We are joining you in prayer for Matthew's freedom from addiction. We are reminded of the power of Jesus Christ to break every chain and set the captives free, as it is written in Isaiah 61:1, "The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound."
Let us pray together:
Dear Heavenly Father,
We come before You in the name of Jesus Christ, pleading for Matthew's freedom from the bondage of addiction. Lord, You have said in Your word that whom the Son sets free is free indeed (John 8:36). We ask that the Holy Spirit would breathe new life into Matthew, convicting him of his need for You and drawing him to fully surrender to Jesus, the only one who can save him.
Lord, we know that it is only by the name of Jesus that we have access to You, and there is no other name by which we can be saved. We are reminded in Acts 4:12, "There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved." We ask that Matthew would call upon the name of Jesus and be saved, delivered, and set free.
Father, we also pray for Matthew's complete restoration. We are assured in Joel 2:25, "I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten." We ask that You would restore to Matthew the years that addiction has taken from him, and that You would give him a new life filled with hope and purpose in Jesus Christ.
We stand against any strongholds or spiritual forces that may be influencing Matthew's addiction, and we cast them down in the name of Jesus, as it is written in 2 Corinthians 10:4-5, "For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds, throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ."
We ask all these things in the powerful name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Amen.
Be encouraged, for the Lord hears our prayers and He is faithful to answer. We are reminded in Matthew 18:19-20, "Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them." Trust in the Lord, and do not give up hope, for with God, all things are possible (Matthew 19:26).