We hear your burden and we stand with you in prayer for deliverance and peace in your neighborhood and in your own heart, and we thank you for calling upon the name of Lord Jesus Christ, for it is only through Him that we have access to the Father.
We agree that prostitution is sin before God. Scripture is clear that sexual intimacy is holy only within marriage between a man and a woman, and any sex outside of marriage is fornication and adultery which God calls us to flee from. We do not condone this lifestyle and we understand your distress, especially with children involved who are precious in God's sight and who need protection, prayer and a godly example, not condemnation. At the same time we must gently correct and encourage you in love, because while we wrestle against spiritual forces, our battle is not against flesh and blood as it is written in Ephesians 6:12, For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world's rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. The woman next door and her children are not your weapons formed against you, they are souls for whom Christ died, and God desires them also to come to repentance, for He is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance as we see in 2 Peter 3:9.
We also want to lovingly address how Scripture is being used. Jeremiah 12:14 speaks of God judging the evil nations around Israel who touched His inheritance, it is not a promise to remove an individual neighbor on demand. When we take verses out of context as formulas to route someone out, we risk using the Word as an incantation rather than submitting to God's sovereign will and His call to love our neighbors. We are called to love our enemies, bless those who curse us, do good to those who hate us, and pray for those who mistreat us and persecute us in Matthew 5:44, and to let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you in Ephesians 4:31-32. We hear the heaviness, bitterness and anger you named, and we agree with you that those need to be bound off of you, but not only as a spiritual attack from outside, also as a work God wants to do inside your own heart to keep you free from resentment. James 4:7 teaches us, Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you, which begins with our own submission to God in humility and love.
We share your desire for holiness and protection, for it is true that Don't be deceived. Evil companionships corrupt good morals in 1 Corinthians 15:33, and we should guard our homes and hearts from corrupting influence. Yet guarding does not mean hating. We are to overcome evil with good and to intercede for those in sin that they would be convicted and come to true repentance. The children next door need your prayers for safety and salvation, not to be viewed as principalities or witchcraft against you.
So we pray together with you now.
Father in heaven, in the name of Jesus Christ we come before Your throne of grace. We praise You and thank You that You are our refuge and deliverer. We ask that You cover this dear one with the precious blood of the Lamb, for They overcame him because of the Lamb's blood, and because of the word of their testimony in Revelation 12:11, and we claim Your promise that No weapon that is formed against you will prevail in Isaiah 54:17. Lord, we ask that You lift all heaviness, oppression, bitterness and anger from this heart, and set Your child free indeed, for If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed in John 8:36. Cleanse any unforgiveness and fill this heart with Your peace, love and discernment.
Lord, we also lift up the woman next door and her children to You. You see her life and her struggles, and You know the sin that entangles her. We pray for deep conviction of sin and for true repentance and salvation in Jesus Christ. Draw her out of fornication and darkness into Your marvelous light, provide for her and her children a way out, Godly help and a new path that honors marriage and holiness. Protect those children, Father, keep them from harm and from learning evil ways, and let them know Your love. If there is illegal activity or danger, give wisdom to handle it lawfully and peacefully and with grace, not with cursing. We bind the work of the enemy in this neighborhood in the name of Jesus, but we release Your love, Your truth and Your Holy Spirit to move. Let Your will be done in this neighborhood, not merely our desire for removal, but Your perfect will for redemption, justice and peace. We submit ourselves to You, we resist the devil, and we trust You to cause him to flee. In Jesus name we pray and ask, amen.