ISAIAH 59:19, NKJV
When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him.
NEHEMIAH 4:14, NLT
“Don’t be afraid of the enemy! Remember the Lord, who is great and glorious, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and (fight for) your homes!”
FIGHTING FOR OUR FAMILIES
2 SAMUEL 21:5-6, NIV
They answered the king, “As for the man who destroyed us and plotted against us so that we have been decimated and have no place anywhere in Israel, let seven of his male descendants be given to us to be killed and their bodies exposed before the Lord at Gibeah of Saul—the Lord’s chosen one.”
1) FIGHT FOR WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY YOURS
KEEP THE PRAYER FIRES BURNING
2 Samuel 21:10, NIV
Rizpah daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest till the rain poured down from the heavens on the bodies, she did not let the birds touch them by day or the wild animals by night.
Leviticus 6:13, KJV
The fire must be kept burning on the altar continuously; it must not go out.
FIGHT THE ENEMY WITH SPIRTUAL WEAPONS
2 Samuel 21:10, NIV
Rizpah did not let the birds touch them by day or
the wild animals by night.
Revelation 18:2, KJV
And [an angel] cried mightily with a loud voice, saying Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a habitation of demons, a prison for
every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird!
Genesis 15:9-11, NKJV
So He said to him, “Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, down the middle, and placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds in two. And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them
away.
Vultures Feed On Dead Things
Vultures Can Fly Up To 30,000 Feet In The Air
Vultures Scavenge When The Sun Comes Up
Vultures Eat The Eyes First And The Tongue Next
There Are Twenty-Three Species Of Vultures; Twenty-Two Flee When There is Loud Noise
One Species of Vultures Flees When You Stand Your Ground
2) FIGHT FROM YOUR POSITION OF VICTORY
2 Samuel 21:10, NIV
Rizpah daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock.
Acts 4:11, NIV
He is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but which became the chief corner stone.
Romans 9:33, NIV
Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, And he who believes in Him will not be disappointed
2 Samuel 21:11-12, NIV
When David was told what Aiah’s daughter Rizpah, Saul’s concubine, had done, he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh Gilead.
2 Samuel 21:13-14, NIV
David brought the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from there, and the bones of those who had been killed and exposed were gathered up. They buried the bones.
3) FIGHT UNTIL THE ANSWER COMES
2 Samuel 21:10,14 AMP (selections)
After that, God was moved by prayer for the land… and rain fell on them.
NEHEMIAH 4:14, NLT
“Don’t be afraid of the enemy! Remember the Lord, who is great and glorious, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and (fight for) your homes!”