(Romans
8:5-6, "For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh;
but
they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally
minded is death;
but
to be spiritually minded is life and peace").
Ephesians
6:12 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.
1
Corinthians 15:26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
Acts
13:10 "You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is
right! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop
perverting the right ways of the Lord?
James
4:4 You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is
hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an
enemy of God.
1
Peter 5:8 Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like
a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
Matthew 13:25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds
among the wheat, and went away. and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The
harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
Call
on The Lord
Numbers
10:9 When you go into battle in your own land against an enemy who is oppressing
you, sound a blast on the trumpets. Then you will be remembered by the LORD your
God and rescued from your enemies.
2
Samuel 22:18 He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too
strong for me.
Psalm
18:17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong
for me.
Psalm
31:8 You have not handed me over to the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious
place.
Psalm
41:11I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
Psalm
60:11 Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
Psalm
64:1Hear me, O God, as I voice my complaint; protect my life from the threat of
the enemy.
Psalm
106:10 He saved them from the hand of the foe; from the hand of the enemy he
redeemed them.
Psalm
108:12 Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
Our
Defense
Exodus 15:6 "Your right hand, O LORD, was majestic in power. Your right
hand, O LORD, shattered the enemy. Exodus 23:22 Deuteronomy 33:27 Judges 3:28 1 Samuel 26:8
2
Kings 6:18 As the enemy came down toward him, Elisha prayed to the LORD,
"Strike these people with blindness." So he struck them with
blindness, as Elisha had asked.
1
Samuel 24:4 The men said, "This is the day the LORD spoke of when he said
to you, 'I will give your enemy into your hands for you to deal with as you
wish.' " Then David crept up unnoticed and cut off a corner of Saul's robe.
Zephaniah
3:15 The LORD has taken away your punishment, he has turned back your enemy. The
LORD, the King of Israel, is with you; never again will you fear any harm. Job
6:23 Job 31:29
Psalm 9:6 Micah 7:8
Faith Gal 3:24-26
Live the word Lord, help me to pray without ceasing without letting your Word depart
from my eyes. (Proverbs 4:21) Lord, let me keep speaking the Word and speaking
faith in my prayers, no matter what the circumstances. Lord, work in me to keep
me praying with my heart and mind full of the Word. (Colossians 3:16) Lord, work
in me real joy at all times so I truly rejoice always. (1 Thessalonians 5:16)
Lord, bring me to the place where the Word doesn't depart from my mouth. Let me
meditate on it day and night, that I may observe to do what it says, and prosper
in all my ways, having good success. (Joshua 1:8)
Submission James 4:7 Romans 8:14 Ephesians 5:211 Peter 2:13
Spirit intersession (Romans 8:26-27, "Likewise the
Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as
we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which
cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of
the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will
of God").
Praying in the spirit John 4:23-24
Praying with understanding
Pray
the Psalms
Be filled with the Spirit by reciting psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs for
your own good. Sing and make music to the Lord with your hearts.
EPHESIANS 5:18-19
It
is written
speak the word of God (73x’s) (Jesus used it)
1 Cor 4:6, 2 Cor 4:13
Prayer
and fasting
Psalm 35:13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with
fasting. When my prayers returned to me unanswered, Daniel 9:3 So I turned to
the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in
sackcloth and ashes.
Fasting
(24 x ‘s)
Cast
out unclean spirits (24 ax’s)
Enter
the kingdom of heaven with Violence in our pursuit of heaven.
Consider the metaphors that imply violence: striving (Lu 13:24);
wrestling (Eph 6:12); running (1 Cor 9:24); pressing towards the mark (Phil
3:14); fighting, laboring, warring (1 Tim 6:12); praying fervently (James 5:16);
make calling and election sure by diligence (2 Pet 1:10); go from faith to faith
(Rom 1:17); overcome (Rev 2 & 3) Making an agonizing effort (Lk.13:23-24).
Enter
the
Walking in fellowship Mat 18:19-20
Eccl 4:9-10 Eccl 4:11,” Deut 19:15, Mat 18:16, 2 Corinthians 13:1
Obedience
Deut 28
Planning Proverbs 16:6 Proverbs 16:3 Proverbs 19:21
Become
a spiritual midwife Exodus 1:15-22
Seek
The Lord is with you while you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found
by you; but if you forsake him, He will forsake you. 2 Chronicles 15:2 Inasmuch
as these people draw near with their mouths And honor Me with their lips, But
have removed their hearts far from Me, And their fear toward Me is taught by the
commandment of men, Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvelous work Among
these people, A marvelous work and a wonder, For the wisdom of their wise men
shall perish, And the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden. Jer
29:13-14
Humility
James 4:10 Isa 66:2
Love
I John 4:9, 10, 19: "In this was manifested the love of God toward us,
because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live
through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us,
and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins." "We love him,
because he first loved us."
Repentance James 5:16 Psalms 103:1-3
Mercy (to God and to one another):
Forgive, and you will be forgiven Mt. 6:14,15.
“The
weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong”. - Mahatma
Gandhi
Speaking Pr 18:21
Remember your covenant Noahic Covenant Abrahamic Covenant
Covenant with Lot Covenant with Jacob Mosaic Covenant The Israel Covenant
Davidic Covenant National Covenants Personal Covenants New Covenant
And when he
had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you;
do this in remembrance of me." 1 Corinthians 11:24
Anointing with oil Mark 6:13 James 5:14
Anointing Luke 4:18 Acts 10:
Giving Malachi 3:10-11
The name of Jesus Philipians 2:9-11 John 16:22-24
Hard
work Matt
25:22-23
Persistence Gal 6:9