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TUYC - Spiritual strong holds -

Prayer prompt
Pray for a Spiritual revival.

Blog prompt
Write about Spiritual strong holds.

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strong·hold
/ˈstrôNGˌhōld/

noun
1.
a place that has been fortified so as to protect it against attack.
"their mountain strongholds fell to enemy attack"

2.
a place where a particular cause or belief is strongly defended or upheld.
"the island is a stronghold of the Gaelic language and culture"


It has always been my experience that being a stronghold has a connotation for being a bad thing; such as a "stronghold of the devil"

For though we live in the world we are not carrying on a worldly war, for the weapons of our warfare are not worldly but have divine power to destroy strongholds. (2 Corinthians 10:3-4 RSV)

What does stronghold mean in hebrew?
misgav; properly, a cliff (or other lofty or inaccessible place); figuratively, a refuge:--defense, high fort (tower), refuge. So a cliff could be a stronghold, because it's high and inaccessible to one's enemies. 1 Samuel 23:14.

But I suppose that God would be the Christian's stronghold - inaccessible from evil (enemies).


We are to pray; to seek shelter in the shadow of God, and we are to pray in order to bring down the devil's strongholds that reign in this world. We are to defend our beliefs, and to refute those who would bring down our faith. But to do so in love and not emnity.

Just my opinion.