The Abusive Dad

Fathers do not irritate and provoke Your children to anger (do not exasperate them to resentment) but rear them (tenderly) in the training and discipline and the counsel and admonition of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4

Lord, I pray that you will heal, deliver, and set the abusive dad free; whether he is physically or emotionally abusive deliver him from all works of evil. Lord, whatever has happened in his life that caused him to be abusive, You will pull it out of his mind, body, soul, and spirit. Break the yoke of bondage off his life. I pray You will go to the root of the problem: dig it up and pull it out. If he is abusive to his children because he was abused as a child, allow this cycle to be broken in Jesus’ name. Heal him of the childhood trauma he experienced. Don’t allow him to keep revisiting incidents and situations that caused him to be abusive. Lord don’t allow pride to prevent him from getting help. Let him know that he cannot do it by himself. Allow him to know that the cycle can and will be broken. I pray that he will receive Godly counseling.

Don’t allow him to abuse the girls because they are not boys. Don’t allow him to abuse the boys because they remind him of himself, or everything he is not. Don’t allow him to

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abuse the girls because they remind him of his ex-wife, girlfriend, or mother that abused him. Lord, if he is emotionally abusive just because he does not like the child, or the child is not his own seed, speak to the father’s heart and allow him to love the child. Let him know that he does not have anything if he does not love. Give him a clean kind heart, and renew his mind, to be changed. Let people tell him that he will be judged for every word that comes out of his mouth, and let him take heed of the word. I pray the Abusive Dad will not provoke his children any longer.

Let the dad know this abuse will cause his child to lose heart and become discouraged. Let the dad’s words build up and not destroy. I pray he will not belittle them in private, or in front of family, or friends. He will not nag or complain about a task that he has given the child to do, which is not perfect. Allow the dad to know he is not perfect, so why should he expect his child to be perfect? Let him know that the child did his best; that is all he can ask. Lord, I pray that the father will not continue to nag and nitpick at any chore the child does. I pray against him giving the child a task to do that he cannot complete because of the child's size or mental capacity.

Don’t allow him to say mean and evil things to him because he thinks this will provoke him to change. Allow him to talk to the child about his behavior if he is not happy with the way the child is behaving. If the child is going down the

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wrong path, allow him to know that his words have power, and he needs to speak positive words to his seed.

Let him choose his words wisely. Allow the emotionally abusive Dad to bridle his tongue. Allow the emotionally abusive Dad not to have an accusing spirit against the child. Allow the dad to stop speaking false words over the child's life.

PRAYERS FOR THE CHILDREN

Lord, heal the child that has been emotionally and physically abused. Pull out every negative word that has been spoken over their lives; out of the atmosphere around them, their hearts, mind, soul, and spirits. Lord, I pray You will restore their soul. Please remove any form of accusation. Lord, I pray the child does not continue to enter abusive relationships because the child in them is still yearning to please their father. Lord, place a firewall around the child and prevent them from entering abusive relationships because this was introduced to their spirit when they were young, and they think love must be abusive.

Allow their minds to be renewed. Cast down every thought from the enemy that will keep them bound. Lord, I pray the abuse will go into outer darkness. Lord, restore the child to being able to communicate with other people without hiding or holding their true feelings in because they think people will not like them. Let them be truthful with themselves

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and with people. Lord, I pray that the child will not be so hard on themselves if they make a mistake because they are used to being judged for every little thing. Lord, I pray in the name of Jesus, that the emotionally abused child will not always try to please other people, while forsaking themselves. Remove the spirit from wanting to please people. Allow them the wisdom and grace to strive to please You. Lord, take away any sickness or illness that is going on in the child's body like irritable bowel syndrome as a result of emotional abuse. Lord, take away feelings of inadequacy, inferiority, intimidation, and self-doubt. Remove fear and doubt. Lord, allow them to know that they are victorious and that they are more than conquerors according to Your word.

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