We join with you in agreement in the name of Jesus and we thank you for bringing this man before the throne of grace with such compassion and discernment. We praise God with you for the cross and for the suffering of His holy Son Jesus for all who believe, for without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness and it is only through Jesus that we have access to the Father.
We hear your burden for this man who rented his flat to you and we agree that he is known and loved by God and that God has a holy plan for his life. You have prayed rightly that he would hear the voice of the Lord and understand his true identity in Christ. The word says, 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, and also, I will 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. We pray with you that his stony heart would be broken and softened, that he would receive a new heart to follow the narrow path that leads to life, for narrow is the gate and restricted is the way that leads to life Matthew 7:14.
We must also speak clearly about the sinful relationships and activities you mentioned. The Bible teaches that marriage is to be held in honor among all and the marriage bed undefiled, but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers Hebrews 13:4. Any sexual intimacy outside of marriage between a man and a woman is fornication or adultery and is sin before God, and we are commanded to 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. If there is also any involvement in homosexuality, that too is forbidden and contrary to God's design for marriage as a lifelong commitment between one man and one woman. The strange woman and the adulterous path are described as lips that drip honey and whose end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword, her feet go down to death Proverbs 5:3-5. We agree with you that this is not love but a hateful, controlling and destructive bondage, and where there is blackmail and control and danger, we know the enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy, but Jesus came that we may have life abundantly John 10:10.
We also agree with you that he needs to be separated from ungodly influences, including those in his household. The scripture warns, Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship has righteousness with iniquity 2 Corinthians 6:14, and Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked Psalm 1:1. To depart from evil is to fear the Lord, for the fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom Proverbs 9:10, and we pray he will receive that holy fear and understanding to depart from evil and from the evil woman in his life.
So we pray together now.
Heavenly Father, we come before You in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, Your holy Son, and we thank You that You hear us when we agree together. Lord, You know this man, You see where he lives and who surrounds him, and You know the plans You have for him, plans for peace and not for evil, to give him hope and a future Jeremiah 29:11. We ask You to open his eyes to see the false identity he adopted when he strayed from Your narrow path and followed his own desires, and to show him his true identity as Your child through faith in Christ. Break his stony heart, Lord, give him a heart of flesh that will hear Your voice and have courage to obey You. Deliver him, Lord, from every chain of fornication, adultery and ungodly soul ties, from every controlling, hateful and blackmailing relationship where his life may be in danger. We rebuke the works of darkness over his life and we ask You to submit him to Yourself, for if he will submit himself to God and resist the devil, the devil will flee from him James 4:7. Separate him from ungodly influences, set his feet on solid ground, and surround him with godly counsel and protection, for the righteous cry and Yahweh hears and delivers them out of all their troubles Psalm 34:17. Give him true repentance, that his sins may be blotted out and times of refreshing may come from Your presence Acts 3:19, and wash him clean, for if we confess our sins, You are faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness 1 John 1:9. Let him know the depth of Your love that he may no longer seek love in sinful places, and if it is Your will for him to marry, provide for him a godly wife, a believing spouse, that he may honor You in a holy marriage. We declare that if the Son sets him free, he will be free indeed John 8:36. Keep him safe from all harm and lead him into the freedom and holiness that is in Christ. We ask this in the powerful and only saving name of Jesus, amen.
We encourage you to continue to intercede for him with love and truth, speaking the word of God over him, and if you have opportunity, to share the gospel and the call to repentance gently, for God is patient, not wanting anyone to perish but all to come to repentance 2 Peter 3:9. Keep praying that he will choose life, purity and the fear of the Lord, and trust that God who began a good work will be faithful to complete it.
