A SPIRITUAL STRONGHOLD IS A HARMFUL PATTERN OF THOUGHTS,
ATTITUDE, OR BELIEF THAT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO BREAK FREE FROM. IT
DESTROY MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, OR SPIRITUAL BARRIERS THAT OPPOSE THE
KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. IT IS HARMFUL, AND THAT IS WHY IT IS A
STRONGHOLD, BECAUSE IT HOLDS US IN BONDAGE, IT IS WHAT WE THINK
ABOUT. IF IT IS BAD WE ARE CAPTIVE TO THE BAD THOUGHTS, AND WHEN
WE CANNOT LET GO OF BAD THOUGHTS. IT BECOMES A PROBLEM IN OUR
LIFE. 2 CORINTHIANS 10:3-6 SAID, “CASTING DOWN IMAGINATIONS, AND
EVERY HIGH THING THAT EXALTED ITSELF AGAINST THE KNOWLEDGE OF
GOD, AND BRINGING EVERY THOUGHT INTO CAPTIVITY EVERY THOUGHT TO THE OBEDIENCE  OF CHRIST. REMEMBER THAT ALTHOUGH WE WALK IN THE FLESH, WE DO  NOT WRESTLE AGAINST THE FLESH. FOR THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE ARE NOT CARNAL BUT MIGHTY THROUG GOD TO THE PULLING DOWN OF STRONGHOLDS. THERE ARE FOUR CENTRAL STRONGHOLDS OF THE MINS.
THERE ARE MORE, BUT WE WILL ADDRESS THESE FOUR MAIN ONES. FEAR,
CONFUSION, ANGER, AND DESPAIR. A PERSON WITH A SPIRITUAL
STRONGHOLD WILL FIND IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SHAKE OFF OR DISMISS
HARMFUL THOUGHTS FROM THEIR THINKING, AND IT BEGINS TO
OVERWHELM THEIR MIND TO THE POINT WHERE THEY ARE CONTROLLED
BY IT. THE BIBLE ENCOURAGES US TO PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD
AND TO RECOGNIZE THE SPIRITUAL FORCES THAT ARE COMING AGAINST
US.. WE OVERCOME THROUGH PRAYER AND FASTING, WHICH CAN RELEASE
GOD’S STRENGTH TO DISLODGE DEMONIC STRONGHOLDS AND ATTACKS ON
OUR MINDS. VICTORY BELONGS TO US AND “GOD HAS NOT GIVEN US A SPIRIT
OF FEAR, BUT OF POWER, LOVE AND A SOUND MIND” (2 TIMOTHY 1:7).

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