“Therefore, fear the Lord and worship him in sincerity and truth. Get rid of the gods your fathers worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and worship the LORD. But if it doesn’t please you to worship the LORD, choose for yourselves today: Which will you worship – the gods your fathers worshiped beyond the Euphrates River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living? As for me and my family, we will worship the LORD.”
Joshua 24:14-15
Prayer:
Father, thank you that I get to choose to worship you. I may have worshipped all kinds of things like fear, pride, addictions, materialism, and self-sufficiency, but I can rid myself of these things and worship you. Lord, you even know the things within the generations of my own family – things that people in my life and my family have worshiped. You know what struggles and sins have been in our family for generations. You know where the enemy has put “a stake in the ground” claiming he has a right to be there. Lord, where there has been worship of any kind in my life that has opened a door for him, reveal those places to me, forgive me and set me free. I want to worship you alone and lead my family to worship you. In Jesus’ name, amen.
- Ask God to speak to your heart and reveal any sin that you need to confess. Ask God to reveal anything that you’ve worshiped in any way (examples are fear, people, addictions, accomplishments, work, appearance, success, etc).
- Ask God to speak to your heart and reveal any sin that has been prevalent in your family line. We don’t confess sin for other people, but we can pray for God to remove any hold the enemy has on us as a result of sins in our family line.
- Ask God to forgive you for any of the sins God showed you, and ask God to set you free from any hold the enemy has had on you and your family as a result of the sin.
- Thank God for the forgiveness and freedom we have in Christ, and ask God to help you worship Him all the days of your life.
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