MAY 6, 2014
CAN WE MAKE THE ENEMY’S STRONGHOLD OBSOLETE?
“For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy STRONGHOLDS. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ” 2Cor. 10:3-5 (KJV)
As a Child of God our top priority must be to remove Satan’s “STRONGHOLD” because this is the fortress that the god of this world occupies within our lives which gives us the propensity towards evil.
Remember there is a Warfare going on and a “STRONGHOLD” set up where Satan and the forces of evil occupy in our lives and if we allow them to remain our lives would be void of any victory through Jesus Christ and His Spirit.
In addition the longer that stronghold remains the less will be our chance on life eternal in the earth made new. But my 
friends its all about the battle scares you are willing to obtain to completely destroy Satan’s “STRONGHOLD” Paul uses the word “STRONGHOLD” to define the spiritual fortresses wherein Satan has set up from within.
A restricted and designated area where his forces hide. These fortresses exist in our mind and bodies they are the ideas that govern each individual’s way of thinking. So before victory can be claimed, these strongholds where “the rulers, and authorities, and powers of the dark world, spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” Eph. 6:12 (NIV) must be eliminated and replaced with a whole new way of think that is only centered on Christ.
But it’s our choice, our decision and how SERIOUS we are about our SALVATION and allowing the mighty weapons of God Word and Spirit to take full control. James tells us to “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4:7 (KJV)
“Nothing that is valuable is achieved without effort. Fritz Kreisler, the famous violinist, testified to this point when he said, “Narrow is the road that leads to the life of a violinist. Hour after hour, day after day and week after week, for years, I lived with my violin.
There were so many things that I wanted to do that I had to leave undone; there were so many places I wanted to go that I had to miss if I was to master the violin. The road that I traveled was a narrow road and the way was hard.” (Guideposts)
The same my friends must be said about the life of God’s chosen vessel at this point in our life and the closer we get to Christ second coming. Seeking Salvation, must be a total commitment because there are going to be things of this world we are just not going to be able to accomplish if it is not all about Christ.
Some things we want be able to buy and places we want be able to get to because it will take resources and time away from God. Today God is seeking soldiers that are willing to give it all up for their Salvation and too serve Him.
Often the STRONGHOLD of Satan centers around our mind and what we are willing to give up for Christ. “Jesus said, Truly I tell you, there is no one who has given up and left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for My sake and for the Gospel’s.
Who will not receive a hundred times as much now in this time houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and 
children and lands, with persecutions and in the age to come, eternal life.” Mark 10:29-30 (AMP)
The battle to conquer Satan’s “STRONGHOLD” is fought daily in our hearts and minds, but in Eph. 6:11 (NIV) it tells us to ” Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.”
So Destroying Satan’s STRONGHOLD we will need “the shield of FAITH, the SWORD of the SPIRIT, which is the WORD of GOD. PRAYING without CEASING, and ENDURANCE TO FINISH THE COURSE.” But friends God will not make our Choices for us. We must believe in His promises, as we ask ourselves HOW BAD DO YOU WANT LIFE ETERNAL.
So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY
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