Anger is well known as the feeling of annoyance or provocation over something, someone, or issues. With anger comes strong energy expressed as flight responses or the body’s fight. These responses may sometimes come out violent and destructive based on the magnitude of anger. This is the more reason why this must be worked on before things get worse.
We all get angry at one point or the other. Getting angry is not that bad because we are humans. How we act and react when we are angry is the issue. These actions and reactions have caused humanity a lot. This is why the Scripture admonishes us to be angry but not sin and not allow anger to tarry for long with us (Ephesians 4:26). We all need to work and pray on our anger threshold. However, this piece is centered on praying for someone with anger issues.
We all have friends or family members with anger issues, the idea is not to treat them badly or avoid them but that we help them because help is what they need. Of all the help we can render without getting into trouble with them, praying for them is a great option. Praying for someone with anger issues is very noble before God and it is a way to partner with God to turn their life around. Here are prayer points you can pray for anyone with anger issues;
- Father, I pray that the spirit of anger is displaced in his life in the name of Jesus. Every stronghold that the spirit of anger has over his life is destroyed completely in the name of Jesus. He operates by the spirit of God the most high and not by the spirit of anger in the name of Jesus.
- Lord Jesus, I pray that he breaks off from the power of anger on his life in the name of Jesus. His life is freed from the power of anger in the name of Jesus. All the areas of his life that are easily influenced by the power of anger are taken back in the name of Jesus. May his life not be given to the power of anger any longer in the name of Jesus.
- Father, I lay everything that instigates anger in him at the cross in the name of Jesus Christ. In so much that he has given his life to Jesus Christ. Therefore, his old life has been nailed to the cross and what is part of the old life is anger issues. It can no longer work in his life in the name of Jesus. Whatsoever instigates anger in him is rendered void in his life in Jesus’ name.
- Lord Jesus, I pray that you help him to identify all the issues that instigate anger in him and help him to deal with it in Jesus’ name. Lord, I pray that you will reach out to him in a way that will make him take a conscious effort to work on his anger issues in the name of Jesus. Father, help him that he may see all that triggers anger in him in the name of Jesus.
- Father, I pray for him that your wisdom finds him in this matter and helps him to take conscious steps to stop the triggers of these anger issues in Jesus’ name. Lord, visit him with your wisdom before it is too late for him in the name of Jesus. You already said you will give wisdom to anyone that asks, please grant him wisdom that will take him out of the anger issues.
- Father, I pray for him in Jesus’ name that his eyes will be opened before his anger issues destroy him and the works of his hands. Let his eyes open so that he may see the need to seek help with his anger issues in the name of Jesus. Only when his eyes open by your power can he see that he need help to bring down his anger issues. Please open his eyes in the name of Jesus.
- Lord Jesus, I pray that you reach out to him and help him with every character flaw that is empowering the anger in his life in the name of Jesus. Lord, let him have the revelation of the character flaws he has that are constantly making him the perpetrator of anger. Lord help him to see and correct his character flaws in Jesus’ name.
- Lord, I pray that every pain of the past that is enhancing the anger in his life be healed in the name of Jesus. Whatever the pain is and how it was caused, Lord heal him completely. Lord, please heal him from all emotional wounds and issues that have given anger capacity in his life in the name of Jesus. Let there be total healing for him in the name of Jesus.
- Father, please heal him for every psychological issue causing or enhancing this anger in him. You are the great physician Lord and there is no healing that is not resident in your name. Please heal the psychological issues, let there be a divine encounter for the healing in the name of Jesus.
- Father, as he goes for anger therapy, I pray that you use the therapy for his deliverance in Jesus’ name. Lord, the therapy sessions will not be a waste of efforts in Jesus’ name. We know that you can use anything to orchestrate people’s deliverance and that is why we pray that this anger therapy will produce results and through it, a new man will emerge in the name of Jesus.
With these prayers, you can bridge the gap for someone with anger issues and partner with God for their restoration. Follow up your prayers with gentle words whenever you are engaging them on the anger issue. This is a noble thing to do for their restoration. Just pray it through with the whole of your heart and make sure you follow the leading of the Holy Spirit for direction.