Spiritual Warfare Prayer
 Heavenly Father, I bow in worship and praise before you. I cover myself with the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ as my protection
during this time of prayer. I surrender myself completely and unreservedly in every area of my life to You. I do take a stand
against all the workings of Satan that would hinder me in this time of prayer, and I address myself only to the true living God and
refuse any involvement of Satan in my prayer.

 Satan, I command you, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to leave my presence with all your demons, and bring the blood of the
Lord Jesus Christ between us.

 Heavenly Father, I worship You, and I give You praise. I recognize that You are worthy to receive all glory and honor and praise.
I renew my allegiance to You and pray that the blessed Holy Spirit would enable me in this time of prayer. I am thankful, heavenly
Father, that You have loved me from past eternity, that You sent the Lord Jesus Christ into the world to die as my substitute that I
would be redeemed. I am thankful that the Lord Jesus Christ came as my representative, and that through Him You have completely
forgiven me; You have given me eternal life; You have given me the perfect righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ so I am now
justified. I am thankful that in Him You have made me complete, and that You have offered Yourself to me to be my strength.

 Heavenly Father, come and open my eyes that I might see how great You are and how complete Your provision is for this new day. I
do, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, take my place with Christ in the heavenlies with all principalities and powers (powers of
darkness and wicked spirits) under my feet. I am thankful that the victory of the Lord Jesus Christ won for me on the cross and in
His resurrection has been given to me and that I am seated with the Lord Jesus Christ in the heavenlies; therefore, I declare that
all principalities and powers and all wicked spirits are subject to me in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

 I am thankful for the armor You have provided, and I put on the girdle of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the sandals of
peace, and the helmet of salvation. I lift up the shield of faith against all the fiery darts of the enemy, and take in my hand the
sword of the spirit, the word of God, and use Your Word against all the forces of evil in my life; and I put on this armor and live
and pray in complete dependence on You, blessed Holy Spirit.

 I am grateful, heavenly Father, that the Lord Jesus Christ spoiled all principalities and power and made a show of them openly and
triumphed over them Himself. I claim all that victory for my life today. I reject out of my life all the insinuations, the
accusations, and the temptations of Satan. I affirm that the Word of God is true, and I choose to live today in the light of God's
Word. I choose, heavenly Father, to live in obedience to You and in fellowship with Yourself. Open my eyes and show me the areas of
my life that would not please you. Work in my life that there be no ground to give Satan a foothold against me. Show me any area of
weakness. Show me any area of my life that I must deal with so that I would please You. I do in every way today stand for You and
the ministry of the Holy Spirit in my life.

 By faith and in dependence upon You, I put off the old man and stand in all the victory of the crucifixion where the Lord Jesus
Christ provided cleansing from the old nature. I put on the new man and stand in all the victory of the resurrection and the
provision He has made for me to live above sin. Therefore, in this day, I put off the old nature with its selfishness, and I put on
the new nature with its love. I put off the old nature with its fear and I put on the new nature with its courage. I put off the old
nature with it weakness and I put on the new nature with its strength. I put off today the old nature with all its deceitful lusts
and I put on the new nature with all its righteousness and purity.

 I do in every way stand into the victory of the ascension and the glorification of the Son of God where all principalities and
powers were made subject to Him, and I claim my place in Christ victorious with Him over all the enemies of my soul. Blessed Holy
Spirit, I pray that you would fill me. Come into my life, break down every idol and cast out every foe.

 I am thankful, heavenly Father, for the expression of Your will for my daily life as You have shown me in Your Word. I therefore
claim all the will of God for today. I am thankful that You have blessed me with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in
Christ Jesus. I am thankful that You have begotten me unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. I am
thankful that You have made a provision so that today I can live filled with the Spirit of God with love and joy and self-control in
my life. And I recognize that this is Your will for me, and I therefore reject and resist all the endeavors of Satan and of his
demons to rob me of the will and the will of God. I hold up the shield of faith against all the accusations and against all the
insinuations that Satan would put in my mind.

 I do, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, completely surrender myself to You, heavenly Father, as a living sacrifice. I choose
not to be conformed to this world. I choose to be transformed by the renewing of my mind, and I pray that You would show me Your
will and enable me to walk in all the fullness of the will of God today.

 I am thankful, heavenly Father, that the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of
fortresses, for destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and to bring every thought
into obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore in my own life today I tear down the strongholds of Satan, and I smash the plans
of Satan that have been formed against me. I tear down the strongholds of Satan against my mind, and I choose to think my thoughts
after You, blessed Holy Spirit. I affirm, heavenly Father, that You have not given me the spirit of fear, but of power and of love
and of a sound mind. I break and smash the stronghold of Satan formed against my emotions today, and I give my emotions to You. I
smash the strongholds of Satan formed against my will today, and I give my will to You, and choose to make the right decisions of
faith. I smash the strongholds of Satan formed against my body today, and I give my body to You, recognizing that I am Your temple;
and I rejoice in your mercy and Your goodness.

 Heavenly Father, I pray that You would renew me with your life; show me the way that Satan is hindering and tempting and lying and
counterfeiting and distorting the truth in my life. Enable me to be the kind of person that would please You. Enable me to be
aggressive in prayer. Enable me to be aggressive mentally and to think Your thoughts after You, and to give You Your rightful place
in my life.

 Again, I now cover myself with the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ and pray that You, blessed Holy Spirit, would bring all the work
of the crucifixion, all the work of the resurrection, all the work of the glorification, and all the work of Pentecost into my life
today. I yield my life to You. I refuse to be discouraged. You are the God of all hope. You have proven Your power by resurrecting
Jesus Christ from the dead, and I claim in every way Your victory over all satanic forces active in my life, and I reject these
forces; and I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ with thanksgiving.
 Amen.

 Taken from Mark Burbeck's book: "The Adversary", (Chicago Moody Press, 1975), and was written by Dr. Victor Matthews and lightly
edited by Dr. Neil T. Anderson. Also from Appendix B of "The Handbook of Spiritual Warfare", by Edward F. Murphy.