Book of Prayer & Warfare
This is a collection of prayers and words for warfare that John Eldredge and others have used to seek God and fight the good fight. Some have a long history and have been adapted by more than one writer.
Thanks to Texas Band of Brothers for the compilation.
Daily Prayer
From Neil Anderson’s Freedom in Christ Ministries
Dear Heavenly Father, I honor you as my sovereign Lord. I acknowledge that you are always present with me. You are the only all-powerful and all-wise God. You are kind and loving in all your ways. I love you and I thank you that I am united with Christ and spiritually alive in him. I choose not to love the world, and I crucify my flesh and all its passions. I thank you for the life that I now have in Christ, and I ask you to fill me with your Holy Spirit that I may live my life free from sin. I declare my dependence upon you, and I take my stand against Satan and all his lying ways. I choose to believe the truth, and I refuse to be discouraged. You are the God of all hope, and I am confident that you will meet my needs as I seek to live according to your Word. I express with confidence that I can live a responsible life through Christ who strengthens me. I now take my stand against Satan and command him and all his evil spirits to depart from me. I put on the whole armor of God. I submit my body as a living sacrifice and renew my mind by the living Word of God in order that I may prove that the will of God is good, acceptable, and perfect. I ask these things in the precious name of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
The Daily Prayer
From Waking the Dead by John Eldredge, pp. 223-226
My dear Lord Jesus, I come to you now to be restored in you—to renew my place in you, my allegiance to you, and to receive from you all the grace and mercy I so desperately need this day. I honor you as my sovereign Lord, and I surrender every aspect of my life totally and completely to you. I give you my body as a living sacrifice, I give you my soul and my spirit as well. I cover myself with your blood—my spirit, my soul and my body. And I ask you Holy Spirit to restore my union with you, seal me in you, and guide me in this time of prayer. In all that I now pray, I include (names of my wife and children). Acting as their head, I bring them under my authority and covering, and I come under your authority and covering. Holy Spirit, apply to them all that I now pray on their behalf.
I stand in agreement with my brothers in this time of prayer, contending as one man. (Name all of the allies of your community who you stand in agreement with.)
Dear God, holy and victorious Trinity, you alone are worthy of all my worship, my heart’s devotion, all my praise and all my trust and all the glory of my life. I worship you, bow to you, and give myself over to you in my heart’s search for life. You alone are Life, and you have become my life. I renounce all other gods, all idols, and I give you the
place in my heart and in my life that you truly deserve. I confess here and now that it is all about you, God, and not about me. You are the Hero of this story, and I belong to you. Forgive me, God, for my every sin. Search me and know me and reveal to me any aspect of my life that is not pleasing to you. And grant me the grace of a deep and true repentance.
Heavenly Father, thank you for loving me and choosing me before you made the world. You are my true Father—my Creator, my Redeemer, my Sustainer and the true end of all things, including my life. I love you, I trust you, I worship you. Thank you for proving your love for me by sending your only Son, Jesus, to be my substitute and representative. I receive him and all his Life and all his Work which you ordained for me. Thank you for including me in Christ, for forgiving my sins, for granting me his righteousness, for making me complete in him. Thank you for making me alive with Christ, raising me with him, seating me with him at your right hand, granting me his authority and anointing me with your Holy Spirit. I receive it all with thanks and give it total claim to my life.
Jesus, thank you for coming for me, for ransoming me with your own life. I honor you as my Lord, I love you, worship you, trust you. I sincerely receive you as my redemption, and I receive all the Work and Triumph of your Crucifixion, whereby I am cleansed from all my sin through your shed blood, my old nature is removed, my heart is circumcised unto God. I take my place in your cross and death, whereby I have died with you to sin, to the flesh, to the world and to the evil one. I am crucified with Christ and I have crucified my flesh with all its passions and desires. I take up my cross and crucify my flesh with all its pride, unbelief, and idolatry. I put off the old man. I bring the cross of Christ between me and all people, all spirits, all things. Holy Spirit, apply to me (and my wife and children) the fullness of the Work of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ for me. I receive it with thanks and give it total claim to my life.
Jesus, I also sincerely receive you as my new life, my holiness and sanctification, and I receive all the Work and Triumph of your Resurrection, whereby I have been raised with you to a new life, to walk in newness of life, dead to sin and alive to God. I am crucified with Christ and it is not longer I who live but Christ who lives in me. I take my place in your Resurrection, putting on the new man in all holiness and humility, in all righteousness and purity and truth. Christ is now my life, the one who strengthens me. Holy Spirit, apply to me (my wife and my children) the fullness of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ for me. I receive it with thanks and give it total claim to my life.
Jesus, I sincerely receive you as my everlasting deliverance from and victory over Satan, and I receive all the Work and Triumph of your Ascension, whereby I have been raised with you to the right hand of the Father and established with you in all authority. I take my place in your Ascension, whereby I am given fullness in you, in your power, authority and dominion over every ruler, power, authority and spiritual force of wickedness. I claim the cross and blood of Jesus Christ against Satan, against his kingdom, and against all his emissaries and all their work against me and my domain. Satan is defeated, the prince of this world is cast down, the rulers and authorities are disarmed. Greater is he who is in me than he who is in the world. Christ has given me authority to overcome all the power of the evil one and I claim that authority now over and against every enemy. Holy Spirit, apply to me (my wife and children) the fullness of the Work of the
Ascension of Jesus Christ for me. I receive it with thanks and give it total claim to my life.
Holy Spirit, I sincerely receive you as my Counselor, my Comforter, my strength and my guide. Thank you for sealing me in Christ. I ask you to lead me into all truth, to anoint me for all of my life and walk and calling, and to lead me deeper into Jesus today. Apply to me, blessed Holy Spirit, all of the works and all of the gifts of Pentecost. I fully open my life to you in every dimension and aspect, choosing to be filled with you, to walk in step with you in all things. Fill me afresh, blessed Holy Spirit. I receive you with thanks and give you total claim to my life (and my wife and children).
Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for granting to me all spiritual blessings in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus. I receive those blessings into my life today and I ask the Holy Spirit to bring all those blessings into my life this day. Thank you for the blood of Jesus. Wash me with his blood from every sin and stain and evil device. Armor me with your armor—the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the shoes of the Gospel, the helmet of salvation. I take up the shield of faith and the sword of the Spirit, the word of God, and I wield these weapons against the evil one in the power of God. I choose to pray at all times in the Spirit.
Heavenly Father, thank you for your angels. I summon them in the authority of Jesus Christ and release them to war for me and my household. Thank you for the intercessors; I ask you to send forth your spirit and raise them up, arouse them, unite them, establish and direct them, raising up the full canopy of prayer and intercession for me. I call forth the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ this day throughout my home, my family, my life.
All this I pray standing in agreement with my brothers, in the name of Jesus Christ, with all glory and honor and thanks to him.
The daily prayer outline
For those of you who know the daily prayer and want to pray in your own words.
• Restore me in you
• Worship
• Repentence
• Thanks for love, redemption, completeness & position
• I am crucified with Christ, I put off old man
• I receive the work of the resurrection: new life, holiness, truth
• I receive the work of the ascension: I am raised to the right hand of the Father—power, authority, dominion over every spiritual force for wickedness
• I receive Holy Spirit as counselor, comforter, strength & guide—I am sealed, give the gifts, anointing, fill afresh
• I receive all spiritual blessings
• Wash me with the blood of Jesus
• Armor me with your armor:
• Belt of truth
• Breastplate of righteousness
• Shoes of the gospel
• I take up the:
• Helmet of salvation
• Shield of faith
• Sword of the Spirit
And I wield these against the evil one
• I chose to pray in the Spirit at all times
• I call forth the kingdom of Christ today throughout my home, family & life
I pray all this in the name of Jesus
Saint Patrick’s breastplate
From How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill
I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through belief in the threeness,
Through confession of the oneness
Of the Creator of creation.
I arise today
Through the strength of Christ’s birth and his baptism,
Through the strength of his crucifixion with his burial,
Through the strength of his resurrection with his ascension,
Through the strength of his descent for the judgment of Doom.
I arise today
Through the strength of the love of cherubim,
In obedience of angels,
In the service of archangels,
In the hope of resurrection to meet reward,
In prayers of patriarchs,
In predictions of prophets,
In preaching of apostles,
In faith of confessors,
In innocence of holy virgins,
In deeds of righteous men.
I arise today
Through the strength of heaven:
Light of sun,
Radiance of moon,
Splendor of fire,
Speed of lightning,
Swiftness of wind,
Depth of sea,
Stability of earth,
Firmness of rock.
I arise today
Through God’s strength to pilot me:
God’s might to uphold me,
God’s wisdom to guide me,
God’s eye to look before me,
God’s ear to hear me,
God’s word to speak for me,
God’s hand to guard me,
God’s way to lie before me,
God’s shield to protect me,
God’s host to save me
From snares of devils,
From temptations of vices,
From everyone who shall wish me ill,
Afar and anear,
Alone and in multitude.
I summon today all these powers between me and those evils,
Against every cruel, merciless power that may oppose my body and soul,
Against incantation of false prophets,
Against black laws of pagandom,
Against false laws of heretics,
Against craft of idolatry,
Against spells of witches and smiths and wizards,
Against every knowledge that corrupts man’s body and soul.
Christ shield me today
Against poison, against burning,
Against drowning, against wounding,
So that there may come to me abundance of reward.
Christ in me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down, Christ when I arise,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.
I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through belief in the threeness,
Through confession of the oneness,
Of the Creator of creation.
Bedtime prayer (shorter)
Thank You, Lord, that You have brought me into Your family and have blessed me with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ. Thank You for providing this time of renewal through sleep. I accept it as part of Your perfect plan for your children, and I trust You to guard my mind and my body during my sleep. As I have meditated on You and Your truth during this day, I choose to let these thoughts continue in my mind while I am asleep. I commit myself to You for Your protection form every attempt of
Satan or his emissaries to attack me during sleep. I commit myself to you as my rock, my fortress, and my resting place. I pray in the strong name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
(Steps To Freedom In Christ, Dr. Neil T. Anderson, p.17)
Bedtime prayer (longer)
From Platoon Leader’s materials by John Eldredge, January 2003
My dear Lord Jesus, I come to you now to be restored in you, to take refuge in you, to find sanctuary in you this night. I honor you as my sovereign Lord, and I surrender every aspect of my life totally and completely to you. I give you my body as a living sacrifice; I give you my soul and my spirit as well. I cover myself with your blood—my spirit, my soul and my body. And I ask your Holy Spirit to restore my union with you, seal me in you, and guide me in this time of prayer.
I declare your authority and your covering over my household, my home, my life, my sleeping, all the hours of my night and the new day. I bring your great work through my house and home now—your cross, resurrection and ascension—through the structure of my home, from the land beneath to the roof above and to the borders of my domain. I declare the kingdom rule of the Lord Jesus Christ here in every way. Jesus, I take my place in your cross tonight, in your resurrection and in your ascension. In your cross I put off the old man. In your resurrection I put on the new, your life for my life. In your ascension I take my place in your authority.
And in your authority I bring your cross and your great work between me and all people. [This is breaking all soul ties. Typically I name specific people I’ve been with, or ministering to, and every night I include family members, parents, etc.]. I bring the cross between me and ——and I send their spirit back to them and I bind their warfare back to the throne of Christ over their life. I break all soul ties now with all people by the cross of Christ. And I take my place in You, Jesus, and I command my spirit to come into you.
From my position in Christ I now bring the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ against all witchcraft and all black arts come against me and my sleeping. I bring the cross and the blood of Christ, I bring his resurrection and his ascension against all forms of witchcraft—against every hex, vex, veil and snare. Against all rituals and all ritual devices. Against every vow, dedication and sacrifice performed against me. I bring the full triumph of Jesus Christ against every word, every judgment and every curse, including all curses on my sleeping. I declare all powers of witchcraft broken by the work of Christ, and bind them from me and send them to the abyss for destruction. I ask the warring angels of God to take them there, to cleanse me and my home of all witchcraft and bind it all to destruction in the abyss.
I now bring the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ against all trafficking spirits [these are the human spirits of witches that traffic to us]. I cut them off in the name of the Lord, and by the cross, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ. I bind every trafficking spirit, every alter, every channel and send them before the Lord Jesus Christ to be stripped of their powers—their occult, demonic and psychic powers. I command those powers bound to the abyss. I command every human spirit bound before Jesus Christ to receive
revelation, discipline and judgment from him, by his mercy and justice. And I command them bound back to their human bodies by the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, and I forbid them to traffic to me. I ask the angels to perform these duties in the authority of Jesus Christ.
Jesus, once more I bring myself under you. With your blood I cleanse my spirit, my heart, my mind, my will, my body. I command 100% of my spirit to come into you, Christ, and to remain in you. I command 100% of my mind bound to the mind of Christ, and every thought taken captive to the obedience of Christ. I command my will bound to the will of Christ, my heart bound to the heart of Christ, my body bound into Christ. Holy Spirit, restore my union with Jesus Christ. I now bring the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ against every foul and unclean spirit come against me, and every foul spirit staged against me at any time this night. I bring the cross, resurrection and ascension against all demonic powers. [I usually have to name a number of them, such as discouragement, accusation, all death and destruction—you know what you’ve been hammered with, and Jesus will often guide me in this as I go along]. I command all foul and unclean spirits bound before the throne of the Lord Jesus Christ for their judgement, with all their underlings, backups and replacements bound there with them. I ask the warring angels to take them all there, and leave not one behind.
Jesus, I ask your angels to build a canopy of protection around me and my home, to seal that canopy with your blood and your authority. I ask your angels to establish your throne and your kingdom here. And I ask You to fill my home with your presence, to hide me in You throughout this night. All this I pray in the mighty name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to his glory. Amen.
Healing prayer
Dear Jesus, I am yours. You have ransomed me with your own life. You have bought me with your own blood. Forgive me for all my years of independence. Forgive me for all my striving and all my retreating. Forgive me for all my self-centeredness and self-determination. I give myself back to you. I give all of me. I give my body to you as a living sacrifice. I give my soul to you as well. I give you my desperate search for life and love and validation. I give you my self-protecting. I give you all the parts in me I like and all those I don’t. I give you my spirit also. Restore my spirit’s union with you. Forgive me and cleanse me. Take me and make me utterly yours.
Jesus, take me into my wound. I give you permission and access to my soul and to my deepest hurts. Come, and bring me to my own brokenness. Come and shepherd the orphaned boy within me. Let me be fully present to my wounded heart. Uncover my wound, and meet me there.
Jesus, I renounce every vow. I made them to seal off my wound and protect myself from further pain. Reveal to me what those vows were. . . I break every agreement I have made with lies that came with my wounds. These are lies from Satan. I make all agreement with you, Jesus. I give the protection of my heart and soul back to you. I trust you with all that is within me.
Precious Jesus, I invite you into the wounded places of my heart. I give you permission to enter every broken place—every young and orphaned part of me. Come, dear Lord, and
meet me there. Bind up my heart as you promised to do. Heal me and make my heart whole and healthy. Release my heart from every form of captivity and bondage. Restore and set free my heart, my soul, my mind, and my strength. Help me to mourn, and comfort me as I do. Grant my soul that noble crown of strength instead of ashes. Anoint me with the oil of gladness in every grieving part. Grant me a garment of praise in place of a spirit of despair. O come to me, Jesus, and surround me with your healing presence. Restore me through union with you. . .
Father, strengthen me with your true strength. Do it by your Spirit in my innermost being. Let Jesus live intimately in my heart. Let me be rooted and grounded in love. I want to know the fullness of the love of Jesus for me—its height and depth, its length and breadth. Let me be filled with real knowing of your love—even though I will never fully reason it or comprehend it—so that I might be filled with all the life and power you have for me. Do this in me, beyond all that I am able to ask or imagine.
Jesus, I choose to forgive my father for all the pain and wounds he gave me. It was wrong and it hurt me deeply. I choose now to pardon him—because your sacrifice on the cross was enough to pay for these sins. I release my father to you. I also release any bitterness I’ve harbored toward him. I ask you to come and cleanse these wounds and heal them.
Father, who am I to you? You are my true Father—my Creator, my Redeemer, and my Sustainer. You know the man you had in mind when you made me. I ask you to speak to me—to tell me what you think of me as a man. [Pause and wait for God to answer with words, an image or a sense.] I also ask you to tell me any name you have for me. By doing this, reveal my true strength—reveal what you specifically created me for. Open my eyes that I might see. Give me ears to hear your voice. Father, I ask that you speak these things not only once—but again and again so that I might really receive it. Now grant me the courage to receive what you say and the faith to believe it.
After healing of the wound
From Facilitator’s Guide, Wild at Heart Multimedia Facilitator’s Kit, pg. 20
Father, once again we ask you to come and father us. Initiate us as your sons. Speak to us, Father, again and again, so that we might know it is you. Tell us who we are. Initiate us into masculine strength. Heal our wounds and set our hearts free. We stand together as one man against our Enemy, and we bind Satan from lying to any man, from accusing, from wounding us again. Jesus, protect us in your authority and in your name.
To cancel agreements
From A Guidebook to Waking the Dead by John Eldredge and Craig McConnell, pg. 163
Jesus, forgive me for agreeing with the Father of Lies. I confess that I’ve been going right along with Satan’s accusations. (Be specific: In what way? What agreements?) Here and now I draw the line. I break every agreement that I have made with Satan and his workers. I renounce those lies. (Again, be specific). I make my total agreement with you, Jesus. Strengthen me to walk in the light, in your truth.
For rescuing the beauty
From Wild at Heart Field Manual by John Eldredge, pg. 246
Dear God, forgive me for living a selfish, self-protecting life. Forgive me for not spending my life on behalf of my woman, and for all the wounds I’ve given her. O grant me the grace to undo that damage and bring that tower down. Jesus, awaken me to the real battle for her, expose the Enemy and his tactics against her and against our marriage. Give me you fierce love, your jealous love for my wife and for her freedom. And grant me courage, cunning, and selflessness as I fight for her. I want to be a Wallace for her—not a Judah. I ask this in your name.
John’s prayer
From John Eldredge’s newsletter, April 2004
O God, you are my life. You have breathed into me the breath of life and I have become a living being (Gen 2:7). My very existence and my being flow from you. In you I live and move and have my being (Acts 17:28). You are the Vine and I am a true branch of yours (John 15:5). Father, you have made me alive with Christ (Eph 2:4-5). Jesus has become my second Adam—a life-giving spirit (1 Cor 15:45). He came that I might have life, and have it abundantly (John 10:10). I have Jesus Christ, and I have his life (1 John 5:12).
Dear Father, restore this frail branch in full union with the trunk. Restore my full union with Christ and with you. I return myself to you—my body, soul and spirit. I return myself fully to the Source of Life. May I be one with you even as Jesus was one with you (John 10:30, 17:21). Let your life flow through me, and flow and flow throughout this day. O Life, live into me. Encompass me and all that I am. Well up within me, O Spring of Life—let your river flow through my heart, soul, mind and strength (John 7:38). You are the God who gives life to the dead (Rom 4:17). And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in me (and you are living in me), he who raised Jesus from the dead will also give life to my mortal body through his Spirit, who lives in me (Rom 8:11). O God, fill me with the resurrection power of Jesus Christ in my body, soul and spirit.
For it is Christ in me that is my hope of glory (Col. 1:27). It is the triumphant life of Jesus Christ that has become my life. I live by him. I reign in life through him, by the life of Christ in me. For if, when I was your enemy, I was reconciled to you through the death of your Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall I be saved through his life (Rom 5:10). I announce that the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death (Rom 8:2).
I now claim the resurrection triumph of Jesus Christ against all forms of death and destruction come against me. By Jesus Christ and his great work I cut off every attempt of my enemies to steal, kill or destroy my life. As Jesus said, no one takes my life from me (John 10:18). Death has no mastery over Jesus now (Rom 6:9) and death has no master over me, for I am united with Christ, one Spirit with him (I Cor 6:17). I am in Christ (I Cor 1:30) and Christ is in me (Col 1:27). I claim the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus now against every black law of sin and death and every foul power of destruction aimed against me. By the authority of Jesus Christ I bind and banish all forms
of bondage and death from me now—all spirits, all witchcraft, all foul powers. I cancel all claims against me by the work of Jesus Christ (Col 2:13-15).
I take my place in the resurrection of Jesus Christ and in his life. I claim the resurrection of Christ against my enemies and their devices and I bind them from me, and send them to their judgement, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ and to his everlasting glory. I choose to live by the strength of Jesus Christ, and by his mighty life. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Father me (male)
Adapted from the Daily Prayer
Heavenly Father, thank you for loving me and choosing me before the creation of the world. You are my true Father—my Creator, my Redeemer, my Sustainer (Jn. 17:15). I receive the Spirit of sonship and I cry out to you, “Papa, Daddy, Abba!” (Rom. 8:15) Thank you for adopting me as your own (Eph. 1:5). Thank you for proving your love for me by sending your only son (Gal. 4:5) and by his sacrifice, giving me the full rights as one of your sons. Teach me how to be your warrior son. Teach me how to fight for your kingdom (Jn. 14:26).
Father me (female)
Adapted from the Daily Prayer
Heavenly Father, thank you for loving me and choosing me before the creation of the world. You are my true Father—my Creator, my Redeemer, my Protector (Jn. 17:15). I receive the Spirit of daughtership and I cry out to you, “Papa, Daddy, Abba!” (Rom. 8:15) Thank you for proving your love for me by sending your only son (Gal. 4:5) and by his sacrifice, giving me the full rights as one of your daughters. Thank you for adopting me as your own (Eph. 1:5). Teach me how to be your warrior daughter and how to fight for your kingdom (Jn. 14:26).
Warfare
For events
I pray that the Spirit of God comes as we speak, that his Kingdom breaks through, cuts through all the other “stuff” that can shroud an event like this, opens hearts and eyes to the beauty of God and the gospel of the heart.
I pray for clarity for us as we speak, and for spiritual protection through the work of Christ over us and our families. I pray that we are hidden in the presence of God.
Jesus we pray you would go before them and level the mountain. Surround, protect and comfort them. We pray your Kingdom come and your will be done in this event. Jesus we are so grateful to you for all you have done for us and we ask that you free these men as you freed us.
Against Satan
Satan, I resist you and all of your workers in the Person and power of the Lord Jesus Christ. I submit to the Lordship and control of the Lord Jesus, and I bring the power of my Lord’s incarnation, His crucifixion, His resurrection, His ascension, His glorification and His second coming directly to focus against you and all of your work against me. I claim my union with the Lord Jesus Christ, and I resist you; I resist you, and I force you to flee from before the truth of God.
(The Adversary, Mark I. Bubeck, p. 100)
To claim victory over Satan
Heavenly Father, I rejoice in the immutable, absolute truth of your Word. In your grace, keep me from knowing only the letter of truth and sound doctrine. Let it enter my spirit, let it control my mind, let it stabilize and energize my emotions. I will to apply your truth aggressively and to depend upon its power to defeat all of my enemies. Through the intercessory work of the Holy Spirit and in the name of my Lord Jesus Christ, I thank you for hearing this petition. Amen.
(The Adversary, Mark I. Bubeck, p. 102)
Cleansing home
Heavenly Father. We acknowledge that You are Lord of heaven and earth. In Your sovereign power and love, You have given us all things richly to enjoy. Thank You for this place to live. We claim this home for our family as a place of spiritual safety and protection from all the attacks of the enemy. As children of God seated with Christ in the heavenly realm, we command every evil spirit, claiming ground in the structures and furnishings of this place based on the activities of previous occupants, to leave and never to return. We renounce all curses and spells utilized against this place. We ask You, Heavenly Father, to post guardian angels around this home (apartment, condo, room, etc.) to guard it from attempts of the enemy to enter and disturb Your purposes for us. We thank You, Lord, for doing this, and pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen
(Steps To Freedom In Christ, Dr. Neil T. Anderson, p.17)
For an unsaved friend
Heavenly Father, I bring before You and the Lord Jesus Christ one who is very dear to You and to me, ________________. I have come to see that Satan is blinding and binding him/her in awful bondage. He/she is in such a condition that he/she cannot or will not come to You for help on his/her own. I stand in for him/her in intercessory prayer before Your throne. I draw upon the Person of the Holy Spirit that He may guide me to pray in wisdom, power and understanding.
In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I loose ________________ from the awful bondage the powers of darkness are putting upon him/her. I bind all powers of darkness set on destroying his/her life. I bind them aside in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ and forbid them to work. I bind up all powers of depression that are seeking to cut ________________ off and imprison him/her in a tomb of despondency. I bring in prayer the focus of the Person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ directly upon _______________ to his/her strengthening and help. I bring the mighty power of my
Lord’s incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, ascension and glorification directly against all forces of darkness seeking to destroy _______________ . I ask the Holy Spirit to apply all of the mighty work of the Lord Jesus Christ directly against all forces of darkness seeking to destroy ________________ .
I pray, heavenly Father, that You may open ________________’s eyes of understanding. Remove all blindness and spiritual deafness from his/her heart. As a priest of God in ________________’s life, I plead Your mercy over his/her sins of failure and rebellion. I claim all of his/her life united together in obedient love and service to the Lord Jesus Christ. May the Spirit of the living God focus His mighty work upon ________________ to grant him/her repentance and to set him/her completely free from all that binds him/her.
In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I thank You for Your answer. Grant me the grace to be persistent and faithful in my intercessions for ________________, that You may be glorified through this deliverance. Amen.
(The Adversary, Mark I. Bubeck, pp. 112-113)
