Demolishing Strongholds

and salvation are more than words. Learn how to apply them. You'll need them throughout your life. God's Word is an indispensable weapon.
Ephesians 6:17 (The Message)

Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Ephesians 6:17 (New Living Translation)

We use God's mighty weapons, not mere worldly weapons, to knock down the Devil's strongholds. With these weapons we break down every proud argument that keeps people from knowing God. With these weapons we conquer their rebellious ideas, and we teach them to obey Christ. And we will punish those who remained disobedient after the rest of you became loyal and obedient.
2 Corinthians 10:4-6 (New Living Translation)

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"A stronghold was a fortress in the ancient world -- a place where an enemy became entrenched. In the realm of the mind, a stronghold can be established based on willing participation in lies, habits, lusts of the flesh, envy, jealousy, suspicion, or any number of carnal attitudes and practices. Because those are worldly, fleshly practices, they become a place where Satan can become entrenched in the mind (the life) of a person.

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As we read the Scriptures, God will use the rhema of God (the living, experiential word of God) to speak to us about a particular part of our life. It's the same logos (written Word) we may have read before, but God makes it new for us at that moment. And we see how to deal with the stronghold in our mind. Whether it's greed, pride, anger -- whatever the stronghold -- God shows us what it is and how, in the wisdom of Christ, to begin pulling it down by renewing our mind according to His Word (Romans 12:2).

When you identify a stronghold in your mind, subject it to the relentless renewing daily by the Word -- the logos and the rhema. Put on the helmet of salvation and let the wisdom of Christ begin to pull down that stronghold until it is gone.

You must get in the battle; and protecting your mind with the mind of Christ -- His wisdom and His power -- is how you will win."


David Jeremiah, "The Helmet of Salvation", Spiritual Warfare.