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My dear Lord Jesus, I come to you now to be restored inyou, to receive your life and love and all the grace andmercy I so desperately need this day. I honor you as

my Sovereign, and I surrender every dimension of my spirit, soul,and body, my heart, mind, and will to you. I cover myself withyour blood—my spirit, soul, and body, my heart, mind, and will.I ask your Holy Spirit to restore my union with you, renew mein you, and lead me in this time of prayer. In all that I now pray,I include (my wife and children, by name). Acting as their head,I bring them under your authority and covering, and I comeunder your authority and covering. I cover (my wife and chil-dren, by name) with your blood—their spirit, soul, and body,their heart, mind, and will. I ask your Spirit to restore them inyou, renew them in you, and apply to them all that I now prayon their behalf, acting as their head. In all that I now pray, I standin total agreement with your Spirit, and with my intercessors andallies, by your Spirit alone.

Dear God, holy and victorious Trinity, you alone are worthyof all my worship, my heart’s devotion, all my praise, all my trust,and all the glory of my life. I love you, I worship you, I trust you.I give myself over to you in my heart’s search for life. You alone

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are Life, and you have become my life. I renounce all other gods,all idols, and I give to you the place in my heart and in my lifethat you truly deserve. This is all about you, God, and not aboutme. You are the Hero of this story, and I belong to you. Forgiveme for my every sin. Search me and know me and reveal to mewhere you are working and grant to me the grace of your heal-ing, deliverance, and a deep and true repentance.

Heavenly Father, thank you for loving me and choosing mebefore you made the world. You are my true Father—my Creator,Redeemer, Sustainer, and the true end of all things, including mylife. I love you, I trust you, I worship you. I give myself over toyou to be your true son. To be one with you as Jesus is one withyou. Thank you for proving your love for me by sending Jesus. Ireceive him and all his life and all his work which you ordainedfor me. Thank you for including me in Christ, forgiving me mysins, granting me his righteousness, 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, establishing me in hisauthority, and anointing me with your Holy Spirit and yourfavor. I receive it all with thanks and give it total claim to mylife—my spirit, soul, and body, my heart, mind, and will. I bringthe life and the work of Jesus Christ over (my wife and children,by name) and over my home, my household, my vehicles, myfinances, all my kingdom and domain.

Jesus, thank you for coming to ransom me with your ownlife. I honor you as my Lord; I love you, worship you, trust you.I give myself over to you, to be one with you in all things. I sin-cerely receive all the work and triumph of your cross, death,blood and sacrifice for me, whereby my every sin is atoned for, Iam ransomed and transferred to your kingdom, my sin nature isremoved, my heart is circumcised unto God, and every claimbeing made against me is disarmed this day. With (my wife and

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children, by name) I now take my place in your cross and death,whereby I have died with you to sin, to my flesh, to the world,and to the Evil One. I take up the cross and crucify my flesh withall its pride, arrogance, unbelief, and idolatry (and anything elseyou are currently struggling with). I put off the old man. Applyto me and to (my wife and children, by name) the fullness of thecross, death, blood, and sacrifice of Jesus Christ. I receive it withthanks and give it total claim to my spirit, soul, and body, myheart, mind, and will.

Jesus, I also sincerely receive you as my life, my holiness andsanctification, and I receive all the work and triumph of your res-urrection, whereby you have conquered sin and death and judg-ment. Death has no mastery over you, nor does any foul thing.And I have been raised with you to a new life, to live your life—dead to sin and alive to God. With (my wife and children, byname) I now take my place in your resurrection and in your life,whereby I am saved by your life, I reign in life through your life. Ireceive your life today—your humility, love, and forgiveness, yourintegrity and purity and truth, your wisdom, cunning, and dis-cernment, your strength, courage, and valor, your union with theFather, your joy. Apply to me and to (my wife and children, byname) the fullness of your life and resurrection. I receive it withthanks and give it total claim to my spirit, soul, and body, myheart, mind, and will.

Jesus, I also sincerely receive you as my authority, rule, anddominion, my everlasting victory against Satan and his kingdom,and my authority to bring your Kingdom at all times and inevery way. I receive all the work and triumph of your Ascension,whereby you have judged Satan and cast him down, you havedisarmed his kingdom, and all authority in heaven and on earthhas been given to you. Jesus, you are worthy to receive all gloryand honor, power and dominion, now and forevermore. I have

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been given fullness in you, in your authority and in your throne.With (my wife and children, by name) I take my place now inyour Ascension, and in your throne, whereby I have been raisedwith you to the right hand of the Father and established in yourauthority. I now bring the authority, rule, and dominion of theLord Jesus Christ over my life today, over (my wife and chil-dren, by name), over my home, my household, my land, myvehicles, and my finances, over my office, over all my kingdomand domain.

I now bring the authority, rule, and dominion of the LordJesus Christ, and the fullness of the work of Christ, againstSatan, against his kingdom, against every foul and unclean spirit.(At this point I name all foul and unclean spirits that I know havebeen attacking me). I send all foul and unclean spirits bound tothe throne of Jesus Christ. I bring the authority of the Lord JesusChrist, and the fullness of the work of Christ against every foulpower and black art and I break their claim against me by thework of Christ. I keep the full work of Christ between me and allpeople, and I forbid their warfare to transfer to me.

Holy Spirit, thank you for coming. I love you, I worship you,I trust you. I sincerely receive you, and I receive all the work andvictory in Pentecost, whereby you have come, you have clothedme with power from on high, and you have sealed me in Christ;you have become my union with the Father and the Son, becomethe Spirit of truth in me, the life of God in me, my Counselor,Comforter, Strength, and Guide. I honor you as my Sovereign,and together with (my wife and children, by name) I fully yieldevery aspect and dimension of my spirit, soul, and body, heart,mind, and will to you and you alone, together with the Fatherand the Son, to be filled with you, to walk in step with you in allthings. Fill me afresh. Restore my union with the Father and theSon. Lead me into all truth, anoint me for all of my life and walk

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and calling, and lead me deeper into Jesus today. I receive youwith thanks, and I give you total claim to my life.

Heavenly Father, thank you for granting to me every spiri-tual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus. I claim the richesin Christ Jesus over my home, over (my wife and children, byname), and over all my domain. I bring the blood of Christ overmy spirit, soul, and body, my heart, mind, and will, and over (mywife and children, by name) spirit, soul, and body, heart, mind,and will. Armor me with your armor. I put on your belt of truth,breastplate of righteousness, shoes of the gospel, and helmet ofsalvation. I take up the shield of faith and sword of the Spirit, andI choose to wield these weapons at all times in the power of God.I choose to pray at all times in the Spirit.

I summon the angels of the Lord Jesus Christ and commandthem to destroy all that is raised against me this day, to establishyour Kingdom throughout my kingdom and domain, to ministerto us your ministry, and to be our companions in the way this day.

I now call forth the Kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ thisday throughout my home, my family, my household, and mykingdom and in the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in hisName, with all glory and honor and thanks to him.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

JOHN ELDREDGE is an author and teacher. He is also director ofRansomed Heart™ Ministries, a fellowship devoted to helpingpeople discover the heart of God. John lives in Colorado

Springs with his wife, Stasi, and their three sons. He loves livingin Colorado so he can pursue his other passions, including fly fish-ing, mountain climbing, and exploring the waters of the West inhis canoe.

To learn more about John’s ministry, live events, and otherresources for the heart, visit his Web site at: www.ransomedheart.com.

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