Spirit Wars Quotes

“The normal Christian Life is not supposed to be an exhausting wrestling match with a dead man, but is an abundant, joy-filled life with God, salted with an occasional season of strong resistance from our archenemy.”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“when someone believes in you before you deserve it, it transforms you.”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“(Passion always looks like sacrifice to people who are not in love.)”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“Fear is the most socially accepted sin in the Church. Fear is a serial killer, the prime suspect in the death of more people on the planet than all other diseases combined. Fear in every form has been linked to heart disease, cancer, autoimmune disorders, mental illness and many other sicknesses. Fear is the welcome mat to demonic activity in our lives.”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“The quickest way to lose our peace in the midst of a spiritual conflict is to forget that our salvation came from His works and not ours. If our salvation was won through our efforts, then it would be up to us to fight to keep it. But we are not fighting for our salvation—we are fighting from our salvation.”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“Many people’s circumstances dictate their stances. They become powerless victims of other people’s actions and attitudes. They wrongly believe that their physical situation is their condition. The truth is, you do not always have power over what happens to you, but you do have complete control over what happens in you.”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“Did you notice that trials do not test our character, they test our faith? Faith is fundamentally a relational term—it is not first a matter of what you believe, but of whom you trust. The battle for our trust is as old as Adam and Eve. In the midst of battle, it can seem so complex, but when the dust settles and the smoke clears, the real war is always over the same question—whom will we believe? Whom will we listen to, God or the devil?”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“Fear clouds our convictions and distorts our discernment. When we fill our minds with negative predictions or allow our thoughts to manipulate us into thinking about all the possible destructive outcomes of our mission, we invite fear to paralyze our progress.”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“Fear dismembers and disfigures our perspective of God, making Him seem a powerless pawn controlled by our circumstances. But when we re-member the Lord and re-count His works, we begin to re-form our vision of His greatness in our hearts.”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“I do not know who coined the statement “an idle mind is the devil’s playground,” but it is true. When camping in dangerous places, it is often recommended that you keep a campfire going to keep the predators away. When we set our hearts on fire, demonic predators stay out of our camp, which is my main point in this chapter. The apostle Paul put it best: “Love never fails” (see 1 Corinthians 13:8). We have spent several chapters talking about how to win spiritual battles in our own lives and in the lives of others. But when all else fails, remember this: Love cannot be defeated.”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“If Jesus has all authority, that would mean that Satan has none! We are in Christ, therefore we carry His authority into every circumstance, every geographic location and every situation. The only way that Satan has authority is when we give it to him. That is why he works so hard to get us to empower him through lies, sin or covenant agreements.”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“Sometimes it is necessary in a counseling situation to share with a wise person what is going on in our minds so we can get to the root cause of our conflict. But otherwise, walking around repeating what is being spoken against us in the unseen realm only helps reinforce these lies in our own hearts. Politicians and marketing gurus understand the “principle of repetition” very well. This principle says, “People tend to believe what they hear repeated, whether it is true or not.” Think about that—it is possible to talk yourself to death!”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“Jesus became our advocate or lawyer, and it is important that we never talk to the devil without our attorney present. We also should not do for the devil what he cannot do for himself. He cannot touch us; he can only talk to us. So when we self-destruct, we are doing for the devil what he cannot do for himself.”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“I’ve often found myself in circumstances that were too big for me. But I’ve never faced anything in life that was too big for my family.”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“There is no prison so secure that love cannot free you. There is no captor so strong that love cannot liberate you. There is no sin so terrible that love cannot restore you.”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“Any thought that does not inspire hope is rooted in a lie.”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“we forget that there is no victory without a battle, no testimony without a test and no miracle without an impossible circumstance.”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“The goal of all enemy assaults is to scare us out of our divine destiny.”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“when the evil spirit lost the ability to scare me, it no longer had power over me.”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“Watching”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“Real love is a secret weapon that our enemy has no answer for.”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“When we set our hearts on fire, demonic predators stay out of our camp,”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“punishing people for their mistakes creates self-destructive ecosystems that invite demonic oppression.”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“True freedom only occurs when we break off the shackles of fear and embrace a culture of mercy and grace.”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“He adored me in spite of my blunders. He never made me feel like the rules were more important than our relationship. He often corrected me, but he refused to punish me.”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“I was beginning to learn from my grandfather that love covers a multitude of sins and that I was more important to him than his stuff.”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“I learned from my grandfather that when someone believes in you before you deserve it, it transforms you.”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“the root cause of all demonic activity is the absence of the love of God.”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“Jesus never rebuked the ruling spirit over a city or country. He simply traveled from city to city, setting people free as He went. Freedom was rising from the ground up. And unbeknownst to most of the world, Satan was falling like lightning!”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy

“When helping someone get free from demonic oppression, it is important that you are confident in God’s power to deliver. If you become afraid in a deliverance session, the evil spirits will sense your anxiety. They will know that you do not have faith for their victim’s freedom, and they will refuse to leave.”
― Kris Vallotton, Spirit Wars: Winning the Invisible Battle Against Sin and the Enemy