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Prayer To Awaken Loved Ones To The Truth And Understanding

By Annamarie Strawhand | April 4, 2024

The Prayer that Paul spoke in Ephesians 1:15-23 is a very powerful prayer that you can pray over your loved ones who are prodigal or totally, completely asleep to the truth to cause them to wake up to the truth! Also, declare the following words over any past prayers that you’ve prayed that are possibly being delayed over your loved ones, and you can pray and declare this over the people in a city, state, or nation that you are interceding for.

When you pray the Word of God over someone, you are literally prophesying the Word over them, and that’s a very powerful thing to do. The Word of God is the will of God!

When those you are interceding for finally come into the understanding of Jesus Christ and the knowledge of Him, they shall have understanding of all truth, which means truth that you have been trying to show them — because Jesus Christ IS Truth. With this prayer, it’s JESUS that shows them the PURE TRUTH. They’ll begin to see the truth of everything! They’ll begin to see the truth about themselves, and their family! The veils will be lifted off their eyes and they will be given eyes of understanding. If they’re prodigal, they’ll see the truth about themselves, their relationships, and any influences, and their TRUE identity in Christ Jesus will be revealed to their hearts and minds.

You can even add this prayer to the Daily Suit Up Prayer! We also encourage you to pray the Prayer To Send the Holy Spirit To Loved Ones. These are both available on our prayer list and are powerful prayers to add together. Heaven goes into activation for you immediately for them!

It can be a process as the Holy Spirit points them to truth and Jesus, so keep praying these prayers in faith until you see breakthrough! Remember, the Holy Spirit can do more in one day in speaking to your loved one than you can do in years of trying to tell them! HE does all the heavy lifting. Our job is to love our loved ones through this process and go to our prayer closets to continue to intercede for them in a faith partnership with the Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus Christ.

THEIR EYES WILL OPEN TO SEE THE TRUTH, RECEIVE THE TRUTH, UNDERSTAND THE TRUTH, LOVE THE TRUTH, AND WALK IN THE TRUTH THE REST OF THEIR LIVES!

Scripture References

Ephesians 1:15-23, KJV: Paul’s Prayer for Spiritual Wisdom
15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, 16 cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: 22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, 23 Which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all.

Ephesians 1:15-23 (Amplified Bible)
15 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, 16 I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers; 17 [I always pray] that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may grant you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation [that gives you a deep and personal and intimate insight] into the true knowledge of Him [for we know the Father through the Son]. 18 And [I pray] that the eyes of your heart [the very center and core of your being] may be enlightened [flooded with light by the Holy Spirit], so that you will know and cherish the hope [the divine guarantee, the confident expectation] to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints (God’s people), 19 and [so that you will begin to know] what the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His [active, spiritual] power is in us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength 20 which He produced in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion [whether angelic or human], and [far above] every name that is named [above every title that can be conferred], not only in this age and world but also in the one to come. 22 And He put all things [in every realm] in subjection under Christ’s feet, and appointed Him as [supreme and authoritative] head over all things in the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills and completes all things in all [believers].

Pray Out Loud

“Father, I do not cease to give thanks for my loved ones, _______. In the name of Jesus Christ, I take Your word in Ephesians 1:17-19 and ask You, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, Father of Glory, to please give every one of my loved ones who do not see the truth, who are asleep and walking in deception, _______, the spirit of wisdom and revelation, who is the Holy Spirit, in the knowledge of Him, Jesus Christ, who is all truth, and remove any scales off of their eyes that the eyes of _______’s understanding would be enlightened right now. Lift any veils off of their eyes of understanding, drop any scales off of their eyes, circumcise their hearts, and also enlighten the eyes of their hearts with light by the Holy Spirit so that _______ may know the hope of His calling, Jesus Christ, who is truth, and what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints. _______ will know who they are in Christ Jesus. They will know who they belong to. They will know their goodly and godly inheritance in You, Father God. _______ will know the truth, receive the truth, walk in the truth, speak the truth, share the truth, and live the truth all the days of their lives all for the kingdom and glory of God, in Jesus Christ’s name.”

You can keep going with Ephesians 1:19-21:

“Father God, I ask You to add to my loved ones, _______, what is the exceeding greatness of His power for us who believe, that they would believe and see the exceeding greatness of Jesus Christ’s power according to the working of His mighty power which is working in Christ Jesus when He raised Him from the dead (by the dunamis power of the Holy Ghost) and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come, in Jesus Christ’s name. Thank You, Father God! Amen and amen.”

Note: So you are asking for the dunamis resurrection power of the Holy Ghost to come and hit them, to go to them and awaken them (to Jesus Christ) out of their stupor, to awaken them from the dead — out of their sleep. You’re asking this through the authority of Jesus Christ that can go through any principality, any demon, or anything like that.

If you have loved ones who are under heavy deception, who believe everything on the fake news, or who have been programmed by the demonic education system, etc., those are principalities that have had demonic dominion — the powers of the air — so you can pray and decree this passage of scripture over them. It will activate the dunamis resurrection power of the Holy Ghost to go out on your behalf and go through any powers and principalities, such as mind control or anything that’s been operating around them, and slice right through it, by the authority of Jesus Christ, and get to that loved one!

Prayer to Command The Gates of Your Heart (or a loved one’s heart) To Open Up To God

By Annamarie Strawhand | March 11, 2024

I discerned that we have to open any gates that we have closed in our hearts to God because of past hurts, rejections, and betrayals. Yes, we guard our hearts, but we must not close them to God. If you are praying and praying but don’t hear or see anything and just seem stuck, that does not mean that God is not communicating with you. It could be that you have closed yourself off from hearing Him without realizing it. Jeanette Strauss and I did a prayer on a broadcast where I prayed to command the gates of your heart to open to God.

Pray Out Loud Over Yourself Or A Loved One

“Dear Heavenly Father, I come before You today as an ambassador of reconciliation on behalf of myself and/or my loved one, _______, and my/their life. I come into Your Courts of Heaven, Father God, and stand before You in repentance. I repent on behalf of any sin that I have committed against You in any way or anything that I received into myself or my loved one has received that has closed gates within ourselves, including things that we’ve even said out of our mouth gates, things we’ve seen out of our eye gates, or any single gate that’s in our body, heart, mind, soul, and spirit, Father — those gates in me or my loved one that things enter and exit from.

“Father God, I repent right now if there is any sin involved with any of those gateways, particularly any offense or unforgiveness. I ask You to forgive me. I ask You to wash away all these sins in and on my gates or the gates of my loved one with the precious blood of Jesus Christ. Father God, Lord Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit, today I request that when YOU stand at that door or gate and knock and call to me or my loved one, I/they will hear your knock. I/they will hear Your voice! I/they am/are not sleepy, weary, stuck, or closed off! I/they can hear You knocking on my/their gates and doors in the natural and in the spiritual!

“Father God, I open every gate and door to YOU! Father God, Lord Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit, I desire to be fully awakened spiritually and physically in every area and to be alert right now to receive Your voice, Your signs, and Your correction and love, not just for my personal life and family but also as a watchman on the wall to be a gatekeeper for You, Lord Jesus Christ, as a part of Your Church in this realm on earth, Father God, as it is in Heaven!

“I ask for fresh anointing of the Holy Spirit to do this faithfully. Thank You, Father God, that I will see Your truth and embrace Your truth and walk in Your truth in boldness and faith! I ask this all before Your Heavenly Courts, Father God, in the name of Jesus Christ.

“I declare, by the authority of Jesus Christ, that any unclean, demonic spirit that has taken a position at my gates, both in the spiritual and the natural, must be uprooted and cast from and evicted now by my prayers that I just prayed in the Courts of Heaven. I apply the blood of Jesus to all my gates, both in the spiritual and the natural, and give Jesus Christ all dominion and authority at my gates.

“As I have petitioned Father God before His Heavenly Courts today, my petition has been heard, and I know by faith and by the power of the blood of Jesus Christ speaking for me in the Courts of Heaven that my petition is being carried out right now. All my gates have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ, and the King of Glory is now coming in, according to Palm 24. I receive the King of Glory! I praise and worship Father God as I decree through my prayers of repentance that I am forgiven, and the gates are open wide within me to hear clearly from my Father God and His word spoken and shown to me!

“I receive divine revelation and confirmation right now from the Holy Spirit a sign of ______*. When this sign is shown to me in the natural, I will know that this prayer and decree has been activated in the Heavens, in the earth, and in my life, all for your kingdom and glory, Father God. This decree shall not return void and shall prosper for what it is sent right now according to Isaiah 55:11. Come in, King of Glory. My gates are open and ready to receive You, in the name of Jesus Christ!”

*Click here for my teaching on how to ask for a sign of confirmation from God.

Note: If you do not feel comfortable asking the Holy Spirit for a sign of confirmation, just go forth in faith that it is done for you.

Declare Out Loud Over The Gates Of The Hearts Of Your Children

For any gates that our children have slammed shut on us (parents), Jesus, the word of God, truth, righteousness, Holy Spirit, and Father God:

We repent for our children slamming those gates shut and for them not honoring us (parents), Jesus, the word of God, truth, righteousness, Holy Spirit, and Father God
Then we command those gates they slammed shut to us (parents), Jesus, the word of God, truth, righteousness, Holy Spirit, and Father God to open up now and receive the King of Glory and us (parents), Jesus’ Salvation, the word of God, truth, righteousness, Holy Spirit, and Father God!!!
We command the gates of any veils over their eyes of understanding to be lifted up and for the truth to come marching in!
Name the gates, take your Seat of Authority there, enforce the blood of Jesus, and say what is allowed and what is not
Renounce the spirit of slumber off the sleepers! Awaken their gates!

Psalm 24:7-9 (The Message)

7 Wake up, you sleepyhead city!

Wake up, you sleepyhead people!

King-Glory is ready to enter.

8 Who is this King-Glory?

God, armed

and battle-ready.

9 Wake up, you sleepyhead city!

Wake up, you sleepyhead people!

King-Glory is ready to enter.

Prayer To Remove Evil Altars With Communion

By Annamarie Strawhand | January 17, 2024

This is a prayer to combine with Communion to remove evil altars. Begin with the prayer of repentance and then proceed with taking Communion. After drinking the juice (blood of Jesus), continue with the prayers and declarations below to remove all evil altars in your life and your family members’ lives.

You can use my “Prayer for Communion,” if you need some guidance for Communion.

Prayer of Repentance – Pray Out Loud

“Father, I thank You that I get to repent. Repentance is a free gift for me, so I come before You and repent for my sins. I repent for all the sins of my lifetime. I repent for any sins of bitterness and unforgiveness and for sins of making anything an idol in my life other than You, God. I repent for sins of building up altars, for things and ideas, and for people and celebrities other than You, God. I repent for anything in my life, Father God, that is against Your word. Father God, I confess my sins today. I’ve sinned, and I’ve sinned against You. I’ve sinned against Your word, and I am sorry, Father God. I ask today for grace, mercy, and forgiveness of my sins going all the way back to my birth, and I ask You, Lord Jesus Christ, to put Your blood on my sins today, all of them, that they would be erased and remembered no more, for Your sake, Father God, and for mine.

“I believe in the cleansing power of the blood of Jesus. I believe Jesus Christ took all of my sins of debt, even my financial debt, onto his Cross. I believe right now that any curse that’s coming against me is cleansed, removed, and destroyed by the blood of Jesus. I believe by faith that through the blood of Jesus, I am completely healed and made whole.

“Father God, I ask You to release me of any consequences of my sins right now, to silence the voice of the accuser, and cancel any curses coming against me by the blood of Jesus, in the name of Jesus Christ. I thank You, Father God. I thank You, and I praise You.

Prayer to Remove Evil Altars – Pray Out Loud

“Father God, I would like to come before You with a special request right now through the blood of Jesus Christ, which is Your holy altar, Father God. Through the blood of Jesus Christ, I lift up and build one holy altar unto You, Father God, with my mind, body, soul, and spirit. Through the blood of Jesus Christ, I lift up and build one holy altar to You of my life. Through the blood of Jesus Christ, I build and lift up one holy altar unto You, Father God, with my children, my family, and my household.

“So, Father God, I decree and declare today that I have built up one holy altar unto You through the blood of Jesus. That is the only altar I will ever worship at. That is the only altar that my children, _______, will ever worship at. That is the only altar that my spouse, _______, will ever worship at. It is the only altar that anyone in my bloodline will ever worship at. I speak this as a prophetic act of faith, as Elijah went first and rebuilt the altar of God, I am rebuilding the altar of God unto You through Your holy sacrifice, Lord Jesus Christ. Through the blood of Jesus Christ, my children, my spouse, my family, my household, and I have been redeemed out of the hand of the devil. We are in the hand of God and set aside for the plans and purposes of God, all for the glory of God.

“I come before You, Father God, as a holy and complete sacrifice unto You only through the blood of Jesus that pleases You, Father God, that my and my family’s, children’s, spouse’s, and household’s lives and bodies are one holy altar unto You, Father God. I dedicate it all to You, Father God, in the name of my Lord Jesus Christ.”

And now that your holy altar unto God has been rebuilt through the blood of Jesus, you are going to tear down every evil altar in your lives!

Pray Out Loud

“Heavenly Father, Father God, in the name and authority of Jesus Christ in whom I am seated and through the power of the blood of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, I command every evil altar in my mind, body, soul, and spirit to be canceled, dismantled, destroyed, and removed by the blood of Jesus Christ.

“I command, by the power and the authority of Jesus Christ through the blood of Jesus, every evil altar in my life and anywhere where I’ve made an evil altar or anything I’ve made an idol, other than You, God — all evil altars in my life — to be canceled, dismantled, destroyed, and removed by the power of the blood of Jesus Christ.

“Father God, any demonic altars, any evil altars in my spouse, _______, in their mind, body, soul, spirit, or life, I command, by the authority of Jesus Christ, for those altars to be canceled, dismantled, destroyed, and removed by the blood of Jesus Christ and replaced with one holy altar unto God through the blood of Jesus.

“Father God, through the name of Jesus Christ, any evil altars in my children, _______, in their minds, bodies, souls, and spirits, by the authority of Jesus Christ, I command any evil altars in my children to be canceled, dismantled, and removed by the blood of Jesus Christ.

“Father God, anywhere where my children, _______, even my adult children, _______, have made an evil altar in their lives or made an idol or put something ahead of you in their lives, Father God, I command, by the authority of Jesus Christ, every evil altar in my children’s lives to be canceled, dismantled, and destroyed now, by the blood of Jesus Christ, and in the name of Jesus Christ, my children and their lives are only one holy altar unto You, God, through the blood of Jesus Christ.

“Heavenly Father, Father God, in the name and the authority of Jesus Christ and through the blood of Jesus Christ, I command every evil altar in my mother, _______, my father, _______, my sisters, _______, or brothers, _______, any evil altar in them, in their minds, bodies, souls, spirits, or lives, I command every single altar that is evil to be canceled, dismantled, destroyed, and removed out of my family members right now, by the authority and the blood of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. I decree and declare that in my mother, father, sisters, and brothers, they are only one holy altar unto God through the blood of Jesus Christ.

“I thank you, Father God, for this revelation to remove these evil altars in my mind, body, soul, and spirit and in my family and our lives. Father God, anywhere where these evil altars have been operating, I ask you to dispatch your angel armies, even right now, to go and tear down these altars that are evil and remove them and burn them up with Your holy fire because Elijah, after he built up Your holy altar again, called down the fire from Heaven to destroy those evil altars, and You did it, Father, and You did it swiftly. I ask You to do it right now, Father God, and hear my prayer.

“As I partake of the blood of Jesus Christ, I proclaim it is done. It is finished. I bless this. I bless You, Father God, for Your faithfulness. I believe in the power of the blood of Jesus Christ. Hallelujah. Thank You, Jesus”

Declare Out Loud

“I’m healed by the power of the blood of Jesus Christ. I command every cell in my body to bow to the lordship of Jesus Christ and come into its divine order now, in the name of Jesus Christ.”

“All evil altars, be canceled and dismantled now, in the name of Jesus Christ. All infirmity, be thou removed, in the name of Jesus Christ. Anything evil that’s been attached to my body, detach now, in the name of Jesus Christ!”

“I walk in divine health. I’m a walking temple of the Holy Ghost. No sickness, no disease, no evil can dwell in this temple. I proclaim my body, my mind, my soul, my spirit, the cells of my body right down to my DNA and RNA worship the one true God, the Lord God of Israel, and are in their divine order right now.”

“Holy Spirit, I invite You to activate this glory fire in me. Burn off any chaffe in my body. Anything in my body that is not of God, be burned away by the fire of the Holy Ghost and washed away by the blood of Jesus. Thank You, Lord Jesus Christ.”

“I proclaim now that every evil altar in my mind, body, soul, and spirit is gone, dismantled, and destroyed. I am one holy altar unto God through the blood of Jesus. I was born to serve God. I was born to worship God. I was born to walk in the divine health that God ordained for me.”

“My children, _______, are healed. Every evil altar in my children has been destroyed and removed now, in the name of Jesus. My children, _______, are one holy, glorious, blessed altar unto God through the blood of Jesus Christ.”

“My household, my family, my land, my marriage — all are one holy altar unto God. Thank You, Jesus!”

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