A "stronghold" is a mind-set that holds you hostage. It makes you believe that you are hopelessly locked in a situation, that you are powerless to change. 
That’s when you hear people saying, “I can’t, I can’t, I can’t.” The only reason you say, “I can’t,” when God says, “You can” is
                    
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                    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Apr 4, 2025
                
                
                
                    [074].  A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – EXCERPTS FROM CERTAIN PSALMS PART 5 – PSALMS 9, 27, 100
{{Psalm 59:16-17 “As for me, I SHALL SING OF YOUR STRENGTH.  Yes, I SHALL JOYFULLY SING OF YOUR LOVING-KINDNESS in the morning, for You have been my stronghold and a refuge in the day of my distress.  O my
                    
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                    "The true man of God is heartsick, grieved at the worldliness of the Church...grieved at the toleration of sin in the Church, grieved at the prayerlessness in the Church. He is disturbed that the corporate prayer of the
                    
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                    Contributed by Jay Winters on Jun 5, 2006
                
                
                
                    March 16th, 1942 General Douglas MacArthur is ordered out of the Philippines after a siege of America’s last stronghold in the country.  All that is left is the island of Bataan.  A reluctant MacArthur finally leaves Bataan for Australia, but before he leaves says “I shall return.”  Eventually the
                    
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                    Contributed by Michael West on Sep 29, 2008
                
                
                
                    The Son of God came for this purpose: to destroy the devil’s work. NCV
Jesus not only came to restore and to redeem, but to wage war. When is the last time you destroyed anything evil? Have you toppled any strongholds lately? This week? Will you next week? Evil can be destroyed in many different
                    
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                    Contributed by Michael West on Oct 2, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Like a horse has to be saddle broke to submit to the rider, you have to be broken before God, admitting that you are powerless to bring down your Jericho. Being good doesn’t make it happen, it’s God’s battle, but being submitted will. The fact is, we need an army to do it and God has one. A
                    
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                    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 17, 2011
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    THE GATES WILL NOT PREVAIL
Jesus said: "Upon this rock (of Peter's testimony that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the Living God) I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it" Matthew 16:18
Now the odd thing about Jesus' statement was this: Gates don't attack.
                    
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                    Contributed by Ian Johnson on May 15, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In 1979 I was living in a town called Te Aroha in New Zealand, We had a wind storm which destroyed many homes- one gust was so strong that it wound the wind meter off the scale (over 200 MPH) no one believed their home would be damaged when they built them but that night over 50 homes were
                    
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                    Prudentius (c. 348-after 405)
His power and miracles proclaim him God.
I see the wild winds suddenly grow calm
When Christ commands; I see the storm-tossed sea
Grow smooth, with tranquil surface bright
At Christ’s behest; I see the waves grow firm
As the raging flood sustains his treading feet
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                    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 21, 2007
                
                
                
                    As we faithfully serve the Lord through the power of His Spirit, the devil’s hosts will begin to attack us with all their might.  As a result, we may be called upon to suffer for Christ’s sake.  The veteran missionary Russell Ebersole was once greatly encouraged by the beloved Bible teacher William
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Berkley on Oct 9, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In 1863 the Emancipation Proclamation was proclaimed in America. The word spread from Capitol Hill down into the valleys of Virginia, and the Carolinas, and evens into the plantations of Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama. The headlines read, ’Slavery Legally Abolished!’  However, the greater
                    
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                    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 6, 2025
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    [188].  A MESSAGE FROM A POEM  – MY JESUS IS MY MIGHTY ROCK
In the Old Testament the “ROCK” featured a lot.  The first incident was when Moses struck the Rock at the Lord’s command {{Exodus 17:5-6 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pass before the people and take with you some of the elders of Israel
                    
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