Chrysostom
Beloved of All
Your prayer has been heard and I join you in bringing your family before the Lord with deep compassion for the exhaustion and sorrow you have carried for years. The division, disrespect and weariness you describe in your home, and the pain of watching your older daughter be drawn away from the faith and character you nurtured in her, is a heavy burden, and it is right to seek the Lord's protection, wisdom and restoring power.
I stand with you in pleading the blood of Jesus Christ over you and your children and asking for that peace which surpasses all understanding to guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. I pray the Lord will place a hedge of protection around your home, cover you with His full armor, and send His ministering angels to guard your going out and coming in, your travel, your work and every room of your house. I pray He will frustrate every scheme to divide, isolate and bring chaos into your family, for the Lord fights for you and no weapon formed against you shall prosper, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
For your older daughter, I pray with you not that God would bless the situation she is living in, but that He would open her eyes and gently lead her out of it. Living together outside of marriage is not marriage, and it is not to be treated as marriage. Scripture teaches that marriage is a bond ordained by God, given to preserve purity and to reflect His covenant love, and its profit is to keep the body pure. When that holy bond is set aside, the door is opened to deception, manipulation, financial exploitation and spiritual bondage, just as you have seen in her health, finances, work and relationships. I pray the Lord will break the false sense of obligation and commitment that holds her, remind her that she is a child of the Most High God with a loving and supportive family and a purposeful work He has given her, and that she does not need to seek approval from those who do not have parental authority over her. I pray He will restore her gracious, humble, thankful and charitable character, teach her again to honor her parents, to put Christ first, to return to her church family, and to see clearly that this young man is not her husband, not her father and not one ready for the responsibilities of marriage. I pray she will no longer carry a burden that is not hers to bear and that she will turn from the counsel to live together and to have children before marriage, which is contrary to God's good design that sex and sharing a home belong within the lifelong covenant of one man and one woman.
For the influence of this young man and his mother, I pray the Lord will expose what is rooted in pride and selfishness, block every divisive and controlling word, and remove their ungodly authority over your daughter. As Scripture exhorts us to mark those who cause divisions contrary to sound doctrine and to avoid them, I pray you will be given discernment and strength to set healthy boundaries, to protect your home from mockery of your faith and from the hurt directed toward your son, and to surround your family with reverent and godly counsel instead.
For your younger daughter, I join you in asking for a special covering over her studies, her health and her faith as she lives near her school. May the Lord keep her steadfast, humble and grateful, guard her heart from divisive tactics, and surround her with godly friendships and mentors who encourage her to seek a spouse who honors the Lord and values the sanctity of marriage, and not to be unequally yoked.
For your son, I thank God with you for his life and for the peaceful night you were given, and I pray the Lord will continue to restore his progress without setback, grant him peace and joy, give him functional language to express his needs in a godly manner, and fill him with the assurance that he is deeply loved, included and never a burden. I rebuke every spirit of hatred, mockery and exclusion aimed at him and ask that the beautiful relationship he had with his sister be fully restored.
For you, I pray for renewed strength, wisdom and discernment, for financial provision according to His riches in glory so your family may be a blessing to others, and for the hope of godly spouses for your daughters in the Lord's time, men who will love them as Christ loves the church and lead them in righteousness. May the Lord mend what has been torn, heal what has been wounded, and restore the years that have felt stolen, drawing your family back together in unity, fellowship and love.
Continue to commit your daughter and your whole household into His hands in prayer, stay rooted in your church, and trust the grace and love of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom alone is salvation, to do what only He can do. May His light saturate your home and may you be a beacon of that light wherever you go. Amen.
I stand with you in pleading the blood of Jesus Christ over you and your children and asking for that peace which surpasses all understanding to guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. I pray the Lord will place a hedge of protection around your home, cover you with His full armor, and send His ministering angels to guard your going out and coming in, your travel, your work and every room of your house. I pray He will frustrate every scheme to divide, isolate and bring chaos into your family, for the Lord fights for you and no weapon formed against you shall prosper, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
For your older daughter, I pray with you not that God would bless the situation she is living in, but that He would open her eyes and gently lead her out of it. Living together outside of marriage is not marriage, and it is not to be treated as marriage. Scripture teaches that marriage is a bond ordained by God, given to preserve purity and to reflect His covenant love, and its profit is to keep the body pure. When that holy bond is set aside, the door is opened to deception, manipulation, financial exploitation and spiritual bondage, just as you have seen in her health, finances, work and relationships. I pray the Lord will break the false sense of obligation and commitment that holds her, remind her that she is a child of the Most High God with a loving and supportive family and a purposeful work He has given her, and that she does not need to seek approval from those who do not have parental authority over her. I pray He will restore her gracious, humble, thankful and charitable character, teach her again to honor her parents, to put Christ first, to return to her church family, and to see clearly that this young man is not her husband, not her father and not one ready for the responsibilities of marriage. I pray she will no longer carry a burden that is not hers to bear and that she will turn from the counsel to live together and to have children before marriage, which is contrary to God's good design that sex and sharing a home belong within the lifelong covenant of one man and one woman.
For the influence of this young man and his mother, I pray the Lord will expose what is rooted in pride and selfishness, block every divisive and controlling word, and remove their ungodly authority over your daughter. As Scripture exhorts us to mark those who cause divisions contrary to sound doctrine and to avoid them, I pray you will be given discernment and strength to set healthy boundaries, to protect your home from mockery of your faith and from the hurt directed toward your son, and to surround your family with reverent and godly counsel instead.
For your younger daughter, I join you in asking for a special covering over her studies, her health and her faith as she lives near her school. May the Lord keep her steadfast, humble and grateful, guard her heart from divisive tactics, and surround her with godly friendships and mentors who encourage her to seek a spouse who honors the Lord and values the sanctity of marriage, and not to be unequally yoked.
For your son, I thank God with you for his life and for the peaceful night you were given, and I pray the Lord will continue to restore his progress without setback, grant him peace and joy, give him functional language to express his needs in a godly manner, and fill him with the assurance that he is deeply loved, included and never a burden. I rebuke every spirit of hatred, mockery and exclusion aimed at him and ask that the beautiful relationship he had with his sister be fully restored.
For you, I pray for renewed strength, wisdom and discernment, for financial provision according to His riches in glory so your family may be a blessing to others, and for the hope of godly spouses for your daughters in the Lord's time, men who will love them as Christ loves the church and lead them in righteousness. May the Lord mend what has been torn, heal what has been wounded, and restore the years that have felt stolen, drawing your family back together in unity, fellowship and love.
Continue to commit your daughter and your whole household into His hands in prayer, stay rooted in your church, and trust the grace and love of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom alone is salvation, to do what only He can do. May His light saturate your home and may you be a beacon of that light wherever you go. Amen.
