Chapter Four

Spiritual Weapons

We will need to be prepared to minister and be armed with weapons of warfare. We need to clothe ourselves with obedience to the Word and His armor. Warfare from the enemy will seek first to attack the area of the mind. The enemy will use doubt, discouragement, despair, and temptation to take our eyes off our ministry and our Savior. A military solider in combat must not be drawn into confusion but must respond with his training. I am amazed that those who are in the ministry or involved in ministering to others are so easily deceived by the areas of their lives that are known to be weak. If satan attacks our weakest areas then let's prepare our lives and when an attack comes, recognize it and close that area of our life. There is a price to pay, and it costs everything. Our relationship and submission to God is the most powerful weapon we have. Let's prepare our defensive weapons and be prepared to battle the enemy.

2 Corinthians 10
3 " For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;"

James 4
7 "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded."

1 Peter 5
8 "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you."

Once we have prepared our defensive weapons, we can prepare our offensive weapons. These weapons are the ones that we use to set God's people free. We are an advancing army and we will take ground back from the enemy. I enjoy going into the streets at night and ministering to those who are hurting and in bondage. The enemy is really confused when Christians go into the spiritually darkest of areas and minister with love to the people of the streets. We have ministered in bars, crack houses, and poverty stricken areas. We should spoil satan's fortresses of drugs, sex, and addictions in cities and leave him little area to operate. Satan places people in bondage, and we need to be willing to go into the worst areas for God and spiritually rescue the lost and those who are bound. We can be prepared with our weapons and take back the lives the enemy has stolen.

The Word
Hebrews 4
12 " For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."

The Whole Armor of God
Ephesians 6
10 "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might."
11 "Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil."
12 "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."
13 "Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand."
14 "Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;"
15 "And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;"
16 "Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked."
17 "And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:"
18 "Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;"

The Blood
Revelation 12
11 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death."

The Holy Spirit
Matthew 12
28 "But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you."

The Name of Jesus
Mark 16
17 "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;"

Prayer
Matthew 18
18 "Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."
19 "Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven."

Praise
2 Chronicles 20
21 "And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.
22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.
23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another."

Can obedience to the Word of God be so powerful? When we simply trust the Word of God as our weapons and defenses, God will fight the battle and the enemy will be rendered helpless. When our life is in line with the Word of God, we are under God's protective hand. Yes, the Word of God is all powerful. It is alive and is the most powerful force in this world. God is looking for people to trust Him and present their lives to Him. He is looking for access into this world, and He uses His children to minister to others. It is through an obedient vessel that He will flow His full authority and set lives free. When we are under authority we can use authority, and the name we use is Jesus. His Name is above every name and every situation. Jesus wants us to use His Name. He has already paid the price for the freedom of others. Let's prepare ourselves to minister to others.

1 Peter 4
10 "As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God."
11 "If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen."

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