Roots and Strong Branches: Primary Considerations in Spiritual Warfare

ISSUES THAT WE HAVE FOUND ARE PRIORITY CONSIDERATIONS IN SPIRITUAL WARFARE – SOURCES OF BONDAGE

* not in order of severity; any one of these may be a devastating root/trunk/branch

DEVASTATING ROOTS/TRUNKS

1) bitterness and resentment (Heb 12:15)
2) unforgiveness (Matthew 6:15)
3) rejection and abandonment (I Peter 2:4­5 and II Corinthians 4:7­10)
4) pride and rebellion (Prov 16:18, I Sam 15:23)
5) shame and guilt (II Cor 7:10)
6) cult and occult (Leviticus 19:26)
7) immorality and addiction (Ephesians 5:3)
8) anger and hatred (Ephesians 4:26)
9) known generational sin and curses (Exodus 34:6­7)
10) inferiority and insecurities (I Peter 2:9­10)
11) abuse
    a) sexual
    b) physical
    c) psychological
    d) verbal
    e) spiritual
    f) SRA (Satanic Ritual Abuse)



b) ISSUES THAT PRODUCE ROOTS/STRONG BRANCHES AND CAUSE ATTACHMENTS TO EXIST

1) something you “did”
2) something “done to you”
3) something done by previous generations in your family line