Prayer For the Spirit of Confusion

One of the enemy’s most common assaults against our minds is confusion. It’s been a real struggle for some of us at times. So I’ve learned how to pray against it.

The best approach to defeating the spirit of confusion is to fill your mind with God’s Word and declare it over your situation. The Word of God is the Sword of the Spirit. 

It will cut through the confusion in your mind–and if you speak it out, it will cut through the demonic onslaught of confusion around you.

Confess any known sin before you pray and ask the Holy Spirit to show you any open doors you may have without realizing it. Then feel free to pray this prayer.

Prayer Against The Spirit Of Confusion

Father, I humble myself before your majesty. I thank you that I am covered in the blood of your son Jesus and that his blood makes me clean, holy, pure, and righteous in your sight. As far as the east is from the west, you have removed my sin from me.

Father, your Word says that I have the mind of Christ. 

You have not given me a spirit of fear or confusion but of love, peace, and of a sound mind. Therefore, I choose this day to set my mind and heart on your Word. I ask that you help me meditate on your word day and night, and I thank you that your Word promises to bless me when I do this.

I set my eyes and my affections on heaven. I look to you, the author and perfecter of my faith. Your Word says that you will keep me in perfect peace when my mind has stayed on you. So I come to you today and ask you to renew my mind as I meditate upon you and your Word. I ask that you bring peace to my mind and heart and silence every confusing voice of the enemy.

Thank you for not being the author of confusion as your Word says. Father, I thank you for my authority through Christ Jesus. I thank you that I have access to heavenly places and am seated with Christ above all rule and authority, above every demon and every principality.

In the name of Jesus, I choose to stand in my authority today. I bind every spirit of confusion released to attack my mind and emotions. In the name of Jesus, I command every device and scheme of the enemy to bow down to the name of Jesus. I am seated with Christ right now in heavenly places by faith, and I use this authority to tell you to leave and stop every attack against me. I command you to go to the feet of Jesus and to wherever he instructs you.

Father, I choose to take captive every thought that does not agree with who your Word says I am. I take every racing and scattered thought of confusion captive and give it to you. Father, I ask you to replace confusion with peace. I thank you that my mind is being healed, renewed, and restored. I ask that you help me keep your Word in the front of my mind today so that it will continue to restore me.

In the name of Jesus, Amen.

How to Overcome a Spirit of Confusion

• Confusion is a common tactic used by the enemy to attack the mind.
• Praying against the spirit of confusion is effective, and confessing any known sin before doing so is important.
• Renewing the mind with scripture meditation and declarations is also an effective weapon against confusion.
• Understanding your identity in Christ is crucial in effectively praying against the spirit of confusion.
• The Bible has an answer for every struggle, including confusion.
• A prayer against the spirit of confusion is below.
• The renewing of the mind is essential in the fight against confusion. This can be achieved by thinking about God’s thoughts, which can be found in the Bible.
• Meditating on Scripture and aligning with God’s thoughts helps to renew the mind and understand God’s will.
• The Bible verses that can help with confusion include Romans 12:2 and Hebrews 4:23.
• As believers, we have authority over the enemy. We can use this in the fight against confusion by binding spirits of confusion and taking captive every thought that does not agree with who the Bible says we are in Christ.

The Renewing of the Mind

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing, you may discern what the will of God is, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2

And be renewed in the spirit (attitude) of your mind. Hebrews 4:23

As Christians, we can renew our minds by thinking God’s thoughts. This can be accomplished by studying His Word – that is what He tells us in Romans 12:2! 

Reading and meditating on Scripture helps change how we view ourselves, other people & all of life’s experiences from a heavenly perspective. Allowing Him to re-establish our thought processes gives us insight into how best to live out His will for each day – this truly is an incredible blessing!

Renewing your mind begins with the truth of God’s Word. As believers, we are promised that when our focus is on Him, He will revive us and keep confusion at bay. Of course, through prayer and worshipful encounters with Him, we come into alignment in a more meaningful way – but having His Word go to work deep within us daily nurtures supernatural healing for our mindsets too! 

So it’s vital to pray Scripture over yourself regularly and make time every day to soak up the wisdom that has been written out just for you in the Bible!

The most effective way to do this, I have found, is through scripture meditation and declarations. However, there are other ways to renew your mind with the Word.

How to Renew Your Mind

1. Pray, read the Word. We dialogue with God as we read.
2. Study the Word. We get an intellectual understanding.
3. Listen to the Word. Through sermons.
4. Read books & blogs (like this one) on God’s truth.
5. Meditate on the Word. We chew, ponder, and keep a single verse or Word in our minds.
6. Declare God’s Word. We speak it with our mouths.

Meditating On Scripture

In Psalm 1, we read that the person who meditates on God’s word day and night will be blessed. 

he Hebrew Word for meditate is hâg̱â. Strong defines this as to ponder, to moan, growl, utter, muse, mutter, meditate, devise, plot, speak.

Reflecting on the Lord’s Word is essential to a faith-filled life. Invite the Holy Spirit to direct you to one particular verse or pick it yourself, then spend meaningful time mulling over its meaning and allowing it to become deeply embedded in your heart – be that through repeating silently throughout your day, speaking out loud at times or singing/writing for further thoughtfulness.

If I want to meditate on 1 John 1:5, I will look at the verse as a whole and pick a small section or Word in verse.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaims to you that God is light, and in him is no darkness.

1 John 1:5 ESV

In this verse, I may spend my meditation time chewing on “God is light.” 

That would be my entire meditation of the day. I wouldn’t focus on any other part of the verse until I’ve chewed on this a bit and have a dialogue with the Lord. I wait and chew and wait and chew until God breathes Revelation on it. 

Once I’m finished with this passage, I may meditate on “in him, there is no darkness at all.”

You don’t want to fill your mind with too much other stuff. The idea is you want to chew on God’s Word. You can certainly find ways to do this while working on other tasks, but it’s easiest (for me, anyway) to dedicate a set amount of time to this.

You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3

Scripture Meditation Model: Write it, Say it, Sing it, Pray it

I like Kirk Bennett’s model of Scripture meditation:

• Write it
• Say it
• Sing it
• Pray it

Declaring God’s Word

Jesus relied on the power of Scripture to disarm Satan during his forty-day fast in the wilderness. It is a reminder of just how potent God’s Word can be, demonstrated by its impact then and echoed throughout Scripture today – from Revelation’s vision of swords coming out Jesus’ mouth as he spoke (Rev 1:16; 19:15), Isaiah 55:11 proclaiming that His Word will never return void, to Hebrews 4 teaching us it is sharper than any double-edged sword.

My point for sharing this is that when we get the Word into our mouth and speak it—It directly assaults the enemy. 

The Word is an offensive weapon like a sword. It cuts and divides. When we consistently speak Scripture, the enemy is weakened, and God’s truth fills our spiritual atmosphere.

Scripture Declarations Against Confusion

God has not given me a spirit of confusion, for God is not a God of confusion but peace.

1 Corinthians 14:33

I will Trust in the LORD with all my heart; I will not lean on my understanding.

Proverbs 3:4

I will not be conformed to this world, but I will be transformed by the renewal of my mind. As I renew my mind in God’s truth, I will know what God’s will is, and I will know what is good and acceptable.

Romans 12:2

The Lord promises to keep me in perfect peace when my mind is set on him because I trust him. I will trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting place of refuge. Isaiah 26:3-4

Conclusion

Confusion is a common tactic used by the enemy to attack the mind, but there are things we can do to fight back. Praying against the spirit of confusion is effective, and confessing any known sin before doing so is important. Renewing the mind with scripture meditation and declarations is also an effective weapon against confusion. 

Understanding your identity in Christ is crucial in effectively praying against the spirit of confusion. The Bible has an answer for every struggle, including confusion. 

The renewing of the mind is essential in the fight against confusion; this can be achieved by thinking about God’s thoughts, which can be found in the Bible. 

Meditating on Scripture and aligning with God’s thoughts helps to renew the mind and understand God’s will. So if you’re feeling confused, don’t give up hope; there are things you can do! And we’d love to hear from you about how you pray against the spirit of confusion.

If you have any questions or if this has helped you in some way, please leave a comment.