Training Laborers in the

Harvest

Training Laborers in the

Harvest

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Spiritual Warfare

The Environment

The Approach

Street Evangelism Equipping

Spiritual Warfare The Challenge

Exodus 13: 17-18“And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go,

that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea; and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.”

What is your response to spiritual warfare?What are the weak areas of your life?What is the image of yourself?

•Most cannot fight the war over their own flesh or thoughts of the mind.

•The battle is really over the weak areas

•The war is over who will sit on the throne of a heart.

•The war should be over cities and nations.

Spiritual Warfare The Battlefield

Exodus 15:9The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

•Prepare your response in advance.

•We already know the weak areas in our lives to address.

•Respond with your training and the Word of God.

•Have an awareness that the Holy Spirit is with you at all times.

Spiritual Warfare The Strategy

Genesis 22:17That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

•The Holy Spirit is moving and we must move with Him.

•Accept His full forgiveness in your life.

•Walk in the power of submission.

•Demonstrate satan’s defeat in your life

and in this world.

Spiritual Warfare The Warfare Spirit

Numbers 14:24But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went. And his seed shall possess it.

Prayer - Exodus 33:13 - 19

Praise – 2 Chronicles 20:21-23

Binding – Matthew 18:18

Agreement - Matthew 18:19

Armor of God – Ephesians 6:13-14

The Blood of Jesus - Revelation 12:11

The Name of Jesus - Mark 16:17

Spiritual Warfare The Weapons

2 Corinthians 10:4(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds ;)

The Environment People and Places

Be Comfortable

Be Respectful

Be Ready

Be Available

Pray for those that may not be able to pray for themselves.

Listening with Concern

Don’t Pursue the Argument

Lowering the Voice and Lower the Tension

Tone of Voice Changes the Environment

Accept the Person as They Are

Ask Questions with Concern

The Environment Confrontations and Compassion

Matthew 9:36But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

The Environment Relationship not Religion

Don’t Convince but let the Holy Spirit Convict

Let Others Feel Your Heart

Present the Person not Your Denomination

Share Your Heart with Their Heart

Luke 15:7I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

The Approach The Basics

Don’t Be Ashamed

Don’t Fear Rejection

Seeing Others as Christ Sees Them

Reach into their Hearts

Rely on Faith

Have Something to Give Them

Romans 1:16For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

The Approach Different Situations and Different People

Bus Stops

Convenience Stores

Sidewalks

Parks

Neighborhoods

1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.