I acknowledge that through my life experiences beginning in the womb, I believed that I was all alone. I acknowledge that in these circumstances I felt unprotected and vulnerable, and I decided to self-protect. I acknowledge that in these circumstances I decided that I could not trust others to protect me and, in some way, declared that I could only trust myself, therefore becoming my own god. I believed this because I did not have a human example of protection and therefore unwillingly determined that my heavenly Father did not and would not protect me. This belief system reinforced a belief in me that God did not care about me.
I now realize that by doing this I opened myself up to evil and, in a round-about way, made the enemy my god by drawing on the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, in essence plugging myself into that tree.
I acknowledge that I was deceived by the enemy, and the beliefs that came out of those circumstances developed into an ungodly belief system that has controlled my life, the perception of my identity and my thinking.
I break this agreement and renounce all ways in which my generational line traded future generations for the enemy’s promises of needed protection, joy, belonging and fulfillment. I understand this was drawing on the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, as well as false wisdom and false comfort instead of drawing on true Wisdom, the Holy Spirit, Who is the Tree of Life.[1] God forgive me for partnering with ungodly wisdom.
Father, forgive me for forgetting that You are always there and that you really love me and were saddened by what I had to experience. Please remove the shame, hurt and terrible consequences that resulted from the pain I suffered. I acknowledge that because of my woundedness I have held on to all the trash from my past, and I have projected blame and fault onto everyone else to compensate for the terrible pain I experienced. I seek to take responsibility for my decision and choose now to declare that I forgive those who have hurt me and release them to You. I am now determined to develop a new belief system that solidifies my choice to be on the ancient path, trusting You with my whole heart to not lean on my own understanding and to acknowledge You in every way.
Lord, I give You both my fear of being alone and the fear that I will not be satisfied by my connection to You. Father, as I now walk with You on the ancient path, I surrender all fear that although I do trust You, I am still anxious that I may not or will not hear You correctly. I am determined to seek You and follow You in radical obedience.
With my free will I ask to be completely unplugged from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil and to receive the truth that I am fully engaged with true Wisdom, the Tree of Life.
Lord, please restore every good and perfect gift that has been given to me but stolen by the enemy through illegal trading made with the enemy. Please return these precious gifts through Your blood back to me. I intentionally surrender my vault and all it contains to You, including the book of generational trading. Please dispose of all this trash, which I will no longer keep as a constant memorial and backup plan to justify ungodly belief systems that I have thought necessary to self-protect. I will no longer continually play back memories of hurt or condemnation as a way of obtaining comfort, reinforcing the ungodly belief that I must always be on alert so that I could protect myself from the actions of others and not be hurt again. I choose to take a leap of faith in trusting you, Lord, to take care of me.
I declare that I choose to seek wisdom only from the Holy Spirit, who is Wisdom and the Tree of Life. I also lay claim to the promise that my heart may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments.[2]
[1] Proverbs 3:18, also chapters 8 & 9
[2] The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Col 2:2–4). (2016). Crossway Bibles.
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