We join you in agreement over this prayer for your former landlord and we thank you for bringing him before the Lord with such compassion and discernment. We praise God with you for the cross and for the gift of His holy Son Jesus who suffered for all who believe, for there is no other way to the Father and no other name by which we can be saved.
We are encouraged by your faith that God hears us when we agree together in the name of Jesus, for Jesus said, Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them. Matthew 18:19-20
We agree that the Lord knows the plans He has for this man and that His thoughts are far greater than ours, as it is written, 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 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways, says Yahweh. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9
We lift this man to the Father and ask that the eyes of his heart would be opened to his true identity in Christ. 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 Any false identity built on sinful relationships or activities, whether fornication, adultery, homosexuality, or any other sexual immorality outside of God's design for marriage between a man and a woman, is not who God created him to be and must be repented of and forsaken. We are called to flee sexual immorality, for it is written, 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
We pray that God will soften his heart as you have asked, for He promises, 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 We ask the Lord to give him courage to choose the narrow path that leads to life, 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 the way is restricted that leads to life! Few are those who find it. Matthew 7:13-14
We also join you in praying for his deliverance from ungodly influences, including those in his own household, and from any controlling, manipulative or hateful relationship where he is being blackmailed or where his life may be in danger. We ask the Lord to separate him from those who would lead him away from holiness, for Bad company corrupts good morals. 1 Corinthians 15:33 and to place a hedge of protection around him, for He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of Yahweh, He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust. Psalm 91:1-2 We pray he will come to fear the Lord, for The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. Proverbs 9:10 and that this holy fear will give him understanding to depart from evil and from the evil woman in his life who entices him away from the Lord, for her path leads away from God and toward destruction.
Father, we come together now in the name of Jesus and we ask for Your mercy upon this man. Open his eyes to see the depth of Your love and the deceitfulness of the sin that has entangled him. Break the chains of control and blackmail, expose every lie, and bring him into the light of Your truth. Give him a heart to repent, to turn from every form of sexual immorality and ungodly influence, and to walk in purity and obedience before You. Lead him to a godly marriage if it is Your will for him, a lifelong commitment between a man and a woman that honors You, and help him to pursue holiness in all his relationships. Guard his life from harm, surround him with godly counsel, and draw him to Yourself so that he may know that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life and that no one comes to the Father except through Him. John 14:6 We thank You that You are able to deliver and to restore, and we trust You to continue this work in him. In the powerful and saving name of Jesus we pray, amen.
We encourage you to continue to intercede for him with love and truth, speaking the gospel to him as God gives opportunity, and trusting that God is faithful to hear and to answer according to His perfect will.