{"id":11174,"date":"2017-09-02T08:58:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T15:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=11174"},"modified":"2017-09-02T08:58:28","modified_gmt":"2017-09-02T15:58:28","slug":"confronting-our-spiritual-enemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/02\/confronting-our-spiritual-enemy\/","title":{"rendered":"When Confronting Our Spiritual Enemy: Battlefield or Throne Room?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/02\/confronting-our-spiritual-enemy\/prayer-16958564-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11175\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11175\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Prayer-16958564.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Prayer-16958564.jpg 750w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Prayer-16958564-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>When engaged in spiritual warfare prayer,<\/strong> consider this. Yeshua only addressed demons or Satan directly when the demon or Satan were actually manifesting. The same is true with Paul when dealing with the python spirit in the slave girl in Philippi, or with Peter when dealing with Simon the Magician. This is because at that moment they were on the spiritual battlefield, and direct confrontation with the enemy was unavoidable.<\/p>\n<p>When not on the battlefield, we need to go through the courts of heaven when dealing with our spiritual enemies. To wit, I can think of no examples in the Bible of the saints speaking to Satan or his demons directly unless engaged in direct battle with them when evil spirits were actually manifesting.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, when engaged in spiritual warfare and not on the battlefield and in direct confrontation with the demonic element, we need to address our spiritual warfare issues and make our petitions known before the throne of the Almighty in the courts of heaven. It is also there that we will be given divine guidance to formulate our battle plans when the time comes to directly engage the enemy on the battlefield. We must communicate with Elohim in a way that the enemy will not overhear these strategic plans and thus be able to thwart them by mounting a defence against them ahead of time.<\/p>\n<p>Yeshua instructed his disciples to be wise as serpents and harmless as doves (Matt 10:16). He also declared that, \u201cthe sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light\u201d\u00a0 (Luke 16:8). Therefore, we need to engage the enemy prudently, shrewdly and intelligently following strict biblical protocols if we want to experience more victories.<\/p>\n<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemory\"><a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"Evernote.doClip({title: 'When Confronting Our Spiritual Enemy: Battlefield or Throne Room?',url: 'https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/02\/confronting-our-spiritual-enemy\/',contentID: 'post-11174',suggestTags: 'Prayer,Spiritual Warfare',providerName: 'Hoshana Rabbah Blog',styling: 'text' });return false\" class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryLink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.evernote.com\/article-clipper.png\" \nclass=\"evernoteSiteMemoryButton\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryClear\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When engaged in spiritual warfare prayer, consider this. Yeshua only addressed demons or Satan directly when the demon or Satan were actually manifesting. 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