Renouncing the Religious Spirit
I have crafted a prayer for the renunciation of the religious spirit.
Father,
I believe that Jesus Christ is the only Son of God,
and that he took on the flesh of the blessed Virgin Mary.
By his death and resurrection,
I have been given the power
to become a child of God.
And I can only be a child
by the power of the Holy Spirit in me.
I renounce the lie
that I have to do things
to remain a child of God.
I renounce the lie
that I have to do things
to make you come to me.
And I renounce the lie
that my works or activities,
my knowledge or expertise
will cause you to do things.
I renounce the lie that
I have to do things to
shift the spiritual atmosphere,
or have power over people, places, or things.
Only you have this power,
and I submit to your work in my life.
I renounce the lie
that my activities,
my church membership,
my political party,
or my theology
make me a better person
than others.
I know that this attitude
puts me under the law of sin and death
and blocks the flow of the Holy Spirit.
Forgive me for coming into agreement with
the prevailing religious culture in the United States.
I am guilty of the worst of all sins,
Pride and all the works that flow from it.
I acknowledge that the belief
in my own activity
opens me up to a curse,
and that I am bewitched.
I have allowed witchcraft to operate in my life.
Forgive me for any way I have touched your glory.
Father forgive me,
have mercy on me a sinner.
I am powerless and helpless
to be a Christian in my own strength,
and all my "righteousness" is a filthy rag.
I am no different than the woman caught in adultery,
and I ask you to forgive me
that I may go and sin no more.
Now I renounce the religious spirit,
and any agreements I have made with
pride, immorality, or witchcraft.
They have to leave me now
and go to Jesus.
Open my eyes to see every way I have come to agree
with this spiritual power
and help me walk differently in the future.
Help me walk softly before you.
I thank you Lord,
that Jesus Christ became a curse for me on the cross
so that I can enter into the blessing of Abraham.
I break the religious curse operating in my life
and ask you to release the blessing over me.
I now break the power of witchcraft
and close the open door witchcraft has in my life.
Thank you Lord
that it is for freedom that Christ has set me free.
Jesus,
you promised that you would not leave me an orphan.
I ask you now
to release the Holy Spirit
in me
and unblock the flow of life and healing
so that I can walk in love
and know the presence of the Father in me.
Amen.
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