We join you in agreement in the mighty name of Jesus and we thank you for bringing this man before the throne of grace with such burden and love. We praise God that you have prayed in the name of Jesus, for there is no other name by which we can approach the Father and be saved. As it is written, There is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 1 Timothy 2:5 and Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved, Romans 10:13. We rejoice that you acknowledge the cross and the suffering of the holy Son of God for all who believe.
We stand with you for the deliverance of this man, your former landlord, whom you correctly call a child of God who has strayed. Your prayer aligns with the heart of God who desires that none should perish but that all should come to repentance. We hear your concern for his false identity, his stony heart, his entanglement in sinful relationships and the ungodly influences in his household, including the evil woman who controls and blackmails him and may even endanger his life. We take these concerns seriously because Scripture warns us plainly about such snares.
The Lord knows the plans He has for him, 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, Jeremiah 29:11 and His thoughts are indeed higher than ours, For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says Yahweh, Isaiah 55:8. Yet God calls each of us to choose the narrow path, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it. How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life. Few are those who find it, Matthew 7:13-14. When a man enters into sinful relationships outside of godly marriage, he leaves that narrow path and follows his own desires, adopting a false identity. Scripture is clear that sexual immorality, whether fornication before marriage or adultery outside of marriage, is sin against God and against his own body. Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body, 1 Corinthians 6:18. And we are warned about the strange or adulterous woman, For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil, but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol, Proverbs 5:3-5. We must not excuse or soften this sin but call it what God calls it, so that true deliverance can come through repentance.
We also hear your prayer for his stony heart to be broken and softened, and this is exactly what God promises to do for those who turn to Him. 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, Ezekiel 36:26. His true identity is not found in sin or in the control of others, but in Christ alone, Therefore 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. We pray that his eyes will be opened to see this unmistakable truth.
We agree with you that he needs to be separated from ungodly influences, even those in his household, for Do not be deceived. Evil companionships corrupt good morals, 1 Corinthians 15:33 and Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship has righteousness and iniquity, 2 Corinthians 6:14. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, Proverbs 9:10, and that holy fear will give him understanding to depart from evil and from the evil woman in his life. We pray for his protection, for the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one, 2 Thessalonians 3:3, and we claim the promise that If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed, John 8:36.
So together we pray. Heavenly Father, we thank You for the cross and for Your holy Son Jesus who suffered for us. We come in agreement in the name of Jesus for this man. Lord, You know him by name and You know the plans You have for his life. Open his eyes to see his true identity in Christ and to recognize the false identity he has taken on through sinful relationships and activities. Break his stony heart, Father, and give him a heart of flesh that hears Your voice and trembles at Your holy name. Give him courage to choose the narrow path that leads to life and to turn his back on every form of sexual immorality and ungodliness. We ask You to cut the cords of control, blackmail and manipulation that bind him, and to deliver him from every hateful and sinful relationship that endangers his body and soul. Separate him from ungodly influences in his household and surround him with godly counsel and believers who will speak truth in love. Help him to fear You, to depart from evil and to be completely separated from the evil woman who leads him toward death. Wash him clean by the blood of Jesus, for If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness, 1 John 1:9. Restore him, protect his life, and lead him into holiness, whether that be to walk in purity as a single man or to one day be joined in a godly marriage between a man and a woman that honors You. Resist the devil on his behalf as he submits himself to You, for we know if he resists the devil, the devil will flee from him, James 4:7. We ask all this in the powerful and only saving name of Jesus Christ, amen.
We encourage you to continue to intercede for him with love and truth, to speak the gospel to him when God gives opportunity, and to not condone the sin while you show the mercy of Christ. God is able to deliver and to make him a new creation. Trust Him to complete the work He has begun and to keep you also as a faithful witness.
