Update #3 by David at 1:12 pm on Tue 8/19/2025 Grant grace to fast and pray, study, witness, exercise, refresh my resume and get the right p/t job that doesn't hurt my shoulder. Help me find the right shoulder brace that does not render my left arm completely impotent, but rather supports it (that I may balance a tray or carry a water pitcher and wait tables if needed -- I say "if needed" because the level of support I receive at present is less than my monthly expenses -- may God increase my support OR give me the p/t job). I do ask again continually for my wife to be softened, receive the word implanted, revived and receive the gift of repentance and the Baptism in The Holy Spirit. If we can reconcile it would benefit my son, and it is more affordable to maintain one house than two. "Nevertheless, not my will but Yours be done!" Matt 26:39, (also Mark 14:36, Luke 22:42 & John 6:38). In Jesus' Name...
Original Prayer Request
Father, Thank You for the clarity of Your Son's Words “when you pray” and “when you fast,” not “if,” but "when," as normal Christian living, Matt 6:6, Matt 6:16. “Apart from Me you can do nothing,” John 15:5, ESPECIALLY in the realm of prayer, fasting & the salvation of others. To be clear, we can't fast without Your help since the flesh wars against the spirit & vice versa, Gal 5:17, so we humbly receive mercy, spiritual strength & determination by grace (for free) from the Throne of Grace, Heb 4:16, to fast & pray for the Salvation & Spiritual Growth of Family Members & Friends, Acts 16:31-32. You will NONE to perish but for ALL to come to repentance, 2 Pet 3:9; You desire all to be saved and come to the knowledge of the Truth, 1 Tim 2:4. If we ask anything according to Your will, You hear us, and if You hear us, and if You hear us, we have the requests we have asked of You," 1 John 5:14-15. It's Your will that NONE of us or our family members perish, but for us ALL to come to repentance (from idolatry, sin, worries and cares of the world, illicit pleasures & pursuits, living in rebellion to connection to God, lusts, drugs, alcohol, sexual immorality, etc), and DESIRE we ALL be saved and come to the knowledge of the Truth, which is The Bible, John 17:17, Ps 119:160, 2 Tim 3:15-16. Thank You for initiating the desire to pray & fast, and for the fulfillment of this accomplishment, "For it is God who works in us both to WILL and to DO His good pleasure, Phil 2:13. We give You all glory for prayer, fasting & saving others, Isa 42:8. Salvation belongs to the Lord, Jonah 2:9, and unto The Lamb, Rev 7:10. Thank you in advance, Mark 11:24, for You answer speedily, Luke 18:8, even while we are speaking, and even before we call, Isa 65:24, in Jesus’ Name, John 14:13, Amen, 2 Cor 1:20.