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If the kingdom of God is a culture of worship, and we go to church on Sunday and worship, we need to develop a culture of worship in our own lives personally.

If Sunday is the only time you worship, then you’re out of step with the kingdom of God in your life.

3 Ways Worship Defeats the Enemy

1. Worship Drives Out Evil Spirits

1 Samuel 18:10-12

David would play and sing and worship God before King Saul, and while he worshiped God the demonic spirits that were harassing the king would leave.

Could it be that in your home personally, the reason why there is so much harassment going on is because you don’t have enough praise and worship going on in your home.

If you would develop that in your family, you would drive those tormenting spirits out the door!

2. Worship Sets the Captives Free

Acts 16:24-26

There will be times that the enemy will come against you. He will try to imprison you, try to oppress you, try to suppress your emotions, and try to suppress your thinking so that you are confused and in a fog.

The way to break out of it is to develop a personal culture of praise and worship. Worship breaks your chains and releases you from the enemy’s bondage.

3. Worship Breaks Strongholds

Joshua 6

2 Chronicles 20:1-24

The enemy is developing a strategy right now to destroy you and your family, but you are never at the mercy of your enemy.

If you will develop a personal culture in your life, as you worship God will give you a strategy to defeat the enemy every time.

He has given us a promise that when the enemy comes against you one way, he will flee before you seven ways.

God wants us to take our personal culture of worship and learn how to express it through our love language.

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About F. Dean Hackett

Dr. F. Dean Hackett has served in full-time Christian ministry since October 1971. He has ministered throughout the United States, Canada and Europe, serving as pastor, conference speaker and mentor. He has planted four churches, assisted in planting 15 others and currently serves as lead pastor of Living Faith Church in Hermiston, Oregon. Dr. Hackett founded Spirit Life Ministries International in 2001 to facilitate ministries in Croatia and Bosnia Herzegovina and to open a training center for workers in those nations.