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 Amanda and I to be reconciled and return to God. That the hedge of thorns would return her to our marriage.
Thank you.
Please pray for my estranged husband who has left me and my son almost 11 years ago to return to God and us in Jesus name. Amen
Dear fellow believers,
I seek your prayers for my family’s restoration. My children and I have been separated for 8 months due to a possible divorce & legal issues, and my heart aches to be reunited. Please pray for God’s intervention to bring reconciliation between us. I also ask for guidance in my marriage, as I fear it is strained. I know He Can do All things! I believe in prayer! In Jesus’ name, we trust in His grace. Amen.
Thank you!! 🙏🏽❤️
Please pray for my wife Shonisani and I for her as she asked me to leave home after I discovered her cheating on me for the 2nd time with other man. I made a vow that we’ll be together forever, I ask that she come back to her senses and to me to call me home that we be reunited, be with our children, and for us to reconcile and be restored stronger than ever in Jesus mighty powerful Name.
Heavenly Father, I come to you in the name of Jesus, seeking your healing and restoration of my marriage and my family. I ask for forgiveness for my part in pushing my spouse away, which led him to commit adultery. I believe in your word which says that what God has joined together no man shall separate and that our union is sacred. You are God Almighty and you can turn around this situation to our good. Bless your Holy Name. Amen
I am asking for prayers for my husband to return home as he left after I confronted him about an affair in 2022 and a this mo th I discovered that a child has been born that he say belongs to him to another woman. I’ve also discovered my husband is gambling he has become more unkind and disrespectful to me. He has agreed to counseling and back out both times. He has asked for divorce over and over. In all this time I have been praying for my husband to change and return home. He said he wants to but something holds him back. Me and my husband need a prayer arm right now help us with prayer. Marcia and Clive
Requesting prayer for my husband, Ruben, and I. We’ve been married 5 yrs and lived together one. He’s been swept away in a familiar and generational spirits that close him in into residential adultery and many other impure ways. My faults have been corrected and being moved into deeper love and longsuffering through the Holy Spirit governance. Praying for not only the whole family ordeal of salvation and deliverance, and too, my restoration with my husband. Thank You. GOD’s Amazing and has given many Scriptures and Character reminders of Who He is and beckons me to continue to grow in in this process. May the LORD GOD immediately bless you His Presence and His will for you as you pray for us. In Jesus’ Name. Amen
Dear Heavenly Father, I come before You with a humble heart, acknowledging Your presence and giving thanks for the countless blessings in my life. Today, I lift up my family in prayer, particularly my beloved wife, Rebeca, and our three cherished children. Lord, I thank You for the beautiful journey of love and family that we have shared. Through the trials and tribulations, You have always been our guiding light, our protector, and our source of strength. I am grateful for the grace, love, and provision You have bestowed upon us. In recent months, we have faced challenges that have tested our faith and strength. I admit my shortcomings and the pain I have caused in this journey. I long to be reunited with my family, to hold them close, and to cherish the moments we once shared. I pray for Your divine intervention, Lord, to heal our wounds, restore our trust, and mend our family. Please protect Rebeca’s heart and mind, and let the seeds of love, forgiveness, and understanding flourish in our hearts. I ask for Your guidance and wisdom to lead us towards reconciliation and a stronger, brighter future together. Lord, I surrender our family and marriage into Your hands, trusting in Your promise that “what You have joined together, no one should separate.” May Your will be done, and may Your glory shine through our lives. I thank You, Lord, for the lessons learned, the growth achieved, and the love that still binds us. I believe that You can work all things together for our good. In the name of Jesus, I pray for Your mercy, Your grace, and Your miraculous touch on our family. Amen.
prayed with you for Rebeca, yourself, your marriage and you family. Believing for and with you in Jesus Christ. Amen.
Please pray for me that my husband by years and ring’s return to me, he walked out after cheating on a dating site, now I don’t know who he is, he’s living with the woman & still calls me every day, he said at one point he regrets what he did but I see that he’s in deep with this woman, my whole world is inside out & im floored because he gave me his promise he would never, ever cheat or walk away, I cry every day,
please pray for my wife that she may return to my marriage with our family and end all ties to outside partners. please clear her mind and heart. Please wash away the resentment she may hold against me. God forgive me for anything that drove her away.
Please pray for my husband Derrick for he is being unfaithful and wants a divorce.
Please pray for my husband Orson and i for him 5i leave the other woman and come back to me and our children for us to reconcile and be restored stronger than ever in Jesus might powerful name
Please pray for my daughter that she may find God and find happiness in her marriage so that she will never cheat on her husband again. Pray that she will provide a Godly home for her children. Pray for me to have the wisdom and patience to help her on her path to God.
Amen!
Please pray for me and my 3 children
Please pray for my husband Gift to end his affairs and soul ties with this woman. His excuse is he like that and that’s hurtful. Pray for me to heal from the hurt and bitterness. And for our children. I hope he will humbly give his heart to the Lord.
Please pray for my wife of almost 10 years. She had an affair and is now acting like a completely different person. She moved out and says she is happier now than she has been in a long time. My 3 kids and I are suffering from having our lives turned upside down. I don’t know how long I can hold on.
This is me.I am that wife who had an affair. I ask that you pray for me, my ex husband and my children that they will all forgive me.So that our lives can be blessed.