A “Protection Prayer” attributed to St. Francis
                               
                               

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Contains many of the tenets to offset "negative prayer" (see the excerpt below on "negative prayer"-- note paranthetical inserts)

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon.
Where there is doubt, faith.
Where there is despair, hope.
Where there is darkness, light.
Where there is sadness, joy.
O divine Master (Universe/All there is),
Grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled, as to console.
To be understood, as to understand,
To be loved, as to love
For it is in the giving that we receive.
It is in the pardoning that we are pardoned.
It is in dying that we are born to (return to) eternal life (Universal Consciousness).

Other Protection Affirmations

Courtesy "The WIsdom of Florence Scovel Shinn" by Florence Scovel Shinn

I am surrounded by the White Light of Universe/All there Is, through which nothing negative can penetrate.

I walk in the Light of the Christ and my fear giants dwindle into nothingness.

There is nothing to oppose my good.

 

What is Negative Prayer?

As an aside, be aware that there is also such a thing as negative prayer. Just as our positive and healing thoughts have an impact on us and others, so do our negative thoughts and prayers. A 1994 Gallup poll found that 5 percent of Americans admitted praying for harm to others (how many more have done so and have not admitted it). These mothers and fathers, business people, friends and neighbors in everyday life may generate thoughts creating harm to others, even to those that they love. What is the difference between such a prayer and what has been termed a "hex" or sorcery (which may sound like a strong term but which appropriately brings this issue into focus)?
To pray that your side is victorious in a war assumes harm to the other "side". If you pray that someone be cured of cancer you are also praying that the cancerous cells die. Therefore, when seeking that a war be ended it is important to ask the Universe that the parties find peace "in the most benevolent and beneficial way for them, and that their hearts be healed" (see "More Prayers and Visualizations" below).
Realize in your relationships that when you have harmful or resentful thoughts about another person you are also harming them. Be aware of the unintentional effects of your thoughts, prayers and wishes.
In Hawaii, when the Europeans first arrived there was such a thing as the "Death Prayer" (which has since been outlawed),which was used to harm enemies. Indeed, many cultures and religions have such prayers and even Christianity acknowledges the existence and effect of such prayers. The prophet Elisha caused forty-two children to be devoured by bears for making fun of his baldness (2 Kings 2:23-24). The apostle Paul struck a sorcerer blind (Acts 13:11). And even Jesus cursed and withered a fig tree for not bearing fruit (Mark 11:13-14, 20-21).

When you give someone the "evil eye" or wish bad things for them, realize first that these negative thoughts will have an effect, just as your positive thoughts and prayers will have an effect. Ironically, the person who we may be having a bad thought about may very well be someone important to us, someone who we may even love, and that is not the effect that we may truly want for that individual.

We indeed are all effected by each others thoughts, positive and negative. Of course we can protect ourselves from such negative thoughts and prayers; the answer is, you guessed it, LOVE. We can choose not to accept the negative intentions of others and pray, and believe, that we create our own Universe and not succumb to those negative "hexes".

Even more important is that the negative thoughts and prayers will ultimately harm the pray-er more than the "victim" of such prayer. Those thoughts and negative desires are reflected back upon that person and backfire.

Excerpt from: "The New Faith: A 'How To' Guide to Create the Life You Really Want by Mark Mangold