Father-Children Reconciliation Prayer
a devotional prayer
a prayer over broken relationships between fathers and children, to make people ready for a move of God
“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.” - Malachi 4:5-6 ESV
“Look, I am sending you the prophet Elijah before the great and dreadful day of the Lord arrives. His preaching will turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise I will come and strike the land with a curse.” - Malachi 4:5-6 NLT
"and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.” - Luke 1:17 ESV
"He will go before the Lord as a forerunner, with the same power and anointing as Elijah the prophet. He will be instrumental in turning the hearts of the fathers in tenderness back to their children and the hearts of the disobedient back to the wisdom of their righteous fathers. And he will prepare a united people who are ready for the Lord’s appearing.” - Luke 1:17 TPT
Reconciliation Prayer
1. Turn the Hearts of the Fathers to their Children
SAMPLE PRAYER: Lord, release healing and restoration to fathers and lead them to become agents of reconciliation in their relationships to their own children.
"And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children..." - Malachi 4:5 ESV
2. Turn the Hearts of the Children to their Fathers
SAMPLE PRAYER: Lord, release healing and restoration to children and lead them to become agents of reconciliation in their relationships to their own fathers.
"And he will turn... the hearts of children to their fathers...'' - Malachi 4:5 ESV
"...to turn the... disobedient to the wisdom of the just..." Luke 1:17 ESV
"...turning the hearts... of the disobedient back to the wisdom of their righteous fathers." - Luke 1:17 TPT
3. Make Us Ready, a People Prepared for Your Coming
SAMPLE PRAYER: Father, heal and restore every area of brokenness in our lives that we may become a prepared people who can work together as one, ready to display Your glory to this broken world.
"...And he will prepare a united people who are ready for the Lord’s appearing.” - Luke 1:17 TPT
“...They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.” - Isaiah 61:3 NIV