We join you together in the name of Jesus and we thank you for bringing this man before the Lord with such compassion and burden for his soul. We agree with you that it is only through the cross and the suffering of our holy Son Jesus that we have hope, forgiveness and deliverance, and we praise God that you have come in that precious name, for there is no other name under heaven by which we must be saved and by which we have access to the Father Acts 4:12, John 14:6.
We hear your heart for this man who rented his flat to you and we join you in asking the Lord to reveal His holy plan for his life. We know that God has good plans for His children to give them a future and a hope Jeremiah 29:11, and His thoughts and ways are far higher than ours Isaiah 55:8-9. When a person has entered into sinful relationships or activities and has strayed from the narrow path, he can adopt a false identity that is not rooted in Christ. We are reminded that 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. Jesus Himself taught that narrow is the gate and narrow is the way that leads to life, and there are few who find it Matthew 7:13-14, and we pray this man will find the courage to choose that narrow way.
We also agree with you in praying that the Lord will break his stony heart and give him a soft heart toward God. The Lord promises I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh Ezekiel 36:26. Only God can soften a hardened heart and give the understanding to fear His holy name and to depart from evil. We are told to not be wise in our own eyes, fear Yahweh, and depart from evil Proverbs 3:7. Where there is a sinful and controlling relationship with an evil woman, we must speak plainly in love. If this involves sexual immorality outside of the lifelong covenant of marriage between a man and a woman, Scripture calls it fornication or adultery and we are commanded to flee sexual immorality 1 Corinthians 6:18. God designed sexual intimacy to be only within marriage, and any relationship outside of that, especially one marked by control, blackmail and danger, is not love but bondage and sin that brings death, for the wages of sin is death Romans 6:23. We also know that evil companionships corrupt good morals 1 Corinthians 15:33 and that we should not be unequally yoked with unbelievers 2 Corinthians 6:14, so we agree that he needs to be separated from ungodly influences, even those in his household, that keep him in darkness.
We pray together for his deliverance and protection, especially since you sense his life may be in danger and he is being controlled and blackmailed.
Father, in the mighty name of Jesus we lift this man to You. You know him by name, You see where he lives and who surrounds him, and You love him deeply. We ask You to open his eyes to see the clear unmistakable truth about his identity in Christ, that he is fearfully and wonderfully made and called to be holy as You are holy. Remove the veil of deception and the false identity he has taken on through sin. Give him a new heart and put a new spirit within him, take away his stony heart and give him a heart that trembles at Your word. Grant him godly fear and understanding to depart from evil and from the evil woman who entangles him. Break every chain of control, manipulation, blackmail and spiritual darkness that holds him. We ask You to separate him from every ungodly influence and to place godly people around him who will speak truth in love. Keep him safe from harm, for You are near to those who are crushed in spirit Psalm 34:18 and You deliver the righteous out of all their troubles Psalm 34:17. Help him to submit himself to You, to resist the devil and know that the devil will flee from him James 4:7. If he has sinned, we claim Your promise that if we confess our sins, You are faithful and righteous to forgive us and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness 1 John 1:9. Lead him to true repentance, to flee from fornication and to pursue purity, and if it is Your will for him to have a wife, lead him in time to a godly marriage that honors You, as You intended marriage to be a lifelong commitment between a man and a woman. Give him courage to walk the narrow path even when it is costly, and let him know the depth of Your love that casts out fear 1 John 4:18. We trust Your power to deliver and to restore, and we ask all these things in the powerful and saving name of Jesus, amen.
We encourage you to continue to stand in the gap for him with love and truth, not enabling sin but speaking the truth in love Ephesians 4:15, and trusting that God hears when we agree together Matthew 18:19. Keep praying for his protection and for God to send laborers across his path who can minister the gospel to him personally. Guard your own heart as you intercede, and rest in knowing that God desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth 1 Timothy 2:4, and He is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think Ephesians 3:20.