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 marriage to be restored to a Godly marriage and that my husband stops his cheating and sleeping around with other women. That he stops being disloyal, untrustworthy and unfaithful
Please pray for my husband David who has been having an affair for only a few months and is wanting to file for divorce on Tuesday. He’s abandoned me and our children for this woman who has a history of ruining other marriages.
Pray for gods will with my wife Lorie. I’m ready for Gods will…not mine. Heal her lord.
Plz pray 4 my husband Anthony, of 13yrs. He has never been faithful to me & yet again wants 2 end our marriage. We have 3 beautiful children. I hope this time he comes back 2 me & never commits adultery again. In Jesus name I also pray, amen.
Please pray for my husband Moses of 8 years and 3 children who want to walk away from our marriage to a mistress who is advising him to leave us.He was a believer and he decided to walk away from the lord. Please help me pray he wants to leave and go live with the mistress.
Dear Lord,
Bringing before you Moses and asking that you soften his hardened heart. We pray that his eyes will be opened to see the serious error of his ways. Please be with his wife and children at this time. We pray a hedge of thorns around Moses, and we pray that he returns back to you and the Covenant relationship of his marriage. We also pray against the spirit of divorce. Please remove this from his mind and heart. We pray for the mistress that she will be removed and have NO desire to be with Moses.We ask this in your Holy name, Amen.
Thank you Grace God is at work he said he would leave this coming month of september but God is holding him up he has not yet left. Keep us in prayer i will be praying this prayer daily.
Please pray for my wayward spouse, who plans to leave the covenant relationship and our two children for another woman. Pray for me to make the right decisions for my family through this time and to trust in God.
Please pray for my husband brandon who had an affair with Ashley. They have been having an affair for about 3 years. They go on and off. She is a yong women who he works with. She doesn’t believe in God so for her having sexual relationships with married men are okay with her. She has been poison in our lives and pray a hedge of protection over my husband and my family. I pray that she be gone for good from our lives. Our 3 chords will not be broken anymore. We have been married for 8 years with 2 children. Ashley keeps contacting my husband and then he goes back to her. He says that it’s because she is fun. I pray that he finally leave her for good and both of them no longer contact each other. Please pray that our marriage is restored with deep love for each other. I pray that the Lord bring my husbands attraction and love back to me. He has planned to move out in September but after I found out about his affair he doesn’t know if he wants to stay or leave. I pray in the blood of Jesus that he be protected and that he listens to the Holy Spirit for guidance. I thank you for praying for our family
Praying that your husband will see the error of his sinful ways and return back to Jesus.We pray a hedge of thorns around him and for this woman to go away and leave him alone. We pray that God will speak to her. We ask you Lord for your healing balm over this lovely wife and her children. We ask that you keep them safe and protect them. Please restore this man back to you and back to his wife and family..In Jesus name. Amen.
Please pray for our family, especially my husband, Collin who is currently having an affair with Samantha. I believe she is a very dark person leading him down a very dark path. Everyone has the ability to see her for what she really is but him. He has now left our family for her and is becoming someone I would never imagine him to be. I feel such pain seeing him in this state. He’s such a lost sheep! So many people are mourning the loss of such a good man. I was so proud to be his wife, now I’m not sure who he is. What sadness! Lord, please let it be your will that with your grace and forgiveness and divine intervention, that our beautiful family will be restored in Jesus’ name! Amen!
My husband has filed for divorce. I do not know if there is someone else. I have thoughts, but I’m not sure that it’s not just the devil trying to bring me down. I pray for reconciliation. I pray that my husband will come back to me and our children. Please pray for me, my children and my husband. Pray that he stops living in sinful ways and comes back to his marriage!!
Please pray for my husband he is not with us anymore . He is with his mistress please for conviction and brokeness upon his life. That he would see the glory and goodness of GOD that he can hair the voice of GOD and fully surrender every thing to our God almghtly ❤️❤️❤️
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pls pray for my husband let him find God . May he be fully commited to our marriage
PLEASE pray over my husband, Pablo. He has been staying at home, but he still contacts and visits his mistress. I ASK PRAYERS FOR HIM TO FIND THE WILL AND STRENGTH TO END ALL CONTACT WITH HER SO THAT HE CAN FULLY COMMIT TO US. PRAY FOR HIM TO FIND THE LOVE HE HAS FOR ME(Elizabeth) AGAIN, I KNOW ITS THERE.
Pray for his mistress, yailyn, to realize what she is doing is not a way of God. She knows he is married and with children, and says “I am just the lover y lo u cant cheat on those I like having him around ” so I know she won’t leave. I can’t believe there are people this heartless. I pray she comes to realize that God has someone that will love her only, someone who isn’t already married.
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My husband is having an affair with a woman who practice witchcraft .i have been praying but there are times I become frustrated . I asked him about it he denied it but he goes out twice a week & wont say where he’s going. This has been very difficult to live with I guard my mouth & I try to live without being bitter I am heartbroken . Please pray for me and for his salvation . Thank you .
Please pray for my unfaithful wife and four children. Thank you.
My husband Robert has being having an affair with Shelia W for about two years now. He said it was over but for some reason he keeps going back and he won’t leave her alone. The woman stated that he will never be out of her life so I better get use to it. We have separated and I’m trying to move on with my life but I am hurt and angry and I do love him. I don’t know if God wants this marriage to be over or if it’s a test. I’ve been praying that God give me strength and peace during this time. I’ve also been praying for him. What every Gods will let me accept and move on.