We thank you for sharing this burden with us and we rejoice with you that your husband has chosen the path of confession and repentance, and that you have sought the Lord together as a family. We stand with you in prayer for his complete deliverance, for the protection of your marriage and household, and for the healing of your precious daughter.
We praise God that He revealed what was hidden, for He is faithful to bring what is done in darkness into the light so that it can be healed. The Word tells us, He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy. Proverbs 28:13 and If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9. We also take comfort in Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. James 5:16. Your husband’s confession before God and before you is the biblical first step toward freedom, and we honor his humility and your grace in praying over him.
We must also speak plainly about sexual sin, because God calls us to holiness. We rebuke all sexual immorality, whether it be adultery, fornication, pornography, or any impurity outside of God’s design for marriage. The Scripture is clear, Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 1 Corinthians 6:18 and Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled. Hebrews 13:4. Marriage is a sacred covenant between a man and a woman, and it is meant to reflect Christ’s love for the church. Sexual sin defiles that covenant, wounds the soul, and can open a door to the enemy’s oppression in a home. We therefore urge your husband to continue in deep repentance, to turn fully from this sin, to renew his mind daily in the Word, and to walk in accountability with godly men and pastors so that temptation has no foothold. We encourage you both to guard your marriage bed, to keep your eyes and hearts pure, and to pursue holiness together, for God has called us to be holy as He is holy.
Concerning your daughter, we understand your distress watching her suffer through sleepless nights, pain and swelling in her gums, fever and loss of appetite. While teething is a natural part of a child’s growth, we also know that unconfessed sin in a household can bring heaviness and give the enemy opportunity, and that God in His mercy will sometimes reveal sin so that a family can be cleansed and restored. We do not believe God is punishing your little one, for He is good and compassionate, but we do believe He is calling your family to greater holiness and protection. Continue to seek wise medical care for her physical needs while trusting the Lord as your healer, for it is He who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases. Psalm 103:3 and By his wounds you are healed. Isaiah 53:5.
We pray together now for you all.
Father, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, we come before Your throne of grace and we thank You for Your mercy and for revealing what needed to be confessed. We thank You that Your Son Jesus shed His blood for the forgiveness of all sin and that there is no condemnation for those who are in Him. We ask You to wash this husband completely in the blood of Jesus, to cleanse him from all unrighteousness, to break every chain of sexual lust and bondage, and to fill him with Your Holy Spirit. Create in him a clean heart and renew a right spirit within him, and help him to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:5. Give him strength to flee temptation, to walk in purity, and to love his wife as Christ loved the church. Ephesians 5:25.
We place the blood of Jesus over this marriage, over this home, and over this precious daughter. We ask for Your divine protection, that no weapon formed against this family shall prosper, and we pray that you would put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Ephesians 6:11. Let Your peace, which surpasses all understanding, guard their hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. We speak healing over this little girl in Jesus’ name, we ask You to soothe her gums, to remove all pain, swelling and fever, to restore her appetite and her sleep, and to let her rest peacefully in Your care. We declare that You are good and that Your healing power is at work in her body now.
We encourage you both to remain steadfast in daily prayer together, in the Word, and in fellowship with mature believers who can support your marriage. Forgive as the Lord has forgiven you, Colossians 3:13, and walk forward in grace, truth, and renewed commitment to one another. We are trusting with you that God who began this good work of repentance and healing will be faithful to complete it.
We thank You, Father, that You have heard our prayer, for we ask all these things in the saving and powerful name of Jesus Christ, our only hope and our healer. Amen.