DEFEATING YOUR ENEMY AND GAINING VICTORY TO YOUR LIFE!

(SEEING YOURSELF AS A WARRIOR.)

INTRO: SPIRITUAL WARFARE IS A REALITY FOR THE BELIEVER. WE ARE AT WAR! AND THE CONFLICT IN WHICH WE ARE ENGAGE IS UNLIKE ANY WARFARE MANDKIND CAN WAGE AGAINTS HUMANITY. OUR ENEMY OPPOSES US IN THE SPIRIT REALM IN THE BATTLE OF AGES.

EPHESIANS 6:10-18 NIV

v.10 FINALLY, BE STRONG IN THE LORD AND IN HIS MIGHTY POWER. v.11 PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE YOUR STAND AGAINST THE DEVIL'S SCHEMES. v.12 FOR OUR STRUGGLE IS NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT AGAINST THE RULERS, AGAINST THE AUTHORITIES, AGAINST THE POWERS OF THIS DARK WORLD AND AGAINST THE SPIRITUAL FORCES OF EVIL IN THE HEAVENLY REALMS.

v.13 THEREFORE PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD, SO THAT WHEN THE DAY OF EVIL COMES, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO STAND YOUR GROUND, AND AFTER YOU HAVE DONE EVERYTHING, TO STAND. v.14 STAND FIRM THEN, WITH THE BELT OF TRUTH BUCKLED AROUND YOUR WAIST, WITH THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IN PLACE, v.15 AND WITH YOUR FEET FITTED WITH THE READINESS THAT COMES FROM THE GOSPEL OF PEACE.

v.16 IN ADDITION TO ALL THIS, TAKE UP THE SHIELD OF FAITH, WITH WHICH YOU CAN EXTINGUISH ALL THE FLAMING ARROWS OF THE EVIL ONE. v.17 TAKE THE HELMET OF SALVATION AND THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD. v.18 AND PRAY IN THE SPIRIT ON ALL OCCASIONS WITH ALL KINDS OF PRAYERS AND REQUESTS.

TPVv.10 SA WAKAS, MAGPAKATIBAY KAYO SA PAMAMAGITAN NG INYONG PAKIKIPAG-ISA SA PANGINOON AT SA TULONG NG DAKILANG KAPANGYARIHAN NIYA.v.11 ISUOT NINYO ANG BALUTING KALOOB NG DIYOS, UPANG MAPAGLABANAN NINYO ANG MGA LALANG NG DIYABLO.v.12 SAPAGKAT ANG KALABAN NATI’Y HINDI MGA TAO, KUNDI MGA PINUNO, MGA MAYKAPANGYARIHAN, AT MGA TAGAPAMAHALA NG KADILIMANG NAMAMAYANI SA SANLIBUTANG ITO—ANG MGA HUKBONG ESPIRITUWAL NG KASAMAAN SA HIMPAPAWID.

v.13 KAYA’T ISUOT NINYO ANG BALUTING MULA SA DIYOS. SA GAYON, MAKATATAGAL KAYO SA PAKIKIPAGLABAN PAGDATING NG MASAMANG ARAW NA IYON, AT PAGKATAPOS NG INYONG PAKIKIPAGLABAN AY MATATAG PA RIN KAYONG NAKATAYO.v.14 KAYA’T MAGING HANDA KAYO: GAWIN NINYONG BIGKIS ANG KATOTOHANAN, ITAKIP SA DIBDIB ANG BALUTI NG PAGKAMATUWID,v.15 AT ISUOT ANG PANYAPAK NG PAGIGING HANDA SA PANGANGARAL NG MABUTING BALITA NG PAKIKIPAGKASUNDO SA DIYOS.

v.16 TAGLAYIN NINYONG LAGI ANG KALASAG NG PANANALIG KAY CRISTO, BILANG PANANGGA’T PAMATAY SA LAHAT NG NAGLILIYAB NA PALASO NG MASAMA.v.17 ISUOT NINYO ANG HELMET NG KALIGTASAN, AT KUNIN NINYO ANG TABAK NA KALOOB NG ESPIRITU, SAMAKATWID, ANG SALITA NG DIYOS.v.18 ANG LAHAT NG ITO’Y GAWIN NINYO SA PAMAMAGITAN NG MGA PANALANGIN AT PAGSAMO. MANALANGIN KAYO SA LAHAT NG PAGKAKATAON, SA PATNUBAY NG ESPIRITU. KAYA’T LAGI KAYONG MAGING HANDA, AT PATULOY NA MANALANGIN PARA SA LAHAT NG HINIRANG NG DIYOS. 

1.) YOU MUST IDENTIFY

THE ENEMY

HOW TO OVERCOME SPIRITUAL ATTACKS?

YOU NEED TO DETERMINE WHO YOUR ENEMY REALLY IS AND BE SPIRITUALLY PREPARED FOR BATTLE. NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE CAPABILITIES OF YOUR ADVERSARY OR THE DECEPTIVENESS HE WILL USE IN HIS ATTEMPT TO DEFEAT YOU. SATAN DOES NOT FIGHT ALONE.

SPIRITUALLY PREPAREDNESS IS A MUST.

• EPHESIANS 6:12 KJV• FOR WE WRESTLE NOT

AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT AGAINST PRINCIPALITIES, AGAINST POWERS, AGAINST THE RULERS OF THE DARKNESS OF THIS WORLD, AGAINST SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES.

SATAN AND HIS ARMY 1. SATAN- MASTER DECIEVER 2. PRINCIPALITIES- CHIEF RULERS OF THE HIGEST RANK. 3. POWERS-  “AUTHORITIES” THESE AUTHORITIES OPERATE UNDER THE CHIEF RULERS, EXECUTING THEIR WILL.

4. RULERS OF THE DARKNESS OF THIS WORLD- NATURAL MAN WHO POSSESSED DEMONIC POWERS. THIS WORLD BINDS THEM TO THE NATURAL AND REFERS TO GOVERNMENTS OR INDIVIDUALS IN HIGH AUTHORITY IN THIS WORLD WHO ARE DEMON LED OR DIRECTED.

5. SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES-WICKED SPIRITS IN THE HEAVENS, FALLEN ANGELS. 

2.)YOU MUST STRENGTHEN YOURSELF IN

THE LORD

HOW TO OVERCOME SPIRITUAL ATTACKS?

THE STRENGTH TO SUBDUE AND

DEFEAT THE ENEMY IS NOT FOUND IN

NATURAL, IT IS FOUND IN THE LORD.

EPHESIANS 6:10 NIV FINALLY, BE STRONG IN THE LORD AND IN HIS MIGHTY POWER.  TMSGGOD IS STRONG, AND HE WANTS YOU STRONG.

NJBFINALLY, GROW STRONG IN THE LORD, WITH THE STRENGTH OF HIS POWER. AMPIN CONCLUSION, BE STRONG IN THE LORD [BE EMPOWERED THROUGH YOUR UNION WITH HIM]; DRAW YOUR STRENGTH FROM HIM [THAT STRENGTH WHICH HIS BOUNDLESS MIGHT PROVIDES].  

RECOGNIZE WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE REAL SOURCE OF YOUR STRENGTH.

EPHESIANS 1:19 NIVAND HIS INCOMPARABLY GREAT POWER FOR US WHO BELIEVE. THAT POWER IS LIKE THE WORKING OF HIS MIGHTY STRENGTH,  

TMSGOH, THE UTTER EXTRAVAGANCE OF HIS WORK IN US WHO TRUST HIM--ENDLESS ENERGY, BOUNDLESS STRENGTH!  AMPAND [SO THAT YOU CAN KNOW AND UNDERSTAND] WHAT IS THE IMMEASURABLE AND UNLIMITED AND SURPASSING GREATNESS OF HIS POWER IN AND FOR US WHO BELIEVE, AS DEMONSTRATED IN THE WORKING OF HIS MIGHTY STRENGTH, 

DON’T ATTEMPT TO FIGHT THE FORCES OF HELL ALONE, FOR THE POWER TO SUBDUE AND DEFEAT THE ENEMY DOES NOT REST IN YOUR STRENGTH IT COMES FROM THE LORD. THE STRENGTH OF THE LORD IS IMPARTED AS WE STEP INTO IT AND RECEIVE IT.  

LUKE 10:19 AMPBEHOLD! I HAVE GIVEN YOU AUTHORITY AND POWER TO TRAMPLE UPON SERPENTS AND SCORPIONS, AND [PHYSICAL AND MENTAL STRENGTH AND ABILITY] OVER ALL THE POWER THAT THE ENEMY [POSSESSES]; AND NOTHING SHALL IN ANY WAY HARM YOU.

PSALM 18:32-39 NLTv.32 GOD ARMS ME WITH STRENGTH, AND HE MAKES MY WAY PERFECT. v.33 HE MAKES ME AS SUREFOOTED AS A DEER, ENABLING ME TO STAND ON MOUNTAIN HEIGHTS. v.34 HE TRAINS MY HANDS FOR BATTLE; HE STRENGTHENS MY ARM TO DRAW A BRONZE BOW.

v.35 YOU HAVE GIVEN ME YOUR SHIELD OF VICTORY. YOUR RIGHT HAND SUPPORTS ME; YOUR HELP HAS MADE ME GREAT. v.36 YOU HAVE MADE A WIDE PATH FOR MY FEET TO KEEP THEM FROM SLIPPING. v.37 I CHASED MY ENEMIES AND CAUGHT THEM; I DID NOT STOP UNTIL THEY WERE CONQUERED.

v.38 I STRUCK THEM DOWN SO THEY COULD NOT GET UP; THEY FELL BENEATH MY FEET. v.39 YOU HAVE ARMED ME WITH STRENGTH FOR THE BATTLE; YOU HAVE SUBDUED MY ENEMIES UNDER MY FEET.

Philippians 4:13 AMP I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ's sufficiency].

3. )YOU MUST CLOTHE

YOURSELF WITH THE ARMOR OF

GOD

HOW TO OVERCOME SPIRITUAL ATTACKS?

A SPIRITUAL BATTLE REQUIRES SPIRITUAL WEAPONS.

WHEN WE APPLY AND USE PROPERLY THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD IT WILL PROVIDE US WITH PROTECTION AND ENABLES US TO STAND ON THE GROUND AGAINTS THE ENEMY UNTIL OUR VICTORY COMES.

EPHESIANS 6:13-17 NIV

v.13 THEREFORE PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD, SO THAT WHEN THE DAY OF EVIL COMES, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO STAND YOUR GROUND, AND AFTER YOU HAVE DONE EVERYTHING, TO STAND.

V.14 STAND FIRM THEN, WITH THE BELT OF TRUTH BUCKLED AROUND YOUR WAIST, WITH THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IN PLACE,

v.15 AND WITH YOUR FEET FITTED WITH THE READINESS THAT COMES FROM THE GOSPEL OF PEACE.

v.16 IN ADDITION TO ALL THIS, TAKE UP THE SHIELD OF FAITH, WITH WHICH YOU CAN EXTINGUISH ALL THE FLAMING ARROWS OF THE EVIL ONE.

v.17 TAKE THE HELMET OF SALVATION AND THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD.

THE ARMOR PROTECTS YOUR MIND AND HEART,

INFLUENCES YOUR FAITH, BRINGS MATURITY IN YOUR CHRISTIAN LIFE, KEEPS YOU WALKING WITH THE SPIRIT

AND IN THE SPIRIT.

CHALLENGEARE YOU READY TO DEFEAT THE ENEMY AND GET A VICTORIOUS LIFE?

EPHESIANS 6:18 NIV

AND PRAY IN THE SPIRIT ON ALL OCCASIONS WITH ALL KINDS OF PRAYERS AND REQUESTS.

WE MUST PRAY IN THE SPIRIT IN EVERY BATTLE. WE MUST SEE GOD IN EVERY BATTLE. HE IS WITH US.

2Corinthians 10:3-6 v.3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. v.4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. v.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. v.6 And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete.

Use your 5 powerful weapons in your prayer.

1.The Name of the Lord Jesus Christ

2.The blood of the Lord Jesus Christ

3.The word of God4.Praise and worship5.The Holy Spirit

WHEN WE COME BEFORE THE LORD IN PRAYER WITH HUMILITY AND FAITH, WE WILL RECEIVE THE DIVINE TOUCH OF THE HAND OF GOD (HOLY SPIRIT).

HE WILL STRENGTHEN AND HELP US IN OUR BATTLE TO DEFEAT OUR ENEMY AND TO HAVE VICTORY.