Father God, I ask that you put the hedge of thorns around Steven according to Hosea 2:6, to keep himfrom falling into sin. Cause him to not find the way of unfaithfulness. Cause these ungodly desires to not be fulfilled. May he 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 Steve lose the desire to go that way, reveal to him that this way is destruction and against your will. Give him 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 I pray that he lose interest in any relationship that is not ordained by you and flee. I pray that they lose interest in Steve and flee Protect him against influences that keep him bound in sin. If I have any responsibility in driving Steve away from you God and from this covenant relationship, please reveal it to me. Forgive me God and prepare me for Steve's return. Guide him and me with your Holy Spirit, in Jesus Name, Amen.