1.Humblely submit to God. Ask God to humble a friend if you're praying for him. If you happen to come into contact with your friend, encourage him to submit to God. The weapon employed to combat pride is humility. We must first dismantle pride, because it is the sin that protects and binds all the fortresses together. As a result, when pride is gone, Satan flees (James 4:7), and strongholds are weakened.
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2.Ask God to reveal all other strongholds after pride is lifted, which could be considered a stronghold in and of itself.
As God exposes them to you, make a list of them.
3.Repent of all sins that make up each stronghold, and resolve to never longer think in that manner.
4.Replace every lie with the truth, and memorize a truth verse for each falsehood.
For example, remember Philippians 4:13, which says, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me,” when confronted with the falsehood, “I am a failure, I can do nothing well.”
5.Construct truth fortifications.
Don't be happy with just a few verses memorized.
By memorizing a large number of verses, you can create massive fortifications of truth.
For each lie, memorize at least three verses.
The more verses you memorize, the stronger your protection against Satan will be.
This article appears in the book Prayer A to Z, as well as the book Purpose of Prayer.
How do you pull down a stronghold?
The Spirit of God desires each of you to break free from any demonic strongholds that are holding you hostage.
I believe it would be beneficial to think about the metaphor's metaphorical element a little further.
9:9 (Psalms) The LORD is a stronghold in times of adversity for the oppressed.
Because it is high and inaccessible to adversaries, a cliff might be used as a stronghold.
1 Samuel 23:14; 1 Samuel 23:15; 1 Samuel 23:16; 1 David lingered in the fortresses of the desert and the highlands of the Ziph Desert.
and my deliverer; my shield, and the one in whom I put my trust; the one who subdues my people under me
Why would a “high thing” want to elevate itself by hanging out in a high cliff or a high tower?
It's considerably easier to drive an adversary away from a fortress on a high vantage point.
In the history of Israel's conflicts, you can learn about the strategic value of strongholds.
It's just off the main route leading up to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv and the airport.
The problem with this location was that it was a stronghold located along the main roadway.
The Arab Legion held the fortress of Latrun when the War of Independence began.
They could pick off the caravans delivering supplies up to the Jews in Jerusalem from this vantage point.
This was a stronghold that needed to be conquered!
It had a suffocating grip over Jerusalem!
The fledgling Israeli Defense Forces attempted to take it five times in five different ways.
The Arab Legionthe greatest, British-trained warriors on the Arab sidehas proven itself time and time again.
As a result, the Israelis construct a “Burma Road” around the bastion, traversing tough terrain.
Until 1967, the Arabs controlled this fortification, which was located just five kilometers from Ben-Gurion Airport.
Nasser dispatched Egyptian troops to Jordanian garrisons shortly before the 1967 conflict.
includes an impressive display of Israeli army tanks that were purchased, manufactured, or captured.
For the past two decades, that location has posed a threat to our people's safety in the heart of the country.
How long has a stronghold in the center of your thinking life jeopardized your safety?
Is it possible?
Hey, David conquered Jerusalem and established it as his capital!
Joab unlocked the citadel's gates by breaking through a tunnel that led to a spring.
“Even if Babylon climbs the sky and fortifies her lofty stronghold,' Jer 51:53 declares.
by diverting the city's river and marching into the city on the riverbank!
God is well-versed in strongholds and understands how to overthrow them and he'll show you how.
Do you ever want to quit up when you come up against a stronghold in your life?
Individuals who are willing to battle, people with courage, capture strongholds!
God will assist you if you ask for it. The Bible and the Holy Spirit will show you how. Amen?
One thing to remember about a stronghold: it's a location, not a person.
The mind is the castle of the soul, and Satan and his henchmen aim to capture people's minds.
“Have nothing to do with the unproductive deeds of darkness,” Ephesians 5:11 exhorts us.
If you wish to allow God's light shine on the darkness, you must have a humble attitude.
“Test me, O LORD, and try me, probe my heart and my intellect,” David begged in Ps 26:2.
After you've identified the stronghold, repentance is the next stage in bringing it down.
Honesty before God is the best policy, and humbly allowing the Spirit to reveal the stronghold in the darkness is the best policy.
It's possible that you'll have to mute the tiny lawyer who emerges from a dark corner of your mind.
A frontal assault on a stronghold doesn't always appear to work.
So, what are your options?
With a frontal attack, Jewish warriors attempted to take the Old City of Jerusalem.
From the east, I've seen a photo of Israeli generals looking down on the Old City!
They were able to cut off supplies and reinforcements after encircling the city.
After that, the Israelis were able to enter the city with little resistance.
What was the game plan? March for seven days around the city, then blow your trumpets!
How can you encircle a fortress of pessimistic thinking and old rumours?
How about some compliments?
32:7 in Psalms. “You are my safe haven; you will keep me safe from harm and surround me.”
Praise God by singing psalms and spiritual hymns around the fortress.
There's a powerful technique to surround every bad stronghold with God's contrary truth.
If you're fighting a stronghold of rejection, surround it with Abba's acceptance.
If you're having trouble dealing with unresolved anger, try surrounding it with forgiveness.
Surround yourself with the knowledge of God's love if you're battling with a stronghold of fear.
If you're fighting a failing fortress, surround it with the triumph of the resurrection!
Once you've recognized a stronghold, go to the Bible and look up the contrary truth that God has revealed.
If rejection is your stronghold, read everything the Bible says about God's acceptance.
His resistance will swiftly wane, and if he isn't already gone, he will be soon!
Please forgive me for making a compromise. Give me the guts to demolish every stronghold I own.
I bind any evil powers within me that were encouraging compromise and sin.
I submit to the light of the Spirit of Truth in order for any sin strongholds in me to be exposed.
I declare that every satanic stronghold is being demolished by the great weapons of the Spirit and the Word!
I intend to envelop this demonic stronghold in praise and affirming truth from God's Word.
I intend to capture every negative thought pattern and bring it into submission to Messiah.
By God's grace, I intend to persevere until even the ruins of this stronghold are razed.
I intend to consider everything that is genuine, noble, right, and pure.
If there is anything charming or admirableif there is anything worthy of praise
By God's grace, I intend to construct one fortress within my mind and heart:
“The LORD's name is a strong fortress; the virtuous will flee to it for safety.”
How can we stop spiritual warfare?
Because we know God and that he is bigger than the devil and his schemes against us, we can come up against and battle spiritual warfare.
As previously said, the name of Jesus is extremely powerful; we witnessed devils fleeing at the sight of Jesus.
The disciples of Jesus used his name to cast out demons, and Paul did the same in the book of Acts.
“I demand you to get out of her in the name of Jesus Christ,” I turned and said to the ghost. And it was released at that exact hour.
Even today, when facing spiritual warfare, it is effective to use Jesus' name because his name has power.
In the Bible, we see Jesus cast out a demon that his followers were unable to cast out. When the disciples questioned why not, Jesus replied,
Using Jesus as an example, we can see how scripture can be used to combat the evil one in spiritual battle.
After forty days of fasting, Jesus was tempted in the desert, and scripture was his defense against Satan.
We must know scripture in order to use it against the devil and his lies. When the devil lies to us about who we are in Christ, we must remember that we are a new creature, no longer our old selves, as 2 Corinthians 5:17 says.
When we are in the midst of spiritual conflict, worship music can be very effective. It allows us to recognize both who God is and his vast power, as well as who we are in Christ. Worship music helps us focus on God rather than the world's idols.
We are always engaged in spiritual warfare, and hopefully, we will be prepared to fight back against the devil's schemes to lead us away from God. To avoid being led astray, we must be in God's word and recall Jesus' example.
How beautiful are the feet KJV?
And how will they preach unless they are dispatched? How lovely are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace and deliver pleasant tidings of good things, as it is written!
What is the meaning of Matthew 7 1?
This line, which appears in Luke's Sermon on the Plain in a similar manner, begins a discussion about how people should interact to one another. This, according to Daniel Patte, is a natural transition from the preceding subject of having a positive attitude on oneself to having a positive outlook on others.
God is commonly thought to be the judge referenced in this verse. When God performs an activity, the author of Matthew regularly switches to the passive tense, according to France. This scripture is similar to Matthew 6:14, which states that those who forgive others will be forgiven themselves.
The term krino, which is translated as judge, also connotes condemnation rather than just judging. In this verse, Jesus warns that whomever criticizes others will be condemned as well. The rest of the Bible, particularly the next line, makes it plain that all judgments are not condemned. While this verse is sometimes used to argue against all types of disapproval, most scholars believe the context clearly shows that this is a more limited pronouncement. Because Scripture continually exhorts believers to analyze carefully, obeying Christ's directives in this chapter does not prevent examining another person's basic characterwhether one is a dog (v. 6) or a false prophet (v. 15), or whether one's life displays fruit (v. 16).
It's an attack on hasty and harsh judgements, according to Morris, and it's also an attack on hypocrites who criticize others while disregarding their own flaws, as the verses go on to reveal. In the New Testament, a variety of judgement methods are praised. The censorship of erroneous believers appears throughout the Bible, and the necessity for self-judgment is repeatedly extolled. Some Christians disagree with this viewpoint. Some commentators consider this verse as an attack on the state's and church's judicial powers, as well as a call for extreme egalitarianism. Many Anabaptist groups agreed with this viewpoint. As Luz points out, this verse had a significant impact on asceticism and monasticism theology. Some Christian theologians have suggested that rather than judging individuals in the world, it is best to withdraw from it.
How do I cast down imaginations?
You must become a person of prayer and study of God's Word in order to actively strike down the enemy's fantasies. A person who prays will be aware of spiritual matters. If you don't have God's ideas, you won't be able to cast down or fend off the enemy's imaginations (vision, and images that come through His Word for you).