Prayer for the Restoration of Fatherhood

Prayer for the Restoration of Fatherhood

By Rev. Lonnie C. Crowe

Malachi 4:5-6 (NKJV)
^“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.
And he will turn The hearts of the fathers to the children, And the hearts of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse."

            Father God, we recognize the need for the biblical spirit of fatherhood to be reestablished in our families, in our churches and in our nation.  We repent of embracing a negative attitude toward fatherhood.  We repent of our culture’s bombarding us with television shows, movies, books and other media that have established in our minds the picture of fathers as either indolent buffoons or workaholic menaces.  We are grieved that we have so long endured the picture of a man as one who spends his time golfing, drinking beer and watching television. 

            We declare with You, Father, that it is time for the hearts of the fathers to turn to their children and the hearts of the children to turn to their fathers.  We are saddened, as You are saddened, to see so many of our children without fathers or father-figures in their lives.  It is time, as well, for the heart of our culture to turn toward the fathers. 

            The spirit of fatherlessness has become a curse upon our land.  That curse is breaking up our homes, discouraging our children and setting our society on a course that is contrary to the will of God.  By the authority given us through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, we rebuke the spirit of fatherlessness.  We break the assignment of the enemy against fatherhood.  We declare that the biblical spirit of fatherhood will arise in our homes, our churches and our nation.  We pray for the familial bond of love to once again be the cornerstone of our society. 

            In the Name of Jesus, we bless fatherhood under the authority of Jehovah God, our heavenly Father.   We declare that our children will be blessed because their fathers (or father figures) walk in integrity.  Amen.

Proverbs 20:7 (NKJV)
^“The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him.”