Ephesians 6:12 - "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms."
It is easy to get our eyes fixed on the people who are doing very bad things, and even wish evil upon them. When our eyes are glued to this, we begin to think the battle lies in the natural realm. While in actuality, it lies in the spiritual realm. What we see being played out in the natural is being played out in the spiritual as well. Therefore, we need to go to the Lord in prayer. We need to wage a spiritual battle in prayer. We need to go to the source of the problems that are being played out in the natural, which is rooted in the spiritual realm.
The rulers, and authorities here are evil spirits (fallen angels), who are battling against God and using people as their pawns (chess pieces).
Yet, we as believers in Christ have spiritual weapons to fight them: the Word of God, power of the Holy Spirit, prayer, praise, faith, obedience and the fruit of the Spirit.
Matthew 16:19 - "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
We must bind the strongholds which are the spirit of division, greed, jealousy, lust, pride, hatred, prejudice, and underlying it all is a ungodly love of self that puts us at the center instead of God and others.
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