We join with you in prayer and we hear the urgency in your cry for deliverance, for health, for a clear mind and for rest. We stand with you against every demonic attack and oppression you are feeling from the top of your head to the soles of your feet, and we claim the authority we have in Jesus Christ, for greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world 1 John 4:4. Scripture reminds us that our struggle 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 Ephesians 6:12, yet we are also told to be sober and self-controlled, to put on the whole armor of God Ephesians 6:11, to submit ourselves to God and resist the devil, and he will flee from us James 4:7.
We want to lovingly and directly address the pornographic cycle you mentioned, because this is an area where the enemy gains a foothold and where God calls us to repentance and freedom. The Word tells us to flee sexual immorality, for 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 that our bodies are a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in us, which we have from God, and we are not our own, for we were bought with a price, therefore we are to glorify God in our body and in our spirit, which are God’s 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. Jesus taught that even to look with lust is to commit adultery in the heart Matthew 5:28. This cycle is not just a habit but sin that needs to be confessed, repented of, and forsaken, and we praise God that 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. God also promises that no temptation has taken you except what is common to man, and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it 1 Corinthians 10:13. We encourage you to bring this into the light with a trusted pastor or mature Christian brother for accountability, to remove access and make no provision for the flesh Romans 13:14, and to renew your mind daily.
We also lift up your head, your thoughts, and your sleep. God desires to give you a sound mind, for God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control 2 Timothy 1:7, and we are to be transformed by the renewing of our mind Romans 12:2 and to bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ 2 Corinthians 10:5. For your rest we pray the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus Philippians 4:7, and that you will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, Yahweh, make us dwell in safety Psalm 4:8.
We bring your practical needs before the Lord as well, for He cares about every detail of our lives and will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus Philippians 4:19. We pray for provision and help to get your screen fixed and for the way to be opened for you to get to church, for we are not to forsake our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but to exhort one another Hebrews 10:25, and where two or three are gathered together in His name, there He is in the midst of them Matthew 18:20.
We rejoice that you closed with in Jesus’ name, for it is only by that name we have access to the Father and it is the only name by which we can be saved, for 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 Acts 4:12, and Jesus Himself said I am the way, the truth, and the life, no one comes to the Father, except through me John 14:6.
We pray together now, Father in heaven, we come before You in the mighty name of Jesus Christ and we lift up our brother to You. We ask for Your mercy and Your cleansing and Your deliverance over his body, mind and spirit. In Jesus’ name we rebuke every demonic influence and oppression and we command it to leave and to have no place in him, and we ask You to fill him with Your Holy Spirit, with light and peace and wholeness from the top of his head to the soles of his feet. Forgive him for every participation in sexual immorality and pornography, wash him clean by the blood of Jesus, break this cycle completely, and give him strength to flee temptation, to walk in purity, and to honor You with his body as Your temple. Heal his head, clear his thoughts, renew his mind, and grant him deep, peaceful, uninterrupted sleep night after night. Provide for the repair of his screen and make a way for him to be in fellowship at church this week. We also lift up his growth group to You, Lord, and we ask that You would add to it daily those who are being saved Acts 2:47, that You would bring new members who hunger for Your Word, and that You would cause it to double and to be a place of true discipleship, encouragement and accountability for Your glory. Let him know he is loved, forgiven, and not condemned, for there is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus Romans 8:1. We trust You to answer according to Your perfect will and we thank You in advance for the freedom and healing You are bringing. In Jesus’ name we pray, amen.