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 wife Donna who has left our marriage and is in an affair with another man please pray that God will put hedge of thorns around her that she would not be able to go the way she wants to go. Pray that this hedge will turn her back to God that she will give her heart back to him and she will remember The love that she has for me and it will Kindle and burn brightly .
Please pray for my wife, Donna, she is breaking up the family and is having an affair with another man. Please pray that all types of walls, thorns, etc will rise up to prevent this affair and that Donna will turn her heart back to God.
Pray my husband breaks ties with his lover, not want what she has to offer him. She manipulates since she has money and has influenced him in a bad way. Pray he makes God and family his priority.
My husband left us last december. He said he is not in a relationship yet. But I know he has one. He refused to fix our marriage because sex is better with the other woman. I don’t know how to pray for him to have the urge to restore our marriage. He said he is never coming back. His heart hardened towards me. Please help me in praying for him to come back to us.
Praying for you Betty, praying for restoration of you marriage
I pray that my marriage and family is restored and that my husband’s feelings for other women will be removed. I pray that all social media desires is removed, I pray that our marriage will be reconciled so we can move forward and become a better and stronger spouse to each other. I pray to restore love,respect, peace, trust and forgiveness within our marriage. I pray that nothing or no one ever come in between our marriage. And our families love will be restored! I pray we renew our vows on our 10 year anniversary with our kids there too!
PLEASE pray for my husband and I. Help him soften his heart toward me. Keep him from seeking the other woman. Please pray for me and bring me peace. I want to put this marriage back together for the sake of our girls as well.
I pray that my marriage and family unit is restored and that my husband’s feelings for other women will be removed. I pray that our marriage will be reconciled so we can move forward and become a better and stronger spouse to each other. I pray to restore love, peace, trust and forgiveness within our marriage. I pray that nothing or no one ever come in between our marriage.
Pray for my husband David to stop cheating and watching pornography.
Please pray for my wife. I have forgiven her.
I pray that my husband be loose frim this other woman he is taking care of. I pray God put a hedge of protection around him and protect him. I pray the other woman be loose and find her own husband. I forgive them. I pray my husband start providing for me and our five kids. I pray he start spending time with us and been involved in our life. He start communicating and loving us just like he love this outsider. The outsider which is the other woman need to leave my family only and get her own and become a godly woman. I pray my husband become a godly husband for me and our five kids in Jesus name Amen
Please pray for my husband that he returns to me and his love for me. I pray for the other woman that she may find somebody single and unattached.
Please pray for the other woman in my husband life that God may open her eyes and she turn to God. Praying that my husband and her depart from each other. Praying a hedge between them that they would stop all communication. Praying for restoration of my marriage. God please touch my husband right now, let him find you right now. I surrender God. In Jesus Name it is done. Amen Thank you Jesus
Please pray for my husband Chris and ask God to put the hedge of thorn around him to loose the desire for the other woman and walk away completely from the other woman. Pray that he will return to a covenant relationship with God first an to his wife ad children. Pray that the other woman will also loose interest and walk away from my husband. Pray for my husband deliverance and repentance.
Please pray for my wive Lawra has worked away to Europe for the children’s future
pray for my husband and I . he is under a spell