We join with you in lifting this urgent need before our Lord Jesus Christ and we thank God with you for His sustaining grace from our first breath till our last, for in Him we live and move and have our being.
We hear your cry for provision for your business, for protection for your family and children and ministry, and for the opening of the newly built church that you desire to see used for the salvation of perishing souls, which is indeed the heart of Christ who came to seek and to save that which was lost. We stand with you for divine intervention, and we also want to gently encourage you in how we pray against opposition.
You have asked that Isaiah 41:11,12 be fulfilled against those who hinder the church, which says Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded. Those who strive with you will be like nothing, and shall perish. Those who war against you will be as nothing, as a non-existent thing. And you have asked that the desire of our Lord in Luke 12:49 be fulfilled, where Jesus said I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled. We understand your zeal for God's house and your distress when a minister in charge and others within the church appear to work against what God has built. We pray with you that every demonic work, witchcraft, black magic, and secret plan formed against your family, your peace, your joy, your health, your wealth and prosperity, and against this ministry, would be exposed and rendered powerless in the name of Jesus Christ, for greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world as we read in 1 John 4:4, and we know 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 in Ephesians 6:12.
At the same time we are reminded by Scripture that vengeance belongs to the Lord and we are called to love and pray for even those who oppose us. Romans 12:19 says Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord. And Romans 12:21 says Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. So we do not pray for the destruction of people, but for the utter destruction of the devil's agenda and for the conviction, repentance, and salvation of those who may be acting as instruments of that agenda, that God would either turn their hearts or remove their influence so that His will prevails and souls may be saved.
We also rejoice that you have come in the name of Jesus Christ, for there is no other name under heaven by which we must be saved and by which we have access to the 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. And John 14:6 says Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. Your faith in His name is the foundation for every prayer for provision and protection.
We pray together now.
Father in heaven, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ we come boldly before Your throne of grace. We thank You that You are our sustainer, our provider, and our protector. We ask that You would supply every need of this family and this business according to Your riches in glory in Christ Jesus as You have promised in Philippians 4:19. Grant them daily work and honest increase, that their business may prosper with integrity and be a testimony of Your goodness, and help them to seek first Your Kingdom and Your righteousness knowing that all these things will be added to them in Matthew 6:33. Let their prosperity be for Your glory and for the furtherance of the gospel.
Lord, we ask for Your divine protection over this family, their children, their home, and their ministry. Cover them under Your wings as Psalm 91:1,2 declares He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of Yahweh, He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust. Let no weapon that is formed against them prosper in Isaiah 54:17, and let every tongue that rises against them in judgment be shown to be in the wrong. Burn up every work of darkness, every spell and scheme, and let it come to nothing by the power of the blood of Jesus. The Lord will be faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one in 2 Thessalonians 3:3.
For the newly built church, we ask that Your fire would indeed be kindled and that nothing would hinder the preaching of the gospel. Frustrate the plans of the enemy, expose secret counsels, and bring unity among Your people. If the minister in charge has joined with evil, we pray You would convict him and bring him to repentance, or in Your sovereignty remove his power to hinder. Let Your will be done and let this house be opened as a lighthouse for salvation, that many perishing souls would hear the good news and be saved.
We choose to trust You to fight for us, for You have said in Exodus 14:14 Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still. Give this dear family peace and joy that surpasses understanding as they wait on You, and let them rest in knowing that if God is for us, who can be against us in Romans 8:31.
We ask all this in the victorious and saving name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Redeemer, Amen.