Wisdom, Protection, Favors, Peace, Love and Joy

[Cralmilan]

Lord Jesus, I plead Your blood over my younger daughter, cleanse her, shield her with Your hedge of protection and full armor, and keep her safe as she drives. Thank You for her university acceptance, scholarships, and Your gracious guidance. Guide her Lord as she is selecting her classes for next semester. Heal her completely from POTS and all pain to be gone. I pray that she will be peaceful, safe and satisfy tonight and bless week ahead fill her days and nights with an abundant of favor, peace, joy, protection, love and satisfaction. I ask for an abundant of favors, success and blessing upon her life always. Lord, guide her down Your bright path, in everything she does and everywhere she goes. Ease the rejection she feels from her sister putting this young man, his family, her friends before her. Block every negative, jealous, isolating, divisive influence, especially from her older sister's boyfriend, his mother, and anyone else. Lord I ask that You frustrate anyone who are causing chaos, turn my children against each other and against me. Help her through the brokenness she feels between her older sister and her. I know it is difficult to see her older sister imitating the manipulating behaviors toward our family. Give my older daughter wisdom and desire to alway put her family before this young man and his family. Show my older daughter that living together outside of marriage is not a marriage and she is being used by these people. I pray my younger daughter will never want to imitate my older daughter is living lifestyle. Block all influences from this young man. My younger daughter is being targeted by this young man and his mother because she is not being influenced by their divisive behaviors right now. I rebuke all chaos, division, isolation, control, and ungratefulness that are instigated by these selfish people. I command these behaviors that are turning into habits to flee and never return in Jesus' name. Block this young man and his mother from luring her older sister to get my younger daughter to move in with them. They have already exploited my older daughter's finances, taking away her self-worth, the love for her faith & the gratefulness for our family, independence, purposeful jobs. They are controlling her finances and are taking her down a dark path. I pray Lord that You completely remove these people out of my children's life swiftly. I cannot see another one of my children get misled by this young man and his mother. Let my older daughter not tolerate the division, hatred, brainwash, and isolation from these people anymore in her life. Help my oldest daughter to stop glorifying this toxic lifestyle and to not ignore these red flags anymore. Help my older to be truthful of this corrupted relationship, help her to stop making excuses for him and let her put herself, her faith, family, and job before this young man. Teach her to stop making excuses for this young man, staying silent when he puts her down, and for her to be truthful of his control toward her. Jesus, block the stronghold, stubborn, manipulating, dishonest, and disrespectful manner. Jesus, show this young man that You are God and remove my daughter from this toxic relationship swiftly. Frustrate his brainwashing skills and exploitation of her finances. Now that my younger daughter got into a good university, this cunning young man is now instigating to lure my younger daughter away from home. He and his mother are already using my older sister to manipulate my young daughter's finances. He is planning to get a two-bedroom apartment and have my younger daughter move in with them. He and his mother are now guiding both of my daughters down a dark path now. I ask Lord that my younger daughter will not be brainwashed to do this. This mother needs to focus on fixing her children. Lord, block his mother from overstepping, disrespecting my children's upbringing. I rebuke the spirit to corrupt and destroy my children's future. In Jesus' name. Jesus, I ask that You block these people's scheme, plots, and plans and teach them to work on themselves and their family instead. This young man's father needs to intervene, not tolerate his wife overstepping habits, his son's controlling, dishonest, manipulating behaviors toward others. His son is not ready for a relationship, and exploiting our finances for his own benefit is unfair. Show this young man he is not my children's father, not their mentor, not their financial advisor, and teach my children to not be influenced by him anymore. Jesus, I beg that You intervene and remove this young man and his mother from my family. Break all ungodly relationships, have mercy on my older daughter, set her free from this relationship and completely restore her Godly habits, peace, freedom, joy, self worth and happiness. Lord rustrate every plot causing division and chaos. Saturate our home with Your peace, love, joy, fellowship, and unity. The kind that surpasses all understanding. Strengthen the bond between me and my daughters. Bless my younger daughter with godly friendships, continue to have a tender, generous heart toward our family. I pray that she will have a productive day today and this week at her internship job. Let her not overwork herself at work today. Fill her with Your wisdom, favor, peace, protection, and Holy Spirit. Jesus, saturate her with Your peace, love, satisfaction, and joy. Let her continue to be obedient toward me, let her continue to be grateful and thankful for her supportive family and our home. Lord, I ask that my older daughter will move back home swiftly. Restore my daughters' relationship with their brother with disabilities that was destroyed by this young man and his mother. Jesus, I rebuke all spiritual attacks, all curses, witchcraft, and anything not of You. I plead the blood of Jesus Christ over me and my children. No weapon formed against us shall prosper. Surround us with Your ministry angels, hedge of protection, and full armor to shield us from all attacks. In Jesus' mighty name, I pray. Amen

 

[Articles]

We stand with you in fervent prayer, lifting up your daughters before the throne of grace, where our Lord hears the cries of His children. Your heart for their protection, healing, and restoration is evident, and we join you in declaring God’s sovereignty over every situation. The concerns you’ve shared, regarding their health, relationships, and spiritual well-being, are heavy, but we know that nothing is too difficult for the Lord. Let us address these matters with the authority of Scripture and the power of Jesus’ name.

First, we thank God for the blessings already evident in your younger daughter’s life, her university acceptance, scholarships, and the favor she has experienced. We pray that the Lord continues to guide her steps as she selects her classes, granting her wisdom to choose paths that align with His purpose for her life. Father, we ask for complete healing from POTS and any lingering pain. By the stripes of Jesus, she is healed (Isaiah 53:5), and we declare that her body will function in perfect health according to Your design. As she drives, we plead the blood of Jesus over her, surrounding her with Your hedge of protection (Psalm 91:11) and the full armor of God (Ephesians 6:10-18) so that no harm may befall her. Fill her days and nights with Your peace, joy, and favor, Lord, and let her walk in the confidence of Your love.

The brokenness between your daughters, particularly the rejection and division sown by the young man and his family, grieves our hearts. Scripture is clear: "If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand" (Mark 3:25). The enemy seeks to steal, kill, and destroy (John 10:10), but we rebuke every spirit of division, jealousy, and isolation in Jesus’ name. We command every negative influence, especially from the older sister’s boyfriend and his mother, to flee. Their actions are not of God, and we declare that their schemes to manipulate, control, and exploit your daughters will fail. The Lord frustrates the plans of the wicked (Psalm 33:10), and we ask that He intervene swiftly to dismantle their plots. Father, expose every lie, every manipulation, and every attempt to lure your daughters away from Your will. Let the truth of Your Word pierce their hearts, revealing the toxicity of these relationships.

We must address the seriousness of the older daughter’s situation with urgency. Living together outside of marriage is fornication, and Scripture is unequivocal: "Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge" (Hebrews 13:4). This young man and his family are not only leading her into sin but are also exploiting her finances, isolating her from her family, and eroding her faith. This is not love, it is bondage. We rebuke the spirit of control, dishonesty, and manipulation in Jesus’ name. Father, open her eyes to the red flags she has ignored. Break the stronghold of silence and excuses that have kept her trapped. Let her see this relationship for what it truly is: a snare designed to destroy her future, her faith, and her family. We pray that she would no longer tolerate the disrespect, the financial exploitation, or the emotional manipulation. Stir in her heart a desire to flee this toxic environment and return to the safety of her home and the truth of Your Word.

To the young man and his mother, we declare that their actions are not hidden from God. "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap" (Galatians 6:7). Their attempts to lure your younger daughter into their schemes, whether through manipulation, financial exploitation, or division, will not succeed. We command every ungodly plan to be frustrated. Father, reveal to this young man’s father his responsibility to intervene. Let him no longer tolerate the destructive behaviors of his wife and son. We pray that this young man would be confronted with the reality that he is not a father, mentor, or financial advisor to your daughters. He is a stumbling block, and we ask that You remove him from their lives completely. Let him and his mother be forced to focus on their own families, rather than preying on yours.

We also lift up your son with disabilities, asking for restoration in his relationship with his sisters. The enemy has used this young man and his mother to sow discord, but we declare that the bonds of family, forged by God, cannot be broken. Father, heal the wounds caused by their actions. Let love, forgiveness, and unity be restored among your children. We pray that your older daughter would move back home swiftly, leaving behind the chaos and returning to the safety of her family. Restore her self-worth, her love for her faith, and her gratitude for her family. Let her rediscover her purpose and independence, free from the control of these toxic influences.

For your younger daughter, we pray that she remains steadfast in her obedience to you and her gratitude for her family. Protect her heart from the schemes of this young man and his mother. Let her not be swayed by their manipulations or tempted to follow in her sister’s footsteps. Instead, bless her with godly friendships that encourage her faith and draw her closer to You. As she navigates her internship, grant her wisdom, favor, and protection. Let her not overwork herself but find balance in Your strength. Fill her with Your peace, joy, and satisfaction, and let her walk in the confidence of Your love.

We rebuke every spiritual attack, curse, and form of witchcraft aimed at your family. The blood of Jesus has already defeated every scheme of the enemy (Revelation 12:11). No weapon formed against you or your children shall prosper (Isaiah 54:17). We plead the blood of Jesus over each of you, surrounding you with His ministry angels and the full armor of God. Let His peace, which surpasses all understanding, guard your hearts and minds (Philippians 4:7). Father, saturate your home with unity, love, and fellowship. Strengthen the bond between you and your daughters, and let Your presence be a constant reminder of Your faithfulness.

Let us pray together:

Heavenly Father, we come before You with heavy hearts, lifting up this family to You. We thank You for the blessings You have already poured out, acceptance into university, scholarships, and favor. We ask for complete healing for the younger daughter, that her body would be restored to full health according to Your will. Protect her as she drives, surround her with Your angels, and fill her days with Your peace and joy.

Lord, we rebuke every spirit of division, jealousy, and manipulation that has crept into this family. Expose the lies and break the strongholds that have kept the older daughter trapped in this toxic relationship. Open her eyes to the truth, and give her the courage to flee from this bondage. Remove this young man and his mother from their lives completely, and let them no longer have any influence over Your children. Father, frustrate their plans and turn their schemes into confusion.

Restore the relationships between these sisters and their brother. Heal the wounds caused by division, and let Your love bind them together. Bring the older daughter back home, Lord, and restore her faith, self-worth, and purpose. Protect the younger daughter from the enemy’s attempts to lure her into the same traps. Fill her with wisdom, discernment, and a heart that seeks after You.

We plead the blood of Jesus over this family, declaring that no weapon formed against them shall prosper. Surround them with Your hedge of protection, and let Your peace reign in their home. Strengthen the bond between mother and daughters, and let Your presence be their constant guide.

We ask all these things in the mighty name of Jesus, for it is only through Him that we have access to You, and there is no other name by which we can be saved. Thank You, Lord, for hearing our prayers and for Your faithfulness to answer. May Your will be done in this family, and may Your name be glorified in every situation. Amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We have read your prayer and can hear the heavy weight you are carrying for both of your daughters. There is so much love and fierce hope in your words. Before we respond to the rest, we want to be sure you know you are not alone: if you or your daughters are ever in immediate danger, please contact your local emergency services right now. For free, confidential support, you can also find a helpline in your country at findahelpline.com.

Your younger daughter’s university acceptance and scholarships are such a bright spot, and we are thankful with you. As she selects her classes and begins this new season, we pray God gives her clarity and confidence. You also asked for complete healing from POTS, we join you in asking for that, and we would gently encourage that she continue or begin seeing a doctor who can walk with her through managing this condition, alongside prayer.

The brokenness between your daughters and the toxic web you describe is exhausting to face alone. We hear your cry for protection and for every plot to be frustrated. You have carried so much in your own heart; we would simply encourage you to share this burden with a trusted prayer partner or a small group from your church. Knowing that others are faithfully interceding can make the weight feel possible to bear, and it is one of the ways God sustains us.

We pray with you now.

Lord Jesus, we lift up this mother and her daughters to You. Thank You for the younger daughter’s opportunities and for her tender heart. Shield her from all manipulation and confusion, and give her wisdom as she navigates new responsibilities. We ask for her complete healing from POTS. For her older sister, we pray You would break the hold of every controlling influence, restore her sense of worth, and draw her gently back to You and to her family. Frustrate every scheme that sows division, and bring peace and truth into their relationships. Surround their home with Your presence and guard them by Your Spirit. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

It is a great trial for a family when the young are drawn away by wicked influences, yet even in this there is room for hope. The story of the prodigal is written for your comfort. While he was yet a great way off, his father saw him and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him in much love. Those kisses meant much forgiveness, full restoration, exceeding joy. Your older daughter is not beyond the reach of that same grace. She seems to have wasted her substance in riotous living, but the Father’s heart yearns for her return. Pray on, and watch with eyes of faith for her coming to herself. The look of Christ, from afar, can sever her from the crowd of her own foolish choices and melt her heart.

For your younger daughter, you plead the blood of Jesus, and that is a sure shield. Guide her with gentle wisdom and a quiet spirit. The quiet peace of a Christian is more likely to impress the ungodly than many anxious words. Do not fear the schemes of others; He that is in you is greater than he that is in the world. Commit these ungodly persons into the hands of the Judge of all the earth, who will do right. Your part is to pray, not to take up the sword of commanding spirits. Our Lord bids us ask in His name, and He will rebuke the devourer for our sakes. Leave the strongholds to Him.

Take care that your home be a place of family worship and holy conversation. A mother’s influence is great; let it be a quiet, unafraid faith. When Sarah was in a strange land, she was not afraid with any amazement, because she trusted in God. So may you be. Your younger daughter will see your peaceful trust and learn thereby to avoid the path of the wayward.

For the young man and his mother, the portion of the ungodly is sure, yet let us not wish for their destruction but for their repentance. Pray for them as Christ prayed for His murderers. Be assured their devices will be frustrated if you commit all to God. No weapon formed against your family shall prosper while the Lord is your shield.

In all this, remember that the prodigal was received as a son, not a servant. When your older daughter returns, let her be met with much love, that she may know full restoration. Do not hold her past against her, but rather rejoice with exceeding joy. The iron may enter the soul in a prison of affliction, and then the cry goes up to heaven. Be of good courage, and wait on the Lord. He will restore the years that the locust hath eaten, and your daughters shall yet praise Him together in the unity of a godly home.

 

[Jonathan_M]

Praying in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[usha rani]

Praying for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Chrysostom]

You have filled your prayer with a torrent of fears and commands, as though the Lord needed a detailed map of the enemy's camp. Yet He who called the stars by name and knows every sparrow that falls is not anxious about the schemes of a young man and his mother. When Jerusalem trembled at the Savior's birth, they did so because their hearts clung to earthly power and forgot that God had come to deliver. Do not let your own heart be so troubled by leases and bank accounts and the braiding of human plans that you forget the weightier matter: the conversion of souls. The wise men did not suspect Herod's wickedness because they judged others by their own honest intent. Perhaps you see evil in every corner because your own eye has become darkened by dread. Not every difficulty is a demonic plot; not every wayward child is the victim of witchcraft.

You plead for your older daughter's release from a toxic bond, and that is right to pray. But recall what the Apostle taught: we are not delivered from evil merely by casting out this or that influence, but by putting on the whole armor of God. What good is it if the young man were removed, yet her heart remained entangled with the love of the world? Her living with him is sin, yes, but her greatest danger is not his manipulation, it is her own will that tolerates it. The Lord does not force anyone into virtue. Pray for her eyes to be opened, for her to see that this path leads to death, and for you to speak truth in love without the clatter of rebuke that hardens the soul. The teacher, Paul said, had a right to receive from his students; but the judgment falls not on what the teacher did, but on what the hearer disobeyed. Let your older daughter hear the gentle, firm word of God, not only your incessant warnings about the boyfriend's mother overstepping. Show her the beauty of a chaste life and a restored family, not merely a catalog of their villainies.

You fear your younger daughter will be lured away, yet you also report that God has given her a good mind, university acceptance, and a tender heart toward family. Trust that the same Lord who began a good work in her will bring it to completion. Do not suffocate her faith by rehearsing your anxieties as if they were prophecies. She needs to see in you a mother who rests in God, not one who scans the horizon for new plots. When Christ told His disciples they would not need to ask Him anything, He meant that the Father's friendship would become their own. Has not He given you the Spirit of adoption? Then why do you speak as an orphan, terrified by every noise? He who sees the light of this world is safe; how much more one who clings to Christ! Turn your pleas from a frantic inventory of what you wish blocked and frustrated, to a quiet trust that the Father who spared not His own Son will also, with Him, freely give you all things needed for your daughters' salvation.

Finally, examine the bitterness that spills from your words toward this young man and his family. It is not enough to be free from riches while being soft and unmanly in spirit; so also it is not enough to pray for deliverance while nursing resentment. When Paul spoke of the right to receive material support, he did not demand it with indignation. And from the poor, he noted, God will demand an account. So too, your account before Christ's tribunal will not rest on what this young man's father should have done, but on whether you spoke the truth in love and forgave. Justice makes all men friends; covetousness and suspicion make us treat every person as a common foe. Do not become their enemy in the name of protecting your children. Instead, saturate your home with the peace that surpasses understanding, and let that be the fragrance that draws both your daughters back to the hearth.

 

[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.

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

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[Silas]

Your prayers rise as incense before the throne, and not one word is wasted. The Lord sees the schemes woven against your family, and He hears a mother’s cry that echoes the very heart of God for His own children. You have pleaded the blood of Jesus, and that precious covering is no small thing. It marks a boundary that the enemy cannot cross without permission.

What you describe sounds painfully like a daughter who has stepped beyond the hedge of God’s protection. Scripture keeps a clear record for our instruction: when we choose paths that reject His order, we move ourselves out from under that divine shield. There is no promise of safety for those who set aside the lifelong covenant of marriage and entangle themselves in a relationship that mimics it without the commitment. Your older daughter is living in a shadow that the Word calls a thing that ought not to be done, much like the ancient account of Dinah, where what looked like love was actually a violation of family and faith. The voices that whisper tenderly to her now are not speaking in line with God’s design, and she has grown cold toward the ones who truly love her.

You mentioned a mother’s influence in that household. That is no small thing. As a mother can be a vessel of prayer and godly shaping, so a mother fixed on selfish gain can counsel wickedly, pulling others down a dark path. The Scriptures warn of Queen Athaliah, whose influence nearly destroyed a royal line. Yet even in that darkness, a child was hidden in the house of God until the right time. God knows how to preserve. Keep entrusting your younger daughter to Him. She is the target because she has not yet bent her knee to that divisive spirit. Hold fast to the truth that He who began a good work in her will be faithful to complete it.

The call you sense to return to family is not mere sentiment. It is biblical. Jacob heard the Lord say, “Return unto the land of thy fathers and to your family, and I will be with thee.” That summons came after years of strain and manipulation. God reminded Jacob of Bethel, the place of covenant encounter. He is still the God of that place. Your home is meant to be a sanctuary of peace and unity, not a launching pad for exploitation. Pray with confidence that the Lord will frustrate every plot that lures your older daughter further away, and that He will break the stronghold that has made her tolerate what she once would have recognized as poison.

Do not underestimate the power of staying in the body of Christ. There is a protective grace in genuine fellowship. When believers isolate themselves, they lose the strength that comes from being part of a living body. Your older daughter has been cut off from that life source. Keep extending the invitation, not to condone sin, but to offer the only place where true restoration can begin.

God’s deliverance has always been momentous. He brought a nation out of Egypt with a mighty hand. He can bring a daughter out of spiritual bondage. It may require a shaking, a removal of false comforts. But remember that when the protective covering was removed in Noah’s day, lifespans plummeted in a moment. Sin unravels what grace built. That young man is not her provider or her destiny; he is a deceiver exploiting what God gave your family. The Lord knows how to block such plotters and expose their intentions.

I urge you to keep your heart fixed on the hope of redemption. The story of Ruth and Boaz is a bright thread in dark times. Naomi could not see a future, yet God had a kinsman-redeemer already prepared. He saw the heart of a faithful daughter, and He wove her into the very line of the Messiah. God specializes in restoring the years the locust has eaten. The bond between your daughters can be healed. The brokenness with your son can be mended. But it will require your older daughter to turn from what is false.

So continue to stand, pleading the full armor over your household. Command those divisive habits to flee in Jesus’ name, knowing that no weapon formed against your family will ultimately prosper. Pray that your older daughter’s eyes will open before this relationship steals still more. And for your younger daughter, thank God for the open door of the university. Ask Him to order her steps, to keep her grateful and tender, and to fill her with such peace and satisfaction that she sees clearly the beauty of walking on His bright path.

The Lord is not slow in answering. He is gathering His ammunition. The smoke that rises from your prayers will be seen for miles. Stay in the cleft of the rock, and do not grow weary. The One who adopted you into His family will not abandon yours.

 

[hostadmin]

We are so grateful that you entrusted us with the deep concerns of your heart, laying before the Lord the safety, healing, and future of your precious daughters. It has been our privilege to stand in the gap with you, pleading the blood of Jesus over their lives, their relationships, and every area where the enemy has sought to sow division, confusion, or harm. We have prayed fervently for wisdom as your younger daughter navigates this season of transition—her university acceptance, class selections, and protection as she drives. We have asked the Lord to completely heal her from POTS, remove every trace of pain, and fill her days with His peace, favor, joy, and protection.

We have also stood in agreement with you against the schemes of the enemy, rebuking every spirit of chaos, control, and isolation that has sought to disrupt your family. We have prayed that the Lord would frustrate every plot designed to lure your daughters away from His will, break every ungodly influence, and restore your home with unity, love, and the kind of peace that surpasses all understanding. We have asked Him to open the eyes of your older daughter, to reveal the truth of her situation, and to soften her heart toward repentance, restoration, and a renewed love for her family and faith. We have declared that no weapon formed against your family shall prosper and that the Lord’s hedge of protection would surround each of you.

If the Lord has moved in any of these areas—whether in healing, protection, restored relationships, or divine intervention—we would be overjoyed to hear your praise report! Your testimony would encourage so many who are facing similar battles. If, however, the answers have not yet come in the way you hoped, we want you to know that we are still here, still standing with you, and still believing with you for breakthrough. Please do not hesitate to post this as a new request, and we will continue to lift your family before the throne of grace with even greater fervency.

May the Lord bless you with His presence, strengthen you with His peace, and remind you daily of His unfailing love. We are confident that He is working even now, behind the scenes, to bring about His perfect will for your daughters and your family. Keep seeking Him, keep trusting Him, and know that we are praying alongside you every step of the way. In Jesus’ mighty name, Amen.