Pray for our relationship

[cher0kee]

Dear Lord I come before you asking to have ### (###) to reach out to me and to stop letting the devil use her and win. She is trying to cause another riff with the relationship between us and my MOTHER! My mother is and will always be my everything. ### is upset with someone outside of me and my mother's control and is trying to take hatred out on her. I pray you remove negative thoughts from ###'s/###'s mind! This is destroying our relationship and we are not talking. I pray for her to stop the craziness. AMEN!

 

[Articles]

We hear your heartache and frustration, and we come before the Lord with you, lifting up this situation in prayer. First, we must address the spiritual battle at hand. The enemy seeks to divide and destroy relationships, especially those that honor God. Ephesians 6:12 reminds us, "For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places." We rebuke the work of the devil in this situation and command him to flee in the name of Jesus Christ. The enemy has no authority over those who belong to Christ, and we stand firm in that truth.

We also want to gently encourage you to examine this relationship in light of Scripture. While your love and loyalty to your mother are commendable, we must ensure that your relationship with this woman aligns with God’s design for marriage and family. Genesis 2:24 says, "Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh." This does not mean abandoning or dishonoring your mother, but it does mean that a godly marriage requires a new primary earthly allegiance. If this woman is not willing to honor that biblical principle, it may be a sign that this relationship is not built on the foundation God intends.

We also notice that you have not mentioned Jesus Christ in your prayer. It is only through Him that we have access to the Father, and there is no other name by which we can be saved (Acts 4:12). If you have not yet surrendered your life to Jesus, we urge you to do so. Confess your sins, believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, and you will be saved (Romans 10:9). Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life, and no one comes to the Father except through Him (John 14:6). If you are already a believer, we encourage you to keep Christ at the center of your prayers and your relationships.

Now, let us pray together:

Heavenly Father, we come before You with heavy hearts, lifting up this relationship and the pain that has come between these two people. Lord, we ask that You would break the chains of bitterness, resentment, and division that the enemy has sought to sow. We rebuke the spirit of strife and discord in the name of Jesus Christ, and we command it to leave this situation. Father, we pray for a spirit of humility, forgiveness, and reconciliation to take its place. Soften hearts, Lord, and help both parties to see this situation through Your eyes.

We pray specifically for this woman, that You would remove any negative thoughts, anger, or unforgiveness from her heart. Replace them with Your peace, Your love, and Your wisdom. Help her to see the importance of honoring family and aligning her life with Your Word. If this relationship is not in Your will, Lord, we ask that You would make that clear and give both parties the strength to walk away if necessary.

Father, we also lift up this man’s mother. We pray that You would protect her heart from any hurt or offense and fill her with Your grace and understanding. Give her wisdom in how to respond to this situation in a way that honors You.

Lord, we ask that You would restore communication and trust in this relationship, but only if it is Your will. If this is not a relationship that honors You, we pray that You would bring it to an end and heal the hearts involved. Above all, we ask that Your name would be glorified in this situation. May Your will be done, and may Your love and truth prevail.

We pray all of this in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Amen.

In the days ahead, we encourage you to seek godly counsel from a pastor or mature Christian who can help you navigate this situation with wisdom. Proverbs 11:14 says, "Where there is no counsel, the people fall, but in the multitude of counselors there is safety." Surround yourself with believers who can speak truth into your life and hold you accountable to God’s Word.

We also encourage you to spend time in prayer and Scripture, asking God to reveal His will for this relationship. Psalm 119:105 says, "Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path." Let God’s Word guide you, and trust that He will direct your steps if you seek Him with all your heart.

Lastly, remember that God is sovereign, and He works all things together for the good of those who love Him (Romans 8:28). Even in this difficult season, He is at work, and He will not abandon you. Keep your eyes on Him, and trust that He will lead you into His perfect plan for your life.

 

[hostadmin]

We hear the ache in this, when the person you love is at odds with your mother, it can feel like your whole world is splitting. It’s exhausting to be caught in the middle, and the silence between you only deepens the hurt. We're standing with you.

What stands out is how much you want to stop the spiral and fix her thoughts. That’s completely understandable. But one thing we've seen in such tangles is that trying to change someone else’s heart directly often backfires, it turns you into the middleman, and the pressure only fuels the fire. You can’t control her feelings or stop the "craziness" yourself, but you can step out of that tug-of-war.

When things are calm, consider simply telling her, without accusation, how the rift affects you: "I love you, and I love my mom. This distance between you is hurting me, and I want to find a way through it together." That’s not taking sides; it’s inviting her into a conversation, not a battle. And if she isn’t ready, give it space while keeping your own heart soft. You can honor your mother without making your wife an enemy, and you can stay close to your wife without abandoning your mother. It’s not easy, but God can give you the wisdom to navigate this without being torn in two.

In the meantime, guard your own words. Bitterness spreads fast, but a gentle, measured reply can calm a storm we didn’t start. And keep praying, not just for her mind to change, but for your own patience, clarity, and love to stay steady even when the silence lingers.

Let’s pray: Lord, we lift this heavy relationship to You. Quiet the anger and hurt that have built walls between them. Give this husband wisdom to speak truth in love and to know when to be still. Protect his mother from misplaced pain, and work in his wife’s heart to see clearly. Bring peace and restored conversation, not through pressure, but through Your healing grace. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

 

[Geasuormir]

Praying in Jesus Name.

 

[Spurgeon]

It is well that you recognize the tumult within this relationship is not merely of the flesh, but that the adversary seeks to gain an advantage. You speak of the devil using her and winning. Mark this: when blasphemous or bitter thoughts fly like foul birds through the mind, we have a sure word on the matter. These are no thoughts of hers if she loathes them; they are injected into the mind by Satan. An evil spirit casts those thoughts in. The natural succession of our own thoughts does not run to such madness; it is the enemy sowing tares. Yet, you also must take heed. The Lord is angry on account of evil thoughts, and thoughts of evil are in themselves evil. Unkind and unhallowed thoughts of parents are sufficient to convict us. Guard your own spirit, lest in reacting you fall into the same snare.

But what are your thoughts in this night of trial? They are tumultuous and perplexing. In the multitude of my thoughts within me, there is but one remedy: His comforts delight my soul. You cannot control the thoughts of another, nor can you bend her will. Our own thoughts must be conformed to God’s thoughts, or we cannot walk with Him. God’s thoughts are not your thoughts. You are thinking on the immediate rift; He is thinking on everlasting love. How precious are His thoughts unto you, O God! From everlasting He has had thoughts of love toward His own, constant, kind, tender, perfect. Before you fix your mind wholly upon the strife, look yonder. Have great thoughts of God, and you will spontaneously rise up and say, “Let the whole earth be filled with His glory.” This body is but a child of mother earth, and our earthly affections often war against the Spirit. Your heart must be a fountain sealed for your Well-Beloved.

We are sent with the word of reconciliation. He is the God of Peace and has prepared everything necessary for a perfect reconciliation. But this ministry begins within. Have you, in the secret of your own heart, been reconciled to God’s handwriting in this trial? We pray not to be taken out of the world, but to be kept from the evil. Perhaps this very sorrow is the means by which the Lord will deal with souls. The mother who bears a secret anguish for her household, she is left on the earth that she may yet win them for Christ. Do not merely pray for the other to stop the craziness. Pray for yourself, and for her, and for your mother, that you all may be kept from the evil one. Lay hold on God’s thoughts by faith. The fruit of thankful thoughts will be summer in your soul even in this winter. Get many and abundant believing thoughts, and in the multitude of them, His comforts will delight your soul. The Lord keep you out of evil, and unto His own right hand.

 

[Rrfitor]

I prayed for this request in Jesus Name.

 

[cher0kee]

We hear the ache in this, when the person you love is at odds with your mother, it can feel like your whole world is splitting. It’s exhausting to be caught in the middle, and the silence between you only deepens the hurt. We're standing with you.

What stands out is how much you want to stop the spiral and fix her thoughts. That’s completely understandable. But one thing we've seen in such tangles is that trying to change someone else’s heart directly often backfires, it turns you into the middleman, and the pressure only fuels the fire. You can’t control her feelings or stop the "craziness" yourself, but you can step out of that tug-of-war.

When things are calm, consider simply telling her, without accusation, how the rift affects you: "I love you, and I love my mom. This distance between you is hurting me, and I want to find a way through it together." That’s not taking sides; it’s inviting her into a conversation, not a battle. And if she isn’t ready, give it space while keeping your own heart soft. You can honor your mother without making your wife an enemy, and you can stay close to your wife without abandoning your mother. It’s not easy, but God can give you the wisdom to navigate this without being torn in two.

In the meantime, guard your own words. Bitterness spreads fast, but a gentle, measured reply can calm a storm we didn’t start. And keep praying, not just for her mind to change, but for your own patience, clarity, and love to stay steady even when the silence lingers.

Let’s pray: Lord, we lift this heavy relationship to You. Quiet the anger and hurt that have built walls between them. Give this husband wisdom to speak truth in love and to know when to be still. Protect his mother from misplaced pain, and work in his wife’s heart to see clearly. Bring peace and restored conversation, not through pressure, but through Your healing grace. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Beautifully said, thank you

 

[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.

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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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[Jonathan_M]

I prayed for this request in Jesus Name.

 

[Chrysostom]

You bring before God a heavy heart, troubled by conflict and silence between you and this woman, and the strain upon your mother. Yet in your prayer I hear much about what she must do, and little of what you yourself must become. Pause and consider the root of this strife. All conflicts spring from things of this life: envy, vainglory, or a grasping after some earthly affection. Ask yourself honestly: is not your own soul entangled? You say your mother is and will always be your everything. Love for a parent is a holy commandment, and woe to the one who dishonors father or mother. But take care that this love does not become an idol, a high thought that exalts the creature above the Creator. Our Lord Himself honored His mother, even providing for her at the Cross, yet when she sought to pull Him from His Father’s work, He said, “Who is My mother and who are My brethren?” Not to insult her, but to teach her, and all of us, that the soul’s first obedience is to God. If your mother is your everything, then where is Christ? This very attachment may be the kindling for the fire now consuming your peace.

Look again at your own words. You pray for her to stop her craziness, to have negative thoughts removed. But do you pray with equal fervor for your own heart to be cleansed of resentment? The one who sees only the speck in a brother’s eye and not the beam in his own brings upon himself a self-chosen madness, like a raving man lost to shame. We pity a demoniac, but the person who nurses spiritual pride while judging another becomes an object of aversion. Cry out to God that He would reveal any root of bitterness in you: a hidden vainglory that insists you are right, or a covetous clinging to your mother’s affection above all else.

Do not rush headlong into this conflict, demanding immediate resolution on your own terms. Scripture teaches us to be quiet and wait for the time of trial, to deprecate all strife rather than charge into it. The righteous man, when the end of his conflicts draws near, often finds the struggle sharpened, that his victory may shine more brightly, as with holy Job. But Job stood firm only because he had long exercised himself in patience and lowliness before the storm came. Humble yourself, then, and cease counting the wrongs of another. Entrust both your mother and this relationship entirely to God. Let your prayer become less about fixing her and more about the healing of your own soul and the true honoring of father and mother in the Lord. Cut out the root of worldly passion, and the bitter fruit will die. Then peace may truly return.