Freedom, Protection, Restoration and Breakthrough

[Cralmilan]

Dear Lord Jesus, I pray that Your guardian angels alway surrounds me and my children. Keeping us alway from pain and difficulties. May Your joy, satisfaction and peace alway be with us. May we feel God's protection and love in every moment of our life, Lord, I pray that my older daughter will see her jobs and the family You've blessed her with, as a blessing again and restore her thankfulness, graciousness and gratefulness heart. I pray that she will alway see her family and the way she worship in Your eyes and not in the eyes of this young man and his mother anymore. Lord, remove the overreach of this young man’s mother swiftly, who has no biblical authority to speak into my older daughter’s life and now trying to speak in my younger daughter life or speaking word curse upon me and my family. Lord You see this woman instigation to cause chaos, division and isolation. The satisfaction she gets from dividing, judging and corrupting my family. Her counsel for my older daughter to live together with her son, advicing her to have children outside of marriage, having her son exploiting my daughter income for his use, she looks down upon and disrespect our family, the way we worship, demanding my daughter treat this living arrangement she encouraged as a marriage, having my daughter to put their family before her own family, God has blessed her with, cause division, isolation, separation on her suppotive network and making my daughter feel worthless then have my daughter confide in her only when her son mistreat my daughter. She does not care about my daughter she just selfishly using her and wants my daughter to take on responsiblity that is not her. This young man's mother instigate chaos then want to act as a hero to solve the chaos she created. My daughter is constantly doing things to please this woman. These people have isolate my daughter from her supportive network in order to control, brainwash her and keep their family life together. Deliberately keep my daughter away for her supportive network. This young man is controling, manipulative, laziness, dishonest, corrupted and rebellious. He speak to my daughter with authority and she obeys him. He tries to speak to me, my younger daughter and my son with authority as well. Lord I ask for Your mercy upon my daughter today and rescue and guide her out of this ungodly situation. This young man's mother instigate the manipulation, she has placed undue responsiblities on my daughter to take care of her son. He is not getting better just more demanding, obsessive and controlling towards my daughter and disrespectful toward our family. This woman’s ungodly, pride, destruction, selfish, jealousy and manipulation are rooted in darkness, and I pray the Lord exposes her motives and frustrates every plan she has to control, divide and isolate my daughter from me, her siblings, family and church friends. Lord I pray that You will bring my daughter out of this darkness and into Your light. This stronghold has been held on too long, Lord. I declare that my daughter is not homeless, nor does she need this woman’s approval, or be a part of her family or guidance. My daughter has a loving, supportive family who has raised her in the ways of the Lord, and I pray the Holy Spirit breaks the hold of this toxic influence over her heart. This woman is jealous and looks down upon my daugther and our family but she insist on my daughter to go to her for guidance on how to stay in this toxic relationship with her son. Lord I pray this mother will see she is enabling her son to be disrespectful and corrupted towards others. I pray my daughter will remember she is the Child of the Most High God, she does not belong to this man's family and for her to release herself for this toxic lifestyle swiftly with no regrets. Let her stop using her family as a financial resource to help her sustain this man's needs. Give her the wisdom to protect her finances from him. He should not be allow to use the ungodly living relationship as a marriage. Help and guide my daughter to not imitate this young man stubbishness, gossiping and mocking behaviors toward her family and restore her grateful, gracious, loving, respectful and considerate manner. Fill her with the Holy Spirit. Block and frustrate every word curses, break every chains, every scheme and every plots from this woman and her son. This young man is not ready for a relationship. He is not a shepherd. Open my daughter's eyes to see this and put herself and her family before him. I pray his father will have him move back home alone and have his wife focus on her own children. Father, I ask that You to open my older daughter’s eyes to the truth. Let her see this man for who he is, not a husband, not a provider, not a spiritual leader, but a stumbling block in her walk with You. I pray she would no longer defend, admire or commit this relationship and living arrangement, or take on responsibilities that are not hers to bear. Lord let her see the exhaustion and financial hardship she Is experiences is due to living with this young man outside of marriage. Guide her Lord to not take out anymore credit card to support this man and this toxic lifestyle. He is lazy, manipulative, dishonest, exploit her finances for his own benefit and isolate her from supportive people who care for her. Jesus I ask that You guidance my older daughter to stop imitating this young man's behaviors toward me. She has been cold, ungrateful, degrading and rude toward me. I am not sure how much more I can take of this behavior. Lord soften my daughter's heart to receive Your conviction, and grant her the courage to walk away from this bondage with no regrets. Guide back to follow the biblical teachings and stop taking her family for grant and put this young man and his family before her faith and her family. Jesus I ask You to intervene supernaturally, removing every obstacle and every voice that contradicts Your Word. Let my daughter hunger for righteousness be reignited, and let her return to the safety and wisdom of her family and church community. Lord thank you for show me the message from this woman says it makes her heart happy that my daughter is following her lead and not a part of her church community anymore. Now she is intervening in my daughter job trying to work there. Lord help my daughter to stop confiding in this woman and helping her. She does not respect my daughter. Lord I pray that she will put her faith and trust in You again so she can regain her self worth. I pray Lord that she will see her worth in You and not allow these people that make her feel worthless and familialess anymore. This woman need to focus and fix her own family. Her son is not ready for a relationship. Lord grant my daughter the wisdom, self worth and courage to leave this unhealthy ungodly relationship swiftly. This has been going on for too many years and these people division, bullying, manipulation, dishonesty and isolation continues to manifest. This young man has taken an authoritative role in her life and she obeys his order. She avoid standing up for herself so he is alway in control with his mother supports, encouranges and enables his behaviors. Lord remove this stubborn hold they have upon her and set her free. He is not a shephard and he is not her significant other. I pray that she will see that, stop ignoring the red flag. My daughter is a child of the Most High God, she belong to You and she does not belong to this manipulating young man and his family. My daughter is alway exhausted, forgetful and lives in chaos with this young man but blame this on her jobs, friends or family members. Give her the wisdom, knowledge and courage to not put up with his bullying, dishonesty, controlling and exploitation. This young man's mother is now interfering in my daughter new promoted job in a negative way. She controls, manipulates and undermines my daughter but then she acts as if she has her best interests at heart. My daughter is such an inspiring young lady, admired and loved by everyone but everyone is witnessing her exhaustion and withdrawal. I thank You Lord for the job promotion you have blessed her with last month. Her jobs serves such a beautiful purpose for others. It is sad to see my daughter blinded and suffering this way. Lord guide my daughter to not put the young man and his family before her faith, supportive family, friends and jobs. I plead the precious blood over me and my children. No weapon formed against us shall prosper. Jesus restore the peace, fellowship, happiness, respect, unity and freedom. Lord, I pray that Your supernatural love, favor, protection will overflow in me and my family and You will heal all the brokenness. I pray when my older daughter come to visit that she will not be influence by this young man hatred and manipulation toward me and her siblings. Lord I know nothing is impossible for You. Jesus I ask for a Godly spouse for her. Bless her with Your peace, complete restoration and protect my daughter from going down the disruptive path. Lord, I ask for Your Divine protection and have every member of our family to work together and help my older daughter out of this toxic relationship swiftly. Lord, I ask that You put a stop to all the manipulation, division, isolation and chaos that is manifesting right now through the plots of these people. Keep my young daughter and boyfriend away from these people. I know nothing is impossible for Lord. In Jesus name, I pray. Amen.

 

[Articles]

We join you together before the throne of grace in Jesus name and we thank you for bringing your children before the Lord with such burden and discernment. We stand with you for freedom, protection, restoration and breakthrough, and we praise God that you have come in the name of Jesus, for it is only through Him that we have access to the Father and it is in His name that every chain is broken. Acts 4:12 says there is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven that is given among men by which we must be saved, and John 14:6 says Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life.

We see your heart for your older daughter and we agree with you that what has been described is not God's will for her life. We must lovingly but firmly address what Scripture calls sexual immorality. Living together as if married, having children outside of marriage, and treating a cohabiting relationship as a marriage is fornication, and God calls His children to flee from it. Heb 13:4 says marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled, but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers, and 1 Cor 6:18 says flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. This young man is not her husband, he is not her spiritual head, he is not her provider, and this living arrangement must not be honored as marriage. We rebuke the counsel of this young man's mother who has encouraged your daughter to live together outside of marriage and to bear children outside of God's covenant of marriage between one man and one woman for life. That counsel is ungodly and destructive, and we pray your daughter will no longer receive guidance from one who has no biblical authority over her and who despises your family and your worship. 2 Cor 6:14 says do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship has righteousness and iniquity, and Ps 1:1 says blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked.

We also discern the patterns you describe of control, manipulation, isolation, financial exploitation, laziness and dishonesty. This is not love. 1 Cor 13:4-7 says love is patient and is kind, love does not envy, does not brag, is not proud, does not behave itself improperly, does not seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil. What you describe is a stronghold that has isolated your daughter from her supportive family and church community in order to control her, to use her income, to encourage debt, and to make her feel worthless and familyless while demanding she please this woman and obey this young man. The Word says we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers, Eph 6:12, and the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds, 2 Cor 10:4-5. We also take comfort that no weapon that is formed against you will prevail and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment, Isa 54:17, and that Christ has redeemed us from the curse, Gal 3:13, so no word curse spoken over you and your family can prosper when you are covered by the blood of Jesus. We do not pray to angels, but we trust the Lord who gives His angels charge over His children, Ps 91:11 says He will put His angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways, and our trust remains in Jesus alone.

We pray together for your daughter's deliverance and restoration. Father in heaven, in the name of Jesus Christ we come boldly before You for this mother and her children. We plead the precious blood of Jesus over them and ask for Your supernatural protection, favor and love to overflow in their home. Lord expose every hidden motive, frustrate every scheme to control, divide and isolate, and bring every plan of darkness into the light, Eph 5:11. Open the eyes of this precious daughter to see this relationship as You see it, not as a marriage but as a stumbling block, and let her see that exhaustion, chaos, financial hardship and forgetfulness are fruit of walking outside Your will. Soften her heart to receive Your conviction, restore to her a thankful, gracious, grateful and respectful spirit, and break the hold of this toxic influence. Give her wisdom to protect her finances, to take on no more debt to sustain this man, to stop using her family as a financial resource for him, and grant her courage to walk away swiftly with no regrets, for Gal 5:1 says stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. Fill her with the Holy Spirit, reignite her hunger for righteousness, draw her back to the safety and wisdom of her family and her church community, and restore her fellowship, joy, peace and self worth as a child of the Most High God. We ask that You frustrate the overreach of this young man's mother into your younger daughter's life and into your daughter's workplace, and we ask that this young man would be led by his own father to return home alone and take responsibility for his own life, for he is not ready to lead a family and he is not a shepherd. We pray You would keep the younger daughter and her boyfriend far from this influence and we urge that if they are in courtship it be with the clear goal of marriage between believers, kept pure and honoring to You, for Your will is sanctification, that we abstain from sexual immorality, 1 Thess 4:3.

We encourage you, precious mother, to continue steadfast in prayer and in the Word, to maintain loving but firm biblical boundaries, especially financial boundaries, and not to enable what God calls sin. Speak truth in love, keep the door of home and church open, seek wise pastoral counsel together, and trust the Lord to work supernaturally where you cannot. Jas 4:7 says be subject therefore to God, resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Your daughter was raised in the ways of the Lord and Prov 22:6 reminds us to train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it. We thank God for the promotion He has given her and for the beautiful purpose in her work, and we pray she will again see her jobs and the family God has blessed her with as blessings and honor her mother and her family as Scripture commands, Ex 20:12 and Eph 6:1-3. We declare freedom over her, that she is not homeless, she does not need this woman's approval, she belongs to Jesus, and she has a loving supportive family. Lord heal all brokenness, restore unity, respect and fellowship, and in Your perfect timing bring a godly spouse into her life, a believing man who will love her as Christ loves the church and lead her in righteousness, rather than a boyfriend who exploits and controls. We trust nothing is impossible for You and we thank You for the breakthrough that is coming. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

 

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We hear how heavy this has been to carry, watching your older daughter grow exhausted and distant while you long to protect both her and your younger children. Loving someone through a controlling and isolating relationship is draining, and we are praying with you for protection, clear sight, and restoration for your whole family.

One thing that stood out is how much you have tried to keep loving boundaries in place while staying connected. A boundary is simply like a property line, it helps each person take responsibility for what is theirs to carry, their values, time, choices, and finances, and it keeps love from turning into control. When it becomes hard to say no without guilt or fear, it is often a sign those lines have been worn down. Learning to let your yes be yes and your no be no, spoken calmly and consistently, can preserve both love and freedom in the relationship.

A steady next step that often helps in a situation like this is to keep one safe, non-pressured door open for your daughter while getting support for yourself. Stay warmly available so she knows she has family to return to, decide ahead of time with a trusted pastor or counselor what financial help you can and cannot offer and hold that line kindly, and let that same pastor walk with you for wisdom and prayer.

Jesus, we lift this mother and her children to You. Surround them with Your peace and protection, guard their hearts and finances, soften her daughter's heart to hear Your voice and the love of her family, and break the hold of confusion and control. Restore gratitude and fellowship in this home in Your timing. In Jesus' name, amen.

 

[Nochaeld]

Dear Lord Jesus, I pray that Your guardian angels alway surrounds me and my children. Keeping us alway from pain and difficulties. May Your joy, satisfaction and peace alway be with us. May we feel God's protection and love in every moment of our life, Lord, I pray that my older daughter will see her jobs and the family You've blessed her with, as a blessing again and restore her thankfulness, graciousness and gratefulness heart. I pray that she will alway see her family and the way she worship in Your eyes and not in the eyes of this young man and his mother anymore. Lord, remove the overreach of this young man’s mother swiftly, who has no biblical authority to speak into my older daughter’s life and now trying to speak in my younger daughter life or speaking word curse upon me and my family. Lord You see this woman instigation to cause chaos, division and isolation. The satisfaction she gets from dividing, judging and corrupting my family. Her counsel for my older daughter to live together with her son, advicing her to have children outside of marriage, having her son exploiting my daughter income for his use, she looks down upon and disrespect our family, the way we worship, demanding my daughter treat this living arrangement she encouraged as a marriage, having my daughter to put their family before her own family, God has blessed her with, cause division, isolation, separation on her suppotive network and making my daughter feel worthless then have my daughter confide in her only when her son mistreat my daughter. She does not care about my daughter she just selfishly using her and wants my daughter to take on responsiblity that is not her. This young man's mother instigate chaos then want to act as a hero to solve the chaos she created. My daughter is constantly doing things to please this woman. These people have isolate my daughter from her supportive network in order to control, brainwash her and keep their family life together. Deliberately keep my daughter away for her supportive network. This young man is controling, manipulative, laziness, dishonest, corrupted and rebellious. He speak to my daughter with authority and she obeys him. He tries to speak to me, my younger daughter and my son with authority as well. Lord I ask for Your mercy upon my daughter today and rescue and guide her out of this ungodly situation. This young man's mother instigate the manipulation, she has placed undue responsiblities on my daughter to take care of her son. He is not getting better just more demanding, obsessive and controlling towards my daughter and disrespectful toward our family. This woman’s ungodly, pride, destruction, selfish, jealousy and manipulation are rooted in darkness, and I pray the Lord exposes her motives and frustrates every plan she has to control, divide and isolate my daughter from me, her siblings, family and church friends. Lord I pray that You will bring my daughter out of this darkness and into Your light. This stronghold has been held on too long, Lord. I declare that my daughter is not homeless, nor does she need this woman’s approval, or be a part of her family or guidance. My daughter has a loving, supportive family who has raised her in the ways of the Lord, and I pray the Holy Spirit breaks the hold of this toxic influence over her heart. This woman is jealous and looks down upon my daugther and our family but she insist on my daughter to go to her for guidance on how to stay in this toxic relationship with her son. Lord I pray this mother will see she is enabling her son to be disrespectful and corrupted towards others. I pray my daughter will remember she is the Child of the Most High God, she does not belong to this man's family and for her to release herself for this toxic lifestyle swiftly with no regrets. Let her stop using her family as a financial resource to help her sustain this man's needs. Give her the wisdom to protect her finances from him. He should not be allow to use the ungodly living relationship as a marriage. Help and guide my daughter to not imitate this young man stubbishness, gossiping and mocking behaviors toward her family and restore her grateful, gracious, loving, respectful and considerate manner. Fill her with the Holy Spirit. Block and frustrate every word curses, break every chains, every scheme and every plots from this woman and her son. This young man is not ready for a relationship. He is not a shepherd. Open my daughter's eyes to see this and put herself and her family before him. I pray his father will have him move back home alone and have his wife focus on her own children. Father, I ask that You to open my older daughter’s eyes to the truth. Let her see this man for who he is, not a husband, not a provider, not a spiritual leader, but a stumbling block in her walk with You. I pray she would no longer defend, admire or commit this relationship and living arrangement, or take on responsibilities that are not hers to bear. Lord let her see the exhaustion and financial hardship she Is experiences is due to living with this young man outside of marriage. Guide her Lord to not take out anymore credit card to support this man and this toxic lifestyle. He is lazy, manipulative, dishonest, exploit her finances for his own benefit and isolate her from supportive people who care for her. Jesus I ask that You guidance my older daughter to stop imitating this young man's behaviors toward me. She has been cold, ungrateful, degrading and rude toward me. I am not sure how much more I can take of this behavior. Lord soften my daughter's heart to receive Your conviction, and grant her the courage to walk away from this bondage with no regrets. Guide back to follow the biblical teachings and stop taking her family for grant and put this young man and his family before her faith and her family. Jesus I ask You to intervene supernaturally, removing every obstacle and every voice that contradicts Your Word. Let my daughter hunger for righteousness be reignited, and let her return to the safety and wisdom of her family and church community. Lord thank you for show me the message from this woman says it makes her heart happy that my daughter is following her lead and not a part of her church community anymore. Now she is intervening in my daughter job trying to work there. Lord help my daughter to stop confiding in this woman and helping her. She does not respect my daughter. Lord I pray that she will put her faith and trust in You again so she can regain her self worth. I pray Lord that she will see her worth in You and not allow these people that make her feel worthless and familialess anymore. This woman need to focus and fix her own family. Her son is not ready for a relationship. Lord grant my daughter the wisdom, self worth and courage to leave this unhealthy ungodly relationship swiftly. This has been going on for too many years and these people division, bullying, manipulation, dishonesty and isolation continues to manifest. This young man has taken an authoritative role in her life and she obeys his order. She avoid standing up for herself so he is alway in control with his mother supports, encouranges and enables his behaviors. Lord remove this stubborn hold they have upon her and set her free. He is not a shephard and he is not her significant other. I pray that she will see that, stop ignoring the red flag. My daughter is a child of the Most High God, she belong to You and she does not belong to this manipulating young man and his family. My daughter is alway exhausted, forgetful and lives in chaos with this young man but blame this on her jobs, friends or family members. Give her the wisdom, knowledge and courage to not put up with his bullying, dishonesty, controlling and exploitation. This young man's mother is now interfering in my daughter new promoted job in a negative way. She controls, manipulates and undermines my daughter but then she acts as if she has her best interests at heart. My daughter is such an inspiring young lady, admired and loved by everyone but everyone is witnessing her exhaustion and withdrawal. I thank You Lord for the job promotion you have blessed her with last month. Her jobs serves such a beautiful purpose for others. It is sad to see my daughter blinded and suffering this way. Lord guide my daughter to not put the young man and his family before her faith, supportive family, friends and jobs. I plead the precious blood over me and my children. No weapon formed against us shall prosper. Jesus restore the peace, fellowship, happiness, respect, unity and freedom. Lord, I pray that Your supernatural love, favor, protection will overflow in me and my family and You will heal all the brokenness. I pray when my older daughter come to visit that she will not be influence by this young man hatred and manipulation toward me and her siblings. Lord I know nothing is impossible for You. Jesus I ask for a Godly spouse for her. Bless her with Your peace, complete restoration and protect my daughter from going down the disruptive path. Lord, I ask for Your Divine protection and have every member of our family to work together and help my older daughter out of this toxic relationship swiftly. Lord, I ask that You put a stop to all the manipulation, division, isolation and chaos that is manifesting right now through the plots of these people. Keep my young daughter and boyfriend away from these people. I know nothing is impossible for Lord. In Jesus name, I pray. Amen.

Protect Our Little Ones Jesus, Lk 17:2 Matt 18:10 Know Holy Scriptures from Their Youth 2 Tim 3:15 Your Love 1 Jn 4:10 Angelic Protection Ps 91:11, 1 Jn 5:18...

"He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic Name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth," Micah 5:4, c.f., Dan 2:35, Micah 4:1, Gen 22:18-22, Matt 28:18-20, Mark 16:15-17, Acts 1:8... We cast ALL our cares on You, Jesus, since You care about us," Your Sheep, Jn 10:27...

Father, we thank You AGAIN for Christ Our Good Shepherd, The Lord Jesus, John 10:11. We ask PROTECTION for them, thank You for these precious youngsters, that You care for us, even ALL OUR CHILDREN and EXTENDED FAMILY, Comforting them with Your Rod and Staff, keeping them from fear, Ps 23:1-6, Isa 40:11, Ezek 34:15, Rev 7:17. JESUS, Take care of Your little ones, comfort and feed them and us, for You have given us a Shepherd after Our Father's Heart, even Jesus, so kindly FEED THEM on wisdom and knowledge, Jer 3:15.

Give Your angels charge over my youngster, his cousins, and the family's "nieces and nephews," friends, parents, uncles, aunts and babysitters -- even all the children of those that congregate here, pray and our fellow believers in spiritual battles, Ps 91:9-16, Heb 1:14. Strengthen our children, our brothers and sisters, even shepherd the entire flock of God among us, 1 Pet 5:2, Acts 20:28. Thank You for "mothers in Israel," and dads on here, who are on guard for not only themselves, but especially for the young ones from evil and warped wolves, Acts 20:28-29, evil people and imposters, 2 Tim 3:13, even if they are "clergy" or "ministers," Strengthen and heal any hurt youth, and give them all in the faith needed for intercession long-term (some of us are believing for YOUR protection remotely for OUR little ones) with power and might through the Holy Spirit to know the dimensions of Your love, Eph 3:14-18, even NOW shed the love of God abroad in their hearts by The Holy Spirit, Rom 5:5.

Be near (The ANGEL of THE LORD CAMPS ALL AROUND those who FEAR HIM, Ps 34:7) the little ones AND bind those wicked people in evil who are in need of deliverance, binding the enemy NOW, in the AUTHORITY of JESUS, Matt 28:18, until the proper time of deliverance by just saying the Word, Matt 8:8, and draw them, us and all around us to Jesus. Especially draw those weary and heavy laden, that You might give them rest, Your yoke is easy and burden is light, so they find rest for their souls, Matt 11:28-30.

Work everything out for the furtherance of the gospel, Phil 1:12, work EVERYTHING together for good, Rom 8:28, according to the counsel of YOUR WILL, Eph 1:11. WE submit to GOD, resist the devil and it is written, "He will flee from us," James 4:7, 1 Peter 5:9, from demoniacs, Mark 16:15-17, from all, since the church YOU built on WHO YOU ARE AS THE MESSIAH will always prevail over the gates of hell, Matt 16:17-18. We pray the armor of God on this one, even now, keep their eyes from seeing, hearing or speaking evil, and their minds AND bodies to be KEPT FROM THE EVIL ONE AND EVIL PEOPLE, 2 Tim 3:13, 2 Thes 3:2, "See to it you do not cause one of these little ones to stumble for it would be better to be drowned with a millstone," Matt 10:42, Mk 9:42, Lk 17:2, "SEE TO IT YOU DO NOT DESPISE even ONE of these LITTLE ONES, for I (Jesus The Risen King) say to you their angels ALWAYS see the Face of Our Father," Matt 18:10. We thank You in advance, Mk 11:23-24, in Jesus' Name, Matt 28:18, Amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your prayer has been heard and your burden has been laid before the throne of grace, and we join you in seeking the Lord for freedom, protection, restoration and breakthrough for you and your children.

We do well to remember that troubles do not spring out of the dust, neither does affliction grow up as hemlock from the furrows of the field, but the Lord Himself kindles the furnace and sits as a Refiner at the door. What you 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. At the same time we are taught to moderate our anger against second causes, for while affliction may come distinctly through the malice or manipulation of others, it is still under the sovereign hand of God who will make all things work for good to those who love Him and who can deliver in His own perfect way and time.

There is a word of deliverance that we set before you, "Deliver him from going down to the Pit: I have found a ransom." Job 33:24. Nobody would have thought of that way of deliverance from the pit through a ransom if God had not thought of it. He has not only invented the way but He has found the ransom, and it is the gift of Divine Love in Christ Jesus. Deliverance from the power of sin is as much the work of God as deliverance from the guilt of sin. No supernatural power put forth, no true liberty, for there is no true liberty but that of which Christ makes you free. We pray therefore not that God would bless what is contrary to His Word, but that He would save and sanctify by His power alone.

In this light we must speak plainly and in love concerning your older daughter. The Word of God teaches that marriage is a lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, and that sexual union and living together belong within that covenant alone. To live together outside of marriage, to have children outside of marriage, and to treat such an arrangement as if it were marriage, is not in accordance with Scripture and cannot be blessed of God as marriage. It brings exhaustion, financial hardship, chaos and a wounding of conscience, as you have seen. We do not ask the Lord to affirm or to prosper that arrangement. We ask Him to open your daughter's eyes to see it for what it is, not a marriage, not a provision, not a spiritual covering, but a stumbling block in her walk with Him. We pray that she would no longer defend or admire what grieves the Lord, nor take upon herself responsibilities that are not hers to bear, nor use her resources to sustain a way of life that dishonors Him.

We pray that the Holy Spirit would break the hold of every toxic and controlling influence over her heart, that every scheme to divide, isolate, brainwash and keep her from her supportive family and church community would be exposed and frustrated, and that every word curse spoken against you and your household would be rendered powerless through the blood of Christ. For it is written, no weapon formed against you shall prosper when you are hid in Him. We pray that the Lord would teach her the mischief that comes from loving the world and the things thereof, and deliver her from the fascinating power of darkness, that she would remember she is a child of the Most High God through faith in Jesus Christ alone, and that she does not need the approval of those who would lead her away from His ways. We ask that He would restore unto her the joy of His salvation, a thankful, gracious, grateful, loving and respectful heart, and a hunger for righteousness, that she would again see her work, her family and her worship in His eyes and not in the eyes of those who counsel her contrary to His Word.

We thank God with you for the promotion He has granted her and for the beautiful purpose of her work for others, and we ask that He would guard that work from interference and keep her from taking on debt to sustain what He has not called her to sustain. Grant her wisdom to protect what He has entrusted to her and courage to walk away from bondage with no regrets, whether that be through the repentance and true reformation of this young man leading to a holy and lawful marriage in the Lord, or through a complete and swift separation from an ungodly yoke. He is not ready to be a shepherd of a home while he remains controlling, manipulative, idle, dishonest and rebellious, and we pray that his eyes also would be opened, and his mother's, that they would see their need of Christ and repent of selfishness, jealousy, pride and division.

We lift also your younger daughter and her boyfriend, and your son, asking the Lord to keep them far from this confusion, to keep them pure, watchful and rooted in the fellowship of the saints, and to help every member of your family to work together in wisdom and love to help your older daughter toward the light.

Take comfort, for the God who will surely raise His people from the dead can and will raise them from every kind of trouble and apparent destruction when those troubles have worked their lasting good. He delights to work the work of our deliverance. Therefore we pray that after this affliction you shall be able to say with the Psalmist, "The Lord has chastened me sorely, but He has not given me over unto death. I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord."

Let us pray together. O Lord our God, Thou hast found a ransom in the precious blood of Thy Son. Deliver this daughter from going down to the pit. Deliver this family from the power of darkness and translate them into the kingdom of Thy dear Son. Frustrate every plan that is rooted in darkness, expose every motive that seeks to control and divide, break every chain, and set the captive free. Restore peace, fellowship, happiness, respect, unity and freedom in this home. Pour out Thy supernatural love, favor and protection, heal all brokenness, soften the heart that has grown cold, and reignite a love for Thy Word, Thy church and Thy ways. Keep this household under the shadow of Thy wings, and let all be done for Thy glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

[Blessed and Thankful]

I prayed for this request in Jesus Name.