I can remember when I went through a major battle, and my own son said to me: dad, you're going to have to fight another battle in this area. You're going to need to stand up and bring this thing down. I knew it was a word from God, from my own son - and I knew what that meant. There was a warfare, that went on for about nine months; so I can tell you exactly how to pray, how to fight, and how to stand up; but the first thing you've got to realise is, you must let go of all entanglements, that this thing has got access to your life in.
There has to be a deep repentance, from any place you’ve become entangled - whether it's some sexual thing, some kind of little habit you've got, anything that that thing works to manipulate you - you have to bring it to the cross. There's got to be a recognition: I'm in a warfare; it's about my inheritance; it's about my legacy; it's about my future; it's about other people's lives, as well as mine. I will make a stand! I will begin to fight!
The first thing is to recognise: it's a fight.
The second thing is to repent - of every place where I tolerated this. Did I allow this to happen?
Don't go blaming someone else! I have men come, and they complain that their wives are controlling, and all this kind of stuff. I say: shut up! You need to man up! You need to repent that you have tolerated this your whole life, just because you just wanted someone to love you. You want someone to be nice to you; and you haven't got the strength in you, to stand up, and lead properly, and courageously.
You need to repent every place you've tolerated this thing, because repentance will bring you back into heavenly alignment, and you will then be re-authorised to confront the spirit. When you confront the spirit, you can bring resolution to the issues; but if the spirit is not confronted, there will always be a problem of this thing working behind the scenes to interrupt it all.
The first step is to recognise: it's a problem; and make the decision: I will fight.
The guy in the Bible who stood up against this thing was Jehu. The Spirit of the Lord came on him, and he just went for it; and this is interesting... The first person he met said: is it peace? Can we work this out? Can we tolerate? Can we get on? No peace! Next one came, is it peace? No peace! Next one said: is it peace? No peace, while this witchcraft continues!
There will never be peace, while this spirit is allowed to operate! Peace is what you get after the battle - when you win. Peace comes from victory!
It says: he pulled his bow back, full strength, and gave it everything. Then he went into the city. The moment he goes into the city, Jezebel painted her eyes up! She wants to seduce him, wants to impress him, wants to give herself power, whatever. Then she begins to mock him: oh, you're going to be like one of those other guys? What good came of him, when he tried this on?
He said: who is on my side? Who is on the Lord's side? Throw that thing down! The eunuchs, the people that had had their life, their energy, their identity stolen away by that spirit - they rose up and cast it down. This is an hour for those who have been hurt by that spirit, those who have had their strength taken away, those who've lost their identity - to start to stand up again!
Say: God, I'm taking hold of You! I repent! I bring the pain in my heart to the cross, for You to heal. I release forgiveness, and now I stand in my place, in the spirit. You've got to understand where the battle is and what your position is. We are sons of the living God! He has won the victory! The devil is defeated; so, the only power he's got, is the bit that I gave him. That's why I disentangle; have a repented, clean heart, and begin to seek the Lord.
How do you warfare? When you're positioned right, you learn to build your spirit, praying in tongues, until your spirit is strengthened - start to stand up, on the inside!
You need to stand up on the inside, stop rolling over, stop lying down, stop feeling sorry for yourself! Don't be like Elijah, and hide in the cave, and feel sorry for yourself. Stand up, man of God! Stand up! There's an anointing, of the Spirit of Might, that comes on you. Start to pray in tongues every day! Commit to pray! You're fighting for your life! You're fighting for something that's valuable; so, put up a fight!
My fight is for my future. My fight is for the generation that will follow me. I will win this battle! Pray in the spirit; begin to engage with God, until you become strengthened on the inside again. Your spirit starts to stand up, and then out of that place you decree - you speak to the spirit, and you exercise your authority. I speak to that spirit! I forbid your operation against me; against my wife; against my children - whatever it's against, you've got to find where the battle is. Wherever the battle is, forbid its operation.