Spirtual Warfare Prayer

(Based on work of Dr. N. Cindy Trimm & modified by Rev. Don O'Malley)

Holy Spirit of our Father in heaven,

Spirit of Jesus Christ Who lives in us,

help us to pray as we ought,

in spirit and in truth.

Set us free from all fears, anxieties and doubts. Deliver us from stray thoughts

and distractions of the enemy.

Make the words of our mouths

and the meditations of our hearts,

holy and pleasing in Your sight, O Lord God,

our Rock and our Redeemer.

Claiming the promises of God’s holy Word,

we pray as children of God, servants of Jesus

Christ, and temples of the Holy Spirit.

We declare that, it is no longer we who live,

but Christ Who lives in us,

and Christ Who lives in us,

is far greater than the prince of this world;

therefore, we come in the Name

of the Lord Jesus Christ,

Who we belong to and Whom we serve,

that at the Name of Jesus every knee will bow,

in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is

Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

we declare that in this battle

against the prince of this world,

no visible or invisible weapon, be it emotional,

financial, social, physical, sexual, mental,

personal, spiritual, or legal,

formed against us, our families, our church,

or our community will prevail.

The battle is the Lord’s,

and He gives the enemy into our hands.

He delivers us from conflicts without,

and from fears within,

and does not let the devil

get a foothold in our lives.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we lift up

and enforce God’s plans and purposes,

over and against the plans and purposes of Satan,

and against all those who do his evil work. We declare that our battle

is not against flesh and blood,

but against the rulers, authorities,

and powers of this dark world;

and against the spiritual forces of evil

in the heavenly places.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we come against

all of Satan’s works, efforts, tricks and attacks.

We declare that the weapons of our battle

are not the weapons of this world,

but the weapons of God,

which have God’s power to destroy the enemy.

We come in the Name of the Lord God Almighty

to tear down anything that sets itself up against God, and take hold of every thought

to make it obedient to Jesus Christ.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we put upon

ourselves, our families, and our church,

the armor of light and the full armor of God:

Truth to cover our inner parts and our will;

The breastplate of righteousness to cover our heart,

and our emotions;

The gospel of peace to cover our feet and our path;

The shield of faith to cover our body, our soul and our spirit; to put out all the flaming darts of the enemy;

The helmet of salvation to cover our head,

our mind and our thoughts;

The garment of judgment and the cloak of zeal;

The Lord Jesus Christ;

The robe of righteousness;

And the Glory of God, which is our rear guard.

We take up the sword of the Spirit,

which is the Word of God,

and use God’s Word against all the forces of evil

that come against us.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

we bind, reject, overrule, and cancel

every action of Satan and his demons,

which works against the will of God

concerning our lives, our families, our church,

our community, and our nation.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we declare

that God’s power destroys every un-Godly habit,

addiction, desire, inclination, relationship,

and association in our lives;

and that our bodies, souls, and spirits now conform

to the ways, the manners, and the methods

of the Kingdom of God.

We set up God’s boundaries and borders in our lives,

our families, and our church,

and we commit to the laws of the Kingdom of God

to govern all activities within those borders.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we declare

that we are healed and Spirit-filled;

sickness and disease are far from us,

because Jesus Christ has taken upon Himself

our illnesses and injuries;

by His wounds we are healed.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we take

authority over the airways, nations,

kingdoms, regions, mountains, and domains.

We call upon Michael and all God’s angels

to come against any of the devil’s evil efforts

and resistance con­cerning this order.

We claim the success of all efforts

and assistance of God’s angels.

According to the Word of God,

His angels beat down the enemy,

and protect us, our properties, our possessions,

our families, and our church.

God Almighty, we pray that You

oppose those who come against us,

and fight against those who attack us.

You are our war club; our weapon for battle. Take hold of shield and sword,

and stand up for our help.

Draw out also the spear,

and stop those who try to hurt us.

Put on Your garments of war;

gather Your weapons and ammunition;

make ready Your arrows.

Gather Your shields, and let judgment be Your

final goal, as You overthrow

the chariots, horses, and riders.

Let terror strike the hearts of our enemies,

and cause their hearts to fail.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

we give glory to our heavenly Father,

Who gives us power to run through

the enemy’s lines and leap over walls.

You are our God: the God Who gives us strength

and makes our way perfect.

It is You Who makes our feet secure, giving us

strength so that we are able to stand firmly, and advance on the dangerous heights

of testing and trouble.

You set us firmly upon our high places.

You teach our hands to war and fingers to fight,

giving us super natural strength and abilities,

so that our arms break a bow of steel.

You are our Rock, our Shield,

and our Strong Tower.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

You have given us the shield of Your salvation,

and Your right hand

makes us victors in this battle.

Beat down the enemy.

Help us to pursue and overtake them until they are

wounded and destroyed, falling at our feet,

never to rise again.

Lift up our names in the heavens.

Make evil spirits that hear us submit and obey us,

in the Name of Jesus Christ.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we declare

that it is You Lord God Who have blessed us;

it is You Who makes us strong.

It is not by our might nor by our power, but

by the Spirit of the Lord God Who lives in us.

For when the enemy shall come in like a flood,

Your Holy Spirit lifts up a shield against him.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

we remove feelings of heaviness, oppression,

depression, and despair.

We lift all our burdens and lay them

before the Lord God Almighty, Who keeps us.

We shall not be moved.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

we resist the devil and he must flee from us.

We submit ourselves to God,

and to God alone.

We forbid, halt and prevent any further work

or activities of Satan and his demons,

concerning our lives, our ministries, our families,

our church, and our community,

and we wage a war for them.

Standing firm in our faith, we put a stop to any evil

interference or resistance against us.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we resist

Satan’s temptations, tricks and trials in our lives. We lift up God’s purpose and plan over and against

all activities and opposing forces of the enemy,

anything that is not in keeping

with the will of God in Christ Jesus,

concerning our lives, our families,

our church, and our community.

We bind Satan’s attacks,

and destroy the works of his followers.

We bring to a halt and stop all evil activity in our life,

in our church, and in the people around us.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we carry

out God’s judgment against Satan and all his

demons, and we war in the spirit of Elijah. We declare that, by the power of the Holy Spirit,

all strong-holds, covenants, contracts,

chains, fetters, and bondages,

that work against, oppose, or hinder the

fulfillment of God’s plans and purposes

are hereby broken.

We are set free from any and all evil spirits,

soul ties, and family curses,

passed down from our parents, grandparents,

great grandparents, and previous ancestors.

We cut them loose by the Sword of

the Lord God Almighty, by the Blood

of the Lamb, and by the Holy Spirit.

We speak to our body, soul and spirit,

and declare that we are free

from any and all evil influences,

passed down from one generation to another,

or from one person to another,

bodily, sexually, socially, emotionally, mentally,

spiritually, or by any other way known to God.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

we rebuke all evil and unclean spirits,

especially those that try to act as gate-keepers

or door-keepers to our soul and spirit,

to our homes, or to our church,

and we break any further known or unknown

ties and connections used by the enemy.

We repent of our sins, receive Your forgiveness,

and are cleansed by the Blood of Jesus Christ;

we now close all spiritual doorways opened to

the enemy by our sins or the sins of others;

they are sealed shut forever by the Holy Spirit. We open ourselves to God’s salvation,

and to a fresh filling of Your Living Water.

Heavenly Father, have Your way with us now. Perfect all things concerning us,

for the sake of Your Son Jesus Christ,

and for the glory of Your holy Name.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we declare

that God’s prayer shield, anointing,

Truth, Word, and Blood,

form walls of protection around us, our families,

our homes, our cars, and our church,

and hide us from the attacks of the enemy;

from familiar spirits, territorial spirits,

blocking spirits, and any and all demons.

There shall be no breaks or cracks

in these walls of protection.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

we release our names into the spirit world,

and declare that God’s prayer warriors, intercessors,

and watchmen are picking us up in the spirit.

We speak that they will not stop

or come down from their watch towers

until their work has been completed.

We declare that they will carry on their work

under the direction of the Holy Spirit and

Jesus Christ, Who is our Chief Interces­sor.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we declare that

the Spirit of the Lord God is upon us and within us; the Spirit of wisdom, understanding, counsel, power,

knowledge, and the fear of the Lord God.

As we grow in faith we are strengthened by God,

and increase in skill and understanding

of the hope to which God has called us.

We speak against, reject, and cancel,

all of Satan’s lying efforts

to set up a decoy or an ambush to our souls,

and the souls of those who pray with us and for us,

and those who interact with us daily.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

we destroy the wicked plans of the devil,

and stop any evil interference with Godly thoughts,

inspiration, revelation, insight, wisdom, knowledge,

and understanding, coming from the throne room

of our heavenly Father,

especially those that strengthen and reinforce

our Kingdom authority in this world,

and in the heavenly places,

and that work towards God’s saving purpose

in this world.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we stop all

distracting, disturbing, destructive,

and deceitful attacks of the enemy.

For this rea­son the Son of God came into this world,

that He would destroy the works of the devil.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we declare that

all the walls of the enemy are destroyed, and that the

gates of hell will not stand up against us.

We break up, cancel, and tear down,

all of Satan’s operations, games, tricks,

tactics, plots, plans, and ploys,

which are designed to hinder, prevent, frustrate, foil,

deny, or delay God’s plans and purposes,

from their quick, swift, and speedy completion,

in their correct time and season.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we stop

the adjusting or changing of any Godly time

or laws, concerning our lives,

or the lives of our families.

We move in agreement with, along with,

and together with the movements

of the Holy Spirit of God.

We declare that if any laws and contracts are

changed, they are changed in our favor,

so that we may prosper in the place that God

has put us, and the land in which we live.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

we declare that our times and seasons

are in the hands of the Lord God,

and they shall not be changed or adjusted

by anyone or anything.

We live under the anointing of the Son of God,

and God gives us His discernment

to correctly know our times and seasons.

We declare that the eyes of our spirit

work with righteous vision,

for correct understanding and knowledge

of God’s movements.

Our ears are in tune with the voice

of the Holy Spirit,

and we have clear and continuous

messages and instructions from Him.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

we declare that this day we live

by God’s timetable and calendar.

We declare that God’s plan is our plan;

His will, our will.

We are not our own;

we have been bought with a price.

We therefore submit ourselves to God alone.

We declare that, in Jesus Christ,

we boldly come before the Throne of Grace;

in the Book of Life it is written of us.

Heavenly Father, we pray that You overturn the

work of troublemakers, scorners, scoffers,

mockers, persecutors, and character assassins, especially in our church,

whether intentional or unintentional.

Expose Satan’s servants and children.

Give us Your discernment and power to identify,

resist, rebuke, and overcome their evil plots

and plans set up for our destruction.

Gently open their eyes to the destructiveness

of their ways, and lead them into Godly

conviction, correction and repentance.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we lift up the

Word of God over and against all destructive plans,

purposes, and works of the enemy.

We take command over, bring to a halt, and place a

stop on any further movements and activities of the

enemy coming from the under world;

from death; from Hell; from the grave; from the pit;

from regions of the sea; from heavenly places;

and from places on earth or under the earth.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

and by the power of His Blood,

we cancel and repeal all the enemy’s ill-spoken words,

evil wishes, incantations, divinations, spells, hexes,

curses, witchcraft prayers, and black magic,

and every idle word spoken contrary

to God’s plans and purposes.

We nullify and cancel the evil powers of any physical

objects brought into our homes or into our church.

We turn back any of the enemy’s curses or evil words

spoken against us, our families, and our church.

We declare that they shall not stand, they shall not

come to pass, they shall not take root, and that their

evil effects are returned to them double-fold.

We stop Satan the accuser from turning or influencing

the heart or mind of anyone who comes into contact

with us, especially our closest family, friends,

and church members.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

we come against false spoken words,

false claims, slander, and verbal attacks,

and any evil attempts to destroy us, our families,

our church, and our community.

Heavenly Father, cause the heavens to bow down with

Your judgment; cast forth lightning to scatter them; shoot out Your arrows to destroy them;

send Your hand from above and rid us of them.

We will lose no position or ground to their evil efforts,

activities and deceptions.

Heavenly Father, we pray that You would destroy the

work of witches and warlocks who oppose Your

plans and purposes, as You did with Jannes and

Jambres in the days of Moses.

Confuse the evil omens of Satan worshippers, liars,

astrologers, psychics, sorcerers, and the like.

Make fools of false prophets,

and make their dark knowledge foolishness.

We pray that You break up Satan’s army of

followers and stop them by Your Holy Spirit.

Make every undercover, hidden and secret effort

and activity of the enemy fail.

Heavenly Father, we pray that You confirm

the words of Your servants in our midst,

and fulfill the predictions of Your messengers

concerning the coming of Your Kingdom.

Send Your holy angels and use the words of

Your prophets against the enemy’s camps, and arrest those that work in the spirit of Jezebel,

or Baal, or Asherah, or Marduk, or Bel.

Let them not resist Godly anointing, undermine

authority, or gain any ground in the natural

world, or in the spiritual places.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

we praise the Lord God, our Savior,

Who daily bears our burdens.

We cast all our fears upon Him,

because He cares about us.

We are precious in His sight,

and He loves us more than we can imagine.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

we declare that greatness

in the Kingdom of God is our destiny.

We cancel the effects of any un-Godly marks,

wounds or emotional scars,

and declare that God’s favor, grace, honor, and

well-wishes, now replace any and all bad

feelings, perceptions, and thoughts,

about ourselves, our families, our church,

our community, and the work which

we are called by God to complete.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we declare

that the Holy Spirit is upon us, and within us,

because Jesus Christ has anointed us

to preach good news to the poor.

He has sent us to bind up the brokenhearted,

to proclaim freedom for the captives,

and release from darkness for the prisoners;

to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,

and the day of judgment of our God;

to comfort all who mourn,

and provide for those who live in Zion;

to bestow on them a crown of beauty,

instead of ashes,

the oil of gladness, instead of mourning,

and a garment of praise,

instead of a spirit of despair.

Heavenly Father, You have given us this great work

to complete for Your glory and goodness.

We claim the releasing of Your finances and

all resources that are necessary for this work. Everything You prepared for us before the creation of

the world, everything that has to do with our lives,

our families, our ministries, our calling,

and all godliness, comes to us now.

We will not be denied. We will not accept substitutes. We call in resources from the north,

the south, the east, and the west.

We declare that every resource necessary for us

to fulfill God’s plans and purposes

comes to us with­out delay.

We declare that our set time of favor

will not be taken away by the enemy;

that God blesses those who bless us,

and curses those who curse us.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

we declare that the wealth of the wicked

is no longer laying up for us, but is released now.

We declare the releasing of the wealth of the seas,

the riches of the Gentiles, and the gold and silver

from our prophetic Tarshish and Queen of Sheba. Let those who hold on to this wealth

release what rightfully belongs to this ministry.

We command Satan to loose it, release it, and let it go.

Our God Who Provides, subdue nations before us,

strip kings of their armor, open doors so that gates

will not be shut, level the mountains, break down

gates of bronze, and cut through bars of iron.

Grant to us, O God, according to Your riches in glory,

Your tender mercies and infinite favor,

the treasures of darkness,

and the riches stored in secret places.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

we declare that the anointing of Christ

flows freely and fully in our lives.

We declare that our God has brought us into our

promised place, and we dwell in the land of Goshen. We increase in abundance,

and prosper in the land where we abide

and are sent as servants of Jesus Christ;

to have life and have it abundantly.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

we declare that we are born again

by the Holy Spirit and fire;

that the Holy Spirit is our Helper,

our Guide, and our Counselor,

Who helps us to pray and worship,

and leads us into all Truth.

The Lord God Almighty, the highest Power of

heaven and earth, our only Judge,

has decreed that peace is our overseer,

righteousness is our ruler, our walls are

Salvation, and our gates Praise.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

we cast out all evil spirits:

spirits of pride, spirits of fear, spirits of

judgment, spirits of division, spirits of lies,

and spirits of confusion,

be gone in the Name of Jesus Christ.

(Pause to name others.)

To those who have in mind the things of men

and not the things of God we say,

“Get behind us, Satan!”

The Lord God blesses the work of our hands.

By Him and through Him and for Him,

we accomplish great things.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

we release upon our lives, our ministries,

our families, and our church,

the following anointings for health and

prosperity, so that the Name of God is

glorified in this world:

the anointing of Adam (Genesis 1:28,30; 2:15)

the anointing of Abraham (Genesis 12:1-3)

the anointing of Melchizedek (Gen 14:18)

the anointing of Isaac (Genesis 26:1-14)

the anointing of Jacob (Genesis 28:1; 31:4-9)

the anointing of Joseph (Psalm 105:15-21)

the anointing of Joshua (Joshua 1:1-9)

the anointing of Elijah (2 Kings 2:9-10)

the anointing of Jabez (1 Chronicles 4:10)

the anointing of Solomon (1Chron 29:19)

the anointing of Uzziah (2 Chronicles 26:3-15)

the anointing of the Messiah (Luke 4:18-19)

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

we declare the disarming of powers and authorities, which were made a public spectacle

by the triumph of Christ on the cross.

We declare that these prayers take on the power

and effect of God’s flaming arrows,

and that they hit their target

according to God’s will, purpose and plan.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

we declare that every unclean spirit

set loose from their evil assignment,

now becomes a part of Jesus’ footstool,

to surrender to Him or be trampled under His feet.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

we send these words forth

as heavenly angels in the places of the spirit,

to tear down and destroy the enemy’s camps;

to cause the four winds of the Holy Spirit

to blow as destroying, conquering winds.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

we declare success and progress;

that we are more than conquerors

through Him Who loves us.

We declare that the Kingdom of Christ

rules and reigns;

for God’s is the Kingdom,

and the power and the glory, forever and ever.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

we declare that the power, the purpose,

and the effect of this prayer,

are binding by the Word of God,

by the Blood of the Lamb, and by the Holy Spirit. To the glory of God our heavenly Father,

we seal this prayer,

in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ

and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes Merging

New Wine Mission was one of the original Anglican Mission In America (AMIA) churches of the Heart of North America (HONA). We have now been informally received into the Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes (ADGL) which is a diocese of the emerging Anglican Province called the Anglican Church of North America (ACNA). We will be officially received in to the Diocese at the next annual gathering in April 2013.

Our new Bishop, Roger Ames, of the ADGL invited all his clergy and transferring HONA leaders to a gathering in Akron, Ohio October 3-5. Here are the highlights of this significant meeting:

There were about 80 clergy (deacons, priests and bishops) in attendance. Many of these I have known through the years. For instance, Kelly Irish from Mentor, Ohio whom I first met when we attended church together back when we were in college. Kelly pastors a congregation which he has led for over a decade and which recently lost their property. He is not discouraged. They now share space with the Friends Church in town and is excited about this new stage of ministry life. I also spent time with Scott Sauders who has led an urban congregation for over 20 years in Akron, Ohio. Not only was it good to reconnect with him, for I remember him being sent out to begin a new work from our home church in the 80's, I took the time to seek his counsel about some ministry related work with the urban poor in Flint. In our new diocese we find a variety of godly men and women leaders who have sacrificed much to live out the ministry in a Biblically sound Anglican Community. Bishop Roger described the diocese as having in it three vibrant streams-the Evangelical, Charismatic and Anglo-Catholic Anglicans flowing together to support each other in our work of bringing people to Jesus. I could already see that was true.

We had strong preaching about our call to Spiritual warfare as we expect the Holy Spirit to move in power in our midst. There was ample time allotted over several meals for the clergy to share of life and ministry with each other in hopes of building what I hope will be long lasting relationships as we impact this region of the nation with an authentic expression of a living faith that is both ancient and future looking.

The most moving moment for me happened during a time of worship. After an extended time of praise, utilizing both hymnody and contemporary praise, we heard a strong teaching about "Humble Leadership" given by the Bishop's assistant Mark Scotton. Mark then called Bishop Roger forward and ask the AMIA clergy to pray over their new bishop. Then the current ADGL clergy surrounded us and prayed for our ministry and our new life together. Then Bishop Doc, who joined us at this evening service, was called to the middle of the circle to stand side by side with Roger as he recalled our journey to this point. He then symbolically passed a sword to Roger calling on him to lead us forward in taking the Gospel to the Heart of North America. All were deeply moved and we sensed this was a significant moment in marking our new life together.

As we begin to live into this new relationship with other Anglicans in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and beyond, I believe we will be surprised at what the Lord will do.