The Mentally ill Dad

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 KJV

Lord, I pray for the Dad that is mentality ill. Let him realize that he has a problem. I pray he will seek professional help. Lord, bind up the hand of the enemy that would keep him in bondage from getting the help he needs. If the Dad is part of an ethnic group that does not believe in seeking professional help, remove the stigma associated with people receiving help for mental illness. Once the father is healed, allow the father to do whatever he must do to maintain a stable mind.

If they are attending a church that does not believe in seeking professional help for the mind, don’t allow the pastor to belittle the Mentally Ill Dad. Lord, open the mind of the pastor and church leader’s minds. Let them see that You have people working in all types of fields for Your glory. Let them know that Luke, one of Your disciples, was a doctor.

If the pastor says, all the Mentally Ill Dad needs is You, allow them to know that they do have You, but they are still struggling in their mind. Bind up the stereotype that all they

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need is You. Allow the pastors to know that people go to the doctor for their body, so they can also go to the doctor for their minds. Let the pastor pray and have compassion on the Mentally Ill Dad. Let the pastor know that just because he may not have struggled with mental illness, this does not mean that some of the parishioners may not suffer from it.

Allow him to take his medications if he has been prescribed meds. Lord, I pray he will take his meds while You are healing him and setting him free. I pray against side effects making him gain weight, increase cholesterol, drowsiness, and constipation. Lord, allow him to look to You for healing of the mind. Let the mind that is in him be like the mind that is in Christ Jesus. Lord, stabilize his mind before he does something to hurt himself or his children. Don’t allow mental illness to play a part in the abuse of his child and people who know about the dad's sickness. Remove bi-polar disorder, anxiety, panic attacks, schizophrenia, depression, suicidal, and homicidal thoughts from the Dad.

If he is hearing voices, speak to him about getting help before he does something to hurt his family. Lord don’t allow him to commit homicide, and then suicide. Allow people to see the warning signs. Don’t let him hurt his children, and people who know say it was something wrong with him.

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If the pastor is scared to minister, or face the Mentally Ill Dad’s problems because of his own issues with depression, bi-polar disorder, etc., don’t allow him to view himself as being weak. I pray You will take him to Your word and heal him privately, and speak to his mind. Don’t allow the pastor to live in fear of bondage to anything. Once the father is healed, allow the father to do whatever he must do to maintain a stable mind.

PRAYERS FOR THE CHILDREN

Lord, bless the child that was born and raised by a Dad that was mentally ill. Lord, I pray that they will not have any of the disease from the Dad to be passed to the child. Lord breaks the generational curse of mental illness in the family. Lord don’t allow people in their family to speak about the father. past. Lord, don’t allow family and friends to say, “You know their family was crazy.” and, “The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.”

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