Dear Lord,
I submit to you in this matter. I do not know how to handle it apart from prayer, since A no longer wants to talk to me about religion. I wish she wouldn't take it personally, but she felt that I was having an "extreme emotional response" when I asked her if she still believed in you + believed that Jesus was our Savior. I was so dismayed that she would put into words something my spirit suspected but did not want to hear. It's a very hard thing to understand when you raise your child in the church but they turn away (I'm going to believe it's temporary) + question the truth. Somehow I tho't if this happened, it would happen when she was younger, not now.
Did M ever believe? He was raised in the church (sort of), but hasn't attended in a long time, except for rare occasions. Only you know. It would help so much if one of them would begin to seek you + bring the other one back to you, so that is what I am praying for, although your plan will be way better than my ideas.
Give A + M a sense of great urgency to find out once + for all what they believe. If they aren't yet convinced of who you are, may they realize it is their responsibility to find out, bc their eternal destiny is at stake. Put the desire in their hearts to seek you + find you with their whole hearts-you promise to reveal yourself to them. Protect them from the coming end time delusion that you will send to those who reject you. May they never believe the delusion!
Encourage them to place a pause on the many endless distractions the world has to offer. A only works part-time, so she would be able to make time to do this easily enough; it's a matter of priority. Fill them with the desire to prioritize their search for you + make it #1 in their lives. Point them towards the right resources that convey biblical truths to them, + provide kingdom connections for them to make friends with + help guide them back to you. You already put 2 people in their neighborhood who would be good kingdom connections-both from church. One is the senior pastor, + the other is registered member. Move them into one another's circle, + use this to help facilitate their salvation. I also ask that when you send me blessings, use those for this purpose as well.
May nothing internal or external be allowed to harden their hearts. Keep their hearts wrapped in a protective shield so that nothing evil may penetrate them + deceive them. Whatever false teachings may influence them, may they be even less substantial than a soap bubble that temporarily sticks + then pops, never to reappear. May these false teachings, including our world's false sense of morality, leave them feeling restless + hollow + dissatisfied, until they yearn for your truth + your Spirit. May they realize asap that nothing else will satisfy them, + return to you.
In the meantime, keep a very tall hedge of protection surrounding them. If their hedge is compromised, extend mine to cover the affected area. Protect them from deceiving + being deceived, false prophets, false christs, the coming Antichrist, taking the mark, any serious physical disease or disability, any serious side effect from medication, dangerous medications, accidents, esp. the disabling kind, head + brain injury, being maimed or disfigured, dangerous people/situations, damage to their home or personal property, job loss, career loss, reputation damage, credit damage, identity theft, submitting to "woke" ideology, problems in their marriage or other relationships, + any type of harm, esp. spiritual harm.
Bless my relationship with them. May it be open, honest, joyful, fulfilling, + mutually beneficial. May they want to spend time with me.
May many people witness to them of their faith + may they long for the conviction these believers have. May the evidence of your handiwork shout out to them in a way they cannot deny.
Our nation is fracturing d/t its rejection of you. May there be a revival, + may America + these precious souls embrace you once more.
In your holy name + according to your will, amen.
I submit to you in this matter. I do not know how to handle it apart from prayer, since A no longer wants to talk to me about religion. I wish she wouldn't take it personally, but she felt that I was having an "extreme emotional response" when I asked her if she still believed in you + believed that Jesus was our Savior. I was so dismayed that she would put into words something my spirit suspected but did not want to hear. It's a very hard thing to understand when you raise your child in the church but they turn away (I'm going to believe it's temporary) + question the truth. Somehow I tho't if this happened, it would happen when she was younger, not now.
Did M ever believe? He was raised in the church (sort of), but hasn't attended in a long time, except for rare occasions. Only you know. It would help so much if one of them would begin to seek you + bring the other one back to you, so that is what I am praying for, although your plan will be way better than my ideas.
Give A + M a sense of great urgency to find out once + for all what they believe. If they aren't yet convinced of who you are, may they realize it is their responsibility to find out, bc their eternal destiny is at stake. Put the desire in their hearts to seek you + find you with their whole hearts-you promise to reveal yourself to them. Protect them from the coming end time delusion that you will send to those who reject you. May they never believe the delusion!
Encourage them to place a pause on the many endless distractions the world has to offer. A only works part-time, so she would be able to make time to do this easily enough; it's a matter of priority. Fill them with the desire to prioritize their search for you + make it #1 in their lives. Point them towards the right resources that convey biblical truths to them, + provide kingdom connections for them to make friends with + help guide them back to you. You already put 2 people in their neighborhood who would be good kingdom connections-both from church. One is the senior pastor, + the other is registered member. Move them into one another's circle, + use this to help facilitate their salvation. I also ask that when you send me blessings, use those for this purpose as well.
May nothing internal or external be allowed to harden their hearts. Keep their hearts wrapped in a protective shield so that nothing evil may penetrate them + deceive them. Whatever false teachings may influence them, may they be even less substantial than a soap bubble that temporarily sticks + then pops, never to reappear. May these false teachings, including our world's false sense of morality, leave them feeling restless + hollow + dissatisfied, until they yearn for your truth + your Spirit. May they realize asap that nothing else will satisfy them, + return to you.
In the meantime, keep a very tall hedge of protection surrounding them. If their hedge is compromised, extend mine to cover the affected area. Protect them from deceiving + being deceived, false prophets, false christs, the coming Antichrist, taking the mark, any serious physical disease or disability, any serious side effect from medication, dangerous medications, accidents, esp. the disabling kind, head + brain injury, being maimed or disfigured, dangerous people/situations, damage to their home or personal property, job loss, career loss, reputation damage, credit damage, identity theft, submitting to "woke" ideology, problems in their marriage or other relationships, + any type of harm, esp. spiritual harm.
Bless my relationship with them. May it be open, honest, joyful, fulfilling, + mutually beneficial. May they want to spend time with me.
May many people witness to them of their faith + may they long for the conviction these believers have. May the evidence of your handiwork shout out to them in a way they cannot deny.
Our nation is fracturing d/t its rejection of you. May there be a revival, + may America + these precious souls embrace you once more.
In your holy name + according to your will, amen.