Conquering Our Unseen Enemies
:Understanding Enemy Tactics and His Influence in Our Lives. This podcast will discuss how Satan's kingdom functions to create conflict, chaos and influences our decisions and outcomes when we don't even realize it. We will discuss his strategies and provide a deeper understanding to develop your discernment and eliminate his influence in your life. Since before the earth was formed, there was an unseen kingdom. At some point, that kingdom became divided when "Satan fell like lightning from Heaven", as described by Jesus in Luke 10:18. The division was a result of Satan wanting to ascend over God, Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 tells us the story. We know that the kingdom of Satan is highly organized and that he roams the earth looking for ways to influence our lives. In Job 1:6-7, we read of Satan doing just that, and we know his kingdom is organized because it came out of heaven and when he fell, so did the angels under him. The Kingdom of God is a kingdom of order, so the kingdom of Satan coming out of Heaven, would likewise be a kingdom of order. These two unseen kingdoms remain in continual conflict around us, but most are oblivious to what is happening and how it influences us in our daily lives. Paul gives us more insight in Ephesians 6:11-12, "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." We know these forces are still in conflict today because the final battles yet to come are revealed to us in the Book of Revelation beginning with Chapter 4.
Conquering Our Unseen Enemies
Doubt Vs Faith, Winning the War in Our Mind, pt 1 of 2
Welcome Back! I am your host Dawn Simmons, and in this episode of Conquering Our Unseen Enemies we are going to be discussing the ever-common struggle we have with doubt versus faith so we can begin to win that war in our head. Understand if doubt is with you, there is a war going on, even if you don’t recognize it. How we respond to doubt reveals a lot about our relationship with the Lord. This is a two-part series where we will talk about the Spirit of Doubt and lay the groundwork for both episodes in our first episode, and then next week we will dig into faith and how we go about winning this war in our minds.
Top Show points:
· Defined Doubt and Faith:
o Doubt: to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe:
o Faith: complete trust or confidence in someone or something
· Matthew 21: 21-22, it reveals the inverse relationship between doubt and faith.
· James 1:2- 8. it reveals the character of the spirit of doubt and what we should expect when we operate from a place of doubt.
· The Spirit of Doubt is a demonic spirit that likes to hide in the background.
· Once we have given doubt space in our mind, it will creep into our heart and into every area in our lives including in our relationship with the Lord.
· Philippians in 4:4,referencing the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, and the importance of guarding our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
· When we are in concert with the Holy Spirit, we are guarding our hearts and minds by keeping them focused on the peace of God.
· When we allow doubt into our mind and our heart, there is collateral damage that will occur.
o Doubt so difficult to conquer
o Maneuver in your mind
o Pull you back from activities and opportunities
o Feed you with lies that you are not good enough.
o It will lie to you and create a space for you to retreat
o Block off what God wants to tell you in truth
· Once the spirit of Doubt can get you to buy in just a little bit, then it can start to move in your life and you are giving it access to your mind and your heart.
· By coming into agreement with anything the Spirit of Doubt, you are creating opportunity for Doubt to grow.
· Doubt has opened the door to Insecurity, Jealousy, Self-delusion
· Our words change from hopeful to despair and are self-defeating and leading us to believe failure is our outcome.
· Joseph and the Spirit of Doubt trying to erode his trust while he was in imprisoned.
· Never let the circumstances you see, dictate your outcome.
· Doubt wants to get you to a moment of weakness, and then use your own words and thoughts against you.
· We tend to respond to how we feel, and not wait to know the truth or hear from the Holy Spirit before we react or respond.
· Doubt wants to take our mind off the Lord and erodes our faith and trust in Him.
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