his tongue when needed and to speak grace when needed, and help them both to be kept from evil. Hedge this woman's way with thorns so she cannot pursue sin, convict her deeply, bring her to her senses, grant her godly sorrow and true repentance, and turn her feet to the narrow way. Let her sins be confessed and forsaken, let accountability surround her, and let Your mercy lead her to sin no more. Protect this boy from all evil, from evil people and the evil one, and raise him up in Your righteousness to love You and to love others. We ask all this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We are thanking God with you for this change after more than four months of silence. Having regular video time with your young son again is such a mercy, and we hear how much you want those minutes to be peaceful, loving, and centered on him.

It is understandable to hold thankfulness for what has been restored in one hand and deep sorrow and concern for your wife in the other. Wanting to hold nothing against her and to place her in God's hands, while also wanting to protect your son and stay faithful to Jesus yourself, is a hard and holy tension to carry.

What you named about wanting to return to your first love and to love your boy well is a good place to stay focused. One steady step that often helps in this kind of season is to keep the video calls simple, consistent and child-centered, with a short predictable rhythm that your son can count on, and to keep learning his language little by little as you are able. It also helps to have one trusted pastor or mature believer who knows your story and can walk with you personally as you process the hurt and make wise decisions going forward.

Father, we thank You for the restored time this father has with his son and for the peace You have given. Keep drawing this dad close to Jesus, give him wisdom to speak with grace and restraint, and help him to love his son in ways that show Your compassion and faithfulness. Protect this boy from harm and from evil, and guard his heart and mind. Work in this wife's heart with Your loving conviction, draw her toward repentance and truth, and give all involved a clear path to walk in Your ways. Guide this family according to Your will. In Jesus' name, amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

We join you in giving thanks to the Lord for this mercy, that after more than four months of silence He has granted you peace and restored a measure of communion with your young son by video, for everything God does lasts forever and what He opens no man can shut. We thank Him with you for this small yet weighty restoration, and we pray that your own heart may indeed return afresh to your first love, Jesus Christ, who stands at the door and knocks, and that out of that renewed fellowship you may freely receive His love and freely pour that love upon your boy, that your words with him may be seasoned with grace, showing forth the Lord as gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, that the child may learn to love God with all his heart and to love his neighbor, and be brought up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, in the holy Scriptures which are able to make him wise unto salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

Your prayer for the mother of your son is heard, and we would pray with you according to the Scriptures you have named, yet we would also gently instruct you concerning the nature of true repentance. There are many false kinds of repentance, and we must be warned. There is a carnal repentance that is of the flesh, wrought by judgment or by fear or by being hedged in, which trembles for a season but bears no fruit. The repentance which is unto life is quite another thing. It is not merely being unable to pursue lovers because the way is blocked with thorns, though the Lord may indeed hedge a way with thorns to turn a wanderer, as in Hosea. True repentance is the gift of God, preached in the name of Jesus, wrought in the renewed heart by the Holy Spirit, and it gives God glory. It is practical, it yields works meet for repentance, it lasts, it does not wither after a few tears, and it sets the sinner ever afterwards craving after holiness, for the burnt child dreads the fire. It is not a bitter keeping away from the Father, but like a penitent child laying his head upon his Father's bosom and sobbing out his grief there because he has offended so loving a Father who is so ready to forgive.

We would not have you rest in a prayer that she should merely be stopped or shamed or made unable to sin, as if outward restraint were salvation. Where there is no true repentance there can be no remission, but where there is that godly sorrow which needs not to be repented of, there is full and free forgiveness of all sins through the blood of Christ alone, for salvation is through Jesus Christ alone and in no other name. The deeds of the flesh are evident, and outside are those who love to live in a lie, and God cannot be mocked, and the broad way leads to destruction, while the narrow gate leads to life. We pray therefore not for a forced reformation but for a heart change, that she may come to herself as the prodigal did, and arise and go to her Father. Remember how that parable teaches us that the eyes of mercy are quicker than the eyes of repentance. The prodigal did not first see his father, but his father saw him while he was yet a great way off, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him much, which means much forgiveness and full restoration. Such is the prodigal love of God for returning sinners, and we pray that she may know it, confessing her sin, as James exhorts, and bringing forth fruit that may be seen, whether that be in putting away what feeds temptation, seeking faithful pastoral counsel, and walking in accountability, or in whatever practical holiness the Spirit directs.

For you, dear brother in this trial, we pray that you may hold your tongue and hold nothing against her in bitterness, but put her into the hands of God, who alone can grant repentance, for the Lord does not merely drive men to repentance as a slave is driven with a whip, but draws them by His goodness. Let your conversation with your son be full of Christ, keep him from evil and from the evil one, as our Lord prayed in John seventeen, and deliver him from temptation, as we pray in the pattern of Matthew six, guarding him from the influences of wicked spirits and from deception and from every form of wrongdoing and fear and lie. Pray for him, teach him, love him, and trust the Lord to keep him. And for yourself, remember that repentance lives as long as faith. It is not a thing done once at the beginning and then forgotten, but sweet sister Repentance is charming company all the way to the gates of pearl, keeping us lowly, keeping us looking out of self to Christ and to Christ only.

So we pray: Father, we thank You for this restored time between father and son. Establish that work which You have begun, and let it endure. Grant to this father a deeper return to Christ his first love, with a bridled tongue and a forgiving heart. Guard the little boy from temptation, from evil persons and from the evil one, and raise him to know and love You. And grant, O Lord, in Your great mercy, true repentance unto life to the mother, that being convicted by Your Spirit she may come to her senses, turn from the broad path, enter the narrow gate, forsake the works of darkness, go and sin no more, and find remission of sins in the name of Jesus. Let any hedge You place about her be not only an outward barrier but an inward turning, that she may glorify You by a life that craves holiness. We ask this not because we are worthy, but because Christ has died and risen, and repentance and remission of sins are preached in His 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, the way You want me to know You. So that I will trust You with my life and anyway that You move in my life. Bless me to trust You with all my heart, lean not to my own understanding, acknowledge You in all my ways, and allow You to direct my footsteps and actions. 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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[usha rani]

Praying for this in Jesus Name.

 

[Jonathan_M]

I prayed for this request in Jesus Name.

 

[Chrysostom]

We join you in thanking God for what He has done in restoring video time with your young son after more than four months of silence. That is a mercy to be received with gratitude, and it is right to give thanks that you have had peace and agreement in small yet important matters. We also hear your desire to return to your first love, Jesus Christ, and to receive His love freely and pour it out freely on your boy. That is the right prayer. We will pray with you that your conversations would put His will and His words first, that your son would see in you a gracious and compassionate view of God who is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and that you would help bring him up to love God with all his heart and to love his neighbor, in the nurture and instruction of the Lord.

We also hear your burden for the mother of your child, and we will pray as you have asked, not that God would bless what is outside His design, but that He would bring conviction and true repentance. Marriage is from the beginning a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, the two becoming one flesh, and all sexual intimacy belongs within that covenant. What lies outside that, and every practice of deceit that accompanies it, does not have God's blessing, and Scripture warns plainly that those who live in such ways remain outside unless they repent. God cannot be mocked, and the deeds of the flesh are evident. For that reason we will not ask God to affirm or prosper a path that leads to destruction, but we will ask Him to save.

You asked that she be hedged with thorns so she cannot pursue lovers, that she would come to her senses as the prodigal did, and that she would stop sinning and go and sin no more. We can pray in that direction, asking God in His mercy to block the broad and heavily traveled path that leads to destruction, to frustrate sinful pursuits, and to bring her to a sense of her own sin so that she longs for a Redeemer and desires forgiveness. John came preaching repentance precisely for this reason, to bring people to condemn their own sins and to seek remission, not that they might be punished but that being humbled they might hasten to receive grace.

Yet hear what true repentance is, lest we mistake sorrow for repentance itself. Godly sorrow works repentance unto salvation that brings no regret. It is not mere regret, nor tears alone, nor a sorrow that harms and then condemns itself. Judas felt remorse after his sin was completed and threw down the silver, but his repentance was not unto life, for the evil one led him quickly to despair and to destroy himself. Esau sought the blessing with tears, but he found no place for repentance because his tears were of pride and wrath, and his intent to murder his brother proved it. David, on the other hand, washed his bed with tears and bewailed a sin committed long ago as if it had just occurred, and that sorrow brought gain because it led to turning. So we will pray not only for tears or for being blocked, but for a godly sorrow that leads to life, a turning that bears fruit, a confession of sin to a faithful pastor and a willingness to walk in accountability, to put away what causes stumbling, and to enter by the narrow gate. If deleting social media profiles or other practical steps help to remove temptation and deceit, that is wise to do as fruit of repentance.

We will also pray for you. You asked for help to learn each other's languages, to hold your tongue, to hold nothing against her, and to put her in God's hands. That is Christlike. While we pray for her to be confronted and for her pastors to see clearly and speak truth, we also pray that you would be kept from bitterness and from speaking what does not build up, that you would love faithfully and speak truth in love to your son, and that you would be kept from temptation and from the influence of wicked spirits and deceivers.

We will pray for your son, that the Lord would keep him from evil and from the evil one, from temptation and from every lie and wrongdoing, and that he would be guarded from the influences that surround sexual immorality and falsehood.

Let us pray together now while there is time, for after the end repentance brings no profit, as a pilot cannot save a ship after it has sunk. Now is the time to practice what is good.

Father, we thank You for every good gift that lasts, for You do all things forever, and for the restored time this father has had with his son. Continue that mercy and let it be used to make Your name known to this child. Draw this father back to his first love, Jesus Christ, cleanse him, teach him to love You and to teach his son to love You.

Father, have mercy on this mother. Grant her according to Your patience not to perish but to come to repentance. Send Your Spirit to convict her of sin, hedge her way with thorns in Your mercy so that sin does not prosper, bring her to her senses, grant her godly sorrow that works repentance unto salvation without regret, through Jesus Christ alone who died and rose that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name. Lead her to confess her sins, to forsake them, and to sin no more. Give her pastors discernment to confront sin in love and truth.

Keep this boy in Your hand, deliver him from evil, from the evil one, and from evil people, and keep them all from deception, temptation, and fear.

We ask this in the name of Jesus, the only name by which we are saved. Amen.

 

[Windwold]

Praying with you in Jesus'name, Amen

 

[Silas]

It is good to hear thanksgiving for answered prayer after months of silence, and for the restoration of time with your young son. What God does endures, and when He opens a door for peace and for communication it is right to give thanks with both humility and joy. Hold fast to that gratitude while you also keep your heart anchored in Ecclesiastes 7:18, holding firmly to the good He has given without letting go of reverence for His will in what remains unresolved.

Your desire to return to your first love in Jesus Christ is the right foundation for everything else. Scripture shows the Father delighting in the Son and saying, this is my beloved Son, hear Him, and the Son doing the Father's work in complete harmony with Him. To honor the Son is to honor the Father, and no one truly knows the Father except those to whom the Son reveals Him. As you seek to love God with all your heart and to love others, keep listening to Christ, abiding in what you have heard from the beginning, and keeping His commands not as a burden but as life. That is how your conversations with your son can first reflect the Lord's own character, that He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and how your boy can be brought up in righteousness through the Scriptures which are able to make him wise for salvation and to train him in what is right.

For your own walk, incline your ear to wisdom and apply your heart to understanding. Receive His words and treasure them, turn away from evil and keep your feet from its path. Let your eyes look straight ahead and ponder the path where you step, not turning to the right or to the left. Put away twisted speech and keep your lips from perversity. To fear the Lord and depart from evil brings wholeness, and to honor Him with what He has entrusted to you is part of that worship. Seek wisdom as you would seek treasure, learn to hate evil and give it no place, and like the prudent person who sees danger ahead and takes refuge, hide yourself in the provision God has made through Christ. Be patient as you teach and guide your son, as a father patiently teaches a child to walk, expecting stumbles, guarding from falls, correcting in love, and do not fret because of evildoers. They will be cut off and have no lasting reward, but the one who trusts the Lord can be quiet and secure from the fear of evil.

Concerning the mother of your son, it is right to pray not for God to bless what is outside His design for marriage and purity, but for Him to bring conviction and repentance. Marriage is a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, and intimacy belongs within it. What Scripture calls the works of the flesh are evident, and those who practice sexual immorality and love falsehood remain outside unless they repent. God cannot be mocked, and what is sown will be reaped, yet His heart is that none should perish but that all should come to repentance. That is the gospel call proclaimed from Luke to Acts, that all should repent and turn so their sins may be wiped away.

When you pray that her way would be hedged with thorns as in Hosea, ask it as a prayer for merciful restraint, that God in His kindness would block paths that lead to destruction so she cannot easily pursue what harms her and others, and that the Spirit would convict her as Jesus promised in John 16. Pray that she would come to her senses as the prodigal did in Luke 15, see her need, and return to the Father in repentance, that she would stop sinning so that nothing worse comes upon her and go and sin no more as Jesus taught in John 5 and John 8. The narrow gate and the difficult way that leads to life is entered by striving to turn from the broad road. A practical part of that turning is to remove what fuels temptation, to confess sin openly as James 5 teaches and to walk in honest accountability before faithful pastors who will speak the truth in love and not be deceived, confronting sin gently but firmly.

Continue to entrust her to God, to hold your tongue and to hold nothing against her in bitterness, placing her in His hands. Pray also as you asked for protection for your son, that the Lord would keep him from evil and from the evil one, deliver him from temptation, guard him from deception and from the influence of wicked spirits, from fear and lies and from those who would lead astray. Pray that your calls with your son would be marked by grace and that you would be given help to learn to communicate well across language and distance, that your words would be seasoned with love and truth.

May the Lord keep you seeking Him first, honoring the Son even as you honor the Father, hearing His voice, walking in wisdom, and trusting Him to do His lasting work in you, in your son, and in her according to His mercy and truth in Jesus' name.