Rev. Roxann Spicer: Spiritual Warfare.
Isaiah 14:12-15 Lucifer believed he could ascend to equal heights as God and be worshiped accordingly. Only God alone deserves to be worshiped and there is none equal to him. We are in a spiritual war the moment we are born. The spiritual war is not a war we can opt out of, although Satan would like us to think we can. Genesis 3:1-5 Satan is always out to tempt us to do wrong and convince us we can be equal to God and know everything. We have to be wise to the lies of Satan and stand up to him and declare God’s truth. Worship is at the center of the spiritual war. It is fought and will be won with worship. John 4:24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” Father God is seeking people who will worship him in spirit and in truth. When we labor for God will reap eternal benefits. When we are a slave to this world we will reap no benefits on earth or eternity. Whoever we yield to, is who is controlling us. 2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. The Spirit of God never wants us to give into anger. The spiritual battle is on all the time whether we recognize it or not, thus we need to refresh ourselves in the word daily so the Devil will will not get a foothold in our lives. Through worship we have very close contact with God Isaiah 43:18-19 God does not want us to be stagnant. He is always moving us into something new. A new season in our lives is as though a spiritual breakthrough. God is always moving us forward from strength to strength, from glory to glory. The place God takes us to is always greater and holier than where we were before. God is calling is to bridge worship and warfare and know that our worship is warfare. It’s all about the worship, it’s always been about the worship and that’s how we win the war against Satan. When we are truly in love with God we will want and desire to worship him all the time. Praising and worshiping God will enable us to be triumphant winners in the spiritual war against Satan.
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