101 Tactics for Spiritual Warfare: Live a Life of Victory, Overcome the Enemy, and Break Demonic Cycles
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Let’s face it, when the enemy attacks, it can be hard to remember which way is up. Demonic forces can come in like a flood and disorient your mind. They can drown you in hopelessness. Or you may be tempted to turn a blind eye to the spirits that intend to kill, steal, and destroy you. But let it be known, the devil still wreaks havoc on the earth today, and followers of Christ must use Spirit-inspired strategies to drive him out. You need a battle plan. You need specific tactics for specific skirmishes because whether or not you know it, you are in a war.
Offering both scriptures and prayers, 101 Tactics for Spiritual Warfare will empower you to take on an offensive rather than a defensive stance against the enemy. This book addresses how to:
- Deal with demons from your past
- Break the stronghold of worry
- Submit your emotions to the Holy Spirit
- Take authority over the enemy
Jennifer LeClaire
Jennifer LeClaire is an internationally recognized author, apostolic-prophetic voice to her generation, and conference speaker. She is founder of Awakening House of Prayer, Awakening Blaze prayer movement, Ignite prophetic network. She has written many bestselling books, including Mornings With the Holy Spirit and The Making of a Prophet.
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101 Tactics for Spiritual Warfare - Jennifer LeClaire
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101 TACTICS FOR SPIRITUAL WARFARE by Jennifer LeClaire
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This book is dedicated to my dear friend
Vanessa Angelini. I know of no one who is
fiercer in the spirit, no one with a stronger
will to see the enemy’s plans fall to the
ground, and no one with greater dedication
to the plans and purposes of God. He
has used your faithful intercession during
the heated combat I face to strengthen
my resolve time and time again. May God
bless you with every desire of your heart
as you continue pursuing a revelation of
His Spirit working in and through you.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Ryan LeStrange
Introduction: What You Need to Know About Spiritual Warfare
1 Speak the Name of Jesus
2 Bind the Hand of the Enemy
3 Loose God’s Warring Angels
4 Praise the Lord
5 Worship as Warfare
6 Pray in the Spirit
7 Plead the Blood of Jesus
8 Break Word Curses
9 Cast Down Imaginations
10 Put On Your Shoes of Peace
11 Put On Your Breastplate of Righteousness
12 Put On Your Helmet of Salvation
13 Wield the Sword of the Spirit
14 Tighten Your Belt of Truth
15 Lift Up Your Shield of Faith
16 Run to Your Own Company
17 Repent: Strip the Enemy’s Rights
18 Encourage Yourself in the Lord
19 Remind the Devil of Past Victories
20 Wage War With the Prophetic Words Over Your Life
21 Engage in the Prayer of Agreement
22 Refuse to Meditate On the Devil’s False Prophecies
23 Stay Filled With the Spirit
24 Break Wrong Alignments
25 Cultivate Right Alignments
26 Meditate On the Word of God
27 Confess the Word of God
28 Release the Prayer of Fervent Faith
29 Break the Powers of the Enemy
30 Stir Up the Gift of God in You
31 Come Against the Enemy
32 Take Authority Over the Enemy
33 Don’t Break Rank and Isolate Yourself
34 Pray for Revelation of the Root
35 Consume Spiritual Warfare Teaching
36 Ask the Holy Spirit to Lead You in Battle
37 Ask the Holy Spirit What Weapon to Use
38 Break Demonic Cycles
39 Run to the Battle Line
40 Break Every Yoke
41 Break the Stranglehold of Worry
42 Break Deception Off Your Mind
43 Call Your Intercessors
44 Break Generational Curses
45 Wait Upon the Lord
46 Pray the Apostolic Prayers
47 Bless Your Enemies
48 Submit Yourself to God
49 Resist the Devil
50 Sow a Seed
51 Avoid Job’s Judgmental Friends
52 Never Let the Devil See You Sweat
53 Renew Your Mind in the Area of Attack
54 Remember the Battle Is the Lord’s
55 Refuse to Follow Your Emotions
56 Reject the Temptation to Flesh Out in Frustration
57 Walk by Faith and Not by Sight
58 Set a Guard Over Your Mouth
59 Pray for Wisdom in the Battle
60 Shut Your Ears to the Accuser of the Brethren
61 Don’t Blame God for the Warfare
62 Use the Isaiah 22:22 Key
63 Avoid Self-Pity
64 Stop Whining About the Warfare
65 Rejoice in the Lord
66 Push Back the Darkness
67 Withstand Weariness
68 Stay Spiritually Alert
69 Obliterate Fear
70 Close the Door on Strife
71 Make a Battle Plan
72 Ask the Lord to Open Your Eyes to the Spirit Realm
73 Make a Decision Not to Give Up
74 Fast With Fear and Trembling
75 Reject Presumption and Assumption in the Battle
76 Remind God of His Promises
77 Be Confident God Is on Your Side
78 War From a Position of Victory
79 Break Any and All Vows With the Enemy
80 Pray for Those Who Persecute You
81 Ask the Lord If This Is Your Battle to Fight
82 Act Like the Persistent Widow
83 Overcome Evil With Good
84 Bind Retaliation
85 Declare God’s Vindicating Power
86 Surrender Everything to God
87 Chronicle Your Warfare in a Journal
88 Remember People Are Not Your Enemy
89 Don’t Beat the Air
90 Deal With Demons From Your Past
91 Avoid Spiritual Warfare Extremes
92 Discern Spiritual Climates
93 Remember You’re Not Fighting Alone
94 Bind the Strongman
95 Cast Your Cares on the Lord
96 Overcome Demonic Overwhelm
97 Break Thought Curses
98 Seek Godly Counsel
99 Don’t Underestimate Your Enemy
100 Debrief After the Battle
101 Use the Devil’s Momentum Against Him
Epilogue: A Prayer for Spiritual Warriors
Notes
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I AM GRATEFUL FOR my friends at Charisma House who have been diligent to attack the works of darkness with this and other spiritual warfare books. It’s an honor to publish with you spiritual warriors who are fierce in Christ. Thank you for your loyalty and support.
FOREWORD
MANY BELIEVERS ARE facing spiritual struggles as they attempt to advance in the things of God. Oftentimes people assume the struggle they are facing is just a natural battle, yet just beneath the surface there is something far more complex taking place. They are under a spiritual attack!
As I discussed in my book Overcoming Spiritual Attack, a spiritual attack is a series of events coordinated by the demonic realm in order to abort promises, shipwreck faith, oppress a believer, and stall out destiny. The Bible tells us plainly and repeatedly that the devil has various plots and schemes he uses against human beings. Many people wrongly assume that Satan is stupid, yet he has been studying the thoughts, actions, and behavior of humanity since the beginning of time. He knows how to tempt people, and he knows what kinds of attacks will distract them from their destiny.
Thank God, He has given us His Word, and when our life experience is not lining up with His promises, we know one of two things is going on: we’re either out of His will or we’re under spiritual attack. Of course, discerning you’re under spiritual attack is one thing; fighting off the enemy of your mind, your health, your relationships, and your finances is another. Once you recognize a spiritual attack, you need to rise up in faith and authority with the right strategy, the right tactics, and the right weapons to rebuke the enemy and break its power over your life.
In the Bible we read about many weapons of our warfare, which are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds
(2 Cor. 10:4). We read about many strategies of the Lord to defy the enemy’s plans for your life. We see that God gave different strategies and tactics to different warriors at different times for different reasons. For example, David didn’t fight the same way as Joshua. Paul didn’t fight the same way as Gideon. Samson didn’t fight the same way as Jehoshaphat. Much the same, God has a perfect battle plan for you, and His strategies and tactics always lead you into triumph.
In 101 Tactics for Spiritual Warfare Jennifer offers biblical tools to combat every enemy attack. She helps you identify open doors and slam them shut. She exposes the subtle wiles of the wicked one and equips you to run to the battle line in the right timing with the right tactic to see swift victory.
As you read the pages of this book, know and understand Jennifer is not writing from mere theology but both a biblical perspective and vital time-tested experience. You may have read her testimony of losing everything—including her husband, her freedom, and her livelihood. That alone is an inspiring story of overcoming the enemy’s work to kill, steal, and destroy her life. But those early battles were not her only ones.
Over the years I’ve personally seen Jennifer walk through many different types of battles and navigate warfare that causes some to grow weary and fainthearted with strength and valor. She stood in the face of battles against her health and now walks in wholeness. She tackled enemy assignments against relationships and has seen restoration. She has wrestled with the enemy over finances and released faith that led to increase.
Jennifer is known for her practical teaching blended with prophetic insight, and this book stays true to her bold yet encouraging style. You will find strength for the battle as the pages of this book infuse you with God’s Word, exhort you to stand in your authority, inspire you to fight the good fight of faith, and give you confidence that victory, though it seems elusive at times, belongs to you and is assured in Christ.
—RYAN LESTRANGE
AUTHOR, OVERCOMING SPIRITUAL ATTACK
FOUNDER, TRIBE NETWORK, iHUB MOVEMENT
Introduction
WHAT YOU NEED to KNOW ABOUT SPIRITUAL WARFARE
I AM IN a war." I wrote these five words in large letters across the bottom of my wall-sized dry-erase calendar many years ago after a strong revelation that the unseen realm is raging with spiritual enemies that intend to kill, steal, and destroy my life (John 10:10).
Paul warns us in 2 Corinthians 2:11 not to be ignorant of the devil’s strategies. We need to know our enemy, know our God, and know who we are in Him—but we also need to equip ourselves with revelation on how to defeat the enemy of our souls.
It starts with acknowledging what I wrote on my wall calendar: I am in a war.
Whether you know it or not, you are in a war. The war against God’s people is raging. Many are reporting increased spiritual warfare. That’s because the enemy knows his time is short. An Ephesians 6:12 cohort is pulling out all the stops to keep you from advancing the kingdom with your gifts and talents.
If you ignore the devil, the warfare doesn’t stop. If you focus solely on Jesus, it does not make you immune from warfare. Yes, we should absolutely be more God-focused than demon-focused. However, if Paul the apostle—a man with deep intimacy with God who received half the books of the New Testament through direct revelation and prayed in tongues more than anyone—wrestled principalities and powers, who are we to think ignoring this reality will stop demonic attacks?
Indeed, I believe one of the devil’s greatest deceptions is to convince you to lay your weapons down. Make no mistake, there is no cease-fire in the spirit. You cannot lay your weapons down and think for a moment the devil will not see it as an opportune time to go in for the kill. On the contrary, you need a battle plan. You need a strategy. You need specific tactics for specific skirmishes.
Yes, Christ has all authority. He spoiled the principalities and powers, [and] he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it
(Col. 2:15, JUB). But we still have to exercise our authority and use Spirit-inspired strategies to drive the devil out.
Paul told us succinctly, We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places
(Eph. 6:12, KJV). Paul paints this descriptive picture and offers a hierarchy of demonic forces so we aren’t ignorant about what we’re up against.
Paul also mentions the weapons of our warfare, which are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds
(2 Cor. 10:4). The apostle did this to help arm us for the fight. Paul tells his spiritual son Timothy to be a good soldier (2 Tim.
2:3) and to war a good warfare
(1 Tim. 1:18, KJV). Paul also told us not to give place to the devil (Eph. 4:27) and warned about the snare of the devil
(1 Tim. 3:7; 2 Tim. 2:26).
Then we have James, who told us, Submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you
(James 4:7). And Peter warned us to be sober and vigilant, because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour
(1 Pet. 5:8, KJV). Peter told us to resist him, standing firm in the faith (v. 9). Paul also told us, Fight the good fight of faith
(1 Tim. 6:12).
Should we ignore all these warnings and instructions? God forbid.
All these scriptures suggest that the devil is still wreaking havoc on the earth. Havoc on the earth—sickness, disease, murders, immorality, and the like—is not God’s will. Jesus spoiled the principalities and powers. But the word spoiled doesn’t mean neutered and made powerless.
Jesus plundered the kingdom of darkness. The kingdom of darkness and all the principalities and powers that call it home lost authority over the born-again believer. But we still have to enforce the kingdom rule