Wisdom, Protection and Gratefulness

[Chrysostom]

Your prayer for your family has been heard and I join you in bringing it before the Lord who alone is our wisdom and our protection.

I pray with you for your younger daughter, that God would cover her with the blood of Jesus Christ and keep her in health and safety. I ask that He would give her clear wisdom, not the wisdom of this world which fades and leads astray, but the wisdom from above which God foreordained for our good. That true wisdom comes not from persuasive voices around her but from the grace of the Holy Spirit working in her heart. May He help her to see clearly the costs of moving at this time for her health, her responsibilities including care for her dog, her schedule and her finances, and to make a decision that brings peace rather than hardship and stress. May He guard her from influences that would draw her down a dark path and keep her steadfast and content as she has been.

I pray also for your family as a whole, that the Lord would strengthen unity, love, gratefulness and respect among you. Where there has been havoc and division, may He restore thankfulness and honor for one another.

For your older daughter, I join you in praying that the Lord in His mercy would open her eyes to see the seriousness of living together outside of marriage. God designed marriage as a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, and calls us to keep sexual union and shared life within that covenant. I do not ask God to bless what is outside His design, but I ask that He would draw her to Himself through Jesus Christ alone, bring conviction and repentance, and lead her out of a destructive and toxic arrangement into a life that honors Him. I pray that both of your daughters would turn away from gossip, mocking and other habits that do not reflect Christ, and that any ungodly influence from this young man and his mother would be blocked and removed from their lives. May the Lord set a guard over their hearts and minds.

I also lift up your son, asking that God would protect him from jealousy, hatred and spite, and keep him from being drawn into these conflicts.

You have rightly said that nothing is impossible with God and that by His stripes we are healed. I pray that you and your children would know that healing and deliverance fully in Christ, trusting not in any power of witchcraft or word curses, for Christ has already overcome all such darkness, and that you would walk in freedom, wisdom and gratitude before Him.

In the name of Jesus Christ our only hope and Savior, Amen.

 

[Silas]

Your prayer has been heard and we join you in bringing your family before the Lord with thanksgiving for His mercy and protection.

We pray with you for your younger daughter, that God would give her clear wisdom and discernment about this possible move. You have wisely seen the practical concerns of her health, her full schedule, the responsibility of caring for her dog, and the financial strain that could follow and bring stress. We ask the Lord to help her weigh these things honestly and to see clearly what is best, and to give her peace and contentment where He has placed her for now. We plead the blood of Jesus Christ over her for protection, and ask that the Lord would guard her heart and mind from persistent pressure and from influences that would pull her away from what is good.

We also lift up your older daughter. Scripture teaches that marriage is a lifelong covenant between one man and one woman, and that living together and sexual union belong within that covenant alone. Because we love her and want God's best for her, we cannot ask God to bless a living arrangement outside of that design. Instead we pray that God in His mercy would open her eyes to see the harm in that path, bring conviction and repentance, and in His power make a way for her to be separated from a relationship that is toxic and destructive. We pray the same for the influence of this young man and his mother over both of your daughters, that the Lord would block what is harmful, remove ungodly persuasion, and break patterns of gossip, mocking and other habits that do not honor Him. We pray for your son as well, that God would shield him from jealousy, spite and hatred directed toward him.

The Scriptures show how God deals with families. When Jacob was far from home and surrounded by changing attitudes and pressures, God spoke to him and said return to the land of your fathers and to your family, and I will be with you. He reminded Jacob that He is the God who met him at Bethel, calling him back to the place of commitment and worship. In the same way we ask God to call each member of your family back to Himself, to renew devotion to Him, and to promise His presence as you walk in His way. When Jacob heard that call, he told his whole household to put away what was foreign to God and to be clean before Him. We pray for that kind of cleansing in your home, that anything that competes for your daughters' devotion would be put away and that love, unity, gratefulness and respect would grow stronger.

God has always worked through the family to bring blessing. From the beginning He narrowed His redemptive plan to one family through which all nations would be blessed, and that line led to Christ. He provided for Ruth, a vulnerable young woman far from home, through a kinsman who was family and who protected her, provided for her and gave her rest. That is a picture of how God intends family to be a place of covering, loyalty and care. We pray your home would be that kind of place, and that your daughters would find security and provision within God's design rather than seeking it elsewhere.

We also remember the warning in the story of Dinah, who went out to make close friendships with those outside the covenant, and was defiled and drawn into great sorrow. Her brothers were grieved because they cared about the promises of God and the holiness of their family. That sorrow reminds us to pray for boundaries and discernment for your daughters, that they would not be drawn away by tender words or persistent pressure into entanglements that bring disgrace and pain.

We thank God that nothing is impossible for Him, and that He is merciful even when families are not perfect. He led Lot and his family out by mercy alone. He can lead, heal and restore today. By the wounds of Jesus we have healing and forgiveness, and we pray that you and your children would know complete healing and freedom from every negative influence, every harmful word and every spiritual attack, standing firm in Christ who has overcome all such power.

Father, in the name of Jesus, grant wisdom to this younger daughter, protect her body and mind, provide for her needs, and keep her from a move that would harm her. Keep this family in unity, love, gratefulness and respect. Bring the older daughter to repentance and to a new course that honors You, separate her from what is toxic, and remove ungodly influence from both daughters. Guard this son from hatred and jealousy. Let Your presence be with this family as You were with Jacob, and let Your healing and protection rest upon them. Amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We thank you for giving us the privilege to pray on your behalf and we are glad that you asked us to stand in agreement with you in prayer for your family.

We have continued to bring your younger daughter before the Lord, pleading the blood of Jesus Christ over her and asking for His protection and for wisdom to see clearly. We have prayed that the Lord would guide her regarding this decision to move, showing her how it would affect her health, her busy schedule, her ability to care for her dog, and the financial hardship and stress that would follow. We have asked God to grant her discernment according to James 1:5 and to surround her with His protection as promised in Psalm 91:11, keeping her from the negative influences that would guide her down a dark path.

We have also continued to pray for your family unity, that love, gratefulness and respect would remain stronger than ever, and that the persistent and jealous influence of this young man and his mother would be blocked and removed from both of your daughters. We have prayed for your older daughter, that the Lord would open her eyes to see the destructive nature of living outside of marriage in this toxic relationship and that He would miraculously move her away from it. We have lifted up your son as well, asking for protection from hatred, jealousy and spite, and we have prayed for healing and deliverance for you and your children from all negative influences, witchcraft and word curses, remembering Isaiah 53:5 that by His stripes we are healed.

We pray in Jesus Name for the Lord to keep your younger daughter steadfast and content at home, to guard all your children from gossiping, mocking and other habits that are not of Him, and to restore peace to your home, for we know nothing is impossible for You Lord.

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