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Fix Your Stance

Dr Dharius Daniels

Change Church • Oct 3, 2024 • 62 min

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Summary

In part 6 of the Spiritual Warfare series, Dr. Dharius Daniels teaches from James 4:6–8 on the principle that your stance affects your success. In spiritual warfare, victory requires true humility because God opposes the proud but gives grace and favor to the humble. By submitting to God's authority, building spiritual resistance through foundational disciplines, and maintaining clean actions and pure motives, believers position themselves to resist the enemy and walk in divine victory.

Themes

Spiritual WarfareHumility vs. PrideSubmission to AuthorityBuilding ResistanceSpiritual Disciplines

Pastor's Points

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Submit to God

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Resist the devil

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Come near to God

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Clean your hands

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Clear your heart

Key Points

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Your stance in spiritual warfare directly affects your success; getting low in humility provides the leverage and balance needed to resist the enemy.
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God opposes the proud by blowing contrary winds against them, but He grants favor and grace—a spiritual tailwind—to the humble.
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Favor flies at low altitude, meaning you position yourself for God's favor when you walk in genuine humility.
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Forgiveness is a spiritual strategy given by God to detoxify your soul and protect your mind, will, and emotions from defiling bitterness.
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True submission is only revealed when you disagree with God's command yet yield your personal preferences to His mission.
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You cannot exercise spiritual authority over the enemy unless you live in submission under God's authority.
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Building spiritual resistance requires continuous spiritual exercise through prayer, purging negativity, praising God, and proclaiming the Word.
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Sermon Moments

“Your stance affects your success.”

“The low man wins... So many times we're losing battles because we're not low enough.”

“God opposes the proud means He blows contrary winds in the direction of the proud, but gives Grace a Tailwind to the humble.”

“Favor flies at low altitude.”

“Forgiveness is not about other people, it's about us... It is a spiritual strategy that God's given us to detoxify our soul.”

“Submission is only revealed when you disagree.”

“You're not allowed to stay in authority spiritually if you're not under it.”

“You can't resist if you haven't built up your resistance.”

This Week

Evaluate where pride may be creating contrary winds in your life and intentionally humble yourself before God.

Choose to forgive those who have wronged you as a intentional strategy to restore your own soul.

Submit your desires and preferences to God's mission, especially in areas where your feelings conflict with His Word.

Build your spiritual resistance daily through consistent prayer, praise, and proclaiming Scripture.

Go on a negativity fast by limiting news, social media, or toxic conversations that drain your spiritual strength.

Identify your spiritual temperament so you can engage in prayer and Bible study in ways that refresh your soul.

Examine both your outward actions and inner motives, making conscious choices to clean your hands and clear your heart.

Remember This

Your stance affects your success in spiritual warfare, and God grants His favoring grace to those who humble themselves and submit to His authority.

A Challenge for You

Ask God for the grace to submit when His commands conflict with your desires, for consistency in spiritual disciplines that build your resistance, and for wisdom to keep your actions clean and your heart pure.

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