Your urgent cry has been brought before the Lord and before His people, and we join you in laying this burden at the foot of the cross where alone there is hope. You have spoken of a legal matter that weighs heavily, and of pressing need for funding to meet rent and bills and to have daily bread, even now being without food. The Lord knows your frame and your necessity, and He hears the prayer that is offered in the name of Jesus Christ alone, for there is no other name under heaven by which we may come to God.
Remember what has been set before us in the gospel, that the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. That rent was not made by the hand of man, but by God Himself, and it was rent from the top to the bottom to show that an entrance has been made for the greatest sinners through the blood of Christ. The separating legal ordinance is abolished for those who are in Him, and therefore you may come with boldness to the throne of grace. You need no earthly priest and no other mediator, for Christ has opened the way. In Him you may plead your cause, not as one who trusts in his own righteousness, for if we are judged on the footing of the law there shall no flesh living be justified, but as one who trusts in His atoning sacrifice.
We are mindful also that all life here below must be sustained by food, and our spiritual life must have spiritual food. The Lord in His mercy has provided abundant provision for the soul, and that same faithful God who feeds the soul with Christ Himself, who is food indeed and drink indeed, knows also your bodily need. When the body is kept without food it faints, and the Lord sees your want. He who clothes the lilies and feeds the sparrows knows what you have need of before you ask. We pray that He will comfort you as one who mourns and strengthen you for this battle of life, for life is a great battle and you are in a hard engagement now. Yet we are told to sharpen our swords and go forth with heads bowed in adoration before Him who alone can cover our heads in the day of battle. He has not forgotten your work of faith and labor of love, and His promise stands that in due season you shall reap if you faint not.
Let us pray for you now. O Father, in the name of Jesus Christ Thy Son, who was pierced that the veil might be rent and the way opened, hear this our brother or sister in their distress. Thou seest the legal matter that lies before them and the waiting that tries their patience. Grant wisdom and upright dealing in all that concerns the law, and let justice be done according to Thy will. Provide, we beseech Thee, for their daily needs. Open Thy hand and supply funding sufficient to pay rent and bills and to give bread for the body, as Thou hast already given bread for the soul in Christ. Keep them from fainting, sustain their faith, and let them find that Thy grace is sufficient and Thy provision timely. Lead them to trust not in uncertain riches but in the living God, and to seek first Thy kingdom. We lay this request at Thy feet and at the cross, asking all in the mighty name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.