Prayers & Bible Study x Lekeshia Cody| Eat This & Not That Series: Know Thy Enemies

We are in an all new series called Eat This Not That. Last week we talked about Prayers That Availeth Much (How to Pray). That teaching was practically a prayer training. Many people reached out after the study advising how the study impacted them and changed their perspective on prayer. This week we are going to continue on with the series. While it’s important to know how to pray, who you’re praying to, what you’re praying for, it’s also important to know your enemies. A lot of times, our prayers aren’t effective because we haven’t identified the real enemy. The bible says in Hosea 4:6 that my people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge. We don’t want to continue being destroyed, we want to be able to identify Satan's devices. This is all part of having spiritual intelligence. Tonight’s topic is Eat This Not That: Know Thy Enemies I will be teaching out of the Bible as well as Cindy Trimm’s The Rules of Engagement Book So what is the kingdom of darkness? The kingdom of darkness is a spiritual kingdom, it’s spiritual in nature (see Jude 6) Satan’s kingdom of darkness has twelve systems that exist: Social system (culture, entertainment, language, marriage, family) Entertainment Environmental Economical Educational Technological Religious (anti-God, atheist, humanistic) Governmental 4. God has given us the power and authority to expose Satan’s tactics and overcome every attack 5. Satan has set himself up to be a god in the earth realm 6. Satan and his demonic minions (cohorts) have the ability to oppress, possess, and terrorize humanity 7. Satan has a sophisticated economy - to be sophisticated means to have a great deal of worldly experience and knowledge of fashion and culture 8. The kingdom of satan is the kingdom of darkness