Get peace back in your house and in your family
The things that keep you up at night are not the external issues, rather it's the pain and suffering going on in your very own house. I talk to so many of you living in houses where there is confusion and bitterness. We wrestle against strongholds on our jobs, issues in our relationships, and then we have to come back to houses where there is no peace! Today I want to pray for God's covering over you and your household. I want to pray for the breaking of chains in dysfunctional relationships and for a restoration of love and trust in your family.
Say This Prayer FOR PEACE IN YOUR HOUSE
I want to thank You for this house and for my family. Please keep my family united, and our bond strong as the days pass. Please guide us, protect us and equip us to do Your will each and every day. Thank You for all that You are, and all that You have given us. My heart is forever grateful.
I ask for protection and safety over my spouse, my children, my parents, my family members and myself today. Please lead us with Your mighty hands today and always. Deliver us from any enemy and evil that try to hinder our way. Do not let the ways of the enemy blind our eyes. We know that You are for us, so that no one could ever stop us.
God, there is a war going on in the souls of my family. I pray that you would bring peace into this house. Let the war between us cease. Help us to speak loving and kind words to each other. Teach us how to forgive and stop holding grudges. God, there are times I stay up all night long, uncertain and afraid about what to do next, so I ask for your direction and for your comfort. I also come to you today to pray for the salvation of my family as well. Lord, may my family know You. I pray that they will learn to crave You just as I do. I pray that they will learn to stand strong in the face of trials and tribulations in life. When people knock them down, I pray that they stand up even stronger in You than ever before. I pray that they show love instead of revenge on those who do not agree with them.
Give me strength to persevere through any troubles that come my way today. It is time to rise above the sin that comes at me and to that of my family members. It is in Your precious name I pray these things. In the name of Jesus I pray..Amen.
Scripture for Meditation
"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." (John 14:27, KJV)
Jesus is not offering you the fragile peace that comes and goes with circumstances—He is depositing His own peace into your spirit. When chaos swirls around your dinner table and tension fills your hallways, you can access a peace that the world cannot manufacture and the enemy cannot steal.
"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." (Matthew 5:9, KJV)
Family, you are called to be a peacemaker, not a peace-keeper. That means you may have to be the first to extend forgiveness, the first to speak a kind word, the first to lay down offense. When you do, you are acting as a child of the Most High God.
"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." (2 Corinthians 5:17, KJV)
The bitterness, the resentment, the patterns of hurt in your family do not have the final word. Christ's redemptive power can break cycles that have lasted generations and birth something entirely new in your home.
Walking It Out
Speak peace into your home this week. Choose one family member you've been holding distance from and initiate a conversation—not to rehash old wounds, but to say, "I want peace between us." Speak it aloud. Let those words have power.
Create a space of refuge. Designate a corner, a room, or even fifteen minutes where your family gathers without phones, without accusation—just presence. Read Scripture together, sit in silence, or share something you're grateful for. Let your home know that peace is possible here.
Forgive what you're still carrying. Write down one hurt you haven't released, then literally surrender it—burn the paper, tear it up, bury it. Do not let unforgiveness be the foundation your family stands on. Release it to Jesus and refuse to pick it back up.
A Prayer for You
Father God, I come before You today for my house and my family. Break every chain of bitterness, every stronghold of unforgiveness, and every wall that has separated us from one another. Pour out Your Spirit of peace and reconciliation into our home—not the world's peace, but Your peace that surpasses understanding. Teach us to speak life to each other, to forgive quickly, and to love fiercely. I declare that my house is a house of peace, a house of love, and a house where Your kingdom rules and reigns. In Jesus' name, Amen.
About the Author
Rev. Nicholas S. Richards is an ordained minister, author of Destiny DNA, and founder of ROHO. For over 11 years, he has written more than 6,000 daily devotionals reaching believers worldwide. Learn more about Rev. Richards.