Step 8. Deeper Cleansing of Mind and Heart

There is a need for a deeper cleansing from events and practices that serves as a huge open portal for the evil forces. Especially dangerous are any occult practices, drug and alcohol abuse, and sexual perversions. Their roots are buried so deep that we might not even be aware they exist. Ask the Lord to reveal these to you and let Him remove them from within your soul. Doing so gives you a purity of mind and heart as you continue on the healing journey on the narrow road towards Eternity with God.

Prayer for Deeper Cleansing

Lord Jesus, I call forth Your sword of truth to cleave deep through my mind and heart. Anything within me that doesn’t belong to your Kingdom, please say a word and remove it; touch me and destroy it. Put the sharpened ax at the root of any planting the enemy has sown in me and cut it down. Clear my mind, Lord! Remove anything that has taken root and suffocates the growth of the true seed of Your Kingdom.

Likewise, Lord, clear my heart from lies and deceptions that have found fertile ground to grow. Remove, clear, cut down, and pluck out all the wrong attitudes and structures that belong to my old, evil practices of flesh. Establish Your truth in me. Thank You, Lord Jesus, for Your faithfulness to leave the ninety-nine (Matthew 18:12) and run after me to deliver me from my self-destructive ways of life. Thank you for returning me to the narrow road toward Eternity with You. I believe, Lord, that the power of Your Word is sufficient to accomplish this. Speak Your goodness over me and continue Your refinement of my life until my old nature of flesh is completely transformed into Your likeness. Amen!