The Power of Private Prayer

By Josephine Lim Weston  

1 Samuel 16:7
7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

There has been a long delay in producing this blog article but I believe this article will encourage you as much as it has encouraged me. Homeschooling my active and cheeky eldest son Jean-Luc for past 2 weeks hadn't been easy but by God's help it got better each passing day. Only possible by the grace of God.

As all of you are aware I've been praying for Jean-Luc every single day when he's attending school because his teachers find him quite a challenge to handle. So I have made a point to pray for him during my intercessory prayer usually at noon but lately due to having to homeschool Jean-Luc I have been doing my intercessory prayer midnight or late night. I am not here to boast of my intercessory prayer but the true reason of me having intercessory prayer is a result of an urgent necessity for the sake of people I love and care about (for my family and friends).

Three weeks ago on a Friday, my eldest son Jean-Luc's class teacher was very crossed with him for not listening in class. I continued praying for him at noon during my daily special prayer time. I would stand up and walk around and speak forth what I want to see happen as I pray for my sons, husband, extended family, friends, nation and other countries.

Mark 11:22-24
22 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. 23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. 24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

Two days later, from Monday till Wednesday (before my son and his classmates were being instructed to self-isolate for two weeks due to Covid-19 cases involving 2 staff members) his class teachers gave him stickers “Well done” and “Superstar”. His teacher even gave him two thumbs up when I enquired her about Jean-Luc as I fetched him home from school. What a miracle! The Lord is faithful to answer our prayers.

Jean-Luc drew his family portrait:

Stickers from his teachers.

John 16:23 "In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you."

This doesn't mean that Jean-Luc is a good and perfect boy now. He is still work in progress and far from perfect but he has improved bit by bit with God's help. As nothing is impossible with God and it is only possible because of prayer and trusting in the Lord.

I know that some of you have been praying for your dear family members for a long time and it can be quite discouraging and disheartening not seeing results yet, but I want to encourage all of you to keep on praying. Some of you might say I have been praying for years and things aren't getting any better. My word of advise is for a special and urgent prayer is best to set a special time each day starting off with once or twice a week to really pray for that particular urgent request that you've been longing for breakthrough. I know many of us pray our urgent prayers together with our morning prayer when we wake up and at night before we go to bed but through my personal experience our morning prayer can be a rushed and/or a repetitive or dutiful prayer while possibly half awake. As for our before bed time prayer can be a repetitive, standard, tired, rushed or half-asleep prayer.

Mark 9:29
29 Jesus answered, “This kind cannot come out, except by prayer (and fasting).”

Some of you might ask how should I pray or how long should I pray intercessory prayer in order to see results? My answer or reply to a friend was to pray and declare what you're believing God for. What miracles you are praying for and declare it in Jesus's Name. Rebuke the sicknesses, symptoms, diagnosis, etc and replace them with healing, wholeness, preservation, longevity, health, peace, joy, strength and grace upon grace on you and your family members. Pray and intercede for one another until your spirit is liberated and satisfied in the presence of the Lord.

Luke 18:1
Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:

As you begin to have this private prayer time or intercessory prayer time once or twice a week before long you want to do it everyday because you're beginning to see results and improvement in the situation or you are so charged up in faith that you know in your spirit God is working in that situation the more you pray.

So I would encourage all of us to spend some time for private prayer if we truly desire to see God works miracles in ourlives, family, work situation, finances, church, ministry, country, salvation of family members, relatives, friends, colleagues, etc. We are the temple of God and we are called to be a house of prayer. Be sincere and real in our prayers, be passionate and have God kind of faith when we pray and intercede. Keep praying, keep believing and don't give up. Our prayers shall surely be answered sooner or later.

Much more now private or intercessory prayer is so vital due to the Covid-19 lockdown as we can't attend church services like we used to. So take this opportunity to be real and passionate in our prayer life if we want to see God works miracles. Nothing is impossible with God.  

Matthew 6
6 But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

Do pray in the Spirit (in tongues) as often as you can if you have the gift. Praying in tongues led by the Spirit of the Lord helps us utter the perfect prayer for situations that we just don't know how or what else to pray anymore.

Ephesians 6
17And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18 Pray in the Spirit (in tongues) at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.

For those who are interested to know more about what praying in the spirit actually means please read Romans 8:26-27 and 1 Corinthians 14:14-16. Let scripture interpret scripture.

Very important as well that when we pray we don't put our needs above God as if all we want is for God to answer our prayers. The more we want God to answer our prayers instead of wanting God more it will take us longer to see our prayers answered. Listen to what He wants us to know and what He wants us to pray for and do. I've learnt as Matthew 6:33 says Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you. So when we pray focus our eyes on the Lord enjoying His presence and worship Him and then allowing Him to lead us to pray for whatever He placed in our hearts to pray and/or do and then pray for your own prayer requests. Jesus said before you pray He already know what you need so no need for us to be in a hurry to put forward our own prayer requests first. The more we allow God to work in us and through us the more our faith rises, we are more patient and develop our confident trust toward God and the promises in His word.

Finally we are never too busy to pray. I’ve learnt that busyness is a weapon used by the enemy to stop us from praying, interceding, study God’s word, worship, etc. So let us be mindful of that and still pray, intercede, study God’s word daily no matter how busy we are and believe me God is a debtor of no man and He promised if you seek Him first He will add all these things (that you need) to you. If you invest time to pray and intercede, not only you’ll see miracles and breakthroughs but He will also give you time, wisdom, strength, resources, divine connections, etc that you need to complete your daily tasks.

Jeremiah 29
12Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart.

I would like to encourage all of you to watch this and be blessed:
The Mighty Influence of a Praying Mom: Rhonwyn Kendrick’s Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWvPqfXTvLE

Last but not least, "Merry Christmas and Blessed New Year" everyone!

(Our Abba Daddy) God Will Take Care Of You

By Josephine Lim Weston

Saturday, 31^st October 2020

 

We have just watched our UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a four week lockdown throughout England effective from next Thursday due to Covid-19. This is an announcement that everyone dreaded. We worried for our country's economy and also Malaysia and around the world. We know of people who have been made redundant or lost their jobs. This has become a burden in my heart and my husband's and I'm sure many of you feel the same too. Afterwards I sat down to read for Janick his bedtime bible story and what a coincidence the story was taken from Matthew 6:25-34 and it ends with “If God takes care of them (birds and the flowers), God will take care of you.”

 

Matthew 6
25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? ²⁶ Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? ²⁷ Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

²⁸ “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; ²⁹ and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ³⁰ Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

³¹ “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ ³² For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. ³³ But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. ³⁴ Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

As I was reading the Bible story to my son I knew in my heart that this is exactly what God wants to tell all of us and that we are to remind ourselves of this whenever we are afraid, anxious, wondering and in doubt, say, "My Abba Daddy God will take care of me." If you are looking for a job right now do believe in your heart that our God knows and He is taking care of it for you. If you are not well and wanting healing, say to yourself, "My Abba Daddy God is taking care of me and He has healed me." If you are uncertain of the future and it looks bleak say to yourself, "My Abba Daddy God takes care of me and my future is secure in His hands. I will not be shaken because I have a good Shepherd who provides for me and my family."

Matthew 6:9-10

So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

I remember way back in 2007 when my application for a UK working holiday visa was approved, I sent my CV/ resume to many UK companies every single day for months right up to almost the day of my departure to UK but only one company in London responded and asked me to get in touch with them when I finally arrived in London. I sent my resumes to thousands of companies but only one replied to my email and by God's grace very soon upon my arrival in London I went for the interview and I was offered the job on that very day and worked in the same company for almost 10 years. Hence I want to encourage all of you who have been affected by the pandemic and lost your job and livelihood, I hereby want to encourage you to keep on and keeping on sending your resume to as many companies as possible. Don't give up and don't speak negatively to your situation. Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.  1 Peter 3:10 For he that will love life and see good days, let him cause his tongue to cease from evil and his lips that they speak no guile.

I remember before I came to UK and haven't secured a job offer someone said to me what if you can't find a job there and what will you do? I said I don't mind to work even as a waitress if I have to as all I wanted to do was to give myself a break and travel around Europe and would be nice to work and earn some money and go traveling after. I don't want to be like a frog in the well. True enough coming to UK had enlightened me in so many ways. Of course I didn't apply to be a waitress as I just kept on applying for jobs in line with my varied working experience and God in His favour blessed me with a job and much more. Not only was I being offered a job but my bosses went on to apply five years work permit for me and that ultimately led me to being granted a UK Indefinite leave to remain. Truly Abba Daddy God takes care of me. It doesn't mean that if you have applied for so many jobs and you weren't called or offered any job even after attending numerous job interviews that God doesn't care for you and doesn't answer your prayers. No, it just means God has a better job for you and it will come at the right time. All those thousands of companies didn't even offer me any interviews neither reply to my emails but only that one particular UK company so I want to tell you, it's fine if you get no response from companies as all you need is just that one - the right one God has in store for you. So you might ask what must I do now while waiting for the right job to come. Just keep trusting and speak life and positivity to your situation no matter how bleak the economy or situation might seem because our Abba Daddy God cares for you. Keep on keeping on praying, trusting, giving thanks to God and try and try again till you get the job or whatever you are hoping and praying for. Psalm 71:14 But I will hope continually and will praise you yet more and more. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.   

I want to tell you that God not only cares for you, He loves you deeper than you can possibly fathom and it's important that we all know this when we are feeling down. My eldest son Jean-Luc is a very cheeky, mischievous and bigger than life kind of boy. He drives us (really very very....) mad everyday but my husband and I love him dearly. My husband and I do discipline him but at the same time our love for him is not affected by what he does as my husband still thinks of Jean-Luc whenever he shops and will buy him toys etc that my husband knows will make him happy. Jean-Luc has that immense confidence in our love for him and he is secure in our love even though we do discipline him from time to time and so I want to encourage all of us with this - “Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I (God) will not forget you. (Isaiah 49.15). Isaiah 46:4 Even to your old age, I (God) will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.

Daddy with Jean-Luc

Dinoland pool - a gift for Jean-Luc from daddy

 

1 Peter 5.6-7

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because He cares for you.

 

Whenever we are discouraged or just want to lift up our spirit or morale, let us speak life to our situations, there's power when we say, "My Abba Daddy God cares for me and He is taking care of my needs/ prayers for He loves me deeply." Say it with all our hearts. Do keep on praying for our countries and government no matter how hopeless we think because if we don't it will only get worse. So pray and ask God to lead us to pray for our countries, government and our fellow countrymen not only for the economy, jobs, livelihood, peace, harmony, health, etc but most importantly their salvation that more people will know Jesus and find hope in time like this.

 

2 Chronicles 15:7
But as for you, be strong; do not be discouraged, for your work will be rewarded."

Isaiah 41:10
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.

Purposeful in Living and Believing

By Josephine Lim Weston

It has been a while since I sent out my blog article but hopefully being purposeful in getting this new blog article out as soon as I'm able to it will encourage and speak to all of you.

Purposeful in Believing
On 24th August just last month we celebrated our second son Janick's first birthday. During the early stage of my pregnancy with him and having got my blood tested the result indicated that the baby was positive for Edwards, Patak or Down Syndrome. So the midwife and consultant suggested to us to take further test - either invasive or non-invasive - just to make sure. When we heard the news, I said to my husband immediately after I ended the phone call, "I reject the blood test result in Jesus Name. I know and I believe that this baby has none of the syndromes. This baby is wonderfully and fearfully made by God and as Jesus is so is this baby. He is healthy, strong and perfectly normal."

I have learnt to reject and rebuke any negative or curse words spoken either directly at me or to this country or to my loved ones or to any situation I'm facing. Thanks to my brother-in-law David. We played snakes & ladders with David years ago before Jean-Luc was born. I remember at one point I was ahead of him and my husband. Just a few more throws of the dice I could have won the game but this game made by David has a very tricky python-like snake waiting to swallow anybody near to the top of the board and he said to me, "Be careful the massive snake will be swallowing you soon." I smiled and kept quiet and kept on playing without rejecting or rebuking what he repeatedly said to me and true enough soon I landed on the number box where the "massive" snake awaits and ended at the bottom of the board game. So ever since this experience I've learnt to never let anyone speak negatively to my situation by rejecting and rebuking it in Jesus' Name with my mouth and in my heart.  

To cut the story short, the professor consultant gave us two options either we terminate the pregnancy or we get ourselves prepared by joining the parents support group for Edwards, Patak and Down Syndrome. So we decided we're going to carry on with the pregnancy regardless and being purposeful to trust God for the miracle for our baby. We also didn't join the parents' support group either. We also thank God that we were supported by wonderful and full of faith connect group leaders and members we had at that time who spoke life, healing, wholeness, perfection and miracle upon my womb and baby Janick. My husband and I also kept on being purposeful in believing God that He has done the miracle for our baby. On the early morning of 24th August 2019 baby Janick was born although more than two months premature weighing at just 910grams; he cried when he was taken out from my womb but had none of the syndromes. Hallelujah! Our God is faithful and those who trust in Him will not be put to shame (Psalm 25:3). Of course when Janick was born he had 6 pages of health/medical report but God has healed him one after another and he seems unfazed by it all and is a healthy growing boy.  

Let us be purposeful in believing be it for healing or for anything. Over the years God has healed me from sickness and disease many times including eczema and allergies towards seafood, egg, milk etc so severe that my skin would peel by itself and sometimes broke and started to bleed and I had no fingerprints on all ten fingers for several years, which felt like forever. Then whilst attending a Christian revival seminar/workshop with some leaders from church at that time we were taught to declare over ourselves healing scriptures everyday until we see our miracles and breakthroughs come true so exactly that was what I have done everyday since. So one day I received a prompting to try to eat "prawn noodle soup" (of which I had not been able to eat for years although it still is my favourite noodle soup) so I obeyed the Spirit of the Lord and ate it. Hooray! I had no allergy anymore and eventually my skin got healed and I got my fingerprints back.

Purposeful in Living
In recent months, God has prompted my heart to be purposeful to pray and pray in the Spirit for those who have no spiritual (Christian) parents or siblings. They are the first to know Jesus as their personal Lord and Saviour and being the first in the family many don't have the privilege of having their Christian parents to pray for them everyday. They have to be strong in their faith and overcome a lot of life's challenges. I am among many who have that privilege of having my parents praying for me daily. And it's a blessing to have people supporting us in prayer so we get stronger in faith and also knowing that we are protected and watched over by God and His angels. Hence me and a few friends decided to take up the role as spiritual parents or sisters to pray for those without spiritual parents.

I remember years ago before I met my husband in 2012, I decided to go on a solo birthday vacation in Wales. It was my holiday with Jesus. It was a life-changing vacation and I loved it, although there were some scary moments. For example, when there was no public transport available after 5.30pm and I had to walk back to my caravan almost 1 hour in the dark hearing all kinds of strange sounds around me, and it was also pouring at the time in autumn. I had to purposefully declare and believe in Psalm 23 as I walked back to my caravan with fear in my heart, but God's word strengthened me and made me courageous to continue the walk and I arrived back safely in the comfort of my caravan after scaling Mount Snowdon that day. 

At that time I was also believing God for a Christian life-partner and eventually I said to God that even if I don't get to meet a suitable Christian life partner or God doesn't bless me with a Christian life-partner it's fine. I'd rather not be married and be single, as having Jesus is enough for me and I do not want to compromise anymore or settle for anything less. Within a week of me returning from my solo birthday vacation (with Jesus), Andrew (my husband) got in touch with me and we met the following week and got married a year after.

When we are purposeful in our living and believing, rooted in Christ, God makes the impossible possible for us. If our decisions in life are to honour God above all else, God will work all things together for our good. Romans 8:28 And we know that to them that love God, all things work together for good to those who are called according to his purpose.

Do know that it is not our faith that we are dependent on in order to witness miracles in life. We need God-kind of faith. Yes, having the faith of God. For those who are interested to read more on this subject: https://www.hopefaithprayer.com/faith/kenneth-hagin-faith-lesson-no-21-the-god-kind-of-faith/

Mark 11:22-24 (Douay-Rheims Bible)
22 And Jesus answering, saith to them: Have the faith of God. 23Amen I say to you, that whosoever shall say to this mountain, Be thou removed and be cast into the sea, and shall not stagger in his heart, but believe, that whatsoever he saith shall be done; it shall be done unto him. 24Therefore I say unto you, all things, whatsoever you ask when ye pray, believe that you shall receive; and they shall come unto you.

Last week was my eldest son Jean-Luc's first day back in school since the lockdown. On that particular Friday whilst on my way to fetch him from school I was praying for him as usual that he would listen to his teachers and not be disruptive in class and that he has an enjoyable day learning from his teachers and playing with his classmates, etc. There and then I received a prompting in my heart from God, "You have got to be purposeful in believing (when you pray). Once you have prayed, you shouldn't be worried anymore. (You have) Cast all your cares to the Lord (for He cares for you - 1 Peter 5:7). Be purposeful in believing (that God has already answered your prayers and you need not worry anymore)." So I went on to fetch him back from school with the peace of God in my heart that God has taken care of my prayers and the desires of my heart. And yes, I need not worry anymore.

Isaiah 55:11
So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth;
It will not return to Me empty,
Without accomplishing what I desire,
And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.

Let us be purposeful people having God-kind of faith by being:

Purposeful in believing for healing, life partner, job situation, deliverance, etc

Purposeful to keep listening to good sermons that are Christ-centred for the strengthening of our faith. You are what you hear and what you say.

Purposeful in worshipping God, praying and praying in the spirit (in tongues) if you can, studying and meditating and trusting the word of the Lord. Especially in times like this where many churches are still not opened (especially in UK) with restrictions imposed on face-to-face meetings, so the more we should worship and praise God and praying on our own. The more the enemy wants to shut the church from worshipping God and praying the more we should purposefully continue worshipping God and praying.

Purposeful in keeping on praying for our country and nations as we cannot and will not lose hope in God to turn our countries and nations around.

Purposeful in praying for the salvation of our family, relatives and friends who have yet to accept Jesus as their personal Lord and Saviour. Send them words of encouragement as and when you think of them or are being prompted to so. Don't be afraid to tell them about Jesus before it's too late. You are doing it because you love and care for them.

Purposeful to pray for those who are the first or only Christian in their family that they remain steadfast in their faith in God, protected and blessed by God, able to rise above temptations and have favour and wisdom of God when they speak to their families and friends about Jesus.

Purposeful to do what God has prompted in your heart to do because when you obey and do it great is your reward.

Purposeful to honour God above all else in life's decisions as the world is trying to pull us away from God and wanting to conform our minds to their ways we need to lean in to God and research, find out more, discuss and talk to God first what you have in mind and be humble enough to listen and allow Him to guide you through before you leap and just go ahead doing whatever you want. Hebrews 11:40 Since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.

 

God bless all of you!

 

A Merry Heart Doeth Good Like A Medicine

By Josephine Lim Weston

Somebody confided with me few weeks ago about been believing God for healing for years but still not seeing the result/miracle, and so I asked the Lord for the answer and what should be my reply and He gave me these two scriptures:

Proverb 17:22
A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.

Philippians 4

6-7 Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.

8-9 Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. Do that, and God, who makes everything work together, will work you into his most excellent harmonies.

When you're unwell or heard someone close to you unwell or at the moment everywhere you turn will be news about Covid-19, these can cause anxiety but God is telling us in Romans 8:15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that makes you live in fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” 16The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. This means in times like this we have a Heavenly Father who loves us and will look after us and heal us. He will never forsake us. Yes, we still need to abide by the law and do whatever we possibly can to prevent ourselves from catching the virus or take the necessary medication prescribed until we are well but at the same time do not let the fear of Covid-19 or any sickness consume us so much so that all we think about every moment is Covid-19 or this sickness or that disease instead of doing what Philippians 4:6-9 tells us to do.

A week ago my mum told me that it has almost been a year since she wished for a multifocal lens ever since my sister-in-law suggested to her to get one when she saw her sometimes struggling to see clearly when cutting and preparing food. She procrastinated in getting one as she found out how expensive multifocal lenses were at that time so she settled with several glasses to help with her vision thus far. Recently she related her wish to my Auntie Susan and her friend when they came to visit her a week ago, just sharing with them without any expectation. Praise the Lord, coincidentally, Auntie Susan's friend actually makes glasses and including multifocal lenses and she could do it for my mum at a fraction of the market price and she even came to my parents house and did all the vision measurements for my mum. Finally my mum received her much awaited new multifocal lenses a few days ago and is so delighted by it. So I said to my mum, "Wow so now you know, if in future you got anything you need or want recommendation for can share with Auntie Susan as she knows lots of people and is very well connected." My mum replied immediately, "If I need anything, I will tell the Lord straight as He always grants the desires of my heart." Wow, what a faith-fueled statement, and it's so true. I was so immensely encouraged by what she said. I can tell you all that my parents are in fact the coolest parents in the world. They are mostly happy people even though they do have their differences sometimes.  

My merry hearted mummy:

In my life I can testify that God does answer prayers. He sometimes answers my wishes even before I thought of praying about it. Sometimes I just made a simple quick prayer for it and without putting much thought about it and straight it was answered. Most of the time while praying God answered and flooded my heart with His thoughts, ideas and solutions. Sometimes I've got to wait to see the miracles happen but in the meantime I've just got to trust Him; and in due time I'll see the prayers answered in the way that is beyond what I imagined and that all my trusting and waiting are all worth it. Also I can understand others better and become an encouragement to them too.  

Ephesians 3:20

Now to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen

2 Corinthians 1:19-20

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in Him it has always been “Yes.” For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.

Numbers 23:19

God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

Psalm 46:1

God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble.

Psalm 91
14“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him. 15When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver and honour him. 16With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”

So hereby I want to encourage all of you don't worry, have a merry heart and fill our minds with good and happy thoughts. Casting all your cares upon the Lord for He cares for you (1 Peter 5:7). 

Beautiful songs to encourage you all:

Made Me Glad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4L3rnUtCaE

A Merry Heart Doeth Good Like A Medicine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzwpsC1C0ak