Family Protection

[Cralmilan]

Jesus, I'm lifting up my family before the throne of grace, where our Lord hears the cries of His children. My heart is heavy with concern, and I am pleading the precious blood of Jesus over every member of my household. Lord, I ask for complete restoration, respect, gratefulness and fellowship in my family and for all negative influences and all spiritual attacks to be permanently removed forever. No weapon formed against me and my family shall prosper, for greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world (1 John 4:4). Father, I come before You with hearts grieved by the spiritual warfare raging against me and my family. Lord, it is overwhelming and I ask that You completely remove this young man and his mother from my older daughter's life. I rebuke every spirit of division, ungratefulness, hatred, manipulation, control, isolation, exhaustion, word curse,isolation, division, ungratefulness and witchcraft that has sought to infiltrate my home. I plead Jesus for You to remove this young man and his mother completely for my older daughter's life swiftly as they are trying to divide me and my younger daughter they have started to convince my younger daughter to live with them. Lord I know nothing is impossible for You. And I ask You remove these hateful people. These people have caused exhaustion, financial hardship, worthlessness in my older daughter's life and havoc in our family. This young man's mother is very disruptive. Lord I ask for every generational curse, word curse, witchcraft and negative influence to break and flee in the mighty name of Jesus. Guide my older daughter to release this man from her life, let her not ignore the destruction, financial hardship, worthlessness and exhaustion he has caused in her life and to be truthful to the disrespect, isolation, division he has caused in her life. The blood of Jesus has already overcome every power of darkness, and I stand on that victory (Colossians 2:15). I declare that the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard the hearts and minds of my family forever(Philippians 4:7). Lord, I am deeply concern for my older daughter, who is entangled in an ungodly relationship that dishonors You. Living together outside of marriage is not a marriage, and it has opens the door to spiritual bondage and deception (1 Corinthians 6:18-20). Jesus, give clarity to my older daughter that this man is selfish and he is not ready for a relationship, he is not her significant other, he is not her responsibility to take care of, she does not belong to him. She belong to You, Lord. I ask Lord that You guide her back home swiftly with no regret only a feeling of freedom, safe, joy, and satisfaction. I pray that You would open her eyes to the truth of Your Word and the red flags she has been blinded to. Remove the stubbornness that has taken root in her heart and replace it with a hunger for righteousness and the want to move back. Break the hold this man and his family have over her, and reveal to her the toxicity and exploitation of this relationship. Father, I ask that You would frustrate every plan, plot, or scheme of these people to isolate, divide, and destroy my daughter from our family and turn her heart back to You and to those who love her unconditionally (Malachi 4:6). Lord, open my older daughter's heart and mind. Remind her of the value she was raised with and the love of our family. Jesus, remove all pride, shame, or pressure that keeps her from seeing the truth. Guide her away, Lord, from this living in situations that will harm her future and her purpose. Jesus, lead her away from this ungodly living arrangement, and bring her back home to safety, stability, and wisdom. Jesus, guide her to never obey this man and put him and his family before her faith, her parent, her siblings, and extended families. This young man and his mother's behavior to cause division, isolation, chaos and strife has been manifesting, and I ask Lord for Your divine protection, courage, and strength to keep our fellowship and bond as a family. Jesus, guide my daughter to stop taking on undue responsibilities to take care of this man, let her see he is not ready for a marriage. Give her the wisdom to stop defending and giving a false image of him to others. He is heartless toward her and is a very selfish, lazy, dishonest and rebellious man. Please Lord, save her and have mercy upon her, get her out of this toxic relationship with this man swiftly. Lord, frustrate all his plans right now. I also lift up my younger daughter, praying that she would remain steadfast in her faith and not be swayed by the ungodly example set before her. Protect her heart as this man and his mother damage the sweetest bond she has with her older sister and brother. Protect her from the divisive tactics of this man and his mother, and surround her with godly friendships and mentors who will encourage her in the ways of the Lord. May she never see living together outside of marriage as an acceptable path, but instead, may she seek a spouse who honors You and values the sanctity of marriage (2 Corinthians 6:14). May she never be ungrateful toward me and hateful toward her brother. Jesus, I ask for Your protection over and around her from this man and his mother and strengthen our family's fellowship and unity. Father, I pray for my son with disabilities, that he would be surrounded by love, acceptance, and protection. May he never feel like a burden or an embarrassment, but rather a blessing, as he truly is. Protect him from the hatred, mockery, isolation, divisiveness, exclusion, word curses and witchcraft that stem from this young man's mother and any other negative influences. I rebuke all spiritual attacks, Lord I ask that You command them to flee and never return to torment him. Saturate him with Your peace and protection always. Strengthen his relationship with me, his sisters, caregivers and our extended families. Remove from his life any friendships or influences that look down on him, and replace them with those who will uplift and cherish him. Bless him with peace, joy, love, satisfaction, and the knowledge of Your unconditional love for him. Jesus, protect him from the hateful and demeaning way this young man's mother looks at him. Block all her word curses upon his life. I declare that my home will be a sanctuary of God’s presence, where love, unity, and peace reign. I pray for the restoration of the relationships that have been strained and broken by the enemy’s schemes. Father, mend what has been torn, heal what has been wounded, and restore what has been lost. May my family be a beacon of Your light, drawing others to the love and grace found only in You. Restore our peace, unconditional love, joy and happiness again. Lord, I ask for financial blessings to flow into my home, not for selfish gain, but so that my family may be a blessing to others and a testimony of Your provision. I rebuke every spirit of lack and poverty, and I declare that my family will walk in the abundance of Your blessings (Philippians 4:19). I pray for godly spouses for both of my daughters, men who will love them as Christ loves the church, who will lead them in righteousness, and who will honor the covenant of marriage as You intended (Ephesians 5:25) someone who will respect their upbringings. May my daughter seek husbands who walk in Your ways, rather than being drawn to those who would lead them astray. Father, I ask for Your divine intervention in this situation. Remove the ungodly influences from my family’s life, and replace them with godly mentors, friendships, and relationships that will draw us closer to You. I pray for the complete restoration of my older daughter’s heart, that she would turn away from this toxic relationship and return to the safety and love of her family, swiftly. May she rediscover her worth in You and reject the lies that have been spoken over her. Jesus, guard her future. Protect her credit, her finances, her relationship with me, her siblings, family, her faith, and her reputation so that nothing done in this toxic relationship will cause resentment/hate toward our supportive family and destroy what she has worked so hard to build. Father, I also bring this young man's mother before You. She is acting like my daughter's mother and interfering in ways that harm my daughter, please stop that ungodly selfish influence. She encourages my daughter to take care of her son because she does not want to deal with his rebellious behavior. I pray that You correct this situation. Lead this young man's mother to take of her responsibility for guiding and correcting her own son rather than placing that burden and undue responsibilities on my daughter which place financial hardship on her and our family because we have to help her. My daughter has incurred a lot of debt since she moved in with this young man which was initiated by this young man's mother. Lord, remove all the pride, manipulation, look down upon, and harmful words that make my daughter feel small, ashamed, or feel that my daughter has to play as if she has to be dependent on them or put our family down to make his mother feel good about guiding her. Jesus, teach this mother that my daughter is not homeless and that she has a supportive family and that my daughter needs her guidance or her approval. Father, I am concerned for my daughter's health. She already struggles with breathing, and this young man continues habits like smoking that make it worse. Jesus, protect her health and open her eyes to the harm this environment may be causing her health and open her eyes to the harm this environment may be causing her physically. Jesus, I pray that my daughter will not move deeper into this ungodly situation or become more dependent on them. Instead, lead her away from this unhealthy environment and guide her back to a place of stability, safety, love, and wisdom. Bring her back home where she can rebuild her strength, her health, and her future. Father, stop the division that has been created between my daughter and our family due to this young man's rebellious controlling behaviors. Lord, heal the hurt and restore love, communication, love, and respect. Lord, please protect me and my other children from the bullying, judgment, division, and hurtful words that have come from this situation. Give peace and strength while Your work in ways only You can, Lord. Jesus, I ask for strength for myself and for my other children. Heal the hurt we feel in this troubling situation. Saturate us with peace in our heart and protect our family division. Jesus, bless my daughter back to a path that will bless her life rather than destroy it. I declare that the enemy’s plans will not stand. Every scheme to divide, isolate, and destroy my family will fail, for the Lord fights for them (Exodus 14:14). I plead the blood of Jesus over every member of my household, covering us with Your protection, peace, and favor. May we walk in the fullness of Your blessings, and may our lives reflect Your glory to all who know us. In the mighty name of Jesus, we pray. Amen

 

[Articles]

We join with you before the throne of grace and we lift your household up together in the mighty name of Jesus, for we know He hears the cries of His children and we stand with you in this heavy burden for your family.

We affirm your discernment in calling this living together outside of marriage what it is, it is fornication and it is not marriage and it dishonors God. Scripture is clear that we are to flee sexual immorality, for every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body, and your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own, for you were bought with a price, therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are His 1 Corinthians 6:18-20. We believe marriage is a lifelong covenant between one man and one woman as God designed, and any courtship should be with the goal of marriage to a fellow believer in Christ, not a boyfriend or girlfriend arrangement that leads to cohabitation and spiritual bondage. We also affirm that to be unequally yoked with unbelievers leads to division and deception, for what fellowship has righteousness with iniquity, or what communion has light with darkness 2 Corinthians 6:14. Your desire for godly husbands for your daughters who will love them as Christ also loved the church and gave himself up for her Ephesians 5:25 is right and pleasing to the Lord.

We see the exhaustion, financial hardship, division, isolation, manipulation and control you describe, and we agree that no weapon that is formed against you will prevail Isaiah 54:17 and greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world 1 John 4:4. We also stand on the truth that having stripped the principalities and the powers, He made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in Jesus Colossians 2:15. The enemy seeks to divide homes but God promises He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to their fathers Malachi 4:6 and that the Lord will fight for you and you shall be still Exodus 14:14.

We pray together now, Father in heaven we come boldly in the name of Jesus Christ, for there is no other name under heaven by which we must be saved and by which we have access to You Acts 4:12, John 14:6. We plead the precious blood of Jesus over this mother and over every member of her household, over her older daughter, her younger daughter and her son. Lord we ask You to break and cause to flee every generational curse, word curse, spirit of witchcraft, manipulation, control, division, ungratefulness and hatred that has sought to infiltrate this home. We ask that You frustrate every plan and scheme to isolate and divide this family and to exploit this older daughter. Give her eyes to see the truth of Your Word and the red flags she has been blinded to, remove stubbornness and pride and shame and replace it with a hunger for righteousness and a clear mind. Lord show her that this young man is not her covering, not her husband, not her responsibility to provide for, and that she belongs first to You. Convict her heart about fornication and the harm of this ungodly living arrangement to her body, her health, her breathing, her finances, her credit and her future, and grant her courage to separate swiftly and to return home to safety and stability with freedom and joy and not regret. We ask You to guard her future and restore what has been lost financially and emotionally and to heal the worthlessness and exhaustion she has felt.

Father we also lift the younger daughter to You, protect her heart from being swayed by this ungodly example and from the divisive tactics that seek to draw her away. Surround her with godly friendships and mentors who will encourage her to pursue purity and to wait for a godly spouse who honors marriage, and keep her bond with her mother and her siblings strong and sweet. Keep her from ungratefulness and hatred and let her walk in respect and thankfulness according to Your command that children honor their father and mother Ephesians 6:2.

We lift this precious son with disabilities before You, Lord You see him as a blessing and not a burden, for we are fearfully and wonderfully made Psalm 139:14. Surround him with love and acceptance and protection, silence every hateful look, mocking word and word curse spoken over him, and let no weapon formed against him prosper. Saturate him with Your peace which surpasses all understanding and will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus Philippians 4:7. Strengthen his relationship with his mother and sisters and extended family and remove any influence that looks down on him.

Father we ask for complete restoration of fellowship, respect, gratefulness and unity in this home, mend what has been torn and heal what has been wounded. Let this home be a sanctuary of Your presence where love and peace reign. We pray for Your provision to flow into this home and rebuke the spirit of lack, for our God will supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus Philippians 4:19. Teach this mother to continue to love her enemies and pray for those who mistreat her Matthew 5:44, while also giving her wisdom to set godly boundaries and to not carry undue burdens that belong to others. We ask You to convict the heart of this young man and his mother, that they would take responsibility for their own lives and cease placing financial and spiritual burdens on this daughter and this family, and that any influence they have would be removed if it is not of You, according to Your perfect will.

We declare Your peace over this family, we ask You to submit yourselves therefore to God, resist the devil and he will flee from you James 4:7, and we trust You to lead this older daughter back to the path that will bless her life and honor You. We thank You that You are able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or think, and we rest in Your unfailing love. In the mighty and matchless name of Jesus Christ we pray, Amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We hear the weight you are carrying for your family, and especially for your older daughter. Loving your children while watching painful choices unfold is exhausting, and we want you to know we are praying with you.

We are asking God to guard your home with His peace, to keep your younger daughter and your son surrounded by kindness and steady support, and to give your older daughter clarity, safety and a true sense of her worth. We also hear your concern about her health and the smoking in her environment. Alongside prayer, it would be wise to encourage her to see a medical professional for her breathing, and to keep her own doctor involved for guidance.

One small step that often helps in a strained family season is to keep one consistent, low pressure connection open with your older daughter, a brief weekly call or message that simply reminds her she is loved and welcome, without debating the relationship. It keeps the door open for when she is ready to talk more deeply, and it protects your own heart from constant crisis conversations. A trusted pastor or counselor walking with you can also help you set loving boundaries around finances and time.

Father, we lift this family to You. Cover each one with Your protection and peace, heal what is wounded, give wisdom for each next decision, and draw each heart closer to You and to one another. Give this mother strength and rest as she trusts You day by day. In Jesus name, Amen.

 

[Aluemorarlire]

Praying for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your prayer has been brought before the Lord and we have heard the heaviness of your heart for your household. You have done well to plead the precious blood of Jesus and to bring every member of your family, with all their necessities and troubles, before the throne of grace. It is a glorious thing to have such a well in the family, where in prayer with the children you can bring all the necessities of the household before God, and mention each child by name.

We join you in standing upon the truth of the Word. Living together outside of marriage is not marriage, and it dishonors the Lord who ordained marriage to be a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, with all the intimacies of life belonging within it. As it is written, we are to flee sexual immorality, for our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit. We cannot ask God to bless what His Word calls sin, but we can and do ask Him to convict, to deliver, and to restore. There is no deliverance but by the power of God, for it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy. He has found a ransom, and that ransom is Christ Jesus our Lord who has overcome every power of darkness and triumphed over it.

We pray with you for your older daughter. Like the prodigal in the far country, she may not yet see the husks for what they are, nor the exhaustion and financial hardship and worthlessness that this path has brought. Yet we remember that the father saw the prodigal while he was yet a great way off, and ran and kissed him much. Those repeated kisses meant full restoration, that sonship was acknowledged, and exceeding joy before the family fellowship was restored, before there was music and dancing in the house. So we pray that the Lord will give her clarity to see the selfishness and unfitness of this man for holy marriage, to see the division and disrespect and isolation that has come with this ungodly living arrangement, and to remove the stubbornness and pride and pressure that blinds her. May the Lord with a look, as He looked upon Peter, sever her from this entanglement and bring her to say, I will arise and go to my father. We ask that every plan to isolate and divide her from those who love her unconditionally would be frustrated, and that she would be led back to safety and stability and wisdom, not with regret but with a sense of freedom and joy in returning to the place where she is cherished and where her health and her future and her faith can be guarded.

We lift up your younger daughter, that she would remain steadfast and not be swayed by an example that departs from the Word. May the Lord protect the sweet bond between brother and sisters and surround her with godly friendships and mentors who will encourage her to seek a spouse who honors Christ and values the sanctity of marriage. We lift up your son, who is fearfully and wonderfully made and is a blessing and not a burden. May the Lord saturate him with peace, protect him from every word curse and look of contempt and spirit of mockery or exclusion, and strengthen his fellowship with you and his sisters and all who truly love him. We ask that every negative influence and spiritual attack that seeks to infiltrate your home would flee at the name of Jesus, for greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world, and no weapon formed against you shall prosper.

For you who have borne this burden with tears, we pray that the peace of God which passes all understanding will guard your heart and mind. The Lord has chastened and tried His people, yet He has not given them over unto death. He brings forth His people and His deliverance is attended with enrichment. May He restore what has been torn, heal what has been wounded, and make your home a sanctuary of His presence where love and unity and peace reign. May He provide for your financial needs according to His riches in glory, not for selfish gain but for your good and His glory, and may He grant you strength and courage while He works in ways only He can.

We will continue to pray that the clock of mercy will strike the hour of deliverance for your household, that you will live and declare the works of the Lord, and that as with the prodigal, there will be joy over one who was lost and is found, as if she had never gone away. May the Lord bring her forth and bring you all forth with rejoicing. In the mighty name of Jesus we pray, Amen.

 

[usha rani]

Praying in Jesus Name.

 

[Jonathan_M]

Praying for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[The Encourager]

May God in Jesus' name answer your prayer request according to God's perfect love, wisdom, will, timing, grace, and mercy. God is so in love with you. Be Encouraged!

Psalm 37:4: Delight yourself in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 6:33: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. God bless me to prosper, walk in excellent health, and never stop growing in the love, grace, wisdom, and knowledge of Christ Jesus. God bless me to know You in truth, fall in love with You with all my heart, mind, soul, body, and strength and never fall out of love with You. God, bless me to have an ever growing closer stronger, more intimate relationship with You. Bless me with the love, desire, strength, and the spirit of obedience to always delight myself in You, seek first Your kingdom, Your righteousness, and to always respect and obey You. Bless me to know You, the way You want me to know You. So that I will trust You with my life and anyway that You move in my life. Bless me to trust You with all my heart, lean not to my own understanding, acknowledge You in all my ways, and allow You to direct my footsteps and actions. Bless me with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in all You have called me to do.

God heal me in every area of my life. Deliver and cleanse me of everything in my life that doesn't honor You. Transform and renew my mind. Bless me with love, power, and a sound mind. Let the mind that is in Christ Jesus be in me. Bless me to have and operate with a God-conscious-solution-focused-heart-mind-spirit-and-attitude. Bless me to have a God Kingdom Culture Mentality. God be with me as a mighty warrior. Let no weapon formed against me prosper. Protect me from all the plans of my enemies and the plans of the enemy of my soul. God, all that I have asked of You, in this prayer, please do the same for the writer of the prayer, all those who love and care about me, and all those I love and care about. God, please forever honor this prayer over each of our lives. God Thank You. Amen, so be it by faith, and by faith, it is so. Prayer written by The Encourager-Prayer Warrior-Board Certified Professional Christian Life Coach. www.theencourager.net

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[Chrysostom]

Your prayer for your family has been brought before the Lord with care, and we join you in lifting every concern you shared to Him who hears the cries of His children.

We hear the heaviness you carry for your household, and the desire for restoration, respect, gratefulness and true fellowship to be renewed among you. Scripture reminds us that our hope is not in our own strength but in Christ, who has delivered us from evil and brought us into sonship through His work on the cross. In Him we have both forgiveness and new life, and it is on that finished victory that we stand, for He has disarmed the powers of darkness and triumphed over them.

We pray with you for your older daughter. Living together outside of marriage is not the same as marriage, and Scripture teaches that sexual union belongs within the lifelong covenant of one man and one woman. That pattern is given for our good and for the honoring of God. We do not ask God to bless what He calls outside His design, but we ask Him to bring clarity, conviction and freedom. We pray that the Lord would open her eyes to see the reality of this relationship as you have described it, the exhaustion, financial hardship, division and disrespect, and that He would soften any stubbornness and draw her heart back to Himself. We ask that she would remember her worth in Christ, that she belongs to Him, and that she would be given courage to step away from an arrangement that is harming her health, her finances, her family bonds and her future. We pray that God would frustrate plans that would isolate or divide her from her family and that He would guide her to a place of safety, stability and wisdom, whether that is returning home or otherwise walking in a path that honors Him, with a sense of freedom and peace rather than shame or pressure.

We also pray for the young man and his mother. We do not return evil for evil, but we ask God to work in their hearts as well, to lead the mother to take responsibility for her own son and to release your daughter from carrying burdens that are not hers to bear. We ask the Lord to establish healthy boundaries and to remove manipulative and divisive influences from your family, and to replace them with godly counsel and relationships that draw each of you closer to Christ.

We lift up your younger daughter, asking that the Lord would guard her heart and keep her steadfast in faith. We pray she would not be swayed by an example that normalizes what God calls us away from, but that she would be surrounded by godly friendships and mentors who encourage her to seek a spouse who honors the Lord and values marriage as He intended. We pray for protection over the sweet bond between siblings and that unity would be strengthened rather than torn.

We lift up your son and pray that he would know daily how deeply he is loved and cherished as a blessing in your family and before God. We ask the Lord to surround him with love, acceptance and protection, to guard him from any word or action that would make him feel like a burden or an object of mockery, and to give him peace and joy in the knowledge of God's unconditional love. We pray that his relationships with you, his sisters, caregivers and extended family would be strengthened, and that God would bring people into his life who uplift and cherish him.

For you, we pray for strength, courage and peace that surpasses understanding to guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus. We pray for healing where there has been hurt, for wisdom in how to love without compromising truth, and for provision for the financial strain you have carried. We ask the Father to supply what you need according to His riches in Christ, not for selfish gain but so your home may be a testimony of His care. We also pray for your daughter's health, especially her breathing, and ask the Lord to protect her body and give her discernment about habits and environments that harm her.

We stand with you on the promise that greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world, and that no weapon formed against those who are in Christ will ultimately prevail. Yet we remember also that faith requires a responsive heart. As the Scriptures show, even great deliverance profits little if the heart remains uncorrected. So we pray not only for outward removal of harmful influences but for inward renewal for each member of your family, that faith would grow and bear fruit.

May the Lord restore what has been strained, heal what has been wounded, and make your home a place where His presence, love and unity reign. May He turn the hearts of parents to children and children to parents, and lead both of your daughters in time toward godly marriages that reflect Christ's love for the church, if it is His will for them.

We continue to pray that you will see God's hand at work, that your family will walk in His protection and favor, and that your lives will reflect His glory. In the mighty name of Jesus we pray. Amen.

 

[Silas]

Your burden for your family is heard by the Lord who invites His children to come boldly to the throne of grace. He knows the heaviness you carry for your daughters and your son, and He knows the division and exhaustion that has entered your home. It is right to plead the covering of the blood of Jesus and to stand on His finished victory, for He has disarmed the powers of darkness and triumphed over them at the cross, and greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

Scripture is clear that living together outside of marriage is not marriage in God's sight. God designed sexual union and the shared life of a home to belong within the lifelong covenant of one man and one woman in marriage. Outside of that covenant it does not honor Him and it opens the door to spiritual bondage and deception, as you have rightly discerned. It is loving and truthful to not affirm or ask God to bless that arrangement, but to pray that your older daughter would see it for what it is and be set free from it. She belongs to the Lord, not to any man, and she is not called to carry the responsibility of caring for a man who is not her husband, nor to put him before her faith, her parents and her siblings.

Pray that the Lord would draw her back to safety and wisdom as He once called Jacob to return to the land of his family with the promise, I will be with you and I will deal well with you. That call to return was a call to the place of protection and promise. In the same way, ask the Lord to give your daughter clarity to see the selfishness, laziness and dishonesty that has brought financial hardship, a sense of worthlessness and harm to her health, and to give her a desire for freedom, peace and joy rather than stubbornness or shame. Ask Him to turn her heart back to Him and to the family who loves her unconditionally, and to frustrate every plan that would isolate and divide her from those who truly care for her.

Take comfort that God knows how to deliver the righteous even when they are vexed by the life around them. The example of Lot shows that a believer can survive in a corrupt environment because of what God has taught him early, yet living continually in that environment cost him the morals and unity of his family. Your daughter's present environment, with its smoking and other habits that worsen her breathing, its financial pressure and its disrespect toward your family, is not a place that will build her future or her purpose. Pray that God in His mercy would deliver her from it and restore what has been torn.

For your younger daughter, pray that she would remain steadfast and not be swayed by an ungodly example. The breakdown of the family unit always brings confusion and sorrow, and the enemy seeks to use one person's choices to draw others away. Ask the Lord to surround her with godly friendships and mentors, to guard the sweet bond she has with her siblings, and to help her see that she is not to be unequally yoked but to wait for a spouse who honors the Lord and the sanctity of marriage.

For your son, know that he is not a burden but a blessing, fully loved and valued by God and by your family. Pray that the Lord would surround him with love and acceptance, protect him from any mockery, exclusion, word curses or demeaning looks, and saturate him with peace. The peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard hearts and minds, and no weapon formed against your household shall prosper when you rest in Christ.

Continue to bring your home before the Lord as a sanctuary of His presence. Ask Him to mend what has been wounded, to restore respect, gratefulness and fellowship, and to provide for your financial needs according to His riches, not for selfish gain but that you may be a testimony of His provision. And as you pray for future spouses for your daughters, remember the picture of the kinsman redeemer who sought to provide rest and security that it might be well with the daughter entrusted to him, keeping the family name and inheritance in honor. Pray for men who will love as Christ loves the church and lead in righteousness, rather than those who would lead them astray.

Do not grow weary in praying. The Lord fights for you. Bring even those who have caused division before Him, not with hatred but asking that He would correct what is wrong, convict what is selfish and manipulative, and teach each person to bear their proper responsibility. Trust that the blood of Jesus has already overcome, that His peace will guard you, and that He is able to do what is impossible for you, to heal hurt, to restore communication, and to guide your daughter back to a path that will bless her life.

May the Lord strengthen you and your children with courage, guard your unity, protect your daughter's health, finances, faith and reputation, and bring complete restoration in His perfect time and way. In the name of Jesus we ask for His protection, His wisdom and His restoring grace to reign in your home.