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Is Spiritual Warfare Real? · Arise Women of God

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  Have you ever had a complete blow up in your home?
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  A situation where a sudden wedge between you and your spouse or a child's personality seems to have shifted into complete contention and it felt like you were all wallowing in darkness?
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  Perhaps the thought had crossed your mind.
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  Is spiritual warfare real?
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  Because the weight you're carrying at 2 in the morning feels heavier than just a bad day.
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  You feel isolated, exhausted, and like you're failing as a mother.
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  Oh, my friend, I have been there and felt that exact way.
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  And you are in the right place.
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  By the end of today's episode, you will have the spiritual night vision to recognize when the adversary is running interference, or perhaps a tactical ambush on you and your family.
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  And you'll know exactly how to shift from a posture of fear to a posture of power.
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  We're going to help you stop feeling like a victim in your own home by pulling back the curtain on the invisible battle and showing you why your motherly intuition is actually one of your greatest warning systems.
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  We're moving from managing chaos to guarding the sanctuary.
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  Stay tuned.
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  Ordinary women.
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  Extraordinary faith.
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  When God calls, we say yes.
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  Hello and welcome to another episode of the Arise Women of God podcast.
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  I'm your host, Tamara K.
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  Anderson.
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  And joining me today is the fabulous Wendy Christensen, who happens to be my co founder of Women warriors of Light and a licensed clinical social worker for over 30 years.
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  And my friends, let me tell you that as a Christian counselor, she has more than enough experience to help us tackle this perplexing question.
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  Is spiritual warfare real?
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  First, we're going to talk about how opposition isn't just bad luck.
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  Second, I'll share an ancient story about a real battle and an invisible army that changed the entire outcome.
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  Third, we'll talk about the number one biological and spiritual indicator.
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  Know you are under attack.
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  And finally, Wendy's going to share a raw personal victory over unexplained rage that proves that the enemy can be commanded to leave.
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  For most of us Christian women out there, we often feel like if we were better or more spiritual, we wouldn't have to face these battles at all.
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  But the truth is, even the Savior faced a direct adversary.
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  And Wendy is now going to dive in and share a little bit about this.
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  So because I know a lot of people wonder, is it just in my head, is this battle going on between light and darkness?
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  Is it actually happening?
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  Wendy, what are your thoughts?
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  Yes.
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  Yes, I agree.
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  Yes, it is real.
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  And if you don't think it's real, you need to pause and look around you because you will Feel opposition.
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  That is a big purpose of why we are here.
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  And it's the theme of so many things.
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  Look at any movie, look at Star wars, good and bad, the dark versus the light.
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  You look at the creation story, right, and it talks all about opposites.
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  And opposites are a big part of this opposition that we experience here in this lifetime.
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  So, yes, absolutely, spiritual warfare is real.
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  And I like to even think about, if you read the Scriptures, I love the New Testament.
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  I love reading stories about Jesus Christ.
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  How many times in the New Testament do you read stories about him casting out evil spirits or unclean spirits?
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  Right.
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  He did so many things to deal with some of that opposition.
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  Absolutely.
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  Spiritual warfare is real.
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  Even he had the devil, right, that tried to tempt him and to persuade him to stop his mission and quit doing what he was doing and persuade him to go with him.
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  It's constantly there, and so it's being aware that it's there.
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  It is so powerful to realize that just because we can't see the battle with our physical eyes doesn't mean it's not happening.
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  One of my favorite stories in the Old Testament is found in Second Kings, chapter 6.
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  In this story, the prophet Elisha's servant woke and saw an army surrounding the city, ready to attack.
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  Of course he panicked and he runs to Elijah to tell him all about this encompassing army.
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  Now here is the beauty of the story that I love to apply to my own life.
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  Elisha then says, lord, I pray thee, open his eyes that he may see.
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  And suddenly the servant saw.
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  The mountain is full of the chariots and armies of angels of the Lord.
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  I love the quote where he says, they that be with us are more than they that be with them.
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  And guess what?
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  The army of the Lord prevails.
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  Just as Wendy mentioned, Jesus Christ has so many more armies and tools to help us than the opposition does.
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  You aren't just a mom trying to fix a problem.
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  You are a partner with the God of heaven.
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  So how do we know when it's an invisible army of the adversary or just a bad mood?
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  Wendy has a specific, specific indicator that she uses in her clinical practice that helps women more easily spot the attack.
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  Immediately, when really we don't understand how much Satan's attacking us and working on us to cause us or add to the fe.
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  The.
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  The.
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  The just.
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  The natural feelings of depression or despair or hopelessness.
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  And then what he does is he comes in and he makes it worse.
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  He exacerbates those feelings.
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  And so if you can start seeing and recognizing, hey, I'm feeling more sad than usual.
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  I don't usually feel this sad.
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  If you feel off.
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  I don't usually feel this anxious.
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  I don't usually feel so much panic, I don't know what's going on.
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  I don't feel like myself.
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  That's how I see it when I have clients come in and I almost always hear them say, I just have feeling.
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  I've been feeling so off, I don't feel like myself.
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  And as soon as they say those words, I'm like, oh, you're being attacked.
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  Satan's working on you.
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  We need to, we need to get rid of that.
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  So we're going to keep teaching you ways.
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  So keep listening in on how to get rid of that.
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  Once you recognize that that feeling off isn't you, you can stop hating yourself and start fighting.
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  Commanding the enemy to depart.
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  Wendy is now going to share a powerful story about how she stopped trying to manage a temper and started using a casting out tactic.
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  And I remember for years being so plagued with why am I in this space where I feel like I can't control my anger?
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  And I did all the anger steps and the management to try to manage it and work through it and process it.
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  And it wasn't until I started realizing that's a tactic that Satan uses against you, Wendy, that he gets you to quickly lose control.
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  And when you lose control, then you feel horrible about yourself.
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  And then I would go into the depths of just despair and just, I'm a self loathing, loathing.
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  I would just really sink down to the depths of despair after I would have like an explosion right where I would lose my temper.
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  So once I figured that out, as soon as I started feeling that instant rage, I'd be like, oh, he's bugging me, I gotta do something.
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  Okay, what am I?
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  He's Satan's attacking me, okay, I'm not gonna let him win.
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  No way am I gonna let him win.
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  In the name of Jesus Christ, I command the spirit of anger to leave and leave right now.
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  And then I would take some deep breaths and instantly I felt like myself.
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  I was like, wow, I feel like me again.
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  And I can handle this and I can do it.
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  And sometimes I had to do some repairing with relationships.
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  And over time, as I started managing that and getting control of my own temper that I would have, I started feeling myself and I showed up better and I had, I was able to get rid of all that
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  self loathing and why, what's wrong with me?
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  Why am I screwed up my worth and Value started increasing as I was able to get rid of Satan and that tactic that he would use against me.
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  So I look for what are the ways that my enemy attacks me and the quicker and faster you can learn them and work on them and switch them and get stronger against that, the quicker and faster you'll be
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  able to pull and stay in the light and your true authentic self.
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  So my friends, spiritual warfare is real.
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  But as a daughter of God, you can command the adversary to depart in the name of Jesus Christ, who is even more real and present.
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  You don't have to sit and tolerate the heaviness or the darkness, the rage or the confusion in your home.
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  You are the guardian of the home.
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  To help you move from a posture of fear to a posture of power, we have created a brand new resource for you.
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  It's a Mother Spiritual Defense Guide.
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  Six Empowering Steps to Fortify Home and Family.
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  You can download it free at the link below.
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  Inside this guide, we dive deep into step number three, Mastering Discernment, where we help you map out the specific footprints the enemy is leaving in your home.
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  Whether it's sudden changes in mood or deep discouragement, we also give you the exact script to cast out and calm your mind in step number four so you can reclaim your space in the name of Jesus Christ.
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  So my friend, never forget that you are the living catalyst for this change in yourself and in your home.
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  As you learn to sharpen your discernment and wield the word of God, this darkness simply cannot stay.
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  Just as when you turn on a light in your room, the darkness dispels.
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  The same thing is a true principle in this battle of spiritual warfare.
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  So my friends, until next time, may you cling to God who will help you fight your battles with armies of angels.
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  And may you arise.
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  Do it God's way.
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  God strong.
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