Prayer points
Addiction
Alcohol, substances, gambling, or a compulsion that has taken over
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
John 8:36 · King James Version
Lord, this thing is bigger than me and I have stopped being able to pretend otherwise. I am asking for freedom I cannot manufacture.
The prayer points
1. John 8:36
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
John 8:36
Make me free. Not managed — free.
2. Psalm 40:2
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock.
Psalm 40:2
Bring me up out of this pit. Set my feet somewhere solid.
3. Romans 7:24-25
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 7:24-25
Paul asked the question I am asking. Thank You that the answer is a person and not a technique.
4. Galatians 5:1
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Galatians 5:1
Help me stay free one day at a time. Guard me from the entanglement that starts small.
5. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
Two are better than one... for if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
Give me people. I cannot do this alone and I have proved that.
6. Lamentations 3:22-23
His compassions fail not. They are new every morning.
Lamentations 3:22-23
If today goes badly, let me know that tomorrow morning still has mercy in it.
Declarations
Say these out loud. Not to convince God — to remind yourself what is true when your feelings are arguing.
- Whom the Son sets free is free indeed.
- I am not doing this alone.
- One day at a time is a real victory, not a small one.
- His mercies are new every morning, including tomorrow's.
Father, thank You that You are not disgusted with me. Help me stop being disgusted with myself long enough to get help.