We started with Evangelist Dwight Thompson's list of "Ten Things to Remember

about Spiritual Warfare":

1. We will never outgrow spiritual warfare we simpl! must learn to fight.
". #ailure is not an event$ it's onl! an opinion.
%. #ailure &annot happen in !our life without !our permission.
'. Struggle is the proof that !ou have not been defeated.
(. )ou &an never win a spiritual battle b! logi& but onl! b! faith$ patien&e and
love.
*. Spiritual warfare alwa!s surrounds the birth of a mira&le.
+. ,o one has been a loser longer than the devil.
-. ,ever spea. words that might ma.e the devil thin. he's winning.
/. The onl! power the devil has over !ou is de&eption 0 that is$ whatever power
!ou let him tal. !ou into giving him.
11. Those unwilling to lose never do. 2a.e up !our mind that !ou will not be
defeated and !ou will not 3uit.
To these we &an now add:
11. We must alwa!s be &lothed in our spiritual armor. 4Ephesians *:115
1". We must alwa!s .eep in mind that a person who seems to be our problem is
not the real problem. The spirit or spirits who are &ontrolling that person are the
real problem. We must still love the one the devil is using against us and pra! for
him or her. 4Ephesians *:1"0 2atthew (:''5
1%. #ear$ worr! and an6iet! are the result of believing what the devil is sa!ing
rather than what 7od sa!s. The! negate faith. 42atthew -:"'"*5
1'. Don't even listen to Satan. 8e's the "#ather of 9ies". 4:ohn -:''5
1(. There is nothing !ou have ever done whi&h 7od &annot forgive if !ou repent
and as. 8is forgiveness. )ou are saved b! gra&e. 4Romans %:"%"'0 Ephesians
":-/5
1*. The battle is not !ours$ but 7od's. )ou ;ust have to .eep fo&used on 7od
while the devil is doing ever!thing he &an to get !our fo&us off of 7od. 41 Samuel
1+:'+0 " <hroni&les "1:1(5
1+. =raising the 9ord is one of the most effe&tive weapons we have in spiritual
warfare. 4" <hroni&les "1:"15
1-. 2u&h of spiritual warfare involves battling our own flesh for "the flesh lusts
against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh0 and these are &ontrar! to one
another." 47alatians (:1+5 The 8ol! Spirit will help us &ontrol our flesh.
1/. The best defense against spiritual warfare is to wal. in the fruits of the Spirit
so as to leave no door open to lust$ greed or pride. 47alatians (:1*$ """%5
"1. Su&&ess in spiritual warfare is a matter of attitude an attitude of trusting
and following 7od0 never doubting 8im an attitude of obedien&e to 7od's
word. 4=roverbs %:(*5 We might also add that the devil does not fight fair. >ut
that's all right be&ause it's not a fair fight we have the 8ol! Spirit and all the
weapons if we'll ;ust remember to use them.