Immerse: Demolish Strongholds | Mike Popenhagen

Immerse: Demolish Strongholds

5.10.26

2 Corinthians 10:3-5  For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.  

What Is A Stronghold

Stronghold: A false refuge that protects our pain while imprisoning our soul. 

Diagram of Stronghold.

Demolish Strongholds: Recognize the lie, renounce the lie, replace it with God’s truth.  

3 Common Lies We Believe

Lie: I’m not good enough. 

Truth: You are deeply and completely loved as a child of God.

Romans 8:15-16  So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.” 16 For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children. NLT 

Lie: I can’t forgive, the injury is to great.   

Truth: Forgiveness releases us from the chains of our injury. 

Matthew 18:21-22  Then Peter came to him and asked, “Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me?  Seven times?”  22 “No, not seven times,” Jesus replied, “but seventy times seven!   

Lie:  God’s forgotten me. 

Truth: God’s with you, He sees you, and fights for you.  

Hebrews 13:5-6  because God has said,  “Never will I leave you;  never will I forsake you.” So we say with confidence,  “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.  NIV