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With all of the above applications of the words strong hold let's consider again the partial list I gave to you in the first lesson:

Now, I invite you to look and feel for band aids you have placed over any of these…or some other sin in your life that Satan has used to build a strong hold in your life. Is their a sin or sins that have you in captivity--in bondage to them?
Do you want God to break/tear down these strong holds and heal the sore spots with His Balm of Gilead-His Word?

How do we break these strong holds?

From the book Reclaiming Surrendered Ground by Jim Logan I quote the following:

"It is likely that any sinful activity that the believer does not deal with by the power of the Spirit can be exploited by the devil and turned into a means of control over a believer's life. Therefore, Christians need to resist. For Paul there is no middle ground. There is no nominal Christianity." -Clinton Arnold

"Eph 4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Is the immediate context of Paul's warning and a wonderful example of how we can give spiritual ground to Satan. This verse clearly allows for proper anger. That is beyond dispute. But what happens when anger simmers unchecked in our soul? It degenerates into bitterness-a sin that gives Satan an opening into our lives by enough to drive a truck through!" -Jim Logan

Eph 4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Eph 4:27 Neither give place to the devil.
In verse 27 God says "neither give place to the devil." Can we help doing so? Oh yes, for God, in this verse, tells us not to give place….it is our choice.
The word PLACE in this verse is the word that we get our word topography from.
It literally means ground, specific spot, or location. By our choice to give Satan a spot in our lives (creating a sore spot that we want to cover over with a band aid instead of taking to God to heal) we surrender ground that God created, bought with His shed blood, and desires for us to use to glorify Him.

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