We hear the deep pain and distress in your request over debts, stolen money and ID cards, and what you perceive as intense spiritual warfare and occult opposition in your workplace this year. We stand with you in prayer for God's protection, justice, provision and deliverance, and we want to seek His will together with you in Jesus' name.
We must lovingly rebuke and correct the way this request asks for vengeance. We understand the hurt of being stolen from and feeling under spiritual attack, but we cannot agree in prayer for your enemies to be plagued with a billion scourges, to be killed, for their blood to be shed like oceans, or for them to become your footstool as slaves to repay you. This desire for violent retribution does not align with the heart of God. Scripture is clear that vengeance belongs to the Lord and not to us, for it is written, Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord, Romans 12:19 and also, It is mine to avenge, I will repay, Deuteronomy 32:35. Jesus calls us to a higher way, But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you, Matthew 5:44. We are also taught, Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good, Romans 12:21. God does not delight in the death of the wicked but desires that they turn from their way and live, Ezekiel 33:11, and He is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance, 2 Peter 3:9. To pray for the destruction of people is to pray against God's merciful desire for their salvation. What we can and do pray against is the power of darkness itself, not the people trapped by it, for our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world's rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places, Ephesians 6:12.
We also want to address the spiritual warfare you describe. We believe the kingdom of darkness is real and that witchcraft, fetishes and occult practices are an abomination to God, yet we rest in the truth that He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world, 1 John 4:4, and that when we submit ourselves to God and resist the devil, he will flee from us, James 4:7. We do not need to call down curses like those on Egypt to see God act. God Himself will fight for you, for the battle is not yours, but God's, 2 Chronicles 20:15, and The Lord will fight for you, and you shall be still, Exodus 14:14. Our prayer is not that sanctuaries and objects be burned by our own anger, but that every work of darkness be rendered powerless and nullified by the authority of Jesus Christ, and that those involved would be convicted, repent, and be set free from Satan's deception.
We also lift up your financial burden. God sees the theft you have suffered and the debts that weigh on you. He is a God of justice who promises to restore what the locusts have eaten, Joel 2:25, and He is able to supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus, Philippians 4:19. At the same time Scripture teaches us, Owe no one anything, except to love one another, Romans 13:8 and The wicked borrow, and do not pay back, but the righteous give generously, Psalm 37:21. We encourage you to walk in integrity with your debts while trusting God to provide, to report thefts of money and ID cards to the proper authorities for justice, Romans 13:4, to steward what you have with wisdom, and to seek godly counsel in your workplace and church for protection and accountability.
We pray together now for you.
We come before our Heavenly Father in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, the only name by which we have access to God and by which we are saved, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved, Acts 4:12. We thank You that You see our brother and know every detail of these losses and attacks. We ask You to place a hedge of protection around him, that no weapon that is formed against him will prosper, Isaiah 54:17, and that You will keep him from all evil and preserve his soul, Psalm 121:7. We pray that You would thwart every occult scheme, every marine spirit and every work of the kingdom of darkness assigned against him in his workplace, and let all witchcraft and fetishes be shown to be powerless before the blood of Jesus. We ask not for the death of those who have wronged him, but that You would bring them to repentance and salvation, that they would turn from darkness to light, Acts 26:18. If there has been theft and fraud, we ask You to move upon the hearts of those responsible and upon the authorities to bring forth justice and restitution according to Your perfect will. We pray for the return and protection of his ID cards and finances, for supernatural provision to pay every debt with honesty, and for wisdom to manage his resources faithfully. Give him peace that surpasses all understanding, Philippians 4:7, deliver him from fear, and let him dwell in the shelter of the Most High, Psalm 91:1. We ask that his workplace become a place of peace and integrity, that Your light would shine there and that he would overcome evil with good by Your grace. We ask all this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, trusting in Your goodness, Your justice and Your mercy. Amen.