strongholds

This sweet kitten has a hold on all of our hearts. It’s not a bad thing. The strongholds that hurt us are built with self-will.

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 says:

For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God
to the pulling down of strongholds; casting down imaginations, and every high thing
that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity
every thought to the obedience to Messiah.

Find where the enemy has gotten in with an emotional or spiritual stronghold.

Trace it.

Trace it to the roots by getting honest with any issues that God is dealing with you about.

Face it.

Face the truth, whether it be finances, iniquity, secret sins, areas you have wandered away in.

Erase it.

Erase it through the blood of Jesus which cleanses us from all sin. Confess the sin. Offer forgiveness to others. You cannot make peace with the past if you harbor grudges, anger, unforgiveness, hate or other emotions.

Replace it.

Replace the emotional hold with good deeds and a closer walk with God. You don’t have to live in bondage.

Submit yourself to God and Resist the devil – he will flee from you.

Replace the unclean spirit that you are freed from with the Holy Spirit. We are living in the days when evil is called good and good is called evil.

How do you surround a stronghold of negative thinking, bad old speculations? How about praise?
Psalms 32:7. “You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me
with songs of deliverance.”
Surround the stronghold with the praise, singing psalms and spiritual songs to God.
Demons can’t stand praise! Praise is a powerful way to bring a stronghold.

For every negative stronghold, there’s a powerful way to surround it with opposite truth from God.
If you are struggling with a stronghold of depression, surround it with hope.
If you are struggling with a stronghold of rejection, surround it with acceptance from Abba.
If you are struggling with a stronghold of unresolved anger, surround it with forgiveness.
If you are struggling with a stronghold of fear, surround it with the knowledge of God’s love.
If you are struggling with a stronghold of failure, surround it with the victory of the resurrection!
Once you’ve identified a stronghold, go to the Scripture, and study the opposite truth from God.
If the stronghold is rejection, study all that the Bible says about God’s acceptance.
Use a concordance or a chain bible or topical bible.
Then surround that stronghold with the word of God!
Listen, once the enemy sees he’s surrounded by humble submission, praise,
and the word of God, his resistance will quickly weaken, and if he isn’t gone already!

Can we take a moment to pray about this?
“Test me, O LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind.”
Show me any areas in my life that I have not fully surrendered to you.
(If you recognize any area of chronic sin strengthened by negative thinking,
take a moment to confess it to the Lord, now.)

Lord, forgive me of compromise. Give me the courage to pull down every stronghold within me
without reluctance or willful deception in my heart.
Thank you, Lord Yeshua, for forgiving and cleansing me from all my sins,
and breaking every curse against me, on the cross.

By the power of the Holy Spirit and in the Name of Yeshua,
I bind any satanic influences that were reinforcing compromise and sin within me.
I submit myself to the light of the Spirit of Truth to expose any strongholds of sin in me.
By the mighty weapons of the Spirit and the Word, I proclaim that each evil stronghold is coming down!

I purpose to surround this evil stronghold with praise and affirming truth from the Word of God.
I purpose to take every pattern of negative thinking captive and bring it to the obedience to Messiah.
I purpose, by the grace of God, to follow through until even the ruins of this stronghold
is removed from my mind!
I purpose to think about whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—
I will think about such things.
I will talk about such things. I will get involved in such things.

I purpose, by the grace of God, to build up one stronghold within my mind and my heart:
the stronghold of the living God!
“The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous will run to it and be safe.”
In the shelter of your presence, O God my Savior, you will keep me safe.

In Yeshua’s mighty name, Amen.

Devour the Word of God- have Bibles in every room. Do not let anger kill you. Stand strong.