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 and I, He has giving up on our mirrage.
Pray for my husband a Man of God deceived by the enemy. He’s in a relationship with another woman. He hasn’t told her he’s married.
My son Ray who is an alcoholic. He believes in Jesus. Pray he will recognize and apply to his life that the same power that saved him is the same power that canl deliver him from alcohol, marijuana, cigarettes, and unforgiveness.
Please include ronald in your prayers. He has a mistress now and seems confused. He needs to return to God and restore his faith. Ann his mistress even claims she is 4months pregnant. May the hedge of thorns be upon my husband. Thank you and even now I praise God for victory over the enemy’s plan to destroy families.
I AM NEED OF A PRAYER FOR MY MARRIAGE. MY HUSBAND OF 14 YEARS HAS BEEN VERY UNFAITHFUL AND NEVER SEEM TO KNOW WHEN TO STOP. WE HAVE 3 CHILDREN TOGETHER I FEEL LIKE HE IS UNDER SOME KIND OF ATTACK HE HAS NO FAITH IN GOD. PLEASE HELP. THANK YOU.
Please pray for my husband Corey Chauvin his history of adultry he has seemed to want to not sin anymore but please say this for our marriage and him
Please pray for my husband Gerald who seems to be haulted between good and evil. please pray for the lust spirit of pornography and infidelity. He seems to have strayed in his relationship with the Lord as well. Please pray for our marriage of 20 years. There needs to be a change
Please pray for my husband David ‘s salvation, he has been unfaithful for 10 months. We have been married for 41 years. He use to be a good Christian husband. I am so hurt. I want our marriage to be restored, he works out of state. I love him so much and have been praying the Hedge of thorns over him.
Pls help me pray for my husband Jason. He’s having an affair with other woman. I am so down, like the whole world has fallen on me, I cried everyday to God for complete deliverance of my husband with this sin. Help me pray for the restoration of our marriage. That he will totally surrender his life to Jesus. That he will love me again like he used to be. That God will work in his life and stir his heart. That he will be faithful.
Please pray that God will soften my husband Antwion Pulley heart and restore our marriage and that he will leave this other woman & her kids & come back to me & his son.Also i need prayer for our 12 year old son & me to be healed of this diabetes and that my husband will forgive me also for the wrong that i have done.Thanks for your prayers & God Bless
Pleas pray for my wife Jennifer. She has left our home and started an adulteress relationship with a married man. She is refusing to consider the steps for reconciliation and is refusing to ask God for guidance. I just learned the hedge of thorns prayer, have prayed it and will continue to pray it going forward.
Please pray for my husband Jerome and I and for full restoration in our marriage. My husband had an affair and ended it but it’s now a year and a half later and he tells me that he doesn’t love me anymore, he still wants to separate and that he realized that he has feelings for this woman he had an affair with. (They work together.) I ask for prayers that my husband may “return to himself” and that our Lord would intervene in our marriage. Please join me in praying for his salvation. We have 2 beautiful boys and I pray for strength as I continue to stand and fight for my marriage. Thank you.
i ask that you pray for my wife samanth and our salvation of life in christ and in marrige she has had a abortion from a differnt man and is very secretive i ask that you pray for the salvation of our marrige because GOD is the only one who can get through to he
Please pray for my husband who has been in a sinful relationship since the past 10 years. He cannot seem to break away but also does not want to end his relationship with me.
Please help me to pray a Hedge of Thorns around my husband Adam. We have been together almost 6 years and married almost 2 years. He started having an affair 3.5 months ago and has now left our home and moved in with another woman. He tells me he still loves me and I’m a great wife. He says he’s torn and confused. We have 3 kids ages 23, 17, and a 7 month old baby. He says he has been getting away from God for a while now and he’s trying to find his way back. Please pray for my husband to humble himself confess his sins, repent and return to God and then return to his family. Thank You