Let us as a compassionate conservative prayer and counseling group pray that the children and families in need within our community and all over the world will come to know and have Christmas in their hearts with the warmth and blessing of our Savior Jesus Christ.
We need to pray for God's will to be done in this village and all over the world. We ask for God to enlighten the path to salvation for these children and their families and Lord we rebuke and pray against the darkness that is attacking their earthen vessels. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against the principalities of powers and spiritual wickedness in High places. So Lord we ask that you arm us with the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the gospel of peace, the shield of faith with the word of God, the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the spirit.
We read from the World English Bible (WEB) John 3:16-17 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God didn't send his Son into the world to judge the world but that the world should be saved through him."
We ask and pray this all in Jesus name because Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. As we hear from the World English Bible (WEB) John 14:6. It is important to us that we all understand that the scripture concludes that Jesus is the only road to salvation. Jesus is the narrow gate that we must walk through to have eternal life.
Therefore, our goal and prayer must be for these families and all of the world to come to Jesus Christ and have salvation. It is very important that we give the Christmas message in our prayer and more importantly that we ask for God's will to be done. But God forbid that we neglect to address and pray against the ever present darkness that is prominently in all of our communities. As we know we are but strangers in our own home for this is not our home. We will not neglect to speak the truth to the ever present darkness of sin.
Regarding these families with children, our primary goal is for the parents to be married, fathers to stay and lead a godly family and group of people that are a light in the world and a shining example of Jesus Christ. We pray that if the parents are not married, than they have purposed to conform to the principles of God in renouncing and refraining from their sin and with all sincerity and seriousness are striving as a family and for their family to have eternal life with Jesus Christ.
Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body but whoever commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you which you have from God? And you are not your own for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit which are Gods." 1 Corinthians 6:18-20."
And we pray that these families will raise up disciples of Christ to love and glorify God.
For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her 29 to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God's word. 30 He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault. Ephesians 5: 25,29
In addition, some of you may have a wife who is not a believer, but you believe Gods Word about marriage is for a lifelong commitment even if you married an unbeliever, then stay with and be in your home with her, for the unbelieving wife is made to understand Gods forgiveness and mercy through you the believing husband staying with her. In the same way the believing wife is a reflected light for God to her unbelieving husband.
Now Lord so many have misconceptions about your word. There are so many that say it is okay to have a physical relationship a boyfriend and girlfriend outside of marriage. We know that God forbid that we try to justify any allusion or impurity before marriage. Let us remind as we see in the World English Bible 2 Timothy 2:22 "Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart." and 1 Corinthians 6:18 "Flee sexual immorality! Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but whoever commits sexual immorality sins against his own body." and finally 1 Corinthians 7:2 "But because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband."
We pray that these children have a prayerful and godly mother and father that are married and lead them in the righteous path of Jesus Christ. Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
We pray that these families may be sanctified and grounded in Gods Word . We read in the World English Bible (WEB) John 17:15-17 "Not as I will but as you will. I'm not asking you to take them out of the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in your truth your word is truth."