In a state of serious sin

[reff]

Heavenly Father, i just lift up reff to You now in the deep prayer that You would touch his heart with the reality of Your Love for him and how i know You long so deeply to heal him, restore him and forgive him just as You’ve done so much for me. i pray that You would strengthen him now to completely overcome all of the serious sins that plague him, especially the addictions of smoking and pornography. i pray that You would touch his heart with the reality of Your mercy and forgiveness, and that You would absolve him now of his sins and relieve him of his guilt and shame, and restore him completely back to Yourself. i pray that You would strengthen him not only to overcome this, but to stay close to You and far from sin from now on, and to become a devoted, serious Catholic, strong in You and strong in the faith. i pray that You would heal and cleanse his soul from any darkness from the pornography and any other sins that may have infiltrated his being, and that You would completely restore him. i pray that You would grant him the strength to talk to his priest about his addiction, and that his priest would be able to help and encourage him through his fight against sin, that i pray You would strengthen him to overcome completely. i pray that You would pour out Your mercy, love, forgiveness, restoration, hope and healing upon him, and comfort him in his pain with the reality of Your beautiful grace that heals and restores so completely. i pray that You would grant him the peace of knowing that You forgive him, and will help him to overcome this completely in the strength and hope he has completely and forever in You. please let him overcome his addiction completely, and not only never return to it again, but never again return to serious sin, and stay close to You and far from anything that would offend You and hurt You. please bless him, Lord, and pour out Your Love upon him. i pray all this in the mighty, precious Name of Jesus and through the glorious intercession of our Blessed Mother, Amen. thank you, Lord, for all that You have done for me and will do for reff. we love You so much. Amen.

it is my deep hope and prayer, reff, that my post and prayer was able to help you, inspire you and encourage you in at least some small way. please stay strong, please stay safe and please take care of yourself. i trust completely that God has heard my prayer and will answer it, along with all the prayers of everyone else who is praying for you to overcome this completely. please remember that God is mercy as well as justice, and loves you so much more than you could ever imagine. please update us on how things are going for you, and please know that we truly care about you and are all supporting you with all our hearts and prayers. God bless you, reff, and please take care. please know that i will keep you in my constant thoughts and deepest prayers—and that i am always here and will always care, so please don’t ever hesitate to contact me.

love,
in the peace and love of Christ,
alison xx

Wow thank you so much. I will pray and thank our Lord for you and this beautiful prayer. When I read this it gave me hope I mean it. God Bless you and everyone who gave me such good words of advice.

 

[Lynette77]

A good place to start would be to talk to Our Lord present in the Blessed Sacrament. He knows your needs and just love it when you talk to Him about your problems because then He is free to help.

You are in my prayers
God bless you.

 

[Angels_Unaware]

If you are a catechumen in RCIA, and un-baptized, you will go through the Scrutinies of Lent. This will involve prayers of exorcism.

You sound as if you are being prepared in this Advent season for purification. Why not begin the preparation for the Scrutinies now?

I suggest that if you are struggling with the flesh you dedicate yourself to a novena for purity and a FAST. Give up food, cigarettes, and everything you are addicted to for certain periods of time. You might try a 9-hour novena first. Say a novena at the top of each hour for 9 hours and fast the entire 9 hours.

You might need to go slowly at first if you have lots of attachments to the flesh, and it is very hard to dedicate yourself to a novena and fast for some reason. I think the devil comes against novena fasts very hard.

But this is how I stopped smoking.