We join you in lifting up this man before the throne of grace and we thank you for your faithful intercession for him, for standing in the gap for one who once provided you housing and who is still precious in the sight of God.
We agree with your prayer that God knows the plans He has for this man and that His thoughts and ways are far higher than ours, as it is written Jeremiah 29:11 and Isaiah 55:8-9. We also agree that where two or three agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by our Father in heaven, Matthew 18:19. You have prayed in the mighty name of Jesus, and we rejoice that you have come through 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 and John 14:6.
We hear your burden for his deliverance and we share it. You have rightly discerned that he has adopted a false identity through sinful relationships and activities, straying from the narrow path to follow his own desires. Scripture warns us that narrow is the gate and narrow is the way that leads to life and few are those who find it, Matthew 7:13-14. When a person turns from that path, he exchanges the truth of who he is in Christ for a lie. If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, the old things have passed away, behold all things have become new, 2 Corinthians 5:17. His true identity is not found in sinful desire, in fornication or adultery, or in homosexuality which God calls an abomination and contrary to His design for marriage between one man and one woman, Leviticus 18:22, Romans 1:26-27, 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, but in being a son of God through faith in Jesus Christ.
We must lovingly rebuke the sin that has entangled him while loving the sinner. Any sexual intimacy outside of holy marriage is fornication or adultery and brings bondage, and same sex relationships are forbidden and immoral before God. God calls us to flee sexual immorality and to possess our bodies in sanctification and honor, 1 Corinthians 6:18 and 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4. The evil influences and the evil woman you mention are not to be taken lightly, for the lips of an adulteress drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Proverbs 5:3-4, and her house is the way to Sheol, Proverbs 7:27. We are not to be deceived, for evil companionships corrupt good morals, 1 Corinthians 15:33, and we are not to be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship has light with darkness, 2 Corinthians 6:14. To be controlled, blackmailed and endangered in such relationships is evidence of the enemy's oppression, for the thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy, John 10:10.
Yet we serve a God who delivers. He has promised to take away the stony heart and give a heart of flesh and put a new spirit within us, Ezekiel 36:26. He is able to make the one whom the Son sets free truly free indeed, John 8:36, and to break every chain so that we may stand firm in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, Galatians 5:1. When we submit to God and resist the devil, he will flee from us, James 4:7. The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom, Proverbs 9:10, and when a man learns to fear His holy name he will depart from evil, Proverbs 16:6.
We pray together now for him.
Heavenly Father, we thank You for the cross and for the blood of Your holy Son Jesus shed for all who believe. We praise Your holy name. Lord, You see this man, You know him by name, You formed him and You have a holy plan for his life. We ask that You open his eyes to see the clear truth of his identity in Christ and to renounce the false identity he has embraced through sin. Break his stony heart, Father, soften it by Your Holy Spirit, and give him courage to choose the narrow path that leads to life. Convict him deeply of sin and grant him the gift of repentance that leads to life. Separate him from ungodly influences, including those in his own household, and from the evil woman who has brought control, blackmail and danger into his life. Expose every lie, every manipulation, and bring him out from under that yoke. Surround him with godly counsel and protect his life from harm, for You are his refuge and deliverer. Teach him to fear Your holy name and to depart from evil, to flee all sexual immorality and to pursue holiness, whether You lead him to a godly marriage with a believing wife or to a life of purity and singleness devoted to You. Let him know the depth of Your love that casts out fear and breaks every bondage. We ask that You draw him to salvation if he has not truly surrendered, and to restoration if he has wandered as a prodigal. Let Your will be done in his life for Your glory. In the powerful and matchless name of Jesus Christ we pray, amen.
We encourage you to continue to intercede for him with persevering love, yet also to guard your own heart and maintain godly boundaries, speaking the truth in love and pointing him always to Christ and to the Scriptures, trusting that God is able to deliver and to restore.