> Learn to settle your victory at ‘Calvary’ in the garden of ‘Gesthemane.’

 

*Ephesians 6:12* - “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*.”

 

Though we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but there are people profiteering in the fact that you are not taking your place on Mt Carmel (*1 Kings 18:19*). Just as God will use people as a channel of blessing to you, Satan also uses people to perpetuate curses in the life of men.

 

> Every institution is backed and maintained by unseen forces in the heavenly places.

 

*Ephesians 1:2* - “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the *heavenly places* in Christ.”

 

*Ephesians 1:19* - “ and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power 20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the *heavenly places*, 21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.”

 

*Ephesians 2:4* - “But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the *heavenly places* in Christ Jesus.”

 

*Colossians 3:2-3* - “Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you died, and *your life is hidden with Christ in God*.”

 

“In this age when demon activity is increasing around the world, it is vital that believers know what their redemption in Christ entitles them to. We need to be *fully convinced of the authority that is ours because of the victory Jesus has already won for us over all the power of the enemy*. The only way we can have confidence in our authority over the enemy is to know and walk in the light of the written Word of God.” - Kenneth E. Hagin

 

> A believer can maintain their victory in Christ through the revelation of the knowledge, and understanding of God’s divine will.

 

*Recognising and destroying the power behind Ahab*

 

1. Addressing those maintaining the covenants, altars and sacrifices to idol worship in your territory. Prophesy against these institutions. *1 Kings 18:22-24*

 

*1 Kings 13:1-3* -“And behold, a man of God went from Judah to Bethel by the word of the Lord, and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. 2 *Then he cried out against the altar by the word of the Lord, and said, “O altar, altar! Thus says the Lord*: ‘Behold, a child, Josiah by name, shall be born to the house of David; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and men’s bones shall be burned on you.’ ” 3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign which the Lord has spoken: Surely the altar shall split apart, and the ashes on it shall be poured out.”

 

*Judges 6:25* - “Now it came to pass the same night that the Lord said to him, “Take your father’s young bull, the second bull of seven years old, and *tear down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the wooden image that is beside it; 26 and build an altar to the Lord your God on top of this rock in the proper arrangement*, and take the second bull and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the image which you shall cut down.” 27 So Gideon took ten men from among his servants and did as the Lord had said to him.”

 

2. Recognising that the enemy wants to keep you in a *state of lukewarmness or stupor*. *1 Kings 18:21*

3. Understanding the revelation in *calling and coming in the name of the Lord*. *1 Kings 18:24*; *1 Samuel 17:45*

4. Repairing the altar of prayer and intercession. *1 Kings 18:30*

5. Understand that to defeat and maintain victory, the *altar requires a living sacrifice*. *1 Kings 18:33*; *Romans 12:1-2*

6. Recognising that *your prayers is moving the needle* in the spirit realm. *Revelation 8:1-5*

7. Guard against the *spirit of retaliation*: the spirit of Jezebel. *1 Kings 19:1-4*

8. ⁠*Colossians 3:2-3* - “Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you died, and *your life is hidden with Christ in God*.”