32 Bold Prayers to Take Authority + Scriptures

YOU are destined to do amazing things. God gave us directions to access holy power through Jesus and the Holy Spirit. However, you don’t possess power to have whatever you desire. You possess strength to accomplish God’s will in God’s timing.

Jesus did say: “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.“ (John 14:12)

Similarly to Jesus, the Holy Spirit is upon you to do great kingdom things. “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.” (Isaiah 61)

Prayer to Take Authority

Abba father, thank you for silencing every lie that says I'm unworthy of manifesting your power. Thank you for guarding my mind from the fiery darts of the enemy with your truth O' Lord. I am thankful that you are setting me free from every thought that opposes your word. I rejoice because you will have the victory! And you will awaken me to the full power I have through you to bring the kingdom of Heaven onto this earth. O' Lord, I long to see signs, miracles, and wonder. As I feel your passion for humanity, I am getting excited!  I rejoice for a move of God on this earth! The revolution that is coming is unlike anything we have seen in a long time. I come into agreement with your plan father. Prepare my heart, mind, and soul to righteously steward what is to come O' Lord. Lord help me to never be complacent with brokenness around me. Concern my heart with setting souls around me free. Set me ablaze in intercession to radically change the ones around me. Thank you for driving darkness back O' Lord. Hallelujah! You will always get the victory! Amen!

Prayer for Authority and Power

Worthy, worthy, worthy are you O' Lord. I give you all the honor and all the praise. I am love sick for you O' Lord and I desire to never leave your side. Papa, I ask that you would help me to lay down all my defenses, plans, pain, and fears. I desire to submit to your power, plan, and word. I want to be like Mary that sat at your feet and listened to all you said. Remove my tendencies to be like Martha, who was so busy doing things and didn't enjoy Jesus' presence. I want to be still and know that you are God in every situation O' Lord. Yours is the power and glory, forever, Amen.

Father, I ask for a fresh out pouring of discernment in my life. Help me to see what the enemy meant for evil and help me to wait for you to turn it to good. Abba, remove any generational pattern, strongholds, and oppressive spirits that would keep me from living abundantly and righteously. Thank you for breaking every chain in my life and the one's around me. I come into agreement for this whole earth to be loosed from everything and anything that stops salvation and Godliness. Abba, I ask that the body of Christ wouldn't settle for a life that isn't overflowing with your power. I declare emotional healing, signs, miracles, and wonders to break out in the nations. I rejoice O' Lord, because you have a plan for each soul and you will have the victory. Amen. 

Prayer Points for Power and Authority

• El Shaddai, the most high God. You reign supreme over every stronghold and oppressive spirits. I have faith in you O’ God to loose and bind every distraction and problem that would stop me from staying in alignment and intimacy with you O’ God. “Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.” (Luke 10:19)
• God, you are an active and powerful God. You aren’t slow to act as humans often think. Instead, you are always working in the background to bring creation into your love. Hallelujah! I rejoice because if you said it you will do it. “For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.” (1 Corinthians 4:20)
• Search my heart O’ Lord for any trace of pride and self-sufficiency. Remove my need to pretend to be strong father and allow me to be a fragile vessel in your loving arms. Adonai, my master, I trust you to direct and empower me. “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” (2 Corinthians 12:9-11)
• Abba father, you are a good God. If you allow an obstacle in my life, it’s because you know that I can be victorious with you. Therefore, I will pass this fiery trial by standing firm in your faithfulness to deliver me from all my afflictions. “For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” (Timothy 1:7)
• O’ Lord, I ask for you to expand my territory and allow me to declare the testimony of your faithfulness at a bigger capacity. “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” (Acts 1:8)
• I rejoice because I am a temple of the most high God. The Holy Spirit lives within me and helps me to move in signs, miracles, and wonders! “And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.” (Luke 24:49)
• Father, help me to truly understand the power of the Holy Spirit within me. I thank you God for empowering me with boldness to rightfully take my position and walk in my calling on this earth. “That according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being.” (1 Corinthians 4:20)
• I thank you God for the strength to remain in righteousness when everything around me is falling apart. I trust in your kindness towards me. For you have never stopped loving humanity even though our sin. I gladly follow your lead. “His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence.” (2 Peter 1:3)
• Adonai, you are my master. Father, I thank you that you’ve given me authority and the ability to do works as great as Jesus. I ask that you help me to understand how to exercise my authority over every disease. “When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.”

Jehovah Nissi, I raise your banner in victory. You always win. I pray that your saints across the globe would never limit your power and the power you have given. Hallelujah! Awaken the globe to your power O’ Lord. “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.” (Ephesians 3:20)

Prayer for Spiritual Authority

Father, I ask for your strength to shift atmospheres. Though the enemies' influence is strong, yours is stronger. I declare the blood of Jesus over my life, family, friends, church, and job. Thank you father that you are clearing a path for them to see your will and plan clearly. Thank you for removing anything that blinds them and stops me from remaining in love, righteousness, and peace. O' Lord cleanse us from any anger, bitterness, and annoyance that this world would cause. Restore a clean spirit within us O' Lord and help me to bring others into clarity of mind and body as well. I will follow the steps of Jesus and also free others from spiritual blindness. I declare scales to be loosed from the eyes of the people I minister to. O' Lord,  I thank you that the enemy cannot stop your plan to unveil truth to this world. Amen.

Prayer Points for Spiritual Authority

• Thank you for giving me the strength to stand firm during spiritual warfare. Thank you God that you’re giving me the strength to see the victory even when everything seems hard. “That according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being.” (Ephesians 3:16)
• El Olam, you are the everlasting God that was in the beginning and will be in the end. You know all things that are hidden. O’ Lord, reveal to me the depth of the atmospheres and people around me. Help me to turn every dark atmosphere into light. “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” (Hebrews 4:12)
• O’ Lord, I will walk by faith and not by sight all the days of my life. I trust in your promises and I will not let the trials of this world negatively affect me. You will have the victory O’ God. “That your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.” (1 Corinthians 2:5)
• Hallelujah! You are powerful O’ Lord. I trust that you are willing and capable of turning everything around for the good of those who love you. “But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” (1 Corinthians 2:5)

Praying with Authority in Jesus’ Name

• El Shaddai, lord God almighty, I thank you for the blood of Jesus Christ. It is a change breaking blood that destroys every evil stronghold, connection, and curse. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, I cry because his name destroys every hidden enemy. “And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:18-20)
• Though my trial causes me to be tired, I will wait on you to strengthen me O’ Lord. You give strength to weary. You help me to keep going when there is no hope left. I thank you God that you are helping me to keep the faith. “He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.” (Isaiah 40:29-31)
• I will not pretend to be strong. I will give you my weakness and trust you to fight my battles. I will walk in confidence that you are moving things on my behalf. Thank you O’ Lord. “But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” (2 Corinthians 12:9)

El Shaddai, lord God almighty, I thank you for the blood of Jesus Christ. It is a change breaking blood that destroys every evil stronghold, connection, and curse. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, I cry because his name destroys every hidden enemy.  "And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:18-20)

Prayer of Authority Over Sickness

Thank you that God desires the highest and best for my life. Thank you father for surrounding me by Angels and protecting me from all afflictions. I trust you Abba to bless my physical body abundantly. “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” (John 10:10)

• Jehovah Rapha, the God that heals, I set my eyes upon you. Heal my unbelief O’ Lord. You said I would do great things, so I ask for the faith and confidence to trust that you want to heal and deliver those who are tormented by demons and diseases. “When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.” (Luke 9:1-2)
• Thank you God for blessing your saints with the Holy Spirit. I acknowledge that you have given me authority over sickness and demons. “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.” (Acts 10:38)
• Abba father, I desire to do the greater things. Thank you for helping me to grow in intimacy and understanding of you. I trust you O’ Lord to teach me how to do signs, miracles, and wonders. “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.“ (John 14:12)

Pray with Authority to Release God’s Power

• I rejoice because the power of God lives within me through the Holy Spirit. I thank you O’ Lord because I will radically change everything around me. I trust you to expand my territory of influence father because I desire to bring the world into repentance and intimacy with you. “And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.” (Luke 24:49)
• I acknowledge the gifts of God. I acknowledge that I am able to remain righteous and obedient to your will O’ Lord. Thank you for guarding my mind and allowing me to focus on bringing your kingdom of Heaven. “His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence.” (2 Peter 1:3)

Prayer of Authority Over the Mind

El Shaddai, you are the most high God. Who on the earth can I find like you O’ God? You saw me in my sin and you died for me. You cleansed me. You don’t hold my past against me and you are leading me to a greater measure. You are good God. I refuse to let my situation convince me other wise. I refuse to bow down to my feelings and deny that Jesus’ blood was enough for me. I take hold of my authority and I’m standing firm that my mind will be free.  Because, "there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” (Romans 8:1) 

I will not bow down to false doctrines that say I am not who God says I am. I was made righteous by Christ’s work on the cross. I believe that the Holy Spirit will guide me on the narrow path of righteousness. I may stumble, but you O’ God will never let me fall from eternal salvation. You O’ Lord are good and I will believe in you all the days of my life.  Therefore, I boldly declare that for freedom Christ has set me free; I will stand firm therefore, and  will not submit again to a yoke of slavery. (Galatians 5:1)

Prayer Against Evil Authority

• Eternal father, I ask that you would empower me to walk in my authority to bind evil spirits. I ask for the boldness to tell them to go. Thank you that when I walk in rooms demons have to leave. O’ Lord, I rejoice because you will always will over darkness. “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.” (Acts 10:38)
• Father, I thank you that you protect me and guard me from all satanic influences. I thank you that no darkness can touch me. I rebuke the enemies’ plot to hurt me with people, dreams, situations, financial lack, health issues, and everything that is a distraction. I will submit myself to you O’Lord because your promises are true and you will protect me! “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4:7

Frequently Asked Questions

What is authority in prayer? Authority in prayer is realizing that Jesus said you will do GREAT things. It’s realizing that you have the spirit of GOD within you. And it’s realizing that God choose YOU to because you are worthy of his power.

How do you pray with power on purpose? You pray with power and purpose by fulling aligning your mind and beliefs with the contents of the Bible. If God said it, the he will do it. He never breaks promises.

How do you receive the power of prayer? You receive the power of prayer by receiving the Holy Spirit and allowing him to fully work in your life.