Love Joy Church
Fight the Good Fight
Spiritual warfare.
“Our approach to spiritual warfare can fall into one of two extremes: Either we place an undue emphasis on Satan and his powers or we completely ignore the existence of a personal enemy.” ~ Chip Ingram
Galatians 5:13 NKJV
Romans 6:12 NKJV
II Kings 6:15-18 NKJV
Ephesians 6:12 NKJV
The goal of Satan is to destroy God’s people and discredit the cause of Christ.
I Peter 5:8 NKJV
Who is Satan?
A created spirit (Job 1:6; Col 1:16)
An angel (Mt 25:41; Rev. 12:7)
The highest of all created beings (Ez 28:14)
Luke 10:19 NKJV
II Timothy 4:7-8 NKJV
A good fight is one you win.
Luke 4:1-12 ESV
II Corinthians 10:3-5 NKJV
God’s Word is our greatest weapon
Without the Holy Spirit and the proper use of God’s Word, the Christian cannot overcome sin and temptation.
1. Resist Satan
Luke 10:19 NKJV
James 4:6-7 NKJV
2. Meditate on God's Word
Psalms 1:1-3 NKJV
3. Pray always
Ephesians 6:18 NKJV
1.Make Faith Declarations
It is written:
Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added to you. Mt 6:33
It is written:
Give and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. Luke 6:38
It is written:
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me… and My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Phil 4:13,19
It is written:
If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. (John 15:7)
It is written:
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. (2 Cor 5:17)
It is written:
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, (Rom 8:1 NIV)
It is written:
But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God--and righteousness and sanctification and redemption (1 Cor 1:30)
It is written:
who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness--by whose stripes you were healed. (1 Peter 2:24)
It is written:
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. (Romans 8:28)
It is written
Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. (Romans 8:37)
It is written:
But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." (Acts 1:8)
It is written:
And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream dreams. (Acts 2:17)
It is written:
For I know the thoughts that I have toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. (Jeremiah 29:11)
It is written:
Come to me all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28)
It is written:
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." (Luke 4:18-19)
It is written:
…how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him (Acts 10:38)
It is written:
Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. (James 4:7)