Strongholds

1. Introduction

We are in a spiritual war between God and Satan. We cannot see this spiritual war, but it is all around us and very real. In this war, we run the risk of losing our success as a Christians, our ability to live for the kingdom and our understanding of spiritual authority.

Remember our salvation is never in doubt. But our ability to understand the spiritual world and to be successful against Satan’s is based on our knowledge of the Word of God.

Satan’s kingdom includes darkness, captivity, destruction, and death. God’s kingdom has light, grace, truth, and salvation through Jesus Christ. Jesus paid the price to give us abundant and eternal life.

Jesus Christ is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. The Bible tells us that Satan is defeated but still working against us. The devil still seeks to “steal and kill and destroy” by capturing us in sin patterns or behaviors we cannot escape.

John 10:10
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.

1 Peter 5:8
Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.

Have you ever felt like you were trapped in sin, unable to break free? Ever sense you are a spiritual prisoner-of-war, living contrary to the will and Word of God? You may have what the Bible calls a stronghold.

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (KJV)
³For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: ⁴(for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) ⁵casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.

This tract tries to help us understand what strongholds are, where they come from, how they manifest and how to bring them down. It ends with a prayer to pull down the strongholds in our lives.

2. What Are Strongholds?

Strongholds are an area in our lives where our fleshly desires overtake us, and we create consistent, destructive sin patterns. Our behavior is habitual and difficult or impossible to control. These patterns are the opposite of what God wants for us.

3. Where Do Strongholds Come From?

We know that Satan can never possess a Christian because our spirits have been born again in Christ. However, he can influence or oppress us with thoughts of depression, anxiety, fear, unbelief, lust, anger, unforgiveness, insecurity, and addictions. These thoughts can create strongholds in our lives.

4. How Do Strongholds Manifest?

Strongholds can manifest in many ways. These include bitterness, control, depression, sexual impurity, rejection and fear just to name a few. Each manifestation has a biblical solution based on the promises of God.

5. How Do We Bring Down Strongholds?

We must engage in spiritual warfare to bring down strongholds in our lives. God can train us to wield the spiritual weapons He has given us the tools to overcome the devil. Our plans include weapons, prayers and a strategy.

6. Our Prayer

A prayer of renouncing, repenting and tearing down strongholds.

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