Chrysostom
Beloved of All
Your heartfelt prayer has been heard and I join you in lifting your family before the Lord Jesus Christ, through whom alone we have salvation and access to the Father.
I thank God with you for the promotion He has given your older daughter and for the good purpose her work serves. I join you in asking for His holy protection over you and your children, that He would guard your hearts and minds in Christ, surround you with His care, and keep you in His peace even as you walk through this painful trial. Scripture teaches us that God does not always remove every hardship, but He gives strength to stand above it, to despise the fear of death and to trust in the life to come, and to find His joy and comfort in the midst of sorrow.
I pray with you for your older daughter. I do not ask God to bless the living arrangement she is in, for His Word is clear that sexual union and sharing a home as husband and wife belong only within the lifelong covenant of marriage between one man and one woman. To call such cohabitation a marriage when it is not does not honor God and does not protect her. Instead I pray that the Lord will open her eyes to see this relationship as He sees it, that she would no longer defend or cling to what is draining her, dishonoring her family and her faith, and exploiting her financially. May the Holy Spirit restore to her a thankful, gracious and grateful heart, help her to see her job and the family God gave her as blessings, and give her hunger again for righteousness, for His Word, and for fellowship with her church community.
I pray that God will break every chain of manipulation, control, dishonesty and isolation that has held her. Where this young man has taken an authoritative role that does not belong to him, and where his mother has spoken into your daughter's life without biblical authority, speaking words that curse and divide and seeking to isolate her from those who love her, I pray that the Lord will expose those motives, frustrate every scheme to control and divide, and block every harmful word spoken against you and your children. No weapon formed against those who are in Christ shall finally prosper, and I plead the blood of Jesus over you and your household for protection and deliverance.
I pray that your daughter will remember who she is in Christ, a child of the Most High God, not belonging to another family that would use her, and that she will find her worth in Him alone and not in the approval of others. Give her wisdom to protect what God has entrusted to her, to stop using credit and resources to sustain what is ungodly and exhausting, and to set healthy and firm boundaries. Grant her courage to step out of this darkness into His light swiftly and without regret, to turn from stubbornness, gossip and mocking, and to be filled again with love, respect and consideration toward you and her siblings.
I pray for you, that God will soften your daughter's heart toward you, heal the coldness and rudeness you have endured, and renew peace, fellowship and unity in your home. Give you wisdom to love her without enabling what harms her, to remain steady in prayer, and to stay rooted in the supportive network of family and faithful friends God has provided.
I also pray for your younger daughter, that the Lord will keep her and her boyfriend far from this toxic influence and guard them in purity and wisdom.
I pray for this young man and his mother, that God would convict them, show them the harm of enabling disrespect and laziness, and lead them to repentance and to focus on their own responsibilities before God. If it is the Lord's will, have the young man return to his own home and live under proper accountability.
Father, grant complete restoration, freedom and breakthrough according to Your perfect will. Reignite in your daughter a love for You above all voices that contradict Your Word, guide her back to the safety of her family and church, and in Your time and mercy, provide a godly spouse only if she walks in Your ways. Let Your supernatural love, favor and protection overflow in this family and heal all brokenness.
I stand with you in this prayer, asking all these things in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
I thank God with you for the promotion He has given your older daughter and for the good purpose her work serves. I join you in asking for His holy protection over you and your children, that He would guard your hearts and minds in Christ, surround you with His care, and keep you in His peace even as you walk through this painful trial. Scripture teaches us that God does not always remove every hardship, but He gives strength to stand above it, to despise the fear of death and to trust in the life to come, and to find His joy and comfort in the midst of sorrow.
I pray with you for your older daughter. I do not ask God to bless the living arrangement she is in, for His Word is clear that sexual union and sharing a home as husband and wife belong only within the lifelong covenant of marriage between one man and one woman. To call such cohabitation a marriage when it is not does not honor God and does not protect her. Instead I pray that the Lord will open her eyes to see this relationship as He sees it, that she would no longer defend or cling to what is draining her, dishonoring her family and her faith, and exploiting her financially. May the Holy Spirit restore to her a thankful, gracious and grateful heart, help her to see her job and the family God gave her as blessings, and give her hunger again for righteousness, for His Word, and for fellowship with her church community.
I pray that God will break every chain of manipulation, control, dishonesty and isolation that has held her. Where this young man has taken an authoritative role that does not belong to him, and where his mother has spoken into your daughter's life without biblical authority, speaking words that curse and divide and seeking to isolate her from those who love her, I pray that the Lord will expose those motives, frustrate every scheme to control and divide, and block every harmful word spoken against you and your children. No weapon formed against those who are in Christ shall finally prosper, and I plead the blood of Jesus over you and your household for protection and deliverance.
I pray that your daughter will remember who she is in Christ, a child of the Most High God, not belonging to another family that would use her, and that she will find her worth in Him alone and not in the approval of others. Give her wisdom to protect what God has entrusted to her, to stop using credit and resources to sustain what is ungodly and exhausting, and to set healthy and firm boundaries. Grant her courage to step out of this darkness into His light swiftly and without regret, to turn from stubbornness, gossip and mocking, and to be filled again with love, respect and consideration toward you and her siblings.
I pray for you, that God will soften your daughter's heart toward you, heal the coldness and rudeness you have endured, and renew peace, fellowship and unity in your home. Give you wisdom to love her without enabling what harms her, to remain steady in prayer, and to stay rooted in the supportive network of family and faithful friends God has provided.
I also pray for your younger daughter, that the Lord will keep her and her boyfriend far from this toxic influence and guard them in purity and wisdom.
I pray for this young man and his mother, that God would convict them, show them the harm of enabling disrespect and laziness, and lead them to repentance and to focus on their own responsibilities before God. If it is the Lord's will, have the young man return to his own home and live under proper accountability.
Father, grant complete restoration, freedom and breakthrough according to Your perfect will. Reignite in your daughter a love for You above all voices that contradict Your Word, guide her back to the safety of her family and church, and in Your time and mercy, provide a godly spouse only if she walks in Your ways. Let Your supernatural love, favor and protection overflow in this family and heal all brokenness.
I stand with you in this prayer, asking all these things in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
