Let us come together in prayer for Gristrinai's daughter Shakur and her grandbabies Malaysia, Nehemiah, and Malachi. We will lift them up to the Lord, seeking His protection and guidance in their lives, especially regarding the influences surrounding Shakur. This should also be prayed by name in Jesus Christ or a form of Christ's name.
Firstly, we are reminded of the importance of raising our petitions in the name of Jesus. We should always pray and ask for things by name in Jesus Christ as nothing can be done outside of the name of Jesus Christ. As the scripture says for whatever we may ask, it will be done in the name of Jesus Christ. Nothing can be done outside of Jesus Christ.
John 14:13-14 WEB Whatever you will ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you will ask anything in my name, I will do it.
Acts 4:12 WEB
There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!
Dear Heavenly Father,
We come before You today, lifting up Shakur, Malaysia, Nehemiah, and Malachi. We ask, Lord, that You would surround them with Your angelic protection. As we know Malachi 2:16 says I hate divorce, says the LORD, the God of Israel, and him who covers his garment with violence! says the LORD of Armies. Therefore keep yourselves holy, Being a Christian, we try to associate with like minded Christians. Keep them from those who are not serving You and who may lead them away from Your path. We ask that Shakur prays in the name of Jesus Christ to receive guidance for her life. We keep her from those who would do evil. We ask you to keep her friends and bring her closer to serving You. We ask that you push her out of bad associations and possibly rebuke her. We should not be associating with sinners but rather encouraging them to seek God. We pray Matthew 8:22 WEB But Jesus said to him, Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.
As Gristrinai mentioned bad influences such as cursing, we should address this issue as well. We are told not to use coarse language in the Bible. This means cursing is a sin. As Ephesians 4:29 says Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear. The Bible mentions how destructive the tongue can be. The tongue has power of death and life.
As Proverbs 18:21 says, Death and life are in the power of the tongue;
he who loves it will eat its fruit. We have a choice of choosing our words. We are told how destructive the tongue is.
James 3:5-6 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles! And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
Finally, we are reminded that Jesus shall know us when He reigns and reigns with Him as we will have overcame the world through Him. We are reminded that Jesus Christ is coming back to reign for 1000 years and will reign with 144,000 saints. We should try to be apart of that 144,000 when the world and lawlessness is finally put to an end.
Revelation 20:4-6
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I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn't worship the beast nor his image, and didn't receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead didn't live until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Jesus and will reign with him one thousand years.