Breaking Down Strongholds!

A STRONGHOLD is defined by Webster Dictionary as a fortified place. One of the earliest definitions means a STRONGHOLD can be a "Refuge"


Do we find refuge in the fortresses built up in our minds? Of course! Biblically speaking a stronghold is exactly that!
We allow Satan to use both ourselves and others to 'plant seeds' in our mind and as we cultivate, tend, water, think on, and nourish these negative ideas....they become spiritual strongholds that we just can't seem to be rid of!


No one can seem to penetrate these invasive and destructive thoughts and ideas. We build even more walls until one day we have a monstrous fortress surrounding our character until we no longer have a real say in our lives. We aren't the person we used to be at all. We have become such an integral part of the lies Satan has been feeding us that we can't even see that we have changed, and God is no longer our God, but the stronghold has become our god.


These thought patterns become behavioral patterns before you are aware of what has happened to you. You face anyone who sees the change in you and all of a sudden they are the enemy....you no longer want them in your life because they no longer "understand you". So you build yet more of the same wrong- thinking around yourself. You reject those who see your walls and you push them away! How dare you want me to tear down this, my fortress?


These strongholds can be in the form of greed, lust, ungodly thoughts, selfishness, lying, lack of faith in God and others who love you, deceit, disrespect, disobedience, and fantasies that may either be adulterous, or become so in reality, and as these thoughts are cultivated in the mind, they are more likely to be acted upon in reality......we often allow our thoughts to MOLD our character and behavior......be CAREFUL what you permit Satan to plant in your mind......your mind is where most of your battles lie!


You know the right choices to make, yet you make all the wrong and usually self-destructive choices. Paul mentioned this in Romans 7:15 shown below.


I don't really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don't do it. Instead, I do what I hate.


So many times others can SEE a Stronghold in you, but you can't see it at all. When someone tries to show you that you're under the power of a spiritual stronghold or power of darkness, you become angry....often like a drug addict who does not want his 'source' destroyed!
Strongholds can usually be identified by their destructive habitual behaviors. When you know that what you're doing is creating a dangerous environment for yourself and those you love, and you can't seem to stop the behavior....knowing how destructive it has become-CONSIDER that you may be under the influence of a Satanic Stronghold!


There is HOPE, however, for these strongholds to come down!
II Corinthians 10:4 is how we accomplish this.
"The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds."


God's WORD is a two-edged SWORD! Know His Word. Test yourself to see that you are IN the FAITH!
II Corinthians 13:5
"Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you--unless, of course, you fail the test?"
Before ANY Stronghold can come down...you must admit that there IS a problem! Ask God to Reveal to you anything that is CONTRARY to HIS plan for YOUR life, that is taking root within your heart! You most assuredly will know it!

II Corinthians 10:5

King James Bible
"Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;"


He will remove all strongholds....but first there must be complete surrender to HIM and HIS plan for your life......GOD is GOOD!

Nahum 1:7
"Nahum 1:7 - The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and HE knows them that trust in him."

Now-THIS is a STRONGHOLD you CAN BELIEVE IN!!!