THE GOD SPACE IS A PLACE OF WAR - Chicago …€™s Victory is Based On Establishing Strongholds...

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Transcript of THE GOD SPACE IS A PLACE OF WAR - Chicago …€™s Victory is Based On Establishing Strongholds...

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3For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. 4For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. 5We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (ESV)

“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” —John Adams

Satan’s Victory is Based On Establishing Strongholds

4For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. 5We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 (ESV)

Satan’s Victory is Based On Establishing Strongholds

Stronghold: A demonic argument that becomes entrenched in our thought life, and then dominates our spiritual and emotional life.

Satan’s Victory is Based On Establishing Strongholds

How A Stronghold Originates: 1. Long-Term Secret Sin 2. Through Society and Culture 3. Spiritual Starvation 4. Mental or Emotional Injury (Trauma)

Satan’s Victory is Based On Establishing Strongholds

How Do You Know You Have A Stronghold? Mentally, Spiritually Unable To: 1. Hear 2. Receive 3. Accept 4. Apply...Truth

Strongholds Are Broken by Divine Power 3For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. 4For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. 5We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (ESV)

Strongholds Are Broken by Divine Power Pulling Down A Stronghold: To Demolish, Destroy, or Depose by Force.