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When the Strong Get Tired/ The Weight of Responsibility: When Strength Becomes a Burden · PAMOJA PODCAST | PAMOJA MINISTRY, A LIFE OF CHRIST INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES

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  Welcome to Pomoja Podcast, a ministry of life
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  of Christ International where we build stronger
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  lives, deeper faith, and Christ -centered homes.
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  One story, one message, and one revelation at
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  a time. I'm your host, Barry Mwamba. When the
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  strong get tired. Episode 3. Warfare Exhaustion.
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  When Heaven Sends Help. Welcome back to another
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  episode of Pomoja Podcast. Before we begin today's
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  conversation, let us remember the journey this
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  series has already taken us through. because
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  every episode has been building toward this moment.
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  In episode 1, we exposed something dangerous.
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  Exhaustion is not always natural. Sometimes it
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  is strategic. We talked about how fatigue has
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  become one of the enemy's most sophisticated
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  weapons against believers. Not always through
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  obvious sin, but through overload, pressure,
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  busyness, constant movement, constant demands,
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  constant noise, until prayer becomes occasional.
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  The word becomes secondary. Church becomes optional.
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  Family becomes neglected. and intimacy with God
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  slowly disappears, not through rebellion, but
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  through exhaustion. We explored how good opportunities,
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  career growth, responsibilities, and daily survival
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  can quietly pull believers away from the very
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  presence sustaining them, because exhaustion
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  weakens discernment, and exhausted believers
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  often begin searching for relief in the wrong
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  places. That was episode 1, Fatigue as a Weapon,
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  The Hidden System. Then in episode 2, we went
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  deeper, because after physical exhaustion comes
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  something even more dangerous, Spiritual weariness,
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  the silent drift, the slow fading of passion.
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  Where people still attend church, still know
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  scripture, still look spiritually alive externally,
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  but internally, the fire no longer burns the
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  same way. We talked about how over -familiarity
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  with holy things can destroy reverence, how believers
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  slowly stop guarding prayer, stop protecting
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  intimacy, stop renewing themselves intentionally,
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  not suddenly, silently. And we explored the warning
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  in Galatians. Let us not become weary in doing
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  good, because spiritual weariness rarely announces
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  itself loudly. It drifts quietly. You stop praying
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  the same way. Stop worshipping the same way.
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  Stop pursuing God with hunger. And before long,
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  you are surviving spiritually, instead of living
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  spiritually. That was Episode 2, Spiritual Weariness,
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  The Silent Drift. And today, we arrive at Episode
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  3, because after exhaustion, after spiritual
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  weariness, after prolonged invisible battles,
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  A question remains. What happens when strong
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  believers become overwhelmed by warfare itself?
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  What happens when people love God, remain faithful,
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  continue showing up, but internally feel exhausted
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  from carrying invisible battles? Because some
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  exhaustion does not come from work. Some exhaustion
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  comes from war, spiritual war, mental war, emotional
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  war, invisible resistance. Today, I want to speak
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  openly about something many believers experience,
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  but few truly understand. Spiritual warfare.
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  Not fantasy. Not fear. Not superstition. Reality.
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  Because one of the greatest mistakes believers
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  can make is assuming that because Jesus won the
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  victory at the cross, spiritual battles no longer
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  exist. No. Jesus never denied the existence of
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  warfare. In fact, He acknowledged it openly.
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  In Luke 10 19, after sending out the 70 disciples
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  to preach, heal, and cast out demons, they returned
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  amazed that demons submitted to them in His name.
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  And Jesus responded, Behold, I have given you
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  authority over all the power of the enemy. Think
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  about that carefully. Authority only matters
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  where opposition exists. Jesus would never give
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  authority over an enemy that did not exist, which
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  means spiritual warfare is real. The attacks
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  are real. The resistance is real. The battles
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  are real. Battles against your mind, against
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  your peace, against your marriage, against your
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  purpose, against your spiritual life. And many
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  believers are exhausted today because they are
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  fighting battles they do not fully understand.
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  But here is the powerful truth. The victory of
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  the cross did not remove the reality of warfare.
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  It changed our position within warfare. That
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  changes everything. We do not fight hoping to
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  obtain victory. We fight from victory. Before
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  the battle even begins, our position in Christ
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  already guarantees the final outcome. That is
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  why believers pray with confidence. That is why
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  we seek God's protection. That is why we dwell
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  in His presence. Not because we are afraid, but
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  because we understand that there is an invisible
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  war constantly happening around us. Known battles.
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  Unknown battles. Seen attacks. Unseen attacks.
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  And many times, while you are sleeping, heaven
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  is fighting battles you never even knew existed.
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  The Bible says, In camps. That is military language.
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  A surrounding. A heavenly perimeter. a wall of
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  invisible protection around the people of God.
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  And throughout scripture, whenever believers
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  reached moments of exhaustion, fear, pressure,
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  or danger, heaven intervened. Sometimes through
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  strength, sometimes through direction, sometimes
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  through angels. I remember my own car accident.
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  My truck lost control and was headed directly
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  toward an electrical pole. The impact should
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  have hit my door, the driver's side, my side.
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  And somehow, at the last second, the truck shifted
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  forward. The pole struck the passenger side instead.
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  And even today, I still cannot naturally explain
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  what happened. But spiritually, I understand
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  something now. Sometimes heaven intervenes silently.
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  Sometimes God protects you without announcing
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  it publicly. And sometimes, what people call
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  luck, was divine intervention. Many believers
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  listening to me right now have testimonies like
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  that. You should not have survived that sickness.
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  That accident should have destroyed you. That
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  depression should have buried you. That addiction
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  should have consumed you. That relationship should
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  have ruined your destiny. But somehow, you are
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  still standing. And maybe the reason is simple.
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  Heaven stepped in. And one of the most powerful
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  examples in scripture to me is Gideon. Because
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  Gideon shows us what warfare exhaustion looks
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  like. When the angel appeared to Gideon, He was
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  hiding. Fear had exhausted him. Israel had suffered
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  under Midianite oppression for years. Their harvests
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  were stolen. Their peace was stolen. Their confidence
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  was stolen. And Gideon was threshing wheat and
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  hiding. That is warfare exhaustion. That is what
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  prolonged invisible battles do to people. Strong
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  people begin living small. Chosen people begin
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  hiding. Believers begin questioning themselves.
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  and heaven stepped directly into Gideon's exhaustion.
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  What is powerful is this. The angel did not speak
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  to Gideon according to his condition. The angel
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  spoke to Gideon according to heaven's perspective.
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  Mighty man of valor. Imagine hearing that while
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  hiding in fear. Because sometimes exhausted believers
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  cannot see themselves correctly anymore. And
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  divine intervention often begins when heaven
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  reminds you who you are before the battle is
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  over. And this pattern repeats throughout scripture.
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  An angel strengthened Elijah when exhaustion
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  made him want to die under the broom tree. An
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  angel strengthened Jesus in Gethsemane before
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  the cross. An angel delivered Peter from prison.
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  Because heaven understands something many people
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  ignore, battles can exhaust even strong believers.
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  On some of you listening today know exactly what
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  I mean. There are moments where the spiritual
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  atmosphere becomes heavy. You feel pressure you
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  cannot explain naturally. You feel urgency in
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  your spirit. And something inside you says, pray
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  now, not tomorrow, not later, now. There have
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  been nights where I woke up in the middle of
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  the night, woke up my wife and children, and
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  we began praying together with authority. Not
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  emotional prayer, authority prayer. Because spiritually,
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  you could sense resistance. You could feel the
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  heaviness. And after praying, Peace would suddenly
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  return, the atmosphere would clear, and we would
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  begin thanking God for his intervention. We may
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  never fully know what battle was happening in
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  the unseen realm, but one thing was certain,
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  victory came. Because prayer is not passive,
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  prayer is warfare. Daniel prayed and angels fought
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  through resistance. Paul and Silas worshipped
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  and chains broke open. Peter prayed and prison
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  doors opened. Meaning prayer moves heaven into
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  earthly battles. But this is also why believers
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  become weary spiritually. Long exposure to warfare
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  can drain people. Even strong believers become
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  tired. And this is where the solution becomes
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  important. Not fear. Not panic. Not obsession
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  with demons. No. The solution is intentional
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  spiritual living. Being aware of spiritual reality.
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  Protecting your intimacy with God. Living a life
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  of prayer. a life of sanctification, a life of
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  purity, a life of fasting, a life of meditation
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  on God's Word, a life led by the Holy Spirit.
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  Because spiritual authority does not come from
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  religious language, it comes from relationship.
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  And that is why the story of the seven sons of
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  Sceva is so important. They tried to cast out
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  demons saying, In the name of Jesus whom Paul
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  preaches. And the demon responded, Jesus I know,
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  Paul I know. But who are you? That statement
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  reveals something powerful. The spiritual realm
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  recognizes authentic intimacy with God. Authority
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  flows from relationship, not performance, not
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  appearance, not religious talk. Relationship.
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  It is not enough to know about God. You must
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  know Him personally, experience Him personally,
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  walk with Him personally. Jesus said, whoever
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  dwells in Me and I in him. That word dwells is
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  powerful, not visiting occasionally, dwelling
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  continuously, remaining connected to His presence
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  daily. And today, through the Holy Spirit, God
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  dwells within us. That is why sanctification
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  matters. That is why purity matters. That is
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  why prayer matters. Because the believer becomes
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  a dwelling place for God's presence. And this
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  is the encouragement I want to leave with you
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  today. Yes, the spiritual journey is warfare.
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  Yes, the battles are real. Yes, believers can
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  become weary, but we are not fighting alone.
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  We do not carry this journey by our own strength,
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  not by might, not by power, but by the Spirit
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  of God. And sometimes, the reason you survived
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  was not because you were strong enough, it was
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  because Heaven intervened. Let's pray. Father,
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  thank you for every unseen battle you protected
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  us from. Thank you for every silent intervention,
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  every unseen victory, every moment Heaven fought
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  on our behalf. Strengthen every weary believer
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  listening today. Restore spiritual hunger. Restore
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  discernment. Restore prayer lives. Restore intimacy
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  with you. Teach us to remain connected to your
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  presence. Help us live lives of purity, sanctification,
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  obedience, and spiritual awareness. And remind
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  us daily that we do not fight alone. In Jesus'
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  name, Amen. Thank you for joining me today on
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  Pomoja Podcast. If this episode blessed you,
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  Share it with someone who may be fighting silent
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  battles. And do not forget to listen to our podcasts
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  Instagram, and TikTok. Until next time, stay
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  grounded in Christ, stay filled with the Holy
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  Spirit, and remember, the victory was already
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  secured before the battle even began.