A morning prayer rooted in Scripture. Say it out loud before you start your day.

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17).

New creation. Thank You Jesus that I am a new creation in Christ. Thank You that the old is gone, the new is here. I put on my new identity in Christ in the name of Jesus. I make my body, my flesh and my soul subject to who I am in the Spirit, subject to who I am in my new nature. The light of life lives inside of me. The Holy Spirit radiates out of me. In Jesus’ name, I am a new creation.

Putting off the old self. I put off the old identity, the old self I’ve been programmed to believe I am all my life. I put it off, and I put on the new self. I put on the righteousness of God.

Sin, memory and trauma. All memories, all traumas and all sin cycles stop when I declare that I’m a new creation. All sin cycles stop when I put on my new identity, when I put on the robes of righteousness, when I put on the helmet of salvation and the crown I rule from, because I am seated in heavenly places. I walk in power and authority in the name of Jesus. I walk as a new creature. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.

Co-heir. I am a co-heir with Christ. Everything in the Father’s house I have access to. I have access to healing, and I declare healing over my body. I have access to provision, so I declare provision to do the will of the Father. I have access to health and wholeness, so I declare health and wholeness over my entire being. I have access to divine knowledge, so I declare divine knowledge over my mind, and the insight and discernment that come from the Holy Spirit, because I am seated in heavenly places.

Royal priesthood. I am a royal priesthood. That means I have authority in the name of Jesus. I’m not just saved. My default programming has been to rely on my emotions, my circumstances, how I feel, my lack, my health, anxiety, demonic attacks, people leaving and opportunities not working. I no longer identify with those things, because I am a royal priesthood, a co-heir with Christ and a new creation.

The mind of Christ. In the name of Jesus I put off my mind and I put on the mind of Christ. We have the mind of Christ. I no longer struggle to hear from God, because the mind of Christ does not struggle to hear from the Lord. When the Father looks at me, He sees purity. When the Father looks at me, He sees His Son.

Hearing God. I declare I can hear the Holy Spirit. I can hear the voice of the Father. I can hear the voice of Jesus. It’s no longer my own thoughts popping up. It is God’s thoughts and God’s voice speaking into my mind. I take dominion over every principality suffocating our minds and hearts, tormenting us with memories of past sin, past trauma and past cycles. We submit it to the feet of Jesus and declare freedom and deliverance in Jesus’ name.

Final. Though life is uncertain, I walk in the certainty that Jesus died and rose again, and His blood is washing over my being every minute of today. I submit my emotions, the cloud of doubt and the fog of fear at the feet of Jesus, and I choose right now to no longer live from that place. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, I command my body and my soul to awaken to my new nature and to walk in that power and authority for the rest of the day. In Jesus’ name, amen.