WARROOM-THE ART OF WAR

WARROOM-THE ART OF WAR

What is a War room?

Unlike a traditional office environment, war rooms are spaces where key people get together to solve a difficult problem. Also known as situation rooms, control rooms, or command centers.

War rooms should always have the goal of solving a difficult or specific problem via clear communication.

TERM: WAR ROOM

*The term is often used in Military Fields ( Combat).

*Whenever, there is an impending War, any good Military Strategist would normally call for key individuals to enter the War room to discuss strategies on how to defeat the enemy.

*God has been summoning his people to THE WARROOM

GOD'S WARROOM

This room constitute of :

* The Master Strategist Himself - The trinity( Father, Son and Holy Spirit)

*YOU - If you are willing to PRAY and spend time in secret with him to reveal " STRATEGIES" on how to overcome the enemy.

WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE WARROOM?

*BRIEF OF THE ISSUE AT HAND: Forewarning/Warning

The CHURCH / BELIEVERS are being warned /forewarned to be vigilant of the schemes of the ENEMY( DEVIL)

*Strategies are revealed

* Instructions are given

2 Samuel 5:17 -24

17 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold.

18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

19 And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the Lord said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.

CONT..

20 And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim.

21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.

22 And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

CONT..

23 And when David enquired of the Lord, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.

24 And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the Lord go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.

25 And David did so, as the Lord had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.

POINTS SEEN IN STORY:

* GOD WAS BRIEFED ON THE MATTER-The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

19 And David enquired of the Lord

* STRATEGY WAS GIVEN -Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.

CONT....

* INSTRUCTIONS WERE GIVEN -24 And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself:

IMPORTANT POINT TO NOTE:

*OBEDIENCE IS KEY WHEN ENGAGING IN WAR.

*AFTER THE MASTER STRATEGIST PROVIDES A STRATEGY , REVEAL SECRETS AND PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO OVERTHROW THE ENEMY, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE CAREFULLY AND PROPERLY EXECUTED IN ORDER TO ASSURE VICTORY

2 Samuel 5:24 - OBEDIENCE TO INSTRUCTIONS

*24. And David did so, as the Lord had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.

* DAVID WAS OBEDIENT TO EVERY INSTRUCTION THAT GOD GAVE HIM , WHEN HE WENT UP AGAINST HIS ENEMIES. HE NEVER LOST ANY BATTLES!

OBEDIENCE:

• “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” James 1:22

• “Jesus replied, ‘Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching.'” John 14:23

• “The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.” 1 John 2:17

• “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” Matthew 7:24

• “Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.” Proverbs 10:17

SUN TZU-ART OF WAR

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.

If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.

If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

STRATEGY/SECRET #1

• YOU MUST KNOW YOURSELF

• YOU MUST KNOW YOUR OPPONENT

WHO ARE YOU?

* To win EVERY battle , you need to KNOW( Have information) about who you are. EPH 6:12 -12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

* There are fundamental truths that we need to know to STAND up against the ENEMY in battle since we are not fighting physically.

FUNDAMENTAL TRUTHS

• Flesh Crucified:Galatians 2:20 ESV /-I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.....

• Son of God:Galatians 3:26 ESV- For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.

• I have Authority:In Matthew 28:18-19, it is written that Jesus said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me

• Friend of God:John 15:15~ “I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.”

FUNDAMENTAL TRUTHS

• More than Conqueror-Romans 8:37~ “ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.“

• God's Handiwork-Ephesians 2:10~ “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

• NEW Creature-2 Corinthians 5:17~ “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”

• Mind of Christ-1Corinthians 2:16-16“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

CONT

• God KNOWS Me-Jeremiah 1:5 ~“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

• I am CHOSEN, SPECIAL-1 Peter 2:9 ~ “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.“

• NOT A SLAVE TO SIN-Romans 6:6~ “ For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.”

• CHILD OF GOD-John 1:12 ~”Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.”

CONT...

• OVERCOMER-1 John 4:4 ESV

  Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

• I HAVE POWER-Luke 10:19 ESV

  Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.

• RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD-2 CORINTHIANS 5:21 -21God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

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SUN TZU -ART OF WAR

“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win”

ENTERING THE WARROOM:

* Upon entering the Warroom, YOU MUST ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE A VICTORIOUS MINDSET!

VICTORIOUS MINDSET:

1 Corinthians 15:57

“But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

VICTORIOUS MINDSET

2 Corinthians 2:14 AMP

14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us spreads and makes evident everywhere the sweet fragrance of the knowledge of Him.

VICTORIOUS MINDSET

Colossians 2:15

“And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.”

ASSURED WIN IN BATTLE AGAINST THE ENEMY

• HAVE A VICTORIOUS MINDSET

  PRAY WITHOUT CEASING - Always Press in to the presence of God

• You MUST BELIEVE in the one who stands, with, before, behind and around you( THE LIVING WORD)

• BRING THE MATTER TO THE MASTER STRATEGIST- GOD.. GOD, WAR A GO START.. THE ENEMY BRING IT TO ME DOORS

• ASK HIM WHAT TO DO? HOW TO PROCEED, SO HE CAN REVEAL STRATEGIES FOR THE BATTLE

• LISTEN CAREFULLY FOR THE INSTRUCTIONS

• FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE "T"- WALK IN OBEDIENCE

NEXT WEEK: WE WILL BEGIN

• KNOWING OUR OPPONENT

• WE WILL START TO LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF OUR ENEMY. HOW HE ATTACKS US AND GOD'S INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO DEFEAT HIM!!

CHARGE

SPEND TIME THIS WEEK GETTING TO KNOW YOURSELF IN GOD AND WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU. SPEND TIME IN PRAYER TO RECEIVE REVELATIONS!