Spiritual Warfare

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Sorry for all the lines, it was the only way I could keep the set out.

Hear is a bit of a run down on the opposing spirits and character Trates that oppose us when we walk in the fruit of the spirit. We must fight against these spirits when they come against us and try to steal our peace or Joy or what ever it was sent to do. If we have Joy and depression enters, we can Identify with that spirit and come against it. The spirit of depression can not remain were the spirit of Joy is. For example, if we have joy and we loose it to the opposing forces of depression and despair. This is were we put on the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness because the two can not be in the same place at one time so if we put on the garment of praise, it brings the joy of the lord and depression must flee from us. It can not remain while an opposing spirit of god comes into our soul. this is the case for each one of these fruits of the spirit.


Counterfeit manifestations of Christs character

Holy Ghost - --------------spiritual forces --------------------powers -------------------------principalities
Gal 5:13-26----------------demonic thoughts---------------demonic habits ----------------demonic control

Love ------------------------- resentment ------------------------hatred ---------------------------murder
---------------------------------Bitterness
--------------------------------- jealousy


Joy --------------------------- depression ----------------------hopelessness ------------------------ suicide
-------------------------------Discouragement
--------------------------------- Despair



Peace --------------------------tension ----------------------------- fear ---------------------------insanity
---------------------------------Worry
---------------------------------Confusion


Patience ------------------------ impatience ----------------------- wrath ---------------------------violence
------------------------------------Temper
---------------------------------disharmony


Kindness-------------------------indifference ------------------unreasonableness ------------------cruelty
----------------------------------- callousness
-----------------------------------selfishness


Goodness -----------------------uncleanliness------------------------immorality ------------------depravity
---------------------------- Thought, word and deeds ---------------fornication


Faithfulness --------------------unbelief, disbelief -------------------false religion ----------------- blasphemy
------------------------------------ Disloyalty ----------------------------------------------------------against the
-------------------------------------backslide ----------------------------------------------------------Holy ghost


Gentleness-------------------------unteachable spirit -----------------rebellion --------------------perversion
(humility)-------------------------- self exhortation ------------------deception ----------------- occult control
-------------------------------------------Pride



Self control -------------------------self indulgence --------------------emotional --------------------- mania---------------------------------Compulsive behaviour --------------------instability
----------------------------------------Gossip, slander ------------------physical deteriation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Addiction
 
THERE IS ANOTHER BATTLE

1. Know the Enemy
Believers are getting so preoccupied with human warfare that we are forgetting that there is another battle, which is even more critical than fighting evil men. That battle involves Satan and his evil angels (Eph.6:12). Every believer is in this spiritual battle as a soldier called to suffer, as well as to stand firm against “the wiles of the Devil” (2 Tim. 2:3-4; Eph. 6:10). All nations are ruled by Satan, “the prince of the power of the air” (Eph.2:2) with his hierarchies of thrones, dominions, principalities, powers, rulers of darkness, and spiritual wickedness in high places (Eph.6:12).

2. Know Yourself
What’s Satan’s primary objective? TO GENERATE FEAR IN THE HEART OF THE BELIEVER. That is why Satan goes about “as a roaring lion” seeking to devour whom he may (1 Pet. 5:8). Because we as humans become so easily fearful, God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ have to constantly tells us “FEAR NOT, FOR I AM WITH THEE” (Isa. 43:5; Matt. 28:20). There are at least 62 verses in the Bible with “fear not” in them, because man is a creature prone to fear. But “God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” (2 Tim.1:7). So fear comes from Satan and we usually give in to fear (loss of health, loss of wealth, loss of position, loss of power, loss of esteem, loss of children, loss of life, any other loss you can think of).

3. Know God (Ephesians 6:10-18)
Because the child of God can become fearful in the presence of the Adversary, God provides a complete, supernatural battle-dress, as well as the most effective offensive weapons against the Adversary:
a) The Helmet of Salvation, which protects your mind (the seat of knowledge): Believers need to KNOW something without the shadow of a doubt – that they are saved by grace and will remain saved by the power of God (1 John 5:13,19-20). We have received the GIFT of eternal life.
b) The Breastplate of Righteousness, which protects your heart (the seat of emotions): Believers need to KNOW that they are clothed with the righteousness of Christ, which is the righteousness of God. We are perfect in God’s sight (Rom. 4:1-5:1). This is called “imputed righteousness” and is God’s GIFT to the believer. However, imputed righteousness should lead to personal holiness, since we are all King-Priests (1 Pet. 2:9-10).
c) The Girdle or Belt of Truth, which supports your lower back (the focus of Satan’s lies): We become fearful when we believe Satan’s lies and forget that both Jesus, who is the Truth (Jn. 14:6) and the Spirit of Truth (the Holy Spirit) reside within us (John 16:13). The Holy Spirit will guide us into all truth when we search the Scriptures.
d) The Shield of Faith, which quenches every fiery Satanic dart: Today, more are more believers are resorting to “Christian psychology” and “Christian counseling” to deal with their phobias and insecurities and conflicts. That is not God’s provision, but merely humanistic. God’s provision against every dart of Satan (worry, fear, anxiety, depression or even despair) is SIMPLE FAITH. Trust in the faithful, living, eternal, Almighty, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent God who not only loves you but lives in you (and you in Him). God sends us fiery trials of afflictions, persecutions, famines, and swords to test our faith and to purify and refine it so that all the dross of unbelief and self-reliance is purged, and our shield of faith becomes God’s shield of faith.
e) The Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God: Every lie and every form of Satanic intimidation can be defeated with God’s Written Word. Search the Scriptures, know the Scriptures, and Wield the Scriptures (Matt. 4:1-11). The average Christian spends more time in front of the TV than inside God’s Word. Repent and reverse the situation.
f) The Boots of the Gospel, which bring Christ to every person: Every believer is called to be a witness and a herald of the Gospel (Matt. 28:18-20) but unless you are “filled with the Holy Ghost” (not for so-called tongues, but for proclamation of the Gospel) you will never have the boldness to witness (Acts. 1:8). Being filled with the Holy Spirit is really quite simple. Since the Holy Spirit lives within every believer, all you do is allow yourself to “die” (get out of God’s way) and let the Holy Spirit have full control of your life. See John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth as examples.
g) The Mighty Weapon of Prayer: We are to pray always (any time, any where), with all prayer (every kind of prayer), with supplication in the Spirit (by the power of the Holy Spirit), with watching (vigilance and sobriety), with perseverance (continuation with diligence), and supplication for all saints (bothers and sisters in Christ). Prayer releases God’s power throughout the universe, and makes the believer stans, instead of run in fear.

Praise the Lord that He is bringing this battle to the hearts and minds of His people at this very moment.
 
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Here's a list of some of things we go up against

EMOTIONALLY WEAK, CAN'T REFUSE SEX, inappropriate contentOGRAPHY, SPIRIT, SOUL, BODY PROSITUTION, IDOLATRY, UNFAITHFULNESS, LOVE OF MONEY, CHRONIC DISSATISFACTION, FORNICATION, WORLDLINESS, UNCONTROLLABLE LOVE OF FOOD, THE SPIRIT OF WHOREDOM, MOCKERY, HAUGHTINESS, STUBBORNNESS, WITCHCRAFT, GOSSIP, WRATH, ARROGANT, SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS, CONTROLLING, CONTENTIOUS, JEALOUSY, REBELLION, PRIDE, OBSTINANT ( UNREASONABLY DETERMED TO HAVE ONES OWN WAY), IDLENESS, SCORNFUL, SELF DECEPTION, REJECTION OF GOD, THE SPIRIT OF PRIDE, HYPOCRYTICAL LIES, SEARED CONSCIENCE, ATTRACTIONS, DECEIVED, FASCINATION TO EVIL WAYS , WANDER FOR TRUTH, SEDUCED, ENTICED, THE SEDUCING SPIRIT, LEGALISM, ATTACKS YOUR TESTAMONY, OPPOSES MEN OF GOD, SPEAKS AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT, SPEAKS IN TONGUES AT THE WRONG TIME, IGNORES THE BLOOD, DENIES THE DIETY OF CHRIST, AGAINST CHRIST AND HIS TEACHING, HUMANISM, WORLDLY SPEECH AND ACTIONS, TEACHES OF HERESIES, AGAINST CHRISTIANS, DECEIVER, LAWLESSNESS, CAN'T CALL ON GOD, ANGUISH, ADDICTIONS, BITTERNESS, UNFORGIVENESS, SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS, FEARS, FEAR OF DEATH, CAPTIVITY TO SATAN, BONDAGE TO SIN, COMPULSIVE SIN, SERVANT OF CORRUPTION, BIND THE SPIRIT OF BONDAGE , INSANITY, SEIZURES / EPILEPSY, LUNATIC, COMATOSE, DUMBNESS, TEARINGMENTAL ILLNESS, GNASHING OF TEETH, CRYING, PINING AWAY ( TO FAIL GRADUALLY IN HEALTH OR VITILITY FROM GRIEF, REGRET, OR LONGING), BLINDNESS, PROSTRATION ( EXTREME DEPRESSION, OR PHYSICAL EXHAUSTION), EAR PROBLEMS, A DEAF AND DUMB SPIRIT, FORTUNE TELLER / SOOTHSAYER, WARLOCK / SORCERER, REBELLION, STARGAZER / HOROSCOPES, HYPNOTEST / ENCHANTER, WATER WITCHING, DRUGS, MAGIC, THE SPIRIT OF DIVINATION, UNSUBMISSIVE, FALSE DOCTRINE, UNTEACHABLE, SERVANT OF CORRUPTION, DEFENSIVE / ARGUMENTATIVE, CONTENTIOUS, NEW AGE MOVEMENT, THE SPIRIT OF ERROR, ASTROLOGY, FORTUNE TELLING, OCCULT, HOROSCOPE, NECROMENCER (ONE WHO SPEAKS WITH THE DEAD), MEDIUM, CLAIRVOYENT (HAVING THE POWER TO SEE THINGS BEYOND NATURAL MEANS), YOGA, DRUGS / HALLUCINOGENS, PASSIVE MIND / DREAMERS, MUTTERING (FALSE TONGUES), FALSE PROPHESY, BIND A FAMILIAR SPIRIT, GRIEF AND SORROW, DESPAIR/ DEJECTION/ HOPLESNESS, SELF PITY, LONELINESS, GLUTTONY, GLOOMINESS, REJECTION, EXCESSIVE MOURNING, INSOMNIA, BROKEN HEARTED, HEAVINESS, DEPRESSION, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, INNER HURTS, A ROOT OF BITTERNESS, UNPACIFIED, LACK OF PRAISE, A SPIRIT OF HEAVINESS, TORMENT OR HORROR, TERROR/ NIGHTMARES, WORRY, DOUBT/ UNTRUSTING, FEARS/ PHOBIAS, INFERIORITY, INADEQUACY, FEAR OF THE UNSEEN, TIMIDITY, HEART ATTACKS, FEAR OF DEATH, ANXIETY/ STRESS, FEAR OF MAN, THE SPIRIT OF FEAR, RELEGIOUS BONDAGES, SODOMY, ACCUSATIONS, LUST, HYPOCRISY, ADULTRY, HOMOSEXUALITY, ALWAYS OPPOSING, PROFANIT, CHURCH HOPPERS, STRONG DECEPTIONS, FLATTERY, SUPERSTITIONS, FALSE PROPHESY, SLANDER, GOSSIP, LIES, FALSE TEACHERS, WHISPERERS, FOOLISH TALKING, BACKBITERS, COVENANT BREAKERS, EXTORTIONERS, VANITY, SPIRIT OF LYING, MURDER, ANGER—RAGE, RESTLESNESS, COMPETITION, REVENGE / SPITE, CRUELTY, JEALOUSY, HATE, CAUSES DIVISION, DEBATE / STRIFE, CONTENTIOUS, ENVEYOUS, UNMERCIFUL, COVETING , JEALOUSY, ANY SICKNESS, BENT BODY / SPINE, IMPOTENT / FRAIL / LAME, ASTHMA / HAY FEVER / ALLERGIES, ARTHRITIS, LINGERING DISORDERS, WEAKNESS, CANCER, OPPRESSION, THE SPIRIT OF INFERMITY, HATES GOD AND HIS WORD, LUST, FORNICATION, SELF LOVERS, SEX PERVERSIONS, TWISTING THE TRUTH, WOUNDED SPIRIT, EVIL ACTIONS, ATHIEST, FOOLISH, DOCTRINAL ERROR, CONTENTIONS (QUARELSOME), ABORTION, FILTHY MIND, CHRONIC, TWISTING THE WORD, CHILD ABUSE, inappropriate contentOGRAPHY, INCEST, INVENTORS OF EVIL, UNHOLY, HERESIES, UNGODLINESS, SODOMY, EFFEMINATE (MEN SHOWING QUALITIES ATTRIBUTED TO WOMEN), A PERVERSE SPIRIT
 
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