Restoring Relationships

02/24/2026

02/23/2026

Does your child appear to be overly anxious and afraid? I want you to know that there is a source or cause for your child's anxiety, even if you are not aware of it. Begin now and ask the Lord to reveal to you what those causes might be. Some examples that may come to mind may include the anxiety in you or another parent or caregiver. Oftentimes, the fear in us as parents creates an unseen influence that wafts over our children. This may even occur in the womb. If, as their mother, you were experiencing anxiety, the symbiotic relationship between you and your pre-born child would share the neurotransmitters that were deregulated due to your own anxious feelings. The communion of your soul with the soul of your child would also transmit the anxiety in you to the soul of your child. The child would naturally be aware of the impact, but they would manifest the anxiety in unexplained agitation and distress right from the womb. This is why it is so important to seek revelation from the Lord for understanding in order to pray and intercede on behalf of your child.

"Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." (Psalm 139:23-24)

Other causes or triggers for adolescent anxiety may include events of this nature: There may have been a recent tragedy with a close friend or family member, such as the death of a loved one, teacher, fellow student, or friend. Maybe your child is being bullied and is too afraid to share what is happening to them.

It is also important to look for occult items such as books, movies, cartoons with dark magic, witches, Pokémon figures, trolls, and the like. Once again, ask the Lord to reveal the causal and triggering factors that may have opened the door to the fear and anxiety in their lives. Your anxious child may also sleepwalk, be entranced during sleep, experience night terrors on a frequent basis, fall into depression, or have spontaneous outbursts of anger or frustration. These manifestations also point to enemy spirit attacks that may be tormenting your child.

The Lord wants you to operate in your authority on behalf of your child with anxiety. The following is a prayer invoking that authority in the Name of Jesus:

Dear Heavenly Father, my child is anxious and afraid, and I am asking You to show me why. Oh Lord, please show me what I do not see on behalf of my child. What is the reason for his fear and anxiety? Why is he unable to be alone or sleep alone? Why is he not at peace in his tender and innocent heart? Show me what fears may be in my heart so that I may surrender them to You and be set free in the Name of Jesus. Show me, oh Lord, what situations, items, books, movies, or experiences may have brought forth the spirit of fear in my child that I may cast it away and take authority over it in the Name of Jesus!

When the Lord reveals what you previously did not see, then it's time to take authority over it and cast it out and away from you and your child. Pray with authority as you lay hands on your child, keeping your eyes open. Say: Father in Heaven, I recognize that a spirit of fear has been tormenting my precious and innocent child, (child’s name). I bind and rebuke the spirit of fear in the Name of Jesus, and I cast you out and away from my child, my family, and my home to return no more in the all-powerful Name of Jesus Christ!

I close every unseen access in my child's heart from any future entry of tormenting spirits of fear, anxiety, depression, and night terrors in the Name of Jesus. I present my child to You, oh Lord, to restore his/her soul with your perfect love and peace in Jesus’ Name.

Speak this same authority over your child when they wake in the morning, when they lay down to sleep at night, and as needed. As your child approaches an age of understanding, teach them the power they have in Christ to take authority over spiritual attacks. Sometimes they will be set free immediately, and other times the battle may continue for a season. Stay in faith, proclaim the truth of the Word of God, and resist the enemy until he flees from you.

Contact our staff for a consultation with one of our counselors: staff@bfsf.org.

02/20/2026

Our next Class begins on March 3rd at 7pm EST.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐲 Journey provides everything you need to walk through your pain toward healing. We'll walk with you hand in hand as you surrender your wounds to Christ so He can bring about the restoration your heart longs for.

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02/20/2026

Our souls have an insatiable hunger to feel completed by the love of another individual. Everyone enters this world reaching out for this love just as the hands of an infant reach out for the affectionate embrace of its mother. No one needed to teach that baby to actively reach out for his mother. The desire to connect with those closest to him was breathed into his soul by the Lord God at the time of conception.

If this love is rejected, denied, or some form of abuse is inflicted in return, the soul of that child becomes a breeding ground for paralyzing fear. The fear then leads to a lifelong struggle of believing that anyone they try to draw close to will either hurt them or leave them. They may become desperate and controlling in their closest relationships. They will expect their parents or spouse to meet needs beyond human capacity, setting those around them up to fail.

Their loved ones will feel that no matter what they do, it will never be enough to fill the void. Even the best displays of loving affection from their caregivers will not satisfy or fill all the deepest longings of their souls. Fallen and sinful people can never complete another fallen and sinful person. Even those believers who are righteous and transformed by the perfect blood of Jesus are incapable of doing everything right toward their most precious family members and loved ones. This does not make them wrong; it simply makes them imperfect and incomplete.

No one in this fallen world is capable of doing everything right or always being there for another in the way the other person truly desires in every area of their lives. The truth is that if parents or spouses were capable of doing everything right at all times, their child would never look up and see their need for Jesus. That is how the Lord uses our shortcomings as a blessing to our children that they may find their salvation in Christ Jesus. They begin to fully recognize their need when everyone around them constantly comes up short.

Dear heavenly Father, I recognize that I have depended too much upon my parents and others to fulfill my deepest needs in life. I now know that this is a form of idolatry and sin against You, Lord. I confess my sin of idolatry and not trusting You, and I ask You to forgive me in the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.