Intercession and Spiritual Warfare Pastor Keith Hassell Introduction Intercessors are a great gift to the body of Christ. As a pastor I am thankful for every person who feels a special calling to intercede for me and for the church I pastor. I recognize that intercessors have played a key role in what…

Spiritual warfare has its origin in a rebellion of many angels against God. Satan is seen as the prince of this world, leading an array of forces opposed to God. Although disarmed by Jesus Christ on the cross, they remain a powerful threat to the church and to individual believers.

Imagine for a moment you’re jolted awake from a deep sleep by the sound of somebody bursting through your front door. You hear the thud of heavy footprints headed for your room. You have only seconds to prepare to defend yourself. What weapon do you reach for? In my home, your options are limited. The…

As we all know now, there have been some families who have left our church over the past few months. The latest being Joey Neal who has been called away, even by our Lord, in pursuit of a full time paid youth pastor ministry. We can rejoice in this because we know it was the Lord who called him away.…

1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, Because the Lord has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to prisoners; 2 To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort…

Intercession and Spiritual Warfare Pastor Keith Hassell Introduction Intercessors are a great gift to the body of Christ. As a pastor I am thankful for every person who feels a special calling to intercede for me and for the church I pastor. I recognize that intercessors have played a key role in what…

Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. 2 Corinthians 2:11 SATAN: What Every Christian Must Know By Dave Cotner Copyright © 2007 by Dave Cotner All rights reserved under international copyright laws. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval…

Prayer So this week, we’re actually going to PAUSE from our walk through the gospel of John... and we’re going to stay on this topic that we’ve come across in the 1st chapter of John... Baptism Two weeks ago, we looked at how John the Baptist was sent by God the Father to prepare the way for Jesus Christ...…

Satan works in this world through people and through those spiritual beings who acknowledge his authority. His agents oppose God’s will and purposes.

The warfare believers must fight is spiritual, personal, intense and continual. It calls for courage, determination and prayer, and therefore believers must stand in God’s strength and use the armour he has provided.

Rebellion of the Gods (Section Review & Discussion) Read Supernatural, chapters 3–4. Read and prepare to discuss Genesis 1–3 ; 6:1–8 . The Big Picture In chapters 3–4 of Supernatural, we learned about God’s original home, the garden of Eden. The garden was a place of God’s physical presence, a locatable…

Satanic Opposition to the Gospel Ministry Introduction > 23 hostages in Afghanistan. A pastor & members of a Korean Presbyterian church there as missionaries. Pastor killed 7/25, another 7/30. How can they/we be consoled, comforted or encouraged in matters like this? Does God have a word for us? > 1Th.…

Introduction 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. Question: What gets in your way from living out a wholehearted, unswerving, faith-filled relationship with God? In other words, what gets between you and God? Fear, coveting, disappointment,…

Introduction: I. A Biblical Study in Ephesians 6:10-20 Introduction: The true Christian described in Ephesians 1-3 who lives the faithful life described in 4:1-6:9 can be sure that he will be involved in the spiritual warfare described in 6:10-20. The faithful Christian life is a Battle; it is Warfare…

Demons are subject to the authority of Jesus Christ during his ministry and subsequently in the ministry of the church.

The Battle We Fight (2 Corinthians 10:3-5) The believer battles. The Christian lives in confrontation. The faithful fight. No one could miss this in even a superficial reading of God's Word. We are to fight externally that outside us opposed to the gospel and to fight internally that within us opposed…

Introduction: Kids… do you have a favorite superhero? What is it? (You adults can answer too…) So one of my favorite superhero characters is Captain America. If you don’t know the story, it starts with a boy named Steve Rogers who wants to go fight in WWII. He’s got a ton of heart, but the problem is,…

8 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.” I. To the Social Outcasts (1-8) 1 Saul was in hearty agreement with putting him to death. And on that day a…

Jesus The Christ 1 “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the…

God the Holy Spirit 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. We’re going to continue…

The Fall We saw last week that God is the king of the universe and He made us in His image and commanded us to rule the world. But we had an enemy who also wanted to rule the world his name is Satan. Satan has his own kingdom and it is an enemy kingdom to God’s kingdom. He has been waging war since the…