Bible Verse of The Day – 3-4-22

Ephesians 6:12 (NKJV) 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities…

Part 2

Welcome back!

In yesterday’s devotional, we began taking a look at some aspects of spiritual warfare, including some of what we’re seeing around us in the world today. We established a foundation; a springboard from which we will move forward with this series.

As we mentioned yesterday, we don’t fight against men or women. We fight against the spirits that are moving in those men and women.

Sometimes it can be very hard for our flesh to separate the person from the spirit in action. But we must learn to have the eyes that allow us to see what’s behind the actions people are taking.

Make no mistake. Most of these people who are carrying out the enemy’s plans know full well what they are doing. The majority of them have sold themselves out for power and money.

But our prayers and our battle maneuvers must target the spirits of darkness that are at work, not the fleshly body in which they dwell and move.

This is probably one of the biggest things we wrestle with as followers of Christ. And there is no doubt that we all wrestle with this to one degree or another. But we have to allow God to carry us above the fleshly reactions and emotions, allowing us to see things from a 40,000-foot view, so to speak.

Doing this will help us see things more clearly than if we were to look solely through our own eyes.

And once we get to see our actual enemy at work, we can work more effectively to combat his moves.

Let’s look now at some of the spiritual adversaries we must battle against.

The first, and probably the most powerful is the principalities.

Principalities are powerful spirits/demons who have been given dominion (power, authority, control) over areas or regions.

These spirits will vary from one region to another as to what sin, or what type of darkness rules over their assigned area.

This can be clearly seen as you look at different areas.

Tomorrow we will continue to examine this in more depth.

Stay tuned.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Hampstead, NC 28443

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