Hedge of Thorns Prayer...

Prayer is the wing wherewith the soul flies to heaven.
"Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to You. Psalm 102:1 NKJV

Heavenly Father, I ask you to rebuke (1) and bind Satan in the name and through the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ(2).

I ask you to build a “hedge of thorns” around my spouse, so that anyone with wrong influence will lose interest in him (or her) and leave (3).

I base this prayer on the command of Your Word (4) which states, “what therefore God hath joined together, let not man separate (5)”.

Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer (6). Amen


The above prayer is based on the following scriptures:
The first few chapters of the book of Job tell us that God had a hedge around Job ….read it and see how Satan approached God about this. When God took the hedge down Satan could attack.

Pray the Hedge of Thorns Prayer around anyone or circumstance that needs God’s special attention to protect the person from Satan.

(1). Mark 3:27; Jude 1:9
(2) John 14:13-14
(3) Hosea 2:5-7
(4) I John 5:14
(5) Matthew 19:6
(6) I John 5:15

Straight from the Word…Prayer Guide
Carolyn Jo Gower

The Bible mentions prayer more than 870 times. There seems to be a pattern of prayer in the Bible that should get our attention regarding our relationship with the Father. We are to communicate often with Him using his word and prayer.
Prayer is not “saying prayers” but rather prayer becomes as natural as breathing as we draw closer to God. Jesus said “But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself." (John 12:32 NIV) Therefore “Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart…” (Heb. 10:22a NIV)

The Bible chronicles some 650 prayers and records 450 answers. The Bible also records 10 major lessons on prayer by Jesus himself during His ministry. His disciples considered prayer training to be essential: “One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples." (Luke 11:1 NIV)

So how important is it to learn how to effectively pray? We miss out on blessings, “…You do not have because you do not ask God” James 4:2. We could miss out on playing a part in bringing many people to Christ, in Matthew 9:37-38 Jesus said to his disciples, “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. 38 So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.” Jesus wants to use our prayer life as a tool to provide more workers, whether you become someone who is sent, or God uses you to do the sending. Both ways more workers will go and this will continue in fulfilling the Great Commission, Matthew 28:16-20.

Here are a few suggestions from scripture that can be used as a guide in prayer:
• Pray for your enemies. Matthew 5:43-44, Luke 6:27-28
• Pray in sincerity. Matthew 6:5-8
• The Model Prayer. Matthew 6:9-15, Luke 11:1-4
• Ask and it shall be given. Matthew 7:7-12, I John 5:13-15, Luke 11:5-13
• Ask for workers. Matthew 9:35-38, Luke 10:1-2
• Pray as a group in unity. Matthew 18:18-20
• Pray for all nations. Mark 11:15-17, Matthew 21:12-13, Luke 19:45-46
• Always pray and don’t give up. Luke 18:1-8
• Humble yourself before the Lord. Luke 18:9-14
• Effective prayer makes the difference. Mark 9:28-29
• Believe and don’t doubt. Mark 11:20-25, Matthew 21:18-22
• Don’t pray for show. Mark 12:38-40, Luke 20:47
• Pray to overcome temptation. Mark 14:38; Luke 22:40, 46; 1 Corinthians 10:13
• Pray in Jesus name and obey His commands. John 14:13-15; 15:7; 15:16; 16:23-27
• Pray with passion. Hebrews 5:7

All of life’s questions can be answered straight from the Word of God including how to pray. Even when we don’t know what to pray there is help, “26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.” Romans 8:26 ESV
Isn’t it great to serve God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit that will help us pray! I’m praying for you as you serve Him.