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Battles

Whether you realize it or not, you're in a battle—and it isn't against flesh and blood. This series covers the fights that matter most: the battle for your heart, for first place in your life, for your legacy, for rest, and for humility, along with the armor God provides and the secret weapon of prayer. When the attack comes, you don't have to just take it—you can fight.

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Week 1 | June 10th

Battle Ready

  1. We are in a battle

Ephesians 6:10-12 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

11 Put on the whole armor of God,

12 “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood…

2 Timothy 2:3-4 Overcome every form of evil as a victorious soldier of Jesus the Anointed One.
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Week 2 | June 17th

The Battle For The Heart

1 Kings 20:39-40 Now as the king passed by, he cried out to the king and said, “Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and there, a man came over and brought a man to me, and said, ‘Guard this man; if by any means he is missing, your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.’

guard - restrain, preserve, refrain, to hedge in with thorns.
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Week 3 | June 24th

The Battle For First

Exodus 20:3 “You shall have no other gods before me”

Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

first - First in time, first in place, first in succession, first in rank, first in influence, first in honour, first in principle.

James 4:7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

God Must Be First

Proverbs 3:6 In everything you do, put God first, and He will direct you and crown your efforts with success.
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Week 4 | July 1st

Fight for Legacy

Genesis 12:2 (NLT)
2 I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others

Genesis 17:4,7-9 (NLT)
4 “This is my covenant with you: I will make you the father of a multitude of nations!
7 “I will confirm my covenant with you and your descendants after you, from generation to generation. This is the everlasting covenant: I will always be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
8 And I will give the entire land of Canaan, where you now live as a foreigner, to you and your descendants.
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Week 5 | July 8th

The Battle for Rest

Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run notice these words with endurance the race God has set before us.

Matthew 11:28-29 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,

Only two ways to learn: you listen to what people say and you pay attention to what people do.

for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
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Week 6 | July 15th

The Secret Weapon

Prayer is Paramount

Paramount - more important than anything else; supreme.

If you want to see God work in your life - in the battles, or in any area…Prayer is Paramount

Matthew 6:8 For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. 9 In this manner, therefore, pray

Prayer is Legal

Philippians 4:6 Pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done.
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Week 7 | July 22nd

The Battle for Humility

1 Peter 5:5
Likewise, you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility

1.Pride is the calling card of the Devil

1 Chronicles 21:1-9
Now Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to [a]number Israel.
2 So David said to Joab and to the leaders of the people, “Go, number Israel from Beersheba to Dan, and bring the number of them to me that I may know it.”
3 And Joab answered, “May the Lord make His people a hundred times more than they are. But, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? Why then does my lord require this thing?
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Week 8 | July 29th

The Legality of the Battle

In the Bible the battles we face are likened unto a trials, or we could say...court cases, or a legal proceeding.

It is important to understand court terminology.

  1. SUMMARY JUDGMENT
    If you don’t show up to court and contest the accusation made then a judgment can be rendered against you called a summary judgment.

1 Peter 5:8

When you get attacked...FIGHT!!!

1 Corinthians 10:13 (NKJV)

If you are in it...you can win it!

  1. PLAINTIFF OR THE PROSECUTOR.

This represents the devil.

Revelation 12:10 (NKJV)

The devil hates you more than you think he does...

Psalms 109:6-15 (NLT)

  1. THE JUDGE.

This is God.
God is in charge. He is fair and legal.
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