It’s easy in family estrangement situations to become angry, hurt, and frustrated. It’s easy to point a finger in blame. In a perfect world we would avoid the pain of estrangement, but we live in a fallen world with broken humanistic systems and broken people. This combination can lead to feeling like family is the enemy. This is not the truth.
God teaches us that Our fight is not against human beings. It is against the rulers, the authorities and the powers of this dark world. It is against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly world. (Ephesians 6:12)
We can effectively pray for our estranged loved one. We have the authority to pray against the divisive spirit of darkness that desires to destroy our families.
I encourage you to stand firmly on God’s promises, like this one in Genesis 17:7. “I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.”
God wants to restore families!