FIGHT THE DEVIL! - James 4:7

 

1.  Fight for your soul.
 - The devil tries to keep you from going to church, from reading the Word, or doing anything spiritual.
 - The devils wants to destroy your soul and drag you down to hell with him.
 - We have to fight and make sure we are saved.
 - We have to fight against being a weak, ineffective Christian.

 

2. Fight for your family.
     a. Fight for your marriage.
         - The devil will try to attack your spouse. When you get married, two become one. He think thinks he can get to you and make you weak if your spouse is weak.
         - God hates alcohol , divorce, shacking up, and same-sex "marriage."
     b. Fight for your children.
         - Are we more concerned that our children are popular, athletic, smart, etc versus are they saved?
         - Fight against drugs and alcohol (which is a drug).
     c. Fight for your grandchildren
         -  Pray for their salvation.
         - Be willing to try new things in order to see your grandkids saved - it could be even trying new music that you didn't sing in church growing up.
     d. Fight for yet to be born children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.
    e. Fight for your relatives.

3. Fight for your church.
- The devil wants to destroy the establishment Jesus Himself died for - He gave a charge of the Great Commission to the church
- When we praise God, we make the devil flee!
- Pray for your preacher, church
 members, music leaders, etc

4. Fight for your community.
- We should be the salt and light for the community.
- Pray for us to make an impact in the lives of the people around us.
- If our church closed, would the co
mmunity even notice?

5. Fight for your nation.
- Pray for our leaders to be godly (and be saved) - even those with whom we don't agree
- Pray for decisions to b
e based on the Bible

6. Fight for the world.
- We can make a difference!
- Even if we cannot personally go to other parts of the world, we can give to missions such as Lottie Moon, etc.