THE BELIEVER’S WEAPONS OF
WARFARE
Rev. Dr. Lee Washington, Senior Pastor
Rev. Jennifer Howerton-Wharton, Presenter
“THIS MEANS
WAR”
EPHESIAN 6:12
For we wrestle not against
flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the
darkness of this world,
against spiritual wickedness
in high places.
2 CORINTHIANS 10:3-5(KJV)
FOR THOUGH WE WALK IN THE FLESH, WE DO NOT
WAR AFTER THE FLESH:
(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, AND BRINGING INTO
CAPTIVITY EVERY THOUGHT TO THE OBEDIENCE
OF CHRIST.
THE BELIEVER’S BATTLE IS NOT
IN THE FLESH OR PHYSICAL, BUT
IT’S IN THE SPIRIT.
THE BATTLE FIELD IS IN
THE
MEDITATION
MOMENT
“ THE ENEMY WANTS TO DESTROY OUR
MORALITY, HE DOESN’T START WITH AN ACT;
HE STARTS WITH A THOUGHT. A THOUGHT IS
A SEED, IF NOT ABORTED, WILL PRODUCE
OFFSPRING’S SOMEWHERE IN YOUR LIFE.”
ROMANS 12:2
AND BE NOT CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD: BUT
BE YE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF
YOUR MIND, THAT YE MAY PROVE WHAT IS
THAT GOOD, AND ACCEPTABLE, AND
PERFECT, WILL OF GOD.
1TIMOTHY 1:7
FOR GOD HATH NOT GIVEN US
THE SPIRIT OF FEAR; BUT OF
POWER, AND OF LOVE, AND OF A
SOUND MIND.
BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR
COUNTDOWN, LET ME LET
YOU IN ON A
IT’S A FIXED FIGHT, WE
ALWAYS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!
ROMANS 8:31
WHAT SHALL WE THEN SAY TO THESE
IF GOD BE FOR US, WHO
CAN BE AGAINST US?
THINGS?
THIS LESSON IS TO MINIMIZE;
*THE BLACK EYES,
*BLOODY NOSES
*TRAUMA TO THE SPIRIT MAN,
DUE TO LACK OF PREPARATION.
BELIEVER’S MUST LEARN AND BE
EQUIPPED WITH:
BASIC TACTICAL SURVIVAL
SKILLS AND BE FAMILIAR WITH
THE WEAPONS OF WARFARE
LET’S FAMILIARIZE OURSELVES WITH
OUR ARSENAL, FOUND IN THE WORD
OF GOD, THE BIBLE (BASIC
INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE LEAVING
EARTH) WHICH IS OUR FIRST
WEAPON OF WARFARE
IT’S NOT ENOUGH
TO GET THE WORD
SECOND AND THIRD HANDED, WE
MUST READ AND STUDY THE WORD OF
GOD FOR OURSELVES
EPHESIANS 6:17
AND TAKE THE HELMET OF
SALVATION, AND THE SWORD OF
THE
SPIRIT, WHICH IS THE
WORD OF GOD.
ST JOHN 1:1, 14
IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE
WORD WAS WITH GOD, AND THE WORD WAS
GOD.
AND THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH, AND
DWELT AMONG US, (AND WE BEHELD HIS
GLORY, THE GLORY AS OF THE ONLY
BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER,) FULL OF GRACE
AND TRUTH.
PSALM 119:105
THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY
FEET, AND A LIGHT UNTO MY
PATH.
THE BELIEVERS SECOND
WEAPON IN THE ARSENAL
AGAINST THE ENEMY OF OUR
SOULS AND SUCCESS IS
:
OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH
THE CREATOR, GOD
ROMANS 8:14-16
FOR AS MANY AS ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT
OF GOD, THEY ARE THE SONS OF GOD.
FOR YE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE SPIRIT
OF BONDAGE AGAIN TO FEAR; BUT YE HAVE
RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF ADOPTION,
WHEREBY WE CRY, ABBA, FATHER.
THE SPIRIT ITSELF BEARETH WITNESS
WITH OUR SPIRIT, THAT WE ARE THE
CHILDREN OF GOD:
ABBA
MEANS FATHER AND DENOTES
PERSON INTIMACY.(DADDY,
POPS, PAPA), THE WAY WE
DEVELOP THAT PERSONAL
INTIMACY IS THROUGH OUR
THIRD WEAPON
PRAYER
COMMUNION WITH GOD, THE
ACT OF SHARING OR AN
INTERCHANGE OF INTIMATE
THOUGHTS, REQUESTS,
EMOTIONS AND DESIRES.
PHILIPPIANS 4:6
BE CAREFUL FOR NOTHING; BUT
IN
EVERYTHING BY PRAYER
AND SUPPLICATION WITH
THANKSGIVING LET YOUR
REQUESTS BE MADE KNOWN UNTO
GOD.
MATTHEW 6:6
BUT THOU, WHEN THOU PRAYEST,
ENTER INTO THY CLOSET(WAR
ROOM), AND WHEN THOU HAST SHUT
THY DOOR, PRAY TO THY FATHER
WHICH IS IN SECRET; AND THY
FATHER WHICH SEETH IN SECRET
SHALL REWARD THEE OPENLY.
PRAYER IS VITAL IN
LEARNING AND DEVELOPING
STRATEGIES OF WARFARE.
PRAYER IS A TWO-WAY STREET,
WHERE GIVING AND RECEIVING
OF INFORMATION SHOULD
ALWAYS BE TAKING PLACE
SECRET # TWO: GOD
ALWAYS ANSWERS
PRAYER:
*YES
*NO
*NOT YET
ST JOHN 14:6
JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, I AM THE WAY, THE
TRUTH, AND THE LIFE: NO MAN COMETH
UNTO THE FATHER, BUT BY ME.
THIS IS WHY WE PRAY IN
JESUS NAME
THE FOURTH WEAPON IN OUR
ARSENAL IS THE
HOLY GHOST
JOHN 14:16-17
AND I WILL PRAY THE FATHER, AND HE
SHALL GIVE YOU ANOTHER COMFORTER,
THAT HE MAY ABIDE WITH YOU FOREVER;
17 EVEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH; WHOM
THE WORLD CANNOT RECEIVE, BECAUSE
IT SEETH HIM NOT, NEITHER KNOWETH
HIM: BUT YE KNOW HIM; FOR HE
DWELLETH WITH YOU, AND SHALL BE IN
YOU.
ROMANS 8:26 (KJV)
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.
1 CORINTHIANS 2:9,10 (KJV)
BUT AS IT IS WRITTEN, EYE HATH NOT SEEN,
NOR EAR HEARD, NEITHER HAVE ENTERED
INTO THE HEART OF MAN, THE THINGS
WHICH GOD HATH PREPARED FOR THEM
THAT LOVE HIM.
BUT GOD HATH REVEALED THEM UNTO US
BY HIS SPIRIT: FOR THE SPIRIT SEARCHETH
ALL THINGS, YEA, THE DEEP THINGS OF GOD.
THE FIFTH WEAPON IS
ANGELIC ASSISTANCE
PSALM 91:11-12
FOR HE SHALL GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE
OVER THEE, TO KEEP THEE IN ALL THY
WAYS.
THEY SHALL BEAR THEE UP IN THEIR
HANDS, LEST THOU DASH THY FOOT
AGAINST A STONE.
MATTHEW 26:52-54 (NIV)
“PUT YOUR SWORD BACK IN ITS PLACE,”
JESUS SAID TO HIM, “FOR ALL WHO DRAW
THE SWORD WILL DIE BY THE SWORD. DO
YOU THINK I CANNOT CALL ON MY FATHER,
AND HE WILL AT ONCE PUT AT MY DISPOSAL
MORE THAN TWELVE LEGIONS OF
ANGELS? BUT HOW THEN WOULD THE
SCRIPTURES BE FULFILLED THAT SAY IT
MUST HAPPEN IN THIS WAY?”
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