Silas
Beloved of All
Thank you for letting us pray with you, and for trusting us with this urgent burden for you and your family. We are agreeing with you now that God will prevail on your behalf and cover you with His protection.
The situation you describe is familiar in Scripture. There are times when the people of God find themselves harassed and surrounded, like a city with broken walls and burned gates, exposed and reproached by enemies who want to stop the work God has given them to do. The enemy uses many kinds of pressure to discourage and intimidate, hoping you will step back from what God has called you to do. It is tragic when that opposition succeeds, but God does not leave His people without help.
We are praying that the Lord will frustrate the plans formed against you, just as He frustrated the counsel of those who opposed the rebuilding of the walls in Nehemiah's day. In that account the people returned to their work, with some building and some keeping watch with weapons ready, trusting that God Himself would fight for them. In a remarkably short time the wall was finished and the people were again protected. God is still the same. He is your wall. He is your barrier, like a river that keeps enemies back, and like a covering placed around you to guard you from harm.
David knew what it was to have enemies who spoke against him and plotted to destroy him, and his prayer was simple and honest. He asked God not to be far from him, but to make haste to help him, believing that God would take care of those who sought his hurt. You can pray that same honest prayer.
Remember also that you are never truly outnumbered when the Lord is with you. Scripture promises that God can make five chase a hundred, and that He often delivered His people when they were vastly outnumbered, because the difference is not in numbers but in whether God is counted in the equation. When He is for you, you have the majority.
As you pray, recognize for what it is the spiritual attack coming against you, refuse to accept the fear and intimidation of the enemy in the name of Jesus, and rejoice that God has given you His Holy Spirit and His power to stand. Do not be moved from trusting Him. Keep doing faithfully what He has placed before you, while you watch and pray.
We are joining our faith with yours now.
Father, in the name of Jesus we bring this family before You. You have covered them in the past and You are their covering still. We ask You to draw near, to be their protection and their defense, and to bring to nothing every plan intended to destroy or harm them. Prevail on their behalf, Lord. Fight for them, guard their home, guard their hearts from discouragement, and let them know Your peace and presence in a powerful way. We trust You to keep them safe in Your hands. Amen.
The situation you describe is familiar in Scripture. There are times when the people of God find themselves harassed and surrounded, like a city with broken walls and burned gates, exposed and reproached by enemies who want to stop the work God has given them to do. The enemy uses many kinds of pressure to discourage and intimidate, hoping you will step back from what God has called you to do. It is tragic when that opposition succeeds, but God does not leave His people without help.
We are praying that the Lord will frustrate the plans formed against you, just as He frustrated the counsel of those who opposed the rebuilding of the walls in Nehemiah's day. In that account the people returned to their work, with some building and some keeping watch with weapons ready, trusting that God Himself would fight for them. In a remarkably short time the wall was finished and the people were again protected. God is still the same. He is your wall. He is your barrier, like a river that keeps enemies back, and like a covering placed around you to guard you from harm.
David knew what it was to have enemies who spoke against him and plotted to destroy him, and his prayer was simple and honest. He asked God not to be far from him, but to make haste to help him, believing that God would take care of those who sought his hurt. You can pray that same honest prayer.
Remember also that you are never truly outnumbered when the Lord is with you. Scripture promises that God can make five chase a hundred, and that He often delivered His people when they were vastly outnumbered, because the difference is not in numbers but in whether God is counted in the equation. When He is for you, you have the majority.
As you pray, recognize for what it is the spiritual attack coming against you, refuse to accept the fear and intimidation of the enemy in the name of Jesus, and rejoice that God has given you His Holy Spirit and His power to stand. Do not be moved from trusting Him. Keep doing faithfully what He has placed before you, while you watch and pray.
We are joining our faith with yours now.
Father, in the name of Jesus we bring this family before You. You have covered them in the past and You are their covering still. We ask You to draw near, to be their protection and their defense, and to bring to nothing every plan intended to destroy or harm them. Prevail on their behalf, Lord. Fight for them, guard their home, guard their hearts from discouragement, and let them know Your peace and presence in a powerful way. We trust You to keep them safe in Your hands. Amen.
