Because of the turbulent times we live in, many have become discouraged.  But this is not the time to be weary in well doing. This is the time to fight the good fight of faith.  This is the time to put the Word of God in action, every day and in every area of our lives. We must have faith in God and believe that His Word is true.  We must shake-up, break-up, and pull down the strongholds of the enemy, destroying the kingdom of darkness with the weapons of our warfare, that are mighty through God. We must continually renew our minds with the Word of God, speak the Word of God, and pray the Word of God.  For we walk by faith and not by sight. Know and understand that you are of God and have the victory, because greater is He who lives inside of you than he that is in the world.

BELIEVE THE WORD OF GOD

Have Faith In God

1. 11:22-24

And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. 

Without Faith It Is Impossible To Please God

HEB. 11:5-6

Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for the one who draws near to Him must believe that He exists and rewards those who seek Him.

(But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.)

SPEAK THE WORD OF GOD

It Is Written!

1. 4:4 (KJV)

But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”

God’s Word Is Alive, Powerful, Living and Active!

Heb. 4:12

For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. (NIV)

It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. For the word of God is living and active. (NLT)

(KJV-For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.)

PRAY THE WORD OF GOD

The Effectual Prayer Prevails

James 5:16

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. (NIV)

The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. (NLT)

The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail. (Berean Study Bible)

The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. (NASB)

The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. (KJV)

 CONCLUSION

Our Weapons Of Warfare Are Mighty Through God

2 Cor. 10:4-5 (KJV)

• The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world
• For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds
• We demolish arguments and every pretension
• We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion
• We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ

(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; 2 Cor. 10:4-5 KJV

Walk In The Spirit And Not In The Flesh

Romans 8:6 (KJV)

For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

• Attacks begin in the spirit and manifest in the natural.
• Continually cast down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God and fight with “It is written”

Speak the Word of God.

• Use His powerful Word to penetrate and demolish the strongholds of the devil, to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart, and obliterate every weapon the enemy forms against you.

Believe God’s Word

• Believe that God is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that you ask or think, according to HIS power that works in you.

Pray The Word Of God

• Be that fervent prayer warrior that is able to accomplish victories in the Spirit!
• Be that intercessor that valiantly stands in the gap for friends, loved ones and the stranger on the street.

Believe you are that world overcomer because greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world! (1 John 4:4)

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,  Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. (Eph. 3:20-21, KJV)

Be encouraged today.  God is greater!