Prayer for my family on my mother’s side.

JoyE

Disciple of Prayer
Good day prayer partners, I do hope everyone of you here is doing as well as can be and holding unto the strength of God because without him we are nothing. I need your prayer for my mother ###, my sisters ### and ###, my brothers ###, ### and ###. My sister in law ###, my neice ### and my nephews. We do not have a good relationship and at this time we do not communicate with each other. We use to, however in my time of need and lack of wisdom, I did something cruel and selfish to them and they have cut me off. I have told my mother I am sorry, however I think they are still holding unto to it and finds it hard to forgive me. I need God to help them to forgive me for their sakes. I acknowledge the error of my ways and have asked God for forgiveness in hurting them and lying about what I did and for losing their trust and confidence in me. I caused that and I would not want them to be bitter and upset with me for their sakes rest of their lives but to experience peace which is best for them. I would like them to be released and let God deal with me instead of them harboring resentment against me to damage their souls. Only God can help us to do this in the right way and so I ask this request of him in Jesus name amen.
 
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!

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🙏Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. God bless me to prosper, walk in excellent health, and never stop growing in the love, grace, wisdom, and knowledge of Christ Jesus. God bless me to know You in truth, fall in love with You with all my heart, mind, soul, body, and strength and never fall out of love with You. God, bless me to have an ever growing closer stronger, more intimate relationship with You. Bless me with the love, desire, strength, and the spirit of obedience to always delight myself in You, seek first Your kingdom, Your righteousness, and to always respect and obey You. Bless me to know You, so that I can trust You with all my heart, acknowledge You in all my ways, and lean not to my own understanding. Bless me with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in all You have called me to do.

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

Heal Me Lord Jesus Spirit, Soul, And Body

 
We come before the Lord with heavy hearts, lifting up your family and the brokenness that has come between you. The pain of fractured relationships is deeply felt, and we stand with you in seeking God’s healing and restoration. Your humility in acknowledging your wrongdoing and seeking forgiveness is a powerful step toward reconciliation, and we pray that the Lord will honor your repentance and soften the hearts of your loved ones.

Scripture tells us in Ephesians 4:31-32, "Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you." Forgiveness is not always easy, but it is necessary for the healing of both the offender and the offended. We pray that your family will be able to release the burden of resentment and allow God to work in their hearts, just as He has worked in yours.

We also lift up your desire for peace, not just for yourself, but for their sakes. Holding onto unforgiveness can indeed damage the soul, and we ask the Lord to guard their hearts from bitterness. Proverbs 17:9 says, "He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends." May your family find the strength to cover this offense with love and move forward in grace.

Most importantly, we rejoice that you have already sought God’s forgiveness, for 1 John 1:9 assures us, "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." Your repentance is before the Lord, and He has already begun the work of restoration in your life. Now, we pray that He will extend that same grace to your family, that they may see your heart and be moved to reconciliation.

Let us pray:

Heavenly Father, we come before You with hearts full of compassion for this family. Lord, You know the pain that has divided them, and You see the sincerity of this one who seeks forgiveness. We ask that You would soften the hearts of their mother, sisters, brothers, sister-in-law, niece, and nephews. Remove the hardness that has taken root, and replace it with Your peace. Help them to release the burden of unforgiveness, for their own sake, so that bitterness does not take hold in their lives.

Father, we pray for restoration in this family. Where there has been hurt, bring healing. Where there has been silence, bring communication. Where there has been division, bring unity. We ask that You would work in ways that only You can, drawing them back together in love and understanding. Help them to see this situation through Your eyes, Lord, and to extend the same grace that You have so freely given to each of us.

We also pray for wisdom and humility for this one who has sought forgiveness. Give them patience as they wait on Your timing, and help them to continue walking in repentance and righteousness. Let their life be a testimony of Your transforming power, so that their family may see the change in them and be drawn to You.

Lord, we know that reconciliation is not always possible in human terms, but we trust in Your ability to mend what is broken. Whether You choose to restore this family fully or to bring healing in other ways, we ask that You would be glorified in the process. May Your will be done, and may Your peace reign in their hearts.

In the precious name of Jesus, we pray. Amen.

We encourage you to continue seeking the Lord in this matter, trusting that He is working even when you cannot see it. Keep praying for your family, not just for their forgiveness, but for their well-being and relationship with God. Sometimes, the Lord uses these trials to draw us closer to Him, and we pray that this season will deepen your faith and reliance on Him. If the opportunity arises, consider reaching out to them again with humility, not to demand forgiveness, but to express your love and desire for peace. Above all, keep your heart open to God’s leading, for He is faithful to complete the work He has begun in you.
 
We hear the grief in your words, the weight of knowing your own actions broke trust with people you love. That kind of sorrow can feel very heavy, and it takes real humility to face it as honestly as you have. We’re grateful you brought this here.

What strikes us most is your concern for their souls. You are not just asking for relief from your own guilt; you want them released from bitterness, because you understand that bitterness does its greatest damage to the one who carries it. That insight is grounded and true. Resentment, held onto, keeps a wound open long after the offense has passed. Your prayer for their peace, even if they never restore the relationship, is a genuine act of love.

Right now, the best thing you can do for them, and for your own heart, is to keep entrusting the whole situation to God. You have apologized. You have confessed to the Lord. Healing on their side will likely take time, and we cannot force or rush it. So we continue to hold them before the Father, not demanding a certain outcome, but asking Him to work in their lives for their good. In your own quiet times, you might simply lift each family member by name, asking God to guard them from the slow poison of unforgiveness and to meet them in whatever pain they still carry.

We join you in that now.

Lord Jesus, You see this fractured family and the deep sorrow of our friend. We lift up their mother, sisters, brothers, sister-in-law, niece, and nephews. Guard their hearts from bitterness; gently lead them toward the peace that releases pain. We ask for the long work of healing, in Your timing, not ours. And strengthen this one who waits, that they may rest in Your mercy and continue to walk in humility. In Your name, Amen.
 
There is forgiveness with God. That is the first word for your own soul, whatever cruelty, whatever lie, whatever breach of trust lies black upon your conscience, let this whisper drive away despair: “There is forgiveness.” It is not for this sin or that alone, but forgiveness broad and indefinable, reaching to the very chief of sinners. You have confessed it and sought mercy through Christ, and behold, the heavenly Creditor releases every debt, He does not exact the penalty, for Jesus died, the Just for the unjust. That forgiveness is absolute, irreversible, eternal; God never plays fast and loose with men. Therefore, believe it for yourself: the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

But your heart aches over those who yet hold your offense against you, and you fear their souls fester with bitterness. That is a sorrowful thing, and I would not speak lightly of it. When sin shatters trust, it is as though bones are broken, a dangerous fracture, threatening gangrene to the spirit. Yet mark this: if ever the Lord heals such wounds, He can make those very bones rejoice. Your prayer is not merely that they grow callous or indifferent, no, but that they find release and peace. It is well that you would rather God deal with you than see them ruin their own souls with resentment.

Consider then the divine alchemy of true repentance and faith. When a soul gets a sight of Christ crucified and mourns over the sin that pierced Him, when there is that holy bitterness because we have offended infinite love, a strange thing occurs. That bitterness against our own sin dissolves all bitterness against our fellow men. Feeling how we have wronged God, we say, “After this I must be sweet and tender. Somebody has offended me, but how much more have I offended God!” It is the Lord’s own cure for an unforgiving heart. Press this upon the throne of grace for your mother, your sisters, your brothers, and all that household. Cry that God would grant them the gift of seeing their own need of forgiveness, that the sweetness of Christ’s mercy to them may melt every icy grudge.

And look at the text: “There is forgiveness”, the very place the offense went is where the forgiveness comes, with God Himself. It is He, the God whom they may think they serve by shutting you out, who says, “I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions.” How perfect, how divine is the forgiveness we have received! Some of us have been forgiven so much that to forgive others ought to be as natural as breathing. You cannot command their hearts, but God can pour the spirit of the Lord’s release into every soul. At the appointed time, He will do what He bids His people do, release the debtor. I join you in that petition: let them be delivered from harboring what damages their own peace, and let them experience the freedom of letting God be the judge. Meanwhile, walk humbly before the Lord, and trust that He who rides upon a broken-kneed charger can yet make even this broken story a monument to grace, a broken column that points heavenward.
 
The true defilement is not what enters from without, but what comes forth from the heart: bitterness, resentment, an unforgiving spirit. You have done a cruel thing, and you confess it. You have asked pardon of God and of your mother. That sorrow is the beginning of healing. But see now: if your family clutches this offense, they allow it to fester within them, and what goes out from their own hearts will defile them far more than any injury you dealt them. You did a selfish thing, and you lied, and you broke trust. That came from your own heart. Yet their refusal to release you, their clinging to the wrong, is also a poison they brew for themselves.

When Christ healed on the Sabbath, He broke the letter to establish the weightier law of mercy. If circumcision could be performed on that day to keep the Law, how much more the restoration of a whole soul? So here, forgiveness is the greater law, the one that releases the soul from slow death. You pray they be set free for their own sakes, not merely yours. That is a right and sober prayer, born from your own repentance.

But do not be troubled if the answer seems to tarry. He who endured the Cross to slay enmity and make enemies friends works often in silence. Your part now is to walk in humble love, honoring your mother even when honor is not returned. Christ went to Capernaum, a city He knew would reject Him, yet He went to honor His mother. Continue in patience; let your life bear the quiet fruits of one forgiven, and trust that God, who is pleased when enmity dies, will in His time soften those hard places. Yet remember: there is no second reconciliation for those who, having known the gift of family bond, return to the vomit of resentment. That warning is not yours to deliver with a clenched fist, but to carry with tears in your prayers. Pray, then, without ceasing, and keep your own heart cleansed from all that defiles, that you may become a living sign of the peace you seek for them.
 

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