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MAINTAINING

YOUR

DELIVERANCE

SUBMIT TO GOD RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU

DRAW NEAR TO GOD AND HE WILL DRAW NEAR TO YOU

JAMES 4:7-8

8 STEPS FOR MAINTAINING

DELIVERANCE

1. Put on the whole armor of GOD

Ephesians 6:10-18 Prepare for conflict

We struggle against hostile demonic

powers who have rebelled against God and

oppose His people

THERE ARE SEVEN PIECES

OF ARMOR

1. Loins girded about with truth.

2. The breastplate of righteousness.

3. Feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace.

4. The shield of faith.

5. The helmet of salvation.

6. The sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of GOD.

7. Praying in the Spirit. (Tongues)Constantly for ourselves and others

OUR WEAPONS

 Belt of truth…Secure your inner life with truth.

 Breast plate… protects the outer life by being morally upright, doing right

to my neighbor. Helps us avoid sin.

 Feet… prepared to be ready to take the gospel to any place anytime.

 Shield, a firm faith will provide a shield against the devil’s temptations.

 Helmet…provides the knowledge of a sure salvation and gives assurance

of complete victory

 Sword… increasing in the knowledge of God’s word will enable the word

to be used against the enemy offensive weapon to fight temptation

 Prayer protects us because it keeps us connected to God.

Pray

Heavenly Father thank

you that you have given

me all I need to be

victorious in the spiritual

battle, which all your

children are engaged.

Help me to rely on you

and not on my own

abilities. Help me to find

all I need in you and the

power of your might.

2. CHECK

YOUR

THOUGHT LIFE

Refuse the thoughts that

demons give and replace them

with God’s thoughts.

Philippians 4:8

Rehearsing the word, God has

spoken, releases faith. Rom

10:17 Repeating Satan’s lies

gives permission for demonic

influence and will open the

door to the him. Mark 11:23

3. MIND RENEWAL

Don’t allow the world or the enemy to tell us who we are or how we

should feel or behave

 Throw out the lies. Clear away the rubbish, then feast on the

truth. Nehemiah story

 Romans 12:2 be transformed by the renewing of your mind

 Inner transformational change in the heart, that is brought

about by the Holy Spirit, by his illumination of truth within us

 Transform means metamorphosis (old to new)

 Renew means to resume to an original position after an

interruption. It is a reset. In new birth, Jesus’s identity

becomes your default. Your original position is made whole.

Anything contrary to who Jesus is, such as fear shame guilt

worry condemnation is an interruption.

DEMOLISHING LIES

 2 Cor 10:4-5 The weapons we

fight with are not the weapons of

the world. On the contrary, they

have divine power to demolish

strongholds. 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.

INTERRUPTING THE

INTERRUPTIONS WITH

THE TRUTH

Ephesians 4:17-23

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So I tell you this, and insist on

it in the Lord, that you must no

longer live as the Gentiles do, in

the futility of their

thinking.

They are darkened in

their understanding and

separated from the life of

God because of the ignorance

that is in them due to the

hardening of their hearts.

Having lost all sensitivity, they

have given themselves over to

sensuality, to indulge in every

kind of impurity, and they are

full of greed.

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That, however, is not the way

of life you learned

when you

heard about Christ and were

taught in him in accordance with

the truth that is in Jesus.

You

were taught, to put off your old

self, which is being corrupted by

its deceitful desires;

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to be made new in the attitude

of your minds;

and to put

on the new self, created to be like

God in true righteousness and

holiness.

PRACTICAL APPLICATION

 SOAK IN THE WORD

 DWELL ON THE TRUTH

 COL 3:2

 PRAY THE WORD

 HEBREWS 4:12

 THINKING AND SPEAKING

TRUTH, REWIRES FROM

DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS

 PHIL 4:8

 WE ARE CAPABLE OF

CHANGE AND NEW

CHOICES

 JOHN 8:32

4. JESUS WITHSTOOD SATAN’S

TEMPTATION BY USING SCRIPTURE

 The Word is a mirror to the soul. James 1:12-15

 It is a lamp unto the feet for guidance. Psalm 119:105

 It is a cleansing agent. Ephesians 5:25-26

 It is a two-edged sword, laying bare the heart.

Hebrews 4:12

 It is food for the spirit. 1 Peter 2:2; Matthew 4:4

5. TAKE UP

YOUR CROSS

No person can maintain

deliverance apart from the Word of

GOD as a primary focus in their

life. Psalm 1:1-3

Take up your cross daily and follow

Jesus. Luke 9:23

If fleshly, appetites, desires and

lusts are not brought to the cross, it

is a way for demons to return.

Galatians 5:19-21, 24

Develop a life of continuous praise

and prayer, which silences the

enemy. Pray in the Spirit (in

tongues) and also in the

understanding. 1 Corinthians14:14

Pray without ceasing.

1 Thessalonians 5:17

6. MAINTAIN and COMMIT

 Maintain a life of fellowship and spiritual ministry. It is the sheep that

wanders from the flock that is most endangered. Desire spiritual gifts and

yield to their operation through you.1 Corinthians 12:7-14

 Commit yourself totally to Christ. Determine that every thought, word

and action will reflect the very nature of Christ. Faith and trust in GOD

is the greatest weapon against the Devil’s lies.

Ephesians 6:16

Doing these things will ensure that your “house” (life) is filled. After

having been cleansed; Do Not settle for anything less. Romans 5:10

7. CLOTHE

YOURSELF WITH

THE FRUITS OF

THE SPIRIT

Take your freedom by faith. This is

your position, declare it, stand on

the Word, get stubborn with the

devil, this is your heritage.

Luke 10:19

A loving spirit is needed. Refuse to

be hateful and mean; put on love.

Matthew 5:25

A forgiving spirit is needed; an

unforgiving spirit allows the enemy

access. Mark 11:25

A tender spirit is needed. Jesus did

not bite back. He was tender; be

like Him.

8. LEARN

 Refuse to yield to a

retaliation spirit.(revenge)

 Do away with a critical

spirit.

 Learn to recognize the

striving spirit, it is from the

devil, do not yield to it; it

will bring you into bondage

again.

 Learn to yield to the

peaceable spirit; be a

peacemaker.

Learn to exercise mercy and

gentleness; these are Christ-

like actions.

Any enemy spirit that you

yield to, will bring bondage.

Yield to Christ’s love,

meekness, and tenderness;

then liberation comes. 2

Timothy 2:24

You must forsake sin so that a

worse thing will not come on

you. John 5:14

SUMMARY

 TAKE UP YOUR CROSS

 MAINTAIN

FELLOWSHIP AND

COMMIT TOTALLY TO

CHRIST

 CLOTHE YOURSELF

WITH THE FRUITS OF

THE SPIRIT

 BE FILLED WITH THE

SPIRIT

SUBMIT TO GOD

RESIST THE ENEMY

PUT ON THE ARMOR

MONITOR YOUR

THOUGHT LIFE

SEEK GOD FOR MIND

RENEWAL

DEFEAT THE ENEMY

WITH THE WORD OF

GOD

HOMEWORK

 PRACTICE THE STEPS IN THE SUMMARY

 WRITE I ‘AM STATEMENTS OF TRUTH GOD HAS

SPOKEN TO YOU AND PRACTICE SAYING THEM

OUT LOUD SEVERAL TIMES A DAY

 TAKE THOUGHT INVENTORY AT LEAST ONCE A

DAY (WHAT AM I THINKING ABOUT)

 PRACTICE PUTTING ON THE ARMOR DAILY