Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Warfare Prayer for our Family



I am thankful, Heavenly Father, that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds, to the casting down of imagination and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and to bring every thought into obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ. 
Therefore, in our lives in this family today I tear down the strongholds of satan and smash the plans of satan that have been formed against our marriage, children and grandchildren. I tear down the strongholds of satan against our mind and from controlling spirits and ungodly influences around us, and I surrender to you our marriage, and our whole family. 
We affirm, Heavenly Father, that You have not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of strong mind. I break and smash the strongholds of satan formed against our our family today. We smash the strongholds of satan formed against our will today. We give our wills to You and we choose to make the right decisions of faith. We smash the strongholds of satan formed against our body today, we give our bodies to You recognizing that we are Your temples. 
We rejoice in Your mercy and goodness. We am grateful, Heavenly Father, that Lord Jesus Christ spoiled all the principalities and powers triumphing over them in Himself. We claim all that victory for me and my wife and my family today. 
We reject all the insinuations, accusations, control and bad influences and the temptations of satan that come against us. We affirm that the Word of God is true. We choose to live today in the light of God's Word. We choose, Heavenly Father, to live in obedience to You and in fellowship with You.
 
Open our eyes and show us the areas of our lives that do not please You. Work in us and cleanse us from all areas in our lives that would give satan a foothold against us. Have us in every way stand in all that it means to be Your adopted child. Have us welcome all the ministry of the Holy Spirit into our lives by faith and in dependance of You, may we put off fleshly works. We stand in all the victory of the resurrection and the provision He had made for us to live above sin.
 
Today, we put off all forms of selfishness and put on love. today we put off all forms of fear and put on courage. We put off all forms of weakness and put on strength. We put off all forms of lust and put on righteousness, purity, and honesty. We are trusting in You to show us how to make this practical in our daily lives.
 
We stand in the victory of the ascension and glorification of the Lord Jesus Christ, where all the principalities and powers were made subject to Him. I claim mine and my family's places in Christ as victorious with Him over all the enemies of our souls. I completely surrender my marriage and children to You Heavenly Father, as a living sacrifice. 

We choose that we not be conformed to this world. We choose that we will be transformed by the renewing of our minds. We pray that You would show us Your will and enable us to walk in all the fullness of Your will today. Blessed Holy Spirit, I pray that You would fill us with Your Spirit. Come into our lives, break down every idol and cast out every foe.
 
We are thankful that You have made a provision, so that today we can live filled with the Spirit of God with love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, meekness, faithfulness, and self control in our lives. I recognize that this is Your will for me and my family. I therefore reject and resist all the endeavors of satan to rob  us of our peace and blessings. 
 
Heavenly Father, we pray that now and through this day You would strengthen and enlighten us. Show my wife and I the way satan is hindering, tempting, lying and distorting the truth in our lives. Enable us to be the kind of persons that would please You. Enable us to be aggressive in prayer and in trusting You. Enable us to be aggressive in fighting for our marriage and for our children and grandchildren.
 
Also, I pray that You, blessed Lord, would heal our heart from all rejection, hurts and disappointments in our life and that you will set us free from all these things. I ask you Lord that you will break off of our family all generational curses today from our mother and father's side of the family and that you will give us the mind of Christ and a heart for the Father.

  We refuse to be discouraged, we refuse to be defeated. For You are the God of all hope. You have proven Your power by resurrecting Jesus Christ from the dead, and I claim in every way this victory over all the satanic forces and ungodly influences in our life and in our marriage. 

I pray this all in the precious Name of the Lord Jesus Christ with thanksgiving. I love and honor and bless You every day of our lives Lord, You rescue us from the snare of Your enemy because of Your unfailing love for us, and we give all praise and glory to You! Amen, Amen, Amen