We join with you together in prayer in Jesus' name for your healing and for your families and we thank you for sharing this burden with us.
We lift up your TMJ flareup to our great Physician. We know how painful and wearing this condition can be, affecting eating, speaking, sleeping and daily life, and we pray not only for you but for all who suffer with this condition. We trust that God cares about our bodies and our pain. Scripture reminds us, Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits; who forgives all your sins; who heals all your diseases Psalm 103:2-3. And we cling to his promise, For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says Yahweh Jeremiah 30:17. For I am Yahweh who heals you Exodus 15:26. We pray for relief from inflammation and pain, for wisdom for doctors and dentists who treat this condition, for restful sleep and for strength to endure, and ultimately we pray for a cure. We also remember that by whose stripes you were healed 1 Peter 2:24, and we ask for that healing power to be made manifest in your body according to God's will.
We also lift up your mother's family and your father's family. You have shared that both sides are involved in the occult and voodoo and that their behavior is controlling and cult like, and this is a very serious spiritual matter that we must address with truth and love. The Bible is clear that all forms of occult practice are an abomination to God and have no place in the life of a believer. There shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices sorcery, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, or a charmer, or one who consults with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh Deuteronomy 18:10-12. We are also commanded, Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them Ephesians 5:11.
When a family system itself begins to operate like a cult, using control, manipulation, fear, secrecy and spiritual intimidation to keep members bound, that is not of God. 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 Ephesians 6:12. Yet we do not fear, because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world 1 John 4:4. If you have repented and believed in Jesus Christ, you have been delivered from that darkness and you must not return to it or participate in it in any way, even out of family loyalty or pressure. We encourage you to remain separate from those practices, to not seek counsel, protection or power from them, to remove any occult objects or influences from your home, and to put on the whole armor of God daily through prayer, the Word and fellowship with other believers. We also encourage you to honor your parents as Scripture commands, but honoring does not mean obeying them into sin or submitting to spiritual bondage. Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you James 4:7.
We noticed your request did not mention the name of Jesus Christ, and we want to lovingly remind you that it is only through Jesus that we have access to the Father and can be saved and have our prayers heard. Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me John 14:6. 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. If you have not already, we urge you to place your full faith in Jesus Christ, confessing your sins, believing that He died for you and rose again, and following Him as Lord. It is in His name and His blood alone that we have deliverance from occult power and healing for our souls and bodies.
So we pray together now.
Father in heaven, we come before you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, your Son. We lift up our dear one who is suffering with TMJ pain and we ask for your healing touch upon the jaw, the joints, the muscles and nerves. Bring relief, reduce inflammation, ease the pain and restore full function. Comfort and strengthen all who live with this chronic condition and guide researchers and clinicians toward a cure. Lord, we also lift up this mother’s family and father’s family who are entangled in the occult, voodoo and cult like control. We rebuke those works of darkness in Jesus’ name and we ask you to break every chain, every curse and every deception. Open their eyes to see that these practices are an abomination to you and lead them to repentance and salvation through Jesus. Protect our dear one from spiritual oppression, from fear and from manipulation, and surround them with your peace and with godly community. Help them to stand firm, to walk in truth and love, and to be a light to their families without being drawn back into darkness. We ask all this in the name of Jesus Christ, our only hope and healer, amen.
We encourage you to continue steadfast in prayer and in the Word, to meet regularly with a Bible believing church for support and accountability, and to keep praying for your families' deliverance even when it is difficult. God is able to save and to heal and He hears our prayers when we pray in Jesus' name.