1. Authority over strongholds
- "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places." (Ephesians 6:12)
2. Binding and loosing the powers of darkness
- "Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." (Matthew 18:18)
3. Breaking the curses on the family
- "Cursed is he who burns his neighbor's house, cursed is he who moves his neighbor's landmark, cursed is he who makes the blind to go astray in the way." (Deuteronomy 27:17-18)
4. Demanding the release of family members from demonic bondages
- "I command you, in the name of Jesus Christ, to release [family member's name] from every demonic stronghold, bondage, and curse." (Acts 16:18)
5. Demanding the destruction of the strongman's altars and idols
- "Pull down their altars, break their sacred pillars, cut down their wooden images, and burn their carved images with fire." (Deuteronomy 7:5)
6. Cutting off the strongman's sources of power
- "For their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they do not speak; eyes, but they do not see; ears, but they do not hear; noses, but they do not smell; hands, but they do not feel; feet, but they do not walk; and they do not make a sound in their throat." (Psalm 115:4-7)
7. Destroying the strongman's weapons and strategies
- "The weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for destroying strongholds." (2 Corinthians 10:4)
8. Removing the strongman's influences from the family
- "Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you." (2 Corinthians 6:17)
9. Exposing the strongman's lies and deceptions
- "For we walk by faith, not by sight. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." (2 Corinthians 10:5-6)
10. Healing the wounds inflicted by the strongman
- "He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." (Psalm 147:3)
11. Restoring the family to its rightful place
- "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." (Joshua 24:15)
12. Establishing God's rule and authority over the family
- "Let your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." (Matthew 6:10)
13. Praying for the release of family members from any sinful patterns
- "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." (2 Corinthians 12:9)
14. Praying for the family's spiritual growth and maturity
- "But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." (2 Peter 3:18)
15. Praying for the deliverance of the family from ancestral curses
- "For the sins of the fathers shall be upon the children to the third and fourth generation." (Exodus 34:7)
16. Praying for the family's protection from all evil forces
- "He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty." (Psalm 91:1)
17. Praying for the strengthening of the family bond
- "Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word." (Ephesians 5:25-26)
18. Praying for the family's future and blessing
- "May your descendants be like a garden, your offspring like olive shoots around your table." (Psalm 128:3)