A Prayer for a Lonely Heart…
June 11, 2021
Father
Let your perfect love find your precious daughter/ son ( my sister or brother) in Christ right now and, and in the deep loss and grief, come and fill his or her heart.
Lord, you know how painful, how devastating, and how hurtful it has been. Would you come and wrap your loving, perfect, faithful arms around your daughter or son’s heart - this day -, would you go through thier lives to the place they are feeling the loss, and the hurt, draw the pain to yourself and replace it with your love. Assure them that you are with them in their deepest pain. I pray that you would draw out all the loneliness, all fear, all shock, and anxiety, false guilt or shame in this loss of his/her loved one and draw it to the cross. Draw out the sorrow they can feel, and that which they can't feel becuase the pain is too great and I ask that they would feel your gentle arms around them giving them peace.
Father , for many, the loss has been so sudden and did not know it was coming, or it might be so deep that it is unexplainable in this prayer. It might be as if their spirits are frozen in time and don’t know what to do, or where to turn. They want their loved one(s), or time back, or thier job, but can’t. Lord, I ask that you go into that place where the heart feels the shock and suddenness and release the shock, the fear. Would you go into the caverns of the heart and places where it feels that they don’t know what to do, and we ask you to release all the tension, all trauma , all fear, and all pain to draw it to the cross. Lord, will you fill those places now with your perfect strength and peace and a sense that you have got them and you hold them. (As in Isaiah 41:10, where it says "Do not fear, for I am with you, do not anxiously look about you for I am your God, I will hold you, I will uphold you with my righteouss right hand) Father I pray, that you release all anxiety from all of the thoughts that go against your promises, all the "what if" statements that swirl, or the "if only I was there, if only I did this or that..." I ask that you break all the lies that our enemy satan, wants to write on hearts or has written on thier hearts and replace them with your truth and set them free from the trauma that they have been feeling for either a short time or for even a very long time and cancel all the schemes that Satan has designed to keep it in place.
For some, it has been a long long time and they can’t seem to let it go, or may have had so many other losses is rapid succession or it is possibly even bringing up painful losses they have had throughout their lives. Would you , Lord, go through the time line of their lives and loosen the pain , and allow them to shed the tears, give you the pain, and trust in your again. Come find them in your love, and give them the courage to feel again. Gather up all the unshed tears, all the unfelt pain, all the grief and loss that they have been feeling for so long and draw it to cross of Christ. Give them the courage and trust to leave it in your hands. Let them know that you "hold thiei tears in a bottle in heaven, and keep track of all thier sorrows" according to Psalm 56:8. Allow them to trust that no pain is too big that you cannot hold and heal with your love. Lord, allow their hearts to cry, feel and sing again. If the loss in their lives is bringing to the surface all the love they did not receive as a child but wanted and needed- would you gently touch those areas with your loving hand and pour in what they needed and wanted but did not receive. And for everything that causes them to question whether they “should have” or “could have done more” , I ask you to bring truth where it is not their fault…and it is ok. Bring your truth also that you pronounce forgiveness where necessary - but also give them an assurance that it is ok to let that go into your hands and give them grace to forgive themselves as well. Pour your tender love in their hearts.
Lord , I ask you to destroy all schemes of the devil designed to keep the trauma in place, the lies, the vows, the pain, and I ask you to give them the courage to give you the unforgiveness, bitterness and questions that have been rining for so long. Let them know there is nothing too great to forgive or redeem. And I command in the name of Jesus that the trauma go now, and that you would release it from their bodies, souls and spirits.. Lord, give your touch to the depth of their spirit and soul and enable them to look up again. I pray that you would wash over their spirits and cleanse every place that fear, trauma or pain had settled instead of your peace and restore them to their original design. I pray you wash over their bodies as well and every organ and cleanse the organs where the trauma has settiled. I speak peace to every cell and part of this person, body, soul and spirit. We declare the enemy disarmed and gone from this place of trauma and fear in Jesus name and i ask you to send angels in its place to guard the heart and give peace and joy.
Lord, come both as gentle as a Lamb, but as strong as a lion and roar from Zion (Amos 1:2) to bring your justice on the earth and in their hearts. And show my sister or brother in Christ, right now -how real , how deep, how wide and perfect your love is. (Ephesians 3:17-18) Lord, pour into them a knowledge of how good you are , and let them know that you are safe enough, and give them the courage to pour all the pain, all the sorrow all the grief into your hands. Lord you are a good, good loving father and want to give good gifts. I bless them to know in Jesus name that “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard what their father has in store for those who loves Him” ( I Corinthians 2:9)
I ask you Father - in Jesus’ name - to open up a waterfall of your perfect love and -into those places - pour your love, peace, goodness and your sense of strength, where grief, trauma, hurt, pain have been residing for so long. I ask that you put a seal on the door where love and peace poured in, so no other dark thing can enter so that your child can soak up the living water that is yours and drink and drink of your love forever and never thirst again- as you say in your word in John 4:14.
Oh Lord, I pray that you gently come and touch those areas and allow their hearts to release the pain to feel again. We ask you to tell their heart to beat again. Would you go into the places that are feeling like they can’t let go, or don’t want to let go or just don’t want it to be so final - would you go into the places in their heart that are saying “no” — “no, it cannot be” and they feel they can't go on, and just be that ' all- sufficiency' for them. Let them know they are held in the palm of your hands and know you are good. Lord, draw out the fear and replace the lies that we are so often tempted to believe with the truth that "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard what the Father has in store for those who love Him." (I Corinthians 2:9)
Lord, if this grief is new or it has been a long time, would you pick up the pieces that have been scattered by the loss, the death, the grief? The pieces of their lives that haven’t been put back together and would you make a beautiful weaving of Love in their heart and like the Bethel song, sing in their hearts that “what hindered love will only become part of their story” and weave it together for good as it states in Romans 8:28.
I bless the person reading this , in the name of Jesus - according to Zepheniah 3:17 that the Lord is singing over you and takes great delight in you - He is coming for you and will find you becuase He is might to save!
I bless you and pray that you would have hope to sing again- I tell your heart to beat again. Lord, I ask that you would come hold your son or daughter strongly yet tenderly. Would you come - like both a lion and a lamb , both strong and tender and hold his or her heart where it needs to be held this day. I ask that you wrap your loving arms around them and assure them that you are a good, good Father and will never let go.