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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