1. The Word & The Supernatural Join Forces to Bring Victory-- Strongholds

2. BIBLICAL PROSPERITY Wholeness Bought and paid for by the blood of Jesus 1.Money—we are not to be broke 2.Healing—God heals the sick 3.Peace—We can have peace 4.Delivered—from demons, habits 5.Salvation from sins—to be forgiven

3. Luke 4:18-19 ‘The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon Me, because He has anointed Me [the Anointed One, the Messiah] to preach the good news (the Gospel) to the poor;

4. 2 Corinthians 10:3-6 “For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought and make it obedient to Christ.

5. And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete.”

7. John 3:5-8 “Jesus answered, ‘I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

8. HOLY SPIRIT Spirit Soul Mind, Will, Emotions Body Weak

9. “Lord, help me remember that real spiritual battles are fought and won in the Spirit. I’m so often tempted to focus on my physical appearance and the condition of my body. I even frequently judge myself by how physically ‘in shape’ I am. But the fight I need to win isn’t going to be won by my physical appearance.

10. Yes, I want to be in good physical shape, and I ask You to help me achieve that goal. But please keep me from getting distracted by the less-than-pleasurable aspects of my physical body. Help me stay focused on the spiritual realm where the real battle is being waged.’ Rick Renner Sparkling Gems

11. “Sometimes I think we owe it to people when they come to the Lord to warn them that if they are going to move into the Kingdom, it will be through tribulation and opposition.” Derek Prince Rules of Engagement

12. Stratos = strategy Carpet bomb praying Smart bomb praying

13. HOW do we fight? WHAT do we fight?

14. STRONGHOLDS Ochuroma = Fortress, castle, citadel, fortified place

15. Where are these strongholds? IN OUR MINDS

16. 2 Kinds of Strongholds Rational Irrational A stronghold is any pattern of thought that does not line up with God’s Word

17. 2 Corinthians 10:5 Rational strongholds “[Inasmuch as we] refute arguments and theories and reasonings and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God;

18. Logismos = logic or logical thinking

19. “Your logical mind will always try to talk you out of obeying God. In fact if you don’t take charge of your mind, it will begin to completely dominate and control your obedience to God. It will tell you that you can’t afford to obey the Lord and that it isn’t a good time to step out in faith. Your natural mind will come up with a whole host of logical reasons to explain why you shouldn’t do what the Spirit of God is telling you to do.” Rick Renner Sparkling Gems

20. Irrational Strongholds “These primarily have to do with completely unrealistic fears and worries, such as a fear of contracting a terminal disease, a fear of dying early in life, an abnormal fear of rejection, and so forth.

21. These types of irrational strongholds in the mind, emotions, and imagination will normally play their course and then dissipate. But if harassing thoughts persist in your mind and insist on controlling you mentally and emotionally, you must deal with them straightforwardly with the Word of God.” Rick Renner Sparkling Gems

22. Strongholds start in our mind and then burrow into our emotions.

23. 2 Corinthians 10:5 “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”

24. Strongholds are sown in our heart through 1.Ideas 2.People saying things 3.Fear

25. The Word of God Casts Down Arguments 2 Corinthians 10:5 “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”

26. Creflo Dollar Negative words = negative thinking Negative thinking = negative emotions Negative emotions = negative decisions Negative decisions = negative actions Negative actions = negative character Negative character = will bring you to the wrong or negative destination

27. The Word of God will produce thinking that will line up with the Word of God Thinking that lines up with the Word of God will produce how you feel. Emotions that line up with the Word will produce Godly decisions Godly decisions that line up with the Word produce Godly actions Godly actions that line up with the Word produce Godly habits

28. Godly habits produce Godly character (character is doing what’s right because it’s right) Godly character will produce Godly destination and bring you to where God destined for you to be.

29. PRAYER “Lord I don’t want the devil to fill my mind with insinuations and lies. My mind belongs to You, and the devil has no right to flood me with false perceptions, vain imaginations, or lies about who I am or what I will never be. I refuse to let him operate in me any longer!

30. PRAYER You have provided me with the helmet of salvation, and by faith, I put it on to protect my mind against the devil’s assaults. He can strike as hard as he wishes, but Your Spirit and Word protect me! I pray this in Jesus’ Name!

31. CONFESSION I confess that I bring every thought into the captivity of Christ! When the devil tries to invade my mind with lies, I capture those lies and drive them clear out of my brain! Rather than fall victim to the devil’s attacks, I seize every thought that he tries to use to penetrate my mind and emotions. I grab each lie and force it into submission! Because I stand firm on the Word, the enemy’s lies are not able to exert any power against me. I declare this by faith in Jesus’ name! Rick Renner Sparkling Gems