08-08-10 AM - Unveiling Strongholds

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UNVEILING STRONGHOLDS
2 Cor. 10:3-5
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh,
4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.
5 We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.

Victory begins with Jesus on your lips but will not be consummated until we have the nature of Jesus in our heart.

in Eph. 4:13 when he gave the five fold gifts to the body of Christ.
until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.

WHAT IS A STRONGHOLD?
stronghold was a fortified dwelling used as a means of protection from an enemy.

A stronghold can  be a place where we are protected from the enemy as in Psalm 18:2
The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

So any thinking that exalts itself above the knowledge of God is enabling the enemy a secure place to influence your thought life.

Any area of our life that is not surrendered to Jesus Christ is an area vulnerable to satanic attack.

John 14:30 "I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me;
Heb. 4:15  For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.

REPENTANCE PRECEEDS DELIVERANCE
Mk. 6:12-13
And they went out and preached that men should repent.
13 And they were casting out many demons and were anointing with oil many sick people and healing them.

A HOUSE MADE OF THOUGHTS

Luke 11:21-22
 "When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own homestead, his possessions are undisturbed;
22 but when someone stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, he takes away from him all his armor on which he had relied, and distributes his plunder.

TAKE EVERY THOUGHT CAPTIVE TO CHRIST
There are several common strongholds that the enemy loves to use such as:
Unbelief
Cold love
Fear
Pride
Unforgiveness
Lust
Greed or a combination of these or several others.
Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinks within himself, so he is…
It is important for all of us to understand who we are and what our Father wants us to be.
Eph. 4:22-24
 that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit,
23 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
24 and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

He wants us to believe like Him just as much as He wants us to believe in Him.

“I’ll always be a failure.”
“I’m just a sinner.”
I tried the church thing and I just can’t do it”

you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you.

you are a child of God and the blood of Christ cleanses me of all unrighteousness.
 “There is no fear in love… love casts out fear”
1 John 4:18

“Victory begins with the name of Jesus on our lips; but it will not be consummated until the nature of Jesus is in our hearts.”


The weapons of your warfare are mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.