A Warrior's Guide to the Seven Spirits of God Part 1 Quotes

“Jesus said, “Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.” (Matthew 10:16) To be fully prepared for spiritual warfare, we need to be trained on the weapons of our warfare. The primary purpose of this book is to provide this training for you and your church. The first step you must take is to educate yourselves, then to remain alert and aware.”
― James A. Durham, A Warrior's Guide to the Seven Spirits of God Part 1: Basic Training

“The enemy always uses one or both of his two primary tactics in dealing with the church. His first tactic is to send in counterfeit spirits.”
― James A. Durham, A Warrior's Guide to the Seven Spirits of God Part 1: Basic Training

“The enemy always uses one or both of his two primary tactics in dealing with the church. His first tactic is to send in counterfeit spirits. At first, they look and feel like the real thing, but if you go along with these enemy spirits, things begin to go wrong; things just don’t work right. They have been sent to accomplish the enemy’s purpose which we have already seen is to steal your blessing and your anointing, to kill you hopes and your dreams (perhaps your body as well), and to destroy your work for the Lord and your influence in the world. If a spirit is truly from the Lord — if it is the Spirit of God, it will bring positive change! It will bring renewal. It will bring refreshing. A Spirit from God will take you from glory to glory. It will bring the blessings and protection of the Lord into your life and your situation. But if it is one of those counterfeit spirits, it is going to attempt to block or hinder every work of God in your life and in your ministry. It”
― James A. Durham, A Warrior's Guide to the Seven Spirits of God Part 1: Basic Training

“Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil (1 John 3:8), and as His disciples, it is our task to carry on his work.”
― James A. Durham, A Warrior's Guide to the Seven Spirits of God Part 1: Basic Training

“We have lost cities, states, and entire nations to the enemy’s persistent drive to take territory and deny God access to the hearts and minds of the people. It is time to get off of the defensive and go on the offensive. It is time to take the battle to the enemy. It is time to execute well planned attacks on his strongholds, and win back the territory for the kingdom of God.”
― James A. Durham, A Warrior's Guide to the Seven Spirits of God Part 1: Basic Training

“How can we be fooled over and over? I believe that it is because his greatest deception is to keep it all hidden from view. He has been successful at making people think that it’s just not real. It doesn’t really happen, and if it does, it couldn’t happen to us. In today’s world, if you go around talking about spirits and demons, what happens to you? Someone will say it’s time for some mental health treatment or hospitalization. The greatest deception in the world is Satan’s success in getting educated people in influential positions to believe that he doesn’t exist, and that demons are not real. When demon possessed or oppressed people believe this, the demons can operate freely. No one is watching them! No one is prepared to deal with them or to confront them.”
― James A. Durham, A Warrior's Guide to the Seven Spirits of God Part 1: Basic Training

“When we believe it can’t happen to us, we are at risk. The reality is that it happens over and over again in the church. Unless you prepare yourself, the enemy will be successful against you too. He gets away with doing it over and over, and each time we are surprised and shocked.”
― James A. Durham, A Warrior's Guide to the Seven Spirits of God Part 1: Basic Training

“He wants to find someone who is vulnerable and will begin to whisper things about other people in the group. This quickly turns into gossip, and lives are damaged or destroyed in the process.”
― James A. Durham, A Warrior's Guide to the Seven Spirits of God Part 1: Basic Training

“We must remain aware that every time one or more of these seven Spirits begins to work in the church, the enemy moves in to block it.”
― James A. Durham, A Warrior's Guide to the Seven Spirits of God Part 1: Basic Training

“Satan’s response to the work of God in our lives is to try to destroy the work of Jesus. What did Jesus say was the devil’s purpose? “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.” (John 10:10) Every time one of these seven Spirits of God begins to work in your life or in the church, the enemy will come, and he will try to stop it.”
― James A. Durham, A Warrior's Guide to the Seven Spirits of God Part 1: Basic Training

“is crucially important to remember that the enemy is “anti” or against the work of Christ. Remember how John described his work in his first epistle. “…every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.” (1 John 4:3) Please note that this is the “spirit of the antichrist,” and not the Antichrist. The Antichrist has not yet been revealed, but the spirit of antichrist is already in the world doing his dirty work. Christ came to destroy the works of the devil.”
― James A. Durham, A Warrior's Guide to the Seven Spirits of God Part 1: Basic Training

“The Second Tactic which the enemy likes to use is to launch a direct frontal assault on us designed to draw our attention away from God and away from God’s Spirits.”
― James A. Durham, A Warrior's Guide to the Seven Spirits of God Part 1: Basic Training

“If a spirit is truly from the Lord — if it is the Spirit of God, it will bring positive change! It will bring renewal. It will bring refreshing. A Spirit from God will take you from glory to glory. It will bring the blessings and protection of the Lord into your life and your situation. But if it is one of those counterfeit spirits, it is going to attempt to block or hinder every work of God in your life and in your ministry. It will constantly be taking you on a downward spiral to ultimate failure. So, we must be alert and watchful. We need to seek most of all the spiritual gift of discernment to face the challenges of spiritual warfare in our world today.”
― James A. Durham, A Warrior's Guide to the Seven Spirits of God Part 1: Basic Training