2 Corinthians 10:3-5, 2:11; Galatians 3:16; Psalm 119; Ephesians 6:10-11; Genesis 1:11-12; Luke 8:11; James 4:7; Isaiah 10:27; 1 John 2:20; 1 Corinthians 1
Examples of Strongholds
Pride, self-righteousness, stubbornness, judgmental attitudes, being critical, fear, insecurity, inferiority complex, rejection, bitterness; blaming others, envy, covetousness, controlling spirit, revenge, suspicion, anger, profanity, addictions, pornography, adultery.
– We all may have strongholds but we also have weapons to destroy them.
– We cannot come against strongholds with natural weapons, like will power.
– We cannot expect to get supernatural results with natural responses.
– The armor of God and the Fruit of the Spirit are our spiritual weapons.
– Repentance, turning away from our sin, is a spiritual weapon.
– Obedience is also a spiritual weapon.
– The enemy is looking to protect every high thing that comes against the Word of God. These are strongholds.
– One of the biggest tricks that the enemy plays on people is to convince them that he doesn’t exist.
– As a man thinketh so is he.
– We have to plant the right seed.
– Seeds are made to produce after its own kind.
– If the enemy is after our minds we must be diligent in protecting our thought life.
– We must submit to God, first. If we don’t we will be exposed.
– If we submit to God we won’t have to submit to anything in this world.
– We cannot simply ignore the thought, we have to resist it.
– We fight a thought with a thought. A word with a Word.
– Yell a loud NO to the devil.
– Say a quiet yes to God with your obedience.
– When we speak the Word of God, we speak the anointing. The anointing removes the stronghold, the burdens we are carrying.