Dealing With Strongholds:(Part II)

Yesterday, we started discovering how strongholds appear in our lives and what they are. Scriptures identified them as Imaginations, High things and Thoughts. In dealing with these strongholds, scriptures tell is that the first 2 are to be brought down as they go against the knowledge of God in the life of a believer. The knowledge of God is what makes you thrive as a Christian, it reveals who God is and His will for your life. So everything that goes against that knowledge is targeting not just your growth but your identity as a believer.

The next thing scripture says we must deal with are THOUGHTS and these thoughts we do not bring them down or cast them down. The bible was specific about what we do with thoughts. It says we are to bring thoughts into captivity to obey Christ. If scripture tells us that these thoughts have to be brought into captivity, it means that they exist, they are important and they have to obey Christ in you.

These things are what believers battle with on a daily basis but God has given us the weapons to ensure victory and maintain it, we just have to apply it. It is not all about prayers. There are certain things prayer will not do for you. Prayer will not put food on your table, the wisdom of God applied in your life and putting your hands to work will do that. Prayers will not grow your faith; faith comes by the word. In the same vein, strongholds are not just prayed out, they are cast down and brought into captivity.