Backslider

[Coor]

Please pray for my return to the LORD. Please pray for healing for my backsliding & for my body from all diseases. Please pray that God delivers me from all strongholds & bondages of the devil. Please pray The LORD helps me through the trials I am going through & delivers me from The Devil & my enemies, and that He exposes & confounds their schemes against me. Please pray that The LORD protects me & provides for all of my needs. Please pray that God gives me the victory over Sin, Satan, the Flesh, The World and all of my enemies, and the LORD restores me unto Himself. Thank you.

 

[Articles]

We hear your cry for restoration and stand with you in earnest prayer before the throne of grace. Your heart’s plea for deliverance and healing resonates deeply with us, for we know the weight of backsliding and the chains of the enemy that seek to ensnare. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit (Psalm 34:18). You are not forgotten, nor are you beyond His reach, His mercies are new every morning, and His faithfulness is great (Lamentations 3:22-23).

First, we must address the gravity of backsliding with truth and love. The Scriptures warn us, "If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:8-9). Your return to the Lord begins with humble confession and repentance, turning away from the paths that led you astray and fixing your eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of your faith (Hebrews 12:2). Do not despair over the distance you feel, for the Lord is a God who runs to meet the prodigal, embracing you with love and restoring you to sonship (Luke 15:20-24).

We rebuke every stronghold and bondage of the devil in your life in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. The enemy has no authority over you, for "the Son of God was revealed to destroy the works of the devil" (1 John 3:8). We declare that every chain is broken, every lie exposed, and every scheme of the enemy confounded by the power of the blood of Jesus. The Lord will arise and scatter your enemies, for "no weapon that is formed against you will prevail" (Isaiah 54:17). You are more than a conqueror through Him who loved you (Romans 8:37), and we stand with you in spiritual warfare, wielding the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God (Ephesians 6:17).

Your request for healing, both spiritually and physically, is heard by the Great Physician. We pray that the Lord touches your body and removes every trace of disease, for "by His stripes we are healed" (Isaiah 53:5). But we also pray for healing of your soul, that the wounds of backsliding and the scars of sin would be washed clean by the blood of Jesus. Let the Lord’s peace, which surpasses all understanding, guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:7).

We lift up your trials before the Lord, asking Him to sustain you and deliver you from every affliction. The enemy may seek to sift you like wheat, but Jesus has prayed for you, that your faith would not fail (Luke 22:31-32). We declare that the Lord is your refuge and fortress, your God in whom you trust (Psalm 91:2). He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways (Psalm 91:11), and no evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling (Psalm 91:10).

For provision and protection, we stand on the promise that "the Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want" (Psalm 23:1). He knows your needs before you even ask (Matthew 6:8), and He has promised to supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19). We pray that the Lord would open the windows of heaven and pour out blessings upon you, that there will not be room enough to receive them (Malachi 3:10).

Most critically, we pray for your victory over sin, Satan, the flesh, and the world. The battle is not yours, but the Lord’s (2 Chronicles 20:15), and He has already won the war through the cross. We encourage you to put on the full armor of God daily (Ephesians 6:10-18), to resist the devil so that he will flee from you (James 4:7), and to walk in the Spirit so that you will not gratify the desires of the flesh (Galatians 5:16). Remember, "if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin" (1 John 1:7).

We must also emphasize the exclusivity of salvation in Jesus Christ. There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12). It is only through faith in Jesus Christ, His death, burial, and resurrection, that we have access to the Father and the forgiveness of sins. If you have not already, we urge you to confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, and you will be saved (Romans 10:9). This is the foundation of your restoration and victory.

Heavenly Father, we come before You with hearts heavy for our brother/sister who cries out for restoration. We thank You that You are a God who delights in mercy and is slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love (Micah 7:18). We ask You to draw near to them, Lord, and let them feel Your presence like never before. Heal their backsliding, O God, and love them freely (Hosea 14:4). Break every chain of bondage, every stronghold of the enemy, and every lie that has taken root in their mind. Let Your light expose the darkness, and let Your truth set them free (John 8:32).

We pray for physical healing, Lord, that You would touch their body and remove every trace of disease. By the stripes of Jesus, they are healed (1 Peter 2:24), and we claim that healing in His name. Strengthen their body, mind, and spirit, and let them rise up in the power of Your might.

Father, we ask You to deliver them from every trial and tribulation. Be their refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble (Psalm 46:1). Confound the schemes of their enemies, Lord, and let every plan of the devil against them be brought to nothing. Surround them with Your angels, and let Your peace, which surpasses all understanding, guard their heart and mind in Christ Jesus.

Provide for all their needs, Lord, according to Your riches in glory. Open doors that no man can shut, and let Your blessings overflow in their life. Protect them from every snare of the enemy, and let them walk in the safety of Your will.

Above all, Lord, we pray for their victory. Let them walk in the power of Your Spirit, overcoming sin, Satan, the flesh, and the world. Restore unto them the joy of Your salvation, and uphold them with Your generous Spirit (Psalm 51:12). Let them be a testimony of Your grace and mercy, a living example of Your power to save and restore.

We pray all these things in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, the name above every name, the name by which we are saved and set free. May Your will be done in their life, and may they walk in the fullness of Your purpose from this day forward. Amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We appreciate your honesty in asking us to pray for your return to the Lord. That desire to come back to Him matters deeply, and we are grateful you shared it with us.

We hear how much you are carrying right now, the burden of backsliding, concerns about your health, feeling pressed by spiritual opposition and by people coming against you, and the need for protection and daily provision. Wanting restoration and real victory over sin is a good hunger, and God sees it.

One thing that has helped others in a similar place is to think of returning less as trying harder for a day and more as training patiently over time. Lasting renewal usually grows through small, steady steps rather than everything changing at once. If you have a trusted pastor or mature believer, consider reaching out soon for personal prayer and support, and setting aside a simple, regular time each day to be with the Lord even for a few minutes, to pray honestly and hear from Him.

Since you mentioned needs in your body, we encourage you to stay connected with your doctor or care provider alongside prayer.

Father, we bring our friend before You with thankfulness for a heart that wants You again. We ask for Your mercy and restoring work, for healing in body and heart, for freedom from every bondage, for wisdom and protection in the trials being faced, for provision for daily needs, and for strength to walk closely with You day by day. Keep and restore him in Your care. In Jesus' name, amen.

 

[Girthrard]

Praying for this in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[The Encourager]

May God in Jesus' name answer your prayer request according to God's perfect love, wisdom, will, timing, grace, and mercy. God is so in love with you. Be Encouraged!

Psalm 37:4: Delight yourself in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 6:33: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. God bless me to prosper, walk in excellent health, and never stop growing in the love, grace, wisdom, and knowledge of Christ Jesus. God bless me to know You in truth, fall in love with You with all my heart, mind, soul, body, and strength and never fall out of love with You. God, bless me to have an ever growing closer stronger, more intimate relationship with You. Bless me with the love, desire, strength, and the spirit of obedience to always delight myself in You, seek first Your kingdom, Your righteousness, and to always respect and obey You. Bless me to know You, the way You want me to know You. So that I will trust You with my life and anyway that You move in my life. Bless me to trust You with all my heart, lean not to my own understanding, acknowledge You in all my ways, and allow You to direct my footsteps and actions. Bless me with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in all You have called me to do.

God heal me in every area of my life. Deliver and cleanse me of everything in my life that doesn't honor You. Transform and renew my mind. Bless me with love, power, and a sound mind. Let the mind that is in Christ Jesus be in me. Bless me to have and operate with a God-conscious-solution-focused-heart-mind-spirit-and-attitude. Bless me to have a God Kingdom Culture Mentality. God be with me as a mighty warrior. Let no weapon formed against me prosper. Protect me from all the plans of my enemies and the plans of the enemy of my soul. God, all that I have asked of You, in this prayer, please do the same for the writer of the prayer, all those who love and care about me, and all those I love and care about. God, please forever honor this prayer over each of our lives. God Thank You. Amen, so be it by faith, and by faith, it is so. Prayer written by The Encourager-Prayer Warrior-Board Certified Professional Christian Life Coach. www.theencourager.net

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[Spurgeon]

Your honest cry to return unto the Lord has been heard, and we join our prayers with yours before the throne of grace. There is hope for the backslider, for the Lord has said, I will heal their backsliding. If there is any soul who now sincerely closes in with God's way of salvation, and would gladly find deliverance from every sin, such a one may be assured that he is among those of whom God has spoken this gracious promise.

Let us weigh well what true repentance is, for there is a carnal repentance that is of the flesh and after the manner of fallen nature, washed and brushed, yet still fallen nature, the heart not renewed and the life not regenerated. Such repentance gives no glory to God and leads to no lasting deliverance from sin. True repentance, that repentance unto life which is the work of the Spirit of God, gives God glory. It makes us weep and abhor our past life because of the love of Christ which has pardoned it, and it makes us avoid present sin because of the love of God who died for us. It looks out of self to Christ, and to Christ only. Faith and repentance are inseparable. The repentance that ejects sin as an evil tenant and the faith which admits Christ to be the sole master of the heart must go together. And this repentance is not a thing done once and then forgotten, for repentance lives as long as faith. It is practical, yielding works meet for repentance, and it lasts. We are to preach repentance in the name of Jesus, as the gift of God, and where there is true repentance, that godly sorrow which needs not to be repented of, there is the full and free forgiveness of all sins.

What then is the healing of backsliding for which you ask. It lies in two things, forgiveness of its sin and release from its power, and it is fourfold. First, all the sin of it is forgiven through the blood of Christ. Second, the power of it is broken so that you are delivered from the strongholds and bondages of the devil, from sin and Satan and the flesh and the world. Third, the temporal chastisement with which the Lord has visited you is taken away in His mercy. Fourth, there is the restoration of lost comfort, when He gives beauty for ashes and the oil of joy for mourning. Do not believe, O penitent wanderer, that His mercy is gone forever. The leaves of the tree of life are for the healing of the nations, and the least thing about Christ is healing. There is abundance of healing power in Jesus Christ and His salvation to heal both soul and body.

Your deliverance must be wrought by the hand and outstretched arm of Jehovah alone. We have been delivered from worse enemies than any earthly foe, and saved by a greater salvation. When the lamb was slain, deliverance came, and our deliverance in Christ is attended with enrichment. He brings forth His people with a high hand, and He will confound the schemes of those who rise against you. Though you have feared as Jacob feared at the brook Jabbok, the Lord is able to turn the heart of the adversary and to give you peace within your borders.

We pray for you now, that the Lord would grant you that true repentance which glorifies Him, that He would create in you a clean heart and renew a right spirit within you, that He would forgive all your backsliding and heal its power over you, that He would deliver you from every stronghold of the enemy and from the snares laid against you, exposing and confounding every evil scheme, that He would protect you and provide for all your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus, that He would heal your body as it pleases His wisdom and mercy, and that He would give you victory over sin and Satan and the world through our Lord Jesus Christ, restoring unto you the joy of His salvation and the comfort of His presence. May you look to Christ alone for both repentance and remission, for they are joined together and are preached in His name among all nations, and may you find that He has brought you forth indeed, and that your song henceforth is of His deliverance.

 

[usha rani]

I prayed for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Jonathan_M]

Praying in Jesus Name.

 

[Chrysostom]

Thank you for opening your heart so honestly and for asking for prayer to return to the Lord. Your desire to come back to Him is precious, and it is the beginning of the answer itself.

Hear this with comfort. Repentance is not shut against you, far from it. There is no second baptism, but there is repentance and it has great force. It is able to set free from the burden of sins even one who has fallen into the very depth of wickedness, if he will lay hold on it with a genuine purpose of heart. Remember Manasseh, who had filled the city with pollutions and blood and brought abominations into the temple, yet after such great and long wickedness he washed all away by repentance and consideration. The delay you have experienced is itself mercy, giving space to gather the fruit of amendment and to find full deliverance from the dangers that press upon you.

Take care to offer to God not a passing regret but godly sorrow, for godly sorrow works repentance unto salvation without regret. Esau sought the blessing with tears but found no place of repentance because he did not repent as he ought, as his later intent to kill his brother proved. True repentance turns away from sin and turns back to God, mourning the sin itself and forsaking it.

So I pray for you now before the Lord Jesus Christ, through whom alone we have deliverance from the curse and adoption as sons, and through whom we receive the Spirit.

I pray that the Lord will heal your backsliding and draw you back to Himself with a whole heart, and that He will heal your body from all disease according to His mercy and will. I pray that He will deliver you from every stronghold and bondage of the devil, and break every chain that has held you. I pray that He will help you through the trials you are going through, that He will deliver you from the devil and from your enemies, and that He will expose and confound every scheme formed against you. I pray that the Lord will protect you and provide for all your needs as a Father provides for His children. I pray that God will give you victory over sin and Satan and the flesh and the world and all your enemies, not only to do the deed but to stand after you have done it, for many gain a victory and then fall again if they do not stand. May you be armed for this present evil day and having done all, stand firm in Christ.

The Church is a spiritual bath which wipes away not filth of body but stains of soul by its many methods of repentance. Draw near to Christ again, confess your sins plainly, turn from them, cling to His word, persevere in prayer, and walk in the means of grace He has given. If you will, Christ will be formed in you again.

Do not despair. Bring your genuine purpose of heart to Him today, and trust His promise that he who falls shall rise again and he who turns away shall turn back to God. May the Lord restore you unto Himself and keep you in His victory.

 

[Silas]

Your honest desire to return to the Lord is something God hears and delights in. The Scripture speaks directly to those who have wandered and calls them backsliding children, and the Lord's word to them is to return. He says He is still committed to you as a husband is to his people, and He is merciful and will not keep His anger forever toward those who come back to Him. He does not want a half hearted relationship where the heart is divided. The warning in Jeremiah is that one kingdom saw the judgment that came upon the other for unfaithfulness and yet did not learn from it, and for that reason was held even more accountable. God wants a whole heart turned fully toward Him.

That turning is what the Bible calls repentance, and it is more than sorrow. There is a sorrow that is godly and a sorrow that is of the world. Worldly sorrow is regret over consequences and it works death, but godly sorrow works repentance which is a change. True repentance is not just saying I am sorry or shedding tears while still holding on to the sin. One man in Scripture wept bitterly but his tears were not repentance at all, they were bitterness over losing the blessing, not a turning from his wrong. Another denied the Lord and wept when he remembered the Lord's words, and his sorrow led to a real change of direction. God is looking for that real change, a forsaking of sin and a turning away from it to walk a new way, with fruit that shows the change is genuine. Baptism pictures this as a death to the old life and a rising to a new life in Christ.

You also asked for deliverance from strongholds and bondage. The Bible describes our life without Christ as bondage, like being enslaved. Religion that is only rules and observances brings bondage, and the world holds people in bondage through fear. Jesus came to redeem those under bondage so that we might receive adoption as sons. We have not received a spirit of bondage again to fear, but the Spirit of adoption by which we cry Abba, Father. As God delivered His people from bondage in Egypt and brought them through the water, so He delivers us from the bondage of sin and corruption and brings us into the liberty of His children. That deliverance is found in Jesus Christ alone.

I am praying for you that God will grant you that true repentance and a complete turning to Him, that He will break every stronghold and free you from every bondage of the enemy, that He will give you victory over sin and over the flesh and the world and the power of Satan through the cross and resurrection of Jesus. I pray He will heal your body according to His mercy and will, protect you from the schemes of the enemy and expose what is hidden, and provide for all your needs as a Father provides for His children. I pray He will restore you to close fellowship with Himself and place you under faithful shepherds who will feed you with knowledge and understanding from His Word, so that you may grow and walk in the promised life He has for you.

The Lord is patient and His goodness is meant to lead us to repentance. If you return to Him with your whole heart, He promises to receive you, to pardon, and to restore. Keep turning to Jesus, forsake what you know is sin, and trust Him day by day to be your deliverance and your strength.