We stand with you in this battle and we hear the deep distress in your cry over what has been stolen from you this year, your money and your identity cards, and the oppression you are facing in your workplace from those who practice occult and witchcraft and from every work of darkness you have described as marine spirits and agents of the enemy. We know that spiritual warfare is real and that the enemy comes to steal, kill, and destroy, but we also know that our God sees, He is just, and He is our defender.
We want to gently correct and encourage you where your prayer asks for a billion scourges, for bloodshed like the oceans, and for your enemies to be killed and made your footstool to repay you. We understand the pain and anger behind those words, yet Scripture teaches us that vengeance does not belong to 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 Ephesians 6:12. And God says, Vengeance belongs to me, I will repay, says the Lord Romans 12:19. You shall not allow a sorceress to live Exodus 22:18 and the judgments in Exodus 7:14-12:30, Joshua 11:11 and 2 Chronicles 20:22-25 were specific acts of God's sovereign judgment upon nations in that time, not a pattern for us to pray for personal revenge and mass death today. The Lord Jesus calls us to a higher way, But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you Matthew 5:44. God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked but desires that they turn and repent Ezekiel 33:11, for He desires that all people should be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth 1 Timothy 2:4. We are to pray for God's righteous justice to be done, for evil works to be exposed and destroyed, and for people to be delivered and come to repentance, while leaving life and death in His hands, for Yahweh kills and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol and brings up 1 Samuel 2:6.
We also rejoice that you prayed in the mighty name of Jesus, for it is only through Him that we have access to the Father. Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me John 14:6. And 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. It is by that name we can stand against every work of darkness.
We pray together now for you.
Heavenly Father, we come before Your throne in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. We ask You to contend for our dear one, for You have said Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me Psalm 35:1. Lord, You see the theft of money and identity documents, You see every occult practice, every fetish and sanctuary and work of witchcraft, and every marine spirit and kingdom of darkness operating in this workplace. We ask that You expose every hidden work of darkness and nullify its power. As in Ephesus where many who practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them before all Acts 19:19, we pray that every instrument of witchcraft against our dear one would be rendered powerless, burned to ashes and reduced to dust by Your holy fire, and that no weapon formed against them would prosper. We pray that You place a hedge of protection around them, that You command Your angels concerning them, and that You give them wisdom and favor in their workplace.
Father, we do not ask for the blood of people to be shed, but we ask for Your perfect justice and mercy. If these who have done evil will not repent, we leave them to Your judgment, for You are the God to whom vengeance belongs Psalm 94:1. We pray for their souls, that You would bring them to conviction and repentance, that they would turn from darkness to light. And we pray for restoration for what was stolen, for Your Word says that when a thief is found he must make restitution Proverbs 6:31, and You promised I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten Joel 2:25. We ask You to move upon those responsible and upon the authorities to restore the money and the identity cards, and to bring honest provision and peace to Your child. Help our dear one to not be overcome by evil, but to overcome evil with good Romans 12:21, to put on the whole armor of God, to stand firm in faith, prayer, fasting, and the Word, and to walk in forgiveness and holiness so the enemy has no foothold.
We also pray that You fight this battle for them, for the battle is not theirs, but God's 2 Chronicles 20:15. Let them be still and know that You are God, and let them see Your deliverance. Establish their steps, guard their workplace, and let Your peace which passes all understanding guard their heart and mind in Christ Jesus. We ask all this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, amen.
We encourage you to remain steadfast in prayer and in the Word daily, to stay in fellowship with faithful believers, and to report the theft of your money and identity cards to the proper authorities, for God has ordained them for justice Romans 13:1. Do not repay evil for evil, but commit your cause to Him who judges righteously. Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world 1 John 4:4. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you James 4:7. The Lord will be your defender and your restorer as you trust Him.