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
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WEBSITE AND ALL IT HAS TO HELP ME. GOD BLESS YOU. PLEASE pray for my three adult prodigal children (27, 26 and 21yrs old). Thank you in advance.
Please pray for my husband, Byron G. He had an affair and left me and our two small kids ( 1 and 2 years old) behind. Please pray with me for the restoration of our marriage and family.
Please pray for K. Alex’s eyes to be opened to the truth, to repent and wholeheartedly pursue the healing of the Lord… That the little foxes that are stealing his affection would be deterred & uninterested…that his covenant would be restored and grow.
Praise The Loving Lord Jesus Christ!
I am an Underground Servant Intercessor In Christ, saved 12 yrs back, an ex- Occultist from aHindu origin, after marriage in a Hindu family I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior, my wife named Malathi remains unsaved till date she worships Hindu God’s, she separated 12 yrs back and now a couple of months back came to visit me with our 12 yr old son, but she wants me to live with her and wants me to renounce Jesus Christ and follow her false Hindu gods,
Pls pray for the will of God to be done in this situation for us ,let His Kingdom come and His will be done in our marriage situation, in Jesus Name.
Also if you could send me a scripture based prayer related to this situation, pls do so, so that I could intercede for them daily at the throne of Grace.
Manivannan.
Mumbai-India.
please help me pray for my husband who has turn from God and turn to womanising and drinking..i want God to save him and bring him back to me…Amen
Please pray for my wife Clare and I, that I may be reunited with her. Without exposing her nakedness, I was falsely accused and kicked out of our home so she could pursue a relationship with a friend of ours and I admit I wasn’t the husband I should have been or a man after God’s own heart. But I pray restoration is sudden and soon, not just for myself, but all us standers as well. Thank you all and God bless.
Please pray for my husband who left me and my five years old daughter n moved in with his former ex girlfriend. God can restore and am waiting on him.
Please pray for me and my husband left me for another woman. I still have feeling for my husband and I want him back in life together like we once were. Lord please bring us back together again. Thankyou I for all your prayers and support and blessing to fix my marriage.
Pray for my unfaithful , and unloving spouse, Please .
Please pray for my husband that he repents and turns from his wicked ways. I ask that you pray that the spirit of adulterous behavior be remove. I ask that you pray that he truly repents and turns back to God. Pray for healing for myself and restoration of my marriage.
Pray this prayer for my husband Chad Moreno, who has left me & my 5 kids , for another women & drugs
And also for my daughter Meranda Trujillo who moved in with me about a year ago to get out of a metal & Physical abusive relationship
Who is starting to experiment with drugs , but also and started see a guy who is where’s and her first plz help me
Thank you
Do I say this prayer one time ?
I have a husband that is doing drugs & has moved out to live with a female that is using drugs to & I have not talked or seen him in a couple of weeks it’s just not like him to completely walk away
Please touch & agree with me for this prayer to come into fruition.
Heavenly Father, I ask You to rebuke and bind satan and keep him out of my relationship with Shedrick, out of my life and out of Shedrick’s life in the name of Jesus and through the Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.
I ask you to build a “hedge of thorns” around (Shedrick), so that
anyone, anything with wrong influence will lose interest in (him) and leave.
I pray that through this hedge, any other lover will lose interest and be repelled from Shedrick, depart from him immediately and stay far away from Shed. I pray that Shed will loose interest in all women that aren’t me and be repelled from all women that aren’t me and depart from all women that aren’t me immediately.
I base this prayer on Your Word which commands that what You have joined together, let not man put asunder.” ((Matthew 19:6) In Jesus name.
Father God, Thank You for hearing and answering my prayer. Amen.
Father God, I present to you this day August 2, 2018 Shedrick and ask that you put the hedge of thorns, according to Hosea 2:6, around Shed to keep Shed from falling into sin. Cause Shed to never find the way of unfaithfulness. Cause these ungodly desires to not be fulfilled. May Shed 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 Shed lose the desire to go that way, reveal to him that this way is destruction and against your will. Give him 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 Shed away from you God and from this covenant relationship, please reveal it to me. Forgive me God and prepare me for his return as a faithful, loving, and loyal husband. Guide Shed and I Anitra with your Holy Spirit, in Jesus Name, Amen
Heavenly Father, I ask You to rebuke and bind satan and keep him out of my relationship with Rob, out of my life and out of Rob’s life in the name of Jesus and through the Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.
I ask you to build a “hedge of thorns” around (Rob), so that
anyone, anything with wrong influence will lose interest in (him) and leave.
I pray that through this hedge, any other lover will lose interest and be repelled from Rob, depart from him immediately and stay far away from Rob. I pray that R will loose interest in all women that aren’t me and be repelled from all women that aren’t me and depart from all women that aren’t me immediately.
I base this prayer on Your Word which commands that what You have joined together, let not man put asunder.” ((Matthew 19:6) In Jesus name.
Father God, Thank You for hearing and answering my prayer. Amen.
Father God, I present to you this day ___Rob_______ and ask that you put the hedge of thorns, according to Hosea 2:6, around R to keep R from falling into sin. Cause Rob to never find the way of unfaithfulness. Cause these ungodly desires to not be fulfilled. May Rob 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 ____Rob__ lose the desire to go that way, reveal to him that this way is destruction and against your will. Give him 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 ___Rob__ away from you God and from this covenant relationship, please reveal it to me. Forgive me God and prepare me for his return. Guide Ron and me with your Holy Spirit, in Jesus Name, Amen.
My husband Mark abandoned my four children and I on Oct. 31, 2017. We had no idea this was coming. Him and a married women rented a place together. I had know idea of the affair. He has had nothing to do with my children and I since he left. We have been married for 31 years. He is likes perfect stranger. I would like prayer.