We would like to share with you this hedge of thorns prayer. This is not the same as a hedge of protection prayer. The difference is the hedge of protection keeps what is external from coming in while the hedge of thorns prayer keeps what is in from going out.
You should only pray this prayer for people with whom you have a biblical covenant relationship. So this would be for an unfaithful spouse and you can also use this prayer for a prodigal child, drug addicted child, a child who is keeping company with gang related friends.
This prayer should not be prayed for your boyfriend, or girlfriend or someone whom you have feelings for that is not your spouse. That would be considered witchcraft because you are not in a covenant relationship with that person. You also don’t really know God’s will for that person so try not to let your emotions and feelings get control of you.
Likewise if you feel that someone who is not in a covenant relationship with you may be praying this over you, then you want to cut soul ties with them and pray this off of you.
Let’s look at the scriptures that talk about the Hedge of Thorns. There are actually 2 scriptures in the King James Version- one refers to laziness Proverbs 15:19 (we’ll cover that in a different post) and the other is Hosea 2:6.
We will focus in on Hosea 2:6. The book of Hosea is about the prophet Hosea and his unfaithful spouse. This book,while it can be taken literally, can also be looked at figuratively as the Church of Jesus Christ being unfaithful to God and chasing after things (idolatry) and not God. This is a spiritual unfaithfulness. Therefore if you see your child going after things that are not of God (prodigals, drug and alcohol addicted, bad company) you can use these scriptures to pray for them as well.
Let’s look at the scripture in context…
Hosea 2:5-7 (NKJV) “For their mother has played the harlot; She who conceived them has behaved shamefully. For 
she said, ‘I will go after my lovers, Who give me my bread and my water, My wool and my linen, My oil and my drink.’ “Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, And wall her in, So that she cannot find her paths. She will chase her lovers, But not overtake them; Yes, she will seek them, but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will go and return to my first husband, For then it was better for me than now.’
That’s pretty clear showing that these hedge of thorns keeps the unfaithful from going out and they return to the one with whom they are in a covenant relationship.
Hedge of Thorns Prayer:
Father God, I present to you this day ___________ and ask that you put the hedge of thorns, according to Hosea 2:6, around them to keep them from falling into sin. Cause them to not find the way of unfaithfulness. Cause these ungodly desires to not be fulfilled. May they return to a covenant relationship first and foremost with you, God, and secondly to the covenant relationship that You have ordained from the foundations of the earth. I pray for grace, patience and peace to guard my heart as I wait on You Lord to bring this prayer to fulfillment. I pray that You would send away all these ungodly desires. May _______ lose the desire to go that way, reveal to her/him that this way is destruction and against your will. Give him/her dreams and visions to see that the end is of no good. I pray that You will season my speech with grace so that I will know what to say and when to say it. I pray that you will cleanse my heart and root out any seed of bitterness. Give me grace to forgive. Put a guard over my mouth and show me how I can accommodate the reconciliation and restoration of this covenant relationship. If I have any responsibility in driving ______ away from you God and from this covenant relationship, please reveal it to me. Forgive me God and prepare me for their return. Guide them and me with your Holy Spirit, in Jesus Name, Amen.
If you want us to pray for your unfaithful spouse or your child, please write your prayer request below and we will pray for you and for them.
God Bless You.
Here are some other related prayers:
Prayer for Marriage Restoration
Prayer to Heal Broken Relationships
Prayer for a Hedge of Protection
Please pray for my husband Jamael and I that our marriage will be restored and that any ungodly desires he may have will cease. That our family be reunited stronger than ever before, and that God can remove any bitterness from me and give me a forgiving spirit to welcome Him home at that time.
I’m asking for prayers for my she’s has been tricked and manipulated on socal media and wants to leave with this person she has no idea who’s on the other end my wife is a great person but her weak mind has allowed her to fall for this person I don’t wish him bad he’s lost person that needs god also my children are upset with her but love her please pray for us me tomas and Cecilia
Plz pray for my husband Martin Joseph
Who is living an adulterous life.
This is his second marriage.
Also for the restoration of our marriage.
Thank you jesus
Thank you for praying for my husband Troy. That he would turn away from the divorce he has filed for & come back to his family. That he would be restored to God & the eyes of his heart would be open, that he would be softened to reconciliation & hope in the Lord for all He can restore.
Please pray for my spouse Jamael Hancock, I have prayed the Hedge of Thorns prayer for him, and our reconciliation.
Please pray for me and my husband, Michael. He is having An affair and has left our home and moved in with the OW. Please pray that our marriage be restored and that we can walk together in a path toward god.
Please pray for my wife Maureen who has left our marriage and is in love with another man.
Please pray for my daughter-in-love, Malyn. 2 weeks ago she confessed to our son, Josiah, that she had been having an affair for 3 months with a guy from her work. Josiah and Malyn have been married less than 2 years. They have started seeing Godly, Christian counselors. All 4 of us parents are in agreement that we, as well, are in covenant with each other as family in the Lord to love and support this young marriage. And we are all now praying together.
We will now all be praying this Hedge of Thorns prayer for her and for Josiah. Please pray in agreement with us for conviction, reconciliation, and restoration of what God has put together.
Please say a prayer for frank lofaro my husband and our entire family. He is having an affair with an evil woman named Kristen haa who knew he was married and was responsible for our 2 children he has been gone and it is killing all of us including his father who is worried for him thank you for your prayers
Praise God please pray for my unfaithful husband Isaac, he has muiltiple partners. May God close all those doors and return him to Him and us his family. Thank you
please pray now with me for my husband to return wholeheartedly to God and our family .jesus is working in him now ,but his temptations and addictions are strong , i am standing in the gap for him and am ready to receive him back into the covenant of our marriage ,with forgiveness and love .please all pray for him and his decision at the present time .
lord hear my prayer
Please pray for my husband. We have been married for 10 years and he’s cheated on me every step of the way. He’s addicted to sex and pornography. He left me and the kids more than 5 times. He listens to voices in head and tells me that they help to better himself but it only hurts him and henders our marriage. I try to hold on and stay in it but it hurts and I don’t know if I can or should. Please pray for us. Josiah and Melissa Johnson.
Been praying hedge of thorns for my spouse since September 2016, he’s stubborn prideful, controlling, angry (the more he sins the angrier and more abusively he treats me) he practices “his religion his way” moved in with a old woman ow, about a month ago. We are in the process of dividing our accounts for my protection as well as I don’t want her to access my accounts. 40 year marriage, hubby deep in sin unrepentant and says he’s not sinning.
I don’t believe what I see, hear…him say or do. Am still sure he will soon be touched by God’s incredible mercy and once he returns he will love God more than himself and be ready to serve with me in our community.
A tall order takes time to line up. I am capable of taking care of myself but know God wants to save my husband more then I do. He will and the hedge roots are deep thorns thick at this juncture he’s getting confused and she as a bad influence will lose interest find God herself and drop him quick.
The remainder of or marriage will be blessed amd we together I’ll help many in Christ for Christ.
Please pray for my husband Ollie, that God restore our marriage. Also that he be the man God wants him to be and the husband God designed him to be. For Latoya Calhoun to get out of our lives and anyone else that’s not of God.
Please pray for my husband Howard and I that he will come home to me and our family very soon. He was confused and feeling like he needed excitement in his life and is living with a much younger woman. He wants to start a separation agreement, but I don’t want to do that. Howard is a good man and we have been married for 36 years. Please pray for us that God will show him the light and he will come to a sudden understanding that he needs to come home and that with his other woman is not where he should be. thank you!