Lord Jesus, I also renounce the sins of my fathers here. The scriptures present to us the reality that sin is often passed down within a family line, and the effects of those sins are also passed down generation to generation (see Exodus 20:5, 34:7, Leviticus 26:39-42, Nehemiah 9:2). You will also find it helpful to renounce the “sins of your fathers.” Often in these places of lasting bondage you will find that a father (or mother, or brother, or grandparent) struggled with the same issue. May your holiness possess me totally and completely. May your atoning blood cover my sins and cleanse me. I dedicate and I consecrate my life once more to the rule of Jesus Christ, to be his and his alone. I renounce every way I have given myself over to sin. I confess I have been offering myself over to sin, and now I am its slave. But if you want to be free in this place, it must come under the total, intimate, ongoing rule of God. At the retreats we do, we walk through this process in prayer, and many people are shocked to realize that they have never taken the first, simple step of sanctifying their sexuality (or emotions, or appetites) to Jesus Christ. If it’s sexual, you sanctify your sexuality to Christ if it's emotional (as with rage, or fear, or even grief), you sanctify your emotions if it involves addiction, you sanctify your appetite, your obsession, and your body. Therefore, part of this first step involves sanctifying to Christ the place of bondage. Freedom comes only as we bring these unsanctified and unholy places under the rule of Jesus Christ, so that he can possess these very places deeply and truly.

Breaking the sins of the father