Spiritual Warfare
Bishop Henry Fernandez Preached on 10/27/2025Psalm 23
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Summary
Bishop Henry Fernandez teaches that spiritual warfare is an unavoidable reality for believers that requires spiritual weapons rather than human reactions. He urges the congregation to renounce all forms of occult manipulation and stand firm on the protective promises of God, recognizing that attacks are often a sign of impending breakthrough.
Key points
- •Every follower of Christ is engaged in spiritual warfare that cannot be won with human strength, clever strategies, or emotional reactions.
- •Believers must strictly avoid all forms of witchcraft, rituals, or occult practices, as these represent a defection from kingdom culture to the kingdom of darkness.
- •Many life challenges, delays, and conflicts are spiritually engineered to frustrate your purpose and cause you to doubt God.
- •Spiritual attacks often target those who represent a threat to the enemy's kingdom; resistance is a sign that there is favor and future blessing on your life.
- •Scripture is a spiritual weapon; standing on the promises of God and using tools like prayer and fasting are the only ways to overcome spiritual opposition.
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Life application
This week, identify a conflict you have been fighting with human weapons (anger, manipulation, or arguing) and intentionally shift to spiritual weapons by praying for the situation for 10 minutes each day and responding to others with the peace of God.
Reflection questions
- In what areas of your life have you been trying to fight battles using your own strength or emotional reactions?
- Have you unknowingly opened any doors to the enemy through certain relationships, environments, or habits?
- How does it change your perspective to view your current trials as 'shadows' rather than the ultimate reality of your situation?
- What specific scripture can you memorize this week to use as a weapon against discouragement or fear?
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0:00So let's understand the battle that
0:02we're in as kingdom citizen.
0:06Every follower of Jesus Christ
0:10who lives under the authority of God's
0:12word and is committed to walking in
0:17truth, his truth
0:20will face spiritual
0:23warfare.
0:26You don't get to avoid or escape
0:31spiritual warfare. Every believer is
0:36engaged in spiritual warfare.
0:40This is not
0:42a fight
0:44that you can do with human strength.
0:49It's not fought by human strength.
0:53That's why you're not winning
0:55because you're trying to use human
0:57strength to
1:00fight the battle. You cannot win this
1:03battle with clever strategies.
1:08No matter how much you think you're
1:10clever
1:11when you try to outsmart your way around
1:15it, it doesn't work that way. this
1:17battle that you're fighting, you cannot
1:20fight it with emotional reactions.
1:24And I think throughout the series and
1:26the previous series uh uh series, I
1:29talked about it. You cannot allow your
1:32emotions to drive you
1:35to respond to the issues of life. When
1:39you do that, you're going to fail.
1:42And so you and I need to understand that
1:46that that when you're fighting this
1:48battle called life, it requires
1:51spiritual weapons,
1:54not physical. Paul made it clear, not
1:57physical weapons. Spiritual weapons.
2:01So you got to stop fighting with your
2:03mouth.
2:06You got to stop fighting with your
2:08attitude.
2:10You got to stop fighting, threatening
2:13people that you're going to physically
2:15hurt them. That's not the culture of the
2:18kingdom.
2:20The culture of the kingdom is not using
2:25the physical
2:27to get through life.
2:30So you must understand that weapons that
2:34are completely opposite to the kingdom
2:38of darkness, we should not use.
2:42We shouldn't.
2:44Just because somebody's working
2:45witchcraft against you, you don't go get
2:48some help somewhere.
2:52You if you're a kingdom citizen, you
2:54don't need to go to nobody else for
2:57protection.
2:59Are you out of your mind?
3:03>> You need to go see somebody else so that
3:05they can perform some rituals around you
3:07or give you something to drink or bathe
3:09you into something. Are you out of your
3:11mind?
3:13That's not how you fight in the kingdom.
3:17Many people try to fight life's battle
3:20using human instincts,
3:24retaliation,
3:26right? They come at me, I'm coming at
3:29them.
3:30We try to fight it with anger. Some of
3:33you just too angry.
3:37It's all over you. Your face,
3:40your attitude, your response
3:44just so quickly to just your kids are
3:47scared of you, the dog is scared of you,
3:48the cat is, everybody is scared of you
3:53because you're trying to fight life.
3:56with the weapons of the world
4:01and then you're trying to fight it with
4:04manipulation.
4:06Some of you are actually practicing
4:08witchcraft
4:11>> cuz you're manipulative.
4:14Try to manipulate your spouse,
4:16manipulate your children,
4:19manipulate your relatives,
4:22manipulate people who God has entrusted
4:24you with. Maybe you're a supervisor, you
4:27are a manager,
4:29and you have to manipulate your way
4:32through life.
4:35It's not kingdom culture.
4:38Kingdom kingdom kingdom culture doesn't
4:42uh permit you to take revenge.
4:46It's not who we are because that's not
4:48our weapon.
4:50We don't have to take revenge
4:54cuz you must understand this
4:58that people who do you wrong will never
5:02get away with it.
5:07>> You take that to your grave.
5:11People who do you wrong, leave them to
5:14God.
5:16You don't have to go to take revenge.
5:20You don't have to manipulate your way
5:22through or retaliate or in anger.
5:27Others even turn to dark and demonic
5:30forces like witchcraft
5:33and spiritual manipulation to gain an
5:36advantage.
5:39So if you want an advantage in life as
5:41kingdom citizen, what are you doing? Are
5:43you now turned into witchcraft?
5:46Because that's not our culture.
5:49It's not our culture. In the 9:00 a.m.
5:51service, I was closing the service out
5:55and in if you follow the prophetic
5:59movement of God and how he uses his
6:02servants. Sometimes he'll give what is
6:04called a gift of discernment. You
6:06discern something. And this morning I
6:09discern. I mean, I paused for a moment,
6:13you know, and anytime you see me flowing
6:15and I just paused for a moment, and you
6:17may think I'm lost for words. No,
6:19sometimes the Holy Spirit is speaking.
6:21And I said to the congregation in the
6:249:00 a.m. service, I said, you know,
6:26somebody is in the audience today and
6:28I'm trying to I was just again using
6:31wisdom with the revelation that God gave
6:34me that somebody's in the audience. You
6:38went somewhere
6:40and you allow them to put something on
6:44you
6:46and I was very specific. You allow them
6:50to put fire and do some chaunting around
6:54you. And I say you have no business
6:57doing that. I said I don't know who you
7:00I said I know who you are. That's what I
7:03said. I said I know who you are. I was
7:05going to be very spe uh specific with
7:08the agenda, but I didn't. And I said,
7:11"Come for come for prayer." Nobody
7:15moved.
7:16Nobody moved. Cuz I know it would be
7:20embarrassing.
7:22Don't you kid yourself. There are
7:25Christians
7:26>> who are heavily in witchcraft.
7:29>> Yes, sir.
7:33And I knew it was in the house.
7:37And the Holy Spirit gave me
7:40a way to give that person a chance. At
7:44the end, I asked the ministers to come.
7:47And I said, "If anybody wants prayer,
7:49come down so the ministers could pray
7:51with you."
7:54But the one person
7:57who God is speaking to this morning
8:01about your involvement in this
8:02witchcraft.
8:04This is your opportunity to blend in
8:08so you not be seen.
8:11But when you come down, I want you to go
8:13to the minister that's standing and tell
8:16them, "I'm the one."
8:19Because I told them, true story, go back
8:23to the tape and listen to it. I told
8:25them, "Midnight tonight, grace will be
8:27lifted.
8:30[Applause]
8:34Sure enough, after the service, one of
8:38the ministers came and told me a person
8:41came down to them and said, "I'm the
8:43one."
8:50>> Why are you saying that, pastor? Because
8:52don't kid yourself. There are people in
8:56the body of Christ who are walking away
9:00from the culture of the kingdom
9:03>> and getting themselves wrapped up in the
9:06culture of the kingdom of darkness.
9:10>> And I'm telling you today, if you are
9:12practicing witchcraft,
9:15>> you are actually playing in the devil's
9:18territory and he will destroy you with
9:21that thing.
9:26When you're a kingdom citizen, you only
9:29need God alone. When you're with God and
9:34God has protected you, no weapon formed
9:37against you shall ever prosper.
9:42That's all you need is God. Somebody
9:44say, shout it out. All I need is God.
9:46>> All I need is God.
9:47>> That's all you need is God.
9:50>> You don't need no other forces.
9:54You don't have to go to anybody else for
9:56them to sprinkle something on you or
9:58give you something to drink. Or if
10:00you're wearing anything that has any
10:03demonic stuff on it, you need to rip
10:05that thing off your body and throw it
10:08away. Cuz ain't nobody greater than our
10:11God.
10:13Nobody greater than our God.
10:18[Applause]
10:20You stand on that word. I'm telling you
10:22that word has power to save you and
10:25deliver you. You know how many enemies
10:28are trying to destroy you, but God
10:30already sent an angel that they can't
10:33even see to put a bloodline around you.
10:38[Applause]
10:40>> Glory to God.
10:43See, we kingdom citizens, we should know
10:46better.
10:48That's why the Apostle Paul in in
10:50Ephesians 6:12, he says, "We aren't
10:52fighting against human enemies,
10:55>> but against rulers."
10:57>> There's some people in high power. Woo!
10:59Thank you, Holy Spirit.
11:02>> Woo! Thank you, Holy Spirit. Some of you
11:06are craving for power and status because
11:10you see somebody else with power and
11:13status, but you have no idea. The only
11:16reason why they have that kind of power
11:18and status, they have been dabbling into
11:22some ungodly stuff.
11:28I don't want no witchcraft to promote me
11:31cuz when God promotes you, ain't nobody
11:35can demote you.
11:38I want God to elevate us, not the
11:40systems of the world.
11:45cuz there are some high powers.
11:49>> They didn't get to where they are.
11:51They're to sell their soul out.
11:56>> Woo! It's getting quiet up in here.
12:02>> Then authorities and forces of the
12:04cosmic darkness
12:06and spiritual powers of evil in the
12:09heavens. This means that many of the
12:12challenges, the delays, watch this, and
12:15the conflicts
12:17we face are spiritually engineered.
12:22>> I'm going somewhere with this. Some of
12:25the battles you're fighting,
12:28they're not normal.
12:31>> That setback,
12:33that's not normal.
12:36the struggles you're dealing with.
12:38That's not normal.
12:41>> I hope this is not too spooky for some
12:43of you.
12:46>> Cuz see, we kingdom citizen, we we
12:48understand what time it is.
12:51>> Nut say you ought to know what time it
12:53is man.
12:57some of the battles and the conflicts
13:00>> that's going on in your family,
13:03>> spiritually engineered,
13:06>> some of the financial struggles you're
13:08having, it's spiritually engineered.
13:12>> The devil doesn't want you to rise above
13:15financial struggles.
13:17some of the assignments
13:20that the enemy
13:22has sent your way. Watch this. It is to
13:25frustrate your purpose.
13:29>> It is to frustrate your purpose. It is
13:32to confuse your mind
13:35>> to ultimately cause you to doubt God.
13:40>> So, how do you recognize the spiritual
13:42attacks? Some of the things happening in
13:46your life right now
13:49are not random.
13:52I'm sorry to tell you they're not
13:54random.
13:56>> You've been picked.
13:59>> You're a target.
14:03Man, I found out I found out years ago.
14:05I found out years ago because I was one
14:07of them people who would question God.
14:10What? Why? Why? So I jump out of one
14:13battle,
14:17I jump into another. Why? What? Give me
14:20Anybody ever ask God, please give me a
14:22give me a break?
14:26>> Only about 50 people, right? The rest of
14:28you, God bless you. Right? I mean, God,
14:31just give give me a break, man. And I
14:34finally discovered that that you see,
14:36the enemy doesn't go after a person who
14:39ain't got nothing.
14:43The moment you become a threat to his
14:45kingdom,
14:48>> the moment he sees the blessings of God
14:52on your life,
14:54>> you become a target. And I just want to
14:57announce to somebody today, the reason
15:00why you're catching the hell you're
15:02catching is because something good is on
15:05you. There's some favor on you.
15:10There's some future blessings that God
15:13has purpose for your life. So, the devil
15:16wants to frustrate you so you miss it.
15:19But hit somebody and tell them, "The
15:21devil is a liar. I'm not missing my
15:23future blessings.
15:25I'm not going to miss my future
15:27blessings."
15:30You see, certain attacks
15:33are spiritually launched
15:36sometimes through, watch this, open
15:39doors we have unknowingly created.
15:47>> Yes, sir.
15:48>> There's some doors we have unknowingly.
15:50It's not that we purposely.
15:55Some of you unknowingly invited some
15:59people in your life.
16:02>> That's where the trouble started.
16:04[Music]
16:08>> Bible tells you that light and darkness
16:11should mix. So you got with the
16:14darkness. You started dating that guy
16:17and you know
16:20>> you don't even need no Holy Spirit.
16:24You don't need no Holy Spirit to discern
16:27you know to do this trouble.
16:33>> Okay. All right. I see where this is
16:36going today. I see where this is going
16:38today.
16:46>> You know,
16:49you know she was trouble.
16:53See, not notice the women ain't shouting
16:55now.
17:00>> I'm just saying this is an observation,
17:03you know.
17:07>> But you opened yourself to certain
17:09people.
17:11Some people you just need to walk away
17:14from
17:20>> some conversations,
17:23>> some invitations.
17:26>> You just don't need to
17:28>> go into the environment.
17:33Some people the enemy will send them
17:36your way
17:39because you're a target. They'll send
17:42something to destroy you.
17:45Some people are agent. Remember they're
17:47not the enemy. They are agents of the
17:50just like we're kingdom citizens. We are
17:53ambassadors for Christ.
17:56>> So we carry his spirit. We carry his
17:59agenda.
18:00We represent his agenda on the earth.
18:03Same thing the kingdom of darkness. He's
18:05got to find bodies
18:07>> to possess.
18:10>> And when he sees when the enemy sees
18:13that you are destined for greatness,
18:18>> see he has the ability to see 30 years
18:20from now,
18:22>> 25 years from now, 10 years from now,
18:25God's about to do something special in
18:27your life. So he'll target you. He'll do
18:32stuff to kill you now.
18:35So you'll never enjoy the future that he
18:39has for you. I shared this testimony
18:41with you before years ago when my wife
18:44and I just came from New York and we
18:46were worshiping at a church in Miami
18:49and young couple. We were in our 20s at
18:52the time and um loved God and I knew the
18:56call of God was on my life. was running
18:58from pastor and didn't want to do it,
19:00but we knew it. And um we were at this
19:04particular church. And um um I knew God
19:10had an anointing on my life even though
19:12I was running from it. And he told me
19:15cuz my mom, bless her heart, she told me
19:18when she was pregnant and had me in her
19:20stomach.
19:22My um uncle, my auntie's husband was the
19:25one who actually said, "You're having a
19:28boy." This was back in 1964.
19:31They didn't have all this technology to
19:33discern boy or girl. And he said,
19:35"You're going to have a boy and he going
19:37to be a preacher."
19:39>> He told my mom that. So from my mother's
19:42womb before I formed you
19:48>> in my mother's womb,
19:51>> I knew you.
19:55>> So I knew that I was going to be a
19:58pastor even though I was fighting it.
20:00But anyway, um I'm doing my thing and
20:03serving the Lord. We were youth pastors
20:05at the church at the time and we were
20:08just serving God, minding our own
20:09business. And then I had a dream. I had
20:12a dream that one of the ladies in the
20:15church was going to bake me a cake and
20:19the Holy Spirit says, "Don't eat it."
20:22>> True story.
20:25Don't eat it.
20:27Didn't didn't,
20:30you know, think anything of it. And so
20:33it is now. One Sunday, um, we went to
20:36church and we're driving out. I can see
20:39it now like it was just today. We're
20:42driving out of the churchyard.
20:45Um and if if you remember the the um the
20:49church, I don't want to call the name of
20:50the church. It was it was the small
20:52narrow driveway when you drive, you
20:54know, I I I don't want to give it away,
20:56but we we were driving this long
20:58driveway. And all of a sudden, a woman,
21:03Reverend Fernandez, and waved me down.
21:06Actually jumped in front of the car.
21:09And we stopped, wind the window down,
21:13and she had a paper bag and she said,
21:17"Oh, I baked you this cake.
21:21True story. And I took it instantly. I
21:25remember the dream and okay, no problem.
21:29And so I wind the window down and then
21:31my wife immediately said to me, don't
21:33eat that cake.
21:37>> So I'm like, why? She told me. I don't
21:40if you remember. She said, I had a
21:42dream.
21:44>> I didn't tell her about the dream.
21:45>> Wow.
21:48>> I didn't tell her about the dream. She
21:50said, "I had a dream that you're not
21:52supposed to eat that cake." Said, "No
21:55problem." And she was like, "Throw it
21:57away." And said, you know, stop. She
21:59said, "Stop somewhere." I said, "No, I'm
22:01taking it home."
22:03She said, "No." I said, "I'm taking it
22:05home." Long story short, we took the
22:07cake home and I placed the cake on the
22:11table and covered it up.
22:14talking about how
22:17you have to understand
22:19that even in the body of Christ,
22:25>> when Satan sees your purpose,
22:29>> he will do anything
22:31>> to derail it.
22:34We went to work Monday morning. That was
22:37a Sunday. We went to work Monday morning
22:41and we got home. We opened the apartment
22:44and the first thing because I forgot in
22:47the morning was to go down the hallway
22:49of the apartment and dump the cake. You
22:52know, I just totally forgot. But God
22:55purposely let me forget it because I
22:58walked in the house and as I walked in
23:00the house, I lift the cover and as I
23:04stand before you and God, worms were
23:06eating up the cake.
23:14worms.
23:16>> A cake.
23:18And I took the cake
23:21and I went and I dumped it. But here's
23:24how the story end.
23:27The next Sunday, I went to church
23:30and I looked for the woman.
23:33See, see some of you would have taken
23:37guns knife
23:41>> cuz the weapon
23:44we fight with.
23:46>> It's not carnal. Oh, I went and looked
23:49for that lady, went right up to her. How
23:53you doing? The Lord bless you.
23:57And she looked at me
24:00>> frozen.
24:02>> Frozen. I said, "God bless you because I
24:06know in myself, I didn't tell her this,
24:08but in myself, what you meant free
24:10evil."
24:16>> Listen, I want to tell somebody, I don't
24:18care what the enemy has orchestrated
24:21against you, God's got you covered.
24:27Is there anybody out there who believe
24:29that God's got you and your family
24:31members covered?
24:34[Applause]
24:36In fact, the Bible says you will eat
24:39deadly things and it will not hurt you.
24:44[Applause]
24:47>> Cuz when the enemy sees your future,
24:51>> he's going to try.
24:53>> So here's the truth. No weapon formed
24:55against you shall prosper. Isaiah 54:17.
24:59Jesus declared in Matthew 10:19,
25:01"Behold, watch this. I've given you the
25:04authority to thread upon serpents and
25:07scorpions
25:09and over all the powers of the enemy,
25:12and nothing shall hurt you. Nothing
25:15shall hurt you." I'm still alive.
25:19>> I said, "I'm still alive."
25:22>> Over 38 years or or so, I believe it is,
25:25cuz it was way before I started the
25:27church. I'm still alive. If the devil
25:29could have wiped me out 38 years ago, so
25:32I would not stand before you and preach
25:34today, he would have done it. But God
25:37had another plan.
25:41So whatever you're going through,
25:44whatever battles you're fighting, you
25:46ought to believe that God's got you
25:48covered. The enemy can't win. Come on,
25:52look at your neighbor and say, "The
25:53enemy can't win."
25:55You see, kingdom people, do not live in
25:59fear when darkness arises.
26:02>> We don't live in fear. Mix your stuff
26:05up. Blow your stuff on me. Whatever you
26:08want to do, I'm covered.
26:13Oh, Lord, help me here.
26:16I'm covered. Hit somebody and tell them
26:18you're covered. They can't do nothing to
26:20you. You covered.
26:22[Music]
26:24You go home, whatever is trying to knock
26:26you out, tell them I'm covered. You go
26:29to that crazy job tomorrow, I'm covered.
26:31Y'all can't do me nothing. I'm a child
26:34of the most high God. You can't do me
26:37nothing.
26:41My God, I feel the presence of God in
26:44this place.
26:47You know why you can't do me nothing?
26:48Cuz the blood still works. And when I
26:51plead the blood of Jesus, something has
26:56to happen. There's a shift in the
26:59atmosphere. When I call on the name of
27:01Jesus, demons will tremble at the name
27:05of Jesus.
27:09Glory to God. Use your secret weapon.
27:13His name is Jesus.
27:19Woo.
27:20[Music]
27:24Let me finish it with this.
27:28Here's some scriptures you need to stand
27:30on
27:32>> when you are fighting a spiritual
27:35battle.
27:36>> When you find yourself in this spiritual
27:39battle or any spiritual battle, stand
27:42firm on the promises of God. Psalm 23,
27:45we know it. Verse four. Yay. Though I
27:47walk through the valley of the shadow of
27:49death. Let Hold on. Don't rush it now.
27:52Don't rush it now. You got to read and
27:54understand what you're reading. He says,
27:56"Even though, Even though I He didn't
28:00say you will not." You going to go
28:02through some stuff,
28:04but I love it. I'm walking through.
28:08>> Meaning that I ain't going to be
28:10stationed in one place all the time. I'm
28:13walking through. Somebody's walking
28:15through a dangerous situation right now,
28:17baby. As long as you keep on walking,
28:19you're going to be all right. Why? Cuz
28:21you going to come through it. Oh, glory
28:23to God. You going to come through it.
28:26>> He says, "Even though I walk through the
28:28valley of the shadow of death." Now,
28:31wait a minute. That caught my attention.
28:33The word shadow.
28:36>> Even though I walk through the valley of
28:38the shadow. Shadow. Right now, there the
28:41TV lights are shining on me. You can't
28:43see it, but I see my shadow there.
28:46That's my sha. This the real deal.
28:49That's not me.
28:52That's just a shadow of me. So, what the
28:55word of God is saying, death is real.
28:59But the valley you are going through is
29:02a shadow of death. It ain't the real
29:05death. It can't do you nothing.
29:09Oh, y'all didn't catch that, man. It's a
29:12shadow. Tell somebody it's a shadow.
29:17>> So why are you going to fear something
29:20that can't hurt you?
29:23>> It's a shadow.
29:25>> And then Isaiah 41:10 says, "Fear not,
29:28for I am with you.
29:30>> I'm with you, man." God says, "I'm with
29:32you. I'm with you." You know, when you
29:35got a good friend that you can count on,
29:37you know, a ride or die friend. Come on
29:39now. A ride. I wish I was young enough
29:42to kind of uh do the slang, you know. Uh
29:44how you doing? I'm with you, bro. I'm
29:46I'm What? Whatever. What do y'all say?
29:48Yeah. Somebody
29:51How you How you doing?
29:53>> I'm riding with you. I'm riding with you
29:55till the wheels fall off. I got you.
30:00I I still got it.
30:03I'm riding with you till the wheels fall
30:06off. Here's what God is saying, and I
30:08love this. Fear not, for I am riding
30:11with you until the wheels fall off. Cuz
30:15you know what? Them wheels ain't going
30:16to fall off. But brothers and sisters,
30:18you going to keep on riding. Why?
30:20Because God says, "I am your God and I
30:24will strengthen you and I will what?
30:26Help you."
30:29[Music]
30:30>> This is good stuff, man.
30:34Psalm 23 is a reminder to us that the
30:37Lord is our shepherd
30:39>> and he's our provider. Psalm 91, it
30:42tells us that God will give us divine
30:45protection
30:47>> because we're under under the the shadow
30:50of the Almighty.
30:52>> See, these scriptures are not just
30:54comforting words.
30:56>> They're spiritual weapons.
30:58>> Jesus,
30:59>> spiritual weapons. So when you go out
31:02there today, this week,
31:07never be naive about the schemes of the
31:09darkness.
31:11>> There's a devil out there,
31:14>> especially this weekend.
31:17>> Their demonic force is going to come out
31:19like never before. The enemy's goal is
31:23to distract, discourage, and derail you
31:26from your divine purpose. Yes.
31:29>> And sadly, some of you have gotten
31:32derailed
31:34>> because the fight that you're in, you
31:36made it a physical one.
31:41>> You're fighting with people who don't
31:42even know themselves.
31:48>> You're fighting with people who are
31:49under the influence of darkness.
31:55>> That's it.
31:58You're fighting. It's like me right up
32:00here.
32:03>> You look at me, you crazy. Who is he
32:04hitting?
32:06>> Cuz it's an invisible force.
32:10When you operate in the kingdom, you'll
32:12understand it's an invisible force. So,
32:15you can't hit
32:18the system that's coming against you
32:20physically,
32:21but oh boy,
32:24>> you can open your mouth.
32:29Oh, that's your weapon. See, some of
32:31you, I don't know what it is. I don't
32:34know why. I don't know why. You use your
32:37mouth and you are so willing. You will
32:40cuss people out. You will defend
32:44yourself. You will speak up. But in this
32:47day and time that you're in the
32:49spiritual battle, you sit by passively.
32:54And instead of using your weapon of
32:57praise,
33:06>> instead of using your weapon of praise,
33:09>> you go in that house. Thank you
33:13>> for this house, God.
33:16>> I don't care what's happening up in
33:17here.
33:19>> This is now kingdom territory.
33:25The power of the Holy Spirit will flow
33:27in my house.
33:29>> My car, the anointing of God is driving
33:31in my car. I go to that job tomorrow.
33:35God, you're with me. I don't care the
33:37devils that are around. As long as I am
33:40there, I'm a kingdom citizen and I'm a
33:44carrier of the blessings of God.
33:48So Lord, I thank you. I praise you. Your
33:52weapon,
33:54your weapon is fasting.
33:57There's some strongholds you can break.
34:00>> Not just with prayer, but fasting.
34:04>> Week after next, we're going to go on a
34:06day of fast again.
34:08>> Fasting has power.
34:13>> Power to break chains.
34:16>> Power to break chains.
34:20But you got to use that.
34:22Not this,
34:24not your mouth, not your emotions, your
34:28attitude.
34:30Stop fighting with people.
34:33Stop physically getting in an
34:35altercation with them and argument with
34:38them.
34:40Sometimes let people think they've won.
34:45[Applause]
34:48I don't know who this was for this
34:50morning.
34:51>> Sometimes let people think they've won
34:55>> while they're trying to fight you
34:57physically,
34:59you fight spiritually.
35:01>> You get on your knees.
35:05>> Listen to me.
35:06>> You be scared of a person
35:10>> who is a prayer warrior.
35:12[Applause]
35:17When you stay in prayer, whether on your
35:20knees or you're standing, and you use
35:23that weapon of prayer,
35:26>> and you take your petition to God, God,
35:30>> this is bigger than me now.
35:32>> I don't understand what's happening,
35:34>> but God, I give it over to you.
35:36>> I give my business over to you.
35:39>> I give my career over to you.
35:41>> I give my spouse. I give my children. I
35:44give my finances.
35:46I give my relative, my mom, my dad, my
35:49siblings. I give them over to you. God,
35:51I ask that you protect them. That you
35:54cover them in the name of Jesus. God,
35:57what I cannot see, I know you see.
36:00>> So God, I cover them. When you stay on
36:04your knees and you pray,
36:06listen to me. Some of you, the problem,
36:09the reason why you're losing the battle
36:10is you are too indulged in social media.
36:15You're too indulged with all kinds of
36:18systems that doesn't help you
36:21spiritually.
36:26>> If you would just give, listen, 10% of
36:30the energy you spend
36:32>> in other people's business,
36:38and focus on your own
36:41s
36:42>> the life will experience a drastic
36:44change.
36:46>> So as I close this is spiritual warfare
36:49time.
36:52>> How bad do you want your future?
36:59How bad do you want to fight for your
37:01future?
37:04How bad?
37:06It's all up to you now.
37:09You can fight it the way you're fighting
37:11it, or you can say, "God,
37:15I ain't going to do this no more in my
37:17own strength.
37:19If you're practicing witchcraft, stop
37:22it.
37:24Stop it.
37:28Throw away everything they gave you.
37:34Take it off your neck.
37:37>> Take it off your wrist.
37:41>> Get rid of it.
37:44>> Stop drinking it.
37:49>> Stop performing those rituals.
37:52[Music]
37:53>> You go in your house and you take out
37:55every one of them candles. You got power
37:57in your house. You paying your FPNL
37:59bill. You don't need no candles in your
38:01house.
38:06>> Get rid of that mat that you have
38:09created an altar in your bedroom with.
38:14>> You get rid of that nonsense.
38:18>> If your God is all powerful, you don't
38:21need that.
38:24Get rid of it.
38:29And don't you ever go back
38:32>> to those places
38:34>> who will take your money
38:38>> and try to tell you stuff. They don't
38:41even know what time it is.
38:46>> How in God's name you going to give your
38:47money to somebody to read you and to
38:49tell you and to protect you. They
38:51themselves need protection.
38:55>> Hey, you can come to God for free.
39:00I'm I'm done. I'm done.
39:04>> Stand with me, everybody. I'm done.
39:10>> This is warfare time.
39:12>> What a way to end the series.
39:16>> Kingdom culture
39:18is reminding us
39:21>> that we got to operate differently from
39:24the world.
39:26that our help comes from God,
39:30not man.
39:31And we're not going to fight no more
39:33with our words. We're not going to get
39:36physical fights with people.
39:39We're no longer going to look at our
39:41battles as something physical. Stop
39:44calling humans the devil.
39:48>> Amen. You may not like their actions,
39:54but there's a spirit that's operating in
39:57them. Deal with that.
40:00>> That's why when it comes to your
40:01children, you will see your children
40:04doing stuff.
40:06You know why? because your children got
40:09with the wrong crowd
40:11and all of a sudden that son, that
40:14daughter who was an A student doing so
40:17well start acting strange.
40:20The day you said, "Boy, you're the
40:22living devil in my house." You have now
40:25anointed your son with the spirit of the
40:27devil.
40:31>> You call those things that are not. You
40:33look at that boy who's acting strange
40:35and you say, "Listen to me. I prayed for
40:37you before you were even born. I've been
40:40covering you and I don't care what I see
40:42in you. You are a mighty man of valor.
40:45You are God's son. You are God speak
40:48alive.
40:50Don't give up. Don't you give up on your
40:53children.
40:55Don't you ever give up on your kids.
40:58Don't you give up on your grandbabies.
41:01Don't you give up on people that God
41:04placed in your life.
41:07>> Lift your hands everybody as I pray with
41:09you
41:10>> as you're streaming.
41:12I want to pray with you.
41:15I want to pray with you. Come on, go a
41:16little bit higher if you don't mind.
41:17Higher with your hands. Let heaven see
41:20your antennas. Father,
41:22we lift our antennas before you
41:27and we're asking you to strip us of
41:30anything that's not like you
41:34so that we will live to glorify you.
41:39I pray that we'll adopt the culture of
41:41the kingdom and that is to believe in
41:44the power of our king.
41:47that when we surrender all to you
41:50that God you will cover and deliver your
41:54children. I pray for this church. I pray
41:57for people watching all over the world
42:00that father we will trust you. We will
42:04believe that if you are for us who can
42:09be against us.
42:11>> Our homes are protected.
42:13The cars we drive it's protected.
42:17The places we work at, it's they are
42:20protected. Our place of business,
42:23everything we touch, it's now protected
42:26in the name of Jesus. And for those who
42:30believe there are strange things
42:31happening around them, Father, in the
42:33name of Jesus, we're not saying that the
42:36strange things won't continue to happen,
42:39but they have a different mindset that
42:42God, you are covering them right now. No
42:45weapon formed against them will ever
42:47prosper.
42:49You're protecting them now in the mighty
42:52name of Jesus. And we give you the
42:55praise. We give you the honor. We give
42:57you the glory. It is all done. It is all
43:01done. Your people are delivered. Your
43:04people are safe. Your people are
43:06protected, God, in the name of Jesus.
43:09The best, the best, the best is yet to
43:12come for them. the best the best is yet
43:15to come for them and they will see the
43:18salvation of their God in every area of
43:21their lives. Give us an incredible week
43:25that as we come to Bible study on
43:27Wednesday as we come even on Friday with
43:30our families to be a part of our fall
43:33festival that we'll continue to be the
43:36light in the mighty name of Jesus. And
43:40father, as we lift our hands and declare
43:43our benediction,
43:45we believe it and we declare it knowing.
43:49Come on, shout it out with me,
43:50everybody. Faith in God will move
43:53mountains out of our life. God bless
43:56you. Thank you for coming today. We'll
43:59see you Wednesday. Go walk in the
44:02protection of God. You are covered by
44:06the blood of Jesus. We'll see you
44:08Wednesday. God bless you.