Prayers for overcoming Addiction
Posted by Joseph Iwaye on Sunday, January 19, 2014 Under: Prayers
lady suffering from drug addiction
Prayers for overcoming addiction are scriptural based prayers designed to break the backbone of any
addiction. If you are addicted to drugs, alcohol, cigarette, sex, gambling or something else and you are
looking for a way out or maybe you are just searching for prayers to pray for a loved one who is addicted
to one thing or the other, here is a list of prayers that you can pray while trusting in God to bring total
deliverance.
Spiritually speaking, most of the things we call addictions today are actually the manifestation of
demonic spirit of self-destruction. The demons of addiction enter into someone’s life because the
person invited them in the name of pleasure. Perhaps that is the reason why it is usually difficult for the
addicted to get out of their addiction. Whatever may be the situation, the name of Jesus is here to set
you or your loved ones free.
Scripture Reading: Romans 7:22-25, Mark 5:2-15
Praise, Worship and Thanksgiving
Start by singing songs of praise unto the Lord if you know how to sing, if not go ahead and give thanks
unto the Lord who is worthy to receive all glory and honor.
Heavenly Father, I thank you for keeping me alive to this day.
I thank you almighty God for what you are set to do as I pray about this addiction
I thank you Jesus for your mercies and faithfulness.
I give you praise and honor.
Prayer against Addiction
Almighty God, I come before you today, please forgive me of every sin of drug addiction, sex addiction,
e.t.c, that I have committed against my body (1Corinthians 6:18, 1John 1:9) and against you in the name
of Jesus.
Everlasting father I surrender my life to you, please take total and absolute control of my life as from
today in the name of Jesus.
Father my body, soul and spirit I commit into your hand, please cleanse me with the blood of Jesus in
the name of Jesus (1John 1:7).
It is written, “call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee and thou shall glorify me” (Psalm
50:15). Father, deliver me from evil spirit of addiction to (name your addiction e.g. alcohol) that I have
invited to my life in the name of Jesus.
I renounce and reject every spirit of addiction to (name your addiction e.g. drug). Heavenly father
uproot all form of addiction to (name your addiction e.g. drug) from my life in the name of Jesus
(Matthew 15:13).
Father, remove from me the heart of stone that is panting after (name your addiction e.g. drug) in the
name of Jesus (Ezekiel 36:26).
Father, create in me a new heart and a new spirit that will be addicted to nothing but the word of God in
the name of Jesus (Ezekiel 36:26-27)
Heavenly father, please fill me with the fullness of the Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus (Luke 11:13).
Lord, as I make conscious effort to do without e.g. cigarette, please release to me the supernatural
power to hate cigarette and never indulge in it again in the name of Jesus.
Lord of Host, please deliver me from every spirit of self-destruction that pretend to be addiction in the
name of Jesus.
Heavenly Father, you have created me for your glory (Isaiah 43:7), please help me so that I can be use
for your glory on this earth in the name of Jesus.
Dear Lord, I repent for the sin of over indulgence in the act of …………….Please forgive me and deliver me
from the overpowering influence of ………….INJ.I no longer wish to remain a slave to this besetting habit
though I knowingly submitted myself to it. I ask that you please set me free from the controlling
influence of the demonic spirits behind this habit INJ.I Thank You Father for hearing me INJ ,Now I bind
and cast out this demon that keep rearing its ugly head and I overcome it by the Blood of Jesus
NOTE:
Please note that the first step towards overcoming addiction is to let Christ dwell in you. The scripture
says, in 2Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed
away; behold, all things are become new”. Without Jesus Christ in your life, you may not be able to
overcome that addiction. Here is an opportunity for you to surrender your life to Christ. Please say this
short prayer of salvation so that Jesus Christ can begin to live in you.
I recommend that these prayers be prayed loudly, fervently and consistently until there is a significant
change in the life of the addict.
Thanks for reading.
“And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall
be.
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last” (Revelation22:12-13 KJV)
A Powerful Prayer to Break ANY Addiction
The following prayer can be used for any type of addiction that you may have. It should be said out loud.
Each time the temptation to give into the addiction arises say this prayer OUT LOUD with authority!
Dear Lord I now come to you because I confess that I have an addiction to ___________. Lord, please
forgive me for continually giving into this wrong habit, I know that it is wrong and I recognize this. I no
longer desire this addiction, I don’t want it, I don’t need it and in the name of Jesus I now break the
chains of control it has had on me. I recognize how this evil addiction has stolen my time, my money, my
energy, my purity and my peace.
Satan I now command that you leave me and my family in Jesus name. You have no power over me. You
are the father of addictions and I no long want any part of you. I now cover my mind, my thought, my
body and my actions under the powerful blood of Jesus Christ.
Heavenly Father I humbly beseech you that I would receive the healing I need so that I no longer need
this addiction to fulfill me. I now choose to submit myself, my mind and my body to the Lord Jesus
Christ. I refuse to continue to be a slave to _________________. By the power of the Holy Spirit I will
continue to fight this addiction with all that is within me. I now confess that it is God’s will for me to be
free from this addiction. In Jesus name I pray. amen
Each time the temptation returns simply say:
_________________(name the former addiction) you have no power over me. I am a child of God. This
addiction no longer has any power over me. Jesus took this addiction to the cross. Therefore it cannot
belong to any part of me. I am free of all addictions in Jesus name.
Each morning say this out loud: “Drugs, alcohol, food, caffeine,cigarettes, porn, _________________
you have no power over me for God has given me power over all things.”
I suggest you read all my posts of Armor of God, How to Get to Heaven, Spiritual Warfare, Inner Healing
and Health.
Addictions
I receive the grace and the strength to break every addiction in my life:to porn, addiction to computers,
addiction to drinking, addiction to adultery, addiction to drugs, addiction to sex, addiction to drinking,
addiction to smoking, addiction to gambling.
Lord give me the self control and discipline to overcome this habit and the spirits behind it INJ.
I claim freedom and healing as we cling to You, Lord Jesus. I declare that these addictions will not
destroy my destiny / families or cause further suffering. You are my Comforter and Rock in these
difficult times.
We declare DELIVERANCE from the control of all addictions! In Jesus’ mighty name, we claim our
victory, Amen
but too often I have given in to the seductions of the enemy .
Help me oh Lord, to exercise self-discipline so I will not be defeated anymore. I believe that Your love
Your GRACE and Your mercies sustain me till I overcome.
Titus 2:11-14 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that,
denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present
age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His
own special people, zealous for good works.
We are healed through Jesus
As we struggle in our various addictions, whether it be in the form of alcohol, drugs, or any other type,
we know that we have already been healed by Jesus. Help us to believe and place our complete trust in
Him.
Romans 13:14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.
1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is
faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will
also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.
DELIVERANCE from the control of all addictions!
We look to You, Jesus because we cannot free ourselves from dealing with and overcoming addictions in
our own strength. Because of You, Abba Father, we can build a strong foundation on which to stand.
!
James 4:7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind,
that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Dear Father,
Please meet me in my loneliness, help me to have the confidence to speak with someone about my
addiction. I trust that you can lead me out of this prison, that you can heal my mind and body.
I long to be free, yet I still feel so trapped by my thoughts and fears. Cover me with your love and grace,
until, with your help Lord, I can walk in freedom, break out and fully live again.
Amen.
(a prayer for freedom from addiction from www.lords-prayer-words.com)
I long to be free, yet I still feel so trapped by my thoughts and fears. Cover me with your love and grace,
until, with your help Lord, I can walk in freedom, break out and fully live again.
Confession for Freedom to Addiction
Lord, I thank You for lifting me up out of the pit that my life was in and setting my feet on the Rock .
Thank You for freeing me from the shame and sin of my addiction, which has robbed me of so many
things.
I have been set free and I will never return or be bound again by any sinful habits
ALL my past sins have been forgiven and I am clothed in the righteousness of Christ Jesus.
I walk in the path of holiness and protect me from those that are still slaves to their addictions