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Authors: Iris Delgado
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(Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2000). Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
CHAPTER FIVE
PREPARATION TO ENTER
INTO THE ENEMY’S CAMP
B UILD UP YOUR FAITH
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control.
—2 T IMOTHY 1:7, AMP
Y OU MUST BUILD up your faith through God’s Word in prayer. Before you enter into the battle zone in prayer, make sure that your heart is right with God. Repent, and humble yourself. Renounce sin, confess all to God, and resist Satan in the name of Jesus. These steps are crucial if you want your prayers answered. You must be prepared, and you must be dressed in the full armor of God (Eph. 6:10–17), which is the Word of God, Christ Jesus in us. This armor is necessary if you want your prayers and spiritual warfare to be effective.
The enemy will try to interrupt your thoughts as you pray and as you apply the necessary scriptures for your particular situation. The battleground will always be in your mind. This is the first area where the enemy will attack you. The mind is an important key in the battle against Satan. As you will remember, what a person thinks in his heart determines who he is and what he believes.
One place for spiritual warfare is in the prayer closet. Take all negative thoughts and imaginations and bring them captive to the obedience of Christ. When you do this, you will have peace in the midst of adversity. It is like pressing the delete button in order to erase something in your computer, or pressing the eject button on your CD player in order to remove a CD. The moment you resist the negative thoughts and confusion from your mind and bring your thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ by quoting the Word, the effect will be similar to ejecting a CD out of your player. It requires faith in God to cause biblical truths to be imprinted upon your mind and upon the minds of your family members. Spiritual warfare is something that must be engaged NOW! God’s Word is alive and active NOW!
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
—2 C ORINTHIANS 10:5
When parents are willing to read, learn, and exercise the power of the Word of God to bring the thoughts in their minds into alignment with God’s thoughts, then positive changes will happen.
Many times discouragement and anxiety will creep in as you press on toward the perfect will of God for your life and for the lives of your family. Resist them immediately. Do not become anxious. Your prayers and spiritual warfare are the keys that will foil and destroy the strategies of the enemy in the lives of your loved ones. Ask the Lord to open your spiritual eyes and understanding to see beyond the natural realm.
The Holy Spirit will be your teacher and your guide. You will learn to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit as you spend time praying and meditating in God’s Word. Ask the Lord for discernment and for wisdom to understand when the enemy is attacking or when it is something that we are allowing. God has given you power and authority over ALL the power of the enemy, and nothing shall harm you!
D ON’T S TOP S ERVING
Continue serving God and ministering to the needs of others. Use your God-given talents and abilities to rise above the negative circumstances. Wait upon the Lord, and expect to see your miracle unfold. Ignore negative comments from those who know you. Don’t allow guilt, condemnation, and shame to rule in your life. Blaming yourself for your child’s behavior is not going to stop the works of the devil in his life. Immediate action must be taken. This must be action that focuses upon the love of God and upon your faith in the power of God’s Word.
You might have been a victim yourself. Put everything behind
CHAPTER FIVE
PREPARATION TO ENTER
INTO THE ENEMY’S CAMP
B UILD UP YOUR FAITH
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control.
—2 T IMOTHY 1:7, AMP
Y OU MUST BUILD up your faith through God’s Word in prayer. Before you enter into the battle zone in prayer, make sure that your heart is right with God. Repent, and humble yourself. Renounce sin, confess all to God, and resist Satan in the name of Jesus. These steps are crucial if you want your prayers answered. You must be prepared, and you must be dressed in the full armor of God (Eph. 6:10–17), which is the Word of God, Christ Jesus in us. This armor is necessary if you want your prayers and spiritual warfare to be effective.
The enemy will try to interrupt your thoughts as you pray and as you apply the necessary scriptures for your particular situation. The battleground will always be in your mind. This is the first area where the enemy will attack you. The mind is an important key in the battle against Satan. As you will remember, what a person thinks in his heart determines who he is and what he believes.
One place for spiritual warfare is in the prayer closet. Take all negative thoughts and imaginations and bring them captive to the obedience of Christ. When you do this, you will have peace in the midst of adversity. It is like pressing the delete button in order to erase something in your computer, or pressing the eject button on your CD player in order to remove a CD. The moment you resist the negative thoughts and confusion from your mind and bring your thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ by quoting the Word, the effect will be similar to ejecting a CD out of your player. It requires faith in God to cause biblical truths to be imprinted upon your mind and upon the minds of your family members. Spiritual warfare is something that must be engaged NOW! God’s Word is alive and active NOW!
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
—2 C ORINTHIANS 10:5
When parents are willing to read, learn, and exercise the power of the Word of God to bring the thoughts in their minds into alignment with God’s thoughts, then positive changes will happen.
Many times discouragement and anxiety will creep in as you press on toward the perfect will of God for your life and for the lives of your family. Resist them immediately. Do not become anxious. Your prayers and spiritual warfare are the keys that will foil and destroy the strategies of the enemy in the lives of your loved ones. Ask the Lord to open your spiritual eyes and understanding to see beyond the natural realm.
The Holy Spirit will be your teacher and your guide. You will learn to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit as you spend time praying and meditating in God’s Word. Ask the Lord for discernment and for wisdom to understand when the enemy is attacking or when it is something that we are allowing. God has given you power and authority over ALL the power of the enemy, and nothing shall harm you!
D ON’T S TOP S ERVING
Continue serving God and ministering to the needs of others. Use your God-given talents and abilities to rise above the negative circumstances. Wait upon the Lord, and expect to see your miracle unfold. Ignore negative comments from those who know you. Don’t allow guilt, condemnation, and shame to rule in your life. Blaming yourself for your child’s behavior is not going to stop the works of the devil in his life. Immediate action must be taken. This must be action that focuses upon the love of God and upon your faith in the power of God’s Word.
You might have been a victim yourself. Put everything behind
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