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Fighting our "enemies" takes the power of jJesus Christ within us.  "The winning strategy for inheriting your promised land involves yeilding to the Holy Spirit at every point."  Oh don't we know that.  Satan is out there at every opportunity to lure us away from our relationship with our Lord and Savior.  He uses subtleness and deception starting in our minds and some evetunally working its way into action of that deception.  I have been there and done it. 

I once heard this expression from a book I read saying," I am still under construction,God isn't finished with me yet." We are all in this construction until HE has perfected us to the day of completion. Till then we fight these "kings of self"   Here is the list of them:

• Self-will--it says....I will,I shall
• Self-indulgence...gratifying self
• Self-seeking....seeks her own
• Self-complacency...spirit of pride
• Self-glorying..seeks praise of others
• Self-confidence...relys on its own wisdom,strength and righteouness
• Self-consciousness...always thinking of itself
• Self-importance...carry their gait ...by self-assertion and swaggerying assumption
• Self-depreciation...people overly conscience about their shortcomings and inability.
• Self-vindication...stands for own rightsand avenges its wrongs
• Sensitiviness;touchiness...painful form of selfishness
• Self-seeing..seeing from own perspective.."how does this affect me"
• Introspection...examination of self --morbid and excessive leads to unhealthiness and injury in Christian life
• Self-love...as it applies...centered upon self.
• Self-affections...fruits of self-life.  ministering to our own pleasure rather than blessings for each other
• Selfish-motives...can mar our intent. God judges our acts,motives and why we do them
• Self-choices...More serious than the above. " the will is the spring of human actions and determines our wrods and deeds."
• selfish -pleasures...seek their own; real enjoyment comes from obedience to God in doing good
• Selfish-possessions...world calls it their own;we call it stewardship--for HIs service.
• Selfish fears and cares...causes anxiety;yielding to God equals no anxiety.
• Selfish sorrows...from wounded pride,ambition ,sel-love..or loss of something  we called our 'own'
• Selfish sacrifices and denial...for our own vanity

There are more to numerous to list yet the key to possess the land in our relationship to God and walk faithfully is to surrender...we need to receive His Divine Nature in order to carry on in our lives God wants us to.  As I said before this takes constant construction as God builds us into a people for His good pleasure and service.

One last quote,"Our promise land is characterized by freedom from our enemies --- enemies in our self-life of oppression,pride and every other 'king' that wars against our souls,robbing us of peace and prosperity."

The Bible verse comes to mind here Romans 14:17--The kingdom of God is not eating and drinking,but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

This concludes a brief overview and I hope that you will be encouraged by these simple facts however there is a deeper understanding in her book...It is a must to have....and yes I am still working on mine---by rading and re-readig and study.

God bless you all as you move forward in Him and our walk with Him till HE comes.  HE is looking for a Church without spot or wrinkle

Fight and Possess.