Entering the Fray, Part 1: The Two Battles, By David Townsend

“Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.” I Timothy 6:12


There are two core battles every believer faces. We are all drawn into the fight and shot at whether we understand warfare or not; we can even be taken out, while wondering what just happened. The first battle we are called and empowered to fight is to pull down the spiritual strongholds which hold us captive to our old nature. As the process of the Cross works deeper in individuals and in a local fellowship, the Lord begins to entrust the individual and fellowship with a small sphere of authority (influence) in that geographic and spiritual area. The deeper the Cross goes in the members, the more the sphere of authority grows. By this method, the Lord moves through His people to conquer the earth with the Cross.