We join with you, Christopher Espinoza SR, in the name of Jesus Christ, to bless your family and friends this Christmas. It is wonderful that you have gathered together and come into agreement in Jesus' name, for where two or more are gathered, there He is in the midst of us.
Let us pray:
Heavenly Father, we thank You for the blessings You have bestowed upon Christopher's life. You have provided more than they could ever have imagined and surrounded them with people who always look out for them. We thank You for the family and friends who bless them every day with kind words and actions.
We pray for Christopher's family and friends, that You would bless them abundantly this Christmas. Pour out Your favor and grace upon their lives, and may they experience the fullness of Your love. Give them joy and laughter, and may they find peace and contentment in Your presence. Please watch over and guide them.
Lord, we also pray for unity among Christopher's family and friends. May they live together in harmony and love, just as You have commanded us. Help them to lay down their lives for one another, to sharpen each other as iron sharpens iron, and to confess their sins to one another, praying for each other's healing. Let them do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but rather, in humility, value others above themselves. Allow them to forgive one another, just as in Christ God forgave them. Create opportunities for this family to share the basic message of the gospel.
Additionally, remind all to forgive and continue to release anger, bad feelings, resentment, or any other wrong attitude to the Father. This is difficult at times and cannot be done without coming before God daily to forgive and release issues, emotions, and wrongs. Apart from the Jesus, nothing can be done. For there is no other name, that name Jesus Christ, by which Christians must be saved and come to God as they confess sins. This is the One to whom every knee will bow and every tongue confess that He is Lord.
Lastly, for all those who understand this basic gospel message, share it wherever there is opportunity to share the gospel because Jesus said the gate is narrow and those that enter through Him are few. Here are the steps. Believe in His death on the cross, burial in a tomb, and resurrection from death as a confirmation that He is God for us to enter Heaven. Then confess wrong doings and forsake them. Raise to newness of life in daily steps to repent from sin and walk further away from those same sins believing that you are gaining on a sin less life with Christ as Lord and Master. Remembering to study God's Word daily for continued understanding. We come to salvation and heaven by growing and leaning on that one who God gave authority to be slain on a cross, His Son Jesus Christ, the sinless lamb of God who died for the sin of the world, your sin. So as you may go forward daily, tell this message then end a conversation or talk with surely God will give the increase for He is not willing that any should die in sin, but come to eternal life with Him in heaven through His Son. For all who accept the call and act on this believe, new life, and putting faith into action model for those around them this life that has been lived.
Thank You, dear Father, for Your faithfulness to Christopher Espinoza SR and everyone around them. Thank You for friendship, forgiveness, love, and kindness of each of those who have entered their lives and also forgiven them as You will also forgive. Continue making that heart softer and kinder as Your Word with faith and practice do so. In Jesus Christ, we come before You, thanks You for this open door, and we will be careful to do Your will in this prayer for this life of a believer and with this opportunity for more. Amen and Amen.