"Hope [wait expectantly] for God, for I shall yet praise Him for the help of His countenance."
Beth Moore, Breaking Free
Every stronghold
- is related to something we have exalted to a higher position than God in our lives.
- pretends to bring something we feel we must have: aid, comfort, the relief of stress, or protection.
- is a tremendous source of pride for the enemy.
"satan's power comes from his power to bluff" (199)....[his] goal is to be worshiped.... If [he] can't get people to worship him directly, he... [tempts them] to worship something or someone other than God.... [He] cannot enter a believer. He cannot make us do anything. He can only lead us to do things.... The more we know God's Word, the quicker we recognize Satan's attempts to cover it" (200).
We don't become victors by conquering the enemy.... [but] through surrender to Christ. We become victors, not by independence from the enemy, but by our dependence upon God.
"... journey from captivity to our thoughts to taking our thoughts captive to Christ" (201).
"Most captivating thoughts were once casual thoughts not surrendered to the knowledge of Christ" (202).
"... learn to 'think the thought' as it relates to Christ and who [I am] in Him (203).
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