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My dear Lord Jesus, I come to you now to be restored[1] 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 heart, soul, mind and strength; and I give you my spirit as well. I
cover myself with your blood[2] – 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.
Dear God, holy and victorious Trinity, you alone are worthy of all my
worship, my hearts 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[3]. 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.[4]
I open up my life anew to all of his Life and all his Work which you ordained
for me.[5] Thank you for including me in Christ,[6] for forgiving me my
sins, [7]for granting me his righteousness, [8]for making me complete
in him.[9] Thank you for making me alive with Christ[10], raising me with
him,[11] seating me with him at your right hand,[12] granting me his authority[13]
and anointing me with your Holy Spirit.[14] 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.[15]
I honor you as my Lord, I love you, worship you, trust you. I embrace[16]
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,[17] my
old nature is removed,[18] my heart is circumcised unto God,[19] and every
claim being made against me is disarmed.[20] I take my place in your cross
and death, whereby I have died with you to sin and to my flesh,[21] to
the world,[22] and to the evil one.[23] I take up my cross and crucify
my flesh with all its pride, unbelief, and idolatry. I put off the old
man.[24] I now bring the cross of Christ between me and all people, all
spirits, all things. Holy Spirit, apply to me 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 embrace you as my new life,[25] 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.[26] I am crucified with Christ and it is no longer
I who live but Christ who lives in me.[27] I now take my place in your
Resurrection, whereby I have been made alive with you,[28] I reign in
life through you.[29] I now put on the new man[30] in all holiness and
humility, in all righteousness and purity and truth. Christ is now my
life,[31] the one who strengthens me.[32] Holy Spirit, apply to me 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 also sincerely embrace you as my authority and rule, my everlasting
victory over Satan and his kingdom, and I receive all the work and triumph
of your Ascension, whereby Satan has been judged and cast down,[33] his
rulers and authorities disarmed,[34] all authority in heaven and on earth
given to you, Jesus, [35] and I have been given fullness in you, the head
over all. [36] I take my place in your Ascension, whereby I have been
raised with you to the right hand of the Father and established with you
in all authority.[37] I bring your authority and your kingdom rule over
my life, my family, my household, and my domain.
And now I bring the fullness of your work – your Cross, Resurrection,
and Ascension – against Satan, against his kingdom, and against
all his emissaries and all their work warring against me and my domain.
Greater is he who is in me than he who is in the world.[38] 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, and I banish them in
the Name of Jesus Christ.[39] Holy Spirit, apply to me 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 embrace you as my Counselor, my Comforter, my
Strength and my Guide.[40] Thank you for sealing me in Christ.[41] I honor
you as my Lord, and 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.[42] I fully open my life to you in every dimension and aspect –
my body, my soul and my spirit – choosing to be filled with you,
to walk in step with you in all things.[43] Apply to me, blessed Holy
Spirit, all of the work and all of the gifts in Pentecost.[44] Fill me
afresh, blessed Holy Spirit. I receive you with thanks and give you total
claim to my life.
Heavenly Father, thank you for granting to me every spiritual blessing
in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus.[45] 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 once more
with his blood from every sin and stain and evil device. I put on your
armor – the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the
shoes of the readiness of the Gospel of peace, 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, to be strong in you, Lord,
and in your might.[46]
Father, thank you for your angels. May they guard me at all times this
day. [47] Thank you for those who pray for me; I confess I need their
prayers and I ask you to send forth your Spirit and rouse them, unite
them, raising up the full canopy of prayer and intercession for me.[48]
I call forth the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ this day throughout
my home, my family, my life and my domain. I pray all of this in the name
of Jesus Christ, with all glory and honor and thanks to him.
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[1] There is a “daily-ness”
to our walk with Christ, we have to choose to abide in Christ. It’s
not something that happens automatically, and we can lose connection with
our head (Col 2:19). Not a loss of salvation, but a loss of that intimate
connection to the Vine through which we receive his life. Every morning
we bring our lives fully back to Christ and under his Lordship. It’s
important that we consecrate our whole being to Christ – our body
(Romans 12:1), our soul (Luke 10:27) and our spirit (1 Cor 6:17). [2]
1 John 1:9 [3] Ephesians 1:4 [4] Romans 5:8 [5] By entering into the work
of Christ daily, we appropriate in a fresh way all he has already done
for us. After all, Christ told us to take up our cross daily (Luke 9:23).
[6] 1 Cor 1:30 [7] Col 2:13 [8] 2 Cor 5:21 [9] Col 2:10 [10] Col 2:13
[11] Col 3:1 [12] Eph 2:6 [13] Luke 10:19, Eph 2:6 [14] Eph 1:13 [15]
Matt 20:28 [16] By entering into the work of Christ daily, we appropriate
in a fresh way all he has already done for us. After all, Christ told
us to take up our cross daily (Luke 9:23). [17] 1 John 1:9 [18] Co 2:11
[19] Romans 2:29 [20] Col 2:15 [21] Romans 6:11 [22] Gal 6:14 [23] Col
1:13 [24] Eph 4:22 [25] Having put off the old man, we are told to put
on the new (Eph 4:24). [26] Romans 6:11 [27] Gal 2:20 [28] Eph 2:5 [29]
Romans 5:17 [30] Romans 6:4 [31] Col 3:4 [32] Phil 4:13 [33] John 12:31
[34] Col 2:15 [35] Matt 28:18 [36] Col 2:10 [37] Eph 2:6 [38] 1 John 4:4
[39] Luke 10:19 [40] John 14:16, Acts 9:31 [41] Eph 1:13 [42] John 15:26,
16:13 [43] Gal 5:25 [44] Eph 4:8 [45] Eph 1:3 [46] Eph 6:10-18 [47] Heb
1:14 [48] 2 Cor 1:8-11
This
prayer is from John Eldredge’s Ransomed Heart Ministries. Used by
permission. |
