(Over the years we have grown in our understanding
of prayer, and spiritual warfare, and of our need to
be restored in the life of God each day. And so we
have developed this prayer, which we call The Daily
Prayer. It is entirely based on Scripture, almost
like praying the Scriptures. For the details on
that, see chapter ten in Waking the Dead. The prayer
has sort of morphed through several generations, as
we’ve learned something new about the work of Christ
for us, or the ploys of the enemy. And so we offer
you this, the latest version. May it be a source of
life to you. Daily.)
My dear Lord Jesus I come to you now to be restored
in you, to be renewed in you, to receive your love
and your life, and all the grace and mercy I so
desperately need this day. I honor you as my
Sovereign, and I surrender every aspect of my life
totally and completely to you. I give you my spirit,
soul and body, my heart, mind, and will. I cover
myself with your blood—my spirit, soul, and body, my
heart, mind and will. I ask your Holy Spirit to
restore me in you, renew me in you, and to lead me
in this time of prayer. In all that I now pray, I
stand in total agreement with your Spirit, and with
my intercessors and allies, by your Spirit alone.
[Now, if you are a husband, you’ll want to include
your wife in this time of prayer. If you are a
parent, you’ll want to include your children. If
this doesn’t apply to you, jump to the paragraph
after this one.]
In all that I now pray, I include (my wife and/or
children, by name). Acting as their head, I bring
them under your authority and covering, as I come
under your authority and covering. I cover (wife
and/or children, by name) with your blood – their
spirit, soul and body, their heart, mind and will. I
ask your Spirit to restore them in you, renew them
in you, and apply to them all that I now pray on
their behalf, acting as their head.
Dear God, holy and victorious Trinity, you alone are
worthy of all my worship, my heart’s devotion, all
my praise, all my trust and all the glory of my
life. I love you, I worship you, I trust you. I 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 this is all
about you, God, and not about me. You are the Hero
of this story, and I belong to you. Forgive me for
my every sin. Search me and know me and reveal to me
where you are working in my life, and grant to me
the grace of your healing and deliverance, and 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. I give myself
over to you to be one with you in all things, as
Jesus is one with you. Thank you for proving your
love by sending Jesus. 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
me 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, establishing me in his
authority, and anointing me with your Holy Spirit,
your love and your favor. I receive it all with
thanks and give it total claim to my life—my spirit,
soul, and body, my heart, mind and will. I bring the
life and the work of Jesus over (wife and/or
children, by name) and over my home, my household,
my vehicles, finances, all my kingdom and domain.
Jesus, thank you for coming to ransom me with your
own life. I love you, I worship you, I trust you. I
give myself over to you, to be one with you in all
things. And I receive all the work and all of the
triumph of your cross, death, blood and sacrifice
for me, through which I am atoned for, I am ransomed
and transferred to your kingdom, my sin nature is
removed, my heart is circumcised unto God, and every
claim made against me is disarmed this day. I now
take my place in your cross and death, through which
I have died with you to sin, to my flesh, to the
world, and to the evil one. I take up the cross and
crucify my flesh with all its pride, arrogance,
unbelief, and idolatry (and anything else you are
currently struggling with). I put off the old man. I
ask you to apply to me the fullness of your cross,
death, blood and sacrifice. I receive it with thanks
and give it total claim to my spirit, soul and body,
my heart, mind and will.
Jesus, I also sincerely receive you as my life, my
holiness and strength, and I receive all the work
and triumph of your resurrection, through which you
have conquered sin and death and judgment. Death has
no mastery over you, nor does any foul thing. And I
have been raised with you to a new life, to live
your life – dead to sin and alive to God. I now take
my place in your resurrection and in your life,
through which I am saved by your life. I reign in
life through your life. I receive your life – your
humility, love and forgiveness, your integrity in
all things, your wisdom, discernment and cunning,
your strength, your joy, your union with the Father.
Apply to me the fullness of your resurrection. I
receive it with thanks and give it total claim to my
spirit, soul and body, my heart, mind and will.
Jesus, I also sincerely receive you as my authority,
rule, and dominion, my everlasting victory against
Satan and his kingdom, and my ability to bring your
Kingdom at all times and in every way. I receive all
the work and triumph of your ascension, through
which you have judged Satan and cast him down, you
have disarmed his kingdom. All authority in heaven
and on earth has been given to you, Jesus. All
authority in heaven and on earth has been given to
you, and you are worthy to receive all glory and
honor, power and dominion, now and forevermore. And
I have been given fullness in you, in your
authority. I now take my place in your ascension,
and in your throne, through which I have been raised
with you to the right hand of the Father and
established in your authority. I now bring the
kingdom of God, and the authority, rule and dominion
of Jesus Christ over my life today, over my home, my
household, my vehicles and finances, over all my
kingdom and domain.
I now bring the authority, rule and dominion of the
Lord Jesus Christ, and the fullness of the work of
Christ, against Satan, against his kingdom, against
every foul and unclean spirit come against me. (At
this point you might want to name the spirits that
you know have been attacking you). I bring the full
work of Jesus Christ against every foul power and
black art, against every human being and their
warfare. I bind it all from me in the authority of
the Lord Jesus Christ and in his Name.
Holy Spirit, thank you for coming. I love you, I
worship you, I trust you. I sincerely receive you
and all the work and victory in Pentecost, through
which you have come, you have clothed me with power
from on high, sealed me in Christ. You have become
my union with the Father and the Son, become the
Spirit of truth in me, the life of God in me, my
Counselor, Comforter, Strength, and Guide. I honor
you as my Sovereign, and I yield every dimension of
my spirit, soul and body, my heart, mind and will to
you and you alone, to be filled with you, to walk in
step with you in all things. Fill me afresh. Restore
my union with the Father and the Son. Lead me in all
truth, anoint me for all of my life and walk and
calling, and lead me deeper into Jesus today. I
receive you with thanks, and I give you total claim
to my life.
Heavenly Father, thank you for granting to me every
spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ
Jesus. I claim the riches in Christ Jesus over my
life today, my home, my kingdom and domain. I bring
the blood of Christ over my spirit, soul, and body,
my heart, mind and will. I put on the full armor of
God – the belt of truth, breastplate of
righteousness, shoes of the gospel, helmet of
salvation. I take up the shield of faith and sword
of the Spirit, and I choose to wield these weapons
at all times in the power of God. I choose to pray
at all times in the Spirit.
Thank you for your angels. I summon them in the
authority of Jesus Christ and command them to
destroy the kingdom of darkness throughout my
kingdom and domain, destroy all that is raised
against me, and to establish your Kingdom throughout
my kingdom and domain. I ask you to send forth your
Spirit to raise up prayer and intercession for me
this day. I now call forth the kingdom of the Lord
Jesus Christ throughout my home, my family, my
kingdom and my domain, in the authority of the Lord
Jesus Christ, with all glory and honor and thanks to
him. |
