Family Protection

[Cralmilan]

Jesus I lift up me and my children in prayers. I plead the blood of Jesus Christ over me and children. Lord I ask that You saturate me and my children with Your peace, favor and protection. The kind that surpasses all understanding. I declare that no weapon formed against us shall prosper, for greater is He who is in us than he who is in the world (1 John 4:4). I declare Lord, by Your stripes my family unity, joy, fellowship, togetherness and relationship are completely healed and restored. Lord I ask for a hedge of protection over me and my children from the manifestation of this young man and his mother hatred, division, isolation and jealousy toward the unity of me and my family. It is difficult to see how this man bullies, puts my daughter down and his mother enables this, then his mother tries to be the hero and ungodly mentors my daughter telling her to forgive him. This has been going on for years. Lord I ask for Your divine intervention to remove the stubborn hold this man and this mother has on her. Jesus I ask for a special anointment of protection over my daughter today. Lord restore my daughter's graceous personality and not project this young man authoritative, disrespectful, hateful personality toward her family. Lately my older daughter has be projecting this young man authoritative, disrespectful and ungrateful behaviors toward me and her work to please this young man and his mother. It is hurtful to witness this because she was alway graceous, grateful, thankful and follows the biblical teachings. Lord I pray that my daughter will focus on her work, respect, honor her parent and follow the biblical teachings. Lord take away the authority, control, divisive and isolation this young man and his mother has upon my older daughter. Lord protect her workplace and keep this jealous disruptive woman and her son away from her workplace. I pray my older daughter will stop putting this young man and his mother before her supportive family, job and her faith. My older daughter could sometime be very distance toward me and her siblings to gain acceptance from this young man and his mother. These people will use divisive tactics to cause division between her brother and her younger sister just to prove to this young man and his mother that she would do anything for them and they are her new family. My daughter demand that our family to obey her new family. She is not even married to his young man. I don't understand this Lord. This stubborn ungodly hold they have upon her is changing her Godly personality and disobeying the Biblical teachings. The loyality this young man's mother demand to have over me is ungodly. Lord, I ask that You have mercy upon my older daughter and guide her back to the biblical teachings and out of this toxic relationship and environment with these people. It breaks my heart to see her so blinded and corrupted by these people. Lord, I ask that You remove this young man, his mother and anyone else away from me and my children that have causes havoc in my family unity, division/isolation/chaos in my family, disrespect and mockery to our faith and my son disablities. Lord I ask for Your ministry angels, hedge of protection and full armor to shield us for all division, exhaustion, chaos, isolation, jealousy, negative influence and spiritual attacks. I pray that me and my family will have safe travel, let us be a beacon of Your light everywhere we go and everything we do. I pray Lord that we will all have a blessed day today and night fill will Your peace, favor, joy, protection, love, fellowship and satisfaction. The kind that surpasses all understanding. Fill us with the Holy Spirit and remove all darkness in our path and saturate and anoint our surrounding with Your light. Lord, gently remove my older daughter swiftly from this toxic ungodly relationship she is entangled in. Lord, direct my older daughter to stop ignoring the red flags in this relationship and to stop treating this lifestyle living together outside of marriage as a marriage. This situation has opened the door to deception, manipulation, financial exploitation, and spiritual bondage. Lord I ask that You remove this young man's rebellion, hateful, control, brainwashing and ungodly influence over my older daughter. I pray that her eyes would be opened to the truth, that this young man is not her husband, he is not her God, he is not her father, he is not her financial advisor nor is he ready for the responsibilities of marriage. The burden she carries for him is not hers to bear, and I ask the Lord to remove the false sense of obligation and committment that has been placed upon her. Lord remind her she is a child of the Most High God, she is not homeless, she has a supportive family and she must not obey or look up to his man and his family. She does not have to change her faith to please his mother or give up the church she attended. Direct her back to her church family. Lord, I ask for Your divine intervention to direct my older daugther to not put this young man and his family, their believes before You, her supportive family you have blessed her with, the faith she was raise to follow and her purposeful job. Thank You Lord for granting my older daughter the well deserved purposeful promotion this month. Lord I ask that she will see clearly that this man is not ready for marriage and he is not her significant other. Gently remove her from this toxic bondage with this man, swiftly. Please pray for the overreach and disrespect of this young man’s mother toward me and the way I raise my children. Block her from advicing my daughter to live together and now to have kids before marriage. She has no authority to act as a parent in my daughter’s life, giving her ungodly directions and her jealousy and manipulation are rooted in pride, arrogance and selfishness. This woman’s influence is toxic, and I pray that the Lord would expose her motives and frustrate every plan she has to divide. isolate or corrupt our family. My daughter is not homeless, nor is she in need of this woman’s approval and guidance. Teach my daughter to not buy into this woman's manipulation. My daughter has a loving supportive family who has raised her in the ways of the Lord, and I pray that the Lord would break the hold of pride, manipulation, brainwashing and false committment that keeps her from seeing the truth. Father, I pray for your divine intervention in this situation. I ask that You would frustrate every plot, scheme, and plan of the enemy to isolate, divide, and destroy my family relationships. I ask for removal of division, manipulation, control, and witchcraft that has sought to infiltrate our home. Lord I ask that You completely remove any generational curse, word curse, and negative influence. I plead the blood of Jesus over me and my family, covering us with Your protection, peace, and favor. For my older daughter, I pray that You would gently guide her back home, not with regret, but with a deep sense of freedom, peace, and restoration. Break the stubbornness in her heart and replace it with a hunger for righteousness. Remove the blinders from her eyes so she can see the toxicity of this relationship and the exploitation she has endured. I pray that she would no longer defend this young man, want to live with this you man outside of marriage or take on undue responsibilities that are not hers. Father, open her eyes to the harm this environment is causing her health, her finances, her relationships and her future. This man has cause her financial hardship because she is financially taking care of him. I pray his father will intervene to stop his wife and son's manipulation and direct his son to move back home alone. Protect my daughter Lord from moving deeper into this ungodly situation, and lead her back to a place of safety, stability, and wisdom. For my younger daughter, I pray that she would remain steadfast in her faith and not be swayed by the ungodly example set before her. Protect her heart from the divisive tactics of this young man my older daughter is living with and his mother. 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). For my son with ###, Lord shine Your bright light in every dark spaces and grant him the peace that surpasses all understanding. Lord I dedicate our home to You, I ask that You anoint every room, every door, every window, every hallway, of our home and all corners of our property. Lord I ask that You restore his progress from last week with no more setbacks only victory and success. Thank You Lord for blessing him with a peaceful night last night. Jesus grant myself, my family, caregivers, doctors and care team with wisdom as we are working to bring out the best in him daily. I pray that my son will alway feel and be loved, acceptance, included nd protected in every aspect of his life. May he never feel like a burden or an embarrassment, but rather a blessing, as he truly is. I rebuke every spirit of hatred, mockery, and exclusion that has been directed toward him. I declare that his life is valuable and that he is deeply loved by You. Protect him from the harmful words and attitudes of this young man and his mother, and saturate my son with Your peace and joy. Grant him Your patience and the wisdom to use his funtional language and Godly manner to express his wants and needs. I pray he will be a beacon of Your light everywhere he goes and everything he does. Lord I ask that You will restore the loving, kind and beautiful relationship he had with his sister. Lord completely restore his peace, joy, freedom and happiness. Lord, I pray for strength, wisdom, and discernment. The enemy seeks to wear you down with worry, put me down, build fear, and division, but I declare that the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:7). I pray 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 God’s provision (Philippians 4:19). I also pray for godly spouses for 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). Father, I ask that You would restore the relationships that have been strained and broken by the enemy’s schemes. Mend what has been torn, heal what has been wounded, and restore what has been lost. May me and my family be a beacon of Your light, drawing others to the love and grace found only in You. I declare that these people plans will not stand. Every scheme to divide, isolate, corrupt, and destroy my family will fail, for the Lord fights for us (Exodus 14:14). i pray all these things in the mighty name of Jesus, our Savior and Redeemer. Amen

 

[Articles]

We join with you in lifting you and your children before the throne of grace in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, and we thank you for pleading the blood of Jesus over your family, for it is only through His name that we have access to the Father and it is only by His name that we are saved. As it is written, there is no other name under heaven that is given among men by which we must be saved, Acts 4:12, and Jesus Himself said I am the way, the truth, and the life, no one comes to the Father except through me, John 14:6. We stand with you in that truth.

We hear the heaviness of your heart as a mother who loves the Lord and has raised your children in His ways, and now watches your older daughter being pulled away into a relationship that is dishonoring to God and hurtful to your family. We agree with you that the Lord is your refuge and fortress, Psalm 91:2, and that no weapon that is formed against you will prevail, Isaiah 54:17, for greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world, 1 John 4:4. We also claim with you the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus, Philippians 4:7.

We must speak clearly and in love about what you have discerned so rightly, that your daughter is living together with this young man outside of marriage as if it were marriage. The Bible calls sex before or outside of marriage fornication and it is sin that opens the door to deception, manipulation, financial exploitation and spiritual bondage as you have seen. We are to flee sexual immorality, 1 Corinthians 6:18, and marriage is to be held in honor among all and the marriage bed undefiled, Hebrews 13:4. What she is doing is not marriage, it cannot carry the covenant, protection and blessing that God intends for marriage between a man and a woman, Genesis 2:24, Mark 10:6-9. We rebuke this lifestyle and the ungodly counsel that encourages her to live together and even to have children before marriage, for that counsel is not from the Lord. A boyfriend or girlfriend relationship should be a courtship with the goal of marriage to another Christian believer, not a substitute for marriage, and we pray that she will no longer treat this cohabitation as marriage. We also affirm what you said, this young man is not her husband, not her father, not her God, and the burden and false sense of obligation she carries to provide for and obey him is not hers to bear.

We also see the controlling, authoritative, disrespectful and bullying behavior you describe in this young man, and the enabling, jealous, divisive and manipulative influence of his mother who seeks loyalty that belongs only to God and to a God honoring family. This is not love, and forgiveness does not mean remaining under abuse or enabling sin. While we are commanded to forgive, Ephesians 4:32, we are also commanded to have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but rather to expose them, Ephesians 5:11, and to not be unequally yoked with unbelievers, 2 Corinthians 6:14. His mother has no biblical authority to act as a parent over your daughter or to direct her to disobey the faith in which she was raised. Children are commanded to honor their father and mother, Ephesians 6:1-3, Exodus 20:12, and a daughter is not to demand her family obey a man she is not married to or his family. We pray that every scheme to divide, isolate, exhaust and bring chaos into your home will fail, for the Lord will fight for you, Exodus 14:14.

We pray together now.

Father in heaven, in the name of Jesus Christ we come before You and we plead the blood of Jesus over this dear mother, her older daughter, her younger daughter and her son, over their home, every room, every door, every window, every hallway and every corner of their property. We ask You to place Your hedge of protection around them and clothe them with the full armor of God, Ephesians 6:11, that they may stand against the schemes of the enemy. We ask You to saturate this family with Your peace, favor, protection, joy, fellowship and love that surpasses all understanding, and fill them anew with Your Holy Spirit, removing all darkness and saturating their surroundings with Your light.

Lord, we lift up the older daughter to You. Have mercy upon her and open her eyes to see the truth. Remove the blinders, break the stubborn hold, the control, brainwashing and ungodly influence this young man and his mother have upon her. We ask You to gently but swiftly deliver her from this toxic and ungodly entanglement, expose the manipulation, pride, arrogance and selfishness at work, and frustrate every plan to divide and isolate her from her supportive family, her church family, her purposeful work and her faith. We thank You for the promotion You have granted her and we ask You to protect her workplace and keep this disruptive influence away from it. Restore to her the gracious, grateful, thankful personality You gave her, and renew in her a hunger for righteousness and a desire to honor her parents and follow Your teachings. Remind her that she is a child of the Most High God, deeply loved, not homeless, not in need of their approval, and that she does not need to change her faith to please anyone. Lead her to repentance for fornication and cohabitation, to turn from this sin and to pursue purity and holiness, and guide her back to her church family and to the biblical path. Protect her finances, her health and her future from further exploitation and harm, and we ask that the father of this young man would intervene with truth and direct his son to take responsibility for his own life and move back home alone.

Father, we lift up the younger daughter and ask that You keep her steadfast in her faith, guard her heart from the divisive tactics she has witnessed, surround her with godly friendships and mentors who will encourage her in Your ways, and help her to never see living together outside of marriage as acceptable, but to wait for and seek a godly spouse who honors You and values the sanctity of marriage.

Lord, we lift up the precious son and we thank You for the peaceful night You gave him and for the progress he made last week. We ask You to shine Your bright light into every dark space, grant him Your peace that surpasses all understanding, restore his progress with no more setbacks but only victory and success, and grant him patience and functional language to express his wants and needs in a godly manner. We declare his life is valuable and deeply loved by You, and we rebuke every spirit of hatred, mockery and exclusion directed toward him and his disabilities. Let him always feel loved, accepted, included and protected, never a burden but a blessing, and restore the loving, kind and beautiful relationship he had with his sister. Grant wisdom to his mother, his caregivers, doctors and care team as they work to bring out the best in him daily, James 1:5.

Father, grant this mother strength, wisdom and discernment and do not let her grow weary in well doing, Galatians 6:9. Provide for every financial need according to Your riches in glory in Christ Jesus, Philippians 4:19, not for selfish gain but so this family may be a blessing to others and a testimony of Your provision. We pray for godly spouses for her daughters, men who will love them as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her, Ephesians 5:25, who will lead them in righteousness and honor the covenant of marriage as You intended for life.

We declare that every scheme of the enemy to divide, isolate, corrupt and destroy this family will not stand, for You are faithful to restore what has been torn, heal what has been wounded and bring beauty from ashes, Isaiah 61:3. Transform this family by the renewing of their minds, Romans 12:2, that they may discern Your good and perfect will. Let this home be a beacon of Your light wherever they go and in all they do.

We ask all of this in the mighty and matchless name of Jesus Christ our Savior and Redeemer, who is our peace, our protector and our deliverer. Amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We have been reading your prayer and we hear the ache in it. Watching your older daughter change, feeling the distance grow in your home, and carrying concern for your younger daughter and your son at the same time is exhausting. We are standing with you in prayer for protection and peace over your household.

One thing that stood out is how much you are trying to hold together for everyone. It can help to think of boundaries as a property line, not a wall to punish, but a way to guard your heart and home so you can love well without being worn down. That can look like deciding what is yours to carry and what is not, being free to say yes and to say no, and leaning on other trusted people to help you hold those lines when pressure comes.

If it would help, consider choosing one wise, steady person in your church or family to walk with you closely in this season, someone who knows your family and can help you think through next steps around the home, finances, and communication, so you are not carrying these decisions alone.

Father, we lift this mother and her children to You in Jesus name. Cover their home with Your peace and protection, guard their unity, and draw each child close to You. Give this mother wisdom, rest, and strength for each day, and surround her with support. Guide her older daughter toward safety, clarity, and freedom, and keep her younger daughter and son in Your care. Restore what has been strained in this family in Your time and way. Amen.

 

[wingsonprayers]

Praying in the precious name of Jesus. Amen

 

[Spurgeon]

Your prayer has risen as a cry from a wounded home, and it is good that you have brought it to the throne of grace, for there alone is deliverance to be found. The Lord has heard the burden you carry for your children, and especially for your older daughter, and He knows the heaviness of seeing one whom you raised in the ways of the Lord turned aside into a path that dishonors Him.

You have pleaded the blood of Jesus, and therein is your hope. Nobody would have thought of that way of deliverance of a sinner from the pit of hell through a ransom if God had not thought of it. The prisoner is ready to be executed, but there comes to him undeserved deliverance from all punishment, for the King's own Son has borne the penalty of all his iniquities. That ransom has been found, and it is a gift of divine love. It is by that blood that you and your children are covered, and that voice you shall always hear, if you are a child of God, when you get into a fix, when you are brought into peril and trouble. God has given commandment to save you and you shall be saved, saved from yourself and from all the attacks of your old sins, saved from the devil, saved from evil company.

Scripture declares that He has delivered us from the power of darkness. Deliverance from the power of sin is as much the work of God as deliverance from the guilt of sin. Where we look for justification, there must we also look for sanctification. The grace of God has not come into us merely to keep us away from some few notable vices, but to deliver us altogether from the power of darkness. This is what you are rightly seeking for your daughter, not merely that she would be kept from conspicuous sin, but that she would be altogether delivered from a bondage that now holds her. When we are led out of the Egypt of our sorrow, our deliverance is by divine power. When any man is saved from spiritual bondage, it is the Lord Jesus who loosens the captive. It is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy. There is no true liberty but that of which Christ makes you free.

You grieve that she now treats living together outside of marriage as though it were marriage itself. You are right to grieve, for this is not the ordinance of God. Marriage is a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, and it is within that covenant alone that the Lord has placed the holy union of man and woman and the sharing of a home. To live otherwise is to walk in a way that the Lord calls sin, and it opens the door, as you have seen, to deception, manipulation, financial exploitation and spiritual bondage. We cannot ask God to bless what He calls us to turn from. Rather we ask Him to open eyes, to convict, to grant repentance and to lead out of that place into safety and holiness. We pray that she would see clearly that this young man is not her husband, not her head, not her covering, and that the burden she carries for him is not hers to bear. We pray that the false sense of obligation and commitment that holds her would be broken, and that she would remember she is a child of the Most High God, with a supportive family and a church home to which she may return without shame, finding freedom and restoration there.

You have felt the sting of division, of a young man who bullies and puts down, and of a mother who enables him and seeks to draw your daughter away with ungodly counsel. Such counsel that tells her to despise the counsel of her own mother, to set aside the faith in which she was raised, and to pursue children before marriage, is rooted in pride and selfishness and has no authority in her life. We pray that the Lord would frustrate every plot and scheme of the enemy to isolate, divide and destroy your family relationships, and that He would expose what is done in darkness and bring it to nothing. The Lord fights for you, and every scheme to divide and corrupt your household shall fail if you abide under His hand.

Do not think your affliction is without purpose or without a Father's eye upon it. Troubles do not spring out of the dust, neither does affliction grow up from the ground, but the Lord Himself kindles the fiery furnace and sits as a Refiner at the door. The believer can say, The Lord has chastened me sorely, and find therein an effectual comfort, for that which we receive from the rod of the Lord bears the blessed aspect of chastening from a father's hand, and this makes even the sharpest smart to be profitable. He seals instruction in the night that He may withdraw man from his purpose and hide pride from man. What you suffer now may be the very means by which God will draw your daughter back and refine your whole household.

I join you in praying for each one whom you named before the Lord.

For your older daughter, that the Holy Spirit who becomes the governing principle of our life would lead her again. Every act that has been heavenward, every thought towards God and His Christ, has been under the leadership of that same Spirit. We pray that He would give her not only knowledge of God's will but power to carry out that will, that He would break stubbornness and replace it with a hunger for righteousness, that He would remove blinders so she sees the harm to her health, her finances, her work and her future, and that He would gently and swiftly lead her out of this toxic entanglement into a place of stability and wisdom, honoring her parents, honoring her work where God has so graciously promoted her, and honoring Christ above all.

For your younger daughter, that she would remain steadfast and not be swayed by the ungodly example set before her, that the Lord would surround her with godly friendships and mentors who encourage her in the ways of the Lord, and that she would in due time seek a spouse who honors the Lord and values the sanctity of marriage, that she may not be unequally yoked but joined to one who loves Christ.

For your son, that precious child whom God has entrusted to you, we declare with you that his life is valuable and deeply loved by God. We pray the Lord would shine His bright light in every dark space, grant him peace that surpasses all understanding, restore his progress and grant him continued victory without setback, give him functional language and a godly manner to express his wants, and let him always feel loved, accepted, included and protected, never a burden but a blessing. We rebuke every spirit of hatred, mockery and exclusion directed toward him, and ask that the beautiful fellowship he once knew with his sister would be restored.

For your home, that the Lord would indeed be its keeper. You have dedicated every room, door, window and corner to Him, and we pray He would make it a well cleared from the foe, where you are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water. May it be a place where the waters of comfort are drawn from the fountain of Christ, and where you are screened from inward doubts and above all from the plague of sin.

For yourself, that the peace of God which surpasses all understanding would guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus, that you would not be worn down with worry and fear, but strengthened with wisdom and discernment, and that the Lord would provide for your financial needs according to His riches in glory, not for selfish gain but that your family may be a blessing to others and a testimony of His provision.

It is a grand event when a family is saved. Who knows, when a soul is born to God, but that there shall spring from that household a godly seed that shall become a light to many. The whole family in heaven and earth is one undivided household in Christ, and death and distance cannot separate those whom God has joined by His love. Hold fast to that promise.

We therefore pray together: O Lord, Thou hast found a ransom. Deliver this daughter from going down to the pit. Deliver this family from the power of darkness. Bring the wandering one home, not with regret alone, but with freedom, peace and restoration. Restore unity, joy and fellowship. Let this household live and declare the works of the Lord. Shield them with Thy full armor, let ministering angels encamp about them, keep them in safe travel, and make them a beacon of Thy light wherever they go. Grant godly spouses to these daughters in Thy time, men who will love as Christ loves the church and lead in righteousness. All this we ask in the mighty name of Jesus, our Savior and Redeemer, who alone is our salvation. Amen.

 

[usha rani]

Praying in Jesus Name.

 

[Jonathan_M]

Praying in Jesus Name.

 

[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 heard and I join you in bringing it before the Lord Jesus Christ, who alone is our Savior and Redeemer and our true protection.

I agree with you in pleading the blood of Christ over you and your children and in asking for His peace that surpasses all understanding to guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. The Scripture is true 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 shall finally prosper, and that the Lord Himself fights for His people.

I pray with you for a hedge of protection and for the full armor of God to surround your home, every room and doorway, and for your safe travel and daily life, that you and your household would be kept from division, chaos, isolation, jealousy and every spiritual attack, and that you would be a beacon of His light.

For your older daughter I pray with deep compassion and with clear biblical hope. Marriage is honorable and the bed undefiled, and God has given marriage as a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman to preserve holiness and to reflect Christ and the church. Living together outside of marriage is not marriage and is not to be treated as marriage, and it does not carry the commitment, protection or holiness that God intends for marriage. It often opens the door to deception, manipulation, financial exploitation and spiritual bondage, as you have painfully seen. I do not ask God to bless that arrangement, but I ask Him in mercy to open her eyes to the truth, to gently and swiftly deliver her from this toxic and controlling bond, and to break every false sense of obligation and commitment that has been placed on her.

I pray that the Lord would remove the hold that this young man and his mother have upon her, that He would frustrate every divisive and manipulative plan to isolate her from you, from her siblings and from her faith, and that He would expose what is rooted in pride and selfishness. I pray that He would restore her gracious, grateful and thankful spirit, that she would again honor her parents, love her family, follow the biblical teachings in which she was raised, and return to her church family where she can be nourished and accountable. Remind her, Lord, that she is a child of the Most High God, that she is not homeless and not without a loving and supportive family, and that she does not need to change her faith or seek the approval of those who would lead her away from You. Give her clarity to see the red flags, to understand that this young man is not her husband, not her head, not her father and not one ready for the responsibilities of marriage, and give her courage to step away and to focus on the purposeful work You have given her. Thank You for the promotion You have provided for her, and I pray she will steward it with wisdom and not carry a burden for another that is not hers to bear.

I also pray that the overreach of this young man's mother would be restrained, that her ungodly counsel to live together and to have children before marriage would have no authority in your daughter's life, and that your daughter would no longer feel compelled to obey a voice that is not her parent and does not speak according to Scripture.

For your younger daughter I pray that the Lord would keep her steadfast in faith, guard her heart from divisive tactics and ungodly examples, and surround her with godly friendships and mentors. May she hold fast to the truth that she should not be unequally yoked and that she should seek a spouse who honors the Lord and the sanctity of marriage.

For your son I pray that the Lord would shine His bright light upon him, grant him peace and joy, and continue the progress He has given with no setbacks but with victory. May he always know he is deeply loved, accepted, included and protected, never a burden but a blessing. I rebuke the spirit of hatred, mockery and exclusion directed toward him and ask the Lord to saturate him with patience and to help him use his language to express his needs in a godly manner. I pray the Lord would restore the loving and beautiful relationship he had with his sister. I ask for wisdom for you, for caregivers, doctors and the whole care team as you seek to bring out the best in him daily.

For you I pray for renewed strength, wisdom and discernment as you have been worn down by worry and division. May the peace of God guard your heart, and may the Lord provide for your financial needs according to His riches in Christ, so that your family may be a blessing to others and a testimony of His provision. I pray that in time the Lord would provide godly husbands for your daughters, men who will love them as Christ loves the church and lead them in righteousness within the covenant of marriage.

Father, I ask that You would mend what has been torn, heal what has been wounded and restore unity, joy, fellowship and togetherness in this family. Anoint your people with the Holy Spirit, remove darkness from their path and fill their home with Your light, love and favor. Break stubbornness and replace it with a hunger for righteousness. Protect their workplace and keep jealous and disruptive influences away from it. Let every scheme to divide, isolate, corrupt and destroy this family fail, for You are faithful to keep Your own.

I ask all of this in the mighty name of Jesus, trusting not in our own merit but in His grace alone. Amen.