God’s Encouraging Word of the day

“For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,”

2 corinthians 10:3-5

The apostle Paul says here that our job in this battle is to “destroy strongholds.” You know what a stronghold is? It is a mental block. Paul is talking about pretentions, arguments set up against the knowledge of God. This is a mental battle. And he says, “Destroy these strongholds.” A stronghold can be one of two things:

• It can be a worldview, such as materialism, hedonism, Darwinism, communism, atheism etc All of the different –isms. anything keeping you from knowing God is a mental stronghold  that needs to be destroyed
• A stronghold can also be a personal attitude. Worry can be a stronghold. Seeking the approval of other people can be a stronghold. Anything that you make an idol in your life can be a stronghold — fear, guilt, resentment, insecurity. All of these things can be strongholds in your mind. And the Bible says that we are to tear them down.

The good news is that God knows our hearts. We may have strongholds in our minds but God has left us plenty of help to overcome them such as Prayer, reading the Bible, fellowship with God driven people and celebrating church.

We are never alone, God is Always with us ready to lead! We just need to ask

God Bless You