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Prayer for Deliverance
from the Tyranny of False Beliefs

Overcoming self-defeating statements that we repeat to ourselves unconsciously

 

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Introduction
About False Beliefs
Prayer for Deliverance from the Tyranny of False Beliefs
Prayer Booklet

 
Throughout the day, whenever you feel oppressed, stuck, and weighed down with fatigue in trying to accomplish your tasks, use the following deliverance prayers to overcome the false beliefs working covertly to obstruct you.

God will always help you if you ask constantly for deliverance, and, in accordance with the traditions of the Christian faith, maintain a pure heart that desires humility, modesty, chastity, and detachment from worldly pleasures.

 

     

Your battle is with your own false beliefs,
not with circumstances or with what other people have done to you.
 
No one can make you get angry.
No one can make you depressed.
No one can make you commit suicide.
No one can make you lose your faith.
 
Although circumstances and people can obstruct you,
only you yourself can defeat your success.

     

 
 

About False Beliefs

False beliefs are created in all of us through childhood experiences of emotional distress. Although based in erroneous childhood logic, these beliefs help children to cope with overwhelming helplessness, but, if left uncorrected, the beliefs will continue on into adulthood as pernicious, hidden motives for self-sabotage and failure.

False beliefs often get started through the “voice” of someone (i.e., a parent) speaking negatively to you, but then you can internalize that voice as your own, hoping that if you agree with someone who is critical of you then maybe you can make that person accept you—and that itself is a false belief.

Your mind constantly repeats false beliefs; your freedom from their oppression requires constant prayer for divine assistance.

Examples of false beliefs:

I don’t matter.
I have no right to succeed.
Without my father’s [or mother’s] love I am doomed.
I am worthless. I am garbage.
I am bad.
I am disgusting.
I’ll never change. I’m stuck.
I can’t figure this out on my own.
It’s too hard. There’s no way I can do this.
It’s hopeless. Give it up.
My allegiance is to my family, no matter how they have mistreated me.
No one cares about me.

 

     

Although false beliefs are purely psychological and are not evil, they can be openings for diabolical oppression. Hence the Prayer for Deliverance from the Tyranny of False Beliefs has a similarity to the Prayer for Deliverance from the Tyranny of Evil.

     

 

 

Prayer for Deliverance from the Tyranny of False Beliefs

 
Recollect the false beliefs to which you are susceptible. Then work through the process of understanding the original protective purpose of any particular belief, and, to sustain your desire to be free of your bondage to your false beliefs, say the following prayer regularly.

 
IN the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

AINT Michael the Archangel, defend me in battle; be my protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, I humbly pray: and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.

IET God arise; let His enemies be scattered. Let those who hate Him flee before Him. As smoke is blown away, so will they be blown away; like wax that melts before the fire, so all lies perish at the presence of God.

I Lord, hear my prayer.
And let my cry come unto You.

IORD holy Father, almighty eternal God, I beseech You to deliver me by Your power from the tyranny of my false beliefs; from their snares and lies; and from their foul grip of addictions, immodesty, irreverence, unchastity, lust, anger, and hatred. Deign, O Lord, to grant me Your mighty protection and to keep me safe through our Lord Jesus Christ, Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, through all the ages of ages. Amen.

From my false beliefs and from the temptations they inflict on me,
deliver me, O Lord.
That my love for You may drive from me the desire for self-sabotage and negative thinking,
I beseech You to hear me.
That I may serve You in purity, peace, and truth, with freedom from the tyranny of lies,
grant this, O Lord.
 

Following the prayer, repeat to yourself the true belief that counters each of your false beliefs. These true beliefs must be reinforced through constant conscious repetition to counteract the constant unconscious repetition of false beliefs.

Examples of false beliefs transformed into true beliefs:

I don’t matter.
My life matters to God; that is all that matters.

I have no right to succeed.
God wants me to develop my talents so I can use them in His service.

Without my father’s [or mother’s] love I am doomed.
When I love God, I have hope, regardless of whether others love me or not.

I am worthless. I am garbage.
God loves His creation. God created me, and so God loves me. I am a treasure to God.

I am bad.
Though I may do bad things, I am not a bad person. When I renounce my sins, I desire what is good, and so I can trust in God’s unfathomable mercy and forgiveness.

I am disgusting.
Sin is disgusting, yet everyone who renounces sin and seeks purity is precious to God.

I’ll never change. I’m stuck.
If I believe I’m stuck, I will be stuck, and I will remain stuck. But if I desire change and pray for change, I will change.

I can’t figure this out on my own.
If I pray for divine guidance and follow my intuition, I will be led to the resources I need.

It’s too hard. There’s no way I can do this.
Many things are hard to accomplish, but nothing is too hard. If I have perseverance and trust in divine guidance, God will give me the grace to accomplish whatever task He gives me.

It’s hopeless. Give it up.
Hope is in prayer; if I keep praying and am attentive to the inspiration I receive, I will get through this. It will take time, and I may have to make changes along the way, but I will not give up.

My allegiance is to my family, no matter how they have mistreated me.
Christ said that He came not to sow peace but division (Luke 12:51). I have a right to escape oppression, even if it comes from my family.

No one cares about me.
If I care about God, He will take care of me.

 
Finally, to bring it all to fruition, vow to take deliberate action to do whatever you have been avoiding because of your false beliefs. Then, whenever you find yourself inhibited and stuck, remember your vow and consciously force yourself to take action, using the following formula to repeat the true belief that counters each false belief that has been inhibiting you.
 
IN the name of our Lord Jesus Christ I renounce the false beliefs
[specify] and the unhealthy behaviors [specify] to which I am prone and the hold they have over me; and I affirm the true beliefs [specify] and the healthy behaviors [specify] which I intend to carry out.
 
   And you can renounce any spirits associated with these false beliefs:
 
IN the name of our Lord Jesus Christ I renounce the spirit of
[anxiety, demoralization, depression, despair, doubt, fear, frustration, oppression, suicide, victimization, weariness, etc.] and the hold it has over me, and I ask our Lord Jesus to send it to the foot of the Cross.

Repeat as often as needed for these or other spirits.

 

 

Prayer Booklet
 

This 8 page booklet contains the prayer on this webpage; use the prayer to overcome self-defeating statements that we repeat to ourselves unconsciously.
 
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