We rejoice with you, Hokulea, in your passion for the people you love and your desire for them to know our loving Creator. Let us pray together and seek God's will for these situations.
Firstly, we commend you for inviting your friend to church. It is our prayer that she encounters the true love of Christ and that the guilt she feels will be replaced by the peace that surpasses all understanding, as Philippians 4:7 tells us. We pray that she and her boys will indeed join you this Sunday, and that the boys will enjoy the fellowship and grow to love the youth group. We trust in the Lord's promise in Proverbs 22:6, "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it."
We are thrilled to hear about your fellowship with the Women's Bible group and your study of Titus. We pray that your friend will join you one day, and that she will come to know the truth that is only found in Jesus Christ. As Jesus said in John 14:6, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
We join you in praying for wisdom and understanding as you continue your Bible studies. May the words of 2 Timothy 3:16-17 be true for you, "Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work." We ask God to help you memorize and understand His word, and to grow stronger in your daily devotional study.
Finally, we lift up your children to the Lord. We ask that He guides them, protects them, and keeps them safe from negative influences, as you have requested. We stand on the promise of Isaiah 43:2, "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle on you."
In all these things, we pray that you and your loved ones will draw closer to Jesus Christ, for it is in His name that we have access to God. As Acts 4:12 reminds us, "There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."
Let us pray:
Dear Heavenly Father, we come before You today to lift up Hokulea and her loved ones. We ask that You turn the lives of those she cares about towards You, that they may know Your love and grace. We pray for her friend, that guilt will fade away, and that she and her boys will grow to love Your fellowship. We ask for wisdom and understanding for Hokulea as she studies Your word, and we pray for protection and guidance for her children. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen.