Fasting is Spiritual Warfare | Jentezen Franklin
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you cannot fight the devil in the power
of the flesh and win so we’re not
fighting the devil with our flesh but
when you suit up and realize that I have
a child of God and I’m a warrior and I
have weapons that will win the devil
does not have to destroy your life your
family your marriage of children you
don’t have to be a slave to pornography
or anything else put on the whole armour
of God
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I want to talk to you for a few moments
this morning on fasting and prayer and
its influence on the spiritual war that
is taking place in the unseen world
first thing you’ve got to know is number
one you have an adversary that adversary
is very real and we must know our enemy
if we’re going to defeat him the Bible
said in verse 11 that you have to stand
against the wiles listen up to it of the
devil
notice that the devil that means he’s a
real being he is not superstition he is
not a figment of imagination he’s not a
character running around in red pajamas
with a pitchfork he is real the devil is
very very real a real personal devil and
he won’t your worship who is the devil
he is a liar he is a thief he is a
killer
he is brutal he is vicious and he hates
everyone who’s made in the image of God
and he especially hates everyone who
worships and loves and serves God so he
is a decided fact there’s no question
about it
Satan is real the devil is real demons
are real secondly not only are they real
they’re warring for your soul and for
your family and for the souls of mankind
but secondly he is he is a destructive
force we know that he has the Bible said
stand against the wiles and the word
wiles there is methods he’s very
strategic three things about the devil
and his destructive force and power that
he comes against us with number one he’s
strategic he is a planner I marvel at
the patience of Hale he’ll step back and
let you think you’re getting by with
things and make you think you’re winning
and make you think you can do things
that you know a Rome and get by with it
all the time planning planning planning
sometimes months years down the road to
destroy I want you to picture a devil
that that has a stick of dynamite under
your house and he’s already lit the fuse
and he’s perfectly
perfectly capable of just baiting and
leading you alone and he’s warning that
home that marriage that family destroyed
it is who he is and it is what he does
he exists and he’s strategic he’s
strategic in his attacks against us and
he’s a long-term planner not only is he
strategic but the Bible tells us that
he’s spiritual the Bible said we wrestle
against listen to the phrase spiritual
wickedness spiritual wickedness so
listen some people think that that all
spiritual power is gone you know
something supernatural or something is
spiritual then that power comes from God
no there’s spiritual goodness and there
spiritual wickedness there is the Bible
said try the spirit and see if it be of
God the Bible said believe not every
spirit just because something is
spiritual oh that person can they can
they can they can they communicate with
their loved ones and they told me things
that I don’t know how they told me that
that spiritual wickedness and you better
be careful because when you’re playing
with that you’re playing with demonic
powers people get into seances and
necromancy talking to the dead in Ouija
boards and horoscopes and witchcraft and
tarot cards and and you know Hindu
mysticism and Buddhism and all of these
religions of chav of crystals and
putting them in the rooms and they don’t
even understand this old but it works I
know it works it’s spiritual wickedness
and you better be careful
and understand that you’re in a battle
and you just let the enemy into your
home and into your life and into your
mind and into your body
he is strategic he is spiritual he is he
is strong listen to the word in verse 12
against principalities and powers our
enemy is strong I don’t know what’s
happened to preaching in pulpits nobody
talks about the devil was like honey we
shrunk the devil and you know he’s some
no no he’s not I’m not
here to glorify Satan but the truth is
if you’re trying to fight the devil in
your flesh
you’re gonna lose miserably you cannot
fight the devil in the power of the
flesh and when you must have spiritual
weapons our second Corinthians 10 said
our weapons are not carnal they’re
mighty through God we’re using those
weapons prayer fasting they’re mighty
through God to the pulling down of
strongholds mark chapter 9 said this
kind cometh out speaking of a particular
set of demons that are strong and
powerful this kind cometh out but by
fasting in prayer so we’re not fighting
the devil with our flesh we’re fighting
the devil with our spiritual weapons and
we’re winning I said we’re winning I
need somebody to shout it’s the truth
so he’s strategic and he’s spiritual and
he’s strong and he’s sinister he is the
Prince of Darkness he is the wicked one
he’s trying his tyrannical and wild and
he wants to wreck and ruin and destroy
our lives please listen to me the enemy
is not your friend
he’s like a cornered animal and he’s out
to destroy his sinister and we have a we
have a a real enemy a decided fact but
then there is the defeated folk that
Satan is he is a destructive force he is
a decided fact but he is a defeated foe
this Sunday morning and we need to
understand that how was he defeated
jesus said now as the Prince of this
world defeated when did he say that on
the cross first John four and for
everybody all to know that verse 1 John
4:4 what is that verse anybody know it
here it is year of God little children
and you have overcome them because
greater is He Who is in you than he that
is in the world
Satan is strong Satan is strategic Satan
is it is he sinister he’s all of his
spiritual but greater is he that is in
us at Calvary Jesus broke his back and
severed his head
he has given us the victory so you have
an adversary how many of you believe you
have an adversary but secondly you have
some armor and that’s why he after he
points out that we have an adversary he
says now you need to understand every
believer needs to understand you are not
a victim and you’re not to fear no evil
fear no evil because I’m with you if
you’ll put on the garment that I have
provided the armor you’ve got to dress
for success you’ve got to put on the
whole armor of God you got a dress to
kill come on you got it you got to be
ready for the attack and the warfare
that we’re in we need armor he said put
on the whole armour of God that you may
be able to stand notice the armor is
God’s and the stand is yours what is the
whole armour of God he starts and he
says put on the belt of truth everything
hangs on it the dagger the sword all of
the other weapons they hang on the fact
that you are a truthful person another
way of saying it so that the belt of
truth represents the the believers
integrity truth is integrity and so he’s
saying if you’re gonna go to war against
the liar and the thief and the murderer
you’ve got to go to war in truth you’ve
got to get up every day and put on the
belt of truth which is integrity I want
you to be integrity integrity I want you
to walk in truth
know the truth live the truth tell the
truth Satan is a liar and Jesus is the
truth and if you let things big or small
get in your life and they begin to
corrode your integrity you can lose the
battle notice that integrity folks is a
weapon that when you tell the truth and
you don’t deceive and you don’t lie you
have the first weapon that you need in
the suit of armor to defeat the
adversary truth-telling being truthful
being Integris having integrity when
people are watching and when people are
not integrity is the weapon that you use
satan trembles when he sees a Christian
on integrity and do what they say and
keep the word and tell the truth and
leave the truth and speak the truth put
on the belt of integrity and then he
said put on the breastplate of
righteousness this is the believers
righteousness is purity it’s another way
of saying righteousness is purity you
put on purity Warriors were wore
breastplates that were woven chains and
they covered the vital organs and so not
only do you need integrity but you need
purity righteousness is purity blessed
are the pure in heart for they will see
God the enemy wants to attack you with
impurity he wants to attack you with
lust and with uncleanness the lust of
the eyes the pride of life he doesn’t
want you to put on the breastplate of
righteousness or purity now I want you
to watch this so so you put on the belt
of truth and that’s your integrity what
does he used to try to destroy and
attack your integrity with lies okay
well then you put on the the breastplate
of righteousness and what is
righteousness righteousness is purity
and what is he attack you with to try to
destroy the believers purity lust lust
of the eyes dirty magazines websites
unclean this movies music filth and
garbage that that the enemy would love
to strip so that your vital organs
spiritually speaking are vulnerable
guard your heart with all diligence for
out of it flows the issues of life how
do you guard your heart with integrity
with purity you’re clean if your eye is
pure your whole body is pure watch what
you listen to watch what you look at
have convictions put on every day the
belt of truth integrity put on the the
chest plate a purity of righteousness
you have integrity you have purity and
then he says something else he says once
you do that he says then you are to put
on the shoes of peace oh I tell you
Satan fears a holy Christian who has
integrity and who has purity and then he
puts on the shoes of peace what a
strange
raise the shoes of peace well what is
that about peace speaks of tranquility
so our peace and tranquility is a weapon
in spiritual warfare now listen peace is
not the absence of problems peace is the
addition of Holy Spirit power in the
midst of those problems and when you put
on the peace it’s not saying that I
won’t have storms
you know how Jesus prepared for storm he
took a pillow and went to sleep and
that’s what I’m talking about we’re
different we have integrity
we have purity and as a weapon we have
tranquillity that when I’m going into a
storm I don’t let the storm get in me I
have peace I have the shoes of peace the
peace of tranquility that I can’t speak
peace to the storm if I don’t have peace
in me so Christian don’t fall apart when
trials come don’t act go into a shock
because the devil has attacked one of
your children you enter into God’s peace
you just slip into those shoes of peace
and you say well we’re gonna walk
through this it’s a valley of the shadow
of death got some things going on got a
bad doctor’s report but I’ve got peace
that passes all understanding I’ve got
peace to know that God is with me and he
won’t leave me and he won’t forsake me
and I’m gonna come out with victory
cause I’ve got shoes apiece
I’ve got tranquility I’ve got purity
I’ve got integrity and Satan trembles at
the sight of a holy Christian praise God
put on the shoes of peace the shield of
faith is the next piece of weaponry Paul
is funny
Paul was chained to a Roman soldier when
he was writing this so he’s in prison
and he’s chained and he says you know I
might as well write a sermon and he
starts looking at all the stuff this
guy’s got he says well if the Devils
chained him to me I’m gonna preach off
of what The Devil’s tried to chain me up
with and he gets this great sermon of
integrity and purity and tranquility and
then he says now I’m noticing that guy’s
shield it’s about four feet long and two
feet wide it had was made of brass and
had a leather
covering over and he said hold up the
shield of faith that you might be able
to withstand notice notice Ephesians you
might able to withstand the fiery darts
of the enemy the darks what kind of
arrows what kind of darts the arrows are
the darts of doubt what do you do when
the enemy’s shooting and notice their
fiery darts why is it fiery because it
just takes a little fire and it starts
little but if you let doubt get in it’ll
it’ll blaze big and before you know it
it takes over and so in life there’s the
enemy that will shoot the arrows of
doubt the the darts of doubt are always
coming at us and what is our defense
against the darts of doubt he said take
up the shield of faith which is the Word
of God so that represents our certainty
our certainty the faith our faith the
shield of faith I should say the shield
is our faith and what is faith faith is
certainty faith says I don’t I don’t
believe it because I see it I don’t
believe it because I feel it I believe
it because I know it down in here I have
a certain promise that I’m holding on to
and when the enemy’s shooting those
darts are doubt God’s not gonna save
your family you’re never gonna get off
drugs you’re never gonna be free you’re
never gonna get your act together God’s
not gonna prosper you this year you’re
gonna be a failure you’re never gonna be
able to do that dream that you’ve got
you hold up the shield of certainty no
I’ve got promises I know what God told
me he is my healer he is my success
he is my here’s my here’s my victory he
is my god he is my Jehovah Jireh I know
it and you hold that up hallelujah and
then he said there’s one more piece of
the helmet of salvation put on the
helmet of salvation cover your faults
cover your mind cover your thought line
what is that about
that’s our sanity the believers sanity
you gotta keep your sanity in the 21st
century if you don’t you’ll there’s a
rash of suicides people losing heart
giving
not seeing any hope losing all desire to
live and being depressed and being
fearful and tormented about the future I
refuse to live that way I have a helmet
of sanity that says you know what no
matter what I go through I’m gonna keep
my mind the Bible said that demonic was
when Jesus cast Devils out of him
he was sitting at the feet of Jesus
clothed and in his right mind you got to
keep your right mind
we need sanity hallelujah now I’m gonna
tell you see see see yourself and this
is sometimes I do this in my prayer time
when I’m I’m a runner and I’ll pray
through the Lord’s Prayer while I’m
running though pray I fall down a lot
cuz I’m get to pray and sometimes get
exciting yeah hallelujah and get my huh
I come home on almost weekly with Teresa
what you do here here’s a band-aid go in
there you old man you falling down all
the time I’m telling you but I’ll pray
through the Lord’s Prayer pray through
the prayer of Jabez and I like to pray
through this little outline I’ll ask God
Lord I put on the belt of truth today
I’m not gonna wait to analyze to deceive
me I receive integrity I receive the
breastplate of right is Eve purity today
help me Lord don’t even lead me into
temptation leave me out of it keep me
out of it don’t let my beady little eyes
look at nothing they shouldn’t look at
don’t let my little mind think I put on
that keep me sane that would be insane
for me a big leader and preacher to do
something crazy and not be faithful to
my wife or go get drunk that’s insanity
have you ever seen preachers and people
that you thought do something that is
insane what were they thinking insanity
and if you don’t have Jesus you have a
form of insanity and you have to put on
the helmet of salvation or you’ll miss
your whole life up in one minute in one
minute but when you suit up and realize
that I have a child of God and I’m a
warrior and I have weapons that will win
the devil does not have to destroy your
life your family
marriage of children you don’t have to
be a slave to pornography or anything
else put on the whole armor of God
everybody take a praise break right now
and shout unto God with a voice of
triumph hallelujah hallelujah you’re not
a victim
we are overcomers through the blood of
the Lamb and we need to not just sit and
hear sermons and sit and soak and sour
we need to hear messages like this and
when life comes next week you suit up in
the morning you dress for success here I
come with shoes of peace here I come
with a shield of certainty here I come
and then he said now if you want to
guarantee I’ll give you three guarantees
of victory if you use them once you’re
suited up number one he says I want you
to stand and then he said withstand and
then he came back again in the same
verse and said stand and then he said in
the next verse after you stood do all
that you can do to stand all I need you
to do once you get suited up is take a
stand then he said take the sword of the
Spirit which is the word of God our
blessed Savior Jesus on the forty day
fast in the wilderness I want you to see
him he has integrity
he has purity he has tranquility peace
he has certainty I know who I am if you
are the son of God three times if you
are the I know who I’m certain and here
comes the fiery darts the darts of doubt
but I’m certain I’m certain but then he
does something he pulls out the sword he
said where’s my blade and he pulls out
the sword and he says three times to
Satan face to face it is written ran him
through with that blessed blade cut him
deep and the next verse said and the
devil left him and angels came and
ministered to him so we have we have our
stand we compromise and in Stan quick
excusing it and
and quit excusing all those bad habits
why not change your lifestyle if you’re
going down the wrong road and your
cholesterol is going crazy and you’re
eating crazy food and you don’t like the
way your body looks it’s time to do
something about it jump in on this fast
and say you know what I’m gonna get
control of this thing I’m gonna put on
though I’m not fighting with the flesh
either I’m flying I’m fighting with the
sword of the Spirit I’m fighting with
the armor of God I can do this I’m gonna
take a stand and I’m gonna use the sword
and then the last thing he says and I
want you to see it because it’s so
powerful he said and and after you’ve
done all of that and verse 18 praying
always with all supplication in the
spirit he said he said connect to the
power of the Holy Spirit praying in the
spirit
praying in the spirit I’m telling you
Satan trembles when he sees a child of
God who knows who they are who knows
that they have righteousness which is
purity through the blood who knows that
they have all of the sanity and all of
the blessing they don’t let fear
dominate and torment their life because
they got a bad doctor’s report but they
just put on the helmet of sanity and say
no I’ll keep him in perfect peace whose
mind is stayed on me
what can the enemy do to you when you’re
stabbing him with the word and blocking
his darts with your with your certainty
of what God has said more than what you
see then you’re praying in the spirit
everybody say the stand the sword and
the spirit are my three guarantees of
ultimate victory against my adversary
lift your hands and praise him right now
in any battle that you’re fighting you
have the victory right now in Jesus name
boy I feel this in my soul I feel like
we could run every if one can put a
thousand to flight two can put 10,000 to
flight and we have thousands of
believers
were fasting and praying I’m telling you
we’re gonna see 90 miracles as God’s
people put on the whole armor of God and
win the victory through the stand
through the sword and through the spirit
my name is Donna Haynes and we
participated in the fast in January our
prayers were just really simple it was
God you know we have so many needs right
now we have deep needs and we need for
you to meet those needs our car the
glass ended up broken out of her car and
we drove it like that for a while of six
months my daughters are sitting on trash
bags and it’s you know we’re we’ve got
the heat going wide open I remember just
thinking
I don’t I don’t think we can do this
much more you know on that Wednesday
night he said pastor said in his sermon
does anybody need a car does anybody
need a car the next day a family in the
church actually came to us and said
we’re going to buy you a car we’re gonna
get you apart a new car during the fast
we were just asking our needs to do that
but God went above and beyond that and
he gave us more than we thought that we
could ever get you know more than we
could dream of the fast made a huge
difference it really was a breakthrough
feels so good to know that we can rely
on him
and that he’s gonna come through for us
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