Many times a person wants a Savior, but not a Lord.ģ) God’s sufficiency – 2 Corinthians 3:5, 12:9Ĥ) Testimony/ministry – Your experiences in overcoming strongholds will be your testimony and the foundation of your ministry to others.A “stronghold” is a fortified structure, which is able to resist the assault of enemy forces.Īn army invading enemy territory needs to take down the strongholds to hold the land. The first victory is coming to Christ for salvation. God might allow situations in our lives to ensure that we face the enemy and allow us through Christ to have complete victory over these areas of strongholds. But I think God wants us to have victory over those sinful areas of our lives. What do we gain by defeating Satan’s strongholds? Take every thought captive – 2 Corinthians 10:5īe still, Don’t be afraid<, God will fight the battle for you.
Repentance – Confess and Turn – Luke 5:32 What are our weapons against strongholds? The name of the Lord is a strong tower the righteous run to it and are safe. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress…my high tower. It is completed with the nature of Jesus in our hearts. (Probably depended on your own strength instead of depending on God.)įear – of rejection, of failure, of ridicule.ġ)Unsaved – Satan’s strongholds prevent many from coming to ChristĢ)Ineffective Christians – Satan’s strongholds prevent many from becoming effective Christians for Christįreedom starts with the name of Jesus on our lips. I tried walking in the Spirit, but it didn’t work. It will never get any better than this anyway. We might call these sins “Personality flaws.” We don’t have to take responsibility for that, right?Ĭan’t be done, can’t be won, can’t be changed As a result, we excuse the sin in our lives. Telling ourselves we can never be like Christ. Unbelief – Telling ourselves that achieving true freedom and experiencing the nature of Jesus is impossible. He will tell you that you are worthless and there is no way God can ever use you. You are not okay on your own! The minute you accept Christ, Satan will change his lie. I am okay just the way I am, I don’t need God.” then you are probably being influenced by the stronghold of pride.ĭon’t let Satan lie to you. Do you think you need to be set free, at least in some area of your life? If your answer is “Nope. Pride – Until we are willing to admit that we need to be set free, until we are willing to recognize our condition of helplessness without God, the stronghold of pride will keep us bound up. (Some ideas from Chip Monck “Scoping out Strongholds”) Do whatever feels good.Ģ) Twisting God’s Word – The most believable lies have a little bit of truth in them
The World – Sins that have become acceptable and even encouraged by the world. Family life as a child - loved or not loved, alcoholic parent, abusive parent, the unchangeables Giving God your life but reserving one area for a favorite sin (Giving God the house but not allowing Him into one room) Then when we want to regain control, it is difficult and sometimes seems impossible to remove that sin from our lives. Starts with a foothold then becomes a strongholdĪn area of our life where we allow Satan to enter
Satan can build a spiritual fortress in our lives
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