Avoiding Alcohol, Drugs, and other Addictions

Dear Lord,
I pray that You would keep each of my children and grandchildren free from any addiction, especially to alcohol and drugs. Where there has already been usage and dependency, I pray by the authority given to me in Jesus' Holy name that the "draw" to such things, the strongholds attached will be broken. Make each of these children strong in You, draw them close and enable them to put You in control of their life. Speak to their hearts, show them the path they should walk, and help them to see that protecting their body from things that destroy it is a part of their service to You. I pray that You, Lord, would thwart any plan satan has to destroy their life through alcohol and drugs, and take away anything in their personality that would be drawn to these substances. Your Word says, "There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death." (Proverbs 16:25) Give each of them discernment and strength to be able to say "NO" to the things that bring death and "YES" to the things of God that bring life. May each of them clearly see the truth whenever tempted and be delivered from the evil one whenever trapped. Enable them to choose life in whatever they do, and may their only addiction be to the things of God. In Jesus' Holy name I pray that EVERYTHING they do with their body be done to Your glory!!
I ask all of this in accordance with Your good and perfect will,
In Jesus' Holy name,
Amen


(Scripture and prayer from, "The Power of a Praying Parent"--Stormie Omartian)


"WEAPONS OF WARFARE"

Romans 8:13 (Amplified Bible)
For if you live according to [the dictates of] the flesh, you will surely die. But if through the power of the [Holy] Spirit you are [habitually] putting to death (making extinct, deadening) the [evil] deeds prompted by the body, you shall [really and genuinely] live forever.


Ecclesiastes 11:10 (Amplified Bible)
Therefore remove [the lusts that end in] sorrow and vexation from your heart and mind and put away evil from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity [transitory, idle, empty, and devoid of truth].


Deuteronomy 30:19 (Amplified Bible)
I call heaven and earth to witness this day against you that I have set before you life and death, the blessings and the curses; therefore choose life, that you and your descendants may live.


Proverbs 11:6 (Amplified Bible)
The righteousness of the upright [their rectitude in every area and relation] shall deliver them, but the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity and greedy desire.


John 8:36 (Amplified Bible)
So if the Son liberates you [makes you free men], then you are really and unquestionably free.