"For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities,against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places." (Ephesians 6:12)

In the Bible we read that Paul said, "we do not wrestle against flesh and blood". Our conflict is not with people, or nations, but with Satan and his demons. We need to understand that many times when people oppose us, the reason behind it is spiritual. The spirit working in the sons of disobedience (Ephesians 2:2) hates the true children of God and wants to hinder the work of God through us.
This is why there will always be certain people rising up against the children of God. Sometimes these people will be from within the church. Some of them will claim to be a Christian. We all need to be vigilant. We need to be on guard, prayerful, keeping the Word of God in our hearts and our eyes on the Lord If not, we are open to satanic attack
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We must love and forgive our human enemies, but we are to oppose the evil spirits at work behind them and use the spiritual weapons that God makes available to us.
Paul was aware of the reality of the spiritual conflict since he himself had to fight many battles with the powers of darkness in his ministry. Paul's letter to the Ephesians are relevant for us in our spiritual warfare against satan and his demons today. The spiritual realm operates in parallel to our physical world. There is some correspondence with physical geography. By this I mean, a certain geographical areas may have more or less demons or angels present at any given time.
Evil activities attract evil spirits.
Prayer, praise and faith bring God's angels on the scene and disperse demonic powers.
When we have victory in our lives the result will bring an outpouring of the power of God.
Church leaders must understand that this is the only way to revival. We are not going to have revival by entertaining people with groovy music or other cool events. We are free to do these things if it pleases the Spirit of God, but without prayer, combined with repentance,there will never be a true revival of significance. The need then in the west is that Saints and Leaders who can mobilise many to pray.
Our God is looking to Pastors for such leadership. Sure its tough in these last days. but, remember....this is war.