Part VI — Spiritual Warfare
For Lessons 13 & 14
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Personal Application
This supplement is a heart-to-heart companion to the preceding two lessons — addressing your immediate personal needs and practical application of the truths studied.
Supplement 7 — For Lessons 13 & 14: Deliverance and Strongholds
Key Terms
Deliverance — The expulsion of demons from a person or place through the authority of Jesus Christ.
Exorcism — The formal practice of casting out demons; in the New Testament, a ministry both of Jesus and of ordinary believers.
Stronghold — A fortress of wrong thinking reinforced by demonic influence that contradicts God's Word.
Binding the Strong Man — Breaking Satan's hold on a person, family, or territory through repentance, renunciation, and spiritual authority.
Scripture Memory
Mark 16:17 — "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils."
2 Corinthians 10:4-5 — "For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds; casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God."
Matthew 12:29 — "Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man?"
Common Strongholds and Their Biblical Counter-Truths
| Stronghold | Lie | Biblical Truth |
|---|---|---|
| Fear | God will abandon me | Hebrews 13:5 — "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee" |
| Shame | My past defines me | 2 Corinthians 5:17 — "If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature" |
| Rejection | I am unlovable | Romans 8:38-39 — Nothing can separate us from God's love |
| Unforgiveness | They don't deserve mercy | Ephesians 4:32 — "Forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you" |
| Poverty | God wants me poor | Psalms 35:27 — "The LORD... hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant" |
| Sickness | God wants me sick | 1 Peter 2:24 — "By whose stripes ye were healed" |
Questions for Reflection
- 1 What strongholds have you recognized in your own life? How did they begin?
- 2 Why is it essential to "fill the house" after deliverance? What happens when a stronghold is broken but not replaced with truth?
- 3 How does fasting specifically contribute to spiritual warfare? Have you ever fasted for a breakthrough?
- 4 What Scripture will you use to replace the strongest lie the enemy has told you?