Weapons of Warfare and How to Use Them

Five Divisions of the Devil’s Army

1. Spirits
 Demons
2. Principalities – Fallen Angels
 Chief Rulers
3. Powers
 Authorities under chief rulers executing their will.
4. Rulers of Darkness
 Both demons and men (Demon led - demon moved) influenced by demonic power – World (cosmos) (bound to the natural)
 High authorities demonically influence.
5. Spiritual Wickedness in High Places - Fallen Angels


Seven weapons in Warfare to Apply the Word
Applying the Armor

1. Gird Your Loins
Paul the Apostle declared in “Stand having your loins girt about with truth that you may be able to withstand in the evil day and have done all to stand. Stand having your loins girt about with truth.”

Your Loins deal with your mind. (1 Pet 1:13) The first thing you have to do is get the word in your mind. Fill your mind, influence, transform, and renew it with the word. That’s your first job as a believer.

2. Breast Plate of Righteousness
The breastplate covers your heart. The second thing you have to do is cover your heart. The second thing you need to do is cover your heart not just your mind. The word gets into your mind and then it begins to enter your being, your heart and begins to move you.

3. Feet Shod With the Preparation of the Gospel of Peace
Thirdly, it must affect your walk, your life. The word must be in your mind; the result will be in your heart and the result will be seen in your walk. It begins with your mind. You begin to read the word, you hear the word, and it begins to influence your heart; fill your heart; move your heart. The next thing you know you act upon it.

4. Shield of Faith
Take up the shield of faith in order to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. Not only your walk but now your actions your faith and faith is your action.

The word must fill your mind, heart, walk and actions where faith is involved because faith is action, action is faith and with faith, the way you act you can quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. Stand with faith. Let nothing force you down. Let nothing push you.

5. Helmet of Salvation
The helmet of salvation deals with doctrine, it deals with balance. You see, once the Word is in your mind, once it’s in your heart, once it’s in your walk, and once it’s in your actions it will become your nature.

So the helmet of salvation deals with ones nature ones character their doctrine, what you believe is who you are.
Under the right doctrine you’re balanced, unmovable by error, not easily taken by false teaching and stable.

The helmet of salvation is the doctrine of the Word. It brings balance to our lives it keeps us walking steady and balanced with the Holy Spirit and in the Spirit.

6. Sword of the Spirit
The sword of the spirit is the Word of God. The Word of God is in every truth I just gave you (above).

Now you take the word and you’ve done five things that enable you to attack because now there is an offensive weapon in your hand. The sword is not a defensive weapon, the shield is. The sword is offensive.

You’ve done five things. You’ve affected your minds with the Word; your heart with the Word; you’re walk with the Word; your actions with the Word; you’re nature, character, and life with the Word. Now the doctrine of the Gospel has established you. Now your strong unmovable, unshakable.

Only now can you take a sword in your hand because you cannot be broken. Now you’re strong. People who are moved by every new teaching can not fight the enemy. They can’t hold a sword in their hand they’re too weak.

All the other positions are defensive. This one is offensive. Now the Word brings movement to your life. Now you’re able to go forward and attack and take new territory that belongs to you. Now you can go and take your family. Now you can go and take back you’re finances. Now you can go and take back you’re health because you’ve strengthened your self in the spirit.

7. Prayer
The final weapon is what keeps you for it requires praying with all prayer and supplication in the spirit.

These are seven pieces of the armor; seven weapons of war. The Word is in my mind, the Word is in my heart, the Word is in my walk, the Word is in my faith or my actions, the Word in my character, the Word in my mouth which is the sword of the Spirit, which is the offensive weapon and then prayer that covers like a mantel.

Seven Insights to Prayer

1. Confession
When ever you see prayer in the scriptures they begin to confess, not their sin, but to confess who God is. “Thou are the Lord God” the confession of sin comes before prayer. Many think confessing sins is praying. its repenting. There is a difference between repentance and prayer. Now you’re ready to pray after you’ve confessed you’re sins. Prayer begins with confession.

When Moses prayed he said, “Lord! You are the Lord God” When Peter prayed he said “Thou are the one who says”

Confess who God is. That is the way to begin prayer!

2. Supplication
Paul said, “Make you’re request known to the Lord “. Bring before Him your need your desires etc.

3. Worship
Worship is a form of prayer. You worship God. You adore Him, you exalt Him. That’s prayer.

4. Fellowship
You walk with God, fellowship with Him you continually stay in prayer. Fellowship is what Paul meant when he said, “Pray without ceasing.” That’s fellowship. You walk out of your prayer closet and that prayer life continues throughout the day.

5. Intersession
Intersession means you take the place of another and bring them into a place they ought to be in through that prayer.

Intersession has nothing to do with you or your need it’s got to do with someone else’s need that you can take to God.

6. Thanksgiving
When you look in the scriptures you will see them thanking the Lord before the answer ever came. That’s prayer. That’s declaring your faith the answer will come.

7. Praise
Praise is also prayer.

All seven of these revelations are prayer. The Word of God says. “With all prayer”

That’s what keeps you strong against the enemy; unmovable and stable in the spirit.