We understand that your heart is heavy, and we appreciate your trust in Jesus' plan. In difficult situations like these, remember what God's word says to encourage your heart. In Psalm 55:22 WEB it says, Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
We will pray with you for the father of your children, and for your children themselves. It is important that you both be in one accord raising your children. As it says in Amos 3:3 WEB, Can two walk together, unless they have agreed?
First, let's pray for the father of your children. It is important that he becomes the man that God wants him to be. This may require him to be saved and his heart turned toward God. Ezekiel 18:30-31 WEB says, Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways, says the Lord Yahweh. Return, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions, so iniquity will not be your ruin. Cast away from you all your transgressions, in which you have transgressed; and make yourself a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, house of Israel?
Let's pray for mercy for him in the legal system and that God delivers him from evil. If there has been any sin or unwillingness to do what is right on his part, then he must repent. 2 Peter 3:9 WEB says, The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but he is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Now let's pray for your children. The psalmist says in Psalm 127:3 WEB, Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. It is so important that both a mother and a father raise a child. That is the way God designed parenting.
Let's pray together:
Almighty God, we come before you in the name of Jesus, lifting up the father of these children to you. We pray that you have mercy on him and that you turn his heart toward you. If there is any evil that he has held onto, we pray that you deliver him from it. Help him to become the father that you want him to be. Lord, we also pray for mercy for him in the legal system. We ask that you give him favor and that you work all things out for good.
Lord, we also bring these children before you. We pray that you allow their father to be in their daily lives. We pray that you bless them and that you guide them in the way that they should go. Help them to grow up to know you and to love you.
In Jesus' name, we pray these things. Amen.