Great Lord in heaven, I have a child that has fallen away from their belief in you, and they have forsaken all that they have been taught about You. I know they know what is right and what is wrong. I pray You send Your Holy Spirit, granting them a heart of repentance (2 Tim 2:25) and help them seek forgiveness and restoration with You. Lord, I know all I can do is pray. Lord, you, can do all things, that seem impossible to me, but nothing is for You. Please, Lord, grant my child repentance so that they might return to You again and to our family. Lord, I trust you, and I know that whatever happens is for their very best (Rom 8:28). Please forgive me where I have failed my child and failed You in bringing them up in the admonition of the Lord and please guide their heart back to You, as well as our family.  We pray these prayers In the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Lord, I come in the name of Jesus, praying that You will circumcise their hearts. Circumcision was the Old Testament sign of entering into God’s covenant, of being God’s people. Lord, I pray that a circumcised heart will symbolize having a heart that is fully joined to You, fully submissive to You, “And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring so that you will love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live” (Deuteronomy 30:6).  Lord,I pray that You would give them a heart of flesh. The hear tof flesh is a heart that is alive and responsive to God.  I pray every heart of stone that is cold and unyielding will be turned into a heart of flesh. I pray that the Lord would work within unbelievers’ hearts to change their hearts. “And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh…” (Ezekiel11:19).

Lord, I pray that You would put Your Spirit within them. I pray the great joy of salvation will be indwelled in them by the power of God. I pray that God would grant honor to all unbelievers /unregenerated individuals. Lord, I ask for Your mercy and grace for those You choose to possess Your spirit so it may reside within their hearts. “And I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules” (Ezekiel 36:27). Again, I ask they have a desire to come to Christ. As unbelievers come to the Lord for salvation, there is one way, they must come through Christ and Christ alone. “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me’” (John 14:6). Lord, you are the one who calls them to come and to be relieved of the burden of their sin (see Matthew11:28-30).

Father, Lord of all, giver of eternal life, we pray these prayers In the Name of Jesus, amen.

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