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Our battle is not physical. It is spiritual.

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For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood,

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but against rulers, against authorities, against

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the powers of this dark world, and against the

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spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

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Yet I do not stand in fear, because Jesus Christ

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has already won the victory. He has given me

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authority to trample on serpents and scorpions

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and over all the power of the enemy And he promised

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that nothing shall by any means harm me The enemy

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may accuse me oppose me or even seek to sift

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me as wheat Just as Satan sought permission concerning

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Peter But my Lord has already gone before me

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Jesus said I have prayed for you that your faith

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may not fail The same Savior who strengthened

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Peter is alive today, interceding for me. Jesus

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Christ has been exalted above every name. He

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is seated at the right hand of the Father, where

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he continually intercedes for his people. He

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is praying for my perseverance when I grow weary,

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for my deliverance when I am under attack, for

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my strength in times of weakness. for my wisdom

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when I face difficult decisions, and for my victory

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until the work he began in me is complete. Because

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I know his name and trust in him, he says, I

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will deliver him. I will protect him. No weapon

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formed against me shall prosper. Every tongue

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that rises against me in judgment shall be condemned,

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for this is the heritage of the servants of the

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Lord. The enemies I see today I shall see no

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more, because the Lord Himself fights for me.

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The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. Even

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though I walk through the valley of the shadow

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of death, I will fear no evil, for He is with

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me. His rod and His staff comfort me. I do not

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fight to obtain victory. I fight from victory.

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The cross is my victory. The empty tomb is my

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assurance. Jesus Christ has disarmed the powers

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of darkness, triumphed over them by the cross,

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conquered sin, defeated death, and destroyed

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the works of the devil. I am more than a conqueror

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through him who loved me. If God is for me, who

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can be against me? Greater is he who is in me

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than he who is in the world. Therefore, I put

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on the full armor of God. I take up the shield

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of faith, the helmet of salvation, the breastplate

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of righteousness, the belt of truth, the shoes

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of the gospel of peace, and the sword of the

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spirit, which is the word of God. I stand not

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in my own strength, but in the power of the Holy

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Spirit. I stand under the blood of Jesus. I stand

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in the authority of his name. I stand on his

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promises. Today, I declare that Christ is my

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refuge, my fortress, my defender, my deliverer.

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my High Priest, my Advocate, my Shepherd, my

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King, and my coming Savior. The battle belongs

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to the Lord. The victory belongs to Christ. And

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because I belong to Christ, His victory is my

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victory. In the mighty, matchless, and victorious

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name of Jesus Christ. Amen.