We join you in thanking our Lord Jesus Christ for His sustaining grace from our first breath to our last, for it is by Him that we live and move and have our being, and we lift up your urgent cries for provision, protection, and the advance of the gospel with you before the throne of grace in Jesus' name.
We hear your heart for your family, your children, your business, and for the newly built church that you desire to see opened for the salvation of perishing souls, which is indeed the mind of Christ who desires all people to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth as in 1 Timothy 2:4. We pray with you that God will supply your daily needs and bless the work of your hands, for we trust the promise that My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus Philippians 4:19. We ask the Lord to grant you honest work and daily income as you labor faithfully, remembering that The Lord will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all that you set your hand to Deuteronomy 28:8, and that whatever we do, we do it heartily as unto the Lord.
We also stand with you for divine protection against every evil plan, witchcraft, black magic, and demonic work. We know from scripture that 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. Therefore our battle is spiritual and our victory is in Christ. We pray that No weapon that is formed against you will prevail Isaiah 54:17, and that the Lord who is faithful will establish you and guard you from the evil one 2 Thessalonians 3:3. We agree with you that every secret counsel and work of darkness be exposed and rendered powerless and burnt up by the fire of the Holy Spirit, for greater is He who is in us than he who is in the world as in 1 John 4:4.
Concerning those who oppose you and hinder the opening of the church, including the minister in charge and others you mentioned, we must gently encourage you with the counsel of scripture regarding our enemies. You rightly claim Isaiah 41:11-12 where it says Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded. Those who strive with you will be as nothing, and shall perish. We do pray for God's justice and for His intervention to stop every evil agenda that would hinder the gospel. Yet we also remember that vengeance belongs to the Lord. It is written Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord Romans 12:19, and Jesus teaches us But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you Matthew 5:44. So we pray not only for protection and for the hindrances to be removed, but also that God would convict and bring to repentance those who are opposing His work, that they might be saved and that the church doors would be opened without further obstruction. We ask the Lord to fight for you, for The Lord will fight for you, and you shall be still Exodus 14:14.
You also prayed that the desire of our Lord in Luke 12:49 would be fulfilled, where Jesus says I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled. That holy fire is the purifying fire of the Holy Spirit, the fire of conviction, of zeal for the Father's house, and of the gospel going forth with power. We pray that this fire would indeed be kindled in your family, your ministry, and in that new church, that souls would be awakened, that lukewarm hearts would be made fervent, and that the light of Christ would scatter all darkness.
Let us pray together.
Father in heaven, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ we come before You together and we thank You for Your mercy that sustains this family. We ask You to provide for their business daily, to open doors for work and income according to Your will, and to give them wisdom to steward all You provide for Your glory. We ask You to place a hedge of protection around their family, children, ministry, business, peace and joy, and to let no evil plan prosper against them. We ask You to intervene powerfully regarding the newly built church, to remove every obstacle, to expose every secret plan, and to cause Your purpose for the salvation of souls to prevail. Lord, we ask You to deal with those who oppose Your work according to Your perfect justice and mercy, bring conviction where there is wrongdoing, bring repentance where there is sin, and let Your fire fall to purify and empower Your people. We declare that every demonic work, witchcraft and curse spoken or worked against them is broken and made void by the blood of Jesus Christ, for You have given us authority to tread on all the power of the enemy. Fill this family with Your peace that surpasses understanding, with courage and with joy, and let Your name be glorified in their lives and in that church. We ask all this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, amen.