This Month's Featured Teacher on Prayer:
Dr. Paul L. Cox is a graduate of the California Graduate School of Theology where he earned his Doctorate of Ministry degree. As an ordained Baptist pastor, Paul ministered at several churches as senior pastor. Paul and His wife Donna are committed to prayer ministry that brings freedom through generational deliverance. In order to share the revelation and insights the Holy Spirit has imparted to them, they founded Aslan's Place in 1999. This facility in Hesperia, California not only serves as an individual ministry center, but also a training and seminar center. Many people are growing in freedom and the Holy Spirit as a result of ministry at Aslan's Place. The ministry given is Biblically based and Holy Spirit led.
This Month's Prayer Focus: Generational Prayers
Why Pray Generational Prayers?
Others have also questioned whether we should repent for generational issues. Many would say that "the work was finished at the cross of Christ and nothing else needs to be done. The matter is settled. We already have all we need. No more praying about generational issues is necessary."
Now, here is the crux of the issue. For twenty years I have ministered to many people. Through generational praying and leading others to pray written prayers, I have seen Believers transformed by the power of the Lord. This transformation has led to a deeper level of intimacy with Jesus Christ and new levels of freedom. So, how do I reconcile this apparent contradiction between the finished work of the Cross and what I have seen in ministry over the past twenty years? The Bible, not our experience, is our ultimate authority. At any point where experience and the Bible disagree, the Bible wins. I believe that and I practice that. So, what does the Bible say?
Saved by Grace and Not of Works
Here are the fundamentals. We are saved by grace.
Ephesians 2:8-10: For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Our works, in our Christian life, verify that we really are saved.
James 2:17-20: Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe-and tremble! But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
Having established that we are saved by grace and our works verify our salvation, what part do we play in this process? Some argue that we have no part. It is true that salvation is the work of Christ alone. Even our coming to faith is made possible by the drawing of the Holy Spirit. The book of Romans clearly indicates that sanctification is a process; it is accomplished through the working of Christ in us, transforming us through the power of the Holy Spirit. So the question must be asked again, "Do we have any responsibility in our transformation from glory to ever-increasing glory?" (see 2 Corinthians 3:18).
I believe the answer is yes. We do have a responsibility in our transformation from glory to ever increasing glory. Look at Philippians 2:12-13:
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
The key phrase to examine is "work out your own salvation." What does this mean? It certainly does not mean work for your salvation. Scripture is clear that salvation comes through faith and not through works. We must understand what this "working out our salvation" means.
What Does "Working Out Our Salvation" in Philippians 2:12 Mean?
This issue is foundational to what I do in ministry, the reasoning behind publishing a book on prayers. If there is no scriptural mandate for this kind of ministry, then pursuing it is error. With this in mind I would like to give an extended quote from the Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. I am aware that it is a little tedious and will take some concentration on the part of the reader! However, if the importance of a Believer's part in maturing, in "working out our salvation," cannot be settled, then this book is meaningless! With this in mind, here is a section from the theological discussion of Philippians 2:12.
"But, the Biblical concept of salvation is not thus restricted to justification; more commonly what is in view includes God's redemptive work in its totality. Thus, while in a very important sense, we have already been saved (Ephesians 2:5, 8; Titus 3:5), in another sense, we are yet to be saved (Romans 5:9-10; 1 Corinthians 3:15; 5:5; 2 Timothy 4:18). Calvin rightly claims 'that salvation is taken to mean the entire course of our calling, and that this term includes all things by which God accomplishes that perfection, to which He has determined us by His free election.' Because salvation in its entire scope necessarily includes the manifestation of righteousness in our lives, it follows that our activity is integral to the process of salvation; we can never afford to forget the juxtaposition between verse 9 ('not of works') and verse 10 ('for good works') in Ephesians 2. In the particular context of Philippians 2, the out workings of the Believer's personal salvation take the form of corporate obligations within the Christian community: the duty of seeking the good of others.
"For those who admit the soteriological (relating to the study of salvation) thrust of the passage, the tendency is to define verse 12 by means of verse 13 (or verse 13 by means of verse 12), that is, to tone down human activity by appealing to divine grace (or vice versa). One may, for example, so emphasize the truth that God does not force us to act against our will, that as a result, grace is restricted to little more than spiritual aid: 'God will help us along, but it's really up to us.' Conversely, fear of legalism may lead us to a more or less passive understanding of sanctification: 'Our responsibility is simply to rest in God's grace, to let Him work in us.' The text itself, by its very juxtaposition of those two emphases, cries out loudly against any such attempts at resolution. And the point here is not merely that both the human and the divine are stressed, but that in one and the same passage, we have what is perhaps the strongest Biblical expression of each element.
"Note first Paul's concern with human activity. Although several New Testament verses place considerable emphasis on the role of human responsibility in salvation (cf. esp. 2 Peter 1:10, 'for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble'), none puts it so bluntly as Philippians 2:12. The very choice of the verb katergazomai is notable. Chrysostom explained this compound form as indicating 'with great effort, with great care'; though the evidence speaks against seeing such a nuance in the verb itself, we should not completely overlook the fact that this ancient Greek speaker perceived the term as emphatic. Bauer's 'achieve, accomplish' brings us closer to the distinctive nuance of the verb; he rightly places Philippians 2:12 under the second heading, 'bring about, produce, create.' It is impossible to tone down the force with which Paul here points to our conscious activity in sanctification. The thought should give us pause: our salvation, which we confess to be God's from beginning to end, is here described as something that we must bring about.
"For all that, our dependence on divine activity for sanctification is nowhere made as explicit as here. To begin with, God's work is viewed as having a causal relation to our working (gajr, gar, for); our activity is possible only because of divine grace. Second, the syntax is emphatic: Paul says not merely 'God works' (ho theos energei) but 'the One Who works, the working is God' (theos...estin ho energon...to energein). Third, the divine influence is said to extend not only to our activity but to our very wills-a unique statement, though the idea is implied in other passages (e.g., John 1:13; Romans 9:16). Calvin comments: 'There are, in any action, two principal parts, the will, and the effective power. Both of these (Paul) ascribes to God; what more remains to us to glory in?' Fourth, the apostle reinforces our dependence on God's sovereignty with a concluding reference to 'His good pleasure,' a distinctly theological term used to describe divine grace.
"The point is that, while sanctification requires conscious effort and concentration, our activity takes place not in a legalistic spirit, with a view to gaining God's favor, but rather in a spirit of humility and thanksgiving, recognizing that without Christ we can do nothing (cf. John 15:5), and so He alone deserves the glory.
"God's working in us is not suspended because we work, nor our working suspended because God works. Neither is the relation strictly one of cooperation as if God did His part and we did ours so that the conjunction or coordination of both produced the required result. God works and we also work. But the relation is that because God works, we work. All working out of salvation on our part is the effect of God's working in us. ...We have here not only the explanation of all acceptable activity on our part, but we also have the incentive to our willing and working. ...The more persistently active we are in working, the more persuaded we may be that all the energizing grace and power is of God." (Moises Silva, Philippians, Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament, 2nd ed. (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2005).)
Let me summarize this excerpt. First, it is Christ who works in us both in salvation and in transforming us after salvation. Second, we have a part in bringing our salvation to completion. Third, our part is in the context of the Church, the redeemed Body of Christ.
A Biblical Picture and Story of the Process of Salvation
What is stated in logical form in Philippians is illustrated in story form in the book of Joshua. The Lord clearly states that the land of Israel has been given to the children of Israel.
Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them-the children of Israel. Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, as I said to Moses.-Joshua 1:2-3
Verse three delineates an important condition for receiving this gift. The land which has been totally given to them must be possessed by them. Joshua 1:3 says, "Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses." The children of Israel have a part in possessing the land. They cannot simply cross over the river Jordan, set up camp, and wait for the coming of the Lord. They must possess their possessions. How do they do this? They must "walk" out their responsibility. "Every place that the soles of your feet tread, I have given to you!"
In other words, they must come against the strongholds in the land, take them down, and possess the land. This is a picture of the Christian life. We come into the Promised Land, that is, the Kingdom of God, through the Blood of Christ. The word Jordan actually means "to spread judgment." As we walk through the River Jordan, judgment does not touch us because it has been held back by the power of the Lord. We enter into the land and begin to take down, through the power of God, the strongholds in our lives. God does His part and we do our part. Our part includes the use of spiritual disciplines as well as being intentional about getting all the deliverance from the old nature that we can. That is where generational prayers come in.
God's Heart is to See His People Set Free
I understand from personal experience that those who do not believe in generational deliverance or in praying written generational prayers will not be satisfied by any reasoning or evidence. After I had been ministering deliverance for several months as a pastor, several of the deacons came to me to express their concerns. Some of our discussions became very intense! Finally, one deacon said to me, "Well, if this is really true, then where is the fruit?" The point was well taken. To show him the fruit, I scheduled a Sunday evening service where several people who had been significantly helped by prayers for generational deliverance gave testimonies of what the Lord had done. The evening was very powerful. For over two hours, person after person came to the microphone and shared how the Lord had touched their lives. The testimonies were particularly meaningful because I had ministered to some of these people for nine years before I started doing deliverances. Clearly it was the ministry of deliverance that had made a difference!
After the service, that same deacon came to me and said, "I do not care what all those people say, I do not believe in this ministry." At the following deacon meeting, the debate continued. Finally, in frustration, I said to the board, "If you do not want me to help these people, then you help them!" I was shocked by their response. They all raised their hands and said, "We can't." Here was the real heart of the issue. Those who do not believe in this ministry not only do not believe in it, but they also have no answers or alternative solutions to offer Believers who continue to be in pain. Their answer was from their own experience up to that point, as well as their Biblical and theological understanding to the concept of praying for people.
All of this should not be a surprise to anyone who knows the Bible. Jesus also encountered religious people who came against His healing and deliverance ministry. One of the most shocking Scriptures in the Bible is the account of the raising of Lazarus from the dead.
Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth!" And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Loose him, and let him go." Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him. But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them the things Jesus did. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, "What shall we do? For this Man works many signs. If we let Him alone like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation."
And one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all, nor do you consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish." Now this he did not say on his own authority; but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, and not for that nation only, but also that He would gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad. Then, from that day on, they plotted to put Him to death.-John 11:43-53
What is so shocking? Here is Jesus raising someone from the dead. Think of the joy of Lazarus and the joy of those who loved him; but the religious people did not see this. All they saw were their own agendas and beliefs. Truth was not the issue! Their only response to the raising of Lazarus from the dead was to plot Jesus' death.
The deacon meetings at my church finally culminated in congregational meetings. The debate seemed endless! Finally, I decided I had to leave that church. I can remember a conversation right after the meeting. I turned to a friend and said, "All I have ever wanted to do in ministry is to help others. Now, that I am finally able to really help people, the deacons won't let me." I walked away crushed. But the Lord was not finished with me or with the ministry of deliverance. His heart is to see His people set free. In obedience, I have followed His calling on my life. Years later, the fruit is evident. The Lord has been faithful. Yes, there is resistance, but lives are being changed.
Father, I repent and renounce for myself and my family line for all sins that have brought on the consequence of being entrapped in the ungodly depth, Sheol, the pit, the snare, and the trap and have kept me bound and unable to fulfill my God-given purpose.
Father, have mercy on me, for I have endured much contempt and ridicule. Lord, break off the contempt and ridicule that has been put on me by the proud. Wash me from the arrogance and arrogant ways that brought the contempt upon me.
Lord, forgive me for not forgiving those who have come against me and entrapped me. I choose now to forgive those who have spoken contempt against me, and I release them to you.
Lord, on behalf of myself and my ancestors I repent for making vows, covenants, and promises to You and others, which I broke. Lord, even as I have repented and You have forgiven me, in Your mercy, please cancel these promises, vows and covenants. Lord, please break off any evil or ungodly consequences of these broken vows, promises and covenants.
Lord, I choose to cancel and forgive all broken vows, promises and covenants made by others to me and members of my generational line. I trust in Your words that You will repay. I now choose to forgive them freely and release them.
I repent on behalf of myself and my generational line, for all those who forgot, or turned away from You, God, and for all those who, even though they saw Your awesome works, were ungrateful and unthankful, and complained instead of thanking You and being grateful for all You have done. Lord, please break off these consequences from me and my generational line.
I repent and renounce for all those in my generational line who tried to ascend above the stars or above God.
I repent for all generational fear, especially the fear of man, and I repent for all those who ran from fear, thus causing them to fall into the pit.
I repent for all those in my generational line who caused conflict, strife, or disunity, especially in the Body of Christ.
I repent for myself and those in my generational line for pride, arrogance, deceit, anger and fury. I repent for all generational adultery, harlotry, immorality, sexual perversion, ungodly bloodshed, and for all murdering of the innocent. I repent for those in my family line who used ungodly seduction, enticement or allurement to lead the upright and the righteous astray.
I repent for all those who had foolish lips and did not watch the words of their mouths.
I repent and renounce on behalf of myself and my family line for all who cursed father or mother.
I repent and renounce for myself and my family line for hatred, racism, and slavery. I repent for putting others in the ungodly depth by hating, despising and discriminating against them because of different skin color, culture, gender, and beliefs. I choose to forgive those who came against my family line because of different skin color, culture, gender, and beliefs. Lord, break the consequences of these sins off my family line and restore love that goes beyond racial, cultural, economic, gender, and diversity boundaries.
Lord, please break the consequences of these sins off of me and my family line, and Lord, please remove me and my lamp from any ungodly secret place, deep darkness, and from any ungodly lions' eyes.
Lord, please release me from any ungodly contracts that my ancestors or I agreed to and entered into that have brought me into the spirit of poverty. I pray that You would redeem what the devil has taken away and restore to me Your riches and Your glory.
Lord, I repent for and renounce all generational curses that come with seeking worldly riches. Lord, please restore me to seek riches in You alone. I repent for myself and my family line for robbing the poor, swindling, gambling, cheating and using witchcraft to gain wealth. Father, I repent for myself and my generational line for being greedy to gain wealth, power, knowledge, titles, position, mantles, and wisdom from any source other than from You.
Lord, I renounce and repent on behalf of myself and for all those in my family line who were destroyed through lack of knowledge because they did not seek You, Your knowledge and Your wisdom, and for all those who did not seek Your guidance in their walk, their business, their work, their ministry, their family or other circles of influence. Please remove my family and ministry from any ungodly depth, pit, trap or snare. Please restore to me all the blessings and benefits that have been held in the ungodly depth for my family line.
Lord, I declare that the enemy will now fall into the trap and snare he had set for me.
Lord, I repent and renounce for myself and all those in my family line who did not walk in true spiritual unity, but allowed bitterness, jealousy and envy to be in our midst, causing us to fall into a trap and a snare. I repent for all those who did not guard their friends and family or the Body of Christ and watched them fall into ungodly depths.
Lord, on behalf of myself and my ancestors, I repent for casting an evil eye on others because of envy and jealousy, thus placing them into ungodly depths. Lord, please remove and restore any parts of me that were placed in ungodly depths due to the evil eye.
Lord, on behalf of myself and my ancestors, I repent for all ungodly passivity that caused me to come into agreement with unjust accusations, ungodly perceptions, ungodly images, word curses, limitations, gossip and slander that were sent against me or anything that belongs to me. Lord, please disconnect me from all these and cancel them. Lord, I now choose to come into agreement with Your perception of me.
Lord, in Your mercy, please break off any ungodly work of my hands. Lord, I repent and renounce on behalf of myself and my family line for worshiping foreign gods, idols, and ungodly beings putting me in ungodly depths, especially through drugs and the spirit of pharmacia. Lord, please remove any part of me that has been trapped in the dimensions and cleanse it in Your Blood.
Lord, I repent and renounce for myself and my family line for uttering false prophecies, ungodly prayers, witchcraft curses, or incantations that have placed me into any ungodly depths. Please remove all consequences of these actions.
Lord, please disconnect me from any ungodly physical touch, trauma, or assault that has trapped any part of me in ungodly depths.
Lord, I repent and renounce on behalf of myself and generational line for all those who committed acts or harbored emotions that would place us into any ungodly depth. I repent for all dishonest or unjust covenants made by my ancestors or me. I forgive those who committed injustice against us, and who brought false accusations against us.
I repent for myself and my ancestors for all fear of man, for not caring for the widows and fatherless, and for declaring that no one would restore us from the pit, Sheol, Hades or any ungodly depth. I choose now to believe and declare that You are the one true God and will restore me.
Lord, would you now rescue me and my family line from any and all places in the ungodly depth that trapped us, and restore us to Your True and Righteous depth and height-Your plumb line.
Father, in Jesus' name, my desire is to be rightly related to You, to have all that You intend to give me and to receive everything that is in my inheritance. I ask You to open my eyes, and correct my perceptions. Show me how to work out my salvation daily. Show me what to let go of and to whom to extend forgiveness, so my position will change. Lord, I repent for self-righteousness and wrongly judging others. Lord, please remove the shackle from my left leg.
Lord, I repent for myself and my generational line for denying miracles, power, and the resurrection that You purchased. Lord, remove any balls and chains on me, take me out of any whitewashed sepulchers, and set me free from the grave.
Lord, please shatter the glass walls of deception and ungodly perception that keep me from hearing, speaking, and seeing clearly with Your perception.
Lord, I repent for not acknowledging that the sins of my ancestors and their belief systems affect me today. I repent for blind ignorance and passivity keeping me from taking the kingdom by force. I choose to awaken to righteousness. Lord, please give me a heart of humility and position me rightly before You.
Lord, fill my heart with Your love and give me a revelation of who You are and what my walk is supposed to look like.
Father God, I repent for putting others into the pit through judgments, selfish ambition, and jealousy, especially against my brothers and sisters in Christ. Lord, I repent for choosing to live in the victim mentality.
I repent and renounce on for all idolatry and ungodly worship of man, man's ways and not truly worshipping and exalting You, Lord God.
Lord, please disconnect me from the ungodly star, and ungodly elders that are holding me and chaining me to the pit, and take off the ungodly cummerbund, the knots and cords that have trapped me there.
Lord, please break off, shatter, destroy, remove and cut off any witchcraft which has empowered my entrapment in any of these ungodly dimensional places such as Sheol, death, fear, Hades, the snare, ungodly depth, perdition, the pits, the darkest place, utter darkness or the deep darkness. Lord, I repent and renounce on behalf of myself and my generational line for all those who used seduction, or any sexual practice as a means to entice and entrap people into ungodly dimensions.
Lord, remove me from the deep darkness of Sheol, the ungodly depth, fear, the snare, the trap, perdition, the pit, the darkest place, utter darkness or the deep darkness. Lord, please remove me from the snares, traps and nets that have bound my soul, my spirit, my body and my health in the ungodly depths.
While ministering in Asheville, North Carolina, a woman complained about knee pain. As an intercessor prayed for her, it became apparent that she was drawing her identity from being an intercessor. She agreed that this was true, and she felt anxious in praying for a wayward son. She felt like she needed to be in constant prayer and fasting for him.
During the prayer session, the Lord took her back to a memory where she had been violated as a little girl. The four-year-old little girl was hiding, afraid of men, and wasn't interested in meeting Jesus. Finally the four-year old realized that Jesus was safe, and she could invite Him into her place of hiding. As she did, Jesus came, healed her and cleansed her.
A turning point was when the four-year old and Jesus played together, and she was willing to let Jesus hold her dolly. She realized that as she could trust Jesus to care for her dolly, she could trust Jesus to care for her son. She understood that the Lord loved her son even more than she did. She gave the Lord her son and other burdens of prayer that she had been carrying.
We prayed that the Lord would break off all ungodly attachments to the knees associated with ungodly intercession that was based on striving and works. Her knee pain left as she gave her prayer burdens to God, came into His rest, and trusted Him with all her concerns. It was out of this experience that the "Prayer to Repent for Ungodly Intercession" was birthed.
Prayer to Repent for Ungodly Intercession
I repent and renounce for myself and my generational line for all ungodly prayers uttered, including controlling witchcraft prayers and prayers birthed out of fear instead of faith. Lord, would You remove all that evil from my life, my DNA, and would You restore Your presence and the power of Your Holy Spirit to my life?
Lord, please forgive me for misunderstanding the high calling and privilege of intercession.
I repent and renounce for myself and those in my generational line who left their watch and station and did not wait on You. I choose now to be stationed on the rampart, to wait upon You, and to hear what You will say to me. I will wait until I am reproved (Habakkuk 1:17-2:3). Lord, I choose to write down the vision so future generations can run with it. I choose Your timing so that the vision will not be delayed.
I repent and renounce for myself and my generational line, for relying on our own understanding instead of Yours, Lord, and for praying our will instead of Your will. I repent and renounce Lord, for not relying on Your living Word and speaking death over my loved ones instead of life which You so richly give.
I repent and renounce for myself and my generational line for not seeking and praying Your will and desires, but our will and desires. Lord, I repent and renounce for limiting You, God, and all that is possible through You. I repent and renounce for not receiving Your dreams and not praying them because they are so big. Would You release the gift of faith and expectancy in me to know that You are able to do more than I can think or imagine? I choose to receive the dreams and desires that You have given me and believe that all things are possible with You, Lord.
I repent and renounce for not acknowledging You, Lord, Your power, the time of Your visitation and for not knowing You and praying what is on Your heart. Lord, I desire to know and pray Your heart and receive Your blessings.
I repent and renounce for stepping out of my own realm of authority and fighting battles that You didn't tell me to fight.
I repent and renounce for myself and my generational line for looking at my circumstances and praying from a soulish perspective and a worldly view. Lord, forgive me for being misled and trusting in a system that has failed me because it was not based on truth or relationship with You. You paid the price of my sin in full.
I repent and renounce for myself and my generational line for praying prayers of doubt, unbelief, self-righteousness, pride, jealousy, envy, fear, hardheartedness, strife, selfish ambition, judgment and deception. Lord, would You remove all bitter root judgments that we came into agreement with? I ask that You remove all ungodly intercession that was based upon these sins. I ask for the angel, Breakthrough, to break, shatter, dissolve, and destroy, all ungodly intercession, all ungodly prayers, all self-righteous prayers, all soulish prayers, and unsound mind prayers. I choose to walk in power, love, and a sound mind.
I repent and renounce for myself and my generational line for jealousy, envy and attempting to steal the giftings and callings of others. I repent for shutting the door on the children of God in order to forfeit their destiny. Lord, I admit that these things have interfered with my intimacy with You and my intercession for others. I choose to forgive those who have done this to me in my life. Lord, I now choose to freely give what You have given to me in order that You may rebuke the thief in my life and others. I choose to lay down my life that You may raise it up again.
I repent and renounce for myself and my generational line for praying controlling manipulative prayers out of selfish motivation for the purpose of controlling others for selfish advantage (Isaiah 54:17). Father, would You remove and cancel the effects of all soulish prayers, ungodly intercession, prophecies, and declarations that have released curses against me and my family. I forgive those who have knowingly or unknowingly brought curses upon my family by praying their will instead of Yours.
I repent and renounce for myself and my generational line for those who rejected the identity of sonship with You and the spirit of adoption and have walked according to the futility of their minds. Lord, I receive the spirit of adoption crying, "Abba, Father." I choose to walk and pray by faith and not by sight. I come into agreement with that as Your child, that I can approach Your throne by faith in the Blood of Jesus, and I have direct access to You.
I repent and renounce for myself and my generational line for praying striving compulsive prayers from a state of anxiousness and unrest instead of praying from a state of rest by being seated with You in Heavenly places. Lord, I choose to have my eyes focused on the victory that You intend for me to have (Philippians 4:6).
I repent and renounce for myself and my generational line for taking on the yoke of religious, organizational, manmade intercession instead of taking on Your burden of intercession. I ask You to break off all ungodly yokes and false burdens of intercession from me and my family line. I break all agreement made to ungodly religious and governmental authorities.
Lord, I ask You to break off of me and my family line the consequences of being fatherless, and break off abandonment, rejection, and allowing a false spirit of Elijah to have power over our intercession and prayers.
I repent and renounce for myself and my generational line for withholding prayers and intercession that would release the sons and daughters of God.
I repent and renounce for myself and my generational line for all ungodly intercession directed to idols, gods, goddesses, objects, Heavenly and earthly bodies, and the dead. Father would You break the consequences of ungodly intercession that hindered the answer from Your throne?
I repent and renounce for myself and my generational line for all ungodly chanting, ritualistic, and repetitive prayers. Lord, would You remove the curses that were activated and the ungodly spiritual forces that were empowered by these unrighteous prayers? I repent and renounce for myself and my generational line for trusting in manmade formulas. Lord, I repent for not surrendering to the Holy Spirit to make intercession in me according to the mind of the Spirit and the will of God (Romans 8:26-27).
Father, would You remove all deception, wrongful motivations and intents from my heart, mind and will that would cause me to pray misguided prayers?
Father, would you remove the brass heaven? (Deuteronomy 28:23). Father, would You release an open Heaven and pour out the bowls of the prayers of the saints according to Your will?
I repent and renounce
for myself and my ancestors for not honoring the godly priests and
priestesses who have prayed Your heart, God. Lord, pour out the godly
bowls of intercession prayed by the saints before me.
Lord, I
repent for not seeking Your Kingdom first and for not trusting that You
know and will fulfill my needs. I receive Your promise that when I seek
Your Kingdom first, all these things are added to me (Matthew 6:31-34).
Lord, I repent for not asking from You as You have commanded me, so that I may receive from You and my joy may become full (Matthew 7:9-11, John 16:24).
Lord, I repent for not continuing to travail in prayer as Elijah did until Your purposes have been joyously fulfilled, until Heaven gives rain and the earth produces its fruit (John 16:21, James 5:17-18). Lord, would You establish me as the trees planted by rivers of water which bring forth fruit in season and whatever I do will prosper (Psalm 1:3).
Lord, I repent and renounce for myself and my ancestors for praying faithless prayers and not having faith for You to heal the sick (James 5). Lord, I desire to please You by praying in faith that all things are possible to those who believe. I believe You are good and all good and perfect gifts come from You, the Father of Lights.
I repent and renounce for myself and my generational line for any agreement with the enemy's trickery or deceptive schemes that caused me to yield my God-given authority, thus affecting my prayers, decrees, proclamations and myself. Thank You for bringing the revelation of truth, so I could repent and take back my authority.
I repent and renounce for myself and my generational line for listening to or using flattery which causes deception and ruin, and for misrepresenting God's truths in order to control others for my/our own gain (Psalms 12:2, Proverbs 26:28, Romans 16:17-18).
Lord, I repent and renounce for myself and my ancestors for coming to the altar of incense before being cleansed and confessing sins, faults and offenses to one another (Matthew 5:23-24, James 5:16).
I repent and renounce for myself and my ancestors for not daily seeking You, delighting to know Your ways, but doing as I please on the day of prayer and fasting. I repent and renounce for myself and my ancestors for believing that the outward works of fasting and prayer alone would bring results but inwardly holding on to strife and dissension resulting in cursing, hitting and exploitation of Your children. Lord, I choose the fast You have chosen - to loose the chains of injustice, the yokes of the oppressed, to feed the hungry, to provide for the homeless, and to clothe the naked (Isaiah 58). I choose to do right, to seek justice, encourage the oppressed, defend the cause of the fatherless, and plead the case of the widow (Isaiah 1:12-20).
I repent and renounce for myself and for the women in my generational line who took it upon themselves to act as if they were the Holy Spirit to men. I repent for those women who did not allow men to be the spiritual headship of the marriage, but tried to take on that position (I John 2:27, Genesis 3:16).
I repent and renounce for myself and the men in my generational line for all inconsideration, dishonoring, and not recognizing wives as joint heirs by the grace of God. I choose to live in consideration of my wife and honor her as a joint heir of God's grace.
I repent and renounce for myself and the men in my family line who, because of fear and passivity, relinquished their responsibility as head. I renounce and break all agreements with the spirit of Jezebel and Ahab on myself and my generational line (I Kings 21:7-15).
I repent for myself and those in my family line who did not know and or care to know their responsibility for intercession (Genesis 3:12). I repent and renounce for myself and my generational line that did not value intercession, said it was for others, and did not pray. Father, forgive me for prayerlessness.
Lord, I ask forgiveness for not recognizing the creative arts as intercession. I repent for restricting dance, painting, music, and visual arts from being a part of worship and intercession to You. Lord, break the consequences off my family line of legalistic mocking, limiting, and restricting passionate worship and intercession through dance and the arts.
I choose to forgive all those in the Body of Christ who shut down and limited creativity in me as a worshipper and as an intercessor. I choose to recognize and bless the creative arts in others as the word of God in the anointing of truth (Psalm 150). Lord, I choose to enter into Your courts with praise and to worship You for who You are in Spirit and in truth.
I repent and renounce
for myself and my generational line for being narrow-minded and not
embracing all of You and Your Kingdom. I repent for a narrow view of
Your Kingdom. I ask You to remove all the limitations that I have
perceived or understood and replace them with Your wisdom, Your
knowledge, Your Understanding, and the fullness of who You are.
I
repent and renounce for myself and my generational line for not praying
for leaders and those in authority that You have placed over us (I Timothy 2:1-2).
I repent and renounce for myself and my generational line for not
submitting to governmental authority and praying against the President
and other government officials that have been appointed by God. I
repent for using liberty as a cloak for cursing and speaking evil in my
prayers against the established government. I repent for not honoring
the leaders of my nation. I repent for not praying for and seeking the
peace of the city, state, and nation where You have caused me to live.
I repent for letting false prophets, diviners, and the news media deceive me and cause me to bring negative prayers to You. I repent for not seeking Your divine insight. I renounce generational terrorism, treason, insurrection and murder. Lord, please remove all judgments that I have brought through unrighteous prayers against me, my family, and Your people (I Peter 2:13-17, Romans 13:1-2, Jeremiah 29:7).
Lord, would You go before me as my King with the breaker anointing so that I can pass through the gate, breach the womb and break out and burst forth in multiplication and spread in all directions (Micah 2:13).
I repent and renounce for myself and my generational line for believing lies, walking in discouragement, pain, suffering, disappointment, hopelessness, and allowing these circumstances to negatively affect my intercession.
I repent and renounce for myself and my generational line for praying prayers based on looking or sounding righteous or spiritual in front of others rather than approaching prayer as coming into Your presence and communing with You, Lord (Matthew 6:5-13, Proverbs 29:25).
I repent and renounce for myself and my generational line for praying and bowing the knees to any man, angel, idol, or image rather than You, God. I repent for not relying on You to strengthen my feeble knees. I repent for confused, faithless, and complaining prayers during a time when You were chastening me. I acknowledge that Your desire was to strengthen my feeble knees, but my attitude and prayers hindered me. Lord, forgive me for not exalting You in prayer as the Lord to whom every knee should bow. I repent for myself and my ancestors for prolonged kneeling, self abasement, flagellation, and striving in prayer way beyond the leading of Your Holy Spirit, so that we could boast of our prayers (Romans 11:4, Isaiah 45:23, Philippians 2:10, Hebrews 12:7-13, Ephesians 2:8-9). I repent for not strengthening the weak hands and feeble knees of others (Isaiah 35:3).
I repent and renounce for myself and my generational line for praying out of a place of disunity with Your Body and for praying out of a heart filled with selfish desires, envy, and jealousy that has caused me to miss the mark. Forgive me for every time I have been pulled off course either by the enemy or my own will not yielded to Yours. Forgive me for wanting to promote my own self-will rather than You. I repent and renounce for idolatry. I choose to set my face to know You and Your heart of mercy and compassion, and I will pray Your heart and not my own.
Lord, release Your sound as a war cry in me and others so that we may worship with one accord that will breach the walls, break through the brass Heaven, and pierce the canopy that holds back generational blessings (Deuteronomy 28:33, Joshua 6:20).
Lord, on behalf of myself and my ancestors, I repent for and renounce everything that has allowed the enemy to steal my prayers. Lord, would You remove all generational curses on intercession?
Lord, would You give me the breakthrough to plunder the enemy's camp and take back the righteous unanswered prayers for myself and for my previous generations?
Father, in Jesus' name, I choose to empty myself of fleshly emotions and desires and ask You, Yahweh, to fill me with Your mind, Your Heart, and Your will. Lord, I ask You to forgive me and my generational line for not approaching You in true intercession by worshipping You in the totality of who You are and for not accurately perceiving who You are.
I repent and renounce for myself and my generational line for coming into Your presence with meaningless offerings, for having evil assemblies, having unclean hands, unrepentant hearts, pride, and for doing wrong.
Lord, I ask that You would remove all ungodly powers, authorities, rulers, elders, and ungodly spiritual devices that have resulted from ungodly intercession.
Lord, I ask that You would break off of me the guilt and condemnation that I have not interceded correctly. I choose to forgive myself for this false guilt. Lord, I now receive Your true intercession and any godly mantles of intercession You choose to give me.
Lord, would You remove all deception off of me and my family? I repent and renounce for myself and for those in my generational line who squandered talents, gifts, resources and money from the beginning of time to the present.
I declare that I will not lean to my own understanding, but in all my ways I will acknowledge You in intercession.
Lord, I declare that as I sit in the Heavenly places with You, I will release Your decrees and they will come into existence (Ephesians 2:6, Isaiah 48:6, Isaiah 42:9).
I declare Lord, that I will allow You to teach me how to pray.
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