The point of getting free of the strongholds that resist the Spirit-given life of grace is not to get free and then walk away. We have been set free to live in greater union with Jesus through His Spirit. This new creation life works by grace and guidance.

We have been issued hearts the way recruits in boot camp are issued rifles, but unless we learn how to keep them clean and well-guarded, our hearts can become a weapon in the enemy’s hand that is used against God, self and others. Be on guard!

Addicts are not a special class of people. Anything in our life that is not of God (consider the emotional strongholds) and that we cannot just say no to, needs to be overcome. Addictive stongholds are held in place by three powerful lies.

Fear is a giant seeking to block entry to the peace and joy of the kingdom and to the pursuit of our high calling and assignments. Learn how to recognize and overcome fear, so that you, too, can enjoy the abundant life we have been promised.

The enemy’s kingdom thrives on what is hidden in the dark. The occult realm has to do with forbidden means of predicting the future, of contacting the dead, and of accessing spiritual power. Learn to recognize it and avoid it at all costs!

Since this stronghold began growing out of a sense of “getting less than others” (or what we imagined we deserved or needed), God’s antidote is for us to grow a great trust that our loving Father is a perfect provider of all that we really need.

Crossing the hurdle of self-acceptance into emotional maturity is a huge obstacle for many. Because Jesus commands us to love our neighbors as we love ourselves, we have God’s permission to rightly love ourselves. Here's how to do it!

Feelings of rejection by others are among the most painful and damaging emotions we can experience. The Lord’s antidote is to help us shift our hearts from seeking the approval of man to discovering and resting in the perfect love of God.

The truth about abuse and trauma is that Jesus has come to heal the brokenhearted and that all emotional wounds can be mended by Him. There are 5 main ways the Lord works to mend our hearts. All of them require our cooperation.

This powerful stronghold is not only a great obstacle to prayer and spiritual growth, it also contributes to many stress-related diseases. Here are 5 motivations and 10 steps of forgiveness that really work for those who are willing to work them.

Convincing accusations from an unseen enemy grow areas of separation from God, self, and others which are the root issues of our emotional distress, as well as our diseases. Learn to recognize the voice of the accuser, and live free.

We believe, but often we are captured by unbelief in ways that we don’t recognize and therefore cannot resist. The scriptures promise joy and peace—real victory over the negative emotions—to those who believe with an "activated" faith.

The first stronghold that any child encounters are those sins and their consequences that are coming down through the generations which comprise their family system. Learn to recognize and fall out of agreement with all sinful patterns.

Our flesh has been crucified with Christ, but habitual past agreements with negative emotions and wrong beliefs built up strongholds in our flesh that now resist the Spirit-given life of grace. Such strongholds have to be brought down!

We become like the image we bear—the image carried deep inside. For many of us the Father's image has been distorted by Adam’s nature, earthly parents, and misguided church teachings. Jesus came to reveal what the Father is really like.

So important is this reality of image bearing, that any distorted image of ourselves that we harbor will hinder and even cripple our walk with the Lord. Take this truth to heart: whatever is not like Christ within us is not our true, reborn self either.

Two images fell when Adam fell. In coming to earth, Jesus has not only restored to our hearts the true Image of what Father God is like, He is also restoring to us the lost vision of what we are like. We are transformed by the grace of beholding Him.

The Lord gives us the pathway of repentance to counter the pathway of temptation. Freedom may be hard won at times, but the promise of it is real. These eight steps will always work to return you to Him and the refreshing of His presence.

We are not the author of our own waywardness! The tempter is real and we need to understand how his kingdom works upon us. What are the steps of temptation? What is the enemy’s main purpose in it? What is our place of refuge and power?

How does God see us? If the struggle of the two kingdoms is a deeply rooted, often shifting tug of war going on in our emotional life, what is Father God’s attitude toward us especially when the enemy seems to be getting the upper hand?