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 who keeps getting involved in emotional relationships with other women. Most recently, he and my ex-best friend started one. He lied and told me that he stopped talking to her and I found out 2 days ago that he hasn’t. Pray that he gets professional help for his low self esteem issues and stops this cycle of destruction to our marriage. He is also a pastor.
My husband Marty has been having an affair with Traci. I just recently found out about the affair. We were going to work on our marriage and Marty told me that he was going to break up with Traci; but he has to do this in person. Needless to say I guess he did see her in person and now he has moved out of our home. Please pray that he gives up his affsir and comes back to me and our son.
I just read this book in the Bible and then found this prayer. My wife left about month ago but I just found out she has been having an affair. She states she wants a divorce and she has been in contact with an attorney. Pray the Lord will block her path and guide her back to him and then me. She has completely turned her back on God. My family needs a miracle. Thank you.
My husband and I have been separated since May 2017 after 20 years of marriage. He left to clear his mind and never came back home as he is having an adulterous relationship with the OW (S. M.)
Please pray for my husband ( Fealofani) to return home to his family and the full restoration of our marriage.
Please pray for my husband, he made mistakes in the past and we reconciled and he promised not to hurt me or our family again, recently he told me he didn’t know if he loved me anymore, then I found out he has been unfaithful with another woman, she is telling him to leave me and encouraging his confused thoughts. We recently signed a lease on a new home, and had a new baby. Please pray that God shows him this is wrong, he admitted he knows it it wrong but says he doesn’t know what to do now because he doesn’t feel for me that way. Show him these feelings are fleeting and what we have is real, that marriage takes work and commitment. Please I am willing to forgive and work on things and being a better wife. Please pray.
Please pray for my wife Jennifer. She decided to leave the marriage 5 months ago and has filed for divorce, after 13 yrs. of relationship. We have been close to reconciliation in many occasions, but there are people who have called themselves friends to her that have felt the liberty to counsel her in ending our relationship. The bad thing is that when she decides to not continue with reconciliation but instead continue with divorce, she takes on this attitude towards me and makes me her enemy. She does not even want to talk to me or want to even see me and it almost feels like she hates me. I am standing in faith asking God desperately for a miracle in me, in my wife and in our marriage. We have 3 kids who are under 12 and are suffering the consequences of this situation. God I need you, help please.
Pray for my husband Kenny & me, my name is Cara. At the moment he is having an emotional affair with an old flame that started when they were 14! He is working to move 10 hours away to be with her. Also, she is married with children. I ask for prayers for myself because currently I am taking care of my Mother, who has small cell lung cancer, in a different state. Thank you in advance for all the prayers!
Please pray for my marriage to be healed, restored
My name is Demetrius Belcher and please pray for my wife Lolita Belcher she has been unfaithful to me for years we have been married for 18 years but I would like restoration for our marriage and my family please pray for Lolita Belcher so that she will not continue on these acts of being unfaithful to me and Jesus
Please pray for my husband and I, he’s had an affair and its killing me, he said he stop but his word and action shows some thing else, I think he hates me. I don’t know what else to do.
Please pray for a restoration of my marriage. My wife left me 3 months ago. I am praying without ceasing for everything God will show me, and for my wife to hear His promptings as well.
Please pray that my husband will turn from the desire to seek other women and release his attention back toward Gods will and his ccovenant wife. I pray that God will show him a way away from Satan grasp so that he can love on me his wife that God allowed to be his good thing. Let my husband see that my hearts desire is to be with him and grow in Christ together. In Jesus name. Amen
Please pray for my husband Marcus. He has turned away from God and is with another woman – though he insist their relationship is merely platonic, but his phone says otherwise. Please pray for marriage restoration and reconciliation. Really appreciate the prayers.
Please pray for my husband who is unfaithful to our marriage. The woman kept coming back because she knew my husband has codependsency problem.
Please help me pray.
Thank you.
Please pray for my unfaithful husband, John. He has started an intense relationship with another woman and is considering leaving me for her. We have 2 beautiful children and I am pregnant with our third, due in about a month. I love him terribly and have already forgiven him but he isnoulled between his desire to stay and heal his family and his feelings for her. Pray that his heart would be closed to her and God would convict him to honor his marriage vows.