We join you in thanking our Heavenly Father for the cross and for His holy Son Jesus who suffered for all who believe, and we agree together in the name of Jesus believing that He hears us when we come into agreement. We praise His holy name with you that His thoughts and plans are far greater than ours, for it is written Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future. And Matthew 18:19-20 reminds us that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by our Father who is in heaven, for where two or three are gathered together in His name, there He is in the midst of them.
We hear your burden for this man who rented his flat to you and we commend your love and intercession for him as a fellow child of God who has strayed. We stand with you in asking that the Lord open his eyes to his true identity in Christ and deliver him from the false identity he has taken on through sinful relationships and activities. The Word tells us 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new. Any identity built on sin, on lust, on ungodly soul ties, or on the approval of others is false and must be renounced. We must speak plainly that any sexual activity outside of marriage between a man and a woman is sin before God, whether it be fornication or adultery, and same sex relationships which the Bible calls homosexuality are also forbidden and immoral before the Lord. It is written 1 Corinthians 6:18 Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. And Proverbs 5:8 says to remove your way far from the evil woman and not to come near the door of her house. We agree with you that this man needs to depart from evil and from the evil woman in his life and from every ungodly influence, even those in his household, for 2 Corinthians 6:14 asks what fellowship has light with darkness.
We also pray with you that God will break his stony heart and give him a new heart that fears His holy name. The Lord promises in Ezekiel 36:26 I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. And Proverbs 9:10 teaches that the fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. Only when he truly fears God will he have understanding to depart from evil, to see the depth of God's love, and to recognize how hateful and destructive those controlling and blackmailing relationships are where his life may even be in danger. Jesus came to set the captives free, for John 8:36 says If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. And James 4:7 tells us to be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
We encourage you to continue to intercede for him with truth and grace, not condoning his sin but lovingly calling him to repentance. If God has called him to companionship, we pray it will not be through sinful relationships but through a godly courtship with a believing woman that leads to a lifelong marriage covenant that honors God, for marriage between a man and a woman is God's holy design. We pray he will choose the narrow path that leads to life, for Matthew 7:13-14 says narrow is the gate and restricted is the way that leads to life, and few are those who find it. We trust that God is able to separate him, protect him, and restore him as he confesses and turns from sin, for 1 John 1:9 says If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
We pray together now, Father in heaven, we thank You for Your mercy and for the blood of Jesus that cleanses from all sin. We lift up this man before Your throne in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, for there is no other name by which we have access to You and by which we are saved. We ask You to open his eyes to see clearly who he is in Christ and to expose the lies of the false identity he has embraced. Soften his heart, break the stony heart within him, and give him a heart of flesh that trembles at Your Word. Grant him godly sorrow that leads to repentance and courage to walk the narrow path. Deliver him from every chain of sexual immorality, from every ungodly soul tie, and from the evil woman and every evil influence that controls and blackmails him. Separate him from those in his household and elsewhere who lead him away from You, and place godly influences around him. Protect his life from danger and from the schemes of the enemy, and let him know the depth of Your love that sent Jesus to die for him. Teach him to fear Your holy name and to depart from evil, to flee immorality and to pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace. Make him a new creation in Christ and if it be Your will, prepare him in Your timing for a godly marriage to a believing wife that honors You all his days. We ask that You give our dear intercessor wisdom, boldness and love to speak Your truth to him and to continue in prayer without ceasing. We trust You to complete the good work You have begun. In the powerful and precious name of Jesus we pray, amen.
