Here we go. (5:53 ) There are 16 demonic strongholds. There are also 16 major and minor prophets in the Bible, (6:00 ) or in the Old Testament.The following, through extensive research and desperate (6:04 ) cries for answers, is what I discovered about each one. You must have the presence of the Holy (6:11 ) Spirit, His guidance, and God's holy word in order to wage spiritual war and emerge victorious. (6:19 ) Father, we just stop right now.We just slow our minds and hearts down. (6:25 ) We are just resting in your presence, even as we're on the Kingdom Corner podcast, (6:30 ) even as we read through this book by Angela Greenegg. Lord, that you would open our hearts (6:36 ) and minds to the strategies of the enemy and to your delivering weapons from these strategies, (6:43 ) from these enemies.You also need advisors, those who've already faced the giants, (6:51 ) that can give you intelligence or intel to help navigate the situation, (6:56 ) so you don't have to reinvent the wheel. I learned how to battle and have great success (7:02 ) in expelling demons by realizing that Satan always mimics Christ and tries to be a mirror reflection. (7:11 ) Please know that I am like everyone else, and my priorities are as they are called to be, (7:17 ) God first, then spouse, then family, then ministry.I believe that you will find the (7:23 ) answers you're looking for in the next chapters. I began by becoming familiar with the foundation (7:31 ) of these spirits and their fruit. Then every time I went to take the darkness out, I had the basics (7:40 ) and learned more and more.And little by little, my knowledge grew until now when I train and show (7:48 ) people of many nations how to pull down and take back what belongs to them. I want to also point (7:55 ) out that the only way I could have gone and done a few of the successful exploits I write about (8:01 ) was because of years of learning and making many mistakes. Hallelujah.Thank you for Angela's (8:07 ) experience, right, that we can learn from as we just read through her book. Remember, there are (8:13 ) many deliverance techniques and ways of doing them. The most important thing I can say to you is to be (8:19 ) who you are.As the previous years have progressed, so have the do's and the don'ts. (8:25 ) As previously mentioned, one prays this way, another rebukes that way. Sadly, (8:31 ) some charge unbearable amounts of money to set people free.Isn't that sad? (8:37 ) Here are the 16 demonic strongholds that I've come into contact with. A lying spirit, number one. (8:47 ) A spirit of bondage, number two.A spirit of fear, number three. A spirit of heaviness, number four. (8:56 ) A spirit of infirmity, number five.A spirit of jealousy, number six. A spirit of haughtiness, (9:05 ) number seven. A spirit of discord, number eight.A spirit of whoredom, number nine. (9:13 ) A seducing spirit, number ten. A perverse spirit, number eleven.Number twelve, a spirit of (9:20 ) divination and familiar spirit. Number thirteen, an antichrist spirit. Number fourteen, unclean (9:29 ) spirit.Number fifteen, dumb or mute and deaf spirit. Number sixteen, spirit of lethargy. (9:38 ) Let's look at each of these strongholds in detail.First of all, number one, the lying spirit. (9:46 ) 2 Chronicles 18 21-22 says, He said, I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all (9:54 ) his prophets. And the Lord said, You shall persuade him and also prevail, go out and do so.(10:01 ) Therefore, look, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these prophets of yours. (10:09 ) Wow! And the Lord has declared disaster against you. Isn't that amazing? God actually (10:16 ) allowed the lying spirit to go to the prophets because they were not following God.Isn't that (10:23 ) amazing? And for this reason, God will send them strong delusion that they should believe the lie, (10:31 ) 2 Thessalonians 2.11. So, some manifestations of this lying spirit. Lies, strong delusion, (10:40 ) statements that deviate from or pervert the truth to release a false appearance. (10:47 ) This spirit talks too much, suggests to put as a thought, plan, or desire into a person's mind, (10:56 ) perverts, diverts to a wrong purpose, implies, expresses indirectly or hints at, (11:04 ) assumes, takes as granted or true, though not proven, exaggerates, enlarges, (11:13 ) that is, embellishes as a statement beyond normal, flatters, praises too much or without sincerity, (11:22 ) curses, prays for harm to come upon someone, gossips habitually, reveals personal or (11:30 ) sensational facts, babbles, talks enthusiastically or excessively, mystifies, perplexes the mind of, (11:39 ) makes mysterious, misleads, leads in a wrong direction or into mistakes, mistake in action (11:47 ) or belief, misrepresents, represents falsely or unfairly, deceives, causes to believe in an (11:55 ) untruth, mistakes, makes a wrong judgment of the character or ability of, falsifies, alters so as (12:03 ) to deceive, religious, relating or devoted to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity.(12:13 ) Jeremiah 23.15-17 says, Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets, (12:21 ) Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of Gaul. (12:26 ) For from the prophets of Jerusalem profaneness has gone out into the land, (12:31 ) thus says the LORD of hosts. Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, (12:38 ) that make you worthless.They speak a vision of their own heart, and not from the mouth of the (12:43 ) LORD. They continually say to those who despise me, The LORD has said, You shall have peace. (12:50 ) And to everyone who walks according to the dictates of his own heart they say, No evil (12:55 ) shall come upon you.The lying spirit is what I refer to as the godfather of the dark underworld. (13:02 ) Without the lie there is nothing. The spirit's job is to steal, kill, and destroy, to annihilate.(13:15 ) To kill your calling and steal your inheritance. One of the tragedies I've seen is that often, (13:21 ) when new Christians come into the church, they're given strict rules and regulations (13:27 ) that cause greater bondage and fear in their lives than before they came to Christ. (13:33 ) It isn't because of Christ, because we know His yoke is easy and burden is light.(13:39 ) It is more often the religious, lying spirit at work in a church. Too many have sadly watered (13:47 ) down the holy word, using grace as a crutch. Grace is important and a gift from God, (13:54 ) but so many believers misunderstand what grace really is.(13:59 ) Wherever I do deliverance, I expect that the lying spirit will always be there trying to stop me. It (14:06 ) must be bound and then commanded to shut up. This spirit's true mission is to pervert the truth (14:12 ) and will use us to lie, accuse, and blame one another.Often the person needing deliverance (14:21 ) will receive mental pictures, seeing things that are not actually there, and hearing what is not (14:27 ) actually spoken. Be careful as a deliverance minister. Be aware of your surroundings, (14:35 ) your thoughts and perceptions.Keep in mind what you are there to accomplish. (14:40 ) To deliver those out of darkness into the light of Jesus. We need God's wisdom and understanding (14:47 ) as we navigate through these darker times.The enemy's job is to lie, twist, and insinuate (14:55 ) in order to remove what the Father has given us. He has given us truth and life, (15:00 ) not death and destruction. Without the lie, the enemy has nothing.And that is why it is always (15:07 ) important to test every spirit. Unfortunately, there have been numerous marriages, families, (15:14 ) ministries, and jobs destroyed by the misunderstandings that are caused by this (15:20 ) spirit. With every promise that the Father gives us, there will always be opposition to that (15:28 ) promise.The calling on many saints' lives has been lost by buying into a lie. Just like Adam (15:37 ) and Eve in the garden bought into a lie and lost the promise and God's glory once they knew they (15:43 ) were naked, it was too late. But that is why Jesus came, to restore us to Himself and the Father.(15:51 ) Jesus is our glory, and it is never too late to accept Him as our Lord and Savior. (15:57 ) Perhaps you've gone through a divorce, lost a loved one, or fell away from what you believed. (16:02 ) Please know that the calling on your life is yes and amen.It is irrefutable. Remembering your (16:08 ) calling and who He created you to be is just the ammunition you need to say to the lies, (16:14 ) no more. It is time to remind the enemy of his place.Declare the truth out loud and come out (16:23 ) of your death clothes and be whole in Jesus' name. Please pray this prayer with me. (16:31 ) Right now, in the name of Jesus, we bind up the lies of the enemy.I curse every word that has (16:38 ) had an assignment on it against me with your truth. You will not take root or cause my name (16:45 ) to be destroyed by your lies and deception. Father, I loose faith to arise and scatter (16:52 ) the enemy in Jesus' powerful name.Whatever I need to say, I am wearing my belt of truth (16:59 ) as I am armed and dangerous. Father, every time the lies come in and want to mislead me (17:07 ) from You, I ask Holy Spirit right now for Your help to endure the trial (17:12 ) and times until full vindication comes. I refuse to settle for less.(17:19 ) I thank You for what You are doing and teaching me. Amen. (17:24 ) My personal weapon of choice is warring in tongues in the prayer language, right? (17:29 ) Using my prayer language, I do pray in English or at times in a different language, (17:34 ) but I find personally a thrust from the natural to the spiritual realm (17:39 ) when I am praying in tongues, releasing the angels of heaven to move on my behalf.(17:45 ) Hallelujah.

Let's take spirit number two, the spirit of bondage. (17:53 ) Bondage is the state of being unde