How to Pray for the Devil

In two previous posts, I discussed the importance of Divorcing the Devil and Spiritual Warfare. In this post, I will assume you have already followed those instructions, that you have a relationship with Jesus, have put on the full armor of God, and have divorced the devil. If you haven't done so, then please go back and do so before doing what I suggest in this article. If you try to do what I recommend in this post without first divorcing the devil, you could get hurt, and I don't want that to happen to you.

Now to our topic, which is "How to Pray for the Devil". Jesus taught us to pray for our enemies, and the devil is our enemy, so we need to pray for him. However, Jesus taught us to bless our enemies, but we are not to bless the devil. We should always pray against him as we should also do against his demons. The fear of the Lord is to hate all evil (Pr 8:13). Here is one possible way that you could pray for the devil.

Powerful Prayer Against Satan

"Lord, rebuke satan, in Jesus' name! 

I want to remember the devil in prayer before You. It's time for his daily beating. Crush his head like an egg. Shatter his jaw and teeth. Cut out his tongue and dice it up into little pieces. Give him a splitting migraine headache. Put him in so much pain he won't know his own name. Cut off his horns, poke out his eyes, rip out his hair, pull out his claws. Strike him with nausea and dizziness. Roll him up tightly like a ball, lift him up and slam him to the ground. Knock him senseless. Break his neck and back in several places. Break his arms, legs, and wings. Rip his belly open and spill his guts out like mud in the street. Publicly humiliate him before all his minions and the whole universe. Throw him into great confusion and strike him with terror. Give him a total and complete nervous breakdown. Bind him with everlasting chains, in Jesus' name!

May the devil now arise and oppose himself, and may his kingdom be divided. May all the forces of darkness now arise and attack each other relentlessly until they are completely destroyed. Let them wear each other out, so that they will have no strength left to attack the saints. Throw them into great confusion and strike them with terror, in Jesus' name!

Everything that can go wrong for the devil from this point forward, will now go wrong. Foil all his plans and frustrate all his purposes, in Jesus' name!

Lord, send forth your mighty angels to cut off all the devil's supply lines and deprive him of all energy sources. Take away all of his weapons. Jam all of his lines of communications, so that no messages would get through -- not even a word -- and so that none of them would know what's going on, in Jesus' name!"

Scriptural Basis

If you would like to know the Scriptural basis for such a prayer, then simply read the Bible. It's full of examples. Read the stories of warfare in the Old Testament. But especially read the imprecatory Psalms. Major imprecatory Psalms include Psalm 69 and Psalm 109, while Psalms 5, 6, 11, 12, 35, 37, 40, 52, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 79, 83, 94, 137, 139 and 143 are also considered imprecatory. For example, Psalm 69:24 cries out to God, "Pour out Your indignation on them, and let Your burning anger overtake them."

Another passage is in Mark's gospel, in which Jesus said, "If Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but he is finished!" (Mar 3:26; cf., Mat 12:26; Lk 11:18). 

There are two passages that come to mind about the enemy turning against each other. One was when the Levites of Israel stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel in song, with a very loud voice (2 Chr 20:23), whereby their enemies arose and attacked each other until they were completely destroyed.

"When they began singing and praising, the LORD set ambushes against the sons of Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; so they were routed. For the sons of Ammon and Moab rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir destroying them completely; and when they had finished with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another. When Judah came to the lookout of the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude, and behold, they were corpses lying on the ground, and no one had escaped." (2Ch 20:22-24)

Another instance that comes to mind is when Gideon and his men blew their trumpets and the Lord caused their enemies to turn and attack each other with their swords.

"When the three hundred trumpets sounded, the LORD caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other with their swords. The army fled to Beth Shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath." (Jdg 7:22, NIV).

Moreover, the Lord promised to throw the enemies of His holy people into confusion.

"I will send My terror ahead of you, and throw into confusion all the people among whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you." (Exo 23:27)

"But the LORD your God will deliver them before you, and will throw them into great confusion until they are destroyed." (Deu 7:23).

Furthermore, the apostle Paul said to the saints in Rome, The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you." (Rom 16:20; cf., Ps 89:23)

And Jesus said to them, "I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning. Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you." (Luk 10:18-19).

And in the context of what Jesus said in Mark 3, which I quoted earlier, regarding satan not being able to stand and being terminated, the Lord also said, "But no one can enter the strong man's house and plunder his property unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house." (Mar 3:27).

"But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, but said, 'The Lord rebuke you!'" (Jud 1:9)

"When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him." (Col 2:15).

The psalmist King David said, "Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind; I emptied them out as the mire of the streets." (Psa 18:42). The NIV says, "like mud."

The psalmist said, "The LORD foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples." (Psa 33:10)

The Lord spoke through the prophet Isaiah: "He will roll you up tightly like a ball and throw you into a large country. There you will die and there the chariots you were so proud of will become a disgrace to your master’s house." (Is 22:18)

Jude wrote, "And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day." (Jud 1:6, NIV)

Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.’” (Mt 17:20)

Putting it All Together

I hope this little post has helped to give you some ideas for how you can pray for the devil, as you remember him in your prayers each day. You don't need to be a spiritual giant to do this. All you need is faith as small as a mustard seed, and when you say to this mountain, "Move from here to there!" it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.

Attribution notice: Most Scripture quotations taken from the NASB version of the Bible, copyright Lockman Foundation, all rights reserved worldwide. Used by permission. Where noted, Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible NIV, copyright Zondervan, all rights reserved. Used by permission. The image of the Battle for the Soul painting by Danny Hahlbohm, copyright 2011 Inspired Art, all rights reserved worldwide, used by permission, www.inspiredart.store.

Author's note:  I also recommend reading Divorcing the Devil, Spiritual Warfare, Speak to the Storm, The Name of Jesus, The Name Above All Names, Supernatural Power for All Disciples, and Baptized with the Spirit. I invite you to visit the Home page for this blog, and you can also find my complete blog directory at "Writing for the Master."

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Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.  He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org.