Almighty and everlasting Father, I thank you for all those in my family history who, through their love and care, have passed down to me peace, love, and the knowledge of you and of your Son, Jesus Christ. I bring before you now, in prayer, myself and my family members who need to be healed of all hurts and to be freed from all bondage. Send your light into all the sinful and hurting places of my family, that I may know the Truth and that the Truth may set me free.
I invoke the Blood of Jesus, shed for the forgiveness of sins, upon all the pain-filled or grieving places in myself and in my family, that all may be forgiven, healed, and forever freed in Jesus’s Holy Name.
I confess my own sins and the sins of my family members who, in past or present generations, have engaged in occult practices, in idolatry, in pagan or satanic worship, or in any of the abominations associated with those practices. In the name of Jesus Christ, I renounce all occult, Satanic, pagan, New Age, and non-scriptural practices in which I have engaged. [Name specific practices—your own or family’s.] Please forgive us, Lord, and break any hold such sinful practices, past or present, have over me and my family.
I confess my own sins and the sins of my family members who, in past or present generations, have hurt themselves and others by committing murder, suicide, or abortion…[by name]. I ask you to forgive me and break any hold these deaths have over me and my family through anger, fear, guilt, or unresolved grief.
I remember before you anyone in my family tree who was murdered, aborted, miscarried, stillborn, committed suicide, or suffered an untimely death…[by name]. Into your hands I commend the sheep of your own fold, the lambs of your own flock, and the sinners of your own redeeming. Receive them now into your arms of mercy, into the blessed rest of your everlasting peace, and into the glorious company of your saints in light.
I confess my own sins and the sins of my family members, past or present, who have committed acts of physical, sexual, verbal, or emotional abuse or neglect…[by name]. Please forgive me and break any hold such sins, past or present, have over me and my family.
I confess my own sins and the sins of my family members who have caused harm to themselves and others by holding on to anger, revenge, unforgiveness, or bitterness…[by name]. I forgive all those who have hurt members of my family, and I forgive all those family members who have sinned against us. I pray for our healing and freedom.
I pray for those beset by chronic illness…[by name] or by addictions…[by name]. I ask you to heal us and restore to all the assurance of your unfailing mercy, breaking any hold such addictions or chronic illnesses have over me and my family.
I take authority in the name of Jesus Christ over all generational bondage, all hereditary defects, genetic or of blood, and all wrong inclinations that have been transmitted to me from within my family tree or from within the spiritual family to which I belong, including the church.
By the authority given me through Jesus, I rebuke all the forces of evil that oppress me and my family. In his name I hereby revoke the authority of all familial spirits and all their manifestations within my lives and I place the Cross and Blood of Jesus between the power of evil and myself and my family, hereby destroying what otherwise might be transmitted to my descendants.
Deliver us, Oh Lord, from family generational sin and help me to fully recognize and repent from it. Forgive me and restore me now to new life and health following your commandments, empowered by the Holy Spirit, to the honor and glory of your holy Name.
God’s Word assures me that if I confess my sins, “He is faithful and just to forgive me my sins and to cleanse me from all unrighteousness,” (1 John 1:9). I now affirm and gratefully receive the Lord’s forgiveness and healing for myself and for my family.
God’s Word assures me that if I confess my sins, “He is faithful and just to forgive me my sins and to cleanse me from all unrighteousness,” (1 John 1:9). I now affirm and gratefully receive the Lord’s forgiveness and healing for myself and for my family.
Thank you Father for the forgiveness, healing, and freedom from bondage you have given me this day in Christ Jesus!
In the precious name of Jesus I pray.
Amen.