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 Castillo he has left me after ten years telling me he wants young other woman because i am old.he is also very cruel and emotionally abusive.
I would like him to follow god and come home a changed man.
Thankyou
I ask that you pray for me and my wife tiffany matthews. She has kicked me out the house,stop going to church and pursued another relationship with another man . I love her and want to be with her but she keeps pushing me away . Even recently getting a restraining order against me where I can’t see the kids and the court day is April 26. She lied and said I wanted to shoot the other man to keep me away and cause more pain and trouble in my life .She stopped going to church and started dabbling in other relegions that don’t believe In Jesus being the savior . I lover her and wish them come back to Christ and bad influences at work Kima and James and others leave her alone so she can be the woman of God she’s called to be . I believe God can do it and I ask for prayers, a hedge of thorns around tiffany so she can’t sin . I ask to pray for the safety of our children which one has already tried committing suicide and cried when my wife’s grandmother said I love her .
please pray for me and my wife i am a vetran and she is talking about spliting up she is my rock and we have a family
Please pray for me and my husband Lonnie. Pray for Lonnie to completely surrender to God, and for reconciliation of our marriage. In Jesus name Amen.
Please pray for my husband, he contacts other women using social media ; Facebook etc. They call him on the phone and he doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with it
please pray for my relationship with my fiance for God to restore our relationship and give us the strength get through our challenges
Please pray for my husband.. he is in an Adulterous relation with my best friend who is a mother of 2 and married as well. I have been fasting and praying and seen changes in my husband. I request for joint prayer for my husband break all communication with that woman and return to me with a changed heart. May the Lord touch his heart and draw him closer to God. He is right now angry and covered with Pride. Please pray for his deliverance…
Good day, I need prayer as well as the hedge of thorn over my husband wansalio. He has been unfaithful to me once again. Back in 2012 while pregnant with our 3rd child Jeremiah he had an affair with 2 different women. We worked it out, so I thought. Yesterday I found out he has yet another affair last yr 2016. I printed divorce papers because I am feed up and tired of this nonsense. However my spiritual mother recommended I go on a fast. She joined me on this fast. I let my husband know am aware of what he did. He is saying that he didn’t want to do it but is weak and it’s an addiction. He doesn’t want to leave us but I’m ready to leave. I’ll be praying for marriage restoration but I really want to leave. I’ll be obedient and do what God tells me to do. Thank you for your prayers. Blessing to you
I am 2 months into my husband leaving to pursue the relationship with his “partner” of 1yr. He says he still loves me and even shows affection in small ways, which he says she doesn’t know about. I told him he is living a lie. Our adult children are broken. I have a faith walk, which is pretty strong…..he is saved but doesn’t have a good faith walk. I truly want ONLY God’s will and I am standing firm in my commitment to our family unless God calls me to go a different direction.
Please pray for God’s will to be revealed soon….for my continued peace……for healing…..wisdom
I prophesy victory/wholeness/abundance.
PLEASE PLEASE PRAY
My Wife will meet the other man today so they can decide if they will go ahead with their relationship
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Please pray for me and my marriage. My husband left me for another woman after 22 years of marriage . Please help me restore my husband back to me.
Hi please pray for my husband Roger. I have prayed the hedge of thorns prayer and would appreciate you to prayer for restoration of our marriage. I would also like a prayer for me to be graceful and respectful, patient and kind so as not to over react or get upset and angry. I have forgiven my husband but i contine to be jealous and bitter and envious. We both have made a mistake in our marriage but I really desire for my husband to have a closer relationship with the Lord like he used too have in the past. Thank you
Please pray for my husband and for me as well. He has confessed to infidelity and is struggling with it. He has not left but I fear he will because he has stated a desire to do so. I am putting all of my faith in my lord Jesus Christ. I have put my husband and my marriage in his hands. I have prayed the hedge of thorns prayer over him and the other woman and need all my prayer warriors out there to do the same please. I believe that God will restore my marriage and make our lives better then they were before. This being patient and living this is killing me. Please pray for us and our family. Thank you.
Please Pray for my husband Jim. He suddenly left more than a month ago saying he is having issues and needed to fix himself. A few weeks after, I found that he was having an affair. He said that the affair has ended but still won’t come home.
Please pray that my husband will come home, and that our marriage be restored.
Please pray for my husband, Paul who has love another woman and has an affair with her. He wants to end our marriage but I am trusting God to revive our marriage still. We have 2 children.