A DAILY PRAYER FOR FREEDOM

(Taken from John Eldredge’s Waking the Dead)

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 honour 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- 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 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 for my every sin. Search me
and know me and reveal to me any aspect of my life that is not pleasing to You. Expose any
agreements I have made with my Enemy, 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 sacrifice and my new life. 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, 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, and
every claim being made against me this day is disarmed. I take my place in Your cross and death,
whereby I have died with You to sin and to my flesh, to the world, and to the Evil One. I am
crucified with Christ. I now take up my cross and crucify my flesh with all its pride, unbelief, and
idolatry. I put off the old man. I now bring the cross of Christ between me and all people, and
spirits, and 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 in 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 no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me. I now take my place in Your resurrection,
whereby I have been made alive with You, I reign in life through You. I put on the new person 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 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 receive 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, his rulers and authorities disarmed, and authority in heaven and
on earth given to You, Jesus, and I have been given fullness in You, the Head over all. 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. 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. Christ has given me authority now over and against every enemy,
and I banish them in the name of Jesus Christ. Holy Spirit, and apply to me the fullness of the
work of 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 honour 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. 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. Apply to me, blessed
Holy Spirit, all of the work and all of the gifts in Pentecost. 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. 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 very sin and stain and evil device. I put on Your armour- 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.

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. May they guard me at all times this day. 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. 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 honour and
thanks to Him.