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DEV:Daily Warfare Prayer  by Donald Gooch

   HEAVENLY FATHER, I HUMBLE MYSELF IN WORSHIP BEFORE YOU.  TO YOUR
HOLY NAME BE GLORY, HONOR AND PRAISE FOR EVER!  YOU ARE WORTHY OF MY
ADORATION, DEVOTION AND THANKSGIVING.  I COMMIT MYSELF TO LOVE YOU WITH
ALL MY HEART, MIND, SOUL AND STRENGTH--INCLUDING MY ENERGY OUTPUT AND
ALL MY BEST EFFORTS.  I SUBMIT MYSELF TO YOU AND TO ALL YOU HAVE PUT IN
AUTHORITY OVER ME.  I YIELD MY MONEY, SEX AND POWER TO YOU. HERE IS MY
BODY AS A LIVING SACRIFICE, CONSECRATED TO YOU AND MADE HOLY AS A
TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.  I GIVE MYSELF TO YOU COMPLETELY AND WITHOUT
HOLDING ANYTHING BACK.  BY FAITH, I CLAIM THE BLOOD OF OUR LORD JESUS
CHRIST AROUND AND WITHIN ME.  I GIVE MYSELF TO ABIDE AND REMAIN IN
CHRIST DURING THIS DAY.  IN UNION WITH CHRIST, I TAKE MY STAND AGAINST
ALL EFFORTS OF SATAN AND HIS DEMONS TO HINDER ME IN THIS TIME OF
PRAYER.  I ADDRESS MYSELF ONLY TO THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS
CHRIST AND REJECT ANY INVOLVEMENT OF SATAN IN THIS PRAYER.  SATAN, I
COMMAND YOU IN THE ALL-POWERFUL NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST TO LEAVE
MY PRESENCE, WITH ALL YOUR DEMONS, AND GO TO THE PLACE WHERE JESUS
CHRIST SENDS YOU.  I BRING HIS BLOOD BETWEEN US AND AROUND ME AS A
SHIELD.  IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, I ORDER YOU NOT TO
APPROACH ME IN ANY WAY EXCEPT BY THE HEAVENLY FATHER'S PERMISSION.
RIGHTEOUS FATHER, BY FAITH AND AND IN OBEDIENCE TO YOUR COMMAND, I PUT
OFF THE OLD SELF WHICH IS BEING CORRUPTED BY ITS DECEITFUL DESIRES AND
PUT ON THE NEW SELF, CREATED TO BE LIKE GOD IN TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND
HOLINESS.  I RESIST ALL THE FORCES OF DARKNESS THAT STIMULATE THE
DESIRES OF MY SINFUL NATURE AND CLAIM THE APPEARING OF THE SON OF GOD
TO DESTROY THE DEVIL'S WORK IN MY LIFE.  BY THE POWER AND AUTHORITY OF
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, I RETAKE ANY GROUND GIVEN TO THE DEVIL AND
RELEASE ITS FULL CONTROL TO THE HOLY SPIRIT.  BY FAITH, I COME INTO
UNION WITH THE INCARNATION, CRUCIFIXION, BURIAL, RESSURECTION,
GLORIFICATION, ASCENSION, EXALTATION,SEATING, OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT AND INTERCESSION ACCOMPLISHED BY OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.  I
SUBMIT TO HIS AUTHORITY AS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH AND REJOICE IN HIS
RULE AND REIGN IN THE UNIVERSE.  I LIVE IN THE CONFIDENCE OF HIS SECOND
COMING IN POWER AND GREAT GLORY.

   I CLAIM THE POWER OF THE INCARNATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
INCLUDING HIS VIRGIN BIRTH AND SINLESS LIFE.  I CONFESS THAT JESUS
CHRIST IS COME IN THE FLESH AND IS FULLY GOD AND FULLY MAN.

   I CLAIM THE POWER OF HIS CRUCIFIXION ON MY BEHALF AS AN ATONING
SACRIFICE FOR MY SINS, AND NOT FOR MINE ALONE BUT ALSO FOR THE SINS OF
THE WHOLE WORLD.  I CLAIM THE VICTORY OVER DEATH AND HELL BY OUR LORD
JESUS IN HIS BURIAL AND BY HIS RESSURECTION FROM THE DEAD.

   I CLAIM THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION FOR MY JUSTIFICATION SO THAT I
MAY WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE.  I CLAIM THE VICTORY OF HIS GLORIFICATION
IN HIS RESURRECTED AND GLORIFIED BODY WHEN JESUS COMES AGAIN TO EARTH.

   I CLAIM THE POWER OF JESUS CHRIST'S ASCENSION TO THE RIGHT HAND OF
THE FATHER, EXALTED ABOVE ALL AUTHORITIES, PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS
AND EVERY NAME THAT IS NAMED.  I CLAIM THE AUTHORITY OF HIS BEING
SEATED ON THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER IN THE HEAVENLY REALMS WITH ALL
EVIL POWERS UNDER HIS FEET AND MINE. I SHARE HIS TRIUMPH.

   I CLAIM THE POWER OF HIS INTERCESSION FOR ME AND FOR ALL HIS PEOPLE.
 I RECEIVE THE POWER OF THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ACCOMPLISHED
BY THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AT PENTECOST.  FOR THIS DAY, I ALSO
APPROPRIATE THE FULLNESS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN MY LIFE.  I CLAIM ALL
THE POWER OF HIS SANCTIFYING WORK WITHIN ME.

   I CLAIM THE LOVING DIRECTION OF HIS HEATHROW OVER THE CHURCH WHICH
IS HIS BODY AND BRIDE--AND OF WHICH I AM A PART.  I CLAIM THE POWER OF
HIS VICTORIOUS REIGN WHICH WILL BE OPEN FOR ALL TO SEE WHEN HE APPEARS
THE SECOND TIME ON THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN.


   I BRING ALL THIS POWER TO BEAR AGAINST SATAN, HIS FORCES OF EVIL AND
HIS STRATEGIES AGAINST ME.  HEAVENLY FATHER, WITH THE DIVINE POWER OF
WEAPONS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT YOU GIVE IN CHRIST, I TEAR DOWN SATAN'S
STRONGHOLDS IN MY LIFE AND IN THE LIVES OF THOSE I LOVE.I DESTROY EVERY
ARGUMENT AND EXCUSE FOR NOT KNOWING THE TRIUNE GOD BETTER AND BETTER.
I REJECT THE IDEAS AND PHRASES THAT MAKE SIN ATTRACTIVE AND PLAUSIBLE,
BY FAITH, I CLAIM THE MIND OF CHRIST.  I TAKE CAPTIVE EVERY THOUGHT TO
MAKE IT OBEDIENT TO CHRIST.  WITH SOUND JUDGEMENT, I REFUSE TO TAKE UP
AN OFFENSE FOR THOSE WHO DISOBEY YOUR WILL AS REVEALED IN YOUR WRITTEN
WORD OR TO DEFEND THEM ANY WAY.  I ASK FOR YOUR INSIGHT TO RESTORE
GENTLY SOMEONE CAUGHT IN A SIN.

   I DEMOLISH THE PLANS OF SATAN FORMED AGAINST ME TODAY.  I SMASH THE
PLANS OF SATAN AGAINST MY HEART AND CAREFULLY GUARD MY AFFECTIONS.  I
BREAK THE STRONGHOLD OF SATAN AGAINST MY EMOTIONS.  I RELEASE ANXIETY,
BITTERNESS, ANGER, LONELINESS AND LUST, REPLACING THEM WITH THE PEACE
OF GOD THAT TRANSCENDS ALL UNDERSTANDING.  I SMASH THE STRONGHOLDS OF
SATAN AGAINST MY MIND AND MEDITATE ON YOUR WORD DAY AND NIGHT.  I
OBLITERATE THE STRONGHOLDS OF SATAN FORMED AGAINST MY WILL AND CHOOSE
NOW TO TRUST AND OBEY THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.  I CRUSH THE STRONGHOLDS
OF SATAN FORMED AGAINST MY SPIRIT AND SET MY PATH TO LIVE CONSTANTLY
AND CONTINUOUSLY IN THE FULLNESS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.  I CHOOSE TO SING
PSALMS, HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS, ALWAYS GIVING THANKS TO GOD THE
FATHER FOR EVERYTHING IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.  HOLY
SPIRIT, I ASK YOU TO BRING THESE SONGS TO MY MIND THROUGHOUT THIS DAY.
I SHATTER THE STRONGHOLDS OF SATAN FORMED AGAINST MY BODY AND INVITE
THE HOLY SPIRIT TO FILL MY BODY AND USE ITS PARTS TODAY FOR THE GLORY
OF JESUS CHRIST.  I SPLINTER THE STRONGHOLDS OF THE DEVIL AGAINST MY
SOUL AND YIELD THE DEPTHS OF MY PERSONALITY INTO YOUR CARE.  I BURST
THE STRONGHOLDS OF THE ENEMY AGAINST ANY AND EVERY PART OF MYSELF AND
BRING MY DEEPEST DESIRES TO YOU FOR SATISFACTION.

   IN OBEDIENCE TO THE COMMAND IN YOUR WORD, I COMMIT MYSELF TO BE
STRONG IN THE LORD AND HIS MIGHTY POWER.  THANK YOU FOR THE FULL ARMOR
OF GOD THAT YOU PROVIDE.  RIGHT NOW I PUT ON THE BELT OF TRUTH, THE
BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THE BOOTS OF READINESS THAT COME FROM
THE GOSPEL OF PEACE.  I HOLD UP THE SHIELD OF FAITH THAT EXTINGUISHES
ALL THE FLAMING ARROWS OF THE EVIL ONE.  I PUT ON THE HELMET OF
SALVATION.  I GRASP THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, THE WORD OF GOD. TRAIN ME
TO USE IT WITH SUPERNATURAL ABILITY.  STIMULATE ME TO PRAY ON ALL
OCCASIONS AND WITH ALL KINDS OF PRAYERS AND REQUESTS.

   THANK YOU, LORD JESUS, FOR LOVING ME AND LAYING DOWN YOUR LIFE FOR
ME. OPEN MY EYES TODAY FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES TO LOVE OTHERS AND TO LAY
DOWN MY LIFE FOR THEM.  GRANT ME OPPORTUNITIES TO USE THE SPIRITUAL
GIFTS YOU HAVE GIVEN ME IN A SPIRIT OF HUMILITY, JOY AND SERVICE.  HELP
ME TO TAKE MY FOCUS OFF MYSELF AND TO FIX MY EYES ON JESUS CHRIST AND
ON THOSE YOU WANT ME TO LOVE AND SERVE.  I ENTER THIS DAY WITH
THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE.  OPEN MY EYES TO WHAT YOU ARE DOING, HOLY
FATHER, AND ALLOW ME TO BE USED OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AS A PART OF IT.  I
PRAY IN THE CONFIDENCE OF THE WONDERFUL NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
WHO IS ABLE TO KEEP ME FROM FALLING AND TO PRESENT ME BEFORE YOUR
GLORIOUS PRESENCE WITHOUT FAULT AND WITH GREAT JOY.  AMEN!

   Donald Gooch

   I do not know who wrote this prayer other than the Holy Ghost but I
believe it is the most powerful personal prayer I have ever seen or
heard.  If this prayer is prayed from the heart I believe it cannot
fail to change a person's life.  It really is one of the great outlines
of personal warfare to be found.  Use this in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ and to show forth His Glory in your life and you will be
changed.  My love to all saints in the name of Jesus. Amen!!