We are here with you in spirit, lifting up your concerns to our Heavenly Father. Firstly we want to take a moment to acknowledge that you have done well to recognize that any decision you need make concerning your elderly dog needs to be aligned with God's will. Remember that according to scripture, a righteous man cares for the life of his animals, so it is appropriate to pray about this decision. God granted man dominion over animals so this is an appropriate thing to come to in prayer. This is one area where people can go to extremes either caring too much for animals and not enough for humans or the opposite of being cruel to animals.
We shall say not to worry, as we are reminded in Matthew 6:
"25 Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
26 See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they?
It is perfectly fine to pray for animals. After all God created them on day six of the creation week with man. Christians have liberty to pray for animals. It is a grave concern as to where our heart is and our level of compassion towards the plight of humans and whether we place animals over others. The above scripture reminds us that humans are more important of value than animals. We do not eat animals without knowing that to eat an animal our heaveny Father feeds us through it's life which is sacrificed for us. We remember this a a higher value than praying for their lives because they do not have a eternal soul. We must understand their proper position in God's Kingdom. As for financial provision he reminds us of that verse in Mathew 6.
For the financial situation, we can pray with the knowledge we have from Luke 12. Learn the lesson of the raven. God feeds the raven. The raven does not have a job. The raven does not plant crops and harvest to eat. The raven does not go to the grocery store. The raven does not have a job to earn money for food. The raven does not store up food. In fact, God sends the raven out to eat when the young ravens cry for food. Furthermore, ravens are not valued the way humans are valued. Yet God feeds them. How much more will God take care of you? Do not worry about your life according to Matthew 6:
27 Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?
28 Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin,
29 yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.
30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won't he much more clothe you, you of little faith?
Let us pray hearning this:
Heavenly Father, we come before You, lifting up our brother as You taught us in You Holy Word, that You would do anything asked in Your Son's name. Lord, we pray for wisdom and discernment regarding our brother's elderly dog, that Your will be done in this situation. We also bring before You his financial struggles, believing that You are a loving and providing Father who cares for our every need according to 1 Peter 5:.
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; 7 casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you. This is needed especially when we pray we need to be aware in our prayer life that we are not contingent on circumstance. That is when we break down because of life circumstance. We do not know how to walk humbly. So when we face adversity we do not handle it properly through prayer but instead accept our earthly lot in life and give up our faith by saying God is not answering me so I do not know if prayer works. We ask you take not ignore but reduce the negative in our heart which plots against our belief in God and his Holy Spirit by being mean to others and having negative thoughts against the bretheren towards walking under the power of God's right hand. This can often lead to further problems and possibly to things like homosexuality or false doctrines or religions which ignore the Divine Sonship of the Lord Jesus Christ. Our prayer requests should always incite us to think through a spiritual lens and not get lost in the natural. We do not want to get in a cycle of worry, casting down worries on God instead of letting God lift us up by living out God's will through doing good and praying for the bretheren. This leads to life.
9 forgetting past sins because of mercy and grace in jesus through faith that is only gained by walking in a way which is humility and prayer. Agree with God about past sins and mistakes and move on, asking God to grant you to follow Him as He loves you.
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10 But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. 11 To him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen. We must affirm God's glory in prayers requests, otherwise prayer becomes selfish and focused on our life circumstance instead of thanking Him for his grace and goodness to us and our family.
We pray specifically our brother's family, loved ones, friends, and acquaintances, and ask that You bless them all abundantly as only You can in ways that can lead to eternal life through Jesus Christ with each one. We praise You and give You glory, for You are worthy of all our praise.
Prayer is the key to communion with God. As long as scripture is not aborted by religious people then there is hope for each one. Unfortunately often it is professing Christians not following WEB who do the most harm to the Christian faith and message. We should be a blessing to society.
In James 4:
You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.
There are tv preachers who teach this and soak money from the body of christ and then it is no wonder people are asking to see what good is christianity and why people such as yourself have no job. This is a dilemma which religion has nothing to offer for. With God all things are possible. We can be sure God does not create us to be a drain on society and hoping in some religious way God fixes this problem. We must seek God about why this is happening and pray for suffering people. It is good we say no to passing judgement and to love the government and pay taxes and so have a Christian witness and society will see Christians meeting needs which the government is burdened to meet. God creates man to work and have responsibility and teaching language limits helps people to be able to itemize needs into requests which can be met so that poverty is relieved. There are $2 trillion dollars in Christian church bank accounts in the U.S. this could repay the national debt. I don't kow if that is the answer but it shows that next time someone mentions that prayer is "putting your head in the sand" you can say we do not have our head in the sand about the suffering of people but are saving that money for the "rainy day" in a society which teaches us it is "raining" now. Just be sure that you are not living in a false reality and even be praying for that Christian dollar to be used for the gospel to be the Power of Christ to the world by Christians meeting needs. We must ask in our prayer life what is our motivate. Is it out of compassion to share the Christian gospel to compassion and repentance or for some selfish need. Our prayer exposes this. Jesus says ask in my name according to John 14:
I will do it If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it. It is out of compassion for God's Will being done that your prayer requests be granted according to Matthew 6:
And the disciples came, and said to him, Why do you speak to them in parables?
Even to them it is not given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but it is given to you.
In Heaven we will understand and get full answers to our prayers so we can affirm John 14 as faithful and true. This interpretation of the mystery of the gospel is based on a spiritual warfare understanding which says homelessness and hunger and poverty must end and until Jesus returns. This is the goal of Christianity and the whole church. In prayer you must seek to look inward and see what motivations are in the heart to be Christian and be real.
Lord, let our hearts be unified with our brother in prayer, believing and knowing that it is in the precious and holy name of Jesus we pray and receive answers. We ask for more of you, Jesus, in his life and in ours. Guide us all as we walk in your ways in full faith, thanking you for all of the blessings and provisions in store for those who belong to you. Thank you for Your well doing to each person according to their need. Lord we know according to Mathew 6 the birds do not reap or sew but you take care of them and we trust that if you take care of the birds you will take care of each person in Jesus wonderful and matchless name. Amen.
I encourage you, brother, to keep trusting in the Lord, knowing that He hears your prayers and will act on your behalf. Continue to seek Him with all your heart, and remember His promise in Jeremiah 29:
11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.
12 You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
13 You shall seek me, and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.