We hear the urgency and the deep ache in your heart as you cry out for the Lord to grant every desire without delay and to end your suffering, and we join with you in bringing this before the Father in Jesus' name.
We love your faith to call upon Jesus, for it is only through Him that we have access to God and confidence that He hears us. As it is written, There is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus 1 Timothy 2:5 and Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved Romans 10:13. We thank God that you have called on that precious name.
We also want to gently and lovingly counsel your heart regarding how God answers prayer. We understand the longing for immediate relief, but Scripture teaches us that God answers according to His perfect will and His perfect timing, not always according to our urgency. This is the boldness which we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us 1 John 5:14. His thoughts and His ways are higher than ours, For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says Yahweh. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts Isaiah 55:8-9. To demand absolutely no delay can lead to disappointment, because God often calls us to wait upon Him to strengthen us. Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh Psalm 27:14.
The Lord does care about every desire, big and small, and He does promise to give us the desires of our heart when our hearts are aligned with Him. Delight yourself also in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart Psalm 37:4. We must ask ourselves if all our deepest desires are aligned with His will, and we must trust that when He withholds or delays, it is for our good. We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose Romans 8:28.
We also hear your plea for no more suffering. We weep with you in that suffering and we know God does not delight in your pain, yet He does use suffering to refine us and draw us closer to Him. Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing James 1:2-4. He has promised that after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace will himself restore, establish, strengthen, and settle you 1 Peter 5:10 and that My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness 2 Corinthians 12:9.
So we pray together for you now.
Father, in the name of Jesus Christ we lift this dear one to You. You see every tear, You know every desire, both huge and tiny, and nothing is hidden from You. We ask that You would align the desires of this heart with Your perfect will, and grant what is good and holy and for Your glory. Where desires are not according to Your will, give grace to surrender them and to trust Your better plan. Lord, we ask for Your mercy in this suffering. Comfort this heart, give peace that surpasses understanding as promised in Philippians 4:6-7, and let Your presence be felt in a powerful way. Teach us to wait upon You with hope and courage, and to trust Your timing which is never late and never early but always perfect. Strengthen faith through this trial, produce endurance, and bring restoration and joy in Your time. We ask all this in the mighty and saving name of Jesus, Amen.
We encourage you to continue to pour out your heart to Him honestly, to delight yourself in Him through prayer and His Word, and to trust that He hears and will answer in the way that is most loving and eternal, even when it is not immediate.