The devil and his demons no longer have the right to torment believers. But they are lawless criminals of the spirit realm. They will break God's laws whenever and wherever they see a lack of authority.

The Holy Spirit is really good at revealing the root issues at the foundation of demonic strongholds.

Believers can, however, be oppressed by coming under the control of a demonic spirit and have their lives broken into pieces through a lifestyle of sin,

We give the devil permission to punish us because we think his lies are true. When we are tormented because of lies, we need a revelation of the truth of God so that we can break the steel bars of deception.

Any time we turn to the devil's devices to solve the issues of our soul, we step out from under the umbrella of God's protection and become vulnerable to the elements. Freedom comes, as I shared in the story above, by breaking these covenants through verbally renouncing each one of them. When these contracts are destroyed, our enemy loses the legal right to oppress us.

the root cause of all demonic activity is the absence of the love of God.

When believers refuse to listen to the devil, however, he becomes a powerless pawn of God's divine purposes. I

When we set our hearts on fire, demonic predators stay out of our camp,

Even the idyllic garden of Eden was a war zone. The command to rule and subdue put God's image bearers on high alert that fierce resistance lay ahead.

Mos Eisley spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing. The main thing is to stand firm and be ready for an unforeseen attack.