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
I am asking for prayer for me and my husband, Steve. I found out a month ago that he has been having an affair with a woman from his work place. We have been married for 27 years. My heart is broken. We both have decided that we want to work on saving our marriage, however, he still is wrestling with feelings that he has for the other person. This is hard for me. Thank you for praying for us in this very difficult time of life.
Please pray for me and my wife Debbie that wouldn’t destroy our marriage of 29 years.
I ask you to pray a hedge over my wife Danielle and our marriage she has fallen into sin and idolatry I pray that she will give her heart to God once again in Jesus name!!!
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My Husband of 6 years has recently left me and my children and is living with another women and her family. I’ve been praying that God will bring Restoration to my Marriage and that the enemies plans with be banished in the name of Jesus. I ask for prayer in agreement that My husband comes home to his wife and children.
I am hoping others can pray for my family. My wife Pamela who I still love suddenly left me for a woman. This woman is very bad and mean to my children. My wife shocked me so that I signed whatever was put in front of me and now looking back I realized I was in total shock over the end of our family. My daughters are hanging in there, but one is turned to drugs and alcohol. My ex-wife is a very mean and vindictive person and very selfish as well. She only thinks of herself now. She was once so loving and caring. I think she turned to the devil. I don’t even know who she is anymore. I do love her and I would like to reconcile with her but she would have to find that within herself to reject the evil Temptations she has succumbed to. So please pray for a hedge of thorns placed around Pamela and please pray for the restoration of our family. I’m a very sad and lost man and only think of how beautiful our family was and wishing it to be restored. Thank you and thank you Lord Jesus. I wish you all who are reading thos health and happiness, and I will pray for the restoration of your families as well. God bless you and stay strong .
Sincerely, Jim.
Please pray for my beloved Nicki to break off all ungodly relationships and to return fully to God and our marriage. Thank you.
Please pray for my husband Brian. He left our home 2.5 years ago but there has been constant back and forth of him saying he wants to work on the marriage and us reconciling to him then walking out on me and the kids. It’s been horrific. But now he’s on Tinder and having inappropriate relationships and doing things he knows hurts me. Are divorce is coming close to an end and I am praying for a miracle. Praying that his bad choices lead no where and God removes these people from his life. I pray that he decides to return to our marriage and stop the divorce.
Please pray for my husband, Jeff. He is working on an island telling me he wants me to visit him there but he is not making arrangements for us to have the same home. He says he is being faithful but I know he is not doing the Lord’s will by not making a home for us but putting his work before the Lord’s will for our marriage for the two to become one and our restoring our marriage under one roof together.
He wants me to go there just to send me back to my home a week later. I went once already.
Please pray that the Lord give him an undivided heart and softened heart to want to return to Gods will for our marriage and want our marriage to be restored by desiring to want to live in the same home with one another. Please pray also that the Lord strengthen my faith. I don’t know if I should go to him. Please pray for the Lord to reveal to me what His will is for me to do in this matter.
Thank you so much for your prayers for my marriage and for all the other marriages going through this painful time.
Please pray for my spouse he stay out until the next day with no respect for me of his two sons. His company is not healthy nor care about marriage I have no support with our sons and he’s left who he is to the God.
Pray for my husband Nuwrul who has been living a life of sin cheating and drinking. He is overseas at this time and has not spoken to me since I have found out about the cheating. Help his heart heal and help him communicate with first the lord then myself. Pray that all the demons that are guiding will fall off of him and all the bad influences will leave him alone.
Please pray for my husband to return home from his mistress’s arms and home, for him to stop talking about a divorce, for him to work towards a marital reconciliation. For him to soften his heart and love me outwardly the way I know he does deep inside, beneath his confusion and anger.
Hello,
I am asking for prayer for my marriage. My husband Qandeel suffers from alcohol, drugs and sexual addictions. I put him out our home back in April and he went back to his hometown of Newark and we have been separated with miminmal communication ever since. He has gone on acting as if he single seeing women and living a life of sin. Please pray that God first softens his heart to repent and establish a true lasting relationship first with God. Then restore our relationship and marriage. Please also pray that Qandeel will be a good provider, husband, and father to our 11 month old Jonah as well as his two other sons Elijah and Noah (from a previous relationship). Please touch and agree that we become the people God has called us to be in Christ and that our storm becomes a testimony to help others in similar situations. Thank you and God bless you in advance for lifting our family up in prayer.
Please pray for my husband. He started an affair only 2 months ago and now wants a divorce. He is claiming he is unsure if he ever had a relationship with God and he has completely lost his identity in Christ in order to chase his sinful desires.
Pray for my husband ,he is cheating on me
I ask that you pray for my husband and our marriage. He moved out to deal with his “demons” of war, womanizing online and has been in a relationship with another woman. His head is fragile and his heart is confused. He feels unforgivable despite his upbringing. I pray God renews our marriage of 20+years to be what he wants for us both. Thank you!!
I ask for prayer for my husband, he has moved out and living with another woman. I pray first and foremost that his heart would align first with Heavenly Fathers heart. Healing in his heart, blinders to be removed , mercy and truth to preserve him. That he would forgive himself and others.His name is Darren. Thank you.