Mending broken relationships-Prayer

          Father You alone are the architect of all relationships and You formed the first relationship in the Garden of Eden between God and man and man and woman. The Fall came in Genesis chapter 3, and brought huge devastation to this wonderful relationship and as a result of this conflict, quarrels and divisions among brethren became more of a norm in this planet earth.

          Thank You for giving Jesus Christ in our lives, who broke the wall of separation between God and man, and because of that the curse which happened at Garden of Eden is completely broken and we have a hope in Christ Jesus. Who can mend a broken Spirit? Who can bring healing and restoration apart from God who formed relationships in the Garden of Eden?

         Father it is very disheartening, painful, frustrating and difficult when severe wounds have been inflicted either by words or occult done against us by family members or members of the church by their own choice. Lord it is to our glory to forgive the offender, but the painful memories of those events could severely haunt and destroy the person who was wounded unless for Christ and Christ alone.  Embrace us with Your grace and love so those wounds become less painful and we can walk victoriously in Christ Jesus. 

Lord we are reminded of Your Word in Colossians 3:12-17; 

¹² Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

¹³ Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

¹⁴ And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

¹⁵ And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

¹⁶ Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

¹⁷ And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

           We pray that the Spirit of God, who is the perfect Counselor, would continue to minister to our aching heart and weed out areas which need attention and correction and bring us to that perfection and Your peace. Lord, time and again we are reinforced that we are human and we are limited in our ability and we are forced to look up! Grant us the capacity to assess ourselves with sober judgment so we can take responsibility for any wrong doing and we want to repent. Lord You have promised in Your Word that You will give grace abundantly to judge ourselves rightly in the Lord; ³ For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith; Romans 12:3; KJV.

           Loving Father, as You continue to soften our heart, we pray that You would soften the heart of our offenders and speak to them by the power of the Holy Spirit the areas they may have done to cause the division and conflict. If the hard words or occult done were spoken and done out of jealousy, we pray that You would continue to minister to their heart and give them a change of heart.  We refuse to usurp the power and work of Holy Spirit and we release them into Your hands. In our part give us grace abundantly so we would forgive them completely, and help us to grow in the fruit of the Spirit; “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law”. Gal: 5:22-23; and replace all of our selfishness by the fruit of the Spirit.

           Time and again we are reinforced that The ONE who is infinite and able is God alone in Christ Jesus who would help us and give us grace continuously in need especially when we face difficult relationships, destructive and sinful habits and other stresses in life which does not seem to part us very easily. We perfectly acknowledge that no matter what we face, mountains or mole hills, they can not be overcome without the intervention of a Loving Heavenly Father who alone has the ability to scale the unscalable!

           We pray Oh! God that You would help us scale the unscalable through the precious blood which was shed for the remission of sins on Calvary by Jesus Christ. Through Him alone are redemption and sanctification and restoration to God, the Father Who is wise and all powerful. Lord we pray that if it is in Your will, bring the restoration of our relationship with the offender to bring glory and honor to Yourself. Thank You for the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit who is able to help every believer who calls upon God in Christ Jesus.

“Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise God our savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and for ever; Amen; Jude:24-25.

(One can personalize this prayer for their situation: To God belongs glory and honor.)