What
are Strongholds that need to be demolished
according to 2 Corinthians 10:5?
How to Defeat a Stronghold of the Mind -
The Mind-Body Connection
Strongholds
are formed with our five senses (see, rear,
feel, smell and taste) and are processed
through thoughts and also processed through
reactions. Unfortunately, we have been programmed
by negative situations in life that created
negative reactions and they have to be pulled
down and it can be done through the word
of God.
Example: a young girl is
molested sexually by either a father or
brother - the lies that become the walls
of the stronghold: "I am a slut - always
have been and always will be. Also there
is usually with it feelings of shame and
guilt. You feel responsible no matter how
it happened.
When truths threaten one
of those walls of deception, the centre
of control within the stronghold quickly
reinforces the weak spot with more lies
and false feelings, trying to counter that
bit of truth lest it break the walls and
set the person free. This is the setup by
the enemy called strongholds. The enemy
has made residence and built walls around
you, your heart and your mind.
The function of an individual
metal stronghold is to keep the person from
thinking effectively, or feeling repentant,
or repaying in ways that would defeat it
as one of the fortresses of the ruling center
of flesh within the person.
A stronghold is like an
infected root on the brain of twisted feelings
and thoughts opposite of what God's word
says. These are belief systems opposing
God's truth. It sends pain and sickness
throughout the body of personality and character.
The Lord's persistent love is needed to
draw it to a head through his word which
the word literally washing the mind by renewing
the mind with truth. The Word of God actually
counteracts the lie the enemy has programmed
you with.
One the ruling centre has
been broken or extracted by renewing your
mind with truth with the Word of God, then
its lies can be dismantled one by one on
the Cross of Jesus Christ.
A spirit of Fear
is the primary weapon of strongholds, fear
of man, fear of tomorrow, fear of rejection,
fear of abandonment, fear of not having
enough, and much more. The bible says "Fear
Not" over 365 times. We fear letting
go and trusting the goodness of God. Many
times we have not had loving fathers and
so it is hard to trust a loving God. When
things go bad, the enemy accuses the living
Lord in our thoughts to get us to believe
the lie that God really or truly does not
love us. Many times there is a spirit of
doubt and unbelief working
against our mind to keep us from believing
God's word and truth that he truly loves
us. It is easy to see how demons use strongholds.
They establish and maintain control in our
thoughts. Let me ask you, where does thoughts
come from? Are they all yours or doesn't
the enemy throw thoughts at us and we believe
them?
The primary weapon against
fear is 1 John 4:18 "perfect love cast
out fear..." His love cast out fear.
Love begins the battle against the stronghold
of thinking. Love enables us to see the
truth. Love hurls truth over the walls of
self-deception.
To set people free, it is
not enough to bind the strongman and cast
him out according to Luke 4:18-21. The power
of the stronghold must be broken before
his house can be plundered. It takes recognizing
it, taking responsibility, repenting for
believing the lie and renouncing it and
then it can be removed. But a person or
Christian must fill his mind with truth
to keep the stronghold from forming again.
This might entail finding a deliverance
ministry.
According to Luke 4:18 the
enemy is going to visit you again when he
is removed from you. It feels his misery
when outside of you and wants to rehabitate
you again. A christian must fill his house
with truth. Otherwise, the demon or stronghold
will come back with 7 more and you will
be worse than before.
You can discern when a stronghold
finally loses its hold. Your thinking is
different and lined up with more of truth
than the lie of the enemy.
Counter Attacks - How to
remove strongholds
Strongholds and strongman
counterattack. So we must not abandon the
battle before the time that the healing
has been settled.
We need to be surrounded
by the family of God with a fortress of
love and prayer. Family members many times
might be church families if your immediate
family is not saved or are abusive.
Memorize the word of
God
Praise music with thanksgiving
to thank the Lord daily
Keeping specific scriptures
to access when in attack
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