Now, how do we pray this “hedge of thorns” prayer? Take Some Practical Steps to Pray a Hedge of Thorns: Prayer is extremely powerful and produces results (James 5:16)! Here is a prayer that you can pray to ask God to build a hedge of thorns around people dealing with some of the situations mentioned above (I’ve listed the scriptures upon which this prayer is based below): Lord, I ask you to build a hedge of thorns around _____. I pray that through this hedge any ungodly and/or wrong ...